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BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND lEELAlND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, etc. The Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. 'nREAT and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereipi, which Almighty ‘he U Father of all mercies, bestowed upon us the people of England, when hrst he sent Your TV/T • + TJrvyroi Porcon to riiTc aud fciffn over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, wh^^hed not well unto our Sion, that upon the setting of that bright Flizaheth of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness vould ..o have that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk; and that it should hardly be knowm, who was to direct the unsettled State; the appearance o. Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his strength, instantly dispelled those supiwsed and surmised mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort ; especia ly when we beheld the Government established in Your Highness, and Your hopeful by an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied with peace and tranquillity at home ana abroad. But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts than the blessed con- tinuance of the preaching of God’s .sacred Word among us; whicn is thm ^^esamable ^sure which excelleth all the riches of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto tliat eternal happiness which is above in heaven. Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and to continue it in that state, wherein the famous Predecessor of Your Highness did leave it: nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolution of a Man in maintaining the truth of Christ, and propa- gating it far and near, is that which hath so bound and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesty^s loyal and religious people unto You, that Your very name is precious among them : their eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their hearts, as that sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate Author of their true happiness. And to their contentment doth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe, that the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the Truth, (which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed,) and every day at home, by religious and learned discoimse, by frequenting the house of God, by hearing the Word preached, by cherishing the Teachers thereof by caring for the Church, as a most tender and loving nursing Father. There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and religious affection in Your Majesty ; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this work, which now ^vith all humility we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your Highness had once out of deep judgment apprehended h(wv convenient it was, that out of the Original Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own, and other foreign Languages, of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English Tongue ; Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the work might be hastened, and that the business might be exiiedited in so decent a manner, as a matter of such importance might justly require. And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our labours, it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we liave gieat hopes that the Church of Ehigtand shall reap good THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. fruit thereby; we hold it our duty to offer it to Your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but as to the principal Mover and Author of the work: humbly craving of Your most Sacred Majesty, that since things of this quality have ever been subject to the censures ot illineaning and discontented persons, it may receive approbation and patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your Highness is, whose allowance and acceptance of our labours shaU more honour and encourage us, than all the calumniations and hard interpretations of other men shaU dismay us. So that if, on the one side, we shaU be traduced by Popish Persons at home or abroad, who therefore will malign us, because we are poor instruments to make God’s holy Truth to be yet more and more known unto the people, whom they desire still to keep m ignorance and darkness ; or if, on the other side, we shall be maligned by self- conceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing, but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil; we may rest secure, supported within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity, as before the Lord ; and sustained without by the powerful protection of Your Majesty’s grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honest and Christian endeavours against bitter censures and uncharitable imputations. The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days, that, as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of that great GOD, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. THE NAMES AND ORDER OP ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, GENESIS . . PAGE. 1 CHAPS. . . 50 II. Chronicles . , PAGE. . 424 CHAPS. . . 36 Daniel PAGE. . 783 CHAn. . . 12 Exodus . . . . 53 . . 40 Ezra . . . . , . 460 . . 10 Hosea . . . 799 14 Leviticus . . . . 97 . . 27 Nehemiah . . , . 470 . . 13 Joel . . . 806 3 Numbers . . . . 129 . . 36 Esther . 485 . . 10 Amos . . . 809 9 Deuteronomy . . 175 . . 34 Job . 493 . . 42 Obadiah . . 815 1 Joshua . . . . 213 . . 24 Psalms . . . . , 520 . . 150 Jonah . . . 816 4 Judges . . . . 239 . . 21 Proverbs . . . , . 586 . . 31 Micah . . . 817 7 Ruth .... . 265 . . 4 Ecclesiastes . . . . 608 . . 12 Nahum . . 822 3 I. Samuel . . . 268 . . 31 Song of Solomon , . 615 . . 8 Habakkuk . 824 3 II. Samuel . . . 302 . . 24 Isaiah , 619 . . 66 Zephaniah . 826 3 I. Kings . . . . 330 . . 22 Jeremiah . . . , , 669 . . 52 Haggai . . 828 2 II. Kings . . . 362 . . 25 Lamentations . . , 726 . . 5 Zechariah . 830 14 I. Chronicles . . 393 . . 29 Ezekiel . . . . , 731 . . 48 Malachi . . 838 . . 4 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. PAGE. CHAPS. PAGE. CHAPS. PAGE. CHAPS. MATTHEW . . 1 . . 28 Ephesians . . . 191 . . 6 To the Hebrews . 215 . . 13 Mark 34 . . 16 Philippians . . . 196 . . 4 Epistle of James . 225 . . 5 Luke 55 . . 24 Colossians . . . 199 . . 4 I. Peter .... 228 . . 5 John 91 . . 21 I. Thessalonians . 202 . . 5 II. Peter .... 232 . . 3 The Acts .... 117 . . 28 II. Thessalonians. 205 . . 3 1. John .... 234 . . 5 Epistle to Romans 151 . . 16 I. Timothy . . . 206 . . 6 II. John .... 238 . . 1 I. Corinthians . . 165 . . 16 II. Timothy . . 210 . . 4 III. John . . . 238 . . 1 II. Corinthians . 178 . . 13 Titus 213 . . 3 Jude 239 . . 1 Galatians . . . 187 . . § Phileinori . . . 214 . . 1 Revelation . . . 240 . . 22 NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS. To the ordinary reader of the Bible a difficulty has always presented itself in the correct pronunciation of the Proper Names. To obviate this difficulty has been the aim of the publishers in issuing Nelson’s Self-pkonouncing Bible, The pronunciation adopted in this Bible, and the diacritical marks used to express it, are based (by arrangement with the publishers, G. and C. Merriam and Co.) on Webster’s International Dictionary (latest edition). This will be found a great convenience, as Webster’s marks are more or less familiar to almost every reader. To make the system of pronunciation as thorough as possible, every sijllahle of the Pro-per Jfames is indicated, and every vowel is diacritically marked. Further, those consonants are also marked which are capable of more than one pronunciation. There are many words in the Bible quoted from the Hebrew and the Greek, such as gerah, behemoth, stacte, etc., which are apt to present as real difficulties as Proper Names. The marking of such words is a special feature of this Bible. KEY TO THE SIGNS USED IN THIS BIBLE. Syllables are indicated by a hyphen (-), while those on which stress has to be laid are marked with an accent ('). In the case of compound names as given in the Authorized Version, the proper accent of each name is given where necessary, and the component parts indicated by a double hyphen (-). a as in day. e as in term. e 55 mete. i firm. i 55 time. b 16rd. o 55 old. u turn. u 55 use. U rude. y 55 defy. ai „ aid. a 55 senate. ew „ Jews. e 55 event. oi „ oil. i 55 idea. ao „ Pharaoh. 6 55 obey. 9 = s (Saddugees). a 55 anite. e,eh = k (-Gain ; -Ghaldea). a 55 add. k j (Gentile). 6 55 end. g as in get (Gethsemane). i 55 ill. i y (Christian). 6 55 not. s = z (Moses). u 55 iis. X = gz (Alexandria). y 55 pity. th = t (Thomas). a 55 care. m] r (Cilicia). a 55 far. ti[ = sh, shi ^ (Egyptian). a 55 last. ii] t (Persia). » »5 fall. vi THE FIEST BOOK OF MOUSES, • o CALLED GEFE-SIS. CHAPTER 1. 1 The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitful, 14 of the sun, moon, and stars, 20 of fish and fowl, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 of man in the image of &od. 29 the appointment of food. I N 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 *And God said, *Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw* the light, that it v)as good : and God divided ^ the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light "^Day, and the darkness he called Night. ^And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 H And God said, ”Let there be a ^ firmament in 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 were ^ above the firma- ment: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 H And God said, ""Let the Avaters under the heaven be gathered to- § ether unto one place, and let the ry laTid appear : and it w^as so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth * bring forth ®grass, the herb yield- ing seed, and the fruit tree yield- ing 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 fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. _ 13 And the evening and the morn- ing were the third day. 14 H And God said. Let there be *' lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide Hhe day from 25-L B.C. 4004. “ Ps. 74. 17. * John 1. 1, 2. Heb. 1. 10. « Ps. 89. 11. Is. 44. 24. Acts 17. 24. Col. 1. 16. Rev. 4. 11. rfJer. 4. 23. « Ps. 136. 7, 9. 1 Heb. for the rule of the day. / Ps. 33. 6. Is. 40. 13. 14. 3 Ps. 8. 3. b Job 38. 7. t Ps. 33. 9. * 2 Cor. 4. 6. 2 Heb. between the light and between the darkness. I Jer. 31. 35. ™ Ps. 74. 16. 3 Heb. And the evening was, and the morn- ing was. " Job 37. 18 Jer. 10. 12. 4 Heb. ex- pansion. 5 or, creeping. 6 Heb. soul. 1 Heb. let fo wl flu. 8 Heb. face of the fi/msament of heaven. ” Prov. 8. 28. 3 Ps. 104. 26. '! Ps. 148. 4. Job 26. 10. Prov. 8. 29. Jer. 5. 22. 2 Pet. 3. 5 * ch. 8. 17. < Heb. 6. 7. 8 Heb. tender grass. “ Ps. 100. 3. Eccl. 7. 29. Eph. 4. 24. .las. 3. 9. *cli. 9. 2. £'8. 8. 6. 'J Ps. 1.36. 7. ' Heb. between the day and between the night. the night; and let them be for signs, and “for seasons, 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 ®uiade two great lights ; the greater light ^ to rule the day, and ^the lesser light to rule the night : he made ^the stars also. 1 7 And God set them in the firma- ment of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to ^rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness ; and God saw that it was good. 1 9 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fourth day. 20 And God said. Let the waters bring forth abundantly the ® mov- ing creature that hath ®life, and ^fowl that may fly above the earth in the ‘^open firmament of heaven. 21 And ^ God created great whales, and every living creature that mov. eth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Hie fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fifth day. 24 ^ And God said. Let the' earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth ^on the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 26 *11 And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our like- ness: and "'let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his otvn The garden of Eden. GENESIS, 2. The making of woman. image, “in the image of God created he mm; ‘'male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, -^Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have do- minion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that ^ moveth upon the earth. , ^ , , , -r , 29 ^ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb ^bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; Ho you it shall be for meat. 30 And to * every beast of the earth, and to every Howl of the air, and to every thing that creep- eth upon the earth, wherein there is Hife, I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so. 31 And ”God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAPTER 2. 1 The first sabbath. 8 The garden of Eden, 10 and the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge. 21 The making of woman, and institution of marriage. T hus the heavens and the earth were finished, and ’"all the host of them. , ^ ^ ^ 2 *And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God ‘'blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work which God treated and made. 4 U “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Loud God made the earth and the heavens, ^ 1 1 i 5 And every ^ plant of the field be- fore it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not “caused it to rain upon the earth, and there ivas not a man ‘^to till the ground. 6 But “there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man the -^dust of the ground, and breathed into his ^nostrils the breath of life; and *man became a living soul. ^ i 8 51 And the Lord God planted "”a garden eastward i^n ‘’E-den; and there ^he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the B.C. 4004. « 1 Cor. 11. 7. b Ezek. 31. 8. « ch. 5. 2. Mai. 2. 15. Mat. 19. 4. dch. 3. 22. Rev. 2. 7. « ver. 17. /ch. 9. 1, 7. Lev. 26. 9. Heb. creepeth. 9 ch. 25. 18. 2 Heb. seeding h Num. 11. 7. i ch. 9. 3. Ps. 104. 14, 15. k Ps. 145. 15. I Job 38. 41. 3 Heb. Cush ^ Heb. a living soul. ’"Pan. 10. 4 or, eastivard to Assyria. " Ps. 104. 24 6 or, Adam. ® ver. 8. 1 Heb. eating thou Shalt « ch. 3. 1, 3, 11, 17. » ch. 3. 3, 19. Rom. 6. 23. 8 Heb. dying thou shall die. t Ex. 20. 11. Heb. 4. 4 “1 Cor. 11. 9. 1 Tim. 2. 1.3. 9 Heb. as be- fore him. *Is. 58. 13. y ch. 1. 20, 24. 1 Heb. created to make. ^ Ps. 8. 6. 2 or, the man. « ch. 1. 1. 3 Heb. called, b ch. 1. 12. « Job 38. 26-28. d ch. 3. 23. « ch. 15. 12. 1 Sam. 26. 12. 1 or, a mist which went up from, &c. b Heb. dust of the ground. /ch. 3. 19, 23. Ps. 103. 14. 6 Heb. builded. S’ Job 33. 4. 'ich. 7. 22. i Heb. 13. 4. k 1 Cor. 15. 45. I ch. 29. 14. Eph. 5. 30. ’"Is. 51. 3. "ch. 3. 24. ® ch. 4. 16. 1 Heb. Isha. P ver. 15. 9 1 Cor. 11. 3. 8 Heb. [sh. ’■ Mat. 19. 5. Eph. 5. 31. Lord God to grow * every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; “^the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, “and the Hee of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of E-den to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 1 1 The name of the first is Pi-s(3n : that is it which compasseth ^the whole land of Hav-i-lah, where ther^ is gold ; 12 And the gold of that land is good : ^ there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gi-h5n : the same is it that_ compasseth the whole land of ^E-thi-6-pi-a. 14 And the name of the third river is "’^Hid-de-kel : that is it which goeth ® toward the east of As-syr4_a. And the fourth river is Eu-phraHe§. 15 And the Lord God took ®the man, and ‘’put him into the garden of E-den to dress it and to keep it, 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying. Of every tree of the garden ^ thou mayest freely eat : 17 ^But of the tree of the know- ledge of good and evil, ^thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof Hhou® shalt surely die. . 18 51 And the Lord God said. It is not good that the man should be alone; “I will make him an help ^meet for him. 19 ^'And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and ^brought them unto ^Ad-am to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Ad-am called every liv- ing creature, that was the name thereof. ^ 20 And Ad-am ^gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Ad-am there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the Lord God caused a “deep sleep to fall upon Ad-am, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; , , , t 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, ®made he a woman, and * brought her untc the man. ^ . 23 And Ad-am said. This now ^ bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called ^ Woman, because she was ^ taken out oi ®Man. ^ „ - 24 Therefore shall a man leaver The fall of man. GENESIS, 3, 4. Loss of paradise. 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. CHAPTEE 3. 1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shameful fall. 14 The serpent is cursed. 15 The promised seed. 16 Pun- ishment of mankind, and loss of paradise. IVT OW ^ the serpent was ^ more iAI subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the wo- man, ^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 gar- den, 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 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was ^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 them- selves ’aprons. 8 And they heard s' the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the ®cool of the day: and Ad-am and his wife '‘hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Ad-am, and said unto him. Where art thou 1 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 wo- man whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this that thou B.C. 4004. ver. 4. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. b ch. 3. 7, 10. Ex. 21. 29. d Is. 47. 3. /Rev. 12. 9. ^2 Cor. 11. 3. A John 8. 44. Acts 13. 10. i Is. 7. 14. Luke 1. 31, 34, 35. * Rom. 16. 20. Rev. 12. 7. 1 Heb. Yea, because, &c. 1 Is. 13. 8. John 16. 21. ™ch. 4. 7. ”ch. 2. 17. 2 or, subject to thy husband. 0 1 Cor. 11. 3. Eph. 5. 22. P 1 Sam. 15. 23. ? ver. 6. ’•2 Cor. 11. 3. » ch. 2. 17. t Rom. 8. 20. “ver. 7. * Eccl. 2. 23. 2 Heb. cause to bud. y Ps. 104. 14. 4 Heb. a desire. 2 2 Thes. 3. 10. “ 1 Tim. 2. 14. b ch. 2. 7. ver. 12. 17. d Job 21. 26. Ps. 104. 29. Eccl. 3. 20. & 12. 7. * ver. 5. 5 i.e. Chavah. i.e. Living. f ch. 2. 25. or, things to gird about. Sioh 38. 1. Heb. wind. A Job 31. S3. Jer. 23. 24. i ch. 4. 2. & 9. 20. A ch. 2. 25. 1 Jolin 3. 20. I ch. 2. 8. “Ps. 104. 4. Heb. 1. 7. ' i.e. Gotten, or, Acquired. hast done? And the woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. . 14 And the Lord God said ‘'unto the serpent. Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cat- tle, 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 enmitv 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 multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; 'in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall he ^to thy husband, and he shall “rule over thee. 17 And unto Ad-am he said, ^Be- cause thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, «and hast eaten of 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 ; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it ^ bring forth to thee ; and ^thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 19 ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken: '’for dust thou art, and ‘'unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Ad-am called his wife’s name ^®Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Ad-am also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 •[[ And the Lord God said. Be- hold, 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 Lord God sent him forth from the garden of E-den, '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 E-den ”‘Ch6r-fi-bims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAPTEE 4. I Birth of Cain and Abel. 8 Murder of Abel. II The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamech and Ms two wives. 25 Birth of Seth and Enos. AND Ar-am knew Eve his wife; Ji\. and she conceived, and bare ^Cain. and said, I have gotten a • man irom the Lord. Birth of Cain and Abel. GENESIS, 5. Adarfs genealogy unto Noah. 2 And she again bare his brother ®A-b6l. And A-bel was ^a keeper of sheep, but -Gain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And ^in process of time it came to pass, that Gain brought *of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord^ 4 And A-bgl, he also brought of ‘'the firstlings of his ®flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had ‘^respect unto A-bel and to his offering : 5 But unto Gain and to his offer- ing he had not respect. And Gain was very wroth, ®and his counte- nance fell. 6 And the Lord said unto Gain, Why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen 1 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not ®be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And ^unto thee shall he his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. _ 8 And Gain talked with A-bel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Gain rose up against A-bel his brother, and '"slew him. 9 U And the Lord said unto Gain, Where is A-bel thy brother '? And he said. *I know not: Am I my brother s keeper 1 10 And he said. What hast thou donel the voice of thy brother’s ® blood ^crieth unto me from the ground. 1 1 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’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 Gain said unto the Lord, -^My punishment is greater than 1 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. Hhat every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto him. Therefore whosoever slayeth Gain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Gain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 H And Gain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Ndd, on the east of B.C. 3876. • Heb. Chanoch. 2 Heb. Bebel. 2 Heb. a feeder. “ Ps. 49. 11. ^ Heb. at the end of days, b Num. 18. 12. •’> Heb. Lemech. « Num. 18. 17. ** Heb. sheep, or, goats, d Heb. 11. 4. « ch. 31. 2. / Rom. 4. 11, 12 . ^ Heb. vihetter. s or, have the excellency ? S or, subject unto thee. * or, I would slay a man in my wound, &c. 2 or, in my hurt. Svex. 15. h Mat. 23. 35. 1 John 3. 12. Jude 11. i John 8. 44 h ch. 5. 3. 3 Heb. Shefh. i i.e. Ap- pointed, or, Pat. ® Heb. bloods. I Heb. 12. 24. Rev. 6. 10. ® Heb. Enosh. « 1 Ki. 18. 24. Ps. 116. 17. Joel 2. 32. Zeph. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 1. 2. I or, to call themselves by the name of the LORD. 0 1 Chr. 1. 1. Luke 3. 38. 8 or. Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. I’ch. 1. 26. Eph. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10. 9 Job 15. 20-24. » Ps. 51. 11. t ch. 9. 6. Num. 35. 19, 21, 27. y ch. 1. 28. ^ ch. 3. 19. Heb. 9. 27. “ ch. 4. 26. she conceived, and bare ^Ehi5ch: and he builded a city, “and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, E-n5-eh. _18 And unto E-nDch was born I -rad: and I-rad begat M6-hu-ja-6l: and M6-huya-el begat M6-thu-sa-6l : and Me-thu-sa-el begat ®La-m6ch. 1 9 U And La-mgeh took unto him two wives : the name of the one was A-dah, and the name of the other Zil-lah. 20 And A-dah bare Ja-bal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother’s name was Ju-bal : he was the •''father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zil-lah, she also bare Tu- bal-cain, an '^instructer of every artificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tu-bal-cain was Na-a-mah. 23 And La-mech said unto his wives, A-dah and Zil-lah, Hear my voice ; ye wives of La-meeh, hearken unto my speech: for H have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man ^to my hurt. 24 ^If Gain shall be avenged seven- fold, truly La-mech seventy and sevenfold. „ 25 If And Ad-am knew his wife a- gain ; and she bare a son, and ^called his name ^^Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of A-bSl, whom Gain slew. 26 And to Seth, ”"to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name ®E-n5s : then began men ”to’ call upon the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 5. 1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch. T his is the ‘’book of the genera- tions of Ad-am. In the day that God created man, in ^the like- ness of God made he him ; 2 ^Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Ad-am, in the day when they were created. 3 ^ And Ad-am lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his im- age; and “called his name S6th: 4 "'And the days of Ad-am after he had begotten Seth were eigliD hundred years : ^ and he begat sons and daughters : ^ 5 And all the days that Ad-am lived were nine hundred and thirty years : *and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and “begat E-n5s : 7 And Seth lived after he begat E- 4 The genealogy GENESIS, 6. of tJte patriarchs. n5s eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 ^ And Ehi5s lived ninety years, and begat Ga-i-nan : 10 And E-n5s lived after he begat •Ga-i-nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 1 1 And all the days of E-nos were nine_ hundred and five years : and he died. 12 11 And Ga-i-nan lived seventy years, and begat ^Ma-ha-la-le-el : 13 And Ga-i-nan lived after he be- B.C. 3679. “ch. 3. 17. 1 Heb. Kenan. 2 Gr. MaUleel. gat MAhada-le-el eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : 14 And all the days of Ga-i-nan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 H And Ma-hada-le-el lived sixty and five years, and begat ^Ja-red: 16 And Ma-hada-le-ei lived after he^ begat Ja-red eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters : 17 And all the days of Ma-hada- le-el were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 18 ^ And Ja-red lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat '^E-nQeh: _1 9 And Ja-red lived after he begat E-nOeh eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 20 And all the days of Ja-red were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died._ 21 U And E-nSeh lived sixty and five years, and begat ®M6-thu-se-lah : 22 And E-n5eh ^walked with God after he begat Me-thu-se-lah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : 23 And all the days of E-n6eh were three hundred sixty and five years : 24 And ” E-n5eh walked with God : and he was not; for God took him. 25 And Me-thu-se-lah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat ® La-meeh : 26 And Me-thu-se-lMi lived after he begat La-meeh seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : 27 And all the days of Mg-thu-se- lah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: a^nd he died. 28 II And La-m^eh lived an hun- dred eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 And he called his name ^^No-ah, saying. This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of dch. 1. 28. « Deut. 7. 3, 4. 3 Heb. Jered. /Gal. 5. 16. 1 Pet. 3. 19. S' Ps. 78. 39. A Jude 14, 15. ^ or, the whole imagination: The Hebrew word slgui- 6eth Hot only the imagina- tion, but also the im rposes and desires, i ch. 8. 21. Deut. 29. 19. Mat. 15. 19. 5 Heb. every day. 6 Gr. Afa- thusala. h 1 Sam. 15. 11, 29. 2 Sam. 24. 16. Mai. 3. 6. Jas. 1. 17. 1 ch. 6. 9. & 17. 1. 2Ki. 20. 3. Ps. 16. 8. & 116. 9. Mic. 6. 8. Mai. 2. 6. “Is. 63. 16. Heb. from man unto beast. ”2 Ki. 2. 11. Heb. 11. 5. ® ch. 19. 19. Ex. 33. 12. Acts 7. 46. 3 Heb. Lemcch. Pch. 7. 1. Exek. 14. 14, 20 . Hel). 11. 7. 2 Pet. 2. 5. 9 or, upright. ? ch. 5. 22. *• ch. 5. 32. » Rom. 2. 13. < Ezek. 8. 17. “Ps. 14. 2. & 53. 2. 3. > Gr. Koe, Luke 3. 36. Heb. 11. 7. 1 Pet. 3. 20. 2 i.e. nest, or. Comfort. *Jer. .51. 1.3. 1 Pet. 4. 7. our hands, because of the ground “which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And La-meeh lived after he begat No-ah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : 31 And all the days of La-meeh were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And No-ah was five hundred years old: and No-ah begat *Shem, Ham, ‘’and Ja-pheth. CHAPTEE, 6. 1 The wickedness of the world. 8 Noah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. AND it came to pass, ‘^when men JLl_ began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they ®took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, -^My spirit shall not always strive with man, ^for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in un- to the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 11 And God saw that the wicked- ness of maiL wus great in the earth, and that ^ every ^imagination of the thoughts of his hear,^ was only evil ® continually. 6 And ^’it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it ’’‘^grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; "^both rnan, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air ; for it repent- eth me that I have made them. 8 But No-ah ‘’found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 911 These_ are the generations of No-ah : ^ No-ah was a just man and, ''^perfect in his generations, and No-ah ^walked with God. 10 And No-ah begat three sons, ^Sh6m, Ham, and Ja-pheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt * before God, and the earth was '’filled with violence. 12 And God “looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto No-ah, *The end of all flesh is come before me ; 6 Noah entereth the ark. GENESIS, 7. Beginning of the flood. for the earth is filled with violence through them; “and, behold, I will destroy them ^ with the earthy 14 ^ Make thee an ark of go-pher wood; ^ rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall he three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cu- bits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 1 1 . 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side there- of ; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 ‘'And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant ; and ®thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, '‘two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort 'shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 "Thus did No-ah ; ‘’according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER 7. I Noah, vAth his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continu- ajnce of the flood. AND the Lord said unto No-ah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for *thee have I seen righteous before me in this genera- tion. , 1 1 li 2 Of every “clean beast thou shalt take to thee by ^sevens, the male and his female : ®and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. j Of fowls also of the air by se- vens, the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. n t -n 4 For yet seven days, and i will cause it to rain upon the earth “forty B.C. 2448. “ver. 17. 1 or, from the earth. 2 Heb. blot out. 3 Heb. tiests. b ch. 6. 22. Heb. the breath of the spirit of life. « 1 Pet. 3. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 5. or, Tlie plain of Kiria- thaim. ”»Ruth 3. 10. ” ver. 22. Mat. 11. 25. »Deut. 2. 12,22. 2 or, 77ie jilain of Paran, Num. 12. 16. P ch. 24. 27. 7 Heb. 7. 4. 3 Heb. souls. '•2 Chr. 20. 2. s Dan. 12. 7. Rev. 10. 5. f ver. 19. "So Ksth. 9. 15, 16. S'ch. 19. 17. 3 * ver. 16, 21. b ch. 26. 21. Dan. 10. 12. « ch. 12. 5. d ch. 13. 12. ‘ Ps. 3. 3. & 84. 11. & 91. 4. /Prov. 11. 18. 9 Acts 7. 5. Ach. 13. 18. i ver. 24. * ch. 14. 14 I ch. 13. 8. 4 or, led forth. 5 or, instructed. “ch. 15. 3. "2 Sam. 7. 12. " Deut. 34. 1. P Is. 41. 2, 3. ? Ps. 147. 4. '•Jer. 33. 22. * Ex. 32. 13. Deut. 1. 10. Heb. 11. 12. t Rom. 4. 3, 9. 22 . Gal. 3. 6. “Ps. 106. 31. *ch. 12. 1. 12 ''went out to meet liim ‘'after hi? return from the slaughter of -Ghed- dr-la-O-mer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Sha- veh, which is the “king’s dale. 18 And •'‘MM-ehiz-e-dek king of Sa-lem brought forth bread and wine : and he was *the priest of 'the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, "‘Blessed be A-bram of the most high God, "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 Ajid the king of Sdd-5m said unto A-bram, Give me the ^persons, and take the goods to thyself. ^ 22 And A-bram said to the king of S6d-6m, I “have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, 'the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That "I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou sh 9 uldest *^y, I have made A-bram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, A-ner, Esh-e5l, and Mam-re; let them take their portion. CHAPTER 15. 1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram’s complaint. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 A bram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and is confirmed by a sign, 12 and by a vision. AFTER these things the word of the Lord came unto A-bram “in a vision, saying, '’Fear not, A-bram: I am thy “shield, and thy exceeding •''great reward. 2 And A-bram said. Lord God, what wilt thou give me, ^seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this E-li-e-zer of Da- mas-ciis 1 . , i , 3 And A-bram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : anth lo, '•one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of_toe Lord came unto him, saying. This shall not be thine heir ; but he that "shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth a^ broad, 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 Loip; and he “counted it to him for right- eousness. 1 . T 7 And he said unto him, i am the Lord that *brought thee out Caiman is promised. GENESIS, 16. Hagar fleeth from Sarai, of “Crr of the Ghal-dees,/’to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it % 9 And he said unto him. Take me «,n heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, 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. 1 1 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, A-bram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, *a deep sleep fell upon A- bram ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto A-bram, Know of a surety ‘’that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their’s, 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; Hhou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But “in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniquity *of the Am-6r-ites ^is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking fur- nace, and '^a burning lamp that ^passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the Lord ^made a covenant with A-bram, saying, *Unto thy seed have 1 given this land, from the river of E-gypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phrade§ : 19 The Ken-ites, and the K6n4z- zites, and the Kad-m5n-ites, 20 And the Hit-tites. and the Per- iz-zites, and the Reph-a-im§, 21 And the Am-6r-ites, and the Ga-naan-ites,_and the Gir%a-shites, and the Jeb-u-sites. B.C. 1913. “ch. 11. 28, 31. b Ps. 105. 42, 41. So oh. 30. 3. 9. 1 Heb. be builded by her. d See ch. 24. 13, 14. 1 Sain. 14. 9, 10 . « ch. 3. IV. /ch. 12. 5. S Jer. 34. 18. h Lev. 1. IV. i Prov. 30. 21, 23. *^ch. 2. 21. 1 ch. 31. 53. ”•1 Pet. 3. V. ^ J oh 2. 6. ® Ex. 12. 40. Acts V. 6. 2 Heb. that which is good in thine eyes. 3 Heb. afflicted her. P Ex. 2. 15. 2 Ex. 11. 1. "■ch. 25. 18. » Ex. 6. 6. < Ex. 15. 29. “ Ex. 12. 36. ® Job 5. 26. ^Acts 13. 36. *ch. 25. 8. “ Ex. 12. 40. *1 Ki. 21. 26. " Mat. 23. 32. JTit. 2. 9. « ch. IV. 20. 4 Heb. a lamp of fire. /Jer. 34. 18. I'ch. 24. V. h Luke 1. 13, 31. i ch. 12. V. Ex. 23. 31. Num. 34. 3. Deut. 11. 24. Josh. 1. 4. Ps. 105. 11. 3 i.e. nod shall hear. *ch. 21. 20. I ch. 25. 18. CHAPTER 16. 1 Sarai, beiny barren, giveth Hagar to A bram. 6 Hagar runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her badk, 11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. 1\T O W Sah-ai A-bram’s wife ^bare Li him n 9 children : and she had an handmaid, ’’an E-gyp-tian, whose name was * Ha-gar. 2^ And Sa-rai said unto A-bram, Behpld now, the Lord “hath re- strained me from bearing : I pra.v "ch. 31. 42. ” ch. 24. 62. 6 i.e. The well of him that liveth and seeth me. ® Num. 13. 20. P ch. 15. 2, 3. 1 Gal. 4. 22. ’’ch. 21. 9. * Gal. 4. 24. < ch. 30. 3. ' “ch. 20. 18. thee, 'go in unto my maid ; it may be that I may ^obtain children by her. And A-bram 'hearkened to the voice of _Sa-rai. 3_And Sa-rai A-bram’s wife took Ha%ar her maid the E-gyp-tjan, after A-bram -^had dwelt ten years in the land of -Ca-naan, and gave her to her husband A-bram to be his wife. 4 ^ And he went in unto Ha%ar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was * despised in her eyes. 5 And Sa-rm said unto A-bram, My wrong upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, 1 was despised in her eyes : Hhe Lord judge between me and thee. 6 ’“But A-bram said unto Sa-rai, “Behold, thy maid is in thy hand r do to her ‘^as it pi ease th thee. And when SaLai ^dealt hardly with her, ^she tied from her face. 7 U And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, ’'by the fountain in the way to ^Shur. 8 And he said, Ha%ar, Sah^ai’s maid, whence earnest thoul and whither wilt thou gol And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress SaLai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return to thy mistress, and ‘^submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, 'I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 1 1 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, *and shalt call his name ®Ish-ma-el; be- cause the Lord hath heard thy af- fliction. 12 *And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him ; *and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her. Thou God seest me: for she said. Have I also here looked after him ’“that seeth mel 14 Wherefore the well was called “Be-er-la-hai'-roi behold, it is ‘’be- tween Ka-dgsh and Be-r6d^ 15 ^ And Ha-gar bare A-bram a son : and A-bram called his son’s name, which Ha^ar bare, Ish-ma-6l. 1 6 And A-bram was fourscore and six years old, when Ha%ar bare Ishhna-6l to A-bram. 13 The covenant renewed. GENESIS, 17, 18. haac is promised. CHAPTER 17. 1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 A bram's name is changed. 10 Circumcision is instituted. 15 Harai's name is changed. 17 Isaac is promieed. AND when A-bram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to A-bram, and said unto him, am the Almighty God ; ^ walk before me, and be thou ^perfect.^ 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and ^wiR multiply thee exceedingly.^ 3 And A-bram fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be *a father of ^many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name anymore be called A-bram, but *thy name shall be ^A-bra-ham ; *for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make ""nations of thee, and "kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will "establish my cove- nant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, *to be a God unto thee, and to Hhy seed after thee. 8 And "'I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land 2' wherein® thou art a stranger, all the land of -Ga-naan, for an ever- lasting possession ; and H will be their God. _ 9 H And God said unto A -bra-ham, Thou shalt keep my covenant there- fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; “Every man child among you shall be cir- cumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be ^a token of the covenant betwixt tne and you. 12 And '^he that is eight days old 'shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your genera- tions, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stran- ger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thjr house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul "shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. B.C. 1898. i.e. Princess. ® ch. 18. 10. 2 Heb. she shall become nations, b ch. 28. 3. Ex. 6. 3. ® ch. 35. 11. Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pet. 3. 6. <*2 Ki. 20. 3. « Deut. 18. 13. Mat. 5. 48. or, upright, or, sincere. /ch. 18. 12. & 21. 6. Sch. 12. 2. h Rom. 4. 11, 12, 16. Gal. 3. 29. 4 Heb. multi- tude of nations. i ch. 18. 10. & 21 . 2 . Gal. 4. 28. * Neh. 9. 7. 5 i.e. Father of a great multitude. I Rom. 4. 17. »”cb. 35. 11. " Mat. 1. 6. " Gal. 3. 17. Pch. 16. 10. ? ch. 25. 12. 16. »• ch. 21. 18. s ch. 26. 24. & 28. 13. t Rom. 9. 8. >‘ch. 21. 2. *ch. 12. 7. y ch. 23. 4 & 28. 4. e Heb. of thy sojournings. * Ex. 6. 7. Lev. 26. 12. * Rom. 4. 11. Heb. a son of eight days. Lev. 12. 3. Luke 2. 21. « Ex. 4. 24. /ch. 13. 18. & 14. 13. 14 1 5 U And God said unto A-bra-ham, As for Sa-rai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sa-rai, but ^SaAah shall her name be. 16 And 1 will bless her, “and giye thee a son also of her : yea, I will bless her, and ^ she shall be a mother "of nations; kings of peo- ple shall be of her. 17 Then A-bra-ham fell upon his face, •''and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old 1 and shall Sa-rah, that is ninety years old, _ bear 1 1 8 And A-bra-ham said unto God, 0 that Ishbna-el might live before thee’! 19 And God said, "Sa-rah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name I-saac ; and 1 will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ish-ma-el, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and ^will multiply him exceedingly ; ^ twelve princes shall he beget, "and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I estab- lish with I-saac, “which Sa-rah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with mm, and God went up from A-bra-ham. 2311 And A-bra-hS,m took Ish-ma-el his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of A-bra-ham’s house ; and circumcised the flesh of their fore- skin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And A-bra-ham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his fore- skin. 25 And Ish-ma-el his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. _ 26 In the selfsame day was A-bnv ham circumcised, and Ish-ma-el his son. » , . 1 27 And "^all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were cir- cumcised with him. CHAPTER 18. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 17 The destructior' of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maket intercession for the men thereof. AND the Lord appeared unto him in the ^plains of Mam-re ; and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; Ahrafiam and the angels. GENESIS, 18. Sodom^ s destruction revealed. 2 “And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him : *and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 liet ®a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And will fetch a morsel of bread, and ^ comfort^ ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on: *for therefore ^are ye come to your servant. And they said. So do, as thou hast said. 6 And A'bra-ham hastened into the tent unto Sa-rah, and said, ^Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And A-bra-ham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And ^he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 H And they said unto him. Where is Sa-rah thy wife 1 And he said. Behold, *in the tent. 10 And he said, I *will certainly return unto thee “ according to the time of life; and, lo, ^Sa-rah thy wife shall have a son. And Sa-rah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now * A-bra-ham and Sa-rah were old and well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sa-rah ® after the manner of women. ^ 12 Therefore Sa-rah ‘^laughed with- in herself, saying, ^After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my ^lord being old also 'I 13 And the Lord said unto A-bra- ham, Wherefore did Sa-rah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old % 14 Ms any thing too hard for the LordI *At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sa-rah shall have a son. 15 Then Sa-rah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said. Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 ^ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sod-Om : and A-bra-ham went with them Ho bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said. Shall I B.C. 1898, “ Heb. 13. 2. b ch. 19. 1. 1 Pet. 4 9. « ch. 12. 3. & 22. 18. Acts 3. 25. GaL 3. 8. d Deut. 4. 9, 10. & 6. 7. Josh. 24. 15. Eph. 6. 4. « ch. 19. 2. & 43. 24. /Judg. 6. 18. & 13. 15. S J udg. 19. 5. Ps. \04. 15. 1 Heb. stay. Ach. 4. 10. & 19. 13. Jas. 5. 4. 1 ch. 19. 8. & 33. 10. 2 Heb. you have passed. Ach. 11. 5. Ex. 3. 8. 3 Heb. hasten. I Deut. 8. 2. & 13. 3. Josh. 22. 22. Luke 16. 15. 2 Cor. 11. 11. “ch. 19. 1. ” ver. 1. P ch. 19. 3. 1 Num. 16. 22. 2 Sam. 24. 17. '•Jer. 5. « ch. 24. 67. * ver. 14. “2 Ki. 4. 16. *Job 8. 20. Is. 3. 10, 11. y ch. 17. 19, 21. & 21 . 2 . Rom. 9. 9. ® Job 8. 3. & 34. 17. Ps. 58. 11. & 94. 2. Rom. 3. 6. “ Jer. .5. 1. Ezek. 22. 30. b ch. 17. 17. Heb. 11. 11, 12, 19. « eh. 31. 35. d ch. 17. 17. « Luke 18. 1. /Lukel. 18. Si Pet. 3. 6. A ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19. Eccl. 12. 7. 1 Cor. 15. 47, 48. 2 Cor. 5. 1. i Num. 11. 23. Jer. 32. 17. Zech. 8. 6. Mat. .3. 9. & 19. 26. Luke 1. .37. A ver. 10. ch 17. 21. 2 Ki. 4. 16. I Acts 15. 3. Roin. 15. 24 3 John 6. “Ps. 2.5. 14. Amos 3. 7. John 15. 16. hide from A-bra-ham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that A-bra-ham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be ® blessed in himi 19 For I know him, ‘^that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the wa;^ of the Lord, to dc justice and judgment ; _ that the Lord may bring upon A-bra-ham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said, Because Hhe cry of Sod-Om and Go-mOrHah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 21 will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, M will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, ”*and went toward S5d- 5m : but A-bra-ham ” stood yet be- fore the Lord. 23 H And A-bra-ham “drew near, and said, ®Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked^ 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein % 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the riglit- eous with the wicked : and ""that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: * Shall not the J udge of all the earth do right ? 26 And the Lord said, “If I find in S5d-6m fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And A-bra-ham answered and said, “Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am ^ but dust and ashes : 28 Perad venture there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said. If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak : Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak un to the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And 15 B.C. 1898. Jjot entertaineth two angels. GE NESIS, 19. he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake. ^ 32 And he said, ® Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. " And he said, I will not destroy it for ten s sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left coinniuning with A-bra-ham ; and A-bra-ham returned unto his place. CHAPTER 19. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 1 The vicious Sodomites are stricken with blindriess. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountains. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are de- stroyed. 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 The origin of Moab and Ammon. He is sent out of Sodom. * Judg. G. 39. i See 2 K.i. 6. 18, Acts 13. 11. ^ Jas. 5. 16. dch. 7. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 7, 9. • ch. 18. 20. AND there ^-came two angels to ix S5d-5ni at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of S5d-om : and L5t seeing them rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground ; 2 And he said. Behold now, my lords, ”*turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and "'wash your feet, and ye shall rise up earb , and go on your ways. And they said, ^Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them great- ly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; ®and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 ^ But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men ot Shd-hm, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : ^ ^ xi. a 5 *And they called unto L6t, and said unto him. Where are^he men which came in to thee this night . ^ bring them out unto us, that we ‘'may know them. 6 And “ Ldt went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 ‘'Behold now, I have two daugh- ters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing; ^ for therefore came they under the shadow ot 9^ And they said. Stand back. And they said again. This one fellow ■^came in to sojourn, ^and he will needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Ldt, and came near to break the door. ^ • 10 But the men put forth their /I Chr. 21. 1.5. 9 ch. 18. 22. Ach. 18. 1, &c. i Mat. 1. 18. k Niiiii. 16. 21, 45. I Ex. 9. 21. Luke 17. 28. & 24. 11. ™Heb. 13. 2. « ch. 18. 4. Num. 16. 24, 26. Rev. 18. 4. P See Luke 2-5. 28. 29. 1 Heb. are found. 2 or, jmnish- ment. ? ch. 18. 8. I- Luke 18. 13. Rom. 9. 15, 16. » P3. 34. 22. t Is. 3. 9. ‘1 Ki. 19. 3. ' ver. 26. Mat. 24. 16- 18. Luke 9. 62. Phil. 3. 13, 14. y Judg. 19. 22. ch. 4. 1. Rom. 1. 24, 27. Jude 7. “ Judg. 19. 23. b Acts 10. 14. See Judg. 19. d See ch. 18. 5. « Job 42. 8, 9. Ps. 145. 19. 3 Heb. thy face. /2 Pet. 2. 7, 8. 9 Ex. 2. 14. h See ch. 32. 25, 26. Ex. 32. 10. Deut. 9. 14. Mark 6. 5. i ch. 13. 10. & 14. 2. 4 i.e. Little, ver. 20. hand, and pulled Ldt into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men *that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great : so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 H And the men said unto Ldt, Hast thou here any besides 1 son in law, and thy sons, and thy daugh- ters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the ®cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and -^the Lord hath sent us to de- stroy it. , 14 And Lfit went out, and spake unto his sons in law, "which mar- ried his daughters, and said, *Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked un- to his sons in law. 15 ^ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, say- ing, ‘’Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which ^ are here; lest thou be consumed in the ‘-^iniquity of the city. , 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; ""the Lord being merciful unto him : ®and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, “Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them. Oh, ^not so, my Lord : ^ i 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy,, which thou hast shewed unto me in sav- ing my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die : , . . 20 Behold now, this city near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (^s it not a little one 0 and my soul shall ^^21 And he said unto him,, See, ‘’I have accepted Hhee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast ^22^ Haste thee, escape thither ; for ''1 cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore ; the name of the city was called '^Zo-ar. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. GENESIS, 20. Abraham denieth Ms wife. 23 H The sun was ^ risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zo-ar. 24 Then *the Lord rained upon Sod-Om and upon G6-m0r-rah brim- stone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the in- habitants of the cities, and ‘^that which grew upon the ground. 26 H But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became ^a pil- lar of salt. ^ 27 H And A-bra-ham gat up early in the morning to the place where * he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked toward Shd-hm and Go-mCr-rah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, "the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 H And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God ^remembered A-bra- ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he over- threw the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 H And Lot went up out of Zo-ar, and * dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zo-ar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth ^to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we *may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that the firstborn said unto the younger. Behold, I lay yesternight v/ith my father: let us make him drink wine this night also ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Mo-ab: '‘the same is the father of the Mo-ab-ites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare B.C. 1898. 1 Ileb. qone forth. “ Deut. 2. 19. t> Deut. 29. 23. Is. 13. 19. Jer. 20. 16 & 50. 40. Ezek, 16. 49, 50. Hos. 11. 8. Amos 4. 11. Zeph. 2. 9. Luke 17. 29. 2 Pet. 2. 6. Jude 7. 0 ch. 14. .3. Ps. 107. 34. («ch. 18. 1. « ch. 16. 7, 14. /ch. 26. 6. i^Luke 17. 32. '»ch. 12. 13. & 26. 7. 1 ch. 18. 22. h ch. 12. 15. 1 Ps. 105. 14. ’"Job 33. 15. " ver. 7. ® Eev. 18. 9. 2 Heb. mar- ried to an husband. P ch. 18. 23. ? ch. 8. 1. & 18. 23. ’•2 Ki. 20. 3. 2 or, simplicity, or, sincerity. * ver. 17, 19. < ch. 31. 7. & 35. 5. Ex. 34. 24. 1 Sam. 25. 26. 34. “ch. 39. 9. Lev. 6. 2. Ps. 51. 4. * 1 Sam. 7. 5. 2 Ki. 5. 11. Job 42. 8. Jas. 5. 14, 15. ii’ch. 16. 2, 4. & 38. 8, 9. Deut. 25. 5. * ch. 2. 17. « Num. 16. 32. 33. b Mark 12. 19. ch. 26. 10. Ex. .32. 21. Josh. 7. 25. <^ch. 34. 7. ' ch. 42. 18. Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. G. /ch. 12. 12. & 26. 7. y See ch. 11. 29. h Deut. 2. 9. t ch. 12. 1, 9, 11. &c. lleh. 11. 8. 25-1 17 a son, and called his name Ben-am- mi : “the same is the father of the children of Am-mOn unto this day. CHAPTER 20. 1 Abraham at Oerar. 2 He denieth his wife. 3 Abim- elech, reproved for her, 14 restoreth Sarah, 17 and is healed by Abraham's prayer. AND A-bra-ham journeyed from ^ thence toward the south country, and dwelled between " Ka-desh and Shur, and ■'^sojourned in Ge-rar._ 2 And A-bra-ham said of Sa-rah his wife, ^ She _ is my sister : and A-bim-e-leeh king of Geh’ar sent, and *took Sa-rah. 3 But 'God came to A-bim-e-lech ”‘in a dream by night, and said to him, ” Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she is ‘“'a man’s wife. 4 But A-bim-e-lech 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 1 and she, even she herself said. He is my brother : ’’in the ^in- tegrity 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 "I alsp withheld thee from sin- ning ’‘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 shaft surely die, thou, “and all that are thine. 8 Therefore A-bim-g-lech rose early in the morning, and called all His servants, and told all these things in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then A-bim-e-lech called A-bra- ham, 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 sinl thou hast done deeds unto me ‘'that ought not to be done. 10 And A-bim-6-lgch said unto A-bra-ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing % 11 And A-bra-ham 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. I 13 And it came to pass, when ‘ God Birth of Isaac. GENESIS, 21 flagar and the angel. caused me to wander from my fa- ther’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 A-bim-e-leeh ‘*took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto A-bra-ham, and restored him Sa-rah his wife. 15 And A-bim-e-leeh said. Be- hold, ® my land is before thee : dwell ^ where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sa-rah he said. Be- hold, 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 H So A-bra-ham Sprayed unto God: and God healed A-bim-e-leeh, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 18 For the Lord ”had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of A-bim-e-leeh, because of Sa-rah A-bra-ham’s wife. B.C. 1892. “ Gal. 4. 30. See ch. 25. 6. & 36. 6. 7. i ch. 12. 13. ch. 17. 18. d ch. 12. 16. ' ch. 13. 9. /Rom. 9. 7, 8. Heb. 11. 18. 1 Heb. as is good in thine eyes. S ver. 5. ^ ver. 18. ch. 16. 10. & 17. 20. «• ch. 26. 11. ^ ch. 24. 65. 1 Job 42. 9. "'John 8. 35. ” ch. 12. 17 CHAPTER 21. 1 Isaac is hom, 4 and is cireumcised. 6 Sarah's Joy. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 17 Bagar is com- forted. 22 Abimelech's covenant v/ith Abraham at Beer- sheba. AND the Lord ° visited Sa-rah as Xa. he had said, and the Lord did unto Sa-rah ^as he had spoken. _2 For Sa-rah ’’conceived, and bare A-bra-ham a son in his old age, *at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And A-bra-ham called the name of his son tliat was born unto him, whom Sa-rah bare to him, H-saae. 4 A.nd A-bra-ham ’'circumcised his son I-saae being eight days old, ^as God had commanded him. 5 And “ A-bra-ham was an hun- dred years old, when his son I-saae was born unto him. 6 ^ And Sa-rah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear *will laugh v/ith me. 7^ And she_ said, Who would have said unto A-bra-ham, that Sa-rah should have given children suck? ^’for I have born him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and A-bra-ham made a great feast the same day that I-saae was weaned. 9 11 And Sa-rah saw the son of Ha%ar Hhe E-gyp-tian, ’"which she had born unto A-bra-ham, ’’mock- ing. 10 Wherefore she said unto A-bra- ® 1 Sam. 2. 21. P Ex. 3. 7. "i ch. 17. 19. Gal. 4. 23, 28. Acts 7. 8. Gal. 4. 22. Heb. 11. 11. » ch. 17. 21. f ch. 17. 19. “ver. 13. ®Acts 7. 8. Vch. 17. 10, 12. *Num. 22. 31. See 2 Ki. 6. 17, 18. 20. Luke 24. 16, 31. “ ch. 17. 1, 17. 4 ch. 28. 15. & 39. 2, 3, 21, Ps. 126. 2. Is. 54. 1. dch. 16. 12. * Luke 1. 58. /ch. 24. 4. S’ch. 18. 11, 12. 4ch. 20. 2. & 26. 26. » ch. 26. 28. k Josh. 2. 12. 1 Sam. 24. 21. 2 Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me. I ch. 16. 1. “ch. 16. 15. ” Gal. 4. 29. ham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with I-saae. 1 1 And the thing was very griev- ous in A-bra-ham’s sight ‘'because of his son. 12 U And God said unto A-bra- ham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and be- cause of thy bondwoman ; in all that Sa-rah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for -^in I-saae shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make ^a nation, because he_7s thy seed. 14 And A-bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha%ar, putting it on ber shoulder, and the child, and ’"sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be- er-she-ba. 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 oyer against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said. Let me not see the death of the child. A-nd she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 And ^God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Ha-gar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Ha%ar ? 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 “ 1 will make him a great nation. 19 And ^ God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God * was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wil- derness, ‘*and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pa-ran : and his mother ^ took him a wife out of the land of E-gypt. , 22 U And it came to pass at that time, that '’A-bim-e-l6ch and Phi- ch5l the chief captain of his host spake unto A-bra-ham, saying, ’God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23 Now therefore * swear unto me here by God Hhat thou wht not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son : but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do 18 Covenant with Ahimelech. GENESIS, 22. Trial of AhraharrC s faith. unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And A- bra-ham said, I will swear. 25 And A-bra-ham reproved A- bim-e-leeh because of a well of water, which A-bim-e-leeh’s serv- ants *had violently taken away. 26 And A-bim-e-leeh said, I wot not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 And A-bra-ham took sheep and oxen, and gave theni unto A-bim-e-leeh ; and both of them °made a covenant. 28 And A-brAham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And A-bim-e-leeh said unto A-bra-ham, ‘^What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves ? 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 ^Be-er-she-ba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Be-er-she-ba : then A-bim-e-leeh ro.se up, and Phl^hol the chief cap- tain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Phi-lis-tines. 33 II And A-brd-hdm planted a ^grove in Be-er-she-ba, and 'called there on the name of the Lord, ^the everlasting_ God. 34 And A-bra-ham sojourned in the Phi-lis-tines’ land many days. CHAPTER 22. 1 Abraham, is tempted to offer Isaac, 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 15 He is blessed again. 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah. AND it came to pass after these things, that '''God did tempt A-bra-ham, and said unto him, A- bra-ham: and he said, ® Behold, here I am. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, "thine only son I-saae, whom thou lovest, and get thee '’into the land of M6-ri-ah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which i will tell thee of. ^ 3 U And A-bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and I-saae his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offer- ing, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day A-bra- ham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. B.C. 1872. “John 19. 17. b See ch. 26. 15, 18, 20-22. 1 Heb. Behold me. ch. 26. 31. & 31. 44. 1 Sam. 18. 3. 2 or, kid. Jch. 33. 8. « ch. 31. 48, 52. /Heb. 11. 17. Jas. 2. 21. 3 ch. 26. 33. 3 i.e. The well of the oath. h 1 Sam. 15. 22. Mic. 6. 7, 8. ^ or, tree, i ch. 4. 26. k ch. 26. 5. Jas. 2. 22. I Deut. 33. 27. Is. 40. 28. Rom. 16. 26. 1 Tim. 1. 17. ”»1 Cor. 10. 13. Heb. 11. 17. Jas. 1. 12. 1 Pet. 1. 7. 5 Heb. Behold me. <> i.e. The LORD will see, or, provide. ” Heb. 11. 17. ® 2 Chr. 3. 1. P Ps. 105. 9. Luke 1 73. Heb. 6. 13, 14. 1 ch. 15. 5. Jer. 33. 22. ch. 13. 16. 1 Heb. lip. * ch. 24. 60. ' Mic. 1. 9. “ch. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 26. 4. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8, 9, 16, 18. 19 5 And A-bra-ham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yon> der and worship, and come again to you. _ 6 And A-bra-ham took the wood of the burnt offering, and “laid it upon I-saae his son ; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them to- gether. _ 7 And I-saae spake unto A-bra- ham his father, and said. My father: and he said, ^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 A-bra-ham 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 A;bra-ham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound I-saae his son, and -^laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And A-bra-ham 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, A-bra-ham, A-bra-ham: and he said. Here am I. 12 And he said, ^Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for *now 1 know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son. thine only sort, from me. 13 And A-bra-ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold be- hind a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and A-bra-ham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his som 1 4 And A-bra-ham called the name of that place ®JAho-vah-ji-reh : as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 15 U And the angel of the Lord called unto A-bra-ham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, ^By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: ‘The death of Sarah. GENESIS, 23, 24. Machipelah purchased* nations of the earth be blessed ; “ be- cause thou hast obeyed my voice. ^ 1 9 So A-bra-ham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to *Be-er-she-ba ; and A-bra-ham dwelt at Be-er-she-ba. 20 U And it came to pass after these things, that it was told A-bra- ham, saying. Behold, ®Mil-cah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Na-hor; 21 -^Huz his firstborn, and Biiz his brothel*, and Kem-u-el the father ^of A-ram, 22 And -Ghe-sed, and Ha-z6, and Pil-dash, and Jiddaph, and Be- thu-el. 23 And ^Be-thu-el begat *Ile-bek- ah : these eight Mil-cah did bear to Na-hor, A-brAham’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Bey-mah, she bare also Te-bah, and Ga-ham, and Thadiash, and Ma-a-chah. CHAPTER 23. 1 The ar/e and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. AND Sa-rah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old : these were the years of the life of Sah’ah. 2 And Sa-rah died in "'Kir-jath- ar-ba ; the same is ”He-br6n in the land of Ga-naan: and A-bra-ham came to mourn for Sa-rah, and to weep for her. 3 ^ And A-bra-ham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 am a stranger and a sojourner with you : «give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth an- swered A-bra-ham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord : thou art ’’a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And A-bra-ham 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 intreat for me to E-phrdn the son of Zodiar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach-pedah, which he^ hath which is in the end of his field ; for ‘uch money as it is worth he dve it me for a possession of ngplace amongst you. “ ver. 3, 10. ch. 26. 5. 1 Heb. ears, b ch. 21. 31. ch. 34. 20, 24. Ruth 4. 4. d See 2 Sam. 24. 21-24. /Job 1. 1. 3 Job 32. 2. h ch. 24. 15. i Called, Rom. 9. 10, Rebecca. k Ex. 30. 13. Ezek. 45. 12. B.C. 1860 . “Josh. 14. 15. Judg. 1. 10. " ver. 19. ch. 13. 18. 0 ch. 25. 9. & 49. 30-32. & .50. 13. Acts. 7. 16. ^’ch. 17. 8. 1 Chr 29. 15. Ps. 105. 12. Heb. 11. 9, 13. 1 Acts 7. 5. ’■ch. 13. 2. & 14. 14. & 24. 35. 2 Heb. a prince of God. > Jer. 32. 10, 11. t ch. 21. 5. 'b Heb. gone into days. « ver. .35. ch. 13. 2. P.S. 112. 3. Prov. 10. 22. * ch. 15. 2. 1 Heb. full money. y ver. 10. ch. 39. 4-R 2 ch. 47. 29. 1 Chr. 29. 24. Lam. 5. 6. 20 10 And E-phr6n dwelt among the children of Heth : and E-phr5n the Hit-tite answered A-brAham in the ^audience of the children of Heth, even oi all that ® went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 ‘'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And A-bra-ham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto E-phrSn in the audience of the people of the land, saying. But if 'tldou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee money for the field : take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And E-phr5n answered A-bra- ham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four hundred * shek- els of silver ; what is that betwixt me and thee'? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And A-bra-ham hearkened unto E-phron ; and A-bra-ham ^weighed to E-phr5n the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shek-els of silver, current money with the mer- chant. 17 And "the field of E-phrfin, which was in Ma-eh-pedah, which ivas before Mam-re, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that ^vere in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto A-bra-ham for a posses- sion in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, A-bra-ham buried Sa-rah his wife in the cave of the field of Maeh-pe4ah before Mam-re : the same is He-br5n in the land of Ga-naan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, *were made sure un- to A-bra-ham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. CHAPTER 24. 1 Abraham sendeth his servant to seek a wife for Isaac. 15 Rebekah meeteth him. 50 Ee obtaineth Rebekah. 62 Isaac meeteth her. AND A-bra-ham *was old, and ^well stricken in age: and the Loep “had blessed A-bra-ham in all things. _ 11 - 2 And A-bra-ham said *unto his eldest servant of his house, that ^ruled over all that he had, ^Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : Abraham's servant sent 3 And I will make thee “swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that nhou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the -Ga-naan- Ites, among whom I dwell : ' 4 ‘'But thou shalt go -'unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son I-saae. 5 And the servant said unto him, Perad venture 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 A-bra-ham said unto him. Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 H 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 this land ; ''he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then "“thou shalt be clear from this my oath : only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of A-bra-ham his master, and sware to him concern- ing that matter. 10 H And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed ; “for^all the goods of his master were in his hand : and he arose, and went to M6s-C-p6- ta-mi-a, unto ®the city of Na-hor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time "'that^ wo- men go out to draw water. 12 And he said, ‘O Lord God of my master A-bra-ham, I pray thee, "'send me good speed this day, ana shew kindness unto my master A-braham. 13 Behold, 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 thv pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy serv- ant I-saae ; and ‘'thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kind- ness unto my master. 15 H And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold. to seeh a wife for Isaac. Be-bek-ah came out. who was born to Be-thu-el, son or '’Mll-cah, the wife of Na-hor, A-bra-ham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel fwas 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. 1 9 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw ivater 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 tvater, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether 'the Lord had made his journey pros- perous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden “earring^ of half a shek-el weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shek’-Us 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, am the daughter of Be-thu-el the son of Mil-cah, which she bare unto Na-hor. 25 She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and pro vender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man * bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. 27 And he said, “Blessed he the Lord God of my master A-bra- ham, who hath not left destitute my master of ^his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord ''led me to the house of my master’s brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things. 29 ^ And Be-bSk-ah had a brO’ ther, and his name was ‘‘La-ban 5 and La-ban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the carring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of BAb6k-ah his sister, saying. Thus spake the man unto me ; that he came unto the GENESIS, 24. B.C. 1857. “ch. U. 22. Deut. 6. 13. Josh. 2. 12. h ch. 11. 29. & 22. 23. « ch. 26. 35. &28. 2. Ex. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. dch. 26 7. ' Heb. good of countenance. « ch. 28. 2. /ch. 12. 1. S 1 Pet. 3. 8. h ch. 12. 1. t ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 17. 8. Ex. 32. 13. Deut. 1. 8. & 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. t Ex. 23. 20, 23. & 33. 2. Heb. 1. 14. 1 ver. 12, 56. '"Josh. 2. 17, 20. " Ex. 32. 2, 3. Is. 3. 19-21. Ezek. 16. 11, 12 . 1 Pet. 3. 3. 2 or, jewel for the forehead. ® ver. 2. 3 or, and. P ch. 22. 23. ? ch. 27. 43. Ex. 2. 16. 1 Sam. 9. 11. Heb. that women which draw water go forth. * ver. 52. Ex. 4. 31. t ver. 27. ch. 26. 24. & 32. 9. Ex. 3. 6, 15. “Ex. 18. 10. Ruth 4. 14. 1 Sam. 25. 32, 39. 2 Sam. 18. 28. Luke 1. 68. *Neh. 1. 11. Ps. 37. 5. ^ch. .32. 10. Ps. 98. 3. * ver. 43. “ Ex. 2. 16. I> ver. 48. ch. 29. 5. d See Judg. 6. 17. .37. 1 Sam. 6. 7. & 14. 10. & 20. 7. 21 Abraham's servant sent GENESIS, 24. to seek a tvife for Isaac. man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said. Come in, “thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 U And the man came into the house : and he ungirded his camels, and * gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, fl will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on._ 34 And he said, I am A-bra-ham’s servant. 35 And the Lord -^hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is be- come great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maid- servants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sa-rah my master’s wife *bare a son to my master when she was old : and *unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my master ^made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the -Ca-naan-ites, in whose land I dwell : 38 ^But thou shalt go unto mv father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 «And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 *And he said unto me. The Lord, * before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and pros- per thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house : 41 ^'Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, “O Lord God of my master A-bra-ham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go : 43 * Behold, I stand by the well of water ; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 44 And she say to me. Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels ; let the same he the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son. 45 ‘^And before I had done ‘^speak- B.C. 1857. «ch.26. 29. Judg. 17. 2. Ruth 3. 10. Pfl. 116. 15, 6 ch. 43. 24. Judg. 19. 21. Job 23. 12. John 4. 34. Eph. 6. 5-7. d Ezek. 16. 11, 12 . * ver. 26. /ver. 1. ch. 12. 2. & 13. 2. 3 ch. 22. 23. i ch. 21. 2. ^ ch. 21. 10. & 25. 6. ^ ver. 3. '”Ps. 118. 23. Mat. 21, 42. Mark 12. 11. ” ch. 31. 24. " ch. 20. 15. T' ver. 4. ? ver. 5. *■ ver. 26. * ver. 7. t ch. 17. 1. ^Ex. 3. 22. & 11 . 2 . & 12. 35. * Heb. vessels. *2Chr. 21. 3. Ezra 1. 6. ^ver. 8. * ver. 56, &59. “ ver. 12. 2 or, a full year, or, ten months, Judg. 14. 8. i ver. 13. ing in mine heart, behold, Re-bek- ah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, prink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou? And she said. The daughter of Be-thu-el, Na-hor’s son, whom Mil-cah bare unto him : and I ‘^put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 ®And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master A-bra-ham, which had led me in the right way to take ^'my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will ^deal kindly and truly v/ith my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then La-ban and Bg-thu-el an- swered and said, ’"The thing pro- ceedeth from the Lord : we cannot "speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Be-bek-ah °is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken. 52 And it came to pass, that, when A-bra-harn’s servant heard their words, he "worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought forth “jewels^ of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Re-bek-ah : he gave also to her brother and to her mother pre- cious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night ; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, ^Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mo- ther said. Let the damsel abide with us few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. ^ 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath pros- pered my way ; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said. We will call the damsel, and 4 'nquire at her ® ver. 15, &c. d 1 Sam. 1. 13, mouth. . 11,1 1 58 And they called Re-bek-ah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Re-bek-ah 23 Isaac meeteth Rebekah. GENESIS, 25. Death of Abraham. their sister, and ®her nurse, and A'bra-ham’s servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed EAbek-ah, and said unto her. Thou art our sister, be thou ’^the mother of thou- sands of millions, and ‘^let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate theni. 6 1 U And Rg-bek-ah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man : and the servant took Rg-bek-ah, and went his way. 62 And I-saae came from the way of the *well La-hai'-roi ; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And I-saae went out *to^ medi- tate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 64 And Rg-bek-ah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw I-saac, ”she lighted off the camel. 65 For she Aae? said unto the serv- ant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet os'? And the ,servant had said. It is my master : therefore she took a vail, and cov- ered herself. 66 And the servant told I-saac all things that he had done. 67 And 1-saac brought her into his mother Sa-rah’s tent, and took Rg-bgk-ah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her : and I^aac "'was comforted after his mother’s death. B.C. 1857. “ch. 35. 8. * oh. 15. 15. « ch. 17. 16. rfch. 22. 17. « ch. 35. 29. & 49. 33. /ch. 35. 29. & 50. 13. ^^ch. 23. 16. A ch. 49. 31. i ch. 25. 11. frJosh 1. 8. Ps. 1. 2. & 77. 12. & 119. 15. & 143. 5. ' or, to pray. I ch. 16. 14. "Josh. 15. 18. « 1 Chr. 1. 29. 2 or, Hadad, 1 Chr. 1. 30. ^’ch. 38. 12. 1 ch. 17. 20. CHAPTER 25. 1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 7 His age, and death. 12 The generation of Ishmael. 24 Birth of Esau ami Jacob. 29 Esau selleth his birthnght. T hen again A -bra-ham took a wife, and her name was Kg- tu-rah. 2 And ^she bare him Zim-ran, and Jgk-shan, and Me-dan, and Mid-i- an, and Ish-bak, and Shu-ah. 3 And J gk-shan begat She-ba, and De-dan. And the sons of De-dan were As-shu-rim, and Lg-tu-shim, and Lg-um-mim. 4 And the sons of Mid-i-an ; E- phah, and E-pher, and Ha-ndch, and A-bi-dah, and El-da-ah. All these were the children of Kg-tu- rali. 5 ^ And ® A -bra-ham gave all that he had unto Iksaac. ^ 6 But unto the sons of the concu- oines, which A-bra-ham had, A- bra-ham gave gifts, and ‘^sent them away from I-saac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto -^the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of A-bra-ham’s life which he ' ^ ver. 8. * 1 Sam. 15. 7. 1 1 Chr. 1. 3! 3Heb./c;Z. Ps. 78. 64. “ch. 16. 12. ® Mat. 1. 2. y ch. 22. 23. ^ ch. 24. 29. “ ch. 24. 36. y 1 Chr. 5. 20. 2 Chr. 33. 13. Ezra 8. 23. ® Rom. 9. 10. Le-ah, and she conceived, and bare Ja-cdb the fifth son. 18 And Le-ah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband : and she called his name ®Is-sa-char. 19 And Le-ah conceived again, and bare Ja-cOb the sixth son. 20 And Le-ah said, God hath en- dued me with a good dowry ; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons : and she called his name "Zeb-u-lun.'' 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name ’Di-nah. 22 11 And God "remembered Ra- chel, 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 ® Jo- seph ; and said, " The Lord shall add to me another son. 25 H And it came to pass, when Ra-chel had born Jo-s6ph, that Ja- cob said unto La-ban, *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 I have done thee. 27 And La-ban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for "I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me *for thy sake. 28 And he said, "Appoint me thj- 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 29 LaharHs coveTmnt with Jacob. GENESIS, 31. Jacob retwrnetli to Cayiaan. hadst before 1 came, and it is now ^ increased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee ^ since my coming : and now when shall I * provide for mine own house also'? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee % And J a-cdb said. Thou shalt not give me any thing : if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 32 1 will pass through all thy flock to day, removing fi*om thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats ; and ‘^o/ such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my f righteousness an- swer for me ^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 La-ban said. Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked 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 hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Ja-p6b : and Ja^Ob fed the rest of La-ban’s flocks 37 H And *'Ja-e5b took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree ; and pilled white strakes 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 ringstraked_, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Ja'edb did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the fl^ock of La-ban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto La-ban’s cattle. 41 And it came to pass, when- soever the stronger cattle did con- ceive, that Ja-c6b laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble. B.C. 1746. ' Heb. broketi forth, ver. 43. 2 Heb. at my foot. “ ver. .30. b 1 Tim. 5. 8. ch. 13. 2. & 24. f5. & 26. :i3, 14. rfeh. 31. 8. ® Ps. 49. 16. /ch. 4. 5. Py. 37. 6. 3 Heb. to morrow. Ex. 13. 14. h Deut. 28. 54. 4 Heb. as yesterday and the day before, 1 Sam. 19. 7. i ch. 28. 15, 20, 21 . & 32. 9. * ver. 2. I ver. 3. "“ver. 38-41. ch. 30. 29. ” ver. 41. “ Num. 14. 22. Neh. 4. 12. Job 19. 3. Zech. 8. 23. P ch. 20. 6. Job 1. 10. Ps. 37. 28. & 105. 14. 1 ch. 30. 32. *■ See ch. 31. 9-12. ® ver. 1, 1& 5 or, he goats. t ch. 48. 16. “Ex. 3. 7. Ps. 139. 3. Eccl. 5. 8. * ch. 28. 18-20. y ver. 8. ch. 32. 9. 2 ch. 2. 24. he put them not in : so the feebler were La-ban’s, and the stronger J a-edb’s. 43 And the man “increased exceed- ingly, and ‘’had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER 31. 1 Jacob departeth secretly from Labcm. 19 Rachel steed- eth her father’s images. 22 Labcm pursueth after Jacob. 43 Their covenant at Galeed. AND he heard the words of La- XA- ban’s sons, saying, Ja-e5b hath taken away all that was our father’s ; and of that which wa,s our father’s hath he gotten all this ®glory. 2 And Ja^Ob beheld -Rhe counte- nance of La-ban, and, behold, it was not '"toward him “^as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Ja- edb, ^Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4_ And Ja-eOb sent and called Ra-chel and Le-ah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, '’I see your father’s countenance, 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. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and ""changed my wages "ten times ; but God -^suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, ®The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus. The ringstraked shall be thy hire; tben bare all the cattle ring- straked. 9 Thus God hath Haken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at thQ time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the ®rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring- straked, speckled, and grisled. 11 And 'the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Ja- cob : And I said. Here am I. 1 2 And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for “I have seen all that La-ban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth'-el, ’^where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou yowedst a vow unto me : now ^ arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Ra-chel and Le-ah an- swered and said unto him, 30 Jacob leaveth Laowib, GENESIS, 31. Lahan pursueth tart^ there yet any portion or inherit- ance for us in our father’s house'? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers'? for *he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our ^6 ]A)r all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our’s, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 H Then Ja-ehb rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels ; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Pa-dan- a-ram, for to go to I-saac his father in the land of -Ga-naan. 19 And La-ban went to shear his sheep: and Ra-chel had stolen the ** images^ that were her father’s. 20 And Ja-chb stole away ^un- awares to La-ban the Syr-i-an, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the liver, and ®set his face toward the mount Gil-e-ad. 22 And it was told La-ban on the third day that J a-c5b was fled. 23 And he took ^'his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gil-e-ad. 24 And God '"came to La-ban the Syr-i-an in a dream by night, and said unto him. Take heed that thou *speak not to Ja-c5b ^either good or bad. 25 H Then La-ban overtook Ja-c6b. Now Ja-c6b had pitched his tent in the mount : and^ La-ban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gil-e-M. 26 And La-ban said to Ja-c6b, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and * carried away my daughters, as captives taheri with the sword'? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and ®steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that 1 might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp'? 28 And hast not suffered me ’"to kiss my sons and my daughters'? Hhou hast now done foolishly in so doing. ^ 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the ^God of ypur father spake unto me "■ yester- night, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ja-cOb either good or bad. B.C. 1739. “ch. 29. 15, 27. Neh. 5. 8. b ver. 19. Judg. 18. 24. « See ch. 44. 9. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou ^stolen my gods % _ n 1 . 1 31 And Ja-e5b answered and said to La-ban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daugh- ters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, ‘'let him not live : before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Ja-cob knew not that Ra-chel d ch. 35. 2. 1 Heb. teraijhim, Judg. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 19. 13. Hos. 3. 4. 2 Heb. the heart of Laban. 3 Heb. felt. « ch. 46. 28. 2 Ki. 12. 17. Luke 9. 51, 53. / Ex. 20. 12. Lev. 19. 32. 3 ch. 13. 8. ftch. 20. 3. Job 33. 15. Mat. 1. 20. i ch. 24. 50. 4 Heb. from good to bad. 5 Heb. felt. k 1 Sam. 30. 2. I Ex. 22. 10. &c. 6 Heb. hast stolen me. ’"Ex. 22. 12. ”ver. 55. Ruth 1. 9, 14. 1 Ki. 19. 20. Acts 20. 37. » 1 Sam. 13. 13. 2 Chr. 16. 9. ^’ch. 29. 27. 28. 3 ver. 53. ch. 28. 13. ’’ver. 24. * ver. 7. t Fs. 124. 1, 9. “ver. 63. la. 8. 13. had stolen them. 33 And La-ban went into Ja-c5bs tent, and into Le-ah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Le-ah’s tent, and entered inte Ra-chel’s tent. 34 Now Ra-chel had taken the im- ages, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And La-ban ^searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father. Let it not displease my lord that 1 cannot -^rise up before thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 ^ And Ja_-c5b was wroth, and chode with La-ban: and Ja-chb an- swered and said to La-ban, What is my trespass] what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me] 37 Whereas thou hast ® searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff] set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge be- twixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have 1 not eaten. 39 ^That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of ”"my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.^ 40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep de- parted from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ; I ^served thee four- teen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle : and ®thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 * Except the God of my father, the God of A-bra-ha.m. and ’"the 31 Jfacob's cove'iuitci witfi Laban. GENESIS, 32. Jacob s message to Etauih fear of 1 -saae, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. "God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and ^rebuked thee yester- night. 43 ^ And La-ban answered and said unto Ja-e5b, These daughters are my daughters, and these chil- dren are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is miine: and what can I do this day unto these my daugh- ters, or unto their children which they have bornl 44 Now therefore come thou, ^let us make a covenant, I and thou ; ’'and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Ja-eob ’^took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Ja-eob said unto his bre- thren, Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made an heap : and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And La-ban called it •‘^Je-gar- ya-ha-du-tha : but Ja-eob called it *Gal-e-ed. 48 And La-ban said, ”This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Gal-e-ed ; , . , 49 And ^Miz-pah;^ for he said. The Lord watcn between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shaft afflict my daugh- ters, or if thou shaft take other, wives beside my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness be- twixt me and thee. ^ 51 And La-ban said to Ja-e 6 b, Behofd this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee ; i 7 • 52 This heap he witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shaft not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. _ , , 53 The God of A-bra-ham, and the God of Na-hor, the God of their father, ^ judge betwixt us. And Ja-e 6 b “sware by Hhe fear of his father I-saae. ^ , .« 54 Then Ja-ehb ’offered sacrihce 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 La- ban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and ^blessed them : and La-ban departed, and ^returned unto his place. B.O. 1739. « ch. 29. 32. Ex. 3. 7. b 1 Chr. 12. 17. ^ Ps. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14. dJosti. .'5. U Ps. 103. 21. & 148. 2. Lake 2. 13. 1 i.e. Two hosts, or, camps. « cb, 33. 14. 16. / ch. 36. 6-8. Deut. 2. 5. Josh. 24. 4. 2Heb.,^?t7. ? ch. 26. 28. A Josh. 24. 27. i Piov. 15. 1. k ch. 28. 18. I ch. 30. 43. ”»ch. 33. 8. 15. 3 i.e. nie heap of witness. Chald. 4 i.e. Tlic heap of witness. Heb. "Josh. 24. 27. ch. 33. 1. P Judg. 11. 29 1 Sain. 7. 5. 3 i.e. A beacon, or, watch- tower. 1 ch. 35. 3. ’’ Ps. 50. 15. » ch. 28. 13. t ch. .31. 3, 13. « Heb. 7 am less than all, &c. “ch. 24. 27. yps. 59. 1, 2. * ch. 16. 5. “ch. 21. 23. b ver. 42. 7 or, killed beasts. ‘ Hos. 10. 14. 8 Heb. upon. d ch. 28. 13-15. / ch. 43. 11. Prov. 18. 16. a ch. 18. 33. & 30. 25. Num. 24. 26. 32 CHAPTER 32. 1 Jacob's visio7i at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. Q He is afraid of Esau’s coming. 9 He p7 lyeth for,- deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esa i. 24 Bt wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is caller Israel. 31 He halteth. AND Ja-e6b went on his way, and ®the angels of God met him. 2 And when Ja-ehb saw them, he said. This is God’s ‘^host: and he called the name of that place ^Ma- ha-na-im._ 3 And Ja^bb sent messengers be- fore him to E^sau his brother ‘'unto the land of Se-ir, -^the ^country of E-dom. 4 And he commanded them, say • ing, 'Thus shall ye speak unto my lord E-sau ; Thy servant Ja^5b saith thus, I have sojourned with La-ban, and stayed there until now : 5 And -1 have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and wo- menservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that may find grace in thy sight. 6 II And the messengers returned to Ja-ehb, saying. We came to thy brother E-sau, and also "he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. , 7 Then Ja-ehb 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 E-sau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. ^ ^ ^ 9 ^ '"And Ja-e6b said, *0 God of my father A-bra-ham, and God of my father I^aae, the Lord ‘which saidst unto me. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 H am not worthy of the least of all the "mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with ^my staff I passed over this J6r-dan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of E-sau ; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and ‘'the mother ®with the children. 12 And ‘'thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which can- not be numbered for multitude. 13 U And he lodged there that same night ; and took of that which came to his hand •'^a present tor E-sau his brother ; . 14 Two hundred she goats, and ucicob s 'present to Esan. GENESIS, 33. hsaus kind ness to Jacob, 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 s(irvants. Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the fore- most, saying. When E-sau my bro- ther meeteth thee, amd asketh thee, saying. Whose art thoul and whi- ther goest thou % and whose are these oefore theel 18 Then thou shalt say,^ They he thy servant Ja--e5b’s; it 7s a pres- ent sent unto rny lord E-sau: 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 E-sau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Ja-e5b is behind us. For he said, I will ‘'appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; perad venture he will accept ‘“^of me. 21 So went the present over be- fore him : and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, ®and passed over the ford Jab-b5k. 23 And he took them, and '^sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 ^ And Ja-eSb was left alone ; and there -^wrestled a man with him until the ® breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he pre- vailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and ^ the hollow of Ja-ehb’s thigh was out of 3 oint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And *he said. Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name % And he said, Ja^Ob. 28 And he said, ^Thy name shall be called no more Ja-e5b, but ®Is- cl : for as a prince hast thou "power with God and ‘'with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Ja-^Ob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, ^Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name % And he blessed him there. B.C. 1739. 1 i.e. The face of God. «ch. 16. 13. Ex. 24. 11 Dent. 5. 24. Judg. 6. 22. Is. 6. 5. b ch. 32. 6. « Prov. 21. 14. 2 Heb. my face. Job 42. 8, 9. 3 Heb. to thee t Heb. oxcord- ing to the foot of the work, &c. and according to the foot of the children. dch. 13. 9. & 20. 15. 2 Heb. set, or, place. « ch. 42. 34. /cb. 47. 27. 3 Heb. Where- fore is this } S cb. 34. 11. & 47. 25. Kuth 2. 13. ft Josh. 13. 27. Judg. 8. 5. Ps. 60. 6. » Ex. 22. 16, 17. Deut. 22. 29. 1 Sam. 18. 25. 4 i.e. Booths, k John 3. 23. I Josh. 24. 1. Judg. 9. 1. s Called, Acts 7. 16, Sychem. "‘See 2 Sam. 13. 24, &c. ”Josh. 24. 32. John 4. 5. Called, Acts 7. 16, Emmor. CHAPTER 34. ® Josh. 5. 9. 1 or, laynbs. 1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 24 The Shechemites, being circumcised, are slain by the sons of Jacob. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. AND ^Dl-nah the daughter of Le- ah, which she bare unto Ja- cob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when She-chem the son of Ha-mdr the Hi-vite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and. ® defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Di-nah the daughter of Ja-cbb, and he loved the damsel, and spake ^kindly unto the damsel. 4 And She-chem ® spake unto his father Ha-mor, saying. Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Ja-cbb heard that he had defiled Di-nah his daughter ; now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Ja-c5b *held his peace until they were come. 6 H And Ha-m6r the father of She- chem went out unto Ja-c6b to com- mune with him. 7 And the sons of Ja-c6b came out Pch. 35. 7. 8 i.e. God the God of Israel. ?ch. 30. 21. Heb. hum- bled her, Deut. 22. 2i > Heb. to the heart of the damsel: See Is. 40. 2. Hos. 2. 14 ’■ 1 Chr. 4. 9. * Judg. 14. 2. t 1 Sam. 10. 27. 2 Sam. 13. 22. of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and thej?- “ were very wroth, because he ^ hac wrought folly in Ish4-el in lying with Ja-cbb’s daughter; ‘'which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Ha-m6r communed with them, saying. The soul of my son She-chem longeth for your daugh- ter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you ; dwell and ® trade ye therein, and •^get you possessions therein. 11 And She-chem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much * dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Ja^5b an- swered She-chem and Ha-mor his father deceitfully, and said, be- cause he had defiled Di-nah their sister : 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised ; for ‘'that were a reproach unto us : 15 But in this will we consent unto you ; If ye will be as _we be, that every male of you be circum- cised ; 1 6 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Ha- mor, and She-chem Ha-mor’s son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Ja-cbb’s daughter: and he was ’’more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 ^ And Ha-mor and She-chem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with, us ; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 84 The She cJiemites destroyed. GENESIS, 35. 22 Only herein will the men con- sent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if. every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. . . 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs he our’s ^ only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Ha-mor and unto She-chem his son hearkened all that «went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. , . , ,1 25 H And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sor^ that two of the sons of Ja-eOb, ^Sim-e- 6n and Le-vl, Dl-nah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew ah the males. i on _/ 26 And they slew Ha-mor and bhe- ehem his son with the ‘“^edge of the sword, and took Di-nah out of fehe- ■ehem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Ja-c5b came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, be- cause they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 30 And Ja-c5b said to Sim-6-5n and Le-vl, ^Ye have « troubled me ’’to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among_ the ■Ga-naan-ites and the Per-iz-zites : *and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me ; and i shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot 1 CHAPTER 35. 1 God sendeth Jacob to ISeth-el. 2 Me purgeth his house of idols, 6 and buildeth an altar. 9 God blesscth him. 16 Rachel bearcth Benjamin, and dieth. 23 The sons of Jacob. 29 Death of Isaac. AND God said unto Ja-c5b, Arise, A go up to y Beth'-6l, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, Hhat appeared unto thee “when thou fleddest from the face of E-sau thy brother. 2 Then Ja-cOb said unto his ^house- hold, and to all that were with him, Put away ®the strange gods that are among you, and ‘*be clean, and change your garments : 3 And let us arise, and go up to B6th'-el ; and I will make there an altar unto God. -^who answered me Jacob at Betti-eC, B.C. 1732. ‘ oh. 28. 20. & 31. 3, 42. 6 Hos. 2. 13. « Josh. 24. 26. Judg. 9. 6. d Ex. 15. 16. Deut. 11. 25. Josh. 2. 9. 1 Sam. 14. 15. « ch. 23. 10, 18. /ch. 28. 19, 22. ffeh. 49. 5-7. h Eccl. 5. 4. 1 i.c. The God of Beth-el. ch. 28. 13. 2 Heb. mouth, k ch, 24. 59. 3 i.e. The oak of weeping. I Hos. 12. 4. ™ch. 32. « ch. 17. 1. & 48. 3, 4. Ex. 6. 3. 0 ch. 17. 5, 6, 16 & 28. 3. & 48. 4. f ch. 49. 6. J Josh. 7. 25. Ex. 5. 21. 1 Sam. 13. 4 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 3, 4. & 28. 13. t Deut. 4. 27 Ps. 105. 12. “ch. 17. 22. * ch. 28. 18. y ch. 28. 19. * ch. 28. 13. ■i Heb. a little piece of ground, 2 Ki. 5. 19. “ ch. 27. 43. b ch. 18. 19. Josh. 24. 15. ' ch. 31. 19, 34. Josh. 24. 2, 23. 1 Sain. 7. 3. d Ex. 19. 10. « ch. 30. 24. 1 Sam. 4. 20. /ch. .32. 7, 24. Ps. 107. 6. 35 in the day of my distress, “and was with me in the way vv^hich I went. 4 And they gave unto Ja-cob all the strange gods which were^ in their hand, and all their ^earrings which were in their ears ; and Ja- ebb hid them under Hhe oak which was by She-chem. 5 And they journeyed : and ‘fthe terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Ja-ebb. 6 ^ So Ja-ebb came to -^Luz, which is in the land of -Ga-naan, that ^s, Beth'-6l, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place ^ El-beth'-el : because Hhere God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. , , , , 8 But ^ Deb-b-rah Re-bek-ah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth'-el under an oak: and the name of it was called ^^Al'lbn-bach-uth. ^ 9 ^ And * God appeared unto J a- ebb again, when he came out of Pa-dan-aYam, and blessed hiim 10 And God said unto him. Thy name is Ja-ebb : ”^thy name shall not be called any more J a-ebb, but Is-ra-el shall be thy name : and he called his name IsYa-el. 11 And God said unto him, am God Almighty : be fruitful and mul- tiply; "a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 And the land « which I gave A-bra-ham and I-saac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God “went up from him in the place where he talked with him. . 14 And Ja-ebb *set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone : and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Ja-ebb called the name of the place where God spake with him, BetlT-bl. 16 H And they journeyed from Beth'-bl; and there was but ^a little way to come to Ephh-ath : and Ra-chel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid- wife said unto her, Fear not ; ‘’thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name GENESIS, 36. The sons of Jacob, Generations of Esan ^ Ben-o-ni : but his father called him ^Ben-ja-min. 19 And “Ba-chel died, and was buried in the way to *Eph-rath, which is Beth'-l6-hem. 20 And Ja^db set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Ra-chei’s grave ®unto this day. 21 H And Is-ra-el journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower oi E-dar. 22 And it came to pass, when I§- ra-el dwelt in that land, that Reu- ben went and day with Bil-hah his father’s concubine ; and Is-ra-el heard it. Now the sons of Ja^db were twelve: 23 The sons of Le-ah: ^Reu-ben, Ja-cdb’s firstborn, and Sim-d-dn, and LeWl, and Ju-dah, and Is-sa- ■ehar, and Zdb-u-lun: 24 The sons of Ra-chel; Jd-seph, and Ben-ja-min : 25 And the sons of Bil-hah^ Ra- chel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naph- ta-li : 26 And the sons of Zil-pah, Le-ah’s handmaid; Gad, and Ash-er : these are the sons of Ja-cdb, which were born to him in Pa-dan-a-ram. _ 27 ^ And Ja-edb came unto I-saae his father unto ** Mamh*e, unto the " city of Ar-bah, which is_ He-brdn, where A-bra-ham and I-saae so- journed. 28 And the days of I-saae were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And I^aae gave up the ghost, and died, and f was gathered unto his people, being old and full of da vs: and «his sons E-sau and Ja- eOb buried him. CHAPTER 36. 1 Esau's three wives. 6 Eis removing to mount Seir. 9 Eis sons, 15 and their descendants. 20 The sons and dukes of Seir. 31 ITie kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that descended of Esau. lyrOW these are the generations i.1 of E-sau, ^wh 9 is E-d6m. 2 * E-sau took his wives of the daughters of Ga-naan ; A-dah the daughter of Ed5n the Hit-tlte, and ‘A-h5l-i-ba-mah the daughter of A-nah the daughter of Zib-e-5n the Hi-vite ; 3 And “Bash-6-math Ishhiia-ePs daughter, sister of Ne-ba-j5th.^ 4 And * A-dah bare to E-sau El-i- phaz ; and Bash-e-math bare Reu-61 ; 5 And A-hel-i-ba-mah bare Je-ush, and Ja-adam, and Kod^ah : these are the sons of E-sau, which were born unto him in the land of Ga-naan. 6 And E-sau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the ^persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all B.C. 1796. » i.e. The son of my sorrow. 2 i.e. The son of the right hand. “ ch. 48. 7. b Ruth 1. 2. Mic. 5. 2. Mat. 2. 6. ch. 13. 6, 11. d ch. 17. 8. & 28. 4. « 1 Sam. 10. 2. /Mic. 4. 8. S ch. 32. 3. Deut. 2. 5. Josh. 24. 4. h ver. 1. 3 Heb. Edom, i ch. 49. 4. 1 Chr. 5. 1. *lChr.l.35.&c. I ch. 46. 8. Ex. 1. 2. 4 or, Zephi, 1 Chr. 1. 36. ®*Ex. 17. 8, 14. Num. 24. 20. 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, &c. ”ch. 13. 18. & 23. 2, 19. « Josh. 14. li>. & 15. 13. P ch. 15. 15. & 25. 8. ? So ch. 25. 9. & 49. 31. » ch. 26. 34. t ver. 25. *1 Chr. 1. 35. yi Chr. 1. 38. * ch. 14. 6. Deut. 2. 12, 22. 5 Heb. ioiito. his substance^ which he had got in the land of Ga-naan ; and v/ent into the country from the face of his brother Ja^5b. 7 '"For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ; and ‘^the land wherein they were stran- gers could not bear them because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt E-sau in Amount Sedr : * E-sau is E-dCm. 9 *i\ And these are the generations of E-sau the father of ^the E-d6m- ites in mount Sedr: 10 These are the names of E^sau’s sons ; *El-i-phaz the son of A-dah the wife of E-sau, Reu-el the son of Bash-6-math the wife of E-sau. 11 And the sons of El-i-phaz were Te-man, O-mar, ^Ze-pho, and Ga- tam, and Ke-naz. 12 And Tim-na was concubine to El-i-phaz E-sau’s son ; and she bare to El-i-phaz ’” Am-a-lek : these were the sons of A-dah E-sau’s wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reu-61 ; Na-hath, and Ze-rah, Sham- mah, and Miz-zah : these were the sons of Bash-e-math E-sau’s wife. 14 ^ And these were the sons of A-h6i-i-ba-mah, the daughter of A- nah the daughter of Zib^e-Cn, Ejsau’s wife : and she bare to E-sau Je-ush, and Ja-adam, and Ko-rah. 15 ^ These were dukes of the sons of E-sau : the sons of El-i-phaz the firstborn son oi E-sau; duke Te- man, duke O-mar, duke Ze-pho, duke Ke-naz. 16 Duke Ko-rah, duke Ga-tam, and duke Am-a-lek : these are the dukes that came of El-i-phaz in the land of E-d6m ; these were the sons of A-dah. 17 ^ And these are the sons of Reu-el E-sau’s son : duke Na-hath, duke Ze-rah, duke Sham-mah, duke Miz-zah : these are the dukes that came of Reu-el in the land of E-d5m ; these are the sons of Bash-e-math E-sau’s wife. 18 U And these are the sons of A-h6l-i-ba-mah E-sau’s wife; duke Je-ush, duke Ja-adam, duke Ko-rah : these were the dukes that came of A-h6ld-ba-mah the daughter of A- nah, E-sau’s wife. 19 These are the sons of E-sau. who is E-d6m, and these are their dukes 20 H ^ These are the sons of Sedr Hhe Ho-rite, who inhabited the land; Lo-tan,_ and Sho-bal, and Zib-6-5n, and A-nah, _ , 21 And Di-sh5n, and E-zer, and Di- shan : these are the dukes of the Ho-rltes, the children of Sedr in the land of E-d5m. 36 The kings of Edom, GENESIS, 37. Josephs two dreams. 22 And the children of Lo-tan were Ho-ri and ^ He-rnam i and Lo-tan s sister Tim-nA £ 23 And the children of Sho^bai tvere these; "^Ai-vanjand Ma-na-hath, and E-bal, ""She-phO, and Q-nam. 24 And these are the children ot Zib-g-6n; both A^jah, and A^nah: this was that A-nah that found “the mules in the wilderness, as he led the asses of Zib-e-6n his father. 25 And the children of A-nah were these ; Di-shbn, and A-hOl-i-ba-mah the daughter of A-nah. 26 And these are the children ot Di-shbn ; « Hem-dan, and Esh-ban, and Ith-ran, and -Ghe-ran. 27 The children of E-zer are these ; Bil-han, and Za-a-van, and ’A-kan. 28 The children of Di-shan are these ; tTz, and A-ran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Ho-rltes ; duke Lo-tan, duke Sho-bal, duke Zib-6-bn, duke A-nah, 30 Duke DTshbn, duke E-zer, duke Dl-shan : these are the dukes that came of Hoha, among their dukes in the land of Se-ir. 31 And these are the _ kings that reigned in the land of E-dbm, before there reigned any king over the children of Is-r4-el. ^ ^ , 32 And Beda the son of Be-or reigned in E-dbm: and the name of his city vjas Din-ha-bah. 33 And Be-la died, and Jo-bab the son of Ze-rah of Bbz-rah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jo-bab died, and Hu-sham of the land of Tem-a-ni reigned in Ills 35 And Hu-sham died, and Ha-dad the son of Be-dad, who smote Mid B.C. 1840. or, Eomam, 1 Chr. 1. 39. 2 or, Allan, 1 Chr. 1. 40. 3 or, Shephi, 1 Chr. 1 40. * Heb. Edom. “See Lev. 19.19. b ch. V7. 8. &23. 4. & 28. 4 & 36. 7. Heb. 11. 9. 6 Heb. of his father's sojournin^s. P or, Amram, 1 Chr. 1. 41. 1 or, Jakan, 1 Chr. 1. 42. dch. 44. 20. 8 or, 2 neces, Judg. 5. 30. 2 Sam. 13. 18. < 1 Chr. 1. 43. /ch. 27. 41. & 49. 23. 9 ch. 42. 6, 9. & 43. 26. &44 14 i-an in the field of Mo-ab, reigned in his stead : and the name of ’ his city was A-vith. 36 And Ha-dad died, and Sam-lah of Mas-re-kah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samdah died, and Saul of '^Re-ho-bbth by the river reigned in 1ns 38 And Saul died, and Ba-al-ha- nan the son of A-eh-b6r reigned in his stead. 39 And Ba-al-ha-nan the son of Ach-bor died, and *Ha-dar reigned in his steady and the name of his city was Pa-u ; and his wife’s name was Me-h6t-a-bel, the daughter of Madrid, the daughter of M6z-a-hab. 40 And these are the names of 'the dukes that came oi E-sau, ac- cording to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Tim- nah, duke ^Al-vah, duke Je-theth, 41 Duke A-h6l-I-ba-mah, duke E- lHh, duke Pi-nbn, i ch. 46. 29. *1 Chr. 1.' 50, Iladad Pai. After his death was an Aristocracy, Ex. 15. 15. 1 1 Chr. 1. 51. ™ch. 27. 29. • or, A liah. * Acts 7. 9. ' Pan. 7. 28. Luke 2. 19, 51. 37 42 Duke; Ke-naz, duke Te-man, duke Mib-zar, _ 43 Duke Mag-di-el, duke I-ram: these be the dukes of E-d5m, ac- cording to their habitations in the land of theii possession : he is E-sau the father of Hhe E-dbm-ites. CHAPTER 37. 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His tioo dreams. 13 Jacob sendeth him, to visit his brethren, 18 who conspire his death. 21 Reuben Saveth him. 26 They sell him to the IshmeelUes. Z 1 Bis father mewrneth for him. 26 Be is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. AND Ja^bb dwelt in the land '’wherein® his father_was a stranger, in the land of Ca-naam^ 2 These are the generations of J a- ebb. Jb-seph, 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 Zil-pah, his father’s wives : and Jb-sbph brought unto his father ‘'their evil report. 3 Nowls-ra-el loved Jb-seph more than all 'his children, 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 ^ And Jb-seph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them. Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : n . t 7 For, ^behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; 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. 9 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 m 9 on 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 1 Shall I and thy mother and "‘thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth 1 . , , . 1 1 And "his brethren envied him ; but his father ‘’observed the saying. Joseph is sold to GENESIS, 38. Potiphar in Egypt, i 2 H And ills brethren 'vvbnt to feed their father’s flock in ^She^hem. 13 And Is-r4-el said nnto Jo-seph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in She^^hem^ come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. ^ t 14 And he said to him. Go, 1 pray thee, ^see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of ^ He-bron, and he came to She-ehem. 1 5 H And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering^ in the field ; and the man asked him, saving, What seekest thou ^ 16 And he said, I seek my bre- thren ; Hell nie, 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 DoHhan. And Jo-seph went after his brethren, and found them in ^DoHhan. 18 And v/hen 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 dreamer 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 : ana we shall see what will become or his dreams. 21 And ^Eeu-ben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Eeu-ben 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 ^ And it came to pass, when Jo-seph was come unto his brethren, that they stript J o-seph 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 company of * Ish-me-el-ites came from Gil-e-ad with their camels bearing spicery and ‘^balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to E-gypt. , 26 And Ju-dah said unto his bre- thren, What profit is it if, we slay our brother, and -^conceal his blood t 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ish-me-el-ites, and Het not our hand be upon him; for he is *our B.C. 1729. I k Cant. 1. 7. ”1 Sam. 19. 1. Ps. 31. 13. & 37. 12, 32. & 94. 21. Mat. 27. 1. Mark 14. 1. John 11. 53. Acts 23. 12. ® 2 Sam. 3. 31. 3 Feb. master of dreams. P Prov. 1. 11. ? 2 Sam. 12. 17. »• ch. 42. 38. « ch. 42. 22. < ch. 39. 1. 4 Heb. eunuch: But the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also cham- berlains, courtiers, and officers. 5 Heb. chief of the slaughter- men, or, executioners. 6 or, chief marshal. “2 Ki. 4. 8. 1 or, pieces. * ch. 34. 2. y 1 Chr. 2. 3. ^ Prov. 30. 20. “ ch. 46. 12. h See ver. 28, 86 Num. 26. 19. ch. 43. 8. Ps. 118. 17. Is. 38. 1. ver. 38. d Acts 7. 11. ch. 22. 17. Jiidg. 7. 12. 1 Sam. 13. 5. /ch. 41. 41. S ch. 37. 7. h ch. 46. : &4S. 5. 1 or, prince, ver. 45. 2 Sam. 8. 18, 2 Heb. hard things with them. 3 i.e. Forget- I ch. 37. 5, 9. 1 i.e. Fruitful. *ch. 49. 22. I Ps. 105. 16. Acts 7. 11. «ch. 37. 30. Lam. 5. 7. See ch. 44. 20. 5 Hel). all wherein was. » ch. 42. 6. See 1 Sam. 1. 26. & 17. .55, • Acts 7. 12. 2 Heb. gathered. » Lev. 25. 48. Neh. 5. 15. heard that there is corn in E-gypt; get you down thither, and buy tor us from thence ; that we may "live, and not die. _ , . 3 H And Jb-sgph’s ten brethren v/ent down to buy corn in E-gypt. 4 But Ben-ja-min, JbGephs bro- ther, Ja-ebb sent not with his bre- thren ; for he said, "Lest peradven- ture mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Is-ra-el came to buy corn among those that came : for the famine was in the land ot Ca-naan. , , , 6 And JbGeph was the governor •'^over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Jb-s6ph’s brethren came, and •''bowed down themselves oetore him with their faces to the eartn. 7 And JbGeph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made him- self strange unto them, and spake hnughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they said. From the land of -Ca-naan to buy food. 8 And JbGbph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And JbGeph 'remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Yq are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 1 1 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 tne land ye are come. . , p 13 And they said. Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons ot one man in the land of Ca-na^ ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one 14 And Jb-sbph 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 Pha-raoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. , , . , . 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be ''kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there beany truth in you : or else by the life ol PhaYabh surely ye are spies. 17 And he ''put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Jb-sbph said unto them the third day. This do, and live ; ^for I fear God : 4 ^ GENESIS, 43. Their return to Jacob, Jacob’s sons impriso7iecl. 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 bro- ther unto me ; so shall your v/ords be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 ^ And they said one to another, ‘*VVe are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be- sought us, and we would not hear ; f therefore is this disti'ess come up- on us. 22 And Reu-ben ansv/ered them, saying, S’ Spake 1 not unto you, say- ing, Do not sin against the child ; and ye would not hear'? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Jo-seph understood them; for ^he spake un- to 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 Sim-e-on, and bound him before their eyes. 25 11 Then Jo-seph 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 ^failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another. What is this that God hath done unto us % 29 H And they came unto Ja-c5b their father unto the land of -Ca- naan , and told him all that befell unto them ; saying, 30 The man, who is^ the lord of the land, spake “roughly 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 he twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Ca-naan. 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 bro- ther unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall “traffick in the land. _ 35 II And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, "every man’s bundle of money was m his sack : and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Ja-eCb their father said unto them. Me have ye "bereaved of my children: Jo-seph is not, and 8im^e-5n is not, and ye will take Ben-ja-min away: all these things are against me. 37 And Reu-hgn spake unto his father, saying. Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for "his brother is dead, and be 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. CHAPTER 43. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 He nxdketh them a feast. AND the famine was ""sore in the A land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of E-gypt, their father said unto them. Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Ju-dah spake unto him, saying. The man ^did solemnly pro- test unto us, saying. Ye shall not see my 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 him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Is-ra-el 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 ®asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive 'I have ye another^ brother ? and we told him according to the ®tenpr of these words : could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down '? ,, 8 And Ju-dah said unto Is-rd-el his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we B.C. 1707. i ver. 34. ch. 43. 5. d Job 36. 8, 9. Hos. 5, 15. / Prov. 21. 13. Mat. 7. 2. 3 ch. 37. 21. h ch. 9. 5. 1 Ki. 2. 32. 2 Chr. 24. 22. Ps. 9. 12. Lukell.50,51. 1 Heb. an in- terpreter was between them. « ver. 13. ch. 37. 33. & 44. 28. * ver. 4. ch. 44. 29. I ch. 37. 35. & 44. 31. “Mat. 5. 44. Rom. 12. 17, 20 , 21 . ” ch. 41. 54. 57. 2 Heb. protesting protested. Pcb. 42. 20. & 44. 23. 3 Heb. went forth. 3 ver. 7. 4 Heb. with us hard things. * Heb. asking asked us. »-ver. 15, 19,20. Heb. mouth. " Heb. k'twia- ing could we know. 14 Jacob sendeth Benjamin. GENESIS, 43. Joseph and his brethren. may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; ot my hand shalt thou require him : “it 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 this second time. ^ ^ i 11 And their father Is-ra-el said unto them. If it must be so now, do this ; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and ‘'carry down the man a present, a little ‘^balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 12 And take double money in your hand ; and the money ®fhat was brought again in the rnouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand ; peradventure it was an oversight; ^ . 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Ben-ja-min. '^If^ I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 ^ And the men took that pres- ent, and they took double money in their hand, and Ben-ja-min ; and rose up, and went down to E-gypt, and stood before Jo-seph. ^ 16 And when Jo-seph saw Ben- ja-min with them, he said to the ruler of his house. Bring these men home, and “slay, and make ready ; for these men shall ’dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Jo-seph bade ; and the man brought the men into J o-seph’s house. 18 And the men were afraid, be^ cause they were brought into Jo- seph’s house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;^ that he may ®seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of J o-seijh’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, ’'we _ came indeed down at the first time to buy food : 21 And *it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and we have brought it again in our hand. B.C. 1707. ® ch. 44. 32. PhUem. 18, 19. ' Heb. your money came to me. 2 or, tvnce by this. b ch. 18. 4. & 24. 32. f ch. 32. 20. Prov. 18. 16. dch. 37. 25. Jer. 8. 22. ' ch. 42. 25, 35. /ch. 37. 7, 10. 3 Heb. ■peace, ch. 37. 14. Heb. Is there ‘peace to your father ) 9 ch. 42. 11, 13. h Esth. 4. 16. b or. And I, as I have been, &c. ch. 37. 7, 10. k ch. 35. 17, 18 I ch. 42. 13. ™ch. 24. 2. & 39. 4. & 44. 1. 6 Heb. mi a killing, 1 Sam. 25. 11. 7 Heb. eat. ”1 Ki. 3. 26. > ch. 42. 24. P ver. 25. s Heb. roll him- self upon us. Job 30. 14. ?ch. 46. 34. Ex. 8. 26. ch. 42. 3, 10. 9 Heb. corning do wn -we came down. » ch. 42. 27, 35. t ch. 45. :2. 1 Heb. drank largely : See Hag. 1. 6. John 2. 10. 45 22 And other money have wo brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said. Peace be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treas- ure in your sacks : ^I had your money. And he brought Sim-6-5n out unto them. i . i 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, ^i^d *^ve them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses prov- Gndci** 25 And they made ready the pres- ent against Jo-seph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 And when Jo-seph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. . 7 • 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, ^Is your father well, the old man ^01 whom ye spake'? Is he yet alive '? 28 And they answered. Thy serv- ant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. *And they bowed down their heads, and made obei- SclHC0* 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Ben-ja-min, ^his mother’s son, and said. Is this your younger brother, ^ of whom ye spake unto me"? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Jo-seph made haste; tor ”his bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and “wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said. Set on ^bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by them- selves, and for the E-gyp%ans,, which did eat with him, by them- selves : because the E-gyp- tian? might not eat bread with the He- brews ; for that is ®an abomina- tion iinto the E-gyp-tians. 33 And they sat Before him, the firstborn according to his birth- right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men mar- velled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : _ but Ben-ja-min’s mess was ^five times so much as any of their’s. And they drank, and ^were merry with him. Jose2')h^s 'policy GENESIS, 44. to stay his hreihren. CHAPTER 44. 1 Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah's humble supplication to Joseph. ^ND he commanded Hhe steward x\_ of his house, saying. Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, ill the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and liis corn money. And he did according to the word that Jo-seph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4- And when they were gone out of ^ the city, and not yet far off, Jo-seph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? . . b Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he ‘^divineth'? ye have done evil in so doing. 6 IT And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him. Where- fore saith my lord these words'? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing : 8 Behold, •''the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of -Ca-naan : how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy serv- ants it be found, /‘both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. 10 And he said. Now also let it he according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my serv- ant ; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Ben-ja- min’s sack. 13 Then they '"I’ent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 U And Ju-dah and his brethren came to Jo-seph’s house ; for he was yet there : and they ® fell before him on the ground. ^ 15 And Jo-seph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done'? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly ^divine'? 16 And J u-dah said, What shall we say unto my lord'? what shall we B.C. 1707. 1 Ueb. him that waa over his house. “ ver. 9. b Pl-ov. 17. 15. « ch. 18. 30, 32. Ex. 32. 22. is brethren could not answer him ; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Jo-seph said unto nis bre- thren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Jo-seph your brother, S' whom ye sold into E-gypt. _ 5 Now therefore '"be not grieved, '’nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : Tor God did send me before you to preserve lire. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither he earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you ® to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it VMS not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hatli made me ^a father to Pha-raoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Pl- gypt. 3 Heb. teas good in the eyes of Pharaoh, ch. 41. 37. « Acts 7. 13. 4 or, terrified. Job 4. 5. & 23. 15. Mat. 14. 26. Mark 6. 50. / ch. 27. 28. Num. 13. 12, 29. 5 ch. 37. 28. h Is. 40. 2. 2 Cor. 2. 7. 3 Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes. i cli. 50. 20. Neb. 9. 6. •Tob 36. 6. Ps. 105. 16, 17. Acts 4. 27, 28. <5 Heb. let not your eye spare, &c. 1 Heb. mouth, Nuni. 3. 16. 8 Hc)i. to put for you a remnant. k cb. 43. 34. cb. 41. 43. Judg. 17. 10. Jot) 29. 16. 9 Heb. carry- ing. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my fa ther, and say unto him. Thus saitl Liiit^r, ctini. un.u'j iimi, Saith thy son Jo-s6ph, God hath made me lord of all E-gypt : come down unto me, tarry not : 10 And ’“thou shalt dwell in the land of Go-sh6n, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy chil- dren, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 1 1 And there will I nourish thee ; for yet there are five yeai's of fam- ine ; lest thou, and thy house- hold, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. , 1 2 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Ben-ja-min, that it is ‘’my mouth that speaketh unto you. , „ „ ^ n 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in E-gypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. , . , ,, 14 And he fell upon his brother Ben-ja-min’s neck, and wept ; and Benda-min wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissea all his bre- thren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. ,, „ 16 H And the fame thereof was heard in PhaTaoh’s house, saying, Jo-seph’s brethren are come: and it ^pleased Phab^aoh well, and his servants. 1 7 And Pha-raoh said unto J o-sepli. Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of -Ca-naan ; 18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of E-gypt, and ye shall eat -^the fat of the land. i i 1 • 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of E^ypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also ® regard not your stutt ; tor the good of all the land of E-gypt is your’s. , , , ^ 21 And the children of Is-ra-el did so: and Jo-seph gave them wagons, according to the com- mandment_ of Phab'aoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Ben-ja-min he gave three hundi-ed pieces of silver, and *five changes oi raiment. , „ , , , 23 And to his father he sent alter this manner ; ten as^ses ‘•’laden witn the good things of E-gypt, 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 departed: and he said unto them., See tha t ye fall not out by the way. . 25 H And they went up out ot E-gypt, and came into the land ot £3a-naan unto Ja-cOb their father, V I *1 ! I 47 JcLcoh is revived^ GENESIS, 46. and goetTi into Egypt, 26 And told him, saying, J o-seph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of E-gypt. *And ^Ja-eOb’s heart fainted, for he be- lieved them rot. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo-seph, which he had said unto them and when he saw the wagons which Jo-seph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Ja-eOb their fa- ther revived : 28 And Is-ra-el said. It is enough ; Jo-seph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER 46. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba. 5 Be goeth into Egypt. 29 Joseph meeteth him, AND Is-ra-el took his journey with XX all that he had, and came to ^Be-er-she-ba, and offered sacrifices ^unto the God of his father Rsaac. 2 And God spake unto Ish’a-el *in the visions of the night, and said, Ja-cOb, Ja-c5b. And he said. Here am I. 3 And he said, 1 am God, "‘the God of thy father: fear not to go down into E-gypt ; for I will there "make of thee a great nation : _4 will go down with thee into E-gypt ; and I will also surely ^bring thee up again: and "Jo-seph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And *Ja-€5b rose up from Be-er- she-ba : and the sons of Is-ra-el carried Ja-c6b their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons ^ which Phah’aoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of -Ca-naan, and came into E-gypt, ^Ja-eOb, 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 E^ypt. 8 H And ® these are the names of the children of Is-ra-el, which came into E%ypt, Ja-c5b and his sons : s'Reu-ben, Ja-cOb’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reu-ben ; Ha- nOch, and Phal-lu, and Hez-rCn, and -Gar-ml. ion And ’‘the sons of Sim_-e-5n ; ®Jem-u-el, and Ja-min, and O-had, and ^Ja-chm, and ‘^Zo-har, and Sha-iil the son of a -Ga-naan-i-tlsh woman. 11 n And the sons of ’Le-vi ; ^Ger- sh5n, Ko-hath, and Mg-ra-ri. 12 n And the sons of_”Ju-dah; Er, and 0-nan^ and Shedafi, and Pha-r6z, and Za-rah : but " Er and O-nan died in the land of -Gabiaan. B.C. 1706. * ch. 38. 29. 1 Chr. 2. 5. b Job 29. 24. Ps. 126. 1. Luke 24. 11, 41. 1 Chr. 7. 1. 1 Heb. his. 2 or, Puah, and Jashub. rfNum. 26. 15, &c. 3 or, Ozni. 4 or, Arod. « 1 Chr. 7. 30 / ch. 21. 31, 33. & 28. 10. 9 ch. 26. 24, 25. & 28. 13. & 31. 42. h ch. 30. 10. I ch. 1.5. 1. Job 33. 14, 15. i ch. 29. 24. I ch. 44. 27. ™ch. 28. 13. ” ch. 41. 50. " ch. 12. 2. Deut. 26. 5. P ch. 28. 15. & 48. 21. 5 or, prince. 1 ch. 15. 16. &00. 13,24,2.5. Ex. 3. 8. '"ch. 50. 1. s 1 Chr. 7. 6. & 8 . 1 . < Acts 7. 15. “ Nxini. 26. 38, Ahiram. *Num. 26. 39, Bhupham. 1 Chr. 7. 12, ithuppim. ® Bupham, Nuin. 26. 39. 2/ch. 45. 19, 21. * 1 Chr. 7. 12. ~ or, Shuham, Nuni. 26. 42. “ 1 Chr. 7. 1.3. b Pent. 26. 5. Josh. 24. 4. Ps. 105. 23. Is. .52. 4. « ch. 30. 5, 7. dch. 29. 29. « Ex. 1. 1. & 6. 14. / Ex. 1. .5. 8 Heb. thigh, ch. 35. 11. 9 Num. 26. 5. 1 Chr. 5. 1. h Ex. 6. 15. 1 Chr. 4. 24. 1 Deut. 10. 22. See Acts 7. 14. 9 or, Nemuel. > or, Jarib. 2 or, Zerah, 1 Chr. 4. 24. Arch. 31. 21. I 1 Chr. 6. 1, 16. 3 or, Gcrshom. “ch. 47. 1. ” 1 Chr. 2. 3. & 4. 21. 0 ch. 38. 3, 7. 10. 48 And “the sons of Pha-r6z were Hez- r5n and Habntil. 13 n ‘'And the_ sons of Is-sa-ehar • Toda, and ^Phu-vah, and Job, and Shim-ron. 14 H And the sons of Zgb-u-liin; Se-red, and E-i5n, and Jah-le-6l. 15 These be the sons of Le-ah, which she bare unto Ja-c5b in Pa- dan-a-ram, with his daughter Di- nah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and 16 11 And the sons of Gad ; ‘’Ziph- i-5n, and Hag-gi, Shu-ni, and ^Ez- bCn, E-ri, and ^Ar-O-di, and A-re-h. 17 U ®Andthesonsof Ash-er; Jim- nah, and Ish-u-ah, and Is-u-i, and Be-ri-ah, and Se-rah their sister: and the sons of Be-ri-ah; He-ber, and Mal-chi-el. 18 ^ These are the sons of Zil-pah, ’^whom La-ban gave to Le-ah his daughter, and these she bare unto Ja-e5b, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Ra-chel ’Ja-c5b’s wife; Jo-seph, and Ben-ja-min. 20 5 ”And unto Jos-eph in the land of E-gypt were born Ma-nas-seh and E-phra-im, which As-e-nath the daughter of Pot-i-phe-rah Spriest of On bare unto him. 21 1] *And the sons of Ben-ja-min Trere Be-lah, and Be-cher, and Ash- hel, Ge-ra, and Na-a-man, “E-hi, and R5sh,“Mup-pim,and®Hup-pim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Ra-ch6l, which v/ere born to Ja-e5b: all the souls were fourteen. 23 H ^ And the sons of Dan ; 'Hu- shim. 24 IT “And the sons of Naph-ta-li; Jah-ze-el, and Gu-ni, and Je-zer, and Shil-lem. 25 ‘'These are the sons of BiThah, ‘’which La-ban gave unto Ra-chel his daughter, and she bare these unto Ja-c6b : all the souls were seven. 26 -^All the souls that came with Ja-c5b into E-gypt, which came out of his ^ loins, besides Ja-c5b’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six ; 27 And the sons of Jo-seph, which were born him in E-gypt, ivere two souls: ’all the souls of the house of Ja-c5b, which came into E-gypt, ivere threescore and ten. 28 ^ And he sent Ju-dah before him unto Joseph, ’'to direct his face unto Go-shgn; and they came "‘into the land of Go-sh6n. 29 And Jo-seph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Is- ra-el his father, to Go-shen, and presented himself unto him; and GENESIS, 47. B.O. 1706. Joseph presenteth he “fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good whde. , 30 And Is-ra-el said unto J o-seph, ''Now let me die, since I have seen * so Luke 2 . 29 . thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Jo'seph said unto his bre- thren, and unto his father s house, ‘‘I will go up, and shew rha-raoh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of -GaMaan, are come unto me; i 32 And the men are shepherds, for ^ their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha-raoh shall call you, and shall say, *What is your occupation 1 34 That ye shall say. Thy serv- ants’ * trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, | both we, and also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Go- shgn ; for every shepherd ”anj abomination unto the E-gyp-tians. CHAPTER 47. 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh. 11 Be giveth them habitation and maintenance. 13 Be getteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 cattle, 18 and lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests’ land not bought. 28 Jacob's age. 29 Be sweareth Jo- seph to bury him with his fathers. T hen Jo-seph ^^came and told Pha-raoh* 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 ■GaMaan ; and,_ behold, they are in ’’the land of Go-shen. 2 And he took some of his bre- thren, even five men, and ^presented them unto Pha-raoh. 3 And Pha-raoh said unto his bre- thren, “What is your occupation 1 And they said unto Pha-raoh, *Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pha- raoh, ^For to sojourn in the land are we come ; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; Hor the famine is sore in the land of Ga- naan: now therefore, v/e pray thee, let thy servants “dwell in the land of Go-shgn. ^ 5 And Pha-raoh spake unto Jo- seph, saying. Thy father and thy bretnren are come unto thee : 6 ^The land of E-gypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; ‘'in the land of Go-sh6n let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Jo-sgph brought in Ja-cob 25 - 4 . his father to Pharaoh. “ So ch. 45. 14, 1 Heb. Bow many are the days of the years of thy life } « Ps. 39. 12. Heb. 11. 9, 13. ■ ch. 24. 49. s So oh. 50. 25. t 2 Sam. 19. 37. “ch. 49. 29. & 50. 5, 13. 'ch. 48. 2. 1 Ki. 1. 47. Heb. 11. 21. AND it came to pass after these XA. things, that one told Jo-s6ph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Ma-nas- seh and E-phra-im. 2 And one told Ja-e5b, and said. Behold, thy son J o-seph cometh un- to thee: and Is-ra-el strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Ja-cOb said unto Jo-seph, God Almighty appeared unto me at ''Ltiz in the land of -Ga-naan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me. Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multi- ply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee ''for an everlasting possession. 5 ^ And now thy ‘'two sons, _E- phra-im and Ma-nas-seh, which were born unto thee in the land of E-gypt before I came unto thee in- to E-gypt, are mine; as Reu-b6n and Sim-e-5n, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou be- gettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inherit- ance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Pa-dan, ■^Ra-ch6l died by me in the land of -Ga-naan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Eph-rath : and I buried her there in the way of Eph-rath ; the same is B6th'-le-h6m. 8 And Is-ra-el beheld Jo-seph s sons, and said, Who are these t 9 And Jo-seph 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 Is-ra-el were ■^dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and ‘’he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Is-ra-6l said unto Jo-s6ph, 3 1 had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Jo-seph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. , , . . 13 And Jo-seph took them both, E-phra-im in his right hand toward Is-ra-gl’s left hand, and Ma-nas-seh in his left hand toward Is-ra-el s right hand, and brought them near unto him. .. 14 And Is-ra-6l stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon E-phra- im’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Ma-nas-seh s 50 Jacob hlesseth his GENESIS, 49. head, “guiding his hands wittingly ; for Ma-nas-seh was the firstborn. 15 ^ And ''he blessed Jo-seph, and said, God, ^before whom my fathers A'bra-ham and I-saae 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 ; ajid let *my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers A-bra- ham and I-saae ; and let them ^grow into a multitude in the midst of the 17 And when Jo-seph saw that his father "'laid his right hand upon the head of E-phra-im, it ^displeased him : and he held up his fathers hand, to remove it from E-phra- im’s head unto Ma-nas-seh’s head. 18 And Jo-seph said unto his fa- ther, Not so,"my father: for this is the firstborn ; 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, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be g reater than he, and his seed shall ecome a ® multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, ^ In thee shall Is-ra-el bless, saying, God make thee as E-phra- im and as Ma-nas-s6h : and he set E-phra-im before Ma-nas-seh. 21 And Is-ra-6l said unto Jo-seph, Behold, I die: but “God shall be with you, and bring you again un- to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover '' I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand ‘'of the Am-6r-ite with my sword and with my bow. CHAPTER 49. 1 Jacob calleth his sons together. 3 ITe denounceth Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, 8 and blesseth Judah, Zebulun, Ac. 29 Re chargeth them about his burial. 33 Re dieth. AND Ja-cfib called unto his sons, and said. Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Ja-cfib ; and heark- en unto lsb*a-el your father. 3 ^ Reu-bgn, thou art ^my first- born, my might, and the begin- ning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : 4 Unstable as water, ''thou shalt not excel ; because thou wen test up to thy father’s bed; then de- filedst thou it: ®he went up to my couch. “ver. 19. b ch. 29. 3 34. > or, their swords are weapons of violence. <= Heb. 11. 21. dch. 17. 1. « Prov. 1. 15, 16. / Ps. 26. 9. Eph. 5. 11. ^ch. 34. 26. h ch. 28. 15. & ki.’v. ’ 2 or, houghed oxen. i Amos 9. 12. Acts 15. 17. 3 Heb. as fishes do increase : See Num. 26. 34, 37. k Deut. 33. 7. I Ps. 18. 40. '"ver. 14. ' was evil in his eyes, ch. 28. 8. « 1 Chr. 5. 2. Rev. 5. 5. P Num. 23. 24. & 24. 9. ? Num. 24. 17. Jer. 30. 21. Ps. 60. 7. * ver. 14. t Is. 11. 1. Mat. 21. 9. “ Is. 60. 1-5. Luke 2. 30-32. *Num. 1. .33,35. Deut. 33. 17. s Heb. fulness, y So Ruth 4. 11 , 12 . - Deut. 33. 18, 19. Josh. 19. 10,11. “ ch. 46. 4. b Josh. 24. 32. .Tohn 4. 5. <«lSam. 10.9. « Deut. 33. 22. Judg. 18. 1. / Judg. 18. 27. 6 Heb. an 3 Ps. 25. 5. Is. 25. 9. h Deut. 33. 20. 1 Chr. f>. 18. i ch. 29. .32. k Deut. 3.3. 24. Josh. 19. 24. I Deut. .33. 23. ' Heb. do not thou excel. »”ch. 35. 22. Deut. 27. 20. 1 Chr. .5. 1. or, my couch is gone. » Ileb. daughters. " ch. 37. 4. 24. Ps. 118. 13. 51 sons in particular. 5 ^ Sim-e-6n and he-Yl are bre- thren ; ' instruments of cruelty an in their habitations. 6 O my soul, ® come not thou into their secret ; •'^unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united : for ^'in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they ^digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Ja-cob, and scatter them in Is-ra-el. 8 ^ Ju-dah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : ' thy hand shall be in the neck of thine ene- mies ; "thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9 Ju-dah is “a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : ^ he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him upl 10 ®The sceptre shall not depart from Ju-dah, nor "a lawgiver from between his feet, * until Shi-loh come; "and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 1 1 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with 13 ^ ^Zeb-u-liin shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall he unto Zi-d5n. 14 11 Is-sa-ehar is a strong ass couching down between two bur- dens : 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed ‘'his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 ^ ^Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Is-rAel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, ®an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 ^ I have waited for thy salva- tion, O Lord. 19 51 ''Gad, a troop shall overcome him : but he shall overcome at the 20 H '^Out of Ash-er his bread shall he fat, and he shall yield royal dain- ties. 21 ^ 'Naph-ta-h is a hind let loose: he giveth goodby words. 22 11 Jo-seph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well ; vihose ^branches run over the wall : 23 Tlie archers have "sorely Jacohh death, and GENESIS, 50. burial in Canaan, B.C. 1689. grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : , , . , , 24 But his “bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of Hhe mighty of Ja-e5b; from thence ^is the shepherd, -^the stone of Is- ^25 ^Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; ^and by the Almighty, *who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb : ^ ^ ^ 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the bless- ings of my progenitors ”unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: “they shall be on the head of Jo-seph, and on the crown of the head oi him that was separate from his brethren. 27 ^ Ben-ja-mm shall ^ ravin as i'jt.dg. 20 . 21 , a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, ^and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 ^ All these are the twelve tribes of ls-ra-6l : and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them ; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I ’’am to be gathered unto my people: *bury me with my fathers *in the cave that is in the field of E-phr5n the Hlt-tite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach-pedah, which is before Mam.-re,_in the land of -Ga-naan, y which A-bra-ham bought with the field of E-phr5n the Hit-tite for a possession of a buryingplace. ^ 31 * There they buried A-bra-ham and Sad:ah his wife; “there they buried I-saaB and Re-bek-ah his wife ; and there I buried Le-ah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Ja-e6b had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and ‘^was gathered unto his people. CHAPTER 50. 1 The mourning for Jacob, 7 Bis burial. 15 Joseph com- forteth his brethren. 22 His age. 24 He propihesieth his brethren's return. 26 His death. AND Jo-seph ®fell upon his father’s jLX face, and ^ wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Jo-sgph commanded his ser- vants the physicians to ^embalm his father : and the physicians em- balmed Ish-a-el. ^ non 1 i. 3 And forty days were fulfilled tor <»Job29. 20. Ps. 37. 15. b Nura. 20. 29. Deut. 34. 8. 1 Heb. wept. Ps. 132. 2, 5. porah. AND there went ’^a man of the JX house of Le-vl, and took to wife a daughter of LeAn. _ 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and ^when she saw him that he was a goodly c/iild, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the rivers brink. 4 “And his sister stood ai^ on, to wit what would be done to bim. 5 11 And the ^daughter of kba-raoh came down to wash Aerset/ at the river; and her maidens walked a- long by the river’s side ; and wnen she saw the ark among the nags, she sent her maid to fetcn it. 6 And when she had opened w, she saw the child : and, belioid, the babe wept. And she h^ compas- sion on him, and said, This is one of the He-brews’ children. 7 Then said his sister to Pha-raoh s iaughter, Shall I go ana call to thee ^ nurse of the He-brew women, that she may nurse the child for thee ( 8 And Pha-raoh’s daughter said to her Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pha-rabh’s daugnter said EXODUS, 2. His flight to Midian B.C. 1671. “ Prov. 16. 6. b Dan. 3. 16, 18. Acts 5. 29. ^ Acts 7. 21. 1 i.e. Drawn out. cJActsT. 23, 24. Heb. 11. 24-26. ® See Josh. 2. 4, 2 Sam. 17. 19, /ch. 1. 11. 9 Prov. 11. la Eccl. 8. 12. Is. 3. 10. Heb. 6. 10. h Acts 7. 24. i Acts 7. 26. k See 1 Sam. 2. 35. 2 Sam. 7. 11, 13, 27, 29. 1 Ki. 11. 38. Ps. 127. 1. I Acts 7. 19. Acts 7. 27, 28 ‘t Heb. a man, a prince, Gen. 13. a ch. 6. 20. Num. 26. 59. 1 Chr. 23. 14. Acts 7. 29. Heb. 11. 27. f Gen. 24. 11. & 29. 2. ? Acts 7. 20. Heb. 11. 23. ch. 3. 1. 3 or, prince, as Gen. 41. 45. s Gen. 24. 11. 1 Sam. 9. 11. t Gen. 29. 10. «ch. 15. 20. Num. 26. 59 *Num. 10. 29 called also Jethro, or, Jether, ch. 3. 1. & 4. 18. y Acts 7. 21. ® Gen. 31. 54 ‘ ch. 18. a h ch. 18. 3. 4 i.e. A stranger here. Acts 7. 3( 54 unto her. Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give tliet thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pha-raoh s daugm ter, and he became her son. And she called his name ^ Mo-s6s: and she said. Because I drew him out of the water. . 11 II And it came to pass in those days, ‘‘when Mo-s6s \vas grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their /burdens : and he spied an E-gyp-tian smiting an He-brew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he /slew the E-gyp-tian, and hid him m the ^13 And *when he went out the second day, behold, two men ot the He-brews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow { 14 And he said,, ’^Who made thee ^a prince and a judge over us ( in- tendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the E-gyp^Uan1 And M9- se§ feared, and said. Surely this thing is known. j 15 Now when Pha-raoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Mo-ses But ‘'Mo-ses fled from the face of Pha-raoh, and dwelt in the land 01 Mid4-an : and he sat down by ^ffl^’^Now the Spriest of Mid4-an had seven daughters: *and they came and drew water, and hhed the troughs to water their father s ^^n^^And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Mo-ses stood up and helped them, and ‘watered 18 And when they came to/Reu-M their father, he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to day ( 19 And they said, An E-gyp-tian delivered us out of the hand ot the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the ^2o\nd he said unto his daughters. And where is he? why t-s it ma/ ye have left the manl call him, that he may "eat bread. .l 4. 4-^ 21 And Mo-ses was content to dwell with the man:, and he gave Mo-ses “Zip-po-rah his daughter. 22 'And she bare 7wm a son, and he called his name "Ger-sh5m: ,for he said, I have been a stranger in a ^2^3 ^ A^Slt came to pass Hn pro- God sendeth Moses EXODUS, 3. cess of time, that the king of E-gypt died: and the children of Is-r4-el 'sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and ® their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. . 24 And God ‘^heard their groan- ing, and God -^remembered his fi^covenant with A- bra-ham, with I-saac, and with Ja-e5b. 25 And God /'looked upon the children of Is-ra-Sl, and God *had^ respect unto them. CHAPTER 3. 1 Moses keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God appeareth to him, in a burning bush. 9 He senHeth him, to deliver Israel. 15 God's message to Israel. Mo-ses kept the flock of Al Je-thro his fatner in law, Hhe g riest of Mid4-an : and he led the ock to the backside of the desert, and came to "'the mountain of God, even to Ho-reb. 2 And "the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Mo-ses said, I will now turn aside, and see this ^ great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called ®unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Mo-ses, Mo-ses. And he said. Here am I. 5 And he said. Draw not nigh hither: 'put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, "I am the God of thy father, the God of A-bra-ham, the God of I-saac, and the God of Ja'-e5b. And Mo-ses hid his face; for ^he was afraid to look upon God. 7 H And the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E-gypt, and have heard their cry ''by reason of their taskmasters ; for know their sorrows ; 8 And am come down to de- liver them out of the hand of the E-gyp-tians, and to bring them up out of that land ^unto a good land and a large, unto a land 'flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of *the -Ca-n^n-ites, and the Hit-tites, and the AmAr-Ites, and the Pgr-iz-zites, and the Hl-vites, and the Jsb-u-sites. 9 Now therefore, behold, "'the cry of the children of ls-ra-6l is come unto me : and I have also seen the "oppression wherewith the E-gyp- tian? oppress them. B.C. 1491. “Mic. 6. 4. * Deut. 26. 7. « ch. 3. 9. Jas. 5. 4. d ch. 6. 5. « See ch. 6. 12. 1 Sam. 18. 18. Jer. 1. 6. / ch. 6. 5. Ps. 105. 8, 42. 9 Geu. 15. 14. h ch. 4. .31. Luke 1. 25. i Gen. 31. 3. Josh. 1. 5. Rom. 8. 31. k ch. 3. 7. 1 Heb. knew. «ch. 18. 5. 1 Ki. 19. 8. ” Deut. 33. 16. Acts 7. 30. ’ ch. 6. 3. John 8. 58. Heb. 13. 8. /"Acts?. 31. 9 Deut. 33. 16. Ps. 135, 13. » ch. 4. 29. t Josh. 5. 15. “Geu. 28. 13. ch. 4. 5. Mat. 22. 32. Acts 7. 32. *ch. 2. 2.5. Luke 1. 68. y So 1 Ki. 19. 13. Is. 6. 1, 5. ^ Gen. 15. 14, 16. “ ch. 2. 23-25. Ps. 106. 44. b ch. 1. 11. " Gen. 18. 21. ch. 2. 25. d Gen. 50. 24. « ch. 6. 6, 8. /ch. 4. 31. a ch. 5. 1, 3. h Deut. 1. 25. & 8. 7-9. » ver. 17. ch. 13. 5. & 33. 3. Num. 13. 27. Deut 26. 9, 15. Jer. 11. .5. & 33. 22. Ezek. 20. 6. fcGen.l5. 18-21. 1 Num. 23. 3, 4, 15, 16. ™ch. 2. 23. “cb. 5. 2. 2 or, but by strong hand. ®ch.l. 11, 13, 14. P ch. 6. 6. Sl 9. 15. 55 to deliver Israel. 10 “Come now therefore, and. 1 will send thee unto Pha-raoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Is-rAel out of E-gypt. 1 1 H And Mo-ses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pha-raoh, and that I should bring forth the children of IsAa-ei out of E-gypt^ 12 And he said, 'Certainly I will be with thee ; and this shall he a token unto thee, that I have sent thee : When thou hast brought forth the people out of E-gypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 1 3 And Mo-ses said unto God, Be- hold, when I come unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, and shall say unto them. The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me. What is his name*? what shall I say unto them'? 14 And God said unto Mo-ses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, "I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Mo-ses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of IshA-el, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of A-bra-ham, the God of I-saac, and the God of Ja-cob, hath sent me unto you : this is "my name for ever, and this is my memorial un- to all generations. 16 Go, and '’gather the elders of Is- ra-el together, and say unto them. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of A-bra-ham, of I-saac, and of Ja-c6b, appeared unto me, say- ing, have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in E-gypt : 17 And I have said, H will bring you up out of the affliction of E-gypt unto the land of the Ca- naan-ites, and the Hit-tites, and the Am-6r-ites, and the Per-iz-zites, and the Hi-vites, and the Jeb-u- sites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And •'^they shall hearken to thy voice: and ^'thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Is-ra-el, unto the king of E-gypt, and ye shall say unto him. The Lord God of the He-br^s hath 'met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wil- derness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 1 9 ^ And I am sure that the king of E-gypt "will not let you go, ^no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will ^stretch out my God giveth signs to Moses. EXODUS, 4. God^s message to Pharaoh. hand, and smite E-gypt with “all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and ^after that he will let you go. . , . , 21 And U will give this people favour in the sight of the E-gyp- tians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go 22^ ®But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai- ment: and ye shall put them upcm your sons, and upon your daugm ters ; and ^ye shall spoil ^the E-gyp- tians. _ , CHAPTER 4. l Moses' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand is leprous^ 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God’s message to Pharaoh. 27 Aaron is sent to meat Moses. AND Mo-ses answered and said. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say. The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. , 2 And the Lord said unto mm. What is that in thine handl And he said, ""A rod. . 3 And he said. Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Mo-ses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo-sgs, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : , , . . ^ 5 That they may believe that ® the Lord God of their fathers, the God of A-bra-ham, the God of I-saac,and the God of Ja-cdb, hath appeared unto thee. ^ i 6 U And the Lord said further- more unto him. Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous ^as snow. 7 And he said. Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, ^it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, it they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, it they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take ot the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land : and ^ the water which thou takest out of the B.C. 1491. « Deut. 6. 22. Neh. 0. 10. Ps. 105. 27. Acts 7. 36. See ch. 7. to ch. 13. Heb. shall be and shall be. b ch. 12. 31. 2 Heb. a man of words. « ch. 11. 3. & 12. 36. Prov. 16. 7. 3 Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day. d ch. 6. 12. Jer. 1. 6. « ch. 11. 2. / Ps. 94. 9. ? Is. 50. 4. Jer. 1. 9. Mat. 10. 19. Mark 13. 11. Luke 12. 11,12. & 21. 14, 15. feJob27. 17. Prov. 13. 22. Ezek. 39. 10. 4 or, Egypt. i See Jonah 1.3. 5 or, shouldest. k ver. 27. 1 Sam. 10. 2, 3, 5. I ch. 7. 1, 2. “ver. 17, 20. «Num.23. 5,12, 16. Deut. 18. 18. Is. 51. 16. Jer. 1. 9. ® Deut. 5. 31. Pcli,7.1. ir.2. ’•ch. 19.9. ch.3.15. i Num. 12. 10. “ch. 2. 15. 23. Mat. 2. 20. *Num.l2.13, 14. Deut. 32. -39. Mat. 8. 3. y Num. 20. 8, 9 ^ ch. 3. 20. “ch. 7. 3, 13. & 9. 12, 36. Deut. 2. 30. Josh. 11. 20. Is. 63. 17. John 12. 40. iHos. 11. 1. Rom. 9. 4. 2 Cor. 6. 18. « ch. 7. 19. d Jer. 31. 9. Jas. 1. 18. 56 river ^ shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 U And Mo-ses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not ^_elo- q^uent, neither ^heretofore, nor since tnou hast spoken unto thy servant: but am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the Lord said unto him, •'’Who hath made man’s mouth 1 or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blinds have not I the Lord'? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be •’'with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, *send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou ®wilt send. 14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Mo-s6s, and he said. Is not Aar-On the Le-vite thy bro- ther'? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, *^he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in ms heart. , , . . 15 And *thou shalt speak unto him, and ”put words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and ‘’will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead ot a mouth, and ^thou shalt be to him instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take f this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 ^ And Mo-ses went and re- turned to ®Je-thro his father in law, and said unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in E-gypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Je-thro said to Mo-ses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Mo-s6§ in Mid4-an, Go, return into E-gypt : for “all the men are dead which sought thy life. ^ , . . . . , 20 And Mo-ses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land or E-gypt: and Mo-s6s took ^'the rod of God in his hand. ^ 21 And the Lord said unco Mo-s6s, When thou goest to return into B-gypt, see that thou do all those * wonders before Pha-raoh, which 1 have put in thine hand : but “I wm harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. , 22 And thou shalt say unto Pha' raoh. Thus saith the Lord, Ms-ra-ei is my son, ^even my firstborn : 23 And I say unto thee, Let my pharaoh iyicreaseth EXODUS, 5. the Isi^aelites tash. son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, will slay thy son, even thy first- born. 24 H And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord ‘’met him, and sought to ‘^kill him. 25 Then Zip-poh"ah took ®a sharp ^ stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and ‘“^cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go : then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 U And the Lord said to Aar-5n, Go into the wilderness -^to meet Mo-ses. And he went, and met him in ^'th'e mount of God, and kissed him, 28 And Mo-ses ^told Aar-bn all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the J signs which he had commanded him. 29 ^ And Mo-§es and Aar-5n ^went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Is-ra-el : 30 * And Aar-5n spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Mo-ses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people ""believed: and when they heard that the Lord had "visited the children of Is-rd-el, and that he ‘"had looked upon their affliction, then ^’they bowed their heads and worshipped. CHAPTER 5. 1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and A aron for their message. 5 Be increaseth the Israelites' task. 20 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. AND afterward Mo-s6s and Aar-6n J\. went in, and told Pha-raoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Is-ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold ^a feast unto me in the wil- derness. 2 And Pha-raoh said, "Whp is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Is-ra-6l go I I know not the Lord, * neither will I let Is-ra-6l go. 3 An^they said, *The God of the He-brew§ hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days’ jour- ney into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of E-gypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Mo-§6s and Aar-bn. let the people from their works'! get you unto your “burdens. 5 And Pha-raoh said. Behold, the people of the land now are ' many, and ye make them rest from their bui-dens. B.C. 1491. " ch. 1. 11. b ch. 11. 5. & 12. 29. Num. 22. 22. daeu. 17. 14. ® Josh. 5. 2, 3. 1 or, knife. 2 Heb. made it touch. 3 Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men. /ver. 14. S'ch. 3. 1. h ver. 15, 16. i ver. 8, 9. *.h.3.16. I ver. 16. ®*ver. 8, 9. ch. 3. 18. ^ Heb. a matter of a day in his day. ” ch. 3. 16. « ch. 2. 25. &3. 7. P Gen. 24. 26. ch. 12. 27. 1 Chr. 29. 20. '■2Ki. 18. 35. Job 21. 15. * ch. 3. 19. t ch. 3. 18. ®ch. 1. 7,9. ych.6.9. 67 6 And Pha-raoli commanded the same day the "" taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, v/hich they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish ought thereof : for they he idle; therefore they cry, say- ing, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 ^Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may la- bour therein ; and let them not re- gard vain words. 10 ^ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, say- ing, Thus saith Pha-raoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go. ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of E-gypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying. Fulfil your works, ^your daily tasks, as when there v/as straw. 1 4 And the officers of the children of Ish*a-el, which Pha-raoh’s task- masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore! 15 H Then the officers of the chil- dren of IshA-el came and cried unto PhaYaoh, saying. Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy serv' ants ! 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us. Make brick : and, behold, thy serv- ants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said. Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 1 9 And the officers of the children pf Tsh-a-el did that they were in evil case, after it was said. Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20 U And they met Mo-s6s and Aar-5n, who stood in the way, as they came forth from PhaYaoh : ' 21 ^'And they said unto them. The God reneweth his promise. EXODUS, 6. Genealogy of Reuben^ etc. Lord look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour 1 to be abhorred in the eyes of Pha- raoh, and in the eyes of his serv- ants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Mo'ses returned unto the Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast thou so ,evil entreated this people 1 why is it that thou hast sent mel 23 For since I came to Pha-raoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; ‘^neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. B.O. 1491. Heb. to stink, Gen. 34. 30. 1 Sam. 13. 4. & 27. 12. 2 Sam. 10. 6. 1 Chr. 19. 6. h ver. 30. ch. 4. 10. Jer. 1. 6. 2 Heb. deliver- ing thou hast not delivered. CHAPTER 6. 1 God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH. 14 The genealogy of Reuben, Himeon, and Levi. T hen the lord said unto Mo-ses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pha-raoh : for ‘^with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Mo-ses, and said unto him, I am fthe Lord ; 3 And I appeared unto A-bra-harn, unto I-saae, and unto Ja-e6b, by the name of ^God Almighty, but by my name *JE-HO-VAH was I not known to them. 4 *And I have also established my covenant with them, Ho give them the land of Ua-naan, the land ot their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And have _ also heard the groaning o| the children of Isha-el, whom the E-gyp-tjans keep in bond- age; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of ish4-el, am the Lord, and "■I will bring you out from under the burdens ^ of the E-gyp-tians, and I will rid you .out of their bondage, and I will 'redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments : 7 And I will “take you to me tor a people, and will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out Hrom under the burdens of the E-gyp-tians., . 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did Hwear** to give it to A-bra-ham, to I-saac, and to Ja^hb;,and I will give it you for an heritage : I am the Lord. 9 U And Mo-ses spake so unto the children of IsHa-el ; -^but they hearkened not unto Mo-ses for ® anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. ' Gen. 46. 9. 1 Chr. 5. 3. lChr. 6. 19. & 23. 21. ? ver. 2, 8, 29. ••ch. 3. 17. Dent. 26. 8. t Dent. 7. 8. 1 Chr. 17. 21. “Dent. 4. 20. 2 Sam. 7. 24. ch. 29. 45, 46. Rev. 21. 7. 2^1 Chr. 6. 37,38. * ch. 5. 4, 5. Ps. 81. 6. “ Lev. 10. 4. b Ruth 4. 19, 20. Mat. 1. 4. «Gen. 15. 18. & 26. 3. 4 Heb. lift up my hand. See Gen. 14. 22. Dent. 32. 40. 4 Lev. 10. 1. Nuin. 3. 2. & 26. 60. ' Hum. 26. 11. /ch. 5. 21. 6 Heb. shortness, or, straitness. 58 10 And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto PhaHaoh king of E^ypt, that he let the chil- dren of IsHa-el go out of his land. 1 2 And Mo-ses spake before the Lord, saying. Behold, the children of IsHa-6l have “not hearkened unto me ; how then shall Pha-raoh hear me, *who am of uncircumcised lips 1 1 3 And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses and unto Aar-5n, and gave them a charge unto the children of Is- ra-el, and unto PhaHaoh king of E-gypt, to bring the children of Is- rael out of the land of E-gypt. 14 ^ These be the heads of their fathers’ houses : ‘^The sons of Reu'- ben the firstborn of Is-ra-el ; Ha^ n5eh, and Pal-lu, HezHon, and ■Gar-mi: these be the families of Reu-ben. 15 ®And the sons of Sim_-e-5n; Jem-u-el, and Ja-min, and Odiad, and Ja-ehin, and Zo-har,_and Sha- ul the son of a Ga-naan-i-tish wo- man : these are the families of Sim-e-5n. 16 •[! And these are the names oi '^‘the sons of LeWi according to then- generations ; Ger-shOn, and KoHath, and Me-rah-I : and the years of the life of Lewi were an hundred thirty and seven years. -r w - 17 ’“The sons of Ger-shSn ; Lib-ni, and Shim-i, according to their fam- ilies. 1 1 A ^ 18 And "the sons of Ko-hath; Am- ram, and Izdiar, and He-br6n, and Uz-zi-el: and the years of the life of Ko-hath were an hundred thirty and three years. „ , 19 And ^the sons of Me-ra-ri; Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi : these are the families of LeWi according to their generations. t w 20 And 'AmHam took him J6eh- e-bed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aar-5n and Mo- ses : and the years of the life of Am- rain were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 U And ^the sons of Iz-har ; Ko- rah, and Ne-pheg, and ZiehHi 22 And “the sons of tJz-zi-el ; Mish- a-el, and El-za-phan, and Zith-ri. ^ 23 And Aar-6n took him E-lish- e-ba, daughter of ''Am-min-a-dab, sister of Na-ash-6n, • to wife; and she bare him ‘'Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, E-le-a-zar, and Ith-a-mar. ^ 24 And the "sons of Ko-rah ; As- sir, and El-ka-nah, and A-bi-a-saph : these are the families of the Kor- hites. . . , , j 1 25 And E-le-a-zar Aar-Cn s son took him one of the daughters of PuHi-ei is encouraged EXODUS, 7. to go to Pharaoh, to wife ; and “she bare him Phin- 6-has: these are the heads of the fathers of the Le-vites according to their families. 26 These are that Aar-6n and Mo-ses, ‘’to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Is-ra-el from the land of E-gypt according to their ^armies. 27 These are they which ^ spake to Pha-raoh king of E%ypt, ;to bring out the children of Is-ra-el from E-gypt: these are that Mo-ses and Aar-6n. 28 II And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Mo- ses in the land of E-gypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Mo-§e§, saying, * I am the Lord : "^speak thou unto Pha-raoh king of E-gypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Mo-ses said before the Lord, Behold, am of uncircum- cised lips, and how shall Pha-raoh hearken unto me 1 CHAPTER 7. 1 Moses is encouraged, to go to Pharaoh. 8 Bis rod is turned into a serpent. 11 The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 19 The river is turned into blood. A nd the Lord said unto Mo-ses, L See, I have made thee *a god to Pha-raoh : and Aar-5n thy bro- ther shall be ^‘thy prophet. 2 Thou *shalt speak all that I command thee : and Aar-On thy brother shall speak unto Pha-raoh, that he send the children of Is-ra-el out of his land. 3 And *1 will harden Phah-aoh’s heart, and “multiply my ^ signs and my wonders in the land of E- ^4%ut Pha-raoh shall not hearken unto you, ®that I may lay my hand upon E-gypt, and bring forth mine armies^ and my people the children of Is-ra-el, out of the land of E^ypt ^^by great judgments. 5 And the E-gyp-tjans *shall know that I am the Lord, when I ^stretch forth mine hand upon E-gypt, and bring out the children of I§-ra-el from among them. 6 And Mo-ses and Aar-5n Mid as the Lord commanded them, so did they. 7 And Mo-§gs was "^fourscore years old, and AarMn fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pha-raoh. 8 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- and unto Aarh'm. saying, 9 When Pha-raoh shall speak unto you, saying. ^Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aar- dn, ^Take thy rod, and cast it before B.C. 1491. “Niim. 25.7, 11 . Josh. 24. 33. b ver. 9. ver. la. Heb. that one may feel darkness. 2 Heb. who, and who, &c. d Ps. 105. 28. « ch. 5. 1. / ch. 8. 22. 3 ver. 8. * ver. 10. 3 Heb. into our hands, i ch. 7. 19. k ver. 4, 5. I ver. 20. ch. 4. 21. & 14. 4, 8. “Ps. 78. 46. & 105. 34. "Joel 2. 2. « Heb. 11. 27. P ver. 5. ? Ps. 105. 35. any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of E-gypt. 16 H Then rflia-raoh ^called for Mo-§6s and Aar-5n in haste ; and he said, *I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and *intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he ^went out from Pha- raoh, arid intreated the Lord. 1 9 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and ®cast them “into the 4 Heb. hastened to call. '•ch. 12. 31, 33. 39. • ch. 9. 27. < ch. 9. 28. 1 Ki. 1.3. 6. “ch. .3. 22. & 12. 35. *ch. .3 21. & 12. .36. P.s. 106. 46. y ch. 8. .30. *2 Sam. 7. 9. K.sth. 9. 4. s Heb./0. 3. Lev. 23. 3. ' ver. 20. ’ Deut. 6. 16. Ps. 78 18, 41. Mat. 4. 7. 1 Cor. 10. 9. ? ch. 20. 9, 10. s John 8. 69. & 10. 31. t 2 Ki. 17. 14. Ps. 78. 10, 22. & 106. 13. “Ezek. 2. 6. 70 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. .. 31 And the house of I§-ra-6l called the name thereof Man-na : and “"it was like coriander seed, white ; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 51 And Mo-ses said. This is the thing which the Lord commandeth. Fill an o-mer of it to be kept for your generations ; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of B-gypt. 33 And Mo-s6s said unto Aar-6n, •‘Take a pot, and put an o-mer full of man-na therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. i i tit r 34 As the Lord commanded Mo- ses, so Aar-6n laid it up before the Testimony, to be k^t. 35 And the children of Is-ra-el did eat man-na ^forty years, *until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat man-na, until they came unto the borders of the land of -Ga-naan. 36 Now an o-mer is the tenth of an e-phah. CHAPTER 17. 1 The people murmur for water. 5 God sendeth Moses for water to the rock in Horcb. 8 Amalek is overcome. 15 Moses buildeth the altar Jehovah-nissi. AND *all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Reph-i-dim : and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 "'Wherefore the people did chide with Mo-se§, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Mo-§es said unto them. Why chide ye with me'? wherefore do ye nempt the Lord^ , . 1 ,1 3 And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people ^ mur- mured against Mo-s6s, and said. Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of E-gypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst % . _ 4 And Mo-ses "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 Mo-§6s, “Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of I§-ra-el; EXODUS, 18. Amaleh is overcome, and thy rod, wherewith “thou smot- est the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 "^Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Ho-reb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mo-§es did so in the sight of the elders of Is- ra-6l. 7 And he called the name of the place -^Mas-sah,^ and^M6r4-bah, be- cause of the chiding of the chil- dren of Is-ra-6l, and because they tempted the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among us, or nof? 8 IT *Then came Am-a-lek, and fought with Is-ra^el in BSph-i-dim. 9 And Mo-se? said unto *J5sh-u-a, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Am-a-lek : to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with ^ the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So J5sh-u-a did as Mo-ses had said to him, and fought with Am- a-lek : and Mo-ses, Aar-5n, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 1 1 And it came to pass, when Mo- §e§ "held up his hand, that Is-ra-6l prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Am-a-lek prevailed. 1 2 But Mo-s6s’ hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aar-dn 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 J5sh-u-a discomfited Am- a-lek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Mo- sg§, * Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of J6sh-u-a : for "I will utterly put out the remembrance of Am-S,-l6k from under heaven. 15 And Mo-ses built an altar, and called the name of it ^Jo-ho-vah- nis-si : 16 For he said, ® Because ^the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Am-a-l6k from generation to generation. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jethro hringeth to Moses Ms wife and two sons. V Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. W HEN" ^Je-thro, the priest of Mid-i-an, Mo-s6s’ father in law, heard of all that *G 9 d had done for Mo-§6s, and for Is-ra-6l his people, and that the Lord had brought Is- ra-6l out of E-gypt ; 2 Then Je-thro, Mo-§6s’ father in Of Moses and Jethro. law, took Zip-pob*ah, Mo-§6s’ wife, * after he had sent her back, 3 And her ‘'two sons ; of which the ®name of the one was ^Ger- sh5m ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other was ^E-li-e^zer, for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pha-raoh : 5 And Je-thro, Mo-s6s’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Mo-ses into the wilder- ness, where he encamped at ^ the mount of God : 6 And he said unto Mo-ses, I thy father in law Je-thro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 IT And Mo-ses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and ""kissed him; and they asked each other of their ® welfare; and they came into the tent. 8 And Mo-ses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Phah*aoh and to the E-gyp- tians for Isb'a-tTs sake, and all the travail that had ® come upon them by the way, and how the Lord ‘'de- livered them. 9 And Je-thro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Is-ra-el, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the E-gyp-tians. 10 And Je-thro said, ^Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the E-gyp-tians, and out of the hand of Phab'aoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the E-gyp-tians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is ^greater than all gods : "for in the thing wherein they dealt ^proudly he was above them. 12 And Je-thro, Mo-ses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sac- rifices for God : and Aar-6n came, and all the elders of Is-ra-el, to eat bread with Mo-ses’ father in law "" before God. 13 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mo-ses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Mo-ses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mo-sgs’ father in law saw all that he did to the peonle, he said. What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Mo-sg§ said unto his father in law. Because ""the people come unto me to enquire of God: B.C. 1491. “Num. 20. 8. b ch. 4. 26. Acts 7. 29. d Num. 20. 10, 11 . Ps. 78. 15, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 4. « ch. 2. 22. 1 i.e. A stranger there. 2 i.e. My God is an help. /Num. 20. 13. Ps. 95. 8. 2 i.e. Tentation. 1 i.e. Chiding, or. Strife. 9 ch. 3. 1, 12. h Gen. ri 12. Oeut, 25. 17. i Called Jesus, Acts 7. 45. * Gen. 18. 2. I ch. 4. 20. "“Gen. 29. 13. 5 Heb. peace. ''Jas. 5. 16. 6 Heb. found them. 0 Ps. 81. 7. P Gen. 14. 20. 2 Sam. 18. 28. Luke 1. 68. 1 2 Chr. 2. 5. '•ch. 1. 10, 16, 22 . & 5. 2, 7. & 14. 8, 18. « ch. 34. 27. t Luke 1. 51. “ISam 1.5. 3,7. & 30. 1, 17. 2 i.e. The iMRn my banner : See Judg. 6.24. * Deut. 12. 7. 8 or. Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the Lord, there- fore, &c. 8 Heb. the hand upon the throne of the Lord. y ch. 2. 16. ^ Ps. 106. 2, 8. “Lev. 24. 12. 71 Jethro’s counsel to Moses. 16 When they have “a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between ^one and another, and I do ‘'make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Mo-ses’ father in law said unto him. The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 ‘-^Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee ; ^ thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and *God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest ” bring the causes unto God : , , 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and Hhe work that they must do. 21 J^Ioreover thou shalt provide out of all the people ^'able men, such as Hear God, ‘"men of truth, ^hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, (ind rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens : 22 And let them judge the people ^ at all seasons : ® and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, _ and ^they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be ^able to endure, and all this people shall also go to Hheir place in peace. 24 So Mo-ses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And ""Mo-ses chose able men out of all IsH^el, and m^ade thein heads over the people, rulers ot thousands, rulers of hundreds, rul ers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they ^ judged the people at all seasons : the "■ hard causes they brought unto ]\Io-ses, but every small matter they judged them selves. , . p 1 27 U And Mo-ses let his father in law depart ; and *he went his way into his own land. CHAPTER 19. I The peopU come to Sinai. 3 God's message hy Moses un to the people out of the mount. 8 The people's answer. 10 The people prepared against the third day. 12 TTie mmmt must not be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. N the third month, when the children of IsHa-el were gone EXODUS, 19. The Tpeople at Sinai. B.C. 1491. “ch. 24. 14. b Num. 33. 1.5. 1 Heb. a man and his fellow. <= Lev. 24. 15. dch. 17. 1, 8. « cb. 3. 1, 12. •2 Heb. Fading thou wilt fade. /Acts?. 38. S ch. 3. 4. h Num. 11. 14, 17. i Deut. 29. 2. A ch. 3. 12. I Is. 63. 9. Eev. 12. 14 ™ch. 4. 16. “ Num. 27. 5. ^ Deut. 5. 2. P Deut. 5. 1. « Deut. 7. 6. & 14. 2. 21. 1 Ki. 8. 53. Ps. 135. 4. Caiit. 8. 12. Is. 41. 8. Tit. 2. 14. >• Ps. 143. 8. ch. 9. 29. Deut. 10. 14 Job 41. 11. Ps. ‘H. 1. t Deut. h 18. “ Deut. 33. 2-4. 1 Pet. 2. 5. 9. Eev. 1. 6. ' Deut. 7. 6. & 26. 19. Is. 62. 12. 1 Cor. 3. 17. 1 Tlies. 5. 27. y ver. 25. 2 Chr. 19. 5- 10 . Acts 6. 3. * 2 Sam. 23. 3. “ Ezek. 18. 8. b Deut. 16. 19. « Deut. 5. 27. d ver. 26. Lev. 24. 11. Deut. 1. 17. /Num. 11. 17. 9 Hat. 17. 5. h Deut. 4. 12. 3« John 12. 29.3C ch. 14. 31. Aver. 18. I ch. 16. 29. 2 Sam. 19. 39 ’"Lev. 11. 44, 45. Heb. 10. 22. " Deut. 1. 15. ver. 14. P ver. 16, 18. ch. 34. 5. ? ver. 22. >• Job 29. 16. * Heb. 12. 20. t Num. 10. 29, 30. I « ver. 16, 19. 3 or, comet. forth out of the land of E-gypt, the same day * came they into the wil- derness of Si-nai. 2 For they were departed from Reph-i-dim, and were come to the desert of Si-nai, and had pitched in the wilderness ; and there IsHa-6l camped before Hhe mount. 3 And •''Mo-ses went up unto God, and the Lord /’called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Ja^Ob, and tell the children of Is-ra-el ; ^ 4 "Ye have seen what I did unto the E-gypHians, and how H bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now ‘’therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my cov- enant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for *all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto me a "" kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of IsHa-el. n 1 P 7 ^ And Mo-s6s came and called tor the elders of’ the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 And ‘'all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Mo-ses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. ^ 9 And the Lord said unto Mo-s/s, Lo, I come unto thee ^ in a thick cloud, '"that the ^ people may hear when I speak with thee, and " be- lieve thee for ever. And Mo-s6s told the words of the people unto the Lord. . , , 10 H And the Lord said unto IMo-ses, Go unto the people, and ""sahc’tify them to day and to mor- row, and let them ‘"wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord ^ will come down in the sight_ of all the people upon mount Si-nai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds un- to the people round about, saying. Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : ^vhosoever touch- eth the mount shall be surely put to death : , i i i 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live : when the "" trumpet^ soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. j 14 H And Mo-s6s went down from I the mount unto the people, and 73 EXODUS, 20. The ten commandments. God^s 'presence at Si'nai. “sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, *Be ready against the third day: ‘*come not at your wives. 16 U And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were ^thunders and lightnings, and a ''thick cloud upon the mount, and the 'voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp Hrembled. 17 And ”'Mo-§6s brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And Amount Si'nai was alto- gether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire : *and the smoke thereot ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and “the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And ^when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, "Mo-ses spake, and “God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LoRD came down upon mount Si'nai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Mo'ses up to the top of the mount; and Mo'§es went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Go down, ^charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord '^to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, •''sanctify themselves, lest the Lord ^ break forth upon them. 23 And Mo'ses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Si-nai : for thou chargedst us, saying, 'Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24- And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shaft come up, thou, and Aar-5n with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Mo-§6s went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAPTER 20. 1 Tli« ten commandments. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them, 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be. AND God spake *all these words, Xl_ saying, 2 am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E-gypt, ''out of the house of ^ bondage. 3 ®Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 ''Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness B.C. 1491. “ ver. 10. i> ver. 11. Is. 44. 15. 19. or, em- broidered. 2 Heb. fiftd by fifty. i Lev, 24. 2. 3 Heb. to ascend up. I ch. 30. 8. 1 Sam. 3. 3. 2C).r. 13. 11. ver. 29. ch. 39. 7. " ch. 28. 43. A 29. 9. 28. Lev. 3. 17. A 16. 34. A 24. 9. Nuin. 18. 23. A 19. 21. 1 .Sam. .30. 25. ® See Josh. 4. ' Zech. 6. 14. /'Num. 18. 7. Heb. 5. 1, 4. ? ch. 39. 8. Na-dab and A-bi-hu, E-le-a-zar and Ith-a-mar, Aar-bn’s sons. 2 And “thou shalt make holy gar- ments for Aar-bn thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And Hhou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, ‘^wriom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aar-bn’s gar- ments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; ‘^a breast- plate, and ‘'an eph-bd, and/a robe, and ^'a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle ; and they shall make holy garments for Aar-bn thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 H '‘And they .shall make the bph- bd of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have_ the two shoulder- pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof ; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the ^curious girdle of the eph-bd, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof ; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou .shalt take two onyx stones, arid grave on them the names of the children of IshA-el : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, malt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the chil- dren of Is-ra-bl : thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the eph-bd for stones of memorial unto the children of Is-ra-bl : and "‘Aar-bn shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders “for a memorial. 13 U And thou shalt make ouches of gold ; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; o/wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 11 And ^thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cun- ning work; after the work of the bph-bd thou shalt make it ; o/gold. 2r>^.R 81 Breastplate of judgment. EXODUS, 28. The Urim arid Thiimmirtt. let, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17 ‘^And thou shalt ^set in it set- tings of stones, even four rows of stones : the first row shall be a ^sar- dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a dia- mond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their ^in- closings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Is-ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 H And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends o/wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the gph-6d before it. 26 H And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the eph-6d inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the eph-5d underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the eph-Od. ^ 28 And they shall bind the breast- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the eph-6d with a lace of blue, that it may be above the cu- rious girdle of the eph-5d, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the eph-6d. 29 And Aar-5n shall bear the names of the children of Is-ra-el in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, “for a memorial be fore the Lord continually. 30 And Hhou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the U-rim and the Thum-mim ; and they shall be upon Aar-5n’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aar-6n shall bear the judgment of the children of Is-ra-el upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 H And ‘^thou shalt m.ake the robe of the eph-6d all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof : it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 ^ And beneath upon the ^hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof ; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pome- granate, a golden bell and a pome- granate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aar-bn to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 ^ And ®thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aar-bn’s forehead, that Aar-bn may -^bear the iniquity_ of the holy things, which the children of Is-ra-el shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his fore- head, that they may be ^accepted before the Lord. 39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle o/needle- work. 40 II ^And for Aar-bn’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bon- nets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aar-bn thy brother, and his sons with him ; and shalt 'anoint them, and ^consecrate® them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 42 And thou shalt make them B.G. 1491. “ver. 12. b Lev. 8. 8. Nuin. 27. 21. Deut. 33. 8. 1 Sam. 28. 6. Ezra 2. 63. Neh. 7. 65. « ch. 39. 10, &c. 1 Heb. fill in it fillings of stone. 2 or, ruby, d ch. 39. 22. 3 or, sMrts. 4 Heb. fillings. ’ ch. 39. 30, Zech. 14. / ver. 43. Lev. 10. 17. & 22. 9. ISTum. 18. 1. Is. 53. 11. Ezek. 4. 4-6. John 1. 29. Heb. 9. 28. 1 Pet. 2. 24. d Lev. 1. 4. & 22. 27. Is. 56. 7. b ver. 4. ch. 39. 27-29, 41. Ezek. 44. 17, 18. * ch. 29. 7. & 30. 30. & 40. 15. Lev. 10. 7. * ch. 29. 9, &c. Lev. ch. 8. Heb. 7. 28. 5 Heb. fill their hand. 82 Sacrifice and rites of EXODUS, 29. consecrating the priests. “linen breeches to cover Hheir nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall ^reach: 43 And they shall be upon Aar-On, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the con- gregation, or when they come near 'unto the altar to minister in the holy plGbce; that they ‘^bear not iniquity, and die : ^it shall he a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER 29. 1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 38 The continual hurtU offering. 45 God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel. AND this is the thing that thou J\. shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: *Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, , , , i 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aar-bn and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, “and shalt wash them with v/ater. 5 "And thou shalt take the gar- ments, and put upon Aar-hn the coat, and the robe of the eph-Od, and the eph-5d, and the breast- plate, and gird him with ^the curious girdle of the eph-bd: 6 »And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou^ take the anoint- ing *oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And ‘thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aar-5n and his sons, and *put the bonnets on them: and *the priest’s office shall be their’s for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt ^consecrate® Aar-bn and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation : and ^Aar-On and his sons snail put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 1 1 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou * shalt take of th e blood of the bullock, and put it upon 'the horns of the altar with B.C. 1491. " ch. 39. 28. Lev. 6. 10. & 16. 4. Ezek. 44. 18. ' Heb. flesh of their nakedness. 2 Heb. be. b Lev. 3. 3. 3 It seemeth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff. ch. 20. 26. dhev. 5. 1, 17. & 20. 19, 20. & 22. 9. Num. 9. 13. & 18. 22. Le^•. 4. 11, 12, 21 . Heb. 13. 11. /ch. 27. 21. Lev. 17. 7. 9 Lev. 8. 18. h Lev. 1. 4-9. i Lev. 8. 2. k Lev. 2. 4. & 6 . 20 - 22 . 1 or, upon. > ch. 40. 12. Lev. 8. 6. Heb. 10. 22. ' ch. 28. 2. Lev. 8. 7. '•ch. 30. 2.5, 31. Lev. 8. 30. * ch. 30. 25. Lev. 8. 12. & 10. 7. & 21 . 10 . Num. 35. 25. t Lev. 8. 18* “ ver. 1. Heb. 9. 22. 5 Heb. bind. *Num. 18. 7. ych. 28. 41. Lev. 8. 22, &c. Hel). 7. 28. « Heb. fill the hand of. * Lev. 1. 4. & 8. 14. “ Lev. 8. 26. b Lev. 8. 15. « ch. 27. 2. d Lev. 7. 30. 7 or, shake to and fro. 83 thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And Hhou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and Hhe caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. „ , , ,, , 14 But 'the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a sin offering. 15 H ^Thou shalt also take one ram ; and Aar-6n and his sons shall ^put their hands upon the head of the ram. , , , 16 And thou shalt slay the ram. and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the dtar. , 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put th^i unto his pieces, and ^unto his head. , , i i 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Lord : it a ‘sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. , , . 19 H ’“And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aar'Cn and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram_ and take of his blood, and put %t upon the tip of the right ear of Aar-5n, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. ^ , 2 1 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of tha anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aar-6n, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the gar. ments of his sons with him : and “he shall be hallowed, and his gar- ments, and his sons, and his sons garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration : 23 “And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the un- leavened bread that is before the Lord : „ . , 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aar-6n, and in the hands of his sons ; and shalt ^ wave’ them Sacrifice and rites of fcyr a wave offering before the Lord. 25 * And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take ^ the breast of the ram of Aar-On’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering be- fore 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 ofier ing, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aar-On, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aar-On’s and his sons’ ”‘by a statute for ever from the children of Is-ra-el : for it is an heave offering : and ”it shall be an heave offering from the children of Is-ra-el of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29 H And the holy garments of Aar-On ^ shall be his sons’ after him, ®to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And *that^ son that is priest in his stead shall put them on ^ seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the con- gregation to minister in the holy place. 31 U And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and ^seethe his flesh in the holy place. ^ 32 And Aar-On 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 con- gregation. 33 And ‘^they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : ^ but a stranger shall not eat thereof., because they are holy. 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, 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 Aar-On, and to his sons, according to all things which I have com- manded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt *o:ffer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atone- ment : and thou shalt cleanse the B.C. 1491. ‘ ch. 40. 10. ’ Lev. 8. 28. ' ch. 40. 10. Josh. 24. 19. Job 10. 14. Mic. 6. 11. Nah. 1. 3. h Jas. 5. 16. i ver. 12. k 1 Tim. 6. 16. I ch. 4. 31. "‘ch. 34. 5-7. " Rom. 9. 15, 16, 18. ® ch. 33. 15, 16. P Rom. 4. 4, 16. •I ch. 33. 3. »• Ps. 33. 12. & 94. 14. * Gen. 32. 30. Rev. 1. 16, 17. See ch. 24. 10. t Deut. 5. 2. “ Deut. 4. 32. Ps. 77. 14. & 78. 12. & 147. 20. * Ps. 145. 6. y Is. 2. 21. ^ Ps. 91. 1, 4. “ Deut. 6. 25. I> ch. 33. 2. « John 1. 18. d ch. 23. 32. / ch. 32. 16, 19. y Deut. 12. 3. h ver. 28. Deut. 10. 2, 4. ' Heb. statues, i 2 Ki. 18. 4. 2 Chr. 34. 3. 4. k ch. 20. 3, 5. I So Is. 9. 6. & 57. 15. "•ch. 20. 5. ” ver. 12. " ch. 19. 20. P Judg. 2. 17. y ch. 19. 12, 13, 21 . Num. 25. 2. « 1 Cor. 8. 4, 7, 10 . t Deut. 7. 3. 1 Ki. 11. 2. Ezra 9. 2. Neh. 13. 25. “ Num. 25. 1. 2 1 Ki. 11. 4. * ch. 32. 8. y ch. 12. 15. * ch. 33. 19. “ ch. 13. 4. b ch. 22. 29. Neh. 9. 17. Ps. 86. 15. & 145. 8. Joel 2. 13. @9 cious, long-suffering, and abundant in ''goodness and "truth, 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgres- sion and sin, and fthat will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the childrens children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Mo-ses made haste, and 'bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said. If now i have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, "let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for «it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for ^ thine inher- itance. , ^ , .T 1 10 ^ And he said. Behold, M 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 Lord : for it is ""a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 “Observe thou that which 1 command thee this day : behold, "I drive out before thee the Am-orTte, and the -Ga-naan-ite, and the Hit- tite, and the Per-iz-zlte, and the Hi-vite, and the JebAi-site. 12 ‘'Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabit- ants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for "a snare in the midst of thee : , i • 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their 'images, and 'cut down their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship ^no other god: for the Lord, ^Giose 'name is Jealous, is a ™ jealous God: 15 "Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they ^go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one "call thee, and thou *eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of 'their daugh- ters unto thy sons, and their daugh- ters “go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 ""Thou shalt make thee no mol- ten gods. 18 IT The feast of s' unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded_ thee, in the time of the month A- bib: for in the “month A-bib thou earnest out from li^^^il that openeth the matrix is mine ; and every firstling among God^s covenant with Israel. EXODUS, 35. Concerning the sabbath. thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But Hhe firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ^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 ^ ®Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 H -^And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- gathering at the ^year’s end. 23 U ^Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God, the God of Is-ra-el. 24 For I will '^cast out the nations before thee, and * enlarge thy bor- ders; ^neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord 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 unto the morning. 26 ^The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. »'Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mo- ther’s milk. 27 And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Write thou Hhese words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Is-ra-el. 28 "'And he was there with the Lord 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 ^commandments. 29 U And it came to pass, when Mo-§es came down from mount Si-nai with the “tv/o tables of tes- timony in Mo-ses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Mo%es wist not that ^the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aar-5n and all the children of Is-ra-el saw Mo-ses, be- hold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Mo-ses called unto them; and Aar-5n and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Mo-ses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Ish;a-el came nigh : ®'and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Si-nai, B.C. 1491. “2 Cor. 3. 13. i ch. 13. 13. * or, kid. " 2 Cor. 3. 16. <1 ch. 23. 15. Deut. 16. 16. 1 Sam. 9. 7, 8. 2 Sam. 24. 24. « ch. 20. 9. Luke 13. 14. / ch. 23. 16. 2 Heb. revolu- tion of the year. S ch. 23. 14, 17. h ch. 33. 2. Ps. 78. 55. i Deut. 12. 20. & 19. 8. k ch. 34. 32. I See Gen. 35. 5. Acts 18. 10. "“ch. 20. 9. & 31. 14, 1.5. Lev. 23. 3. Num. 15. 32, &c. Deut. 5. 12. ”ch. 23. 18. 3 Heb. holiness. "ch. ]2. 10. P ch. 23. 19. « ch. 16. 23. »■ ch. 23. 19. * ch. 25. 1, 2. t Deut. 31. 9. “ch. 25. 2. y ver. 1. ch. 31. 18. & 32. 16. Deut. 4. 13. & 10. 2. 4. 4 Heb. words. ^ ch. 25. 6. “ ch. 32. 15. i Mat. 17. 2. 2 Cor. 3. 7, 13. " ch. 31. 6. d ch. 26. 1, 2, &c. /ch. 25. 23. 9 ch. 24. 3. h ch. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5. 6. i ch. 25. 31, &c. 33 And till Mo-ses had done speak- ing with them, he put “a vail on his face. 34 But "when Mo-se§ went in be- fore the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Is-rd-6l that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Is-ra-6l saw the face of Mo-ses, that the skin of Mo-ses’ face shone : and Mo-ses pub the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. CHAPTER 35. 1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle, 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab called to the work. AND Mo-ses gathered all the con- jLjL gregation of the children of Is'- ra-6l together, and said unto them* ^ These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 ""Six days shall work be done* but on the seventh day there shall be to you ^ an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord ; whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 ^ Ye shall kindle no fire through- out your habitations upon the sab- bath day. 4 U And Mo-s6s spake unto all the congregation of the children of Is- ra-el, saying, *This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: “whoso- ever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of tbe Lord; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scar- let, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 7 And rains’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shit-tim wood, 8 And oil for the light, ^and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the eph-Dd, and for tbe breastplate. 10 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 there- of, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, 1 3 The ^ table, and his staves, and all his vessels, *^and the shewbread, 14 *The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light. 90 The freewill offerings EXODUS, 86. for the tabernacle. 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, . 16 ‘^The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 -^The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 ^The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aar-Sn the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minis- ter in the priest’s office. 20 U And aU the congregation of the children of ls-ra-6l departed from the presence of Mo-ses. 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 offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels or 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 shit-tim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were ^wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of pur- ple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair. Tl And "'the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ^ph-5d, and for the breastplate ; 28 And * spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Is-ra-6l brought a “ willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart “ch. 30. 1. l> ch. 30. 25. ch. 30. 34. ch. 27. 1. « ch. 31. 2. &c. B.C. 1491. S'ch. 31. 10. & 39. 1, 41. Num. 4. 5, 6, &c. ft ch. 31. 6. i ver. 31. ch. 31. 3, 6. 1 Ki. 7. 14. 2 Chr. 2. 14. Is. 28. 26. ft ver. 5, 22, 26, 29. ch. 25. 2. & 36. 2. 1 Chr. 28. 2, 9 & 29. 9. Ezra 7. 27. 2 Cor. 8. 12. &9. 7. I ch. 28. 3. & 31. 6. & 35. 10, 35. ‘1 Chr. 29. 8. ' ch. .35. 21, 26 1 Chr. 29. 5. /’ch. 28. 3. & 31. 6. & 36. 1. 2 Ki. 23. 7. Prov. 31. 19 22, 24. 1 ch. 35. 27. • 1 Chr. 29. 6. Ezra 2. 68. » ch. 30. 23. < 2 Cor. 8. 2, i “ver. 21. 1 Chr. 29. ! made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Mo-ses. 30 H And Mouses said unto the children of Is-ra-el, See, ®the Lord hath called by name Be-zaTe-6l the son of U-ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju-dah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in under- standing, 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 ^A-hodi-ab, the son of A-his-a-mach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he * filled with wis- dom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning v/orkman, and of the em- broiderer, 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. CHAPTER 36. 1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 The liber- ality of the people is restrained. 8 The curtains. 19 The covering. 35 Jhe vail. 37 The hanging for the door. T hen wrought Be-zal-Ael and A-hoHi-ab, and every ^wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctu- ary, according to all that the Lord had commanded. 2 And Mo-ses called Be-zal-Ael and A-ho-li-ab, 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 Mo-ses all the offering, which the children of Is-ra-6l «had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanc- tuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 H And they spake unto Mo-s6r, saying, ‘The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord com- manded to make. 6 And Mo-?6s gave commandment, 91 The construction EXODUS. 36. of the tahernacle. 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 re- strained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was suffi- cient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 ^ “And 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 cher-h- bims 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 cur- tains one unto another: and the other five curtains he con pled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and nfty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second : the loops heldf one curtain to an- other. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches : so it became one tabernacle. 14- U ‘^And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was 'ihe breadth ^ of one curtain : the deven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 1 7 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth 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 II ^ And he made boards for the tabernacle of shit^tim wood, stand- ing up. 21 The length of a board was ten B.C. 1491, “ch.2S.L • Heb. twinned. b ch. 26. 5. 2 Heb. two sockets, two sockets under one hoard. « ch. 26. 26. a oh. 26. 7. /ch. 26. 14. 3 ch. 26. 36. h ch. 26. 15. 3 Heb. the work of a needle- worker, or, embroiderer. 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 the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of sil- ver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the taber- nacle 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 ^coupled be- neath, 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 sockets were sixteen sock- ets of silver, ^ under every board two sockets. 31 H And he made bars of shit- Win wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side 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 tbe one end to the pther. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to he places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 U And he made ®a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cher-Q-bim§ made be it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shit-Wm wood, and over- laid them witb gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 H And he made an ^-hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple,, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. ®of needlework ; 38 And the five pillars cf it with tbeir hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with 92 The ark, and mercy seat. " EXODUS, 37. The altar of incense. gold : but their five sockets ivere of brass. CHAPTER 37. I The ark. 6 The mercy seat with cherubims. 10 The table with his vessels. 17 The candlestick with his lamps and instruments. 25 The altar of incense. 29 The an- ointing oil and sweet incense. AND B6-zal-e-6l made Hhe ark of shit-tim wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height B.C. 1491. 1 or, to pour out withal. b ch. 25. 10. « ch. 25. 31. tim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were ui)OiLi the table, his “dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers ^ to cover withal, of pure gold. 1 7 U And he made the candle- stick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the of it : 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to he set by the four corners of it ; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of shit- tim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 U And he made the mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits and a bait luas the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherJ-U-bims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat ; 8 One cher-ub ^ on the end on this side, and another ch6r-ub ®on the other end on that side : out of the mercy seat made he the cher-ii-bims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the chgr-a-bims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another ; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the chgr-fi-bims. 10 U And he made •'’the table of shit-tim wood : two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof : 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 1 2 Also he made thereunto a bor- der of an handbreadth round about ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 1 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border wore the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shit- dch. 25. 17. 2 or, out of, &c. 3 or, out of, &c. H ch. 30. 23. 34. same : 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 19 Three bowls naade after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and ^ three bowls made like almonds in an- other branch, a knop and a flower : so throughout the six branches go- ing out of the candlestick. _ 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers : 2 1 And 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 going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same : all of it was one beaten work 0 / pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snulfers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 II ®And he made the incense altar of shit-tirn wood : the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit ; it was foursquare ; and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shit-tim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 51 And he made ^the holy an- ointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work i of the apothecary. 93 The altar of burnt offering. EXODUS, 38. Sum of the offerings. CHAPTER 38. J The altar of burnt offering. 8 The laver of brass. 9 The court. 21 The sum of the peoj)le’s offerings. AND “ he made the altar of burnt XX ^ offering of shit-tim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof ; ^ it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereoi on the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were of the same : and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. ^ 6 And he made the staves of shit- tim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put^the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 H And he made Hhe laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the Hookingglasses of the women ^assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 H And he made ^'the court : on the south side southward the hang- ings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side ivere hangings of fifty cubits, their pil- lars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 1 3 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pil- lars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cu- bits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. B.C. 1491. ® Nnm. i. 50, 53. k 9. 15. & 10 . 11 . & U. 7, 8. & 18. 2. 2 Chr. 24. 6. Acts 7. 44. dNum.4. 28,33. ch. 30. 18. / ch. 31. 2, 6. 1 or, brasen glasses. 2 Heb. assem- bling by troops, as 1 Sam. 2. 22. S ch. 27. 9. Ach. 30. 13,24. Lev. 5. 15. & 27. 3, 25. Num. 3. 47. & 18. 16. ch. 30. 13, 15. 3 Heb. a poll. I ch. 26. 19, 21, 16 All the hangings of the court round about ivere of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the hooks of the pil- lars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters o/ silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted v/ith silver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cu- bits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 1 9 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the ^pins of the taber- nacle, ana of the court round about, were of brass. 21 ^ This is the sum of the tab; ernacle, even of ‘’the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, ac- cording to the commandment of Mo-sgs, for the service of the Le- vites, '‘*by the hand of Ith-a-mar, son to Aar-5n the priest. 22 And •^Be-zal-e-el the son of U-rl, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju-dah, made all that the Lord commanded Mo-§es. ^ 23 And with him was A-ho-li-ab, son of A-his-a-mach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. . 24 AH the gdd that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine tal- ents, and seven hundred and thirty shek-els, after '"the shek-gl of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thou- sand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shgk-els, after the shek-gl of the sanctuary: 26 "A be-kah for ^every man, that is, half a shek-el, after the shSk-gl of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for ^’six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. , 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast ^the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the 94 The holy garmemis. EXODUS, 39. Rohe of tht e'p/tod hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven B.C. 1491. 1 or, ruby. hundred seventy and five sheJc-els he made hooks tor the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thou- sand and four hundred shek-els. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen ^rate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. CHAPTER 39. 1 The cloths of service and holy garments. 2 The ephod. 8 The breastplate. 27 The coats, mitre, &c. All is viewed and approved by Moses. AND of “the blue, and purple, and XX scarlet, they made * cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments tor Aar-5n; ‘’as the Loed com- manded Mo-s6s. 2 ‘'And he made the eph-Od of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together : by the two edges was it coui)led together. 5 And the curious girdle of his eph-(3d, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twinea linen ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. ^ 6 ^ ®And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Is-ra-el. 7 And he put them on the shoul- ders of the 6ph-6d, that they should stones for a s' memorial to the children of Is-ra-6l; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 8 51 '‘And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the eph-5d ; of gold, blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare ; they made the breastplate double : a span vjas the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 * And they set in it four rows of “ ch. 35. 23. b ch. 31. 10. & 35. 19. ' ch. 28. 4. « ch. 28. 9. l?ch. 28. 12. t ch. 28. 33. *oh. 28. 17, »c. stones: the first row was a ^sardius, a to^az, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emer- ald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 1 2 And the third row, a figure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Ish’a-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet,^ every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they^ made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 1 7 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the tv/o wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the eph-Od, before it. I 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the eph-6d inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the eph-6d under- neath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the eph-5d. 21 And they did bind the breast- plate by his rings unto the rings of the eph-5d with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the eph-Cd, and that the breast- plate might not be loosed from the eph-Od ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 22 5f ■''And he made the robe of the eph-5d of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made * bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of tho The tabernacle u i^XODUS, 40. reared, and anointed-- robe, round about between the pomegranates ; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 27 H ^And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aar-on, and for his sons, . 28 ‘'And a mitre o/fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and dinen breeches o/fine twined linen, 29 -^And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 30 ^ 'And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 32 H Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the con- gregation finished : and the chil- dren of Is-ra-el did ^according to all that the Lord commanded Mo-ses, so did they. , , , , 33 ^ And they brought the taber- nacle unto Mo-ses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering, . 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The pure candlestick^ with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and ^the sweet in- cense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his ves- sels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and ^e hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the ves- sels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The cloths of service to do serv- ice in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aar-on the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest^ office. B.C. 1491. b ch. 28. 39, 40. ' Lev. 9. 22. 23. Num. 6. 23. Josh. 22. 6. 2 Sam. 6. 18. 1 Ki. 8. 14. 2 Chr. 30. 27. rfch. 28. 4, 39. Ezek. 44. 18. « ch. 28. 42. / ch. 28. 39. 9 ch. 12. 2. & 13. 4. b ver. 17. & ch. 26. 1, 30. t ch. 28. 36. 37. k ver. 21. ch. 26. 33. Nuin. 4. 5. t ver. 22. ch. 26. 35. ver. 23. ch. 25. .-lO. Lev. 24. 5, 6. ' Heb the order thereof. " ver. 24, 25. " ver. 26. P ver. 42, 43. ch. 25. 40. ? ver. 30. ch. 30. 18. i Heb. the incense of tweet tpicet. * ch. 29. 36, 37. 3 Heb. holiness of holinesses, t Lev. 8. 1-13. ‘ch. 18. 4L A 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Mo-ses, so the children of Is-ra-el “made all the work. 43 And Mo-ses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had com- manded, even so had they done it : and Mo-ses ‘'blessed them. CHAPTER 40. The tabernacle is commanded to be reared and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle. ND the Lord spake unto Mo-s6§, saying, _ On the first day of the ^ first month shalt thou set up '‘the taber- nacle of the tent of the congrega- tion. 3 And ^'thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And 'thou shalt bring in the table, and "“set in order ' the things that are to be set in order upon it ; ”and thou shalt bring in the candle- stick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 ° An d thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the taber- nacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar ot the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And «thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congrega- tion and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hang- ing at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anoint- ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels there- of : and it shall be holy. , 10 And thou shalt anoint the al- tar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar : and «it shall be an altar ^most holy. 1 1 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 'And thou shalt bring Aar-6n and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. ^ ^ 13 And thou shalt put upon Aar- On the holy garments, “and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. . 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats : 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in 96 A cloud covereth LEVITICUS, 1. the tabernacle. the priest’s office : for their anoint- ing shall surely be “an everlasting priesthood throughout their genera- tions. . 16 Thus did Mo-s6s : according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 H And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the * tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Mo-ses reared up the tab- ernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 1 9 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord commanded Mo-s6s. 20 H And he took and put ^ the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark : 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and ^set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 22 ^ ""And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 “And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord* as the Lord had commanded Mo-ses. 24 ^ ^^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 be- fore the Lord ; as the Lord com- manded Mo-s^s. 26 H “And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation be- fore the vail : 27 *And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 28 U *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 taber- nacle of the tent of the congrega- tion, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 30 H -^And he set the laver be- tween the tent of the congregation and the alter, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Mo-ses and Am’-6n and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed ; '"as the Lord commanded Mo-s6s. 33 "And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Mo-ses fim ished the work. 34 H 'Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Mo-s6s "was not able to enter into the tent of the congrega- tion, because the cloud abode there- on, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 ^ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Is-ra-el '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 For 'the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Is-ra-el, throughout 1 all their journeys. B.C. 1490. « Kum 25. 13. 6 ver. 5. ch. 26. 36. ® ver. 6. <1 ch. 29. 38, &c. * ver. 2, 3. Num. 7. 1. / ver. 7. ch. 30. 18. S'ch. 25. 16. ft ch. 30. 19. 20. i ver. 8. ch. 27. 9, 16. ftch. 26. 33. I ch. 29. 43. Lev. 16. 2. Num. 9. 15. 1 Ki. 8. 10, 11. 2 Chr. 5. 13. & 7. 2. Is. 6. 4. Hag. 2. 7, 9. Rev. 15. 8. ’"ch. 26. 35. ” Lev. 16. 2. 1 Ki. 8. 11. 2 Chr. 5. 14. " ver. 4. P Num. 9. 17. & 10 . 11 . Neh. 9. 19. 9 ch. 26. 35. 1 Heb. journeyed. ’■ Num. 9. 19-22. * ver. 4. < ch. 13. 21. Num. 9. 15. ” ver. 5. ch. 30. 6. *ch. 30. 7. THE THIRD BOOK OP MOUSES, CALLED LE-VITT-Ctra CHAPTER 1. 1 The burnt offerinys. 3 Of the herd, 10 of the flocks, 14 of the fowls. AND the Lord “called unto Mo- ses, and spake unto him '’out of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, and say unto them, /If any man of you bring an offering unto 25 - 7 . B.C. 1490. “Ex. 19. 3. b Ex. 40. 34. « Deut. 15. 21. Eph. 5. 27. Heb. 9. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 19. «lch. 22. IS, 19. « ch. 3. 2. 8, 13. & 4. 15. 87 the Lord, ye shall bring your offer- ing of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt sac- rifice of the herd, let him offer a male “ without blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord. 4 “And he shall put his hand upon The burnt offerings. LEVITICUS, 2. The meat offering. 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 Lord : ‘*and the priests, Aar-On’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 con- gregation. 6 And he shall flay the burnt of- fering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aar-On the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and ^lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests, Aar-On’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 priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a ^ sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 ^ 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. 11 ‘’And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord : and the priests, Aar-5n’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 the fire which is upon the altar: 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 sacri- fice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 U And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall Bring it unto the altar, and ^ wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar : 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with ^his feathers, and cast it ’‘beside the altar on the east part, Dy the place of the ashes : 1 7 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but ^ shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : ^ it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made B.C. 1490. « Rom. 12. 1. Phil. 4. 18. h 2 Chr. 29. 23, 24. Rom. 5. 11. Mic. 6. 6. d ‘1 Chr. 35. 11. Hel). 10. 11. ch. 6. 14. & 9. 17. Num. 15. 4 / Heb. 12. 24. 9 Gen. 22. 9. ^ ver. 9. ch. 5. 12. & 6. 15. & 24. 7. Is. 66. 3. Acts 10. 4. i ch. 7. 9'. & 10. 12, 13. k Ex. 29. 37. Num. 18. 9. I Gen. 8. 21. Ezek. 20.28,41. 2 Cor. 2. 15. Eph. 5. 2. Phil. 4. 18. “Ex. 29. 2. ' or, on aflat plate, or, slice. ”ver. 3. " ver. 5. Ex. 40. 22. Ezek. 8. 5. ? Ex. 29. 18. ® ch. 5. 7. & 12. 8. Luke 2. 24. 2 or, pinch off the head with the nail. t ch. 6. 17. SeeMat.16.12. Mark 8. 15. Luke 12. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 8. Gal. 5. 9. 3 or, the filth thereof. “ch. 6. 10. * Ex. 22. 29. ch. 23. 10, 11. 1 Heb. ascend, y Gen. 15. 10. * ver. 9, 13. “ Mark 9. 49. Col. 4. 6. 98 by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAPTER 2. I The meat offering of flour vnth oil and incense. 12 The oblation of firstfruits, &c. AND when any will offer ®a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour ’ and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aar-6n’s sons the priests : and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn ^the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offer- ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And Hhe remnant of the meat offering shall be Aar-5n’s and his sons’ : is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 U And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or un- leavened wafers "‘anointed with oil. 5 ^ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken ^in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meat offer- ing. 7 ^ And if thy oblation a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made o/fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and when it is pre- sented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering ^a memorial there- of, and shall burn it upon the altar : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And "that which is Mt of the meat offering shall be AarBn’s and his sons’ : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by II No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with ^leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by 12 II *As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation or thy meat offering “shalt thou sea^n with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer «the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: ^with all thine offerings thou shalt offer s^t. 14 And if thou offer a meat offer- ing of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, ‘^thou shalt offer for the meat offer- ing of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of ‘^full ears. 15 And nhou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn ^-the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAPTER 3. 1 The peace offering of the herd, 6 of the flock, 1 either a lamb, 11 or a goat. AND if his oblation be a ^sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it he a male or female, he shall offer it * without blemish before the Lord. 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 Aar-5n’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood up- on the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacri- fice of the peace offering an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord ; '"the Hat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the in- wards, 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 Aar-5n’s sons "'shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacri- fice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 ^ And if his offering for a sacri- fice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, ‘he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offer- ing, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the con- gregation: and Aar-5n’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacri- fice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat B.C. 1490. » Num. 18. 19. i Ezek. 43. 24. ch. 5. 2-4, 17. ? ch. 3. 5. * ver. 2. Num. 15. 27. 3 Heb. any soul. 4 Heb. people of the land. ■ ver. 5. Heb. 9. 12-14. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, 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 bul- lock 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 bullock : it is a sin offering for the congregation. 22 H When a ruler hath sinned, and •''done somewhat through ig- norance against any of the com- mandments 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 offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering. 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 concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 IT And “if ^any one of the '‘common people sin through ig- norance, wnile 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 2" And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, 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 100 put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt olfering, and shall 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 offer- ings; and the priest shall burn %t 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 f 9 r 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, ”ac- cording 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. CHAPTER 5. 1 He that dnneth in concealing his knowledge, 2 in touch- ing an unclean thing, 4 or in making an oath. 6 Uis trespass offering, 14 in sacrilege, &c. AND if a soul sin, 5 and hear the voice of swearing, 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 carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of un- clean cattle, or the carcase of un- clean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him ; he also shall be unclean, and ^guilty. 3 Or ii he touch Hhe uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it he 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 he that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he know- eth 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. “ch. 16. 21. & 26. 40. >fum. .5. 7. Ezra 10. 11, 12. b ch. 3. 14. ch. 3. 3. rfGen. 8. 21. Ex. 29. 18. ch. 1. 9. Ezra 6. 10. ver. 26. /ch. 12. 8. & 14. 21. 1 Heb. his hand cannot reach to the sufficiency of a lamb. fl’ch. 1. 14. h ver. 28. i ch. 1. 15. A ch. 4. 7, 18, ! 34. 1 ch. 1. 14. 2 or, ordinance. "•ch. 4. 26. "ch. 3. 5. » ver. 26, 31. P Num. 5. 15. 1 Ki. 8. 31. Mat. 26. 63. Prov. 29. 24. ver. 17. ch. 7. 18. & 17. 16. & 19. 8. & 20. 17. Nuui. 9. 13. * ch. 2. 2. « ch. 11. 24, 28 Num. 19. 11, 13, 16. “ch. 4. 35. *ch. 4. 26. y ver. 17. * ch. 12, & 13, & 1.5. « ch. 2. 3. b ch. 22. 14. « See 1 Sam. 25. 22 . Acts 2.3. 12. d See Mark 6. 23. ' Ezra 10. 19. /Ex. 30. 1.3. ch. 27. 25. that he shall “confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering 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 offering ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 7 And -^if ^he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledove^ or two young pi- geons, unto the Lord ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and ‘wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder : 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering 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 offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ‘manner:^ “and the priest shall make an atonement f 9 r him for his sin wbicb be hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 11 U But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pi- geons, then he that sinned shall bring for bis offering the tenth part of an e-phah of fine flour for a sin offering; ^he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frank- incense thereon: for it is a sin offering. 12 Then shall he bring it to the E riest, and the priest shall take his andf ul of it, * even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, “according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a sin offering. 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 bim: and ‘^'the remnant shsbW be the priest’s, as a meat offering. 14 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo- s6s, saying, 15 *11 a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the boly things of the Lord ; then ®he shall bring for his^ trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estima- tion by sh$k-6ls of silver, after -^the sh6k-6l of the sanctuary, for a tres- pass offering : 16 And he shall make amends for iii' '4 :'r i The law of the LEVITICUS, 6. burnt offering, etc. the harm that 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 offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 ^ And if a ‘^soul sin, and com- mit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the com- mandments of the Lori) ; ® though he wist it not, yet is he -^guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 ^And he shall bring a ram with- out blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offer- ing, unto the priest : *and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass offering: ™he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord, B.C. 1490. “ ch. 6. 5. 22. 14. & 27. 13, 15, 27, 31. Num. 5. 7. i ch. 4. 26. > or, for the burning. ch. 4. 2. d Ex. 28. 39-41, 43. ch. 16. 4. Ezek. 44. 17, 18. ' ver. 15. ch. 4. 2, 13, 22, 27. Ps. 19. 12. Luke 12. 48. / ver. 1, 2. 9 ver. 15. ft ch. 1. 16. i ver. 16. fc Ezek. 44. 19. I ch. 4. 12. “Ezra 10. 2. CHAPTER 6. 1 The trespass offering for sins done vnttingly. 8 The law of the burnt offering, 14 and of the meat offering. 19 The offering at the consecration of a priest. 24 The law of the sin offering. ” ch. 3. 3, 9, 14. 8 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, ^ ^ ^ , 9 Command Aar-5n and ms sons, saying. This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, ^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 garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them * beside the altar. 11 And *he shall put off his gar- ments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without 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 AND the Lord spake unto Mokses, j\ saying, _ 2 If a soul sm, and ^commit a tres- pass against the Lord, and ® lie unto his neighbour in that ’"which was delivered him to keep, or in ^^fel- lowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; , ^ , 3 Or ‘have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and “ sweareth falsely ; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein : i i ..i 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 deceitfully 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 re- store it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more theretp, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth,/^in the day of his trespass offering. 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, ^a ram with- out hlemish out of the flock, vAth thy estimation, for a trespass offer- ing, 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. ft ch. 2. 1. Num. 15. 4. P Num. 5. 6. 2 ch. 19. 11. Acts 5. 4. Col. 3. 9. 2 or, in dealhrg. 3 Heb. putting of the hand. « Prov. 24. 28. & 26. 19. t Deut. 22. 1-3. “Ex. 22. 11. ch. 19. 12. Jer. 7. 9. Zech. 5. 4. ch. 2. 2. 9. y ch. 2. 3. Ezek. 44. 29. « ver. 26. ch. 10. 12. 13. Num. 18. 10. « ch. 2. 11. 6 Num. 18. 9,10. ft ch. 5. 16. Num. 5. 7. 2 Sam. 12. 6. Luke 19. 8. d ver. 25. Ex. 29. 37. ch. 2. 3. & 7. 1. ft ver. 29. Num. 18. 10. 4 or, in the day of his being found guilty. 5 Heb. in the day of his trespass. f ch. 3. 17. 9 ch. 5. 15. h Ex. 29. 37. ch. 22. 3-7. i ch. 4. 26. * Ex. 29. 2. 102 uuu. 14 ^ ^And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aar-6n shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. 15 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 offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the "^memorial of it, unto the Lord. ^ . 16 And ^'the remainder thereof shall Aar-6n and his sons eat: ’with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place ; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 17 “It shall not be baken with leaven. H have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire ; ‘^it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass ^18 the males among the chib dren of Aar-bn shall eat of it. ^It shall he a statute for ever in ^ur generations concerning the offer- ings of the Lord made by fire : ^ every one that toucheth them shall be holy. , , ^ , 19 ^ And the Lord spake untc Mo-ses, saying, n 20 ^This IS tfie offering of A^r-5n and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day ' when he is anointed ; the tenth Law of trespass offering, LEVITICUS, 7. and of peace offerings. part of an “e-phah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 1 • 1 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 Lord. 22 And the priest of his sons Hhat 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 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 25 Speak unto Aar-5n and to his sons, saying, *^This is the law of the sin offering : Un the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord : *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 brasen pot. it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 *A11 the males among the priests shall eat thereof: “it most holy. 30 ^And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile witJoal in the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAPTER 7. 1 Law of the trespass offering, 11 and of the peace offerings. 22 The fat and the blood are forbidden. L ikewise “this is the law of the J trespass offering : ''it is most holy. 2 "In 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, which is by the flanks, and the caul that u above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away : 5 And the priest shall burn them B.C. 1490. “ E.X. 16. 36. b ch. 6. 16-18. Num. 18. 9, 10. « ch. 2. 3. rfch. 6. 25, 26. & 14. 13. « ch, 4. 3. / Ex. 29. 25. 3 ch. 2. 3, 10. Num. 18. 9. Ezek. 44. 29. > or, on the Jlat plate, or, slice, h ch. 4. 2. i ch. 1. 3, 5, 11. & 4. 24, 29, 33. h ver. 17. ch. 21. 22. I ch. 10. 17, 18. Num. 18.9,10. Ezek. 44. 28, 29. "‘ch. 3. 1. & 22. 18, 21. Ezek. 45. 15. " ver. 16. “ Ex. 29. 37. & 30. 29. P ch. 2. 4. Num. 6. 15. 9 Amos 4. 5. "ch. 11. 33. & 15. 12. ® ver. 18. Num. 18. 10. f Num. 18. 8, 11, 19. “ ver. 25. upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a tres- pass offering. 6 ''Every male among the priests shall eat thereof : it shall be eaten in the holy place : "it most holy. 7 As the sin offering 7s, so is ‘'the trespass offering there is one law for them : the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. 8 And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 9 And ^all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the f ryingpan, and ' in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it. 10 And every meat offering, min- gled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aarton have, one as much as another. 1 1 And ’“this is the law of the sacri- fice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 1 2 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers ^anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering ^ leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, *and it shall be the priest’s that i^rinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 1 5 ^And the flesh of the sacrifice of * ch. 4. 7, n, 12, 18, 21. & 10. 18. & 16. 27. Heb. 13. 11. ch. 22. 30. ch. 19. 6-8. his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.^ 1 6 But ^if the sacrifice of his offer- “ ch. 5. & 6. 1-7. b ch. 6. 17, 25. & 21 . 22 . « ch. 1. 3. 6. 11. & 4. 24, 29, 3;!. d Ex. 29. 13. ch. 3. 4, 9, 10, 14-16. Si 4. 8, 9. « Num. 18. 27. /ch. 11. 10, 11, 41. & 19. 7. ing be a vow, or a voluntary offei-- ing, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice : and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten : 1 7 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be "imputed unto him that offer- eth it : it shall be an •'‘abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall iiot be eaten ; it shall be burnt witli fire; 103 Law of peace offerings. LEVITICUS, 8. The priests^ portion. and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer- ings, that pertain unto the Lord, "having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul * shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as ‘'the uncleanness of man, or any ‘*un- clean beast, or any ® abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, *Ye shall eat no man- ner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the ^ beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use : but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 ® Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it he of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it he that eat- eth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 U And the Lord spake unto Mo^es, saying, 29 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, saying, “He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oplation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 ''His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that Hhe breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord. 31 *’And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar : ‘'but the breast shall be Aar-bn’s and his sons’. 32 And ■''the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aar-On, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For ^the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of B.C. 1490. “ ch. 15. :i. 1 Cor. 11. ' ch. 12. & 13, & 15. d ch. 11. 24. 28. « Ezek. 4. 14. / ver. 20. 9 Ex. 40. 13, 15. ch. 8. 12. 30. hch. 6. 9. ch. 6. 14. A ch. 6. 25. I ch. 3. 17. ”*ver. 1. « Ex. 29. 1. ch. 6. 20. " ver. 11. ' Heb. carcase, ch. 17. 15. Deut. 14. 21. Ezek. 4. 14. & 44. 31. P ch. 1. 2. V Gen. 9. 4. ch. 3. 17. & 17. 10-14. Ezek. 33. 25, John 6. 53. Acts 1.5. 20, 2 Ex. 29. 1-3. * Ex. 28. 2, 4. « Ex. 30. 24, 25. ‘ch. 3. 1. & 22 . 21 . Ezek. 45. 15. ‘ch.3. 3,4,9,14. y Ex. 29. 4. ^ Ex. 29. 24, 27. ch. 8. 27. & 9. 21. Num. 6. 20. 0 Ex. 29. 4. 6 eh. 3. 5, 11, 16. <■ ver. 34. d Ex. 29. 5. ' Ex. 28. 4. / ver. 34. ch. 9. 21. Mum. 6. 20. ? Ex. 28. 30. h Ex. 29. 28. ch. 10. 14. 15. Mura. 18. 18, 19. Deut. 18. 3» Ex. 29. 24. ch. 7. 30-34. V ver. 23. Ex. 24. 16. 2Chr..5.13,14. ? Nuin. 6. 23. Heut. 21. 5. Luke 24. 50. »• ch. 4. 3. 1 Sam. 3. 14. Heb. 5. 3. & 7. 27. & 9. 7. « ch. 4. 16. 20. Heb. 5. 1. t ver. 6. Nuui. 14. 10. “Geii. 4. 4. Judg. 6. 21. 1 Ki. 18. 38. 2 Chr. 7. 1. Pb. 20. 3. * ch. 8. 15. y 1 Ki. 18. 39. 2 Chr. 7. 3. Ezra 3. 11. * See ch. 4. 7. Heb. 9. 22, 23. « ch. 8. 16. b Num. 3. 3, 4. 1 Chr. 24. 2. « ch. 16. 12. d ch. 4. 8. « ch. 4. 11. & 8. 17. / Ex. 30. 9. 9 Nuin. 16. 35. 2 Sam. 6. 7. h ch. 1. 5. & 8. 19. i ch. 8. 20. 1 (\a himself and the people, 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 leg^ and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 ^ ''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. , , , 1 6 An d he brought the burnt offer- ing, and offered it ‘'according to the ' manner. 1 7 And he brought •''the meat offer- ing, and ^took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, '‘beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for '^a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people : and Aar-5n’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 : , ^ , ^i 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, "and he burnt the fat upon 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aar-On waved ffor a wave offering before the Lord ; as Mo-ses commanded. , i 22 And Aar-On lifted up his hand toward the people, and «lffessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Mo-ses and Aar-On went into the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and came out, and blessed the people : 'and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And “there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat : which when all the people saw, ^'they shouted, and tell on their faces. CHAPTER 10. 1 Nadah and Abihic are burnt by fire. 12 The law of eating the holy things. AND '•Na-dab and A-bi-hu, the A sons of Aar^On, ‘’took either of them his censer, and put fire there- in, and put incense thereon, and offered -^strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded thein not. 2 And there ^went out fire trom the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Mo-ses said unto Aar-5n, This is it tliat the Lord spake, The law of eating LEVITICUS, 11. the holy things. saying, I will be sanctified in them “that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be * glorified. ‘'And Aar-On held his peace. 4 And Mo-ses called Mish-a-el and El-za-phan, the sons of ‘^tJz-zi-el the uncle of Aar-On, 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 Mo-ses had said. 6 And Mo-ses said unto Aar-On, and unto E-lAa-zar and unto Ith-a-mar, 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 whole house of Is-r4-el, 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 Mo-s6s. 8 U And the Lord spake unto Aar-5n, 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 through- out your generations : 10 And that ye may ’'put differ- ence between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean ; 11 *And that ye may teach the children of Is-ra-el all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Mo-ses. 12 H And Mo-ses spake unto Aar-5n, and unto E-le-a-zar and unto Ith-a-mar, his sons that were left, Take “the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it v/ith- out 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 1 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 ot the sacri- fices of peace offerings of the chil- di-en of Ts-ra-6l. 15 *The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of ./he B.C. 1490. “ Ex. 19. 22. Is. 52. 11. Ezek. 20. 41. b Is. 49. 3. Ezek. 28. 22. John 13.31,32. 2 Thes. 1. 10. Ps. 39. 9. JEx. 6. 18. 22. Num. 3. 19, 30. « ch. 9. 3, li5. / Luke 7. 12. Acts 5. 6, 9, 10. 9 ch. 6. 26, 29. i Num. 16. 22, 46. Josh. 7. 1. 2 Sam. 24. 1. h ch. 6. 30. ^ ch. 6. 26, 30. ™ch. 21. 12. ” ch. 8. 30. “ ch. 9. 8, 12. P Is. 1. 11-15. Jer. 6. 20. & 14. 12. Hos. 9. 4. Mai. 1. 10, 13. ? Luke 1. 15. 1 Tim. 3. 3. Tit. 1. 7. fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord ; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever ; as the Lord hath commanded. 16 H And Mo-s6s diligently sought ^the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with E-lAa-zarand Ith-a-mar, the sons of Aar-5n which were left alive, ,saying, 17 ^Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is ^ most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the ini- quity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord % 18 Behold, *the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place : ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, ^as I com- manded. 19 And Aar-6n said unto Behold, “this day have they their sin offering 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 Mo-ses heard that, he was content. CHAPTER 11. Mo-ses, offered what beasts may and may not be eaten. Ezek. 44. 23. ® Deut. 24. 8. Neh. 8. 2, 8. Jer. 18. 18. Mai. 2. 7. t Deut. 14. 4. Ezek. 4. 14. Dan. 1. 8. Mat. 15. 11. Acts 10. 12, 14. Rom. 14. 14. Heb. 9. 10. & 13. 9. « Num. 18. 9. ^ch. 21. 22. 9 ch. 2. .3. & 6. 16. ^ Ex. 29. 24, 26, 27. ch. 7. .31, 34. Num. 18. 11. “ Is. 6.5. 4. & 66. 3, 17. b ch. 7. 29, 30. Is. 52. 11. See Mat. 15. 1 1 . 20 . Mark 7. 2, 15, 18. ActslO. 14. 1,5. & 1.5. 29. Rom. 14. 14,17. 1 Cor. 8. 8. Col. 2. 16, 21. Heb. 9. 10. d Deut. 14. 9, AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses XX and to Aar-6n, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, saying, 'These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever pai'teth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, 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. 5 And the coney, because he chew- eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he chew- (‘th the cud, but divideth not the lioof ; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be ciovenfooted, yet he clieweth not the cud; “he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flcish shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch ; ‘'they are unclean to you. 9 If ‘'These shall ye eat of all that 107 Distinction of meats LEVITICUS, 11. clean and unclean. are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an “abomina- tion unto you : 11 They shall be even an abomi- nation unto you ; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 ‘'And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind ; 15 Every raven after his kind ; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 1 7 And the little owl, and the cor- morant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going up- on all four, shall be an abomina- tion unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth up- on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the 22 Even these of them ye may eat ; •'^the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be un- clean : whosoever toucheth the car- case of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them ^ shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be un- clean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his B.O. 1490. ch. 6. 28. & 15 . 12 . Ps. 2. 9. Jer. 48. 38. 2 Tim. 2. 21. Rev. 2. 27. f Mat. 3. 4. Mark 1. 6. ' Hel). a gather- ing together of waters. 3 ch. 14. 8. & 15. 5. Num. 19. 10, 22 . & 31. 24. Ps. 51. 2, 7. Zech. 13. 1. .Tohn 13. 8. Heb. 9. 10. & 10 . 22 . 1 Pet. 3. 21. Rev. 7. 14. h ch. 17. 15. & 22 . 8 . Deut. 14. 21. Ezek. 4. 14. & 44. 31. 1 Cor. 10. 21. paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are un- clean unto you : whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the car- case of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 H These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the weasel, and ^the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chame- leon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 3 1 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, ‘^it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel,where- into any of them falleth, whatso- ever is in it shall be unclean ; and ®ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which maybe eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean : and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean ; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are un- clean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, ^wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean : but that which touch- eth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their car- case fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. , „ , . , 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And '‘he that eateth of the pr- case of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that 108 Laws (Mid toJceus LEVITICUS, 12, 13. to disceTn lepvosy. creepeth upon the earth shall be an ahomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever ^ hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomi- nation. 43 “Ye shall not make your ^selves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore sanctify your- selves, and ‘*ye shall be holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon 45 ®For I am the Lord that bring- eth you up out of the land of E-gypt, to be your God : ^ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every liv- ing creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creaturo that creepeth upon the earth : 47 * To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and be- tween the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. B.C. 1490. 1 Heb. doth multiply feet. “ch. 20. 25. 2 Heb. souls, b ch. 5. 7. Luke 2. 24. 3 Heb. her hand find not suffi- ciency of. « ch. 4. 26. d Ex. 19. 6. ch. 19. 2. & 20. 7. 26. Amos k 3. Mat. 5. 48. 1 Thes. 4. 7. 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. Rev. 22. 11, 14. « Ex. 6. 7. & 20 . 2 . Ps. 105. 43-45. Hos. 11. 1. / ver. 44. 4 or, swelling, a Deut. 28. 27. Is. 3. 17. h Deut. 17. 8, 9. & 24. 8. Mai. 2. 7. Luke 17. 14. i ch. 10. 10. Ezek. 44. 23. Mai. 3. 18. CHAPTER 12. 1 The purification of a woman after childbirth. 6 Her offerings for her purifying. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, j\. saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-Sl, saying. If a * woman have con- ceived seed, and born a man child : then ^she shall be unclean seven days ; ""according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the "eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be cir- cumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days ; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation : and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And ^ when the days of her puri- f.ying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb ®of the first year for a burnt offer- ing, and a young pigeon, or a turtle- ch. 15. 19. Job 14. 4. Ps. 51. 5. I Luke 2. 22. ™ch. 15. 19. "Gen. 17. 12. Luke 1. 59. & 2 . 21 . John 7. 22, 23. Rom. 3. 19. Gal. 5. 3. » ch. 11. 25. & 14. 8. P Luke 2. 22. 5 Heb. a son of his year. 109 dove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, unto the priest: 7 who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 *And if ®she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons ; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: ‘'and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. CHAPTER 13. Laws and tokens whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning leprosy. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-se§ and Aar-5n, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a prising, ^'a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lep- rosy; '"then he shall be brought unto Aar-5n the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh : and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean : it is but a scab : and he “shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: 8 And if the priest see that, be- hold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a leprosy. 9 II When the plague of leprosy is Laws and tokens LEVITICUS, 13. to discern leprosy. in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest ; 10 “And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be ^ quick raw flesh in the rising ; 1 1 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, _ and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up : for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosv break out abroad in the skin, and. the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, ^/ the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pro- nounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he ^s clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce hm to be unclean : for tne raw flesh is un- clean: it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh ^rn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest ; 17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 ^ The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a ^boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest,* 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pro- nounce him unclean : it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. ^ 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but he somewhat dark ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:^ 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot staj^ in his place, amd spread not, it is a burning boil ; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 51 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is ^a hot burning, and the quick flesh that B.C. 1490. “Num. 12. 10, 12 . 2 Ki. 5. 27. 2 Chr. 26. 20. 1 Heb. the quickening of living flesh. b Ex. 9. 9. & 15. 26. 2 Heb. a burn- ing of fire. bui-neth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white ; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it he in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning : wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it he no lower than the other skin, but he somewhat dark ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, _ and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is Si rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. 29 51 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; 30 Then the priest^ shall see _ the S lague: and, benold, if it be in sight eeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it ; then the priest shall shut up him that hofth the plague of the scall seven days: 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin ; 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more : 34 And in the seventh day the E riest shall look on the scall: and, ehold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing ; 36 Then the priest shall look on him : and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 110 Laws and tokens LEVITICUS, 14. to discern leprosy. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black c hair grown uri therein ; the seal! is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 H If a man also or a woman have in tlie skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; 39 Then the priest shall look ; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it a freckled spot that groweth in the skin: he clean. . 40 And the man whose ^hair is fallen off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head to- ward his face, he is forehead bald : yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean ; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall ^^put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry. ® Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; ‘^without the camp shall his habita- tion be. 47 H The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it he in the warp, or woof ; of linen, or of woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any Hhing made of skin; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any ^tiling of skin ; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest : 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days : 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh da,y: if the iilague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made B.C. 1490. eh. 14. 44. ' Heb. head is pilled. t Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the fore- head thereof. b Bzek. 24. 17, 22 . Mic. 3. 7. Lam. 4. 15. d Num. -5. 2. & 12 . 14 . 2 Ki. 7. 3. & 1.5. .5. 2 Clir. 26. 21 Luke 17. 12. y Heb. work of. « Mat. 8. 2, 4. Mark 1.40,44. Luke .5. 12, 14. & 17. 14. i Heb. vessel, or, instrument. 5 or, sparrows, f Num. 19. 6. 9 Heb. 9. 19. ft Ps. .51. 7. Ill of skin; the plague is “a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague _ be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more : 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed : and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is un- clean ; thou shalr burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, ^whether it be bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, be- hold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it ; then he shall rend it out of the garinent, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading 'plagne: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pro- nounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. CHAPTEB 14. 1 Of cleansing the. leper. 33 The signs of leprosy in a house. 43 The cleansing of that house. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-sSs, J\. .saying, , , 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : He® shall be brought unto the priest : 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp ; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be lieak'd in the leper ; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to b(^ cleansed two ^birds alive and clean, and -^cedar wood, and s' scarlet, and 5^An5 the priest shall command Rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS, 14. in cleansing the leper. that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water : 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 7 And he shall “sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the lep- rosy ® seven times, and shall pro- nounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose 4nto the open field. 8 And he that is to be cleansed ®shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, -^and wash himself in water, that he may be clean : and after that he shall come into the camp, and ^ shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off : and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day *he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb ^of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour /or 'a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one l6g of oil. 1 1 And the priest that maketh hirn clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and “offer him for a tres- pass offering, and the l5g of oil, and ^^wave them for a wave offering be- fore the Lord : 13 And he shall slay the lamb ®in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place : for *as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering : ' it is most holy : 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it / upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 15 And the priest shall take some of the l5g of ml, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with bis finger seven times be- fore the Lord : 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his band shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of B.C. 1490. “Num. 19. 18, 19. Is. 52. 15. Ezek. 36. 25. John 19. 34. Heb. 9. 13. 21. & 12. 24. b ch. 4. 26. & 5. 6. 2 Ki. 5. 10, 14. Ps. 51. 2. d ch. 5. 1. 6. & 12. 7. 1 Heb. upon the face of the field. « ch. 13. 6. / ch. 11. 25. Eph. 5. 26. Heb. 10. 22. 1 Pet. 3. 21. Rev. 1. 5, 6. ^Num. 12. 15. h eh. 5. 7. & 12 . 8 . 2 Heb. his hand reach not. 3 Heb. /or a waving. i Mat. 8. 4. Mark 1. 44. Luke 5. 14. fcch. 12. 8. & 15. 14, 15. i Heb. the daughter of her year. I ch. 2. 1. Nuin. 15. 4. ™ver. 10, 11. ” ver. 12. o ch. 5. 2, 18. & 6. 6. 7. P Ex. 29. 24. ? Ex. 29. 11. ch. 1. 5. & 4. 4. *■ ver. 14, 17. » ch. 7. 7. t ch. 2. 3. &7. 6. & 21 . 22 . “Ex. 29. 20. ch. 8. 23. u?. him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right band, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering ; 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed : ^ and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer ‘^the sin offering, and make an atone- ment for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness ; and after- ward he shall kill the burnt offering : 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offer- ing upon the altar : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And 'bf he he poor, and ^cannot get so much ; then he shall take one lamb for a ti-espass offering Ho be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a lOg of oil ; 22 *And two turtledoves, 9 r two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt of- fering. 23 ’“And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, be- fore the Lord. 24 “And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and tbe l5g of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering be- fore the Lord : 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, ’’and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into tbe palm of his own left band : . 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with bis right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord : 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in bis hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of bis right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of tbe blood of the trespass offering : 29 And tbe rest of the oil that is tin the priest’s hand he shall put Rites arid sacrifices LEVITICUS, 15. in cleansing the leTper, upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer the one of Hhe turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get ; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other /or a burnt offering, with the meat offering : and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which per- taineth to his cleansing. 33 And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto Aar-6n, saving, 34 "‘When ye be come into the land of -Ca-naan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession ; 35 And he that ov/neth the house shall come and tell the priest, say- ing, It seemeth to me there is as it were -^a plague in the house : 36 Then the priest shall command that they ^ empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the E lague, that all that is in the house e not made unclean : and after- ward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall ; 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days : 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house ; 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place : 42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered ; 44 Then the priest shall come and 25-8. B.C. 1490. “ch. 13. .51. Zech. 5. 4. b ver. 22. ch. 15. 14, 15. ver. 10. > Heb. in earning in shall come in, Ac. Heb. a man of oiJportunity. f Is. 53. 11. 12. John 1. 29. Heb. 9. 28. 1 Pet. 2. 24. office 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 atone- ment 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 everlast- ing statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of 1§- ra-el for all their sins ^ once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. CHAPTER 17. 2 Heb. of sepa- ration, h Ezek. 42. 14. & 44. 19. t ver. 3, 5. k See Deut. 12. 5, 15, 21. I ch. 4. 10. "'Dent. 12. 5, 6, 13, 14. ” ch. 15. 5. ® Rom. 5. 13. P ch. 4. 12, 21. & 6. 30. Heb. 13. 11. 9 Cell. 17. 14. »■ Geu. 21. 33. & 22 . 2 . l)eut. 12. 2. 1 Ki. 14. 23. 2 Ki. 16. 4. & 17. 10. 2 Chr. 28. 4. Ezek. 20. 28. &22. 9. » ch. 3. 2. t Ex. 30. 10. ch 23. 27. Nuiri. 29. 7. Is. 58. 3, 5. Dau. 10. 3, 12. “ Ex. 29. 18. Num. 18. 17. ^ Deut. 32. 17. 2 Chr. 11. 15. Ps. 106. 37. 1 Cor. 10. 20. Rev. 9. 20. yEx. 34. 15. Deut. 31. 16. Ezek. 23. 8. ' Ps. 51. 2. Jer 33. 8. Eph. 5. 26. Heb. 9. 13, 14. & 10 . 1 , 2 . 1 John 1. 7, 9. “ ch. 23. 32. dEx. 29. 29. 30. Num. 20. 26, 28. 3 Heb. fill his hcmd. 1 Of the blood of beasts. 7 Of offering to devils. 10 The eating of blood is forbidden. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-i§e§, XJl saying, 2 Speak unto Aar-6n, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Is-ra-el, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Is-ra-el, *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 t^ernacle of the con- gregation, 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 I§-ra-6l 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 tab- ernacle of the congregation, unto the i^riest, 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 throughout their generations. 8 ^ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of ^ Isha-6l, or of the stran- gers which sojourn among you, *that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, to offer it unto the Lord ; 116 Eating of blood forbidden. LEVITICUS, 18. 77, ilawful marriages. even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 U *And whatsoever man there be of the house of Is-ra-el, 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 zs 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 atone- ment for the soul. 1 2 Therefore I said unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, 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 ls-ra-6l, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, ^ which *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 there- of: therefore I said unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-$l, 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 ®that 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. B.C. 1490. “ Ex. 6. 2. 6. b Gen. 9. 4. ch. 3. 17. Deut. 12. 16, 23. & 15. 23. 1 Sam. 14. 33. Ezek. 44. 7. ' Heb. re- mainder of his flesh. « ch. 20. 3. 5, 6. Jer. 44. 11. Ezek. 14. 8. & 15. 7. d ch. 20. 11. « Gen. 49. 4. ch. 20. 11. 1 Cor. 5. 1. /Mat. 26. 28. Rom. 3. 25. Eph. 1. 7. Col. 1. 14, 20. 1 Pet. 1. 2. 1 John 1. 7. 9 Heb. 9. 22. h ch. 20. 17. 2 Heb. that hunteth any hunting, i ch. 7. 26. * Deut. 12. 16, 24. I Ezek. 24. 7. “ch. 20. 19. ”ver. 11. 12. Gen. 9. 4. Deut. 12. 23. » ch. 20. 20. 7>Ex. 22. 31. Ezek. 4. 14. & 44. 31. 3 Heb. a carcase. 7 Gen. 38. 18,26. ch. 11. 25. » ch. 15. 5. t See Deut. 25. 5. “ch. 5. 1. ‘'ch. 20. 14. 1 or, one wife to another, y Ex. 6. 7. Ezek. 20. 5, 7, 19. 20. “ Ezek. 20. 7. CHAPTEB 18. 1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlawful lusts. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of I§- ra-6l, and say unto them, ^ I am the Lord your God. 3 “After the doings of the land of E-gypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of -Ga-naan, 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 there- in : I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my stat- utes, and my judgments : ‘'which b ch. 20. 18. Ezek. 18. 6. & 22 . 10 . ' Ex. 23. 24. d Ex. 20. 14. ch. 20. 10. Deut. 5. 18. & 22 . 22 . Mat. 5. 27. Rom. 2. 22. 1 Cor. 6. 9. Heb. 13. 4. ' Ezek. 20. 19. / ch. 20. 2. 2 Kl. 16. 3. 9 Ezek. 20. 11, 13. 21. Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12. *1 Ki. 11. 7. .33. Called. Acts 7. 43. Moloch, i ch. 19. 12. & 20. 3. Ezek. 36. 20, &c. if a man do, he shall live in them : “ I am the Lord. 6 H None of you shall approach to any that is ^near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness : I am the Lord. 7 ‘^The nakedness of thy father, or tbe nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mo- ther; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 ®The nakedness of thy father’s wife sbalt 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 be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness 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: for their’s 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: sbe is thy father’s near kinswoman. 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 : sbe is thine aunt. 15 ®Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law : sbe is thv 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 daugh- ter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take “^a wife to her sister. Ho vex her, to un- cover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 19 *Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her na- kedness, 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 '‘Modeeh, neither shalt thou ‘pro- 117 of sundry laws A repetition LEVITICUS, 19. fane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 22 “Thou shalt not lie with man- kind, as with womankind • it is abomination. 23 * Neither shalt thou life with any beast to defile thyself there- with : neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto : it is ‘^confusion. 24 ‘'Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things ; -^for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you : 2*) And ^the land is defiled : there- fore I do * visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomit- eth out her inhabitants. 26 ^Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations ; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you : 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the B.C. 1490. “ ch. 20. 13. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 1 T’m. 1. 10. h Ex. 22. 19. Deut. 24 19. d eh. 20. 12. « Mat. 15. 18-20. 1 Cor. 3. 17. / Deut. 18. 12. 9 Num. 35. 34. Ezek. 36. 17. h Is. 26. 21. Jer. 5. 9. i Ex. 20. 15. k Eph. 4. 25. i ver. 5, 30. Ex. 20. 7. Deut. 5. 11. Mat. 5. 33. Jas. 5. 12. 0 Mark 10. 19. P Mai. 3. 5. land is defiled ;) 28 That nhe land spue not you - out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit thein shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, "that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER 19. A repetition of sundry laws. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-s6§, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el, and say unto them, ^Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 11 ‘'Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 H -^Turn ye not unto idols, ^nor make to yourselves molten gods : I am the Lord your God. 5 H And *if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow : and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable ; it shall not be accepted. 9 Jer. 9. 19. >• Deut. 27. 18. * ver. 3. t Ex. 23. 1. “Ex. 23. 1, 7. 1 Ki. 21. 13. Mat. 26. 60, 61. & 27. 4. * 1 John 2. 9, 11. & 3. 15. y Mat. 18. 15. Eph. 5. 11. 1 Tim. 5. 20. > or, that thou bear not sin for him : See Rom. 1. 32. 1 Cor. 5. 2. 1 Tim. 5. 22. 2 John 11. * Rom. 12. 17, 19. “ Mat. 5. 43. Ex. 20. 12. d Ex. 20. 8. « Deut. 22. 9, 10 / Ex. 20. 4. 9 Ex. 34. 17. h Deut. 22. 11. 1 ch. 7. 16. 2 or, abused by any. 3 Heb. re- proached by, or, for man. i or, they. 5 Heb. there shall be a scourging. k ch. 6. 15. 118 8 Therefore every^ one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from among his people, 9 H And “ when ye reap the har- vest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the glean- ings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God. 11 11 'Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, * neither lie one to another. 12 H And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, "'neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 13 ^ ‘'Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: ^the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 *11 Thou shalt not curse the deat, ""nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord. 15 ^ Ye shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 ^ ‘Thou slialt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people : neither shalt thou “ stand against the blood of thy neighbour .* I am the Lord. 17 U “'Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart : ®'thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, ^and not suffer sin upon him. 18 U "Thou shalt not avenge, nm bear any grudge against the chil- dren of thy people, “but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 19 ^ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gpder with a diverse kind : ®thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed : I. ''neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 ^ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, ^^betrothed to an husband, and not ' at all redeemed, nor freedom given her ; ^^she shall be scourged ; they shall not be put to death, because she was not tree. 21 And *he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. . 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of th^ trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 H And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as un- circumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of. 24r But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be ^holy ‘'to praise the Lord withxxl. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof : I am the Lord your God. 26 H ^Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood : ^ neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 27 * Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not "make any cut- tings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the Lord. 29 H ^*Do not ^prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore ; lest the land fall to whore- dom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 IT ’"Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and ^reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 31 U “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 U ''Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and *fear thy God : I am the Lord. 33 ^ And /if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not ^vex him. 34 ^But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and '^thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of E-gypt: I am the Lord your God, 35 II * Ye shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 *Just balances, just ^weights, a just e-phah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of E-gypt. 37 “Therefore shall ye observe all B.C. 1490. “ch. 18. 2. b ch. 18. 21. 2 Ki. 23. 10. 2 Chr. 33. 6. Jer. 7. 31. 1 Heb. holiness of praises to the LORD. <= Deut.12.17,18. Prov. 3. 9. d ch. 17. 10. « Ezek. 5. 11. & 23. 38. 39. /ch. 18. 21. 9 ch. 17. 10. h Deut. 18. 10. 11. 14. 1 Sam. 15. 23. 2 Chr. 33. 6. Mai. 3. 5. i ch. 21. 5. Is. 15. 2. Jer. 9. 26. k Deut. 17. 2, 3. 5. 1 ch. 17. 10. “Ex. 20. 5. "Jer. 16 6. 0 ch. 17. 7. P Deut. 23. 17. 2 Heb. profane, ? ch. 19. 31. ver. 3. ch. 26. 2. ® Eccl. 5. 1. < ch. 19. 2. 1 Pet. 1. 16. «Ex. 22. 18. Is. 8. 19. Acts 16. 16. *ch. 19. 37. y Ex. 31. 13. ch. 21. 8. Ezek. 37. 28. * 1 Tim. 5. 1. “ Ex. 21. 17. Deut. 27. 16. Prov. 20. 20. Mat. 15. 4. b ver. 14 ver. 11-13, 16, 27. 2 Sara. 1. 16. d Ex. 22. 21. « ch. 18. 20. Deut. 22. 22. John 8. 4, 5. 3 or, oppress, f Ex. 12. 48. 9 Deut. 10. 19. Ach. 18. 8. Deut. 27. 23. 1 ver. 15. k Deut. 25. 13, 15, * Heb. stones. I ch. 18. 15. ™ch. 18. 2.3. "ch. 18. 4, .5. Deut. 4. 5, 6. & .5. 1. & 6. 25. 0 Gen. 19. 5. ch. 18. 22. Deut. 23. 17. Judg. 19. 22. 119 my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them : I am the Lord. CHAPTER 20. 1 Of him that giveth of his seed to .Molech. 4 Of him that favoareth such an one. 6 Of going to wizards. 7 Of sanc- tification. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 10 Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 19 Of incest. 13 Of sodomy, the. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, J\. saying, 2 “Again, thou shalt say to the children of IsYa-el, * Whosoever he be of the children of Ish*a-el, or of the strangers that sojourn in Isra- el, that giveth any of his seed unto Modech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And ‘*1 will set my face against that man, and will cut him oft' from among his people ; because he hath given of his seed unto Modech, to ® defile my sanctuary, and -^to pro- fane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Modech, and * kill him not : 5 Then H will set my face against that man, and /against his family, and will cut him off, and all that “go a whoring after him, to com mit whoredom with Modech, from among their people. 6 U And « the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 *II *Sanctif.y yourselves therefore, and be ye holy : for I am the Lord your God. 8 '‘'And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : am the Lord which sanctify you. 9 H “For every one that curseth his father or his mother vshall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother ; “his blood shall be upon him. 10 ^ And “the man that commit- teth adultery^ with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adul- tery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 ^And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness : both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 12 ^And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death : ’"they have wrought confusion ; their blood sJmll he upon them. 1 3 “If a man also lie with mankind Divers laws LEVITICUS, 21. and ordinances. as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomina- tion : they shall surely be put to death ; their blood shxill be upon them. 14 ‘'And if a rnan take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they ; that there be no wicked- ness among you. 15 ‘^And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death : and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 *And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and _ see her nakednesSj and slie see his naked- ness ; it a wicked _ thing ; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people : he hath uncovered his sister[s nakedness ; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 ^And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath ^discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 ""And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister : "for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20 ^And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall die child- less. 21 "And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is “^an unclean thing : he hath uncovered his bro- ther’s nakedness ; they shall be childless 22 ^ Ye shall therefore keep all ,my “statutes, and all my judg- ments, and do them : that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, ^spue you not out. 23 ^And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you ; for they com- mitted all these things, and ^there- fore I abhorred them. 24 But ‘*1 have said unto you. Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. B.C. 1490. “ ch. 11. 47. Deut. 14. 4. b ch. 11. 43. « ch. 18. 17. Deut. 27. 23. * or, moveth. d ch. 18. 23. * ver. 7. ch. 19. 2. 1 Pet. 1. 16. / ver. 24. Tit. 2. 14. 3 Ex. 22. 18. ch. 19. 31. Deut. 18. 10, 11 . 1 Sam. 28. 7, 8. b ver. 9. i Gen. 20. 12. ch. 18. 9. Deut. 27. 22. k Ezek. 44. 25. I ch. 15. 24, 2 Heb. ma4e naked. ”*ch. 18. 12. 3 or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for hi.s wife, &c. See Ezek. 24. 16, 17. " ch. 18. 6. ® ch. 19. 27. Deut. 14. 1. Ezek. 44. 20. P ch. 18. 14. 1 ch. 18. 21. & 19. 12. ch. 18. 16. 4 Heb. a separation. » ch. 3. 11. t Ezek. 44. 22. "ch. 18. 26. & 19. 37. * See Deut. 24. 1 . 2 . y ch. 18. 25. * ch. 18. 3, 24. “ ch. 20. 7. 8. b ch. 18. 27. Deut. 9. 5. « Gen. 38. 24. d Ex. 3. 17. & 6. 8. « Ex. 29. 29. ch. 8. 12. / ver. 26. Ex. 19. 5. & 33. 16. Deut. 7. 6. & 14. 2. 1 Ki. 8. 53, 25 "Ye shall therefore put differ- ence between clean beasts and un- clean, and between unclean fowls and clean : *and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that ^creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean, 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: ®for I the Lord am holy, and -^have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine, 27 U ^A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones : '"their blood shall be upon them. CHAPTER 21. 1 Of the priests’ mourning. 6 Of their holiness. 8 Of their estimation. 7, 13 Of their marriages. 17 Of priests that have blemishes. AND the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aar-6n, and say unto them, * There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband ; for her may he be defiled. 4: Bict ^he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 ‘’They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and ^not profane the name of their God : for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and Hhe bread of their God, they do offer : there- fore they shall be holy. 7 ^They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane ; neither shall they take a woman ^put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him there- fore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee : ‘"for I the Lord, which sanc- tify you, am holy. 9 ^ ‘’And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father : she shall be burnt with fire. 10 ‘’And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, 120 Divers laws LEVITICUS, 22. and ordinances. and “that is consecrated to put on the garments, ‘^sliall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes ; 11 Neither shall he ‘^go in to any dead body, nor defile himselt tor his father, or for his mother ; 12 ® Neither shall he go out ot the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctu- ary of his God ; for fthe cr 9 wn of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. . 13 And Mie shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people : for "I the Lord do sanctify him. 16 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aar-6n, saying. Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not /approach to offer the ^ bread of his God. 1 8 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not ap- proach : a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing * superfluous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or ®a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or *hath his stones broken* 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aar-5n the priest shall come nigh to “offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish ; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the *most holy, and of the ‘'holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish ; that *he profane not my sanctuaries : for I the Lord do sanctify them. 24 And Mo-s6s told it unto Aar-6n, and to his sons, and unto all the children of ls-ra-6l. CHAPTER 22. 1 T%e priestg in their uncleanness must abstain from holy things. 10 Who of the priest’s house may eat of them. 17 The sacrifices must be without blemish. 26 The age of the sacri^e. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-§6s, Xl_ saying, 2 Speak unto Aar-5n and to his sons, that they ^separate themselves from the holy things of the children of l§-ra-6l, and that they ^profane not my holy name in those things B.C. 1490. <• Ex. 28. 2. ch. 16. 32. b Ex. 28. 38. Num. 18. 32. Deut. 15. 19. « ch. 10. 6. JNum. 19. 14. ^ ch. 10. 7. / ch. 7. 20. 9 Ex. 28. 36. ch. 8. 9, 12, 30. h ver. 7. Ezek. 44. 22. t ch. 15. 2. 1 Heb. runniim of the reins. Arch. 14. 2. & 15. 13. I Num. 19. 11. “ch. 15. 16. « ch. 11. 24. ® ver. 8. P ch. 15. 7, 19. ? ch. 10. 3. Num. 16. 5. Ps. 65. 4. >• ch. 15. 5. 2 or, food, ch. 3. 11. » ch. 21. 22. . Num. 18. 11, 13. t ch. 22. 23. “ Ex. 22. 31. ch. 17. 15. Ezck. 44. 31. 3 or, too slender. ^ Deut. 23. 1. 9 Ex. 28. 43. * See 1 Sam. 21. 6 . “ ver. 6. * Heb. with the purchase of his money. i ch. 2. 3, 10. & 6. 17, 29. & 7. 1. & 24. 9. Num. 18. 9. <• ch. 22. 10-12. Num. 18. 19. rfNum. 18. 11, 13. b Heb. a man a stranger. ' ver. 12. /Geu. 38. 11. ^Ach. 10. 14. hch. 5. 15. 16. Num. 18. 11, 19. t- Num. 18. 32 Ar Num. 6. 3. I ch. 18. 21. 6 or, lade, them- selves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating “ver. 9. 121 which they ^hallow unto me: I am the Lord. 3 Say unto them. Whosoever he be of all your seed among your gen- erations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of ls-ra-6l hallow unto the Lord, •'^having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut on from my presence : I am the Lord. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aar-5n is a leper, or hath *a ^running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, * until he be clean. And /whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or "‘a man whose seed goeth from him; 5 Or "whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be maae unclean, or ^a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatso- ever uncleanness he hath; 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he ’'wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because *it is his food. 8 “That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith : I am the Lord. 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, ^lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do .sanctify them. 10 *There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 Rut if the priest buy soul ^with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: ‘^they shall eat of his meat. 1 2 If the priest’s daughter also be married unto ®a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. , , 13 But if the priests daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is ^returned unto her father’s house, ^as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 1 4 III '‘And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 15 And ’they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Is-ra-6l, which they offer unto the Lord ; 16 Or ® suffer them "‘to bear the Divers laws LEVITICUS, 23. and ordinances. iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Loud do sanctify them. 17 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aar-5n, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Is-ra-6l, and say unto them, ® What- soever tie be of the house of Is-ra-el, or of the strangers in Is-ra-el, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offer- ings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering ; 19 ^Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 ^ But whatsoever hath a olern- ish, that shall ye not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And ''^whosoever offereth a sac- rifice of peace offerings unto the Lord ™to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or ^ sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted ; there shall be no blemish therein. 22 ” Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make ^an offer- ing by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. 23 Either a bullock or a ^lamb that hath any thing "’superfluous or lack- ing in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither ^from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer ""the bread of your God of any of these ; because their ^corruption is in them, and blem- ishes he in them : they shall not be accepted for you. 26 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 27 *When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And whether it he cow or ®ewe, ye shall not kill it ""and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will ** offer a sacri- fice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave ®none of it until the morrow : I am the Lord. 31 ^Therefore shall ye keep my B.C. 1490. “ch. 18. 21. h ch. 10. 3. Mat. 6. 9. Luke 11. 2. « ch. 20. 8. dch. 19. 36. Num. 15. 41. ch. 1. 2, 3. 10. Niuu. 15. 14. S Deut. 15. 21. Mai. 1. 8, 14. Eph. 5. 27. Heb. 9. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 19. ft ver. 4, 37. i Ex. 32. 5. 2 Ki 10. 20. Ps. 81. 3. ft ch. 3. 1, 6. 1 Ex. 20. 9. C& 23. 12. & 31. 15. ch. 19. 3. Deut. 5. 13. Luke 13. 14. “ch. 7. 16. Num. 15. 3, 8, Deut. 23. 21, 23. Ps. 61. 8. & 65. 1. Eccl. 5. 4, 5. * or, goats. " ver. 20. Mai. 1. 8. ® ver. 37. Ex. 23. 14. P ch. 1. 9, 13. & 3. 3, 5. ? Ex. 12. 6, 14, 18. & 13. 3, 10. Deut. 16. 1-8. 2 or, kid. »• ch. 21. 18. * Ex. 12. 16. Num. 28. 18, 25. t Num. 15. 15, 16. “ch. 21. 6, 17. * Mai. 1. 14. y Ex. 34. 26. Deut. 16. 9. Josh. 3. 15. 2 Ex. 22. 30. 3 or, handful. 4 Heb. omer. “Rom. 11. 16. Jas. 1. 18. Rev. 14. 4. b Ex. 29. 24. 5 or, she goat. « Deut. 22. 6. d ch. 7. 12. Ps. 107. 22. & 116. 17. Amos 4. 5. « ch. 7. 15. / ch. 2. 14-16. 9 ch. 19. 37. Num. 15. 40. Deut. 4. 40. 122 commandments, and do them: I am the Lord. 32 “Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but ^I will be hallowed among the children of Is-ra-6l: I am the Lord which “hallow you, 33 "^That brought you out of the land of E-gypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. CHAPTER 23. 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath. 4 The passowr. 26 The day of atonement, &c. A ND the Lord unto Mo-sgs, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of I§- ra-6lj and say unto them. Con- cerning *the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall "proclaim to he holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 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 Lord in all your dwellings. 4 ^ “These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 ®In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of un- leavened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 Hn the first day ye shall have an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days : in the seventh day is an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, and say unto them, ^'When y’e be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a ^^sheaf of “the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : 11 And he shall ^wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sab- bath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord. 13 -^And the meat offering thereof shall he two tenth deals of fine floiir mingled with oil, an offering made The feast of Pentecost. LEVITICUS, 23. The day of atonement. by fb-e unto the Lord for a sweet savour : and the drink offering thereof shall he of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God : it shall be a statute for ever through- out your generations in all your dwellings. 15 ^ And ®ye shall count unto you from the mori’ow 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 sabbath shall ye number ‘^fifty days ; and ye shall offer ®a new meat offering unto the Lord. 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals : they shall be of fine flour ; they shall be baken with leaven ; they are ^'the firstfruits un- to the Lord. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams : they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offer- ing made by fire, oi sweet savour unto the Lord. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice ^one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of * peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs : Hhey shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame 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 dwell- ings throughout your generations. 22 11 And “when ye reap the har- vest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, ^ neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest : thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger : I am the Lord your God. 23 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-§6s, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-6l, saving, In the *seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ve have a sabbath, **a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy con- vocation. B.C. 1490. “ch. 16. 30. Num. 29. 7. b Ex. 34. 22. ch. 25. 8. Deut. 16. 9. Gen. 17. 14. d Acts 2. 1. « Num. 28. 26. / ch. 20. 3, 5, 6. 9 Ex. 23. 16, 19. & 22. 29. & 34. 22, 26. Num. 16. 17- 21 . & 28. 26. Deut. 26. 1. 1 Heb. rest. h ch. 4. 23, 28. Num. 28. 30. i Ex. 23. 16. Num. 29. 12. Deut. 16. 13. Ezra 3. 4. Neh. 8. 14. Zech. 14. 16. John 7. 2. b ch. 3. 1. I Num. 18. 12. Deut. 18. 4. ’"Num. 29. 35. Neh. 8. 18, John 7. 37. "Deut. 16. 8. 2 Chr. 7. 9. Neh. 8. 18. Joel 1. 14. & 2. 15. 2 Heb. day of restraint. P ver. 2, 4. ? Deut. 24. 19. ’• Num. 29. 39. * Num. 29. 1. t Ex. 2.3. 16. Deut. 16. 13. «ch. 26. 9. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein : but ye shall offer an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 26 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, 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 offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day : for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, ‘^he shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, ^ the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye ^ celebrate your sabbath. 33 U And the Lord spake unto Mo%es, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Ls- ra-el, saying, ‘The 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 offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord : ’"on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you • and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a "solemn^ assembly ; and ye shall do no servile work therein. 37 ^These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offer- ing, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day : 38 ’"Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the .seventh month, when ye have 'ga- thered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days ; on the first day shaU- 123 The oil for the lamps. LEVITICUS, 24, 25. The law of blasphemy. he a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And “ye shall take you on the first day the ^ boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; *and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 ‘*And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall he a statute for ever in your generations : ye shall cele- brate it in the seventh month. 42 ^'Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are IsYa-el-ites born shall dwell in booths : 43 *That your generatmns may know that I made the children of IsYa-el to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of E-gypt : I am the Lord your God. 44 And Mo-ses declared unto the children of Is-ra-el the feasts of the Lord. CHAPTER 24. 1 The oil for the lamps. 5 The shewbread. 11 Of murder. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. ND the Lord spake unto Mo-sgs, A saying, 2 “Command the children of Is- ra-el, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, *to cause the lamps to burn con- tinually. 3 Without the vail of the testi- mony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aar-5n order it from the evening unto the morn- ing before the Lord continually : it shall be a, statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon ^ the pure candlestick 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 frank- incense 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 continu- ally, being taken from the children of I§Ya-gl by an everlasting cove- nant. 9 And “it shall be Aar-5n’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 IT And the son of an Is-rd-Sl-i- B.C. 1490. “Neh. 8. 15. 1 Heb. fruit. b Deut. 16. 14, 1.5. « Job 1. 5, 11, 22 . Is. 8. 21. d Num. 29. 12. Neh. 8. 18. « Ex. 18. 22, 26. / Num. 15. 34. 3 Neh. 8. 14-16. b Ex. 18. 15. Num. 27. 5. 2 Heb. to expound unto them accord- ing to the mouth of the Lord. i Deut. 31. 13. Ps. 78. 5, 6. h Deut. 13. 9. & 17. 7. I ver. 2. “ch. 20. 17. Num. 9. 13. ”lKi. 21.10, 13. Ps. 74. 10, 18. Mat. 12. 31. Mark 3. 28. « Ex. 27. 20. 3 Heb. to cause to ascend. ^’Ex. 21. 12. Num. 35. 31. Deut. 19. 11, 12 . ^ Heb. smitefh the life of a man. 3 ver. 21. 5 Heb. life for life. Ex. 21. 24. Deut. 19. 21. Mat. 5. 38. &7. 2. * Ex. 31. 8. & 39. 37. t Ex. 25. 30. “ Ex. 21. 33. * ver. 17. y 1 Ki. 7. 48. 2 Chr. 4. 19. & 13. 11. Heb. 9. 2. * Ex. 12. 49. ch. 19. 34. Num. 15. 16. “ ver. 14. b Num. 4. 7. 1 Chr. 9. 32. 2 Chr. 2. 4 « 1 Sam. 21. 6. Mat. 12. 4. Mark 2. 26. Luke 6. 4. d Ex. 29. 33. ch. 8. 31. tish woman, whose father was an E-gyp-tian, went out among the children or IsYa-gl : and this son of the Is-ra-el-i-tish woman and a man of Is-ra-el strove together in the camp • 11 And the IsYa-el-i-tish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and “ cursed. And they ® brought him unto Mo-ses : (and his mother’s name was Shel-5-mith, the daughter of Dib-ri, of the tribe of Dan :) 12 And they •'put him in ward, '"that^ the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 13 And the Lord spake unto Mo- s6s, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that heard him *lay their hands upon his head, and let all the con- gregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, saying. Whoso- ever curseth his God ^ shall bear his sin. 16 And he that ”blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the con- gregation shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blas- phemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 17 H ^And he that ^killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 ^And he that killeth a beast shall make it good ; ®beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour ; as ''he hath done, so shall it be done to 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 II And Mo-ses spake to the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, “that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of ls-ra-6l did as the Lord commanded Mo-s6s. CHAPTER 25. 1 The sabbath of the seventh year. BThejubile. lA Of op- pression. 23 The redemption of land, 29 and of houses. 35 Compassion of the poor. 39 The usage of bondmen. 47 The redemption of servants. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s J\. in mount Si-nai, saying, „ ^ 9 Rnpfl.t nntn thft children of Is- 124 LEVITICUS, 25. The rede'nvption of land. The year ofjuhile. ra-el, and say unto thenij When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land ^keep ‘"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 rest 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 ^of thy vine undressed : for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you ; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and I 9 r thy stranger that sojourn- eth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 U 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 trum- pet ®of the ju-bi-le to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, '"in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound through- out all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and * proclaim liberty through- out all the land unto all the inhab- itants thereof ; it shall be a ju-bi-le unto you ; ^and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and j^e shall return every man unto his family. 11 A ju-bi-le shall that fiftieth year be unto you : * ye shall not sow, neither reai) that which grow- eth of itself in it, nor gather the (jrapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the ju-bi-le- it shall be holy unto you : ^ ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 “In the year of this ju-bi-le ye shall return every man unto his possession. 1 4 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour^ or buyest ought of thy neighbour 8 hand, ^ ye shall not op- press one another : 15 ® According to the number of years after the ju-bi-le thou shalt puy of thy neighbour, and accord- ing unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee : B.C. 1491. 1 Heb. rest. “ Ex. 23. 10. See ch. 26. 34, 35. 2 Chr. 36. 21. b\ct. 14. ® ver. 43. ch. 19. 14, 32. dch. 10 . « 2 i:i. 19. 20. / ch. 26. 5. Deut. 12. 10. Ps. 4. 8. 2 Heb. ofih!/ separation. 3 ch. 26. 5. Ezek. 34. 25. ft Mat. C. 25. » ver. 4, 6. ft See Ex. 16. 29. 1 2 Ki. 19. 29. “Josh. 5. 11. 3 or, to be quite cut off. i Heb. for cutting off. 0 Ps. .39. 12. 3 Heb. loud of sound. Pch. 23. 24, 27. 1 Ruth 2. 20. See Ruth 3. 2, 9, 12. * Is. 61. 2. & 63. 4. Jer. 34. 8, 15. 17. Luke 4. 19. * ver. 13. Num. 36. 4. C Heb. Ms hand hath attained and found sufficiency, ch. 5. 7. “ ver. 50-52. * ver. 5. y ver. 6. 7. * ver. 13. “ ver. 10. ch. 27. 24. Num. 36. 4. ft ver. 17. ch. 19. 13. 1 Sam. 12. 3. 4. « ch. 27. 18. 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 H statutes and do 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 wo eat the seventh yearl behold, Svc 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 ^ The land shall not be sold ^ for ever : for ” the land is mine ; for ye are ‘’strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemp- tion for the land. 25 ^ ®If thy brother be waxen oor, and hath sold away some of is possession, and if ^any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and ® himself be able to redeem it ; 27 Then “let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of ju-bi-le: *and in the ju-bi-le 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 with- in 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 generar Wherefore ye shall do my , and keep my judgments, them; •'’and ye shall dwell 125 Corrvpassion of the poor. LEVITICUS, 26. The redemption of servants. tions: it shall not go out in the ju-bi-le. ^ , 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country : ^ they may be re- deemed, and they shall go out in the ju-bi-le. . . 32 Notwithstanding Hhe cities ot the Le-vites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Le-vites redeem at any time. 33 And if ^a man purchase of the Le-vites, then the house that Was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of ju-bi-le : for the houses of the cities of the Le-vites are their possession among the children of IshA-el. 34 But ‘^the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 ^ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and ® fallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt ^ 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 *I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of E-gypt, to give you the land of -Ca-naan, and to be your God. , ^ 39 H And "‘if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not '^compel him to serve as a bond- servant : 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and_ shall serve thee unto the year of ju-bi-le : 41 And then shall he depart frpm thee, both he and his children "with him, and shall return unto his own family, and ^ unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are «my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of E-gypt : they shall not be sold ®as bondmen. . 43 ^Thou shalt not rule over him * with rigour ; but * shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of ^the children of the strangers that do sojourn among B.C. 1491. 1 Heb. redemp- tion belongeth unto it. 2 Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them, ver. 39. b See Num. 35. 2. 3 or, one of the Levites redeem them. 4 Heb. his hand ob- tain, &c. ver. 26. « ver. 25, 35. d See Acts 4. 36 37. ‘ Neh. 5. 5. 5 Heb. his hand faileth. f ver. 26. 9 Deut. 15. 7. Ps. 41. 1. Luke 6. 35. 1 J ohn 3. 17. 6 Heb. strengthen. h Ex. 22. 25. Deut. 23. 19. i Neh. 5. 9. *Job7. 1. Is. 16. 14. I ch. 22. 32, 33. ”*Ex. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12. 1 Ki. 9. 22. 7 Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, &c. ver. 46. Ex. 1. 14. Jer. 25. 14. & 27. 7. & 30. 8. 8 or, by these means. ” Ex. 21. 3. « Ex. 21. 3. P ver. 28. 9 ver. 55. Eom. 6. 22. 1 Cor. 7. 23. 9 Heb. with the sale of a bondman, ’■ Eph. 6. 9. » Ex. 1. 13. t Ex. 1. 17. Deut. 25. 18. Mai. 3. 5. “ Ex. 20. 4, 5. Deut. 5. 8. ' or, pillar. 2 or, figured stone. 3 Heb. a stone of picture. ® Is. 56. 3, 6. 126 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 posses- sion ; ^ they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Is-ra-el, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. 47 ^ And if a sojourner or stranger '‘wax rich by thee, and Hhy brother that dwelleth by him wax 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 again ; 9 ne of his bre- thren may ® redeem him : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may 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 ju-bi-le : and the price of his sale shall be according 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 be- hind, 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 ju-bi-le, then he shall count with him, and ac- cording unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemp. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be witn him : and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. , , _ . 54 And if he be not redeemed hn these years, then "he shall go out in the year of ju-bi-le, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children ot Is-r4-el are servants ; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of E-gypt: I am the Lord your God. CHAPTEB 26. 1 Of idolatry. 2 Religiousness. 3 A blessing to the obedient, 14 and a curse to the disobedient. Y e shall make you "no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a ^standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. LEVITICUS, 26. a curse proposed. 2 ^ “Ye shall keep niy sabbaths, b.c. 1491. and reverence my sanctuary : I am 19. 30. the Lord. 3 H ‘=If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; . . 4 -^Then I will give you ram 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 vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time : and ""ye shall eat your bread to the full, and ” dwell in your land safely. 6 And °1 will give peace in the land, and ^ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will ^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 “five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will *have respect unto you, and “make you fruitful, and multiply y 9 u, 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. 12 S' And I will walk among and will be your God, and ye be nnr people. 13 lam the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of E-gypt, that ye should not be their bondmen ; and I have broken the bands 9 ! your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 n *But if ye will not hearken unto me, and v/ill 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 ^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 *I will set my face against you, and *ye shall be slain before your enemies : *they that hate you s¥ali b ver. 36. Ps. 53. 5. « Deut. 28. 1-14. d 1 Sam. 2. 5. « Is. 25. 11. / Is. 30. 23. 9 Deut. 28. 23. h Ps. 67. 6. Zech. 8. 12. i Ps. 127. 1. Amos 9. 13. I Deut. 11. 17. ’"ch. 25. 19. ”ch. 25. 18. 1 or, at all adventures •with me. 0 Is. 45. 7. P Ps. 4. 8. Hos. 2. 18. Zeph. 3. 13. Heb. cause to cease. 9 2 Ki. 17. 25. *■ Deut. 32. 24. * Ezek. 14. 17. t 2 Chr. 15. 5. Zech. 7. 14. “Deut. 32. 30. *Jer. 2. 30. Amos 4. 6-12. y Ps. 18. 26. ^ Ex. 2. 25. “ Gen. 17. 6, 7. Ps. 107. 38. b Ezek. 5. 17. « ch. 25. 22. d Deut. 28. 21. Amos 4. 10. « Ex. 25. 8. Josh. 22. 19. Ps. 76. 2. Rev. 21. 3. / Ps. 105. 16. 9 2 Cot. 6. 16. ftMic. 6. 14. i Jer. 21. 5. Ezek. 5. 13, 15. & 8. 18. k Deut. 28. 15. Lam. 2. 17. Mai. 2. 2. I Deut. 28. 53. ™2 Chr. .34. 3. Ezek. 6. 3-6, 13. 3 Heb. upon •you. “Deut. 28. 22. ® 1 Sam. 2. 33. P Ps. 74. 7. ? Deut. 28. 33, 51. Job .31. 8. Mic. 6. 15. »■ Jer. 9. 11. » ch. 17. 10. < Deut. 28. 25. “I Ki. 9. 8. Ezek. 5. 15. * Ps. 106. 41. shall reign over you ; and *ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unt 9 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 H And if ye walk ^contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me ; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according 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 num- ber ; and 'your high ways 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 y 9 ur sins. 25 And ''I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gathered together within _ your cities, ‘'I will send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be de- livered into the hand of tlie enemy. 26 ^And when I have broken the staff 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 con- trary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also 'in 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 ""I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases 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>. 127 A curse for disobedience. LEVITICUS, 27. Concerning vows. 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 en]oy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth deso- late, 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 in your * sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you U will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and *the sound of a ^shaken 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 ene- mies 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 in- iquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked con- trary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their ’’uncir- cumcised hearts be diumbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I 'remember my covenant with Ja-cSb, and also my covenant with Lsaac, and also my covenant with A-bra-ham will I re- member ; 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 iniquity : _ be- cause, even because they ^despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, U will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant B.C. 1491. ® Deut. 4. 27. Ezek. 12. 15. & 20. 23. & 22. 16. Zech. 7. 14. b Bom. 11. 28. * ch. 22. 33. & 25. 38. Heb. mouth. /Ex. 6. 23. 9 Gen. 46. 11. Ex. 6. 16. ch. 26. 57. 1 Chr. 6. 1, 16. & 23. 6. ft Ex. 28. 41. Lev. 8. 2 Ileb. whose hand he filled. ft Lev. 10. 1. ch. 26. 61. 1 Chr. 24. 2. « Ex. 6. 18. »«Ex. 6. 19. ”ch. 8. 6. & 18. 2. « See ch. 1. 50. & 8. 11, 15, 24, 26. P ch. 1. 53. 7 oh. 4. 24-26. ’•ch. 8. 19. & 18. 6. » Ex. 25. 9. t Ex. 26. 1. “ Ex. 26. 7, 14. * Ex. 26. 36. ych. 18. 7. * ver. 38. ch. 1. .51. & 16. 40. “ Ex. 27. 9. b Ex. 27. 16. d ver. 41 . ch. 8. 16. & 18. 6. « 1 Chr. 26. 23. therefore the Le-vites shall be mine ; 13 Because '’all the firstborn are mine ; ‘'/or on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of E-gypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Is-ra-el, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord. 14 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses in the wilderness of Si-nai, saying, 15 Number the children of Le-vi after the house of their fathers, by their families : ® every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Mo-§es numbered them according to the Uvord of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 ^And these were the sons of Le-vi by their names ; Ger-sh5n, and Ko-hath, and Me-ra-ri. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Ger-sh5n by their fam- ilies ; *Lib-ni, and Shim-e-i. 19 And the sons of Ko-hath by their families ; ' Am-ram, and Iz-e- har, HAbrOn, and tJz-zi-el. 20 "”And the sons of Me-ra-ri by their families ; Mah-h, and Mu-shi. These are the families of the Le- vites according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Ger-sh6n was the family of the Lib-nites, and the family of the Shim-ites : these are the families of the Ger-sh5n-ites. 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 thou- sand and five hundred. 23 ^"The families of the Ger-sh5n- ites shall pitch behind the taber- nacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Ger-sh5njites shall be E-li-a-saph the son of La-el. 25 And ^ the charge of the sons of Ger-shon 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 hanj^ings of the court, and '’the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the alter round about, and ‘'the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 H ®And of Ko-hath was the family of the Am-ram-ites, and the family of the Iz-6-har-ites, and the family of the He-br5n-ites, and the 133 The Levites are nmnhered. NUMBERS, 4. The firstborn freed. family of the t7z-zi-6l-itesj these are the families of the Ko-hath-ites. , 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 ot Ko-hath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the famdies of the Ko-hath-ites shall he E-liz-a-phan the son of tJz-zi-el. 31 And their charge shall be ®the ark, and-^the table, and ^ the candle- stick, and ^the altars, and the ves- sels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and *the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And B-le-a-zar the son of Aar- On the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Le-vites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 ^ Of Me-ra-ri was the family of the Mahdites, and the family of the Mu-shites_; these are the fami- lies of Me-ra-ri. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according 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 qt the father of the families of Me- ra-ri was Zu-ri-el the son of Ab-i- hahl : p these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And '^under^ the custody and charge of the sons of Me-ra-ri shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pil- lars thereof, and the sockets there- of, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 if *But those that encamp be- fore the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Mo-ses, and Aar-5n and his sons, “keeping the charge of the sanc- tuary *for the charge of the chil- dren of Is-ra-el ; and ^'the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. , i p . i 39 *A11 that were numbered ot the Le-vites, which Mo-ses and Aar-On numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their fami- lies, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 H And the Lord said unto Mo- B.C. 1490. “ ver. 15. ver. 12, 45. d ch. 4. 15. « Ex. 25. 10. / Ex. 25. 23. 9 Ex. 25. 31. n Ex. 27. 1. & 30. 1. i Ex. 26. 32. ver. 12, 41. I Ex. 13. 13. ch. 18. 15. ™ver. 39, 43. ” Lev. 27. 6. ch. 18. 16. “ Ex. 30. 13. Lev. 27. 25. ch. 18. 16. Ezek. 45. 12. 7>ch. 1. 53. ? ch. 4. 31, 32. 1 Heb. the office of the charge. *■ ver. 46, 47. < ver. 48. «ch. 18. 5. * ver. 7, 8. yver. 10. ^ See ch. 26. “ See ch. 8. 24. 1 Chr. 23. 3, 24, 27. 134 ses, “Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Is-ra-el from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 *^And thou shalt take the Le- vites for me (I am the Lord) in- stead of all the firstborn among the children of Is-ra^el ; and the cattle of the Le-vites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of ls-ra-6l. 42 And Mo-ses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the first- born among the children of Is-ra-el. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 45 *Take the Le-vites instead of all the firstborn among the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, and the cattle of the Le-vites instead of their cattle ; and the Le-vites shall be mine; I am the Lord. 46 And for those that are to be * redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first- born of the children of Is-ra-el, ’“which are more than the Le-vites ; 47 Thou shalt even take “five shek-els apiece by the poll, after the shek-6l of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: ("the shek-6l is twenty ge-rahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aar-5n and to his sons. 49 And Mo-ses took the redemp- tion money of them that were over and above them that were re- deemed by the Le-vites : 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Is-ra-el took he the money; “a thousand three hundred and three- score and five sheK-els, after the shek-el of the sanctuary: 51 And Mo-ses ‘gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aar-On and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. CHAPTER 4. 1 Age and time of the Levites' service. 34 Number of the Kohathites, 38 Gershonites, 42 and MerarUes. AND the Lord spake unto Mo^gs and unto Aar-On, sa^ng, 2 Take the sum of the sons ot Ko-hath from among the sons of Le-vi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 “From thirty years old and up- NUMBERS, 4. The number of Levites qualified for the ministry. ward even until fifty years old, all b.c. 1490. that enter into the host, to do the ach.3.31. work in the tabernacle of the con- gregation. . 4 * This shall he the service of the sons of Ko-hath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about Hhe most holy things : 5 U And when the camp setteth forward, Aar-5n shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down '^the covering vail, and cover the *ark of testimony with it : 6 And shall put thereon the cov- 3 ring of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in ^the staves thereof. 7 And upon the Hable of shew- bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to ^ cover withal : and the continual bread shall be thereon ; 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the "candlestick of the light, ^and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snufidishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a cover- ing of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon ^the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof : 12 And they shall take all the in- struments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar : 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the '^basons, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aar-6n and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set for- ward ; after that, *the sons of Ko- hath shall come to bear it: “but b ver. 16. ^ ver. 19. d Ex. 25. 6. Lev. 24. 2. ' Ex. 30. 34. /Ex. 29. 38. 9 Ex. 30. 25. ft Ex. 26. 31. i Ex. 25. 10, 16. I Ex. 25. 23. 29. 30. Lev. 24. 6, 8. ’’’■ver. 4. 1 or, pour out withal. ”See Ex. 19.21. 1 Sam. 6. 19. " Ex. 25. 31. P Ex. 25. 37, 38. 9 ver. 3. 2 Heb. to war the warfare. 1 or, bowls. 6 Heb. mouth. t ch. 7. 9. & 10 . 21 . Dent. 31. 9. 2 Sam. 6. 1.3. 1 Chr. 15. 2, 15. “ 2 Sam. 6. 6, 7. 1 Chr. 13. 9, 10 . * ver. 33. they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. “These things are the burden of the sons of Ko-hath in tbe tabernacle of the congregation. 16 ^ And to the ofiice of E-le-a-zar the son of Aar-Sn the priest per- taineth ‘^the oil for the light, and the "sweet incense, and -^the daily meat offering, and the s' anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the ves- sels thereof. 17 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto Aar-Sn, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Ko-hath-ites from among the Le-vites : 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto “"the most holy things : Aar-5n and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden : 20 “But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ger-shOn, throughout the h 9 uses of their fathers, by their families ; 23 ^From thirty years old and up- ward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in ^to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion. 24 This is the service of the fami- lies of the Ger-sh5n-ites, to serve, and for ^burdens : 25 And ^they shall bear the cur- tains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the ^appointment of Aar-5n and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Ger-sh6n-ites, in all their burdens, and in all their service : and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of Ger-sh5n in the tabernacle of the congregation : and their charge shall be * under the 185 Services of the Kohathites, NUMBERS, 5. Gershonites, and Merarites. hand of Ith-a-mar the son of Aar-5n the priest. 29 U As for the sons of MAra-ri, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fa- thers ; 30 "From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the ^ service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 31 And ^this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion; Hhe boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their “^instruments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall •''reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of Me-ra-ri, accord- ing to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ith-a-mar the son of Aar-5n the priest. 34 *And Mo-ses and Aar-fin and the chief of the congregation num- bered the sons of the Ko-hath-ites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, ‘ every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Ko-hath-Ites, all that might do serv- ice in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, which Mo-s6s and Aar-5n did number according to the com- mandment of the Lord by the hand of Mo-ses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Ger-shfin, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and ^41 ^ These a,re they that were iium B.C. 1490. ® ver. 3. 1 Heb. warfare. b ch. 3. 36, 37. « Ex. 26. 15. bered of the families of the sons of Ger-shOn, of all that might do serv- ice in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, whom Mo-ses and Aar-On did number according to the com- mandment of the Lord. 42 H And those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Me-ra-ri, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle 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 num- bered of the families of the sons of d Ex. 25. 9. ^ ver. 29. / Ex. 38. 21. s ver. 3, 23, 30. b ver. 28. Is. 3. 6. » ver. 2. *ver. 15, 24, 31. I ver. 1, 21. Me-ra-ri, whom Mo-sgs and Aar-5n numbered ® according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo-ses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Le-vites, whom Mo-ses and Aar-fin and the chief of Is-r4-el numbered, 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 serv- ice 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 Lord they were numbered by the hand of Mo-ses, * every one ac- cording to his service, and accord- ing to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, ^as the Lord com- manded Mo-ses. “Lev. 13. 3. 46. & ch. 12. 14. « Lev. 15. 2. 0 Lev. 21. 1. ch. 9. 6, 10. & 19. 11, 13. & 31. 19. l»Lev. 26. 11, 12. 2 Cor. 6. 16. ? ver. 22. 136 CHAPTER 5. 1 The unclean are removed out of the camp. 5 Restitu- tion in trespasses. 11 The trial of jealousy. A nd the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s, . saying, . , 2 Command the children ot Is- ra-gl, that they put out of the camp every 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 Is-ra-6l did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Mo-sgs, so did the children ot Is- 5 U And the Lord spake unto Mo' ses, saying. Restitution in trespasses. NUMBEKS, The trial of jealousy. 6 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, “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 ^Then 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 ; beside ®the ram of the atonement, where- by an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every ^ offering^ of all the holy things of the children of Is- ra-el, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be *his. 11 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 1 2 ^ Speak unto the children of I§-ra-el, and say unto them. If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man 4ie with her car- nally, 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 part of an e-ph^ of barley meal ; be shall pour no 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 : 1 7 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 un- cover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offer- ing : and the priest shall have in B.C. 1490. “ Lev. 6. 2, 3. b Lev. 5. 5. a 26. 40. Josh. 7. 19. ■ 01 ', being in the power of thy husband, Rom. 7. 2. 2 Heb. under thy husband. « Lev. 6. 5. his hand the bitter water that cans- eth the curse : 1 9 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the wo- man, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone a- side to uncleanness ^'^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 thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine << Josh. 6. 26. 1 Sam. 14. 24. Neh. 10. 29. ^ Lev. 6. 6. 7. & 7. 7. / Jer. 29. 22. 9 Ex. 29. 28. Lev. 6. 17. 18, 26. & 7. 6. 7. 9, 10. 14. cb. 18. 8. 9, 19. Dent. 18. 3. 4. Ezek. 44. 29, 30. 3 or, heave offeriny. i Heb. fall, h Ps. 109. 18. i Lev. 10. 13. h Dent. 27. 15. "‘Lev. 8. 27. "Lev. 2. 2. 9. 0 1 Ki. 17. 18. Ezek. 29. 16. Heb. 10. 3. P Heb. 13. 4. 9 Deut. 28. 37. Ps. 83. 9, 11. Jer. 24. 9. & 29. 18. 22. & 42. 18. Zech. 8. 13. ver. 19. husband : 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of curs- ing, 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 ^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, A-men', a-men'. 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 caus- eth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering 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 up- on the altar, and afterward shall cause the v/oman 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* hus- band, 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 de- filed, 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 wo- 137 ThelawofthelSazarites NUMBERS, 6. in their separation. man before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 Then shall the man be guilt- less from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. B.C. 1490. 1 Heb./aZl. “Acts 21. 26. b Lev. 20. 17, 19, 20 . CHAPTER 6. 1 The law of the Nazarites in their separation. 22 The form, of blessing the people. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall ‘^sepa- rate ‘^themselves to vow a vow of a Naz-a-rite, to separate themselves unto the Lord : 3 ^ He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vine- g ar of strong drink, neither shall e drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his ^sejiaration shall he eat nothing that is made of the '^vine 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 sepa- rateth 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 he separateth himself unto the Lord ""he shall come at no dead body. 7 ”He shall not make himself un- clean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die : because the ® 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 sud- denly 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 congrega- tion: 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hal- low his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separa- tion, and shall bring a lamb of the first year ^'for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall Lev. 4. 2, 27, d Lev. 27. 2. Judg. 13. 5. Acts 21. 23. Rom. 1. 1. « Lev. 3. 6. 2 or. make themselves Nazarites. f I.ev. 2. 4. ^ Amos 2. 12. Luke 1. 15. h Ex. 29. 2. i ch. 15. 5, 7, 10. 3 or, Naza- riteship. 4 Heh. viiie of the wine. ft Judg. 13. 5. & 16. 17. 1 Sam. 1. 11. I Acts 21. 24. “Lev. 21. 11. ch. 19. 11, 16. ” Lev. 21. 1, 2, 11 . ch. 9. 6. 0 1 Sam. 2. 15. P Ex. 29. 23, 24. 5 Heb. separa- tion. 1 Ex. 29. 27, 28. »• Acts 18. 18. & 21. 24. » Lev. 5. 7. & 14. 22. & 15. 14, 29. t Lev. 9. 22. Deut. 10. 8. & 21. 5. Josh. 8. 33. 1 Chr. 23. 13. " Ps. 121. 7. Johu 17. 11. * Ps. 31. 16. & 67. 1. & 80. 3, 7. 19. & 119. 135. Dan. 9. 17. yLev. 5. 6. 2 Gen. 43. 29. Ex. 33. 19. He lost, because his separation was defiled. 13 ^ ^d this is the law of the Naz-a-rite, ‘*when the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation : 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 with- out blemish ® for peace offerings, 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 oL ferings. 1 6 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering : 1 7 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of un- leavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 'And the Naz-a-rite 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 Naz^a-rite, after the hair 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 Naz-a-rite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Naz-a- rite who hath vowed, and ^ of his offering unto the Lord for his sepa- ration, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aar-fin and unto his sons, saying. On this wise /ye shall bless the children of IshA-el, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and “keep thee : 25 The Lord *make his face shine upon thee, and He gracious unto thee : 138 The princes^ offerings at NUMBERS, 7. the dedication of the altar. 26 “The Lord lift up his counte- nance upon thee, and *give thee peace. 27 ‘^And they shall put my name upon the children of Is-ra-el ; and will bless them. CHAPTER 7. 1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the taber- nacle. 10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar. AND it came to pass on the day J\. that Mo-§6s had fully * set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the in- struments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them ; 2 That ”the princes of Is-ra-el, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, ^and were over them that were numbered, offered : 3 And they brought their offer- ing before the 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 Mo-ses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the taber- nacle of the congregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Le-vites, to every man according to his serv- ICG. 6 And Mo-s6s took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Le-vites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen “he gave unto the sons of Ger-shOn, ac- cording to their service : 8 ^ And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Me-ra-ri, according unto their service, ^ under the hand of Ith-a-mar the son of Aar-On the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Ko-hath he gave none : because ""the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them *was that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 H And the princes 9 ffered for ‘dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering be- fore the altar. 1 1 And the Lord said unto Mo- s6s. They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 1 2 51 And he that offered his offer- ing the first day was “Nah-shOn the son of Am -min-a-dab, of the tribe of Ju-dah ; 1 3 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an B.C. 1490. “ Ps. 4. 6. b John 14. 27. Phil. 4. 7. 2 Thes. 3. 16. « Ex. 30. 13. d Dent. 28. 10. 2 Chr. 7. 14. Is. 43. 7. Dan. 9. 18, 19. « Lev. 2. 1. /ch. 23. 20. Pb. 5. 12. & 67. 7. & 115. 12, 13. Eph. 1. 3. 9 Ex. 80. 34. ft Lev. 1. 2. i Ex. 12. 5. ft Ex. 40. 18. Lev. 8. 10, 11. I Lev. 4. 23. Heb. who stood. ' ch. 4. 23. ch. 4. 6, 8, 10, 12, 14. 2 Sam. 6. 13. ■ See Deut. 20. 5. 1 Ki. 8. 63. 2 Chr. 7. 5, 9. Ezra 6. 16. Neh. 12. 27. Ps. 30, title. ‘ch. 2. 3. •ch. 1. 5. & 2 . 10 . hundred and thirty sheM-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-gls, after “the shek-6l of the sanctu- ary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a “meat offering : 14 One spoon of ten shek-as 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 of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: t^his was the offering of Nah-shOn the son of Am-min-a-dab. 18 51 On the second day Ne-than^ e-el the son of Zu-ar, prince of Is- sa-char, did offer : 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek'-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the shek-el of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil for a meat offering : 20 One spoon of gold of ten shek- Hs, full of incense : 21 One young 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 Ne-than-e-el the son of Zu-ar. _ 24 51 On the third day E-li-ab the son of He'-lOn, prince of the children of ZSb-u-ltin, did offer: 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek-els, one silver bowl of seventy sh6k-els, after the shek-el of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil for a meat offering: 26 One golden spoon of ten shek- els, full of incense : 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of tlie first year, for a burnt offering: 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : « i? 29 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this tvas the offering of E-li-ab the son of HedOn. 30 ^ On the fourth day *E-li-zur the son of Sh6d-6-ur, prince of the children of Reud^eii, did offer: 31 His offering ?m.s* one silver charger of the weight of an bun* 139 The princes' offerings at dred and thirty sheU-els, one silver bowl of seventy sh6k-6ls, after the sh6k-6l of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 32 One golden spoon of ten shel^- els, full of incense : 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 35 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of E-li-ztir the son of Shed-e-iir. 36 II On the fifth day “Sh6-lu- mi-6l the son of Zu-ri-shad-dai. prince of the children of Sim-e-6n, did offer : 37 His offering was one silver charger the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the shek-6l of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offer- ing : ^38 One golden spoon of ten shek- els, full of incense : 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 41 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of She-lu- mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad-dai. 42 U On the sixth day E-li-a-saph the son of ^Deu-el, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty shek-els, a silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the shek-gl of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 44 One golden spoon of ten shek- els, full of incense : 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for ®a burnt offering: 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 47 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of E-li-a-saph the son of Deu-el. 48 II On the seventh day -^E-lish- S-ma the son of Am-mi-hud, prince of the children of E-phra-im, of- fered: . 7. irie dedication of the altar, 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek-Us, one silver bowl of seventy shek-6ls, after the shek-6l of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat of- fering : 50 One golden spoon of ten shelf- els, full of incense : 51 One young 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 of' ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of E-lish-a-ma the son of Am-mi-hud. 54 ^ On the eighth day offered * Ga-madi-el the son of Pe-dah- ziir, prince of the children of Ma- nas-seh : 55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty shek-els, one silver bowl of seventy sh6k-6ls, after the sh6k-6l of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 56 One golden spoon of ten shek- Us, full of incense : 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 of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ga-madi-6l the son of PAdah-zur. 60 II On the ninth_ day ‘^Ab4-dan the son of Gid-e-o-m, prince of the children of Ben-ja-min, offered:^ 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shelf-els, one silver bowl of seventy sh6k-els, after the shek-el of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat ofi fering : 62 One golden spoon of ten shek' els, 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 : 65 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ab4-dan the son of Gid-g-o-ni. 66 H On the tenth day ^'A-hl-e-zer NUMBERS, B.C. 1490. “ ver. 41. ch. 1. 6. & 2 . 12 . b ch. 1. 10. & 2 . 20 . ch. 1. 14. & 2. 14. 1 or, Reuel. dch. 1 . 11 . & 2 . 22 . « P». 40. 6. /ch. 1. 10. A 2. 18. fch. 1. 12L & 2. 25. 140 The princes^ offerings at NUMBERS, 8. the dedication of the altar. the son of Am-mi-shad-dai, prince of the children of Dan, offered : 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the shek-el of the sanctu- ary ; both of them full of ffne flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten shek- els, full of incense : 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 9 f the first year, for a burnt offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a sin B.C. 1490. J udg. 5. 9. offering : 7 1 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of A-hi-e-zer the son of Am-mi-shad-dai. 72 H On the eleventh day ^Pa%I-el the son of Oc-ran, prince of the children of Ash-er, offered : 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the shek-el of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 74 One golden spoon of ten shek^ Us, full of incense ; 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a << ch. 1. 13. & 2. 27. ‘ vet. 1. H Ex. 33. 9, 11. ch. 12. 8. ‘ Ex. 25. 22. burnt offering : 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 77 And for a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Pa%i-el the son of Oc-ran. 78 H On the twelfth day -^A-hi-ra the son of E-nan, prince of the chil- dren of Naph-^-li, offered: 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty sheff-els, one silver bowl of seventy shek-els, after the sh6k-6l of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 80 One golden spoon of ten shek!- Us, 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 of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of A-hi-ra the son of E-nan. 84 This was Hhe dedication of /ch. 1. 15. & 2. 29. 9 Ex. 25. 37. & 40. 25. h Ex. 25. 31. i Ex. 2.5. 18. fe Ex. 25. 40. I 2 Chr. 7. 9. ™fl.. 19 9, 17, 18. the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by “the princes of Is- ra-el : twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, tv/elve spoons of gold : 85 Each charger of silver weigh- ing an hundred and thirty shek'-Us, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shek-els, after the shek-M of the sanctuary : 86 The golden spo 9 ns ivere twelve^ full of incense, weighing ten shek- els apiece, after the shek-el of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons ivas an hundred and twenty shUi-els. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offer- ing : and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sac- rifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was ‘^anointed. 89 And when Mo-ses was gone into the tabernacle of the congre- gation ‘^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 cher-U-bims : and he spake unto him. CHAPTER 8. 1 Bow the lamps are to be lighted. 5 Consecration of the Levites. 23 Age and time of their service. A ND the Lord spake unto Mo-sgs, saying, 2 Speak unto Aar-6n, and say unto him. When thou ^lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aar-on did so; he light- ed the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord com- manded Mo-ses. 4 ^‘And this work of the candle- stick vjas of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was * beaten work : * ac- cording unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Mo-§es, so he made the candlestick. ^ 5 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo- §es, saying. ^ ^ 6 Take the LeWites from among the children of If?-ra-6l, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and 141 The consecration NUMBERS, 9. of the Levites. “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 ofiering. 9 ‘^And thou shalt bring the Le- vites before the tabernacle of the congregation: -^and thou shalt ga- ther the whole assembly of the children of Is-ra-el together : 10 And thou shalt bring the Le- vites before the Lord : and the chil- dren of Is-r4-el shall put their hands upon the Le-vltes : 11 And Aar-6n shall ^ offer the Le-vites before the Lord for an ^offering of the children of Is-ra-el, that ^they may execute the service of the Lord. 12 * And the Le-vItes shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bul- locks : and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Le-vltes. 1 3 And thou shalt set the Le-vltes before Aar-On, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le-vltes from among the children of Is-ra-el : and the Le-vltes shall be ’‘mine. 15 And after that shall the Le-vltes go in to do the service of the taber- nacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them, and "offer them for an offering. 16 For they are wholly given unto rne from among the children of Is- ra-el ; ^instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Is-ra-el, have I taken them unto me. 17 ®For all the firstborn of the children of Is-ra-6l are mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of E-gypt I sanctified them for my- self. 18 And I have taken the Le-vltes for all the firstborn of the children of Is-ra-el. 19 And have given the Le-vltes as ®a gift to Aar-5n and to his sons from among the children of Is-ra-el, to do the service of the children of Is-rarel in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and to make an atone- ment for the children of Is-ra-el : “that there be no plague among the children of Is-ra-el, when the chil- dren of Is-ra-M come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Mo-ses, and Aar-dn, and all the congregation of the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, did to the Le-vltes according unto_ all that the Lord commanded Mo-ses concerning the LeWites, so did the children of I§- ra-el unto them. 21 "And the Le-vltes were purified, and they washed their clothes; "and Aar-Dn offered them as an offering before the Lord ; and Aar-5n made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 S' And after that went the Le- vltes in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation be- fore Aar-on, and before his sons : ’as the Lord had commanded Mo- ses concerning the Le-vltes, so did they unto them. 23 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 24 This is it that helongeth unto the Le-vltes : ^from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in ®to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall ®cease waiting upon the service thereof^ and shall serve no more : 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, ’“to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Le-vltes touching their charge. CHAPTER 9. 1 The passover commanded. 6 A second passover allowed. 15 A cloud guideth the Israelites. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses XA. in the wilderness of Sl-nai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of E-gypt, saying, 2 Let the children of Is-ra-el also keep ’'the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this rnonth, ’^at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season : according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Mo-ses spake unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, that they should keep the passover. 5 And Hhey kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sl-nai : according to all that the Lord commanded Mo-ses, so did the children of Is-ra-el. 6 H And there were certain men, who were * defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep B.C. 1490. “ Lev. 14. 8. 9. 1 Hsb. let them cause a razor to pass over, &c. b Lev. 2. 1. * ver. 7. d See Ex. 29. 4. & 40. 12. * ver. 11, 12. /Lev. 8. 3. ffvei. 15. h Lev. 1. 4. 2 Heb. wave, » ver. 5, &c. 3 Heb. wave offering. 4 Heb. they may be to execute, &c. h Ex. 29. 10. <■ See ch. 4. 3. 1 Chr. 23. 3, 24, 27. Heb. to war the warfare of, &c. 1 Tim. 1. 18. P Het). return from the war- fare of the service. ’"ch. 1. 53. " ch. 3. 45. & 16. 9. " ver. 11, 13. T’ch. 3. 12, 45. ? Ex. 13. 2, 12, 13. 15. ch. 3. 13. Luke 2. 23. ’■ Ex. 12. 1, &c. Lev. 23. 5. ch. 28. 16. Deut. 16. 1, 2. I Heb. between the two even- ings. Ex. 12. 6. » ch. 3. 9. 8 Heb. given, t Josh. 5. 10. “ch. 1. 53. & 16. 46. & 18. 5. 2 Chr. 26. 16. * ch. 5. 2. & 19. 11, 16. See John 18. 28. 142 TJ&e of the silver trumpets. A second passover allowed. NUMBERS, 10. the passover on that day : ®and they came before Mo-ses and before Aar- On on that day : 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his ap- pointed season among the children of Is-ra-6l 1 8 And Mo-ses said unto them. Stand still, and will hear what the Lord will command concern- ing you. 9 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, ^ ^ 10 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-6l, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean b^ reason of a dead body, or he in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord, 11 “^The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and ® eat it with unleav- ened bread and bitter herbs. 12 ^They shall leave none of it unto the morning, '^nor break any bone of it: * according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul ^ shall be cut off from among his people: because he "‘br 9 ught not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall "bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the pass- over unto the Lord ; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do : ^ye shall have one or- dinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 15 II And ’’on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and *at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was alway : the cloud covered it by day, and the appear- ance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud *was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Is-ra-6l jour- neyed : and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Is-ra-6l pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Is-ra-6l jour- neyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched : ^as long B.C. 1490. “ Ex. 18. 15, 19, 26. as the cloud abode upon the taber- nacle they rested in their tents. 19 And when the cloud Harried ch. 27. 2. 1 Heb. ■pro- longed, h ch. 1. 53. ft 3. 8. « ch. 27. 5. 2 Heb. was. • ch. 2. 3. 9. * ch. 1. 7. f Job 29. 15. " Judg. 1. 16. *ch. 1. 51. y See Ex. 3. 1. ' Dent. 1. 33. Josh. 3. 3, 4, 6. Ps. 132. 8. Jer. 31. 2. Ezek. 20. 6. “ch. 4. 24, 31. & 7. 6-8. 'Ex. 13. 21. Eeh. 9. 12, 19. J Ps. 68. 1, 2. & 132. 8. 2 Keb. ten thousand thousands. « ch. 4. 4, 15. & 7. 9. 3 i.e. the Gershonitcs and the Me- rarites: See ver. 17. ch. 1. .51. / ch. 2. 24. 29 U And Mo-ses said unto Ho-bab, the son of *Ra-gu-el the Mid4-an- ite, Mo-ses’ father in law. We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and ^‘we will do thee good : for ^'the Lord hath spoken good concerning Is-ra-el. 30 And he said unto him, I wdll not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said. Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us Gnstead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that “what good- ness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 U And they departed from Hhe mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the cov- enant of the Lord ^went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And “the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Mo-s6§ said, ‘^Rise up. Lord, and let thine ene- mies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said. Return, O Lord, unto the ‘^many thousands of Is-r4-el. CHAPTER 11. s Deut. 9. 22. 4 or, were as it were com- plainers. b Ileb. it was evil in the ears of, &c. *Ps. 78. 21. 1 The burning at Taherah. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. 10 Moses complaineth of his charge. 16 God divideth his burden unto seventy elders. 31 Quails are given in wrath. A ND ^when the people ^com- plained, ®it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard it; '^and 144 *£he people lust for flesh. NUMBERS, 11. Seventy elders appointed. his anger 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 Mo- ses; and when Mo-ses ‘Sprayed unto the Lord, the fire ^was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place ‘'^Tab-e-rah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 ^ And the ^ mixt multitude that VMS among them ^ fell a lusting : and the children of Is-ra-el also ^wept again, and said, *Who shall give us hesh to eatl 5 * We remember the fish, which we did eat in E-gypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick : 6 But now ”our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all, beside this man-na, before our eyes. 7 And " the man-na was as cori- ander seed, and the ^ colour thereof as the colour of ^bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And *when the dev/ fell upon the camp in the night, the man-na fell rmon it. 10 H Then Mo-sgs heard the peo- ple weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and ^the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Mo-ses also was displeased. 1 1 ^ And Mo-sgs said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant! and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me 1 12 Have I conceived all this peo- ple! have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a ® nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou -^swarest unto their fathers ! 13 * Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people! for they weep unto me, saying. Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 H am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, ^kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not ^^see my wretched- ness. 16 51 And the Lord said unto 25 - 10 . B.c. 1490. “ Lev. 10. 2. 2 Ki. 1. 12. Ps. 106. 18. b See Ex. 24. 1,9. « Deut. 16. 18. d Jas. 5. 16. 1 Heb. sunk. * ver. 25. Ex. 19. 20. a i.e. A burning, Deut. 9. 22. /I Sain. 10. 6. 2 Ki. 2. 15. Neh. 9. 20. Is. 44. 3. Joel 2. 28. 9 As Ex. 12. 38. 3 Heb. lasted a last, Heb. returned and wept, h Ps. 78. 18. 1 Cor. 10. 6. i Ex. 16. 3. k Ex. 19. 10. I Ex. 16. 7. ver. 5. Acts 7. 39. ch. 21. 5. Ex. 16. 14, 31. 5 Heb. eye of it as the eye of. P Geu. 2. 12. 9 Ps. 78. 29. & 106. 15. C Heb. month of days. ’• Ex. 16. 31. » ch. 21. 5. t Ex. 16. 1.3, 14. « Geu. 12. 2. Ex. 12. 37. ch. 1. 46. ‘*'See2 Ki. 7. 2. Mat. 15, 33. Mark 8. 4. John 6. 7, 9. y Ps. 78. 21. * Deut. 1. 12. « Is. 50. 2. & 59. 1. b ch. 23. 19. Ezek. 12. 25. « Is. 40. 11. d ver. 16. « Is. 49. 23. 1 Thes. 2. 7. /Gen. 26. 3. & 50. 24. Ex. 13. 5. 9 ver. 17. ch. 12. 5. h Mat. 15. 33. Mark 8. 4. i Ex. 18. 18. *See2 Ki.2.15. I See 1 Sam. 10. 5, 6, 10. Joel 2. 28. Acts 2. 17, 18. lCor.l4.1,«:c. »>* .See IKi. 19.4 Jonah 4. 3. ”Rev. 3. 17. " See 1 Sam. 20 26. Jer-36. 6. 140 Mo-sgs. Gather unto me ^seventy men oi the elders of Is-ra-gl, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them ; and Bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will ®come down and talk with thee there : and ^1 will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, * Sanctify yourselves against to mor- row, and ye shall eat flesh : for ye have wept Hn the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat! ""for it was well with us in E-gjBt : therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days ; 20 ^But even a whole month, un- til it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you : because that ye have despised the Lord which among you, and have wept before him, saying, ®Why came we forth out of E-gypt ! 21 And Mo-sgs said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hun- dred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 * Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them! or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suf- fice them! 23 And the Lord said unto Mo-sgs, “Is the Lord’s hand waxed short! thou shaft see now whether ''my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 H And Mo-sg.s went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and ‘'gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord ^came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders; and it came to pa.ss, that, *when the spirit rested upon them, 'they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was El-dad, and the name ot the other Me-dad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but “went are given. NUMBERS, 12, 13. Miriam and Aaron. not out unto the tabernacle ; and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Mo-ses, and said, El-dM and Me-dad ’do prophesy in the camp. _ 28 And JOsh-u-a the son of Nun, the servant of Mo%es, one of his young men, answered and said. My lord Mo-ses, ‘'forbid them. 29 And Mo^es said unto him, Enviest thou for my sakel ® would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Mo-ses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Is-ra-el. 31 ^ And there went forth a ^ wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, ^as it were a day’s jour- ney on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails : he that gathered least gathered ten ^ ho-mers : and they spread them all abroad for them- selves round about the camp. 33 And while the ’"flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place ^Kib-rOth-hat-ta-a-vah : be- cause there they buried the people that lusted. 35 ^And the people journeyed from Kib-r5th-hat-ta-a-vah unto Ha-ze- r5th ; and ^ abode at Ha-ze-rbth. CHAPTER 12. l God rehiCketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 10 Miriam s leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses. 14 She is shut out of the camp. AND Mirn-am and Aar-6n spake ijL against Mo-sgs because of the ^E-thi-o-pi-an woman whom he had married: for ^he had ^married an E-thi-o-pi-an woman. 2 And they said. Hath the Lord in- deed spoken only by Mo^es % ^hath he not spoken also by us % And the Lord ‘'heard it. 3 (Now the man Mo-ses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 ®And the Lord spake^ suddenly unto Mo-ses, and unto Aar-On, and unto Mir4-am, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation. And they three came out. B.C. 1490. “ch. 11. 25. & 16. 19. b Gen. 15. 1. & 46. 2. Job 33. 15. Ezek. 1. 1. Dan. 8. 2. Luke 1. 11. Acts 10. 11, U. & 22. 17, 18. Mark 9. 38. Luke 9. 49. (2 Gen. 31. 10,11. 1 Ki. 3. 5. Mat. 1. 20. « 1 Cor. 14. 5. /Ps. 105. 26. 9 1 Tim. 3. 11. h Ex. 33. 11. Deut. 34. 10. i 1 Cor. 13. 12. h Ex. 33. 19. I Ex. 16. 13. Ps. 78. 26-28. ™2 Pet. 2. 10. Jude 8. 1 Heb. as it were the way of a day. ”Deut. 24. 9. 2 Ki. 5. 27. & 15. 5. 2 Chr. 26. 19, 20 . PEx. 16. 36. Ezek. 45. 11. 9 2 Sam. 24. 10. Prov. 30. 32. ® Ps. 88. 4. 2 i.e. The graves of lust, Deut. 9. 22. t Heb. 12. 9. “ch. 33. 17. Lev. 13. 46. ch. 5. 2, 3.. 3 Heb. they were in, &c. J'Deut. 24. 9. 2 Chr. 26. 20, 21 . 4 or, Cushite. ^ Ex. 2. 21. 5 Heb. taken. 5 “And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aar-5n and Mir-i-am: and they both came forth. 6 And he said. Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make rnyself known unto him ^in a vi- sion, and will speak unto him ^in a dream. 7 -^My servant Mo-ses is not so, who is faithful in all ^mine house. 8 With him will I speak ^mouth to mouth, even ’apparently, and not in dark speeches ; and * the similitude of the Lord shall he be- hold: wherefore then ’"were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Mo-ses 1 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he de- parted. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, "behold, Mir4-am became '’leprous, ivhite as snow : and Aar-5n looked upon Mir-i-am, and, behold, she was lep- rous. 11 And Aar-5n said unto Mo-ses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, «lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be *as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb. 13 And Mo-ses cried unto the Lord, saying. Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 H And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Hf 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 Mir-i-am was shut out from the camp seven days : and the people o’enmeyed not till Mir-i-am was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people re- moved from ‘’Ha-ze-r5th, and pitched in the wilderness of Pa-ran. “ ch. 11. 35. & 33. 18. b Ex. 15. 20. CHAPTER 13. Mic. 6. 4. « Gen. 29. 33. ch. 11. 1. 2 Ki. 19. 4. Is. 37. 4. Ezek. 35. 12, 13. dch. 32. b. Deut. 1. 22. « Ps. 76. 9. 1 Names of the men sent to search the land. 17 Their instructions, 21 acts, 26 and relation. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-s6§, saying, 2 ‘^Send thou men, that they may search the land of -Ga-naan, which I give unto the children of Is-ra-el : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 146 antes of the spies. NUMBERS, 14. Their evil report. ’3 And M 6 -s 6 s by the command- ment of the Lord sent them “from the wilderness of Pa^ran: all those men were heads of the children 01 4 And these were their names : of the tribe of Reu-ben, Sham-mu-a the son of Zac-cur. 5 Of the tribe of Sim-e-5n, Sha- phat the son of Hoh-i 6 *Of the tribe of Ju-dah, ‘=€a-leb the son of Je-phun-neh. ^ 7 Of the tribe of Is-sa-char, I -gal the son of Jo-seph. ^ 8 Of the tribe of E-phra-im, ^ 0- she-a the son of Nun. _ 9 Of the tribe of B6n-ja-mm, Pal-ti the son of Ra-phu. 10 Of the tribe of Zeb-u-lun, Gad- di-el the son of So-di. 1 1 Of the tribe of Jo-seph, namely, of the tribe of _Ma-nas-seh, GM-di the son of Su-si. y , 1 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am-mi-el the son of Ge-mal-lL 13 Of the tribe of Ash-er, Se-thtir the son of Mi-cha-el. w 14 Of the tribe of Naph-ta-h, Nah- bi the son of VSph-sL 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geu-el the son of Ma-chi. 1 6 These are the names of the men which Mo-ses sent to spy out the land. And Mo-ses called_ ”^0-she-a the son of Nun Je-h5sh-u-a. 17 ^ And Mo-ses sent them to spy out the land of Ga-naan, and said unto them. Get you up this way "southward, and go up into ^the mountain ; 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth there- in, whether they be strong or weak, few or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether 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 tne time was the time of the firs tripe grapes. 2 1 ^ So they went up, and searcned the land ^from the wilderness of Zin unto *Re-h6b, as men come to Ha-math. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto He-br5n ; where "A-hi-man, She-shai, and Tal-mai, ‘‘the children of A-nak, were. (Now *He-br6n was built seven years be- fore ^'Zo-an in E-gypt.) 23 ^And they came unto the ^brook of Esh^5l, and cut down B.C. 1490. •ch. 12. 16. & 32. 8. Deut. 1. 19. & 9. 23. or, valley. ! i.e. A cluster of grapes. b ch. 34. 19. 1 Chr. 4. 15. ver. 30. ch. 14. 6, 30. Josh. 14. 6, 7, 13, 14. Judg. 1. 12. d ver. 16. « ver. 3. /ch. 20. 1. Dent. 1. 19. Josh. 14. 6. S Ex. 3. 8. ^Deut. 1. 26. i Deut. 1. 28. I Ex. 17. 8. Judg. 6. 3. '‘ver. 8. . Ex. 17. 9. ch. 14. 6. * See ch. 14. 6, 24. Josh. 14. 7. ver. 21. P Judg. 1. 9. 9 ch. 32. 9. Deut. 1. 28. Josh. 14. 8. ch. 14. 36, 37. * Amos 2. 9. t Neh. 9. 25, 35. Ezek. 34. 14. 3 Heb. men of statures. “ Deut. 31. 6, 7, 23. * Deut. 9. 2. V Is. 40. 22. ^ ch. 34. .3. Josh. 15. 1. « 1 Sam. 17. 42. b Jo.sh. 19. 28. « Josh. 15. 13, 14. Judg. 1. 10. d ver. 33. ' Josh. 21. 11. /ch. 11. 4. 9 Ps. 78. 12. Is. 19. 11. h Ex. 16. 2. i Deut. 1.24, 25. 4 or, valley. 147 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 2Esh-c5l, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Is- ra-ei cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from search- ing of the land after forty days. 26 11 And they went and came to Mo-ses, and to Aar-5n, and to all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el, "unto the wilderness of Pa-rkn, 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 Nevertheless /the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great : and moreover we saw ^the children of Ahiak there. ^ 29 ‘The Am-a-lek-ites dwell in the land of the south : and the Hit-tites, and the Jeb-u-sites, and the Am-6r- ites, dwell in the mountains; and the Ua-naan-ites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jor-dan. 30 And ^-Gadeb stilled the people before Mo-ses, 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 And they ^brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of 1§- rAel, saying. The land, througli which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the in- habitants thereof ; and *all the people that we saw in it are -^men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, *the sons of A-nak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight ^as grasshoppers, and so we were “in their sight. CHAPTER 14. 1 The people murmur. 11 God threateneth them. IS Moses intercedeth, and obtaineth pardon. AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and ■‘'the people wept that night. 2 ‘‘And all the children of Is-ra-gl murmured against Mo-§6s and a- gainst Aar-On : and the whole con- The 'people 'murmur. NUMBEKS, 14. Moses^ intercession. grsgation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land B.C. 1490. of E-gypt ! or “would God we had “seever. 28 , 29 . died in this wilderness ! * oeut. 9. 28. 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into E-gypt? ^ 4 And they said one to another, "''Let us make a captain, and ®let us return into E-gypt. 5 Then -^Mo-ses and Aar-5n fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of If?h*a-el. 6 ^ *And Josh-u-a the son of Nun, and -Gadeb the son of Je-phun-n6h. 'which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes ; 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of IsdA-el, saying, ’“The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceed- ing good land. 8 If the Lord ^delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us ; ®a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, ^neither fear ye the people of the land; for “they are bread for us : their ^ defence is departed from them, ^and the Lord is with us : fear them not. 10 “But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And *the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation be- fore all the children of IsdA-el. 11 H And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, How long will this people ® provoke me? and how long will 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 disinherit them, and ^will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 H And ’Mo-ses said unto the Lord, Then the E-gyp-tjans 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 : ’“/or they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that ^thy 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 U Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the « Ex. 34. 6, 7. Jonah 4. 2. Nch. 9. 17. « See Dent. 17. 16. Acts 7. 39. /ch. 16. 4, 22. 9 Ex. 20. 5. ft ch. 13. 6, 8. i Ex. 34. 9. ft Ps. 105. 45. « Ps. 78. 38. • or, hitherto. ™ch. 13. 27. ” 1 John 5. 14- 16. " Ps. 72. 19. P Dent. 10. 15. 2 Sana. 15. 25, 26. 1 Ki. 10. 9. P.S. 147. 11. 9 ch. 13. 27. ’■Dent. 1. 35. Heb. 3. 17. « Dent. 9. 7, 23, 24. t Derit. 7. 18. ”ch. 24. 8. * Gen. 31. 7. 2 Heb. shadow. J'Gen. 48. 21. Dent. 20. 1, 3, 4. & 31. 6, 8. * ch. 32. 11. Ezek. 20. 15. 3 Heb. If they see the land. “ Ex. 17. 4. l> Ex. 16. 10. Lev. 9. 23. Josh. 14. 6, 8, 9, 14. rfch. 32. 12. ® ver. 23. Ps. 95. 8. Heb. 3. 8. / Dent. 1. 32. Ps. 78. 22, 32, 42. John 12. 37. 9 Dent. 1. 40. ft Ex. 32. 10. i Ex. 32. 12. Ezek. 20. 9, 14. ft Ex. 16. 28. I Ex. 16. 12. ”*Ex. 15. 14. " ver. 21. Dent. 1. 35. Heb. 3. 17. “ See ver. 2. P Ex. 13. 21. Neh. 9. 12. 9 ch. 1. 45. & 26. 64. 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, there- fore he hath slain them in the wil- derness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, accord- ing as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord ‘^longsufiering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilt'll, ^visiting the in- iquity of the fathers upon the chil- dren 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 E-gypt even ^ until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have par- doned “according to thy word : 21 But as truly as I live, "all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 “Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my mir- acles, which I did in E-gypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now "'these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; 23 ^ Surely^ they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fa- thers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it 24 But my servant 'GaTeb, be- cause he had another spirit with him, and ‘^hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Am-a-lek-ites and the Ga-naan-ites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, ®'and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto Aar-6n, saying, 27 *How long shall I hear with this evil congregation, which mur- mur against me ? H have heard the rnurmurings of the children of Is- ra-el, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, “As trul'y as I live, saith the Lord, "as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you : 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; and ^all that were num- bered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have mur- mured against me. 148 v The niurmtirers excluded. NUMBERS, 15. Law of sundry offerings. 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I ^sware to make you dwell therein, ^save -Gadeb the son of Je-phun- n6h, and J5sh-u-a the son of Nun. 31 ®But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ®ye have despised. 32 But as /or you, -^your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall ^'wan- der^ in the wilderness ^forty years, and *bear your whoredoms, until your carcases 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 my "•breach of promise. 35 "■£ the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all 'this evil con- gregation, that are gathered to- gether against me : in this wilder- ness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 ^And the men, which Mo-ses sent to search the land, who re- turned, and made all the congre- g ation to murmur against him, by ringing 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 J6sh-u-a the son of Niin, and Gadeb the son of Je-phun-neh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. ^ 39 And Mo-ses told these sayings unto all the children of IsdA-gl : *and the people mourned greatly. 40 51 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, ^we he here^ and will go up un- to the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And Mo-sSs said. Wherefore now do ye transgress 'the com- mandment of the Lord*? but it shall not prosper. 42 'Go not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Am-a-l6k-ites and the Ga-naan-ites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : ^"be- cause ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore 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, B.C. 1490. 1 Heb. lifted up my hand. “ ver. 43. Deut. 1. 44. b ver. 38. Deut. 1. 36, 38. Deut. 1. 39. rfch. 21. 3. Judg. 1. 17. « Ps. 106. 24. /I Cor. 10. 5. Heb. 3. 17. 9 ch. 32. 13. P.S. 107. 40. 2or,/eed. h See Deut. 2. 14. h ver. 18. l.ev. 23. 10. Deut. 7. 1. I ch. 13. 25. ™Lev. 1. 2. 3. « Ps. 95. 10. Ezek. 4. 6. o Lev. 7. 16. & 22. 18. 21. 3 Heb. sepa- rating. Lev. 27. 2. P See 1 Ki. 8. 56. Heb. 4. 1. 4 or, altering of my purpose. 9 Lev. 23. 8. 12, ch. 28. 19, 27. & 29. 2, 8, 13. Deut. 16. 10. '"eh. 2.3. 19. » Gen. 8. 21. Ex. 29. 18. t ver. 27, 29. 1 Cor. 10. 5. “Lev. 2. 1. & 6. 14. ^Lev. 14. 10. ch. 28. 5. 2 ch. 13. 31, 32. « ch. 28. 7, 14 b ch. 28. 12, 14. « 1 Cor. 10. 10. Josh. 14. 6, 10. « Ex. 33. 4. /Lev. 7. 11. 9 ch. 28. 12, 14. i ver. 25. 2 Chr. 24. 20. *ch. 28. I Deut. 1. 42. »“2 Clir. 17. 2. « Deut. 1. 43. 149 and Mo-ses, departed not out of the camp. 45 ‘‘^Then the Am-a-lek-ites came down, and the G)a-naan-ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto ‘'Hor^mah. CHAPTER 15. 1 The law of sundry offerings. 22 The sacrifice for sin of ignorance. 30 Punishment of presumption. 32 The sabbathbreaker is stoned. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-sgs, saying, 2 '"Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, and say unto them. When ye be come into the land of your habi- tations. which I give unto you, 3 And "'will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offer- ing, or a sacrifice ‘’in ••performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or ^in your solemn feasts, to make a “sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : 4 Then “shall he that offereth hir offering unto the Lord bring *a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled ^with the fourth part of an hin of oil. 5 “And the fourth part oi an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offer- ing or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 '’Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenm deals of flour mingled with the third par/i 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 bul- lock for a burnt onering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or •'^peace offerings unto the Lord: 9 Then shall he bring ^with a bul- lock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 1 0 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. 1 2 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their num- ber. 13 All that ar-e born of the coun- try shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever he among you i» Law of suoidry offerings. NUMBEPtS, 15. Of the sahbathbreaker. your generations, and will otter an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 *One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, 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. 1 6 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. 17 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 18 /Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, and say unto them. When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of -^the 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 threshingfioor, so shall ye heave it. 2 1 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. 22 H And ’"if ye have erred, and not observed all these command- ments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Mo-ses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Mo-ses, from the day that the Lord commanded Mo-ses, and hencefor- ward among your generations ; 24 Then it shall be, «if ought be committed by ignorance ^with- out the knowledge of the congre- gation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord, ’'with his meat offering, and his drink offer- ing, according to the ^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 Ish-a-el, 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 IsYa-el, and the stranger that so- journeth among them ; seeing all the people luere in ignorance. 27 H And “if any soul sin through B.C. 1490. “ Lev. 4 35. i ver. 29. Ex. 12. 49. ch. 9. 14. ver. 15. 1 Heb. doth. d Deut. 17. 12. Ps. 19. 13. Heb. 10. 26. 2 Pet. 2. 10. * ver. 2. Deut. 26. 1. 2 Heb. vjith an high hand. /Josh. .5. 11, 12 y 2 Sam. 12. 9 Piov. 13. 13. h Deut. 26. 2, 10. Prov. 3. 9, 10. i Lev. 5. 1. Ezek. 18. 20. k Lev. 2. 14. & 23. 10. 16. I Ex. 31. 14, 15. & 35. 2, 3. ^ Ex. 31. 14, 15. P Lev. 24. 14. . 1 Ki. 21. 13. Acts 7. 58. 1 Lev. 4. 13. 3 Heb. from the eyes. 4 or, ordinance. « Deut. 22. 12. Mat. 23. 5. t See Lev. 4. 23. ch. 28. 15. Ezi-a 6. 17. & 8. 35. “Lev. 4. 20. ® See Deut. 29. 19. Job .31. 7. Jer 9. 14. Ezek. 6. 9. y Ps. 73. 27. & 106. 39. Jas. 4. 4. ^ Lev. 11. 44, 45. Rom. 12. 1. Col. 1. 22. 1 Pet, 1.1.5,16. « Eev. 4. 27. 28. 150 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 sin- neth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him ; ana it shall be forgiven him. 29 ‘^Ye shall have one law for him that ^sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of IsYa-el, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 U “^But the soul that doeth ought ^presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stran- ger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among 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. 32/1 And while the children of IsYa-el 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 Mo-ses and Aar-On, 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 Mo-ses, "The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall ^stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brough t him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 37 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of IsYa-el, 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 ribband 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 2 ' to go a whoring : 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be *holy unto your God. 411 o.m the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of NUMBERS, 16. Dathan, and Abiram. The rebellion of Korah, E-gypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER 16. 1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 31 Their punishment. 41 A great plague is sent. 46 Aaron by incense stayeth the plague. ^ ~\rOW ‘'KoAah, the son of Iz-har, the son of Ko-hath, the son of Le-vl, and Da-than and A-bi-ram, the sons of E-li-ab, and On, the son of Pedeth, sons of Reu-ben, took men: 2 And they rose up before Mo-ses, with certain of the children of Is- ra-el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, ^famous in the congregation, men of renown : 3 And '^they gathered themselves together against Mo-ses and against Aar-6n, and said unto them, Ye take 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 LordI 4 And when Mo-ses heard it, ”he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Kodah and unto all his company, saying. Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is "holy ; and will cause hini 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, Ko- rah, and all his company ; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to moiTOw ; and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy : ye take too much upon you, ye sons of LeAi. 8 And Mo-se§ said unto Kodah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Le-yi : 9 Seemeth it but ^ a small thing unto you, that the God of Is-ra-el hath ^separated you from the con- gregation of IshA-el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them '? 1 0 And he hath brought thee near to him. and all thy brethren the sons or Le-vl with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also*? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord : ^ and what is Aar-On, that ye murmur against himl 12 ^ And Mo-s6s sent to call Da- than and A-bi-ram, the sons of E-li-ab : which said. We will not come ud; 13 it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou *make thyself altogether a prince over usl 1 4 Moreover thou hast not brought us into ‘^a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us in- heritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou ^ i)ut out the eyes of these men '? we will not come up. 15 And Mo-ses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, ® Respect not thou their offering : have not taken one ass from them, nei- ther have I hurt one of them. 16 And Mo-ses said unto Ko-r^h, * Be thou and all thy company * before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aar-On, to morrow : 1 7 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty cen- sers ; thou also, and Aar-on, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation with Mo-ses and Aar-on. 19 And Koh’ah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses and unto Aar-5n, saying. 21 * Separate yourselves from a- mong this congregation, that I may 'consume them in a moment. 22 And they **fell upon their' laces, and said, O God, ^the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation'? 23 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying. Get you up from about the tabernacle of KoAah, Da-than, and A-biham. 25 And Mo-§es rose up and went unto Da-than and A-bl-ram ; and the elders of ls-ra-6l followed him. 26 And he spake unto the con- gregation, saying, “Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch notliing of their’s, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the taber- nacle of Kohah, Da-than, and A-bi- ram, on every side: and DaAhan and A-bi-ram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their B.C. 1471. “ ver. 9. b Ex. 2. 14. Acts 7. 27, 35. « Ex. 6. 21. ch. 26. 9. & 27. 3. Jude 11. d Ex. 3. 8. Lev. 20. 24. > Heb. bore out. « Gen. 4. 4, 5. / 1 Sam. 12. 3. Acts 20. 33. 2 Cor. 7. 2. S ch. 26. 9. h Ps. 106. 16. » ver. 6, 7. 2 Heb. It is much for you. h 1 Sam. 12. 3, 7. i Ex. 19. 6. "■Ex. 29. 4.5. ch. 14. 14. k 35. 34. "ch. 14. 5. & 20 . 6 . ® ver. 3. Lev. 21. 6-8, 12, 15. P Ex. 28. 1. ch. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 28. Ps. 105. 26. 1 ch. 3. 10. Lev. 10. 3. & 21. 17. 18. Ezek. 40. 46. & 44. 1.5, 16. ’■ ver. 42. Ex. 16. 7. 10. Lev. 9. 6, 23. ch. 14. 10. * ver. 45. See Gen. 19. 17. 22. Jer. 51. 6. Acts 2. 40. Rev. 18. 4. t ver. 45. Ex. 32. 10. & 33. 0. “ ver. 45. ch. 14. 5. *ch. 27. 16. Job 12. 10. Eccl. 12. 7. Heb. 12. 9. y 1 Sam. 18. 23. Is. 7. 13. ^ ch. 3. 41, 45. & 8. 14. Deut. 10. 8. " ver. 45. Gen. 19. 12, 14. 2 Cor. 6. 17. b Ex. 16. 8. 1 Cor. 3. 5. 161 Destruction of Korah NUMBERS, 17. ana his followers. wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Mo-ses said, “Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for I have not done them ‘^of mine own mind. 29 If these men die Hhe common death of all men, or if they be ‘^visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent B.C. 1471. « Ex. 3. 12. John .5. 36. b ch. 14. 2. Ps. 106. 25. ch. 24. 13. Ezek. 13. 17. Johu 5. 30. & 6. 38. > Heb. as every man dieth. d Ex 20. 5. & 32. 34. Job 35. 15. iiic. 30 But if the Lord ‘^make ®a new thing, and the earth openher mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they '"go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. 315! ‘And it came to pass,^ as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that ivas under them : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and ”‘all the men that ajppertained unto Koh-ah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Ish*a-el that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said. Lest the earth swal- low us up also. 35 And there "came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed ^the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 36 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, _ 37 Speak unto E-le-a-zar the son of Aar-6n the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for Hhey are hallowed. 38 The censers of these * sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a cov- ering of the altar : for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : “and they shall be a sign unto the children of Is-ra-el. 39 And E-le-a-zar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar : 40 To he a memorial unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, "^that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aarh')n, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Ko- rah, and as his company : as the 2 Heb. ereate a c^'eature, Is. 45. 7. « Job 31. 3. Is. 28. 21. / Ex. 40. 34. S ver. 19. ch. 20. 6. 5 ver. 33. Ps. 55. 15. i ch. 26. 10. & 27. 3. Deut. 11. 6. Ps. 106. 17. * ver. 21, 24. I ver. 22. ch. 20. 6. “See ver. 17. & ch. 26. 11. 1 Clir. 6. 37. “ Lev. 10. 6. ch. 1. 53. & 8. 19. & 11. 33. & 18. 5. 1 Chr. 27. 24. Ps. 106. 29. » Lev. 10. 2. ch. 11. 1. Ps. 106. 18. P ver. 17. 1 ch. 25. 8. Ps. 106. 30. ch. 27. 3. * See Lev. 27. 28. t Prov. 20. 2. Hab. 2. 10. "ch. 17. 10. & 26. 10. Ezek. 14. 8. * ch. 3. 10. 2 Chr. 26. 18. Lord said to him by the hand of Mo-ses. 41 II But on the morrow *’all the congregation of the children of Is- ra-el murmured against Mo-ses and against Aar-on, saying. Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Mo-ses and against Aar-5n, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation : and, behold, the cloud covered it, and ^ the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Mo-ses and Aar-5n came before the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 44 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 45 *Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And Hhey fell upon their faces. 46 ^ And Mo-ses said unto Aar-5n, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on in- cense, and go quickly unto the con- gregation, and make an atonement for them : “for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aar-5n took as Mo-ses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people : and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living ; and ^?the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, “beside them that died about the matter of KoYah^ 50 And Aar-On returned unto Mo- ses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER 17. 1 Aaron's rod among all the rods only flourisheth. 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, iX saying, . ^ 2 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes accord- ing to the house of their fathers twelve rods : write thou every man’s name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write _Aar-5n s name upon the rod of Le-vi: for one rod shall he for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation 152 Aarov!srodflourisheth. NUMBERS, 18. The 2irtestg portion. before the testimony, “where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, * whom I shall choose, shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Is-ra-el, ‘^whereby they murmur against you. 6 ^ And Mo-ses spake unto the children of Is-ra-6l, and every one of their princes gave him ^a rod apiece, for each prince one, ac- cording to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods : and^ the rod of Aar-6n was among their rods. 7 And Mo-ses laid up the rods before the Lord in *the tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Mo-ses went into the taber- nacle of witness ; and, behold, the rod of Aar-6n for the house of Le-vi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Mo-s6s brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Is-ra-el : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- s6s. Bring ”Aar-5n’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept ^ for a token against the ^rebels ; «and thou shalt quite take away their mur- murings from me, that they die not. 1 1 And Mo-ses d.id so ; as the Lord commanded him, so did he. „ 12 And the children of Is-ra-6l spake unto Mo-ses, saying. Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 “Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die ; shall we be con- sumed with dying'? B.C. 1471. “ Ex. 25. 22. & 2!). 42, 43. & 30. 36. ch. 16. 5. ch. 3. 10. dch. 16. 11. « Ex. 27. 21. & 30. 7. Lev. 24. 3. ch. 8. 2. / ch. 16. 46. 1 Heb. a rod for one 2 }rince, a rod for one •prince. 3 ch. 3. 12, 45. Ach. 3. 9. & 8. 19. i Ex. 38. 21. ch. 18. 2. Acts 7. 44 A ver. 5. ch. 3. 10. I Heb. 9. 3. 6. ™Lev. 6. 16, 18. & 7. 6, 32. ch. 5. 9. "Heb. 9. 4. “ Ex. 29. 29. & 40. 13. 15. P ch. 16. 38. 2 Keb. children of rebellion. 3 ver. 5. Lev. 2. 2, 3. & 10. 12, 13. « Lev. 6. 25, 26. t Lev. 7. 7. “ch. 1. 51, 5.3. & 18. 4. 7. ® Lev. 6. 16, 26. CHAPTER 18. y Ex. 29. 27, 28. 1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9, 21 Their portions. 25 Of the heave offering. AND the Lord said unto Aar-5n, ^Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall *bear the iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of L^vl, the tribe of thy fa- ther, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and ‘'minister unto thee : but ''thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and 'the charge of all the taber- nacle: "“only t^hey shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, “that neither they, nor ye also, die. * ch. 17. 13. “ Lev. 10. 14. h Ex. 28. 38. ' Lev. 22. 2, 3. mong the congregation, because he hath ‘’defiled the sanctuary of the Lord : 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. CHAPTER 20. 1 Death of Miriam. 2 The people murmur. 7 Moses smiteth the rock. 22 Aaron's death. ri^HEN *came the children of Is- J. ra-el, even the whole congrega- tion, into the desert of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Ka-desh; and fMir4-am died there, and was buried there. 2 ^And there was no water for the congregation : “and they gathered themselves together against Mo-ses and against Aar-bn. 3 And the people ^chode with Mo- ses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died ’'when our breth- ren died before the Lord ! 4 And *why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there'? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of E-gypt, to bring us in unto this evil place'? it is no place of seed, or of figs^ or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Mo-s6? and Aar-bn went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and ^they fell upon their faces : and *the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. ^ 7 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo- sbs, saying, i .t. 8 *Take the rod, and gather thou tlie assembly together, thou, and Aar-bn thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and ‘’thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so thou shalt Moses smiteth the rock. NUMBEES, 21. The death of Aaron. give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Mo-ses took the rod ‘"from before the Loud, as he commanded him. 10 And Mo-ses and Aar-5n gath- ered tlie congregation together be- fore the rock, and he said unto them, ®Hear now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you water out of this rocki 1 1 And Mo-s6s lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice : and ^the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 ^ And the Loed spake unto Mo-ses and Aar-5n, Because "ye be- lieved me not, to * sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Is-ra-el, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 ^This is the water of ^Mer4- bah ; because the children of Is- ra-el strove with the Loed, and he was sanctified in them. 14 ^ ”And Mo-ses sent messengers from Ka-desh unto the king of E-d5m, ^Thus saith thy brother Is- ra-6l. Thou knowest all the travel that hath ^befallen us : 15 ^How our fathers went down into E-gypt, ""and we have dwelt in E-gypt a long time ; *and the E-gyp- tians vexed us, and our fathers : 16 And “when we cried unto the Loed, he heard our voice, and ""sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of E-o’ypt : and, behold, we are in Ka-desh, a city in the uttermost of thy border : 17 ^Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the^ fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. _ 18 And E-d5m said unto him. Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Is-ra-el said unto him. We will go by the high way : and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, "^then I will pay for it I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, ^^Thou shalt not go through. And E-d5m came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus E-d5m "refused to give Is-ra-el passage through his bor- der : wherefore I§'ra-el burned away from him. 22 H And the children of Is-rA-61, even the whole congregation, jour- neyed from * Ka-desh, ‘’and came unto mount Hdr. 23 And the Loed spake unto Mo-ses and Aar-6n in mount H6r, by th.e coast of the land of E-d5m, saying, 24 Aar-5n shall be "^gathered unto his people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Is-ra-el, because •^ye rebelled against my ^word at the water of M6r4-bah. 25 *^Take Aar-5n and E-le-a-zar his son, and bring them up unto mount H6r: 26 And strip Aar-6n of his gar- ments, and put them upon E-le-a- zar his son: and Aar-5n shall be gathered unto his people, and shall (110 i}ii0i*0 27 And Mo-ses did as the Loed commanded and they went up into mount H6r in the sight of all the congregation. 28 "“And Mo-ses stripped Aar-5n of his garments, and put them upon E-le-a-zar his son ; and ‘’Am’-5n died there in the top of the mount : and Mo-ses and E-le-a-zar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aar-5n was dead, they mourned for Aar-6n ^thirty days, even all the house of Is-ra-el. CHAPTER 21. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery ser^ pents, 7 but are healed by a brasen terpent. AND when ^king A-rad the -Ca- naan-ite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that IshA-gl came “by the way of the spies ; then he fought against I§-ra-el, and took some of them prisoners. 2 ^And Is-ra-el yowed a vow unto the Loed, and said, If thou wilt in- deed deliver this people into my hand, then ‘’I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Loed hearkened to the voice of IshA-el, and delivered up the -Ca-naan-ites ; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities : and he called the name of the place ^H6r-mah. 4 U And ^they journeyed from mount H6r by the way of the Red sea, to -^compass the land of E- d5m: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people ^ spake against God, and against Mo-s6s, Where- fore have ye brought us up out of E-gypt to die in the wilderness'? for there is no bread, neither is there B.C. 1453. »ch. 17. 10. b ch. 33. n. « ch. 21. 4 • Ex. 12. 40. s Ex. 1. 11, &c. Deut. 26. 6. Acts 7. 19. « So Deut. 34 8. “Ex. 2. 23. &3. 7. *Ex. 3. 2. & 14. 19. & 2.3. 20. & 33. 2. ^ch. 33. 40. Judg. 1. 16. * See ch. 21. 22. Deut. 2. 27. “ch. 13. 21. b Gen. 28. 20. Judg. 11. 30. « Lev. 26. 25. 4i.e. Utter destruction, d Deut. 2. 6. « ch. 20. 22. & 33. 41. /Judg. 11. 18. Judg. 11. 17. b or, grieved. c Heb. shortened. Ex. 6. 9. ftps. 78. 19. i See Deut. 2. 27, 29. *Ex. 17. 3. I Deut. 2. 8. Judg. 11. 18. 1.56 The hrasen serpent NUMBERS, 21. any water ; and "‘our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And ""the Lord sent ** fiery ser- pents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Is-ra-6l died. t IT -^Therefore the people came to Mo-s6s, and said. We have sinned, for ^we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; *pray un- to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Mo-ses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Mo-ses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he be- held the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 ^ And the children of Is-r4-el set forward, and ” pitched in O-bCth. 11 And they journeyed from O- b6th, and "pitched at ^I-j^ab-a-rim, in the wilderness which is before Mo-ab, toward the sunrising. 12 51 ^From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zah’ed. 13 From thence they renioved, and pitched on the other side of Ar-nDn, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Am-6r-ites : for ® Ar-nOn is the B.C. 1452. “ch. 11. 6. b Deut. 2. 26, 27. Judg. 11. 19. ® 1 Cor. 10. 9. d Deut. 8. 15. ® ch. 20. 17. /Ps. 78. 34 S ver. 6. h Ex. 8. 8. 1 Sam. 12. 19. 1 Ki. 13. 6. Acts 8. 24. i Deut. 29. 7. * Deut. 2. 32. Judg. 11. 20. I Deut. 2. 33. Josh. 12. 1. Neh. 9. 22. Ps. 135. 10. & 136. 19. Amos 2. 9. ”*2 Ki. 18. 4 Jolm 3. 14, 15. ” oh. 33. 43. 1 Heb. daughters. " ch. 33. 44. 2 or, Heaps of Abarim. P Deut. 2. 13. ? ch. 22. 36. border of Mo-ab, between Mo-ab and the Am-6r-ites. 1 4 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, ^ What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Ar-nDn, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, "*and '^lieth upon the border of Mo-ab. 16 And from thence they went * to Be-^r : that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 IT “Then Is-ra-6l sang this song, ® Sirring up, O well ; ® sing ye un- to it; 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of "the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mat-ta-nah : 19 And from Mat-ta-nah to Na-ha- li-6l: and from Na-ha-li-Sl to Ba- m5th : 20 And from Ba-m5th in the val- Judg. 11. 18. Jer. 48. 45, 46. » Deut. 2. 9, 18. Is. 15. 1. 3 or, Vaheb in Suphah, t Judg. 11. 24. 1 Ki. 11. 7, 33. 2 Ki. 23. 13. Jer. 48. 7, 13. “Deut. 2. 18,29. 4 Heb. Vianeth. ^'Judg. 9. 21. y Jer. 48. 18, 22. = Is. 15. 2. “ Ex. 15. 1. Ps. 105. 2. & 106. 12. b Heb. Ascend. 6 or, answer, b ch. .32. 1. Jer. 48. 32. « Is. 33. 22. d Deut. 3. 1. & 29. 7. « Joslu. 1.3. 12. / Deut. 3. 2. t Ileb. field. 8 or, The hill. 9 ver. 24. Ps. 135. 10. ley, that is in the '^country of Mo- &b, to the top of ®Pis-gah, which looketh '‘toward ®J6sh-i-m6n. & 136. 20. h ch. 23. 28. 9 or. The wilderness. i57 Sihon and Og overcome, 21 IT And ''Is-ra-61 sent messengers unto 8idi5n king of the Am-or-ites, saying, 22 " Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards ; we will not drink of the waters of the well : but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 * And Si-hfin would not suffer Is-ra-el to pass through his border ; but Si-hDn gathered all his people together, and went out against IsbA-el into the wilderness : * and he came to Jadiaz, and fouglit a- gainst Is-ra-el.^ 24 And M.s-ra-el smote him with the edge of the sword, and pos- sessed his land from Ar-nOn unto Jab-bfik, even unto the children of Am-mfin : for the border of the children of Am-mOn was strong. 25 And Is-ra-6l took all these cities : and Is-ra-el dwelt in all the cities of the Am-6r-ites, in Hesh-bfin, and in all the ^ villages thereof. 26 For Hesh-bon was the city of Si-hfin the king of the Am-6r-ites, who had fought against the former king of Mojab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Ar-n5n. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say. Come into Hesh-bfin, let the city of Si-hfin be built and prepared : 28 For there is ’‘a fire gone out of H6sh-b5n, a flame from the city of Si-hOn : it hath consumed *Ar of Mo-ab, and the lords of the high places of Ar-nDn. 29 Woe to thee, Mo-ab ! thou art undone, O people of ‘-Ghe-mfish : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Si-hon king of the Am-6r-ites. 30 We have shot at them ; Hesh- bCn is perished even ^ unto Di-bOn, and we have laid them waste even unto No-phah, which reacheth unto ^Med-e-bA 31 51 Thus I§^a-6l dwelt in the land of the Am-6r-ites. 32 And Mo-ses sent to spy out '' J4-a-zer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Am-or- ites that were there. 33 51 ‘'And they turned and went up b.y the way of Ba-shan : and Og the king of Ba-shan went out a- gainst them, he, and all his people, to the battle "at Ed-r6-T. 34 And the Lord said unto Mo- s6s, •''Fear him not: for I have de- livered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land ; and ^ thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Balak sendeih NUMBERS, 22. for Balaam. Si-h6n king of the Am-6r-ites, which dwelt at Hesh-b5n. 35 “So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive : and they possessed his land. CHAPTER 22. 1 Balak's first message for Balaam is refused. 15 Sis second message ohtaineth him. 22 yin angel withstcmd- eth him. 35 Balak enteHaineth him. ^ AND Hhe children of Is-rd-el set forward, and pitched in the lains of Mo-ab on this side Jor- an by Jer-i-cho. 2 ^ And ‘^Badak the son of Zip-pdr saw all that Is-ra-el had done to the Am-6r-ites. 3 And ® Mo-ab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many : and Mo-ab was distressed because of the children of Is-ra-el. 4 And Mo-ab said unto the elders of Mid4-an, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Badak the son. of Zip-p6r was king of the Mo-ab-ites at that time. 5 ^He sent messengers therefore unto Badaam the son of Be-dr to *Pe-th6r, which is by the river of the land of the children of his peo- ple, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from E%ypt; behold, they cover the ^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: per- adventure 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 Mo-ab and the elders of Mid-i-an departed with « the rewards of divination in their hand ; and they came unto Ba-laam, and spake unto him the words of Badak. 8 And he said unto them, ® Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me; and_ the princes of Mo-ab abode with Badaam. 9 “And God came unto Badaam, and said. What men are these with thee % 10 And Badaam said unto God, Badak the son of Zip-pdr, king of Mo-ab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of E-gypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse nic them ; peradventure ^ 1 shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Ba-laam, Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for *they are blessed. 13 And Ba-laapa rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Badak, Get you into your land : for the Lord ref useth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Mo-ab rose up, and they went unto BaTak, and said, Badaam refuseth to come with us. 15 H And Badak sent yet again princes, more, and more honour- able than they. 16 And they came to Badaam, and said to him. Thus saith BaTak the son of Zip-p6r, ^Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming un- to me : 1 7 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: ^ come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And BaTaam answered and said unto the servants of BaTak, * If BaTak would give me his house full of silver and gold, * I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, ^ tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 "And God came unto BaTaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them ; but ^ yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And BaTaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Mo-ab. 22 II And God’s anger was kindled because he went: ""and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And Hhe ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Ba- laam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust her- self unto the wall, and crushed Ba* B.C. 1452. “ Deut. 3. 3. & 29. 7. Josh. 13. 12. Ps. 135. 10. 6 ch. 23. 20. Kom. 11. 28. ch. 33. 48. d Judg. 11. 25. « Ex. 15. 15. 1 Heb. Be not thou letted from, kc. f ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. ^'ver. 6. h Deut. 23. 4. Josh. 13. 22. & 24. 9. Neh. 13. 1. 2. Mic. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Jude 11. Rev. 2. 14. i See ch. 23. 7. Deut. 23. 4. k ch. 24. 13. 1 1 Ki. 22. 14. 2 Chr. 18. 13. 2 Heb. eye. ”*ver. 8. ”ch. 23. 7. “ ver. 9. V ver. 35. ch. 23. 12, 26. & 24. 13. ?1 Sam. 9. 7, 8. Ex. 4. 24. * ver. 19. < See 2 Ki. 6. 17. Dan. 10. 7. Acts 22. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 16. Jude 11. “ver. 20. Geu. 20. 3. 3 Heb. 7 shall prevail in fighting against him. 158 An angel opposeth mm. NUMBERS, 23. Balak^s saci laam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a nar- row place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Badaam: and Ba-laam’s an- ger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the Lord ^opened the mouth of the ass, ancf she said unto Badaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times'? 29 And Badaam said unto the ass. Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in mine hand, ‘^for now would I kill thee. 30 ® And the ass said unto Ba-laam, Am not I thine ass, ‘“^upon which thou hast ridden ^ ever since I was thine unto this day'? was I ever- wont to do so unto thee'? And he said. Nay. 31 Then the Lord ^opened the eyes of Ba-laam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he * bowed down his head, and '‘fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him. Wherefore hast thou smit- ten thine ass these three times ^ behold, I went out ®to withstand thee, because thy way is ’^perverse before me: 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Badaam said unto the angel of the Lord, have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now there- fore, if it '^displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Badaam, Go with the men : *but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Badaam went with the princes of Ba-lak. 36 ^ And when Badak heard that Badaam was come, *he went out to rneet him unto a city of Mo-ab, ^ which in the border of Ar-nOn, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Badak said unto Badaam, Lid I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee'? wherefore earn- est thou not unto me'? am I not able indeed ®to promote thee to honour'? B.C. 1452. “ ch. 23. 26. & 24. 13. 1 Ki. 22. 14. 2 Chr. 18. 13. 1 or, A city of streets. b 2 Pet. 2. 16. « Deut. 12. 2. 38 And Badaam said unto Badak. Lo, I am come unto thee: have 1 now any power at all to say any thing'? “the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Badaam went with Ba- lak, and they came unto ^Ku-dath- hu-z5th. 40 And Badak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Badaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on^ the morrow, that Badak took Ba-laam, and brought hirn up into the ‘'high places of Ba-al, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. d Prov. 12. 10. ^2 Pet. 2 16. / ver. 29. 2 Heb. who hast ridden upon me. 3 or, ever since thou wast, &C. S ver. 1 4, 30. h SeeGen.21.19. 2 Ki. 6. 17. Luke 24. 16, 31. t ver. 15. k Ex. 34. 8. I ch. 24. 1. 4 or, bowed himself. 5 or, he went solitary. ™ver. 16. 6 Heb. to be an adversary unto thee. ”2 Pet. 2. 14, 15. “ ver. 16. ch. 22. 35. Deut. 18. 18. Jer. 1. 9. P 1 Sam. 15. 24, 30. &26. 21. 2 Sam. 12. 13. Job 34. 31, 32. 7 ver. 18. ch.24. 3, 1.5,23. Job 27. 1. & 29. 1. Ps 78. 2. Ezek. 17. 2. M:o. 2. 4. Hah. 2. 6. 7 Heb. be evil in thine eyes. ^ ch. 22. 6, 11, « ver. 20. > 1 Sam. 17. 10. “ Is. 47. 12. * Gen. 14. 17. J'ch. 21. 13. * Deut. .33. 28. “ Ex. .3.3. 16. Ezra 9. 2. Eph. 2. 14. b Gen. 13. 16. & 22. 17. 8 Hell, my soul, or, m.y life. « ver. 17. ch. 24. 11. d Ps. 116. 16. CHAPTER 23. 1, 13, 28 Balak’s sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam’s parable. AND Badaam said unto Badak, -^Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. ^ 2 And Badak did as Badaam had spoken; and Badak and Badaam ^offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Badaam said unto Badak, * Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come Ho meet me: and what- soever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And ®he went to an high place. 4 And God met Badaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord ‘’put a word in Badaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Badak, and thus thou shalv speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Mo-ab. '7 And he ^took up his jiarable, and said, Badak the king of J\Io-ab hath brought me from Ad-am, out of the mountains of the_ east, say' ing, ’'Come, curse me Ja-€ob, and come, ''defy Isd-a-el. 8 “How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed'? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied % 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him : lo, Hhe people shall dwell alone, and “shall not lie reckoned among the nations. 10 '’Who can count the dust of Ja-eOb, and the number of the fourth part of Isd-fj el '? L('t ®me die ‘'the death of the righteou.s, and J^^t my last end be like his I 159 Balaam^ s 'parable. NUMBEJtt^^, 24. Bala/mb s prophecy. 1 1 And Badak said unto Ba-laam, What hast thou done unto me “ I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, ^'Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth 1 _ 13 And Badak said unto him. Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 U And he brought him into the field of Zo-plnm, to the top of ^Pis%ah, ^and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Badak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Loud yonder. 16 And the Lord met Badaam, and '‘put a word in his mouth, and said. Go again unto Badak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt_ of- fering, and the princes of Mo-ab with nim. And Badak said un- to him. What hath the Lord spoken % 18 And he took up his parable, and said, ^Bise up, Badak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zip-p6r: 19 "God is not a man, that he should lie: neither the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good'? 20 Behold, I have received com- maifidment to bless : and ^he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 ’‘He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja-cOb, neither hath he seen per- verseness in Is-ra-6l: ffhe Lord his God is with him, ^and the shout of a king is among them. _22 2/ God brought them out of E-gypt; he hath as it were -the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchant- ment^against Ja-c5b,neither is there any divination against Is-ra-el: ac- cording to this time it shall be said of Ja-c5b and of Is-ra-el, ‘^What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up -^as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: '‘he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. B.C. 1452. “ ch. 22. 11. i ver. 12. ch. 22. 38. 1 Ki. 22. 14. ch. 22. 38. d ver. 13. / ver. 1. ' cr. The hill. S' ver. 1, 2. *ver. - ch. 35. 1 ch. 23. 3, 15. 2 Heb. to the mectin/j of enchant- ments. h ch. 2. 2, &c. I Judg. 3. 20. ’"ch. 11. 25. 1 Sam. 10. 10. & 19. 20, 2:?. 2 Chr. 15. 1. ” ch. 23. 7. 18. " 1 Sam. 15. 29. M.al. 3. 6. Jas. 1. 17. 3 Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened. P See 1 Sam. 19. 24. Ezek. 1. 28. Dan. 8. 18. & 10. 15, 16. 2 Cor. 12. 2-4. Rev. 1. 10, 17. ? Gen. 12. 2. & 22. 17. ch. 22. 12. ' Rom. 4. 7, 8. « Ex. 29. 45, 46. t Es. 89. 15. “Ps. 1. 3. Jer. 17. 8. * Ps. 104. 16. J'ch. 24. 8. ^ Deut. .33. 17. Job 39. 10. 1 or, in. " 1 Sam. 15. 9. S 2 Sam. 5. 12. 1 Chr. 14. 2. ch. 23. 22. dPs .31. 19. & 44. 1. « ch. 14. 9. & 23. 24. / Gen. 49. 9. 9 Ps. 2. 9. Jer. 50. 17. h Gen. 49. 27. i Ps. 45. 5. *Gen. 49. 9. 160 25 IT And Badak said unto Ba-laam. Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Badaam answered and said unto Badak, Told not I thee, say- ing, ''All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do'? 27 IT And Badak said unto Badaam, ‘'Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; perad- venture it will please Goci that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Badak brought Badaam unto the top of Pe-6r, that looketh "toward Jeshd-mCn. 29 And Badaam said unto Badak, •'^Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Badak did as Badaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAPTER 24. 1 Balaam forctelleth the happiness of Israel. 10 Balak in anyer dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the Star AND when Badaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Is- ra-el, he went not, as at 'other times, ^to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wil- derness. 2 And Badaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Is-ra-el ^aRiding in his tents according to their tribes ; and "'‘the spirit of God came upon him. 3 ”And he took up his paraWe, and said, Badaam the son of BeRr hath said, and the man ^ whose eyes are wen hath said : 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja-cob, a'lid thy tabernacles, O Is- ra-el ! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, “as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waiters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall he in many waters, and his king shall be higher than ®A%ag, and his ''kingdom shall be exalted. 8 "God brought him forth out of E-gypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall "eat up the nations his enemies, and shall ^break their bones, and 'pierce them through with his ar- rows. 9 ''He couched, he lay down as a lion, and s a great lion : who shall Balaam^ s prophecy. NUMBERS, 25. IsraeVs idolatry. stir him up'? “Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 H And Badak s anger was kin- dled against Badaam,and he * smote his hands together : and Ba-lak said unto Badaam, M called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 1 1 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. -n ,i i 1 2 And Badaam said unto Ba-lak, Spake I not also to thy messen- gers which thou sentest unto me, saying, , 13 Mf Badak would give me ms house full of silver and gold, I can- not go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak'? 14 And now, behold, 1 go unto my people : come therefore, and will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people ^in the latter days. 15 H And he took up his paraWe, and said, Badaam the son of Be-or hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the know- ledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 17 ""I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come ^a Star out of Ja-eOb, and “a Sceptre shall rise out of Isb-a-el, and shall bsmite the corners of Mo-ab, and destroy all the children of Sh6th. 18 And ‘^E-dom shall be a posses- sion, Seur also shall be a possession for his enemies ; and IsbA-el shall do valiantly. 19 ®Out of Ja-eob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the 2^ HAnd when he looked on Am- a-l6k, he took up his parable, and said, Am-a-lek wa.s* ‘■^the first of the nations; but his latter end shall he that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Ken^tes, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless '‘the K6nbte shall be wasted, ‘‘until Assh-ur shall carry thee away captive. 25—11. B.C. 1452. h Ezek. 21. 14, IT. <*Gen. 10.21,25. e ch. 23. 11. Neh. 13. 2. / See ch. 31. 8. fi'ch. 22. 17, 37. ft ch. 33. 49. Josh. 2. 1. i 1 Cor. 10. 8. ft Josh. 22. 17. Hos. 9. 10. I ch. 22. 18. ™Ex. 34. 15. « Ex. 20. 5. P Mic. 6. 5. Rev. 2. 14. ? Dent. 4. 3. Gen. 49. 1. Dan. 2. 28. ® ver. 11. Dent. 13. 17. ' Ex. 18. 21. “ Dent. 13. 6, £ *Rev. 1. 7. y Joel 2. 17. ^ Mat. 2. 2. “ Gen. 49. 10. ft Ps. 106. 30. Ex. 6. 25. 1 or, smite through the ]jrinces of Moab, 2 Sam. 8. 2. d<2. Sam. 8. 14. ^ Gen. 49. 10. / Ps. 106. 30. 0 Dent. 4. 3. 1 Cor. 10. 8. 2 or, the first of the notions that warred against. Israel, Ex. 17. 8. S or, shall be even to destruction. Ex. 17. 14. ft Ps. 100. 30. ■1 Heb. Kain. Ileh. with my zeal. or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive I 1 Ex. 20. r,. Ps. 78. 58. Ezek. 16. .38. 161 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this ! 24 And ships shall come from the coast of ‘^•Ghit-tim, and shall afflict Assh-ur, and shall afflict ‘^E-ber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Badaam rose up, and went and returned to his place : and Ba- lak also went his way. CHAPTER 25. I Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi slain. AND Is-ra-el abode in ''Shit-tim, and Rhe people began to com- mit whoredom with the daughters of Mo-ab. 2 And ^they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat, and ” bowed down to their gods. 3 And Is-ra-el joined himself unto Ba-al-pe-6r: and "the anger of the Lord was kindled against Is-ra-el. 4 And the Lord said unto Mohses, «Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, Hhat the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Isb*a-el. 5 And Mohses said unto Hhe judges of IsbA-el, “^lajr ye every one_^his men that were joined unto Ba-al- pe-or. 6 H And, behold, one of the clnl- dren of Is-ra-el came and brought unto his brethren a Mid-i-an-i-tish woman in the sight of Mohses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of IsAa-el, ^'who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And *when Phin-e-has, ‘’the son of E-le-a-zar, the son of Aar-on the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of Is-ra-§l into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of IsAa-6l, and the woman through her belly. So -^the plague was stayed from the children of Is- ra-el. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thou- sand. 10 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s, saying, - II ^Phtri-e-has, the son of E-le-a- zar, the son of Aarmn the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of IsuA-el, while he was zealous ’’‘for my sake among them, that 1 consumed not the diil- dren of IsbA-M in *my jealousy. Israel numbered in NUMBERS, 26. the plains of Moab, 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 ; be- cause he was ® zealous for his God, and -^made an atonement for the children of Is-rd-el. 14 Now the name of the Is-ra-el-ite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midh-an-i-tish woman, was Zim-ri, the son of Sadu, a X)rince of a ^ chief house among the Sim-e-on-ites. 15 And the name of the Midd-an- i-tish woman that was slain was ■€(3z-bi, the daughter of *Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midd-an. 1 6 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s, saying, 17 ” Vex the Midd-an-ites, and smite them : 18 For they vex you with their ^ wiles, wherewith they have be- guiled you in the matter of Pe-or, and in the matter of -GOz-bl, the daughter ^f a prince of Midd-an, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Pe-or’s sake. CHAPTER 26. 1 T%e mm of all Israel taken. 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land. 63 None were left of them which tvere numbered at Sinai, but Caleb and Joshua. AND it came to pass after the x\. plague, that the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto E-le-a-zar the son of Aar-5n the priest, saying, 2 *Take the sum of all the con- gregation of the children of Is-ra-el, *from twenty years old and upward, throughout tneir fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Is-rd-el. 3 And Mo-ses and E-le-a^ar the priest spake with them *in the plains of Mo-ab by Jdr-dan near Jer-i-eho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord ^commanded Mo^es and the children of Is-ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E-gypt. 5 U “Reu-ben, the eldest son of Is-ra-el: the children of Reu-ben; Ha-n5ch, of tvhom cometh the fam- ily of the Ha-n5ch-ites_: of Pal-lu, the family of the Pal-lu-ites : 6 Of Hez-rQn, the family of the H6z-r6n-ites : of -Car-mi, the family of the Car-mites. 7 These_ are the families of the Reu-ben-ites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pal-lu ; E-h-ab. B.C. 1452. “Mai. 2. 4, 5. b See 1 Chr. 6. 4, &c. « ch. 16. 1, 2. dEx. 40. 15. ' Acts 22. 3. Bom. 10. 2. / Heb. 2. 17. ^ ch. 16. 32, 35. 1 Heb. house of a father, hch. 16. 38. Seel Cor. 10. 6. 2 Pet. 2. 6. i Ex. 6. 24. 1 Chr. 6. 22. * ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. I Gen. 46. 10. Ex. 6. 15, Jemuel. Chr. 4. 24, Jarib. " ch. 31. 2. 0 Gen. 46. 10, Zohar. Pch. 31. 16. Kev. 2. 14. ? Gen. 46. 16, Ziphion. 2 or, Ezbon, Gen. 46. 16. »• Gen. 46. 16, Arodi. « Ex. 30. 12. & 38. 25, 26. ch. 1. 2. t ch. 1. 3. “Gen. 38. 2, &c. & 46. 12. ® ver. 63. ch. 22. 1. & 31. 12. & 33. 48. & 35. 1. yi Chr. 2. 3. * ch. 1. 1. “Gen. 46. 8. Ex. 6. 14. 1 Chr. 5. 1. b Gen. 46. 13. 1 Chr. 7. 1. 3 or, Phuvah. 4 or. Job. 9 And the sons of E-li-ab: Nem- u-el, and Da-than, and A-bi-ram. This is that Da-than and A-bi-ram, which were ® famous in the congre- gation, who strove against Mo-ses and against Aar-6n in the company of Ko-rah, when they strove against the Lord : 10 ^And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Ko-rah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : '‘and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding *the children of Ko-rah died not. 12^ The sons of Sim-6-6n after their families: of 'Nem-u-el, the family of the Nem-u-6l-ites : of j Ja-min, the family of the Ja-min- i ites: of ^Ja-ehin, the family of the I Ja^hin-ites : 13 Of "Ze-rah, the family of the Zar-hites : of Sha-ul, the family of the Sha-ul-ites. 14 These are the families of the Sim-e-5n-ites, twenty and two thou- sand and two hundred. 15 U The children of Gad after their families :_of ®Ze-ph5n, the fa- mily of the Ze-ph5n-ites : of Hag- gi, the family of the Hag-gites : of Shu-nl, the family of the Shu- nites : 16 Of ^Oz-nl, the family of the Oz-nites : of E-ri, the family of the E-rltes : _ 17 Of ’"A-rCd, the family of the A-r5d-ites : of A-redi, the family of the A-redites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numoered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 ^ “The sons of Ju-dah were Er and O-nan : and Er and 0-nan died in the land of Ca-naan. 20 And Hhe sons of Ju-dah after their families were ; of Shedah,^the family of the Shedan-ites : of Pha- re_z, the family of the Phar-zites : of Zedah, the family of the Zar-hites. 21 And the sons of Phadez were; of Hezd5n, the family of the H6z- r5n-Ite_s : of Ha-mul, the family of the Ha-mul-ites. 22 These are the families of Ju- dah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 ^ '’0/ the sons of Isda-ehar after their families : of To^la, the family of the Toda-ite_s : of ^Pud, the fam- ily of the Puhntes : 24 Of ^ Jashdb, the family of the Jash-ub-ites : of ShimdDn, the fam- ily of the Shimd6n-ites. 162 Israel numbered in NUMBERS, 26. the plains of Mouh. 25 These are the families of Is-sa- ehar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 U the sons of Z6b-u-lun after their families : of Se-r6d, the family of the Sar-dites : of EdOn, the family of the Ed5n-ites : of Jahde-el, the family of the Jahde- B.C. 1462. “ Gen. 46. 14. b Gen. 46. 23. * or, fftiskim. 6l-Ites. 27 These are the families of the Zeb-u-lun-ites according to those that were numbered of them, three- score thousand and five hundred. 28 H ‘'The sons of Jo-seph after their families were Ma-nas-s6h and « Gen. 46. 20. E-phra-im. 29 Of the sons of Ma-nas-seh : of *Ma^hir, the family of the Ma-chir- ites_: and Ma-chir begat Gil-6-ad : of Gil-6-ad come the family of the iled, and Balaam is slain. 13 Moses is wroth vnth the officers for saving the women alive. AND the Lord spake untoMo-ses, saying, 2 '"Avenge the children of Isla-el of the Mid-i-an-ites : afterward shalt thou "be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Mo-ses spake unto the people, saying. Arm some of your- selves unto the war, and let them go against the Midl-an-ites, and avenge the Lord of Midl-an. 4 ^Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Isla-el, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Isla-el, a thou- sand of every tribe, twelve thou- sand armed for war. 6 And Mo-ses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phin-e-has the son of E-le-a-zar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and ”the trumpets to blow in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midl-an-ites, as the Lord com- manded Mo-ses ; and "they slew all the ^males. I Heb. host of d See Deut. 20. 14. 1 Sam. 15. 3. « ch. 25. 2. / ch. 24. 14. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Rev. 2. 14. 9 ch. 25. 9. h ch. 25. 17. i ch. 27. 13. k Judg. 21. 11. 2 Heb. a male. 3 Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe. I ch. 5. 2. ’"ch. 19. 11, &c. 4 Heb. instrur mcnt, or, vessel of skins. "ch. 10. 9. " Deut. 20. 13. Judg. 21. 11. 1 Sam. 27. 9. 1 Ki. 11. 15,16. P See Judg. 6. 1. 2, 33. 168 8 And they slew the kings of Mid- i-an, beside the rest of them that were slain - namely, and Re- kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Re-ba, five kings of Mid-i-an : Badaam also the son of Be-or they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Is-ra-el took all the women of Mid-i-an captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And Hhey took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 1 2 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and_ the spoil, unto Mo-ses, and E-le-a-zar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of ls-ra-el,_unto the camp at the plains of Mo-ab, which are by Jor-dan near Jer-I-cho^ 13 ^ And Mo-ses, and E-le-a-zar the priesL. and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Mo-ses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and cap- tains over hundreds, which came from the ^battle. 15 And Mokses said unto them. Have ye saved ‘'all the women alive'? 16 Behold,/ these caused the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, through the •'^coun- sel of Badaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Pe-6r, 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 lying with '^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 ""whosoever hath touched any slain, purify horn yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all ^jour raiment, and all Hhat is made of, skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood. . . 21 H And E-le-a-zar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle. This is the ordinance ot the law which the Lord commanded Mo-ses ; Division of the prey. NUMBERS, 81. Oblation of the officers. 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean : never- theless it shall be purified “with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 * And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 U And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey Hhat was taken, of man and of beast, thou, and E-le-a-zar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congrega- tion : 27 And ‘^divide the prey into two parts ; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congre- gation : 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 B-lC-a-zar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord. 30 And of the children of Is-ra-el s half, thou shalt take ^one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the ^flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Le-vites, '"which ke^ the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. _ . , 31 And Mo-ses and E-le-a-zar the priest did as the Lord commanded Mo-s6s. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thou- sand and seventy thousa.nd and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thou- sand 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 three- score and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty B.C. 1462. “ch. 19. 9, n. ■ See ch. 18. 8, 19. Heb. of the captivity. d Josh. 22. 8. 1 Sam. 30. 24. ’ See ver. 3( & ch. 18. : / ver. 30. 3 See ver. 42-47. 2 or, goats. ftch. 3. 7, 8. 2! 31, 36. & 18. 3. 4. 3 Heb. hand. i Heb. found. i Ex. 30. 12. 16. 5 Heb. heave offering. I E.X. 30. 16. 169 and six thousand ; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thpu- sand and five hundred ; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand ; of which the Lord’s trib- ute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Mo-ses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s heave offer- ing, unto E-lAa-zar the priest, ®as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 42 And of the children of IsAa-gTs half, which Mo-ses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation 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 per- sons ;) o T , 47 Even •'"of the children of Is- ra-el’s half, Mo-ses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of _ beast, and gave them unto the Le-vites, which kept the charge of the taber- nacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Mo-ses. 48 51 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto J\Io-§es : 49 And they said unto Mo-ses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our ^charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the I.ord, what every man hath “^gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, ear- rings, and tablets, *to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And Mo-sSv? and E-le-a-zar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the ®offer- ing that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the ca])tains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hun- dred and fifty shek-cls. 53 (Aor *the men of vvar had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And Md-!?cs and E-lC-a-zar the Xiriest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundrods, and brought it into the tabernacle pi the congregation, ^for a memorial Reubenites and Gadites NUMBERS, 32. sue for their inheritance. for the children of Is-ra-el before the Lord. CHAPTER 32. The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on the east side of Jordan. OW the children of Reu-ben JLM and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle ; and when they saw the land of ®Ja-zer, and the land of Gil-e-ad, that, behold, the place vjas a place for cattle ; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reu-bgn came and spake unto Mo-ses, and to E-le-a-zar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 At-a-r5th, and Di-bOn, and Ja- zer, and ^Nim-rah, and Hesh-b5n, and E-lAadeh, and •'^She-bam, and Ne-bo, and ^Be-6n, 4 Even the country * which the Lord smote before the congrega- tion of Is-ra-el, 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 Jor-dan. 6 H And Mo-s6s said unto the chil- dren of Gad and to the children of Reu-ben. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here 'i 7 And wherefore Miscourage ye the heart of the children of Is-ra-el from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them 1 8 Thus did your fathers, "when I sent them from Ka-d6sh-bar-ne-a ^to see the land. 9 For ’’when they went up unto the valley of Esh-c5l, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Is-ra-6l, 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 E-gypt, from twenty years old and upward, shah see the land which I sware unto A-bra-ham, unto I^aac, and unto Ja-c5b; because Hhey have not ^wholly followed me : 12 Save -Gaheb the son of J6-phun- n6h the Ken-ez-Ite, and Jdsh-u-a the son of Nun: *for they have wholly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord’s anger was kin- dled against ls-ra-6l, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until ®all the genera- tion, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. B.C. 1452. 6 Dent. 30. IV. Josh. 22. 16,18. 2 Chr. 7. 19. & 15. 2. ch. 21. 32. Josh. 13. 25. 2 Sam. 24. 5. Josh. 4. 12, 13. * ver. 36, Beth- nimrah. /ver. 38, Shib- mah. S ver. 38, Baal- meon. 5 Josh. 22. 4. i ch. 21. 24, 34. * ver. 33. Josh. 12. 1. & 13. 8. I Deut. 3. 18. Josh. 1. 14. & 4. 12, 13. 1 Heb. break. ’"Dent. 3. 20. Josh. 11. 23. & 18. 1. "Josh. 22. 4. ® ch. 13. 3, 26. P Deut. 1. 22. ? Deut. 3. 12, 15, 16, 18. Josh. 1. 15. & 13. 8, 32. & 22. 4, 9. »■ ch. 13. 24. 31. Deut. 1.24, 28. « Gen. 4. 7. & 44. 16. Is. 59. 12. t ver. 16, 34, &c. “ch. 14. 11, 21. Deut. 1. 34. *ch. 14. 28, 29. Deut. 1. 35. y Josh. 1. 14. * ch. 14. 24, 30. 2 Heb. fulfilled after me. “Josh. 4. 12. b ch. 14. 24. Deut. 1. 36. Josh. 14. 8, 9. <= Josh. 1. 13. ch. 33. 45. 46 ” Deut. 2. 36. ’ ver. 1, 3, Jazer. V ver. 3, Nimrah. t Is. 46. 1. “ch. 22. 41. *See ver. 3. Ex. 23. 13. Josh. 23. 7. > Heh. they called by names the names of the cities. V Ex. 16. 1. * Gen. 50. 23. « Deut. 3. 12, 13 15. Josh. 13. 31. & 17. 1. b Ex. 17. 1. & 19. 2. Deut. 3. 14. Josh. 13. 30. 1 Chr. 2. 21. d Judg. 10. 4. 1 Ki. 4. 13. Ex. 16. 1. & 19. 1, 2. /ch. 11. .34. rPHESE . I are the journey X children of Is-ra-el, wh 's of the ^ v^i. xo-xo ...jichwent forth out of the land of E-g^pt with their armies under the hand of Blo-§6§ and Aar-6n. 2 i.e. The, graves of lust. fl'ch. 11. 3.5. h ch. 12. 16. 2 And Mo-s6s wrote their goings out according to their journos by the commandment of the Lord : and these are their journeys ac- cording to their goings out. ^ 3 And they “departed from Ram- 6-ses in ^the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Is-ra-el went out ‘^with an high hand in the sight of all the E-gyp-tians. . , „ 4 For the E-gyp%ans buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them : ® upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. „ , 5-^ And the children of I s-ra-6l re- moved from Ram-6-ses, and pitched in Suc^5th. > 6 And they departed from '*Suc- c6th, and pitched in E-tham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And ’they removed from E- tham, and turned again unto Pi- ha-hi-r5th, which is before Ba-al- ze-ph5n: and they pitched before Mig-d5l. ^ ^ - 8 And they departed from before Pi-ha-hi-r5th, and ^passed through the midst of the sea into the wil- derness, and went three days jour- ney in the wilderness of E-tham, and pitched in Mah'ah. 9 And they removed from Ma-ran, and ® came unto Edim : and in Edim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there^ 10 And they removed from E-lim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the 2' wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in D6ph-kah. , 13 And they departed from D6ph- kah, and encamped in Adiu?h. ^ 14 And they removed irom A- lush, and encamped at *R6ph-i- dim, where was no water for the people to drink. -r^v w 15 And they departed from Reph- i-dim, and pitched in the * wilder- ness of Si-nai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sl-nai, and pitched -^at Kib-rDth-hat-ta-a-vMi. 17 And they departed from Kib- r5th-hat-ta-a-vah, and encamped at Ha-ze-rOth. tt. -t 18 And they departed from Ha-ze- rbth, and pitched m Hlltli-mah. ^ 19 And they departed from Rith- mah, and pitched at Rim-mon-par rez. 171 The journeying I NUMBERS, 34. of the Israelites. 20 And they dej^arted from Rim- m5n-pa-rez, and pitched in Lib-nah. 21 And they removed from Lib- nah, and pitched at Ris-sah. 22 And they journeyed from Ris- sah, and pitched in KAhel-a-thah. 23 And they went from Kg-hel-a- thah, and pitched in mount Sha- ph6r. 24 And they removed from mount Sha-pher, and encamped in Har- a-dah. 25 And they removed from Har- a-dah, and pitched in Mak-hed5th. 26 And they removed from Mak- hed5th, and encamped at Ta-hath. 27 And they departed from Ta- hath, and pitchea at Ta-rah. 28 And tney removed from Ta- rah, and pitched in Mith-^ah. 29 And they went from Mith-«ah, and pitched in Hash-mo-nah. 30 And they departed from Hash- mo-nah, and ^encamped at M6-se- rOth. 31 And they departed from M6-se- r5th, and pitched in Ben-e-ja-a-kan. 32 And they removed from * Ben- 6-ja-a-kan, and ^ encamped at Hor- ha-gid%ad. 33 And they went from H6r-ha- gid%ad, and pitched in Jot-ba-thah. 34 And they removed from J5t- ba-thah, and encamped at E-bro- nah. 35 And they departed from E- bro-nah, ™and encamped at E-zi-5n- ga-ber. 36 And they removed from E-zi- hn-ga-ber. and pitched in the ” wil- derness or Zin, which is Ka-desh. _ 37 And they removed from "Ka- desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of E-dSm. 38 And ^Aar-On the priest went up into mount Hor at the com- mandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Is-ra-el were come out of the land of E-gypt, in the first day of the fifth month, 39 And Aar-5n was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And "’king A-rad the Ua-naan- ite, which dwelt in the south in the land of -Ga-naan, heard of the com- ing of the children of Is-ra-el. 41 And they departed from mount *H6r, and pitched in Zal-mo-nah. 42 And they departed from Zal- mo-nah, and pitched in Pu-ndn. 43 And they departed from Pu- nhn, and “pitched in 0-b5th. 44 And ^they departed from 0- bhth, and pitched in ^I-je-ab-a- rim,^ in the border of Mo-ab. B.C. 1452. “ch. 32. 34. b Jer. 48. 22. Ezek. 6. 14. <^ 011 . 21 . 20 . Deut. 32. 49. dch. 22 . 1 . * ch. 25. 1. Josh. 2. 1. > or, The plains of Shittim. /Deut. 7. 1, 2. & 9. 1. Josh. 3. 17. 3 Deut. 10. 6. h Ex. 23. 24, 33. & 34. 13. Deut. 7. 2, 5. & 12. 3. Josh. n. 12. J uclg. 2. 2. i SeeGeii.36.27. Deut. 10. G. 1 Chr. 1. 42. * Deut. 10. 7. I ch. 26. 53-55. “Deut. 2. 8. 1 Ki. 9. 26. & 22. 48. 2 Heb. multi- ply his in- heritance. 3 Heb. dimin- ish his in- heritance. ” ch. 20. 1. & 27. 14. ® ch. 20. 22. 23. & 21. 4. P ch. 20. 25, 28. Deut. 10. 6. & 32. 50. 3 Josh. 23. 13. Judg. 2. 3. Ps. 106. 34. 36. See Ex. 23. 33. Ezek. 28. 24. * ch. 21. 4. t Gen. 17. 8. Deut. 1. 7. Ps. 78. 55. Ezek. 47. 14 "ch. 21. 10. ^ ch. 21. 11. y ch. 21. 11. i or. Heaps of A barim. 172 45 And they departed from I-im, and pitched “in Dl-b5n-gad. 46 And they removed from Di- b5n-gad, and encamped in AK m6n*-dib-la-tha4m. 47 And they removed from Al-m6n- dib-la-thabm, "and pitched in the mountains of Ab-a-rim , before N e-b6. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Ab-a-rim, and ‘^pitched in the plains of Mo-ab by J6r-dan near Jer4-eho. 49 And they pitched by Jor-dan, from Beth-jes-i-m5th even^ unto "A-bel-shit-tim^ in the plains of Mo^ab. 50 H And the Lord spake unto Mo-s6s in the plains of Mo'ab by Jdr-dan, near Jer4-cho, saying, ,, 51 Speak unto the children of Is- ra-el, and say unto them, -^When ye are passed over Jor-dan into the land of -Ga-naan ; 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 Ana ^ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall ‘-^give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall ^give the less inheritance : every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according 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 tc; pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, arid shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. GHAPTER 34. 1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of the men which shall divide the land. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-sgs, saying, 2 Gommand the children of Is' ra-gl, and say unto them. When ye come into ^ the land of GJa-naan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Ga-naan with the coasL^ thereof :) BouTidaries of CaTumn. 3 Then “your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of E-d6m, 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 A-krab- bim, and pass on to Zin : and the going fortn thereof shall be frorn the south -^to Ka-desh-bar-n6-a, and shall go on to ^Ha-zar-ad-dar, and pass on to Az-m5n: 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Az-mon unto the river of E-gypt, 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 H6r: 8 From mount H6r ye shall point out your border *unto the entrance of Ha-math ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to * Ze-dad : 9 ^ And the border shall go on to Ziph-r5n, and the goings out of it shall be at "‘Ha-zar-e-nan : this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Ha-zar-e-nan to She-pham : 11 And the coast shall go down from She-pham ”to Ribdah, on the east side of A-in; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the ^side of the sea “of -Ghin-ne-reth eastward ; 12 And the border shall go down to Jor-dan, and the goings out of it shall be at ^ the salt sea : this shall be your land with the coasts there- of round about. 13 And Mo-ses comrnanded the children of Ish’a-el, saying, ^This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 14 ‘For the tribe of the children of Reu-ben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Ma-nas-seh have received their inheritance : 15 The two tribes and the halt tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jor-dan near eastward, toward the sunrising. ^ 16 And the Lord spake unto Mo- §6^ saying, 17 These are the names ot the men which shall divide the land NUMBERS B.C. 1462. /ch. 13. 26. & 32. 8. 3 See Josh. 15. 3, 4. h Gen. 15. 18. Josh. 15. 4, 47. 1 Ki. 8. 65. Is. 27. 12. fcch. 13. 21. 2 Ki. 14. 25. ‘Ezek. 47. 17. '2Ki. 23. 33. Jer. 39. 5, 6. i Heb. shoulder. 0 Dent. 3. 17. Josh. 11. 2. & 19. 35. Mat. 14. 34. Luke 5. 1. P ver. 3. 3 See ch. 33. 50. ver. 1. Josh. 14. 1, 2. Josh. 14. 3, 4. & 21. 2. See Ezek. 45. 1. &c. & 48. 8. &c. ch. .32. 33. Josh. 14. 2. ‘See Lev. 25. 34. unto you : ‘'E-le-a-zar the priest, and JOsh-u-a the son of Niin. 18 And ye shall take one “prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 1 9 And the names of the men are these : Of the tribe of J u-dah, -Gadeb the son of Je-phundieh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Sim-e-5n, Shem-u-el the son of Am-miduid. 21 Of the tribe of Ben-ja-min, E-lI-dad the son of GhisdOn. 22 And the prince of the_ tribe of the children of Dan, Buk-ki the son of J ogdL 23 The prince of the children of Jo-seph, for the tribe of the chil- dren of Ma-nas-seh, Han-m-el the son of E-phod. -ip 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children oi E-phra-im, Kem-u-el the son of Shiph-tan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zeb-u-lun, E-Tiz-a- phan the son of Pardiach. 26 And the prince of the tiibe of the children of Is-sa-ohar, Pal-ti-el the son of Az-zan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ash-er, A-hi-hud the son of Shel-O-mi. 28 And the prince of the tribe ot the children of Naph-ta-h, Ped-a-hel the son of Am-midiud. 29 These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inherit- ance unto the children of Is-ra-el in the land of Ga-naan. CHAPTER 35. 1 Eight and forty cities given to the Levites. 6 Six cities of refuge. 9 Laws concerning murder. AND the Lord spake unto Mo-?g§ in ^the plains of Mo-ab by Jdr^ dan near J6rd-eho, saying, ^ ^ 2 ® Command the children of I?- ra-6l, that they give unto the Le-vites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in_;^ and ye shall give also unto the Le-vites “suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Le^ vites, sh
Heb. all his neighbours. 2 Heb. given. k Gen. 12. 7. & 15. 18. & 17. 7, 8. & 26. 4. & 28. 13. I Ex. 18. 18. Num. 11. 14. "Num. 13. 3. ” Num. 13. 22- 24. ® Gen. 15. 5. ch. 10. 22. & 28. 62. P2 Sam. 24. 3. 4 Gen. 15. 5. & 22. 17. & 26. 4. Ex. 32. 13. »• Num. 13. 27. » 1 Ki. 3. 8. 9. t Num. 14. 1-4. Ps. 106. 24. " Ex. 18. 21. Num. 11. 16, 17. 3 Heb. Give. ch. 9. 28. y Ex. 18. 25. ^ Heb. gave. 5 Heb. melted. Josh. 2. 11. * Num. 13. 28, 31-33. ch. 9. 1, 2. " Num. 13. 28. b ch. 16. 18. John 7. 24. Ex. 14. 14. Neh. 4. 20. Gen. 19. 38. i’ch. 7. 2. & 20. 16. ? Num. 21. 24. ch. 29. 7. »• Gen. 14. 5, Zuzims. ® See ver. 10. « Lev. 27. 28. ch. 7. 2, 26. 2 Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones. “Gen. 36. 8. * Gen. 14. 6. & 36. 20-30. y ch. 3. 12. & 4. 48. Josh. 13. 9. * Josh. 13. 3. « Gen. 10. 14. Amos 9. 7. d Gen. 32. 22. Num. 21. 24. ch. 3. 16. ‘ Num. 21. 13. Judg. 11. 18. / ver. 5, 9, 19. 3 Heb. begin, possess. 9 Ex. 15. 14, 15. ch. 11. 25. Josh. 2. 9, 10. ft Num. 21. 33, &c. ch. 29. 7. i ch. 1. 4. I Num. 21. 34 178 their way to Canaan. 27 “Let me pass through thy land : I will go along by the nigh way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give we water for money, that I mav drink : ®only I will pass through on my feet; 29 As the children of E-sau which dwell in Se-ir, and the Mo-ab-ites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I shall pass over J6r-dan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 "But Si-hCn king of Hesh-b6n would not let us pass by him : for *the Lord thy God ^hardened his spirit, and made bis heart obstinate, that be might deliver him into thy band, as ajpjpeareth this day. 31 And the Lord said unto me. Behold, I have begun to ""give Si- hOn and his land before thee : be- gin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 "Then Si-h5n came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Ja-haz. 33 And ^the Lord our God de- livered bim before us; and «we smote him, and his sons, and all bis people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and * utterly destroyed ^the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 ^From Ar-O-er, which is by the brink of the river of Ar-n5n, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gil-e-ad, there was not one city too strong for us : “ the Lord our God delivered all unto us : 37 Only unto the land of the chil- dren of Am-m6n thou earnest not, nor unto any place of ^ the river "^Jab-b^k, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever tbe Lord our God forbad us. CHAPTER s' 1 The story of the ccmquest of Og king of Bashan. 11 The size of his bed. 23 Moses' prayer to enter into the land. 26 Be is permitted to see it. T hen we turned, and went up the way to Ba-shan: and ^Og the king of Ba-shan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle "at Ed-r6-i. 2 And the Lord said unt 9 me, r ear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto ^Si-hOn The conquest of Og. DEUTERONOMY, 8. Moses’ prayer is rejected. king of the Am-dr-Ites, which dwelt at H6sh-bhn. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Ba-shan, and all his people: *and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities. ®all the region of Ar%5b, the kingdom of Og in Ba-shan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars ; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Si-hOn king ^ of Hesh- bOn, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Am-6r-ites the land that was on this side Jdr-dan, from the river of Ar- n6n unto mount Her-mOn ; 9 {Which *Her-m5n the Si-do- ni-ans call Sir-i-5n ; and the Am- 6r-ites call it ^She-nir;) 10 ”"A11 the cities of the plain, and all Gil-6-ad, and ” all Ba-shan, unto Sal-chah and Ed-re-i^ cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba-shan. 11 "For only Og king of Ba-shan remained of the remnant of ^giants • behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron ; is it not in * Rab-bath of the children of Am-mOnl nine cubits was the length thereof, and four culDits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land, which we pos- sessed at that time, *from Ar-o-er, which is by the river Ar-nOn, amd half mount Gil-6-ad, and ^the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reii-ben-ites and to the Gad-ites. _ 1 3 “And the rest of Gil-6-ad, and all Ba-shan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Ma-nas- seh; all the region of Ar%6b, with all Ba-shan, which was called the land of giants. • 14 ‘'Ja-ir the son of Ma-nas-s6h took all the country of Ar-g5b "unto the coasts of Gesh-u-ri and Ma-ach-a- thi ; and -^called them after his own name, Ba-shan-ha-vOth-ja-ir, unto this day. 15 *And I gave Gll-6-ad unto Ma- chlr. 16 And unto the Reu-b6n-ites ‘and unto the Gad-ites I gave from Gll-g-ad even unto the river Ar-nOn half the valley, and the border even Unto the river Jab^bok, ^ which is B.C. 1451, “ Nurn. 34. 11. b Ntim. 21. 35. ' Num. 34. 12. ch. 4. 49. Josh. 12. 3 ^ Geu. 14. 3. ' or, under the epritigs of Pisgah, or, the hill. f Num. 32. 20, &c. 2 Heb. sons of power. S’ch. 2. 24. Ps. 135. 10-12. & 136. 19-21. h Josh. 22. 4. i ch. 4. 48. Ps 29. 6. fe Num. 27. 23. I 1 Chr. 5. 23. ’"ch. 4. 49. ’’ Josh. 12. 5. & 13. 11. ® Amos 2. 9. P Ex. 14. 14. ch. 1. 30. & 20. 4. ? Gen. 14. 5. See 2 Cor. 12. 8, 9. » 2 Sam. 12. 26. Jer. 49. 2. Ezek. 21. 20. * ch. 11. 2. “Ex. 1.5. 11. 2 Sam. 7. 22. Ps. 71. 19. & 86 . 8 . & 89. 6, 8. * ch. 2. 36. Josh. 12. 2. y Num. .32. 33. Josh. 12. 6. & 13. 8, &c. * Ex. 3. 8. ch. 4. 22. “Josh. 1.3. 29. b Num. 20. 12. & 27. 14. ch. 1. 37. & 31. 2. & 32. 51, .52. Ps. 106. 32. ' Num. 27. 12. dl Chr. 2. 22. 3 or. The hill. 'Josh. 13. 13. 2 Sam. 3. 3. & 10. 6. /Num. .32. 41. .“Num. 27. 18, 23. ch. 31. 3. 7. h Num. 32. 39. i 2 Sam. 24. 5. h ch. 34. 6. I Num. 21. 24. Josh. 12. 2. the border of the children of Am- mOn; 17 The plain also, and Jor-dan, and the coast thereof, from “Ghin- n6-reth "even unto the sea of the plain, '^even the salt sea, ^ under Ash- dOth-pis%ah eastward. 18 U And I commanded you at that time, saying. The Lord your God hath given you this land to E ossess it : •''ye shall pass over armed efore your brethren the children of Is-ra-el, all that are ‘“^meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, {for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jor-dan: and then shall ye '‘return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21 51 And commanded J5sh-u-a at that time, saying. Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings : so .shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 22 Ye shall not fear them : for ^the Lord your God he shall fight for you. 23 And ’’I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant ^thy greatness, and thy mighty hand : for “what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might % 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see ^the good land that is beyond Jor-dan, that goodly mountain, and Leb-a-nOn. 26 But the Lord '’was wroth with me for your .sakes, and would not hear me : and the Lord .said unto me. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 "Get thee up into the top of ^Pis%ah, and lift up thine eyes we.stward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and be- hold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go over this J6ihlan. 28 But ^'charge JOsh-u-a, and en- courage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this peo- ple, and he shall cau.se them to in- herit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in ^^the valley over against B6th-pe-6r. 179 Obedience inculcated. DEUTERONOMY, 4. Idolatry denounced. CHAPTER 4. 1451. 1 An exhortation to obedience. 14 A dissuasive against idolatry. 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan. lYT OW therefore hearken, O Is-ra- 1.1 el, unto ‘'the statutes and un- to the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 'Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the command- ments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen _what_ the Lord did because of ’^Ba-al-pe-or: for all the men that followed Ba-al- pe-or, the Lord thy God hath de- stroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, 1 have taught you stat- utes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them ; for this is ^your wisdoin and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surelv this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For ^‘what nation is there so great, who fiath ^God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgrnents so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day '? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and *keep thy soul diligently, “lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they de- part from thy heart all the days of thy life; but ‘'teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons ; 10 Specially -^the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Ho-reb, when the Lord said unto me. Gather me the people together, ana I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain ; and the "‘mountain burned with fire unto the ^ midst of heaven, with dark- ness, clouds, and thick darkness. “eh. 5. '4, 22. b ver. 33, 36. « Ex. 20. 22. 1 Ki. 19. 12. 1 Heb. save a voice. dLev. 19. 37. ch. 5. 1. Ezek. 20. 11. Eom. 10. 5. « ch. 9. 9, 11. /Ex. 34. 28. S Ex. 24. 12. & 31. 18. h Ex 21. 1. & ch. 22. & ch. 23. i Josh. 1. 7. Prov. 30. 6. Eccl. 12. 13. Rev. 22. 18, 19. * Josh. 23. 11. I Is. 40. 18. ™ Josh. 22. 17. Ps. 106. 28. ” Ex. 32. 7. ® ver. 23. Ex. 20. 4, 5. ch. 5. 8. P Rom. 1. 23. 9 Job 28. 28. Ps. 19. 7. Prov. 1. 7. ’’ch. 17. 3. Job 31. 26. » 2 Ki. 21. 3. t Rom. 1. 25. 2 or, imparted. ®P.s. 46. 1. & 145. 18. Is. 55. 6. y 1 Ki. 8. 51. Jer. 11. 4. * Ex. 19. 5. ch. 9. 29. “ Num. 20. 12. ch. 1. 37. & 3. 26. Prov. 3. 1, 3. dGen. 18. 19. ch. 6. 7. & 11. 19. Ps. 78. 5, 6. Eph. 6. 4. « 2 Pet. 1. 13-15. /Ex. 19. 9, 16. & 20. 18. Heb. 12. 18. 9 ch. 3. 27. Ach. 3. 25. * ver. 9. h ver. 16. Ex. 20. 4, 5. I Ex. 24. 17. ch. 9. 3. Is. 33. 14. Heb. 12. 29. ’"Ex. 19. 18. ch. 5. 23. ” Ex. 20. 5. ch. 6. 15. Is. 42. 8. 3 Heb. heaH. 180 12 “And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : '' ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; “only^ ye heard a voice. 13 “And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even •''ten com- mandments ; and ^ he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 ^ 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 yourselves; for ye saw no manner of 'similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho-reb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye "corrupt yourselves, and “make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, -^the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the like- ness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth ; 19 And lest thou "lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even *all the host of hea- ven, shouldest be driven to 'wor- ship 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 drought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of E-gypt, Ho be unto him a people of in- heritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore “the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over J6r-dan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord^ thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, must not go over Jor-dan: but ye shall go over, and possess '‘that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, ' lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, *and make you a graven image,, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath for- Iden thee. . 1 For 'the Lord thy God is ^ isuming fire, even "a jealous God. 3 ^ When thou shalt beget chil- 3 n, and children’s children, and An exhcyrtation DEUTERONOMY, 5. to obedience^ ye shall have remained long in the land, 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 ® I call heaven and earth to wit- ness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jdr-dan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord ^'shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And * there ye shall serve gods, the work of 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 ^are come u^- on thee, ^even in the latter days, if thou ''turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; 31 (For the Lord thy God is *a merciful God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor for- get the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ^ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask “from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it h 33 ''Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live'? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, “by temptations, * by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and ‘'by a mighty hand, and ‘’by a stretched out arm, -^and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in B.C. 1451. “Ex. 13.3,9,14. J ver. 16. ®2Ki. 17.17, &c, ■ ch. 6. 5. Mat. 22. 37. » Ex. 34. 1, 2. « ch. 6. 24 AT that time the Lord 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 of ^shit-tlm wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up int 9 the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And ®he wrote on the tables, ac- cording to the first writing, the ten ® commandments, ^ which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire *in the day of the assembly: and the Lord 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 Lord com- manded me. 6 ^ And the children of I§-ra-6l took their journey from Be-e-r5th *of the children of Ja-S,-kan to ''M6- se-ra: *there Aar-5n died, and there he was buried; and E-le-a-zar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead. 7 ^'From thence they journeyed “Ex. 25. 10. =^1 Ki. 8. 2t Ps. 115. 16. y Ex. 19. 5. Ps. 24. 1. ^ Ex. 25. 16, 21. “cU. 4. 37. b Ex. 25. 5, 10. « Ex. 34. 4. d ch. 30. 6. Jer. 4. 4. Rom. 2. 28, 29. Col. 2. 11. « Ex. 34. 28. / ch. 9. 6, 13. 3 Heb. words, y Ex. 20. 1. ftps. 136. 2. Dan. 2. 47. i Rev. 19. 16. ft ch. 9. 10. I ch. 7. 21. “Acts 10. .34. Rom. 2. 11. Eph. 6. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 17. ”Ex. 34 29. ® Ps. 68. 5. PEx. 40. 20. 7 1 Ki. 8. 9. •■Lev. 19. 33,34. * Num. 33. 31. t Num. 33. 30. “Mat. 4 10. * Num. 20. 28. &33. 38. ych. 11 . 22 . * Ps. 63. 11. “Ex. 15. 2. Jer. 17. 14 b Num. 33.32,33. e Ps. 106. 21, 22. unto Gud%5-dah ; and from Gtid- gO-dah to J Ot-bath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 H At that time ^the Lord sepa- rated the tribe of Le-vi, ®to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ®to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and -^to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 ^Wherefore Lefvi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren ; the Lord is his inheritance, ac- cording as the Lord thy God prom- ised him. 10 And stayed in the mount, according to the ^ first time, forty days and forty nights; and Hhe Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 11 “‘And the Lord said unto me. Arise, ^take thy journey bef 9 re the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which 1 sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 H And now, Is-r4-6l, ® 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, 1 3 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day *for thy goodl 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 fore- skin of your heart, and be no more •''stiffnecked. 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 fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 “Love ye therefore the stran- ger : for ye were strangers in the land of E-gypt. 20 “Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou ^cleave, *and swear by his name. 21 “He is thy praise, and he is thy God, "that hath done for thee 187 An exhor tation DEUTERONOMY, 11. to ooedience these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into E-gypt “with threescore and ten persons ; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee ®as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAPTER 11. 1 An exhortation to obedience, 16 by threatenings. 18 A careful study is required in God's words. 26 The bless- ing and curse is set before them. T HEREFORE thou shalt -^love the Lord thy God, and ®'keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his command- ments, alway. 2 And know ye this day : for I 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 5 And his miracles, and his acts, which he_ did in the midst of E-gypt unto PhaYaoh the king of E-gypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of E-gypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots ; “ how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and hoiv the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place ; 6 And “what he did unto Da-than and A-bi-ram, the sons of E-li-ab, the son of Reu-ben : 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 IsYa-el: 7 But ®your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. 8 Therefore 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 land, *which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, *a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of E-gypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst with thy foot, as a garden of herbs ; 11 ’’But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of tho rain of heaven : 12 A land which the Lord thy God ^careth for: Hhe eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 1 3 IT And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I com- mand you this day, Ho love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That will give you the rain of your land in his due season, Hhe first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 ^And I will ^send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou may- est "eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, ^that your heart be not deceived, and ve turn aside, and ’‘serve other gods, and worship them; 17 And then Hhe Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he Hhut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit ; and lest *ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. 18 IT Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and Hind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 *And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 ‘^And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates : 21 That "your days may be mul- tiplied, and the days of your chil- dren, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, ^’as the days of heaven upon 22 IT For- if ^ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and ’“to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the Lord “drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall "possess greater na- tions and mightier than yourselves. 24 ^Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be E our’s : * from the wilderness and ieb-a-n5n, from the river, the river B.C. 1461. ® Geu. 46. 27. Acts 7. 14. * Heb. seeketh. b 1 Ki. 9. 3. « Gen. 15. 5. ver. 22. ch. 6. 17. * ch. 10. 12. / ch. 10. 12. i'Zech. 3. 7. *Lev. 26. 4. ch. 28. 12. i Joel 2. 23. Jas. 5. 7. * ch. 8. 5. l Ps. 104 14 ^ Heb. give. ™ch. 5. 24 ”ch. 7. 19. “ ch. 6. 11. Joel 2. 19. P ch. 29. 18. Job 31. 27. 1 Ps. 78. 12. & 135. 9. ’■ ch. 8. 19. » ch. 6. 15. « 1 Ki. 8. 35. 2 Chr. 6. 26. “Ps. 106. 11. * ch. 4. 26. & 8. 19, 20. Josh. 23. 13, 15. 16. y ch. 6. 6. & 32. 46. ^ ch. 6. 8. “Num. 16.1,31. Ps. 106. 17. b ch. 4. 9, 10. & 6. 7. 3 or, living substance which fol- lowed them, ■i Heb. was at their feet. ' ch. 5. 3. & 7. 19. ch. 15.19, 20. i ch. 28. 1. fcch. 12.21. I ch. 28. 12, 44. ’"ch. 28. 13. Prov. 22. 7. >lJohn3.17. ® Lev. 25. 35. Mat. 5. 42. Luke 6. 34, 35 3 Heb. asketh of thee. P ch. 12. 7, 18. & 26. 11. ^ Heb. word. 5 Heb. Belial. I ch. 12. 12, 18, 19. ’•ch. J8. 54, 56. Prov. 23. 6. & 28. 22. Mat. 20. 15. * Num. 18. 20. ch. 18. 1, 2. < ch. 26. 12. Amos 4. 4. “ch. 24. 15. ®Mat. 25.41,42. ^2 Cor. 9. 5. 7. * ch. 26. 12. “ver. 27. ch. 12. 12. b ch. 14. 29. & 24. 19. Ps. 41. 1. Prov. 22. 9. « Mat. 26. 11. Mark 14. 7. John 12. 8. dch. 15. 10. Prov. 3. 9, 10. See Mai. 3. 10. « Ex. 21. 2. Lev. 25. 39. Jer. 34. 14 / Ex. 21. 2. & 23. 10, 11. Lev. 25. 2, 4. ch. 31. 10. Jer. 34. 14 192 2 And this is the manner of the release; Every ^creditor that lend- eth ought unto his neighbour shall release it ; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s re- lease. 3 ‘'Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ; 4 ^Save when there shall be no poor among you ; -^for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it : 5 Only hf thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe t 9 do all these commandments which I command thee this day. 6 For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee : and *thou shalt lend unto many na- tions, but thou shalt not borrow; and ^thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 7 H If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, ”thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : 8 ‘’But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him,^ and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.’ 9 Beware that there be not a ^thought in thy ® wicked heart, say- ing, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine ^eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought ; and “he cry unto the Lord against thee, and '’'it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and 2/thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that ^for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 lor ‘'the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I com- mand thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. , , tt ^ 12 ^ And Gf thy brother, an He- brew man, or an He-brew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. The three solemn 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liber- ally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine- press : of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath ‘’blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And ‘^thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E-gypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I com- mand thee this thing to day. 16 And it shall be, ^if he say un- to 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 aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy serv- ant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do like- wise. 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 Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 1 9 U ”"A11 the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou snalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 ‘’Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 3 And if_ there be any blemish therein, as if it he lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : * the unclean and the clean verson shall eat it alike, as the roe- l)uck, and as the hart. 23 “Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof ; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTER 16. J. The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 o/ tabernacles. 18 Of Judges and justice. 21 Groves and images are forbidden. O BSERVE the ’'month of A -bib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God : for ^ in the month of Adoib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of E-gypt •by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and ‘’the herd, in 25 - 1 . 3 . yearly feasts. the “place which the Lord 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 affliction ; for thou earnest forth out of the land of E-gypt in haste : that thou mayest remember the day when thou earnest forth out of the land of E-gypt all the days of thy life. 4 ® AncT there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; -^neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which tliou 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 Lord thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover '‘at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou earnest forth out of E%ypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it 'in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the m.orning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleav- ened bread : and “ on the seventh day shall be a ^solemn assembly to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work therein. 9 ^ Seven weeks shalt thou num- ber 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 freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, ’‘according as the Lord thy God hatn blessed thee : 1 1 And ' thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy niaidservant, and the Le-vite 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 2' And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E-gypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 ^ ''Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy ^corn a.ud thy v/ine : DEUTERONOMY, 16. B.C. 1451. « ch. 12. 5. 26. b Ex. 12. 15. 19. 39. & 13. 3. 6. 7. & 34. 18. « Prov. 10. 22. d ch. 5. 15. & 16. 12. « Ex. 13. 7. / Ex. 12. 10. & 34. 25. a Ex. 21. 5. 6. ’ or, kill. h Ex. 12. 8. 1 See Is. 16. 14. & 21. 16. k Ex. 12. 8, 9. 2 Chr. 35. 13. ^ 2 Ki. 23. 23. John 2. 13. & 11. 55. ™Ex. 13. 2. & .34. 19. Lev. 27. 26. Nuiii. 3. 1.3. ” Ex. 12. 16. & 13. 6. Lev. 23. 8. 2 Heb. restraint. Lev. 23. 36. « ch. 12. 5-7, 17. & 1 4. 23. & 16. 11, 14. r Ex. 23. 16. & 34. 22. Lev. 23. 15. Acts 2. 1. ? Lev. 22. 20. 3 or, sufficiency. ’• 1 Cor. 16. 2. ®ch. 12. 15,22. * ver. 14. ch. 12. 7, 12. “ch. 12. 16, 23. * Ex. 12. 2, &c. y ch. 15. 15. ^ Ex. 13. 4. “ Ex. 12. 29, 42. 4 Ex. 23. 16. Lev. 23. 34. Nnin. 29. 12. 4 llch.Jloor, and thy winepress. « Num. 28. 19. 193 Of judges aTid justice. DEUTERONOMY, IT. Idolaters to he slain,, 14 And “thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant^ and thy maidservant, and the Le-vite, 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 H S' 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 tabernacles : and Hhey shall not appear before the Lord empty : 1 7 Every man shall give ^ as he is able, 'according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 18 H “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 judg- ment ; * thou shalt not respect per- sons, 'neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the ^ words of the righteous. 20 ^ That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest Give, and inherit the land which f;he Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 H “Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which tliou shalt make thee. 22 '’Neither shalt thou set thee up my ^ image; which the Lord thy God hateth. CHAPTER 17. I The things sacrificed must he sound. 2 Idolaters must be slain. 8 Bard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king. T hou ^'shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bul- lock, or ® sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness : for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 2 H f If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wicked- ness in the sight of the Lord thy God, 'in transgressing his covenant. B.C. 1461. “ Neh. 8. 9. i ch. 4. 19. Job 31. 26. « Jer. 7. 22, 23. & 19. 5. & 32. 35. d ch. 13. 12, 14. « Lev. 23. 39. / Lev. 24. 14. ch. 13. 10. Josh. 7. 25. S Ex. 23. 14. & 34. 23. h Num. 35. 30. ch. 19. 15. Mat. 18. 16. John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13. 1. 1 Tim. 5. 19. Heb. 10. 28. i Ex. 23. 15. & 34. 20. fcch. 13. 9. Acts 7. 58. 1 Heb. accord- ing to the gift of his hand, 2 Cor. 8. 12. 1 ver. 10. “ch. 13. 5. & 19. 19. ”2Chr. 19. 10. Hag. 2. 11. Mai. 2. 7. ® ch. 1. 16. 1 Chr. 23. 4. 2 Chr. 19. 5. V Ex. 21. 13, 20, 22, 28. ch. 19. 4, 10. ? ch. 12. 5. & 19. 17. Ps. 122. 5. >• Ex. 23. 2, 6. Lev. 19. 15. » ch. 1. 17. Prov. 24. 23. t Ex. 23. 8. Eccl. 7. 7. "Jer. 18. 18. ®ch. 19. 17. 2 or, matters, y Ezek. 44. 24. 3 Heb. Justice, justice. ^ Ezek. 18. 5. “ Ex. 34. 13. 1 Ki. 14. 15. & 16. 33. 2 Ki. 17. 16. & 21. 3. 2 Chr. 33. 3. b Lev. 26. 1. or, statue, or, pillar. « Isum. 15. 30. Ezra 10. 8. Hos. 4. 4. d ch. 15. 21. Mai. 1. 8, 13. b Heb. not to hearken. « ch. 18. 5, 7. 6 or, goat, f ch. 13. 5. 3 ch. 13. 6. Ach. 13. 11. & 19. 20. i Josh. 7. 11. & 2.3. 16. Judg. 2. 20. 2 Ki. 18. 12. Hos. 8. 1. 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped 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 enquired dili- gently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomi- nation is wrought in IsYa-el : 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 v/ith stones, till they die. 6 '"At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put t 9 death ; but 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 there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, ^be- tween blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke i and stroke, being matters of con- | troversy 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 Le-vltes, and ‘'unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire ; 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 which they shall teach thee, and according to the judg- ment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not de- cline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And ‘'the man that will do pre- sumptuously, ®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 Is-ra-el. IS'" And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presump- tuously. 14 51 When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy G9d giveth thee, and shalt possess it, 134 DEUTERONOMY, 18. The duty of a king. Christ the true prophet. and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, 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 E-gypt, to the end that he should multiply horses : forasmuch as Hhe Lord hath said unto you, ’"Ye shall henceforth re- turn no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that “ his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly mul- tiply to himself silver and gold. 18 ^And it shall be, when he sit- teth upon the throne of his king- dom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of ’‘that which is before the priests the Le-vites : 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 command- ment, 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 Is-ra-6l. CHAPTER 18. B.C. 1461. I “ch. 10. 8. h 1 Sam. 8. 5, 19, 20 . « 1 Sam. 10. 24. 1 Clu-. 22. 10. d Num. 35. 2. « Jer. 30. 21. / ch. 12. 5. ^2Clir. 31. 2. h 1 Ki. 4. 26. & 10. 26, 28. Ps. 20. 7. i 2 Chr. 31. 4. Neh. 12. 44. * Is. 31. 1. Ezek. 17. 15. 1 Heb. Us sales hy the fathers. 1 Ex. 13. 17. Num. 14. 3. ™ch. 28. 68. Jer. 42. 15. Hos. 11. 5. ” Lev. 18. 26, 27, 30. ch. 12. 29. » See 1 Ki. 11. 3,4. P 2 Ki. 11. 12. ? Lev. 18. 21. ch. 12. 31. ’• Lev. 20. 27. Is. 8. 19. s ch. 31. 9. 2 Ki. 22. 8. t Lev. 20. 27. “Ps. 119. 97, 98. ® 1 Sam. 28. 7. S' Lev. 18. 24. ch. 9. 4. 2 or, upright, or, sincere, Gen. 17. 1. ^ ch. 5. 32. 1 Ki. 15. 5. 3 or, inherit. “John 1. 45. Acts 3. 22. 1 The Lord is the priests' and Levites' inheritance. 9 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided. 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard. T he priests the Le-vites, and all the tribe^ of Le-vi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Is-ra- 61: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his in- heritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no in- heritance among their brethren : the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 H And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it^ he ox or sheep ; and * they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 *The firstfruit 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, 6 Ntim. 18. 20. & 26. 62. ch. 10. 9. « ch. 9. 10. d Num. 18. 8. 1 Cor. 9. 13. « Ex. 20. 19. Heb. 12. 19. / ch. 5. 28. S' John 1.45. Acts 3. 22. h la. .51. 16. J ohu 17. 8. i Lev. 7. 30-34. k John 4. 25. & 8. 28. & 12. 49, 50. I Ex. 22. 29. Num. 18. 12. ™Acts .3. 23. ” Ex. 28. 1. Num. 3. 10. 0 Jer. 14. 14, 15. Zech. 13. 3. 196 “to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 ^ And if a Le-vite come from any of thy gates out of all Is-ra^el, 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 alf his brethren the Le-vites do, which stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have like ’portions to eat, beside Hhat which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 H When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giv^ eth 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 usetli divination, or an observer of times, or an en- chanter, or a witch, 11 *Or a charmer, or a consul ter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a "'necromancer. 1 2 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord • and ^because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shaft be ^perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt ^possess, hearkened unto ob- servers of times, and unto diviners ; but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. 15 51 “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 de- siredst of the Lord thy God in Ho-reb “in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neitlier let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, •^They have well spoken that wliich they have spoken. 18 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 com- mand 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 require it of him. 20 But “the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my Of a false witness. The cities of refuge. DEUTEliOlNOAi Y, 19, 20. 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 1 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, hut the prophet hath spoken it -^presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAPTER 19. 1 The cities of refuge. 4 The privilege thereof for the man- slayer. 14 The landmark is not to be removed. 15 Two witnesses at the least. 16 The punishment of a false witness. W HEN the Lord thy God 'hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou ^succeedest 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 neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not ^ 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 ax to cut down the tree, and the ®head slippeth from the ® helve, and ''lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of those 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 ®slay him ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not ®in time past. ^ 7 Wherefore I command thee, say- ing, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. 8 And if the Lord thy God en- large thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land v/hich he promised to give unto thy fathers ; 9 If thou shalt keep all these com- mandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in B.C. 1451. “ Josh. 20. 7. b ch. 13. 1, 2. Jer. 2. 8. ® Jer. 28 . 9. Num. 35. 16, 24. ch. 27. 24. Prov. 28. 17. * See ch. 13. 2. 1 Heb. in life, f ver. 20. 3 ch. 13. 8. b Nuin. 35. 33, 1 Ki. 2. 31. 1 ch. 12. 29. k ch. 27. 17. Prov. 22. 28. Hos. 5. 10. 2 Heb. in- heritest, or, possessest. t Ex. 21. 13. Nuin. 35.10,14. Josh. 20. 2. ™Num. 35. 30. ch. 17. 6. Mat. 18. 16. John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13. 1. 1 Tim. 5. 19. Heb. 10. 28. ” Ps. 27. 12. & 35. 11. o Num. 35. 15. ch. 4. 42. 3 or, fallhig away. 4 Hel). from yesterday the third day. r ch. 17. 9. is. 21. 5. 3 Heb. 3 Heb. wood. "i Heb. findeth. i Prov. 19. 5. Dan. 6. 24. '■ Num. 35. 12. » ch. 13. 5. & 17. 7. & 21 . 21 . & 22 . 21 . 24. 7. t ch. 17. 13. & 21 . 21 . 3 Heb. smite him in life. Heb. from yesterday the third day. "ver. 13. * Ex. 21. 23, 24. Lev. 24. 20. Mat. 5. 38. y Gen. 15. 18. ch. 12. 20. ^ .See Ps. 20. 7. Is. 31. 1. 196 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 Lord thy God giveth thee for an inherit- ance, and so blood be upon thee. Ill] But ‘'if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him ^mortally that he die, and fleetli into one of these cities ; 1 2 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. 13 ^ Thine eye shall not pity him, '‘but thou shalt put away /Ae guilt of innocent blood from Is-ra-el, that it may go well with thee. 14 ^ *Thou shalt not rernove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine im heritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 U "‘ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two wit- nesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be es- tablished. 16 ^ 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 controversy 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 inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; 19 3 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 a- mong 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. CHAPTER 20. 1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 16 What cities mast be devoted. 19 Trees that may not be destroyed in the siege. W HEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest ®horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy DEUTERONOMY, 21. The priest’s exhortation. Of uncertain murder. God is “with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of E-gypt. 2 And it shall be. when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them. Hear, 0 IsYa-el, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your hearts ^ faint, fear not, and do not ^ 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 U And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying. What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not -^dedicated it % let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet ^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 herl let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak fur- ther unto the people, and they shall say, *What _man ^s there that is fear- ful and fainthearted^ let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart 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 ®to lead the people. 10 U When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, ^then pro- claim peace unto it. 1 1 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, Rhou shalt smite every male there- of with the edge of the sword : 14 But the women, and the little ones, and ’“the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil there- of, shalt thou ^take unto thyself ; B.C. 1451. “ Num. 23. 21. ch. 31. 6, 8. 2 Chr. 13. 12. & 32. 7. 8. i Josh. 22. 8. « Num. 21. 2, 3, 35. & 33. 52. ch. 7. 1, 2. Josh. 11. 14. 1 Heb. he tender. 2 Heb. make haste. d ch. 1. 30. & 3. 22. Josh. 23. 10. « ch. 7. 4. & 12. 30. 31. & 18. 9. / See Neh. 12. 27. Ps. 30, title. 9 Ex. 23. 33. 3 Heb. made it eommon: See Lev 19.23, 24. ch. 28. 30. •1 or, for, 0 man, the tree of the field is to he employed in the siege, h ch. 24. 5. Heb. to go from before thee. 6 Heb. it cmne down, i Judg. 7. 3. 1 Helj. melt. 8 Heb. to bo in the head of the people. fr2Sain. 20. 18. 20. I Num. 31. 7. ”‘Josh. 8. 2. «ch. in. 8. 1 Chr. 2.3. 13. 9 Ileb. spoil. 197 and ^thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 1 6 But ®of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : 1 7 But thou shalt utterly destroy them ; namely, the Hit-tites, and the Am-6r-ites, the -Ga-naan-ites, and the PerTz-zites, the Hi-vites, and the Jebm-sites ; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee : 18 That ®they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods ; so should ye ^sin against the Lord your God. 1 9 H When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them : for thou may- est eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down for the tree of the field is man’s life) ^to employ them in the siege : 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they he not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until ®it be subdued. CHAPTER, 21. 1 The expiation of an uncertain murder. 10 The usage of a captive taken to wife. 15 The firsthorn is not to he dis- inherited upon private affection. 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death. I F one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy _God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities v/hich are round about him that is slain : 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of tliat city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke ; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valle.y: 5 And the priests the sons of Le-vl shall come near ; for ” them the Lord thy God hath chosen to min- ister unto him, and to bless in the Of uncertain murder. DEUTERONOMY, 22. Of a rebellious son. name of the Lord; and ‘^by their ^word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, ^ shall wash their hands oyer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley : 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Is-ra-el, whom thou hast redeemed, ®and lay not innocent blood ^unto thy people of Is-ra-eFs charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So -^shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. ion When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 1 1 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife ; 1 2 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ; and she shall shave her head, and ^®pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that. thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou ha.ve no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast ^humbled her. 1 5 51 If a man have two wives, one beloved, "and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated ; and if the firstborn son be her’s that was hated : 16 Then it shall be, ^ when hemak- eth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is in- deed the firstborn : 17 But he shall acknowledge the •son of the hated for the firstborn, ’’by giving him a double portion of all ®that he hath : for he is ®the be- ginning of his strength ; *the right of the firstborn is his. 18 51 If a man have a stubborn ©nd rebellious son, which will not B.C. 1451. “ ch. 17. 8. 9. 1 Heb. mouth. ftSeePs. 19. 12. & 6 . Mau 27. 24. ® Jonah 1. 14. 2 Heb. in the midst, d ch. 13. 5. & 19. 19, 20. & 22. 21, 24. « ch. 13. 11. / ch. 19. 13. ?ch. 19. 6. & 22. 26. Acts 23. 29. & 25. 11, 25. & 26. .31. h Josh. 8. 29. & 10. 26, 27. John 19. 31. 3 Heb. tJu! curse of God ; SeeNum.25.4. 2 Sam. 21. 6. * Lev. 18. 25. Hum 35. 34. 4 or, suffer to grow. Heb. make, or, dress. I Ex. 23. 4. ’"See Ps. 45. 10. ’* Gen. 34. 2. ch. 22. 29. Judg. 19. 24. P 1 Chr. 5. 2. &26. 10. 2 Chr. 11. 19, 22 . ? Ex. 23. 5. See 1 Chr. 5. 1. 6 Heb. that isfoH'iid with him. * Gen. 49. 3. « Gen. 25. 31, 33. obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place ; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city. This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glut- ton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : ‘^so shalt thou put evil away from among you ; ®and all IsAa-el shall hear, and fear. 22 51 And if a man have committed a sin ^worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, ana thou hang him on a tree : 23 '"His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for *he that is hanged is ^accursed of God;) that *thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. CHAPTER 22. 1 Of humanity toward brethren. 5 The sex is to he dis- tinguished by apparel. 9 Confusion is to be avoided. 12 Fringes upon the vesture. 20, 22 Of adultery, 25 of rape, 28 and of fornication. 30 Incest. T hou ^shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou may- est not hide thyself. 4 51 ® Thou shalt not see thv bro- ther’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 51 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a wo- man’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 51 If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be 198 Divers laws DEUTERONOMY, 23. and ordinances. 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 H 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 51 ^Thou shalt not sow thy vine- yard with divers seeds : lest the ^fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 5f ^Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 11 51 ^Thou shalt not wear a gar- ment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 1 2 51 Thou shalt make thee ’^fringes upon the four ^quarters of thy ves- ture, wherewith thou coverest thy- self. 13 51 If 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 occa- sions 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 shek-els of silver, and ive them unto the father of the amsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of I§-ra-6l : 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 Is-ra-el, to play the whore in her father’s house : ° so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 51 If a man be found lying with a woman married 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 IsYa-el. 23 51 If a damsel thojt 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 out unto the gate of that city, and ye shah stone them with stones that 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 51 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man ^ 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 slayeth 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 51 Mf 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 of silver, and she sliall be his wife ; ^ because he hath hum- bled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 51 ® A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt. CHAPTER 23. 1 Who may or may not enter into the congregation. 9 Uncleanness in the host. 21 Of vows, &c. H e that is wounded in the stones, or hath liis privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congre- gation of the Lord, 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 Lord. 3 *An Am-mfin-Ite or Mo-Sb-ite shall not enter into the congrega- tion of the Lord ; even to their tentli generation shall they not B.C. 1461. “Geii. 34. 7. Judg. 20. 6,10. 2 Sam. 13. 12, 13. b Lev. 22. 28. oh. 13. 5. d Lev. 20. 10. Num. .6. 22-27. J ohn S. 5. « ch. 4. 40. /Mat. 1. 18, 19. ^ Lev. 19. 19. 1 Heb. fulness of thy seed. h See 2 Cor. 6. 14-16. i ch. 21. 14. h Lev. 19. 19. 1 ver. 21, 22. 1 Cor. 5. 2, 13. ’"Num. 15. 38. Mat. 23. 5. 2 Heb. wings. 3 or, take strong hold of her, 2 Sam. 13. 14. ”Gen. 29. 21. Judg. 15. 1. ® Ex. 22. 16, 17. P ver. 24. 7 Lev. 18. 8. & 20 . 11 . ch. 27. 20. 1 Cor. 5. 1. ’■ See Ruth 3. 9. Ezek. 16. 8. * Neh. 13. 1, 2. 199 Divers laws DEUTERONOMY, 24. and ordinances. enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever: 4 “ Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ve came forth out of E-gypt ; and * because they hired against thee Badaam the son of Be-6r of Pe-thor of Mes-5-p6-ta-mi-a, to curse thee. i ^ i 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Badaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, be- cause the Lord thy God loved thee. 6 -^Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their ^prosperity all thy days for ever. _7 II Thou shalt not abhor an E-dom-ite; '"for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an E-gyp-tian ; because *thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the con- gregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9 ^ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If Gf 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 ^cometh on, ""he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 1 2 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon ; and it shall be, when thou ^wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee : 14 For the Lord thy God ^walk- eth in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee ; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no ® unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 ^ 5 Thou shalt not deliver un- to his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best : ^ thou shalt not oppress him. 17 51 There shall be no ® whore *of the daughters of Is-rAgl, nor “a sod- omite of the sons of Is-ra-6l. B.C. 1451. b Num. 22. 5, 6. Ex. 22. 2.5. Lev. 25. 36, 37. Neh. 5. 2, 7. P.S. 15. 5. Luke 6. 34, 35. See Lev. 19.34. & ch. 15. 3. ‘ ch. 15. 10. / Ezra 9. 12. ' Heb. good. S' Num. 30. 2. Eccl. 5. 4, 5. h Gen. 25. 24-26. Obad. 10, 12. Ex. 22. 21. & 23. 9. Lev. 19. 34. ch. 10. 19. k Num. 30. 2. Ps. 66, 13, 14. 2 Heb. tumeth toward. ‘ Mat. 12. 1. Mark 2. 23. Luke 6. 1. 3 Heb. Attest down. 0 Mat. 5. 31. & 19. 7. Mark 10. 4. P Lev. 26. 12. 4 Heb. matter of nakedness. 5 Heb. cutting 6 Heb. naked- ness of any thing. 1 1 Sam. 30. 15. t Heb. is good for him. ’• Ex. 22. 21. s Jer. 3. 1. 8 or. sodomitess. t Lev. 19. 29. See Prov. 2. 16. “Gen. 19. 5. 2 Ki. 23. 7. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 19 51 “Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : 20 ‘^Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: “that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all^ that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 51 ^When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it : for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 *That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform ; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 51 When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; out thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, "‘then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh- bour’s standing corn. CHAPTER 24. 1 Of divorce. 5 A neto married man goeth not to war. 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosy. 14 The hire is to be given. 16 Of justice. 19 Of charity. W HEN a “man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found ^some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of ® di- vorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another mams wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce- ment, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife ; 4 ^Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that .she_ is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt 200 Divers laws DETJTEROTOMY, 25. and ordinances* not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 H “ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, ^neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall ‘'cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 U No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge : for he taketh a maifs life to pledge. 7 H Gf a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Is-ra-el, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him ; then that thief shall die ; -^and thou shalt put evil aw^ from among you. 8 11 Take heed in ^the plague of leprosy, that thou observe dili- gent! yj and do according to all that the priests the LeWites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 'Remember what the Lord thy God did ^ unto Mirb-am by the way, after that ye were come forth out of E^gypt. 10 IT When thou dost '^lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man he poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 13 "In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and ^ bless thee : and *it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. 1 4 U Thou shalt not * oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he he of thy breth- ren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day Hhou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and ®setteth his heart upon it: “lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it oe sin unto thee. 16 *The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 H "Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; -^nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge : 18 But '‘thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E-gypt, and B.C. 1451. cli. 20. 7. * Lev. 19. 9. & 23. 22. ' Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him. ® Prov. 5. 18. d Ps. 41. 1. Prov. 19. 17. 2 Heb. thou shalt not bough it after thee. « Ex. 21. 16. /oh. 19. 19. 3 Heb. after thee. 9 Lev. 13. 2. & 14. 2. h ver. 18. i See Luke 17. 82. 1 Cor. 10. 6. *Num. 12. 10. 1 Heb. lenjd the loan of any thing to, &c. I ch. 19. 17. Ezek. 44. 24. "“See Prov. 17. 15. ” Luke 12. 48. “ Ex. 22. 26. P Mat. 10. 17. ? Job 29. 11. 2 Cor. 9. 13. 2 Tim. 1. 18. ’■ 2 Cor. 11. 24. * Ps. 112. 9. Dan. 4. 27. t Mai. .3. 5. “Job 18. 3. ® Prov. 12. 10. 1 Tim. 5. 18. 5 lle:\>.thresheth. y Mat. 22. 24. Luke 20. 28. ^ Lev. 19. 13. Jer. 22. 13. Jas. 5. 4. Heb. lifteth his soul unto it, Ps. 25. 1. “ Jas. 5. 4. 1 or, next kinsnuin, Gen. 38 8. Ruth 1. 12, 13. & 3. 9. b Jer. 31. 29. Ezek. 18. 20. 'Gen. ,38. 9. d Ruth 4. 10. ' Prov. 22. 22. Jer. 5. 28. Ezek. 22. 29. Zech. 7. 10. » or, next kinsman’s wife. 9 Ruth 4. 1, 2. h ver. 22. ch. 16. 12. the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 1 9 U * When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, ^thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it ^afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And *thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E^ypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. CHAPTER 25. 1 StriiKS must not exceed forty. 4 The ox is not to be muzzled. 5 Of raising seed unto a brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13 Of unjust weights. 17 The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out. I F there be a 'controversy be- tween men, and they come un- to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they "‘shall jus- tify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked maun he "worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, ^and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 "Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should “seem vile unto thee. 4 H ""Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he ^treadeth out the corn. 5 II 'Hf brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her ''husband’s brother 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 suc- ceed in the name of his brother which is dead, that ‘'his name be not put out of Isb-a-f‘l. 7 And if the man like not to take his ®b?’other’s wife, then let his bro- ther’s wife go up to the ^ gate unto the elders, and say. My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto 201 Of unjust weights. DEUTERONOMY, 26. The third yearns tithes. his brother a name in Is-ra-el, 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, like not to take her ; 9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sh 9 e 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 IsYa-el, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11^ When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, * thine eye shall not pity her. 1 3 H ^ Thou shalt not have in thy bag Mivers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shaft not have in thine house ^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 Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For ^all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 H ® Remember what Am-a-lek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of E-gypt ; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that tvere feeble ^ behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary ; and he ^^feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, ^when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inherit- ance to possess it, that thou shalt ® blot out the remembrance of Am-a- lek from under heaven ; thou shalt not forget it. CHAPTER 26. 1 The confession of him that offereth firstfriiits. 16 The covenant between God and the ■people. AND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; B.C. 1451. “ Ex. 23. 19. & 34. 26. Num. 18. 13. ch. 16. 10. Prov. 3. 9. b Ruth 4. 6. Ch. 12. 5. Ruth 4. 7. « Ruth 4. 11. / Hos. 12. 12. S Gen. 43. 1, 2. & 45. 7, 11. h Gen. 46. 1, 6. Acts 7. 15. i Gen. 46. 27. ch. 10. 22. k ch. 19. 13. I Lev. 19. 35, 36. Prov. 11. 1. Ezek. 45. 10. Mic. 6. 11. '"Ex. 1. 11, 14. 1 Heb. a stone and a stone. 2 Heb. an ephah and an ephah. ”Ex. 2. 23-25. & 3. 9. & 4. 31 ^ Ex. 20. 12. I’Ex. 12. 37. 51. & 13. 3, 14, 16. ch. 5. 15. 1 Prov. 11. 1. 1 Thes. 4. 6. t Ex. 3. 8. “Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6. Rom. 3. 18. * 1 Sam. 15. 3. y ch. 12. 7, 12. 18. & 16. 11. ^ Ex. 17. 14. b ch. 14. 28, 29 2 “That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thj^ God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt "go unto the place which the Lord 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 Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord 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 Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, -^A Syr- i-an ^ ready to perish ivas my father, and '"he went down into E-gypt, and sojourned there with a Hew, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 6 And "“'the E-gyp-tians evil en- treated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And ’^when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression ; 8 Andj'the Lord brought us forth out of E-gypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched 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 firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God : 1 1 And ^'thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Le-vite, and the stranger that is among you. 1 2 IT 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 LeWite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 1 3 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I^have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the LeWite, and unto the 202 An altar of stones. DEUTERONOMY, 27. stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me : I have not trans- gressed thy commandments, * nei- ther have I forgotten them: 14 ‘'I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord 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 Is-ra-el, and the land whicn thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 16 ^ This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do tliese statutes and judgments : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy B.C. 1451. “ch. 11. 29. Josh. 8. 30, 31. 6 Ps. 119. 141, 153, I're. ' Lev. 7. 20. & 21 . 1 , 11 . Hos. 9. 4. d Ex. 20. 25. Josh. 8. 31. / ch. 20. 18. soul. 17 Thou hast ^avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his stat- utes, and his comma-ndments, 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 commandments ; 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 Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. 9 Ex. 20. 19. h ch. 11. 29. Josh. 8. 33. Judg. 9. 7. i Ex. 6. 7. & 19. 5. ch. 7. 6. & 14. 2. & 28. 9. k Ch. 11. 29. Josh. 8. 33. 1 Heb. for a cursing. I ch. 4. 7, 8. & 28. 1. Ps. 148. 14. '"ch. 33. 10. Josh. 8. 33. Dan. 9. 11. CHAPTER 27. 1 The people are commanded to write the law upon stones, 5 and to build an altar of whole stones. 11 The tribes divided on Gerizim and Ebal. 14 The curses pronounced on mount Ebal. AND Mo-ses with the elders of Is- ra-6l 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 J 6r-dan unto the land which the Lord thy God giv- eth thee, that 'thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister : 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey ; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 4 Therefore it shall be when ye ” Ex. 19. 6. ch. 7. 6. & 28. 9. 1 Pet. 2. 9. 0 Ex. 20. 4, 23. Lev. 19. 4. ch. 4. 16, 2.3. Is. 4-1. 9. Hos. 13. 2. PSeeNura.5.22. Jer. 11. 5. 1 Cor. 14. 16. 9 Ex. 20. 12. Lev. 19. 3. ch. 21. 18. >• Josh. 4. 1. » ch. 19. 14. Prov. 22. 28. t Josh. 8. 32. “ Lev. 19. 14. *Ex. 22. 21, 22. ch. 10. 18. Mai. 3. 5. y Lev. 18. 8. ch. 22. 30. » Lev. 18. 23. 203 The curses of the law. be gone over Jor-dan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I com- mand you this day, “in mount E-bal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : ‘'thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God : 7 And thou shalt offer peace offer- ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shalt v/rite upon the stones ail the words of tliis law very plainly. 9 And Mo-ses and the priests the Le Antes spake unto all lsh4-el, saying. Take heed, and hearken, O IsAa-el ; •'^this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 11^ And MoAes chargea the peo- ple the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand '"upon mount Ger-i-zim to bless the people, when ye are come over J or-dan ; Sim-A5n, and Le-vi, and Ju-dah, and IsAa- char, and JoAeph, and Benda-min: 13 And * these shall stand upon mount E-bal Ho curse; Reu-ben, Gad, and Ash-er, and Zebm-lun, Dan, and Maph-ta-h. 14 And ”"the LeHites shall speak, and say unto all the men of IsHa-el with a loud voice, 15 “Cursed he the man that mak- eth any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret idace. ^"And all the people shall answer and say, A-men. , , 16 ^Cursed he he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And ail the people shall say, A-men'. 17 * Cursed he he that reniovetli his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, A-m6n'. 18 “Cursed he he that maketh the blind to wander out of the wai^r. And all the peoiile shall say, A-men . 19 ‘'Cursed he he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fa- therless, and widow. And all the people shall say, A-mfin'. . . , . 20 Cursed he he that lieth with his father’s wife ; because he iincover- eth his father’s sldrt. And all the people shall say, A-m6n'. 21 * Cursed he he that heth with blessings f W obedience. DEUTERONOMY, 28. Curses for disobedience any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, A-men'. 22 * Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. .And all the people shall say, A-men'. 2 3 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, A-men'. 24 ® Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.- And all the people shall say, A-men'. 25 '‘Cursed be he that taketh re- ward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, A-men'. 26 '"Cursed be he that conhrmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, A-men'. CHAPTER 28. 1 The blessings for obedience. 15 The curses for disobedience. AND it shall come to pass, ""if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his command- ments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God " will set thee on high above all nations of the earth : 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and ^overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 * Blessed si bait thou be in the city; and blessed shalt thou be ‘in the field. 4 Blessed shall be "‘"the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the in- crease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ^ store. 6 ^Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou he when thou goest out. 7 The Lord ^shall cause thine ene- mies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face ; they shall ^ome out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall ‘‘command the blessing upon thee in thy ® store- houses, and in all that thou "settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 ^'The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art '"called by B.C. 1451. “ch. 11. 25. h Lev. 18. 9. ‘ cb. 30. 9. Prov. 10. 22. 1 or, for good. 2 Heb. bellg. d Lev. 18. 17. ' Ex. 20. 1.3. Lev. 24. 17. Num. 35. 31. / Lev. 20. 4. cli. 11. 14. i'ch. 14. 29. h Ex. 23. 7, 8. ch. 10. 17. Ezek. 22. 12. i cb. 15. 6. k Ps. 119. 21. Jer. 11. 3. Gal. 3. 10. I Is. 9. 14, 15. “Ex. 15. 2C. Lev. 26. 3. ” cb. 5. 32. ° ch. 26. 19. P Lev. 26. 14. Lam. 2. 17. Dau. 9. 11. Mai. 2. 2. ? Zech. 1. 6. ver. 2. * Ps. 128. 1, 4. f Gen. 39 5. “ ver. 3, &c. * Gea. 22. 17. ch. 7. 13. Ps. 107. 38. Prov. 10. 22. 1 Tim. 4. 8. 3 or, dough, or, ’kneading- trough, y Ps. 121. 8. ^ Lev. 26. 7, 8. 2 Sam. 22. 38, 39, 41. Ps. 89. 23. "Mai. 2. 2. b 1 Sam. 14. 20. Zech. 14. 13. " Ps. 80. 16. Is. 30. 17. & .51. 20. & 66. 15. ^ Heb. which thou wouldest do. d Lev. 25. 21. b or, barns, Prov. 3. 10. f Lev. 26. 25. Jer. 24. 10. 9 Ex. 19. .5, 6. ch. 7. 6. fcLev. 26. 16. •5 or, drought, i Amos 4. 9. *Num. 6. 27. 2 Chr. 7. 14. Is. 63. 19. I)au. 9. 18, 19 204 the name of the Lord ; and they shall be “afraid of thee. 1 1 And "the Lord shall make thee plenteous Hn goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 1 2 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven •''to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and ^to bless all the work of thine hand : and " thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 1 3 And the Lord shall make thee ‘the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I com- mand thee this day, to observe and to do them : 14 "And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 U But it shall come to pass, ^’if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to ob- serve to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and "'overtake thee : 1 6 Cursed shalt thou be "in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. j 7 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 1 9 Cursed shalt ttiou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee “cursing, ‘’vexation, and "rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto ^for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wicked- ness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make •''the pes- tilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to pos- sess it. 22 ‘‘The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, 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 pur- sue thee until thou perish. The curses 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 before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them : and shalt be ^removed into ail the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And *thy carcase 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 Hhe botch of E-gypt, and with ^the emerods, and with the scab, and 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 dark- ness, and thou shalt not prosper 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 ‘‘gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall he slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and ® shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall he 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 he 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 tlie legs, with a sore botcli 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 B.C. 1451. "Lev. 2'). 19. b th. 4. 28. Jer. 1(). 13. " Jer. 24. 9. Zech. 8. 13. d Ps. 44. 14. ‘ ch. 32. 30. Is. 30. 17. / Mic. 6. 15. Hag. 1. 6. f Joel 1. 4. /* Jer. 15. 4. oj o Ezek. 23. 46. ' ileb. for a removing, i 1 Sam. 17. 44, 46. Ps. 79. 2. Jer. 7. 33. & 16. 4. fcEx. 1.5. 26. I 1 Sam. 5. 6. Ps. 78. 66. Heb. they shall not be thine. ”*Lam. 1. 5. Jer. 4. 9. 3 or, possess. "Job 5. 14. Is. 59. 10. P ver. 12. <1 ver. 13. ’■Job 31. 10. Jer. 8. 10. ® ver. 15. t Job 31. 8. Jer. 12. 13. Amos 5. 11. Mic. 6. 15. Zeph. 1. 13. “ch. 20. 6. 1 Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat : as ch. 20. 6. s Heb. shall not return to thee. * Is. 8. 18. Ezek. 14. 8. y Neh. 9. 35-37. ^ ch. .32. 15. "Ps. 119. 82. h Lev. 26. 16. Jer. 5. 17. " Jer. 28. 14. d.Ier. 5. 15. & 6. 22, 23. Luke 19. 4.3. * ver. 07. / Jer. 48. 40. & 49. 22. Lam. 4. 19. Hos. 8. 1. 9 ver. 27. '' Hel). hear. 1 Hei). strong of fare, Prov. 7. 13. Kcd. 8. 1. Dan. 8. 23. A2Chr. 36. 17. Is. 47. 6. i 2 Ki. 17. 4.6. Di 24. 12, 14. 2Chr. 33. 11. k ver. 33. Is. 1 7. 205 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 become ‘’an astonishment, a proverb, ‘'and a byword, 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 arioint thyself ^it\\ the oil ; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but ^thou shalt not en- joy them ; for ’“they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust ^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 Uiee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearken- edst not unto the voice of the Lord 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 Lord thy God with joyfiilness, and with gladness of heart, *for the abundance of all things' 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he 'shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 ‘'The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, ^as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not “understand ; 50 A nation ''of fierce countenance’, '‘which shall not regard the rierson of the old, nor shew favour to the young : 51 And he shall '‘eat tbe fruit eif thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, T Tie curses DKUTERONOMY', 29. for disobedience. 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 Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And -^thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own ^body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall dis- tress thee : 54 iS'o that the man that is ten- der among you, and very delicate, *his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward *the wife of his bosom, and toward the rem- nant of his children which he shall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing 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 ad- venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, ^her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, ^ and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her ^ 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, wherewith thine enemy 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; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and _ sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all “the diseases of E-gypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every B.C. 1461. * Heb. cause to . ascend. “ ch. 4. 27. 6 2Ki.25. 1, 2, 4. ® ch. 10. 22. Neh. 9. 23. d ch. 30. 9. Jer. 32. 41. « Prov. 1. 26. Is. 1. 24. / Lev. 26. 29. 2 Ki. 6. 28, 29. Jer. 19. 9. Lam. 2. 20. & 4. 10. 2 Heb. belly. 9 Lev. 26. 33. ch. 4. 27, 28. Neh. 1. 8. Jer. 16. 13. * ver. 36. i ch. 1.5. 9. k ch. 13. 6. I Amos 9. 4. ™Lev. 26. 36. "Lev. 26. 16. ® Job 7. 4. P ver. 54. 1 ver. 34. '• Jer. 43. 7. Hos. 8. 13. & 9. 3. 3 Heb. after- birth. « Gen. 49. 10. < ch. 17. 16. “ .Ex. 6.3. ^ Dan. 9. 12. 3'ch. 5. 2, 3. * Ex. 19. 4. “ ch. 7. 15. E lague, which is not written in the ook of this law, them will the Lord ^ 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 ; be- cause thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord ‘^rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord ®will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and '‘there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And 'among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest ; ™but the Lord shall give thee there a trem- bling 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 "In the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine- heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and ®for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. _ 68 And the Lord ’’shall bring thee into E-gypt 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 bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. CHAPTER 29. 1 Moses exhorteth them to obedience, by the memory of the works they have seen. 10 All are ‘presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant. 18 The great wrath on him that flattcreth himself in his wickedness. 29 Secret things belong unto God. T hese are the_ words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Mo-ses to make with the children of IsYa-el in the land of Mo-ab, beside ^the covenant which he made with them in HoYeb. 2 H And Mo-ses called unto all Is- ra-el, and said unto them, fYe have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of E-gypt unto PhaYaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 206 Moses exhorteth DEUTERONOMY, 29. to obedience. 3 “The great temptations whicli thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles : 4 Yet nhe Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 ‘^And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : ® your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 *Ye have not eaten bread, nei- ther have ye drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, ”Si-h5n the king of Hesh- b5n, and Og the king of Ba-shan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : ^ 8 And we took their land, and ^’gave it for an inheritance unto the Reu-ben-Ites, and to the GMhtes, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh. 9 i^Keep therefore 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 officers, with all the men of IsYa-el, 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 enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and ^into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day ; 13 That he may * establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be_ unto thee a God, “as he hath said unto thee, and ^as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to A-bra-ham. to I-saac, and to Ja-cbb. 14 Neither with you only ‘^do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, ‘^and also with him that is not here with us this day : 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of E-gypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by ; 17 And ye have seen their abomi nations, and their Mdols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, ^ whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, B.C. 1451. “ ch. 4. 34. & 7. 19. b Acts 8. 23. Heb. 12. 15. or, a poison- ful herb. 2 Heb. rosh. See Is. 6. 9, 10. & 63. 17. John 8. 43. Acts 28. 26,27. Eph. 4. 18. 2Tbes.2.11,12. rfch. 1. 3. & 8 . 2 . « ch. 8. 4. / Num. 15. 39. Eccl. 11. 9. 3 or, stubborn- ness, Jer. 3. 17. 6 7. 24. Is. 30. 1. 4 Heb. the drunken to the thirsty. h Ezek. 14. 7. i Ex. 16. 12. ch. 8. 3. Ps 78, 24. k Ps. 74. 1. I Ps. 79. 5. Ezek. 23. 25. ch. 9. 14. " Nuin. 21. 23, 24, .33. ch. 2. 32. 0 Mat. 24. 51. P Num. 32. 33. ch. 3. 12, 13. 5 Heb. is written. ? ch. 4. 6. 1 Ki. 2. 3. Josh. 1. 7. C Heb. where- with the Lord hath made it sick. « Ps. 107. 34. Jer. 17. 6. Zeph. 2. 9. t SeeJosh. 9. 21, 23, 27. “Gen. 19. 24. Jer. 20. 16. 1 Heb. jMss. * Neh. 10. 29. y 1 Ki. 9. 8, 9. Jer. 22. 8, 9. ^ ch. 28. 9. “ Ex. 6. 7. b Gen. 17. 7. Jer. 31. 31. 8 or, who had not given to tlum any portion. 8 Heb. divided, d Acts 2. 39. 1 Cor. 7. 14. « Dan. 9. 11, 13, 14 . 7 1 Ki. 14. 15. Ps. .52. 5. Prov. 2. 22. Heb. dungy gods. to go and serve the gods of these nations ; *lest there should be a- mong you a root that beareth ^‘‘^gali 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 ^imagination of mine heart, ^to add ‘^drunkenness to thirst: 20 ^The Lord v/ill not spare him, but then ^the anger of the Lord and ^his jealousy shall smoke a- gainst that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon hiru, and the Lord ”'shah blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord ‘’shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Ish4-el, according to all the curses of the covenant that ^are written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of your children 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 sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it ; ^‘6 And that the whole lamd there- of is brimstone, ^ *and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass grqweth therein, “like the overthrow of Sod- 5m, and G6-m5rYah, Ad-mah, and Z5-bohm, 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 landl what mean- eth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall sa 5 ^ Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of tl\e land of E-gypt: 26 4’or they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and ^tvhom he had not ^ given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Lord \yas kindled against this land, “to bring upon it all the curses that are writ- ten in this book : 28 And the Lord ^rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 207 Mercy pr(yniised DEUTERONOMY, 30, 31. to the penitenc. CHAPTER 30. 1 Great mercies prumised, unto the re2Jeiitant. 15 Death and life are set before them. AND ^‘it shall come to pass, when *all these things are come up- on 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 Loud thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt ‘^return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that 1 command thee this day, thou and thy chil- dren, 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 re- turn 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 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 cir- cumcise 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 com- mand thee this day. 9 "And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again ^re- joice over thee for good, as he re- joiced 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. 1 1 ^ For this commandment \Yhich I command thee this day, "it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 ^'It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go up for B.C. 1451. “Lev. 26. 40. b ch. 28. “ ch. 4. 29. 30. 1 Ki. 8. 47. a’Neh. 1. 9. Is. 5 d. 7. Lam. 3. 40. Joel 2. 12. ‘ ver. 1, 19. ch. 11. 26. / Ps. 106. 45. & 126. 1, 4. Jer. 29. 14. Lam. 3. 22, 32. S Ps. 147. 2. Jer. 32. 37. Ezek. 34. 13 & 36. 24. luh. 28. 64. Neh. 1. 9. i ch. 4. 2( & 8. 19. * ch. 4. 26. & 31. 28. I ver. 15. "•ch. 10. 16. Ezek 11. ia & 36. 26. ” Ps. 27. 1. & 66. 9. John 11. 25. P ch. 28. 63. Jer. 32. 41. 9 Ex. 7. 7. ch. 34. 7. ' Nmn. 27. 17. 1 Ki. 3. 7. ' Num. 20. 12. & 27. 13. ch. 3. 27. t ch. 9. 3. “ Is. 45. 19. »• Nnm. 27. 21. ch. 3. 28 y Rom. 10. 6,&c. ^ch. 3. 21. “ Nmu. 21. 24, US to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do itl 13 Neither is it beyond the sea. that thou shouldest 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 un- to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 U See, "T have set Ijefore 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 cornmandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; 18 H 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 *I call heaven and earth to re- cord this day against you, that H 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 Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that th9u mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy "life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to A-bra-ham, to I-saao, and to Ja-c5b, to give them. CHAPTER 31. 1 Moses encoiirageth the people, and Joshua. 9 He deliver- eth the law unto the priests, to read to the people. 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua. 24 Moses delivereth the book, of the law to the Levitcs. 28 He makcth a protestatim to the elders. AND Mo-ses went and spake these XX words unto all IsYa-el. 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 Lord hath said unto me, *Thou shalt not go over this Jor-dan. 3 The Lord thy God, *he will go over before thee, and he will de- stroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them : and JOsh-u-a, he shall go over be- fore thee, "'as the Lord hath said. 4 ^And the Lord shall do untc them "as he did to Sl-hOn and to Moses encoiirageth DEUTERONOMY, 81. the 'peo'ple and JosMia. Og, kings of the Am-6r-Ites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And '"the Lord rhall 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, ^'fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, " he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Mo-ses called unto Jdsh-u-a, and said unto him in the sight of all Is-ra-el, ’*"60 strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the laud which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them ; and^ thou shaft cause them to inlierit it. 8 And the Lord, ^he it is that doth go before thee ; ’* h6 will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 ^ And Mo-scs wrote this law, *and delivered it unto the- priests the sons of Le-vi, “which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Is-ra-el. 10 And Mo-ses commanded them, saying. At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the ""year of release, ^in the feast of taber- nacles, 11 When all Is-ra-el is come to ** appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, '"thou shalt read this law before all Is-ra-6l 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 Lord your God, and observe to do all the w'ords of this law : 13 And that their children, '"which have not known any thing, 'may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whitber ye go over JorAlan to possess it. 14 H And the Lord said unto Mo-s6s, “"Behold, thy days fyDproach that thou must die : call J Pshhi-a, and present yourselves in the taber- nacle pf the congregation, tliat “I rnav give him a charge. And M d-ses and Jdshhi-a went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And ^the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar or the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 25 - 14 . B.C. 1451. ' Heh.lie doion, 2 Sam. 7. 12. “ch. 7. 2. b Ex. 32. 6. 'Ex. 34. 15.. Judg. 2. 17. d ch. 32. 15. Judg. 2. 12. & 10. 6, 13. 'Judg. 2. 20. / Josh. 10. 25. 1 (.hr. 22. 13. ^ch. 1. 29. & 7. 18. h ch. 20. 4. i 2 Chr. 15. 2. * Josh. 1. 5. Heb. 13. 5. 1 ch. 32. 20. Ps. 104. 29. Is. 8. 17. & 04. 7. Ezek. 39. 23. 2 Heb. find them, Neh. 9. 32. ver. 23. ch. 1. 38. & 3. 28. Josh. 1. 6. « Judg. 6. 13. » Num. 14. 42. P ver. 17. * Ex. 13. 21. & 33. 14. ch. 9. 3. ’•Josh. 1. 5, 9. 1 (;hr. 28. 20. * ver. 26. t ver. 25. ch. 17. 13. " Num. 4. 1.5. J Osh . 3. .1. 1 Chr. 15. 12, 1.5. * ch. 15. 1 I' Lev. 23. 34. 'ch. 32. 15. Neh. 9. 25. Ho.s. 13. 6. “ ver. 16. b ch. 16. 16. ' Josh. 8. 34, .35. 2 Ki. 23. 2. Neh. 8. 1-3, j:c. d ver. 17. ' ch. 4. 10. 3 Heb. before. / Hos. 5. 3. & 13. 5, 6. 3 Amos 5. 25, 26. 4 Heb. do. lich. 11. 2. i Ps. 78. 6, 7. * ver. 14. 1 ver. 7. Josh. 1. 6. ’"Num. 27. 13. ch. 34. 5. " Num. 27. 19. ° ver. 9. P Ex. 33. 9. «See2Ki.22. 8. 16 H And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Behold, thou shalt ^ sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will '’rise up, and ®go a w’horing after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to he among them, and will forsake me, and ^ break my covenant which I have made with them. 1 7 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 trou- bles shall ‘^befall them ; so that they will say in that day, “Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is "not among ush 18 And 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 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the chil- dren of IshA-el : put it in their mouths, that this song may be *a witness for me against the children of Ish*a-el. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that lloweth 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 ^against them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for •' I know their imagination ^ which they go about, even now, before 1 have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 H Mouses therefore wrote this song the same da and taught it the children of Isb-a-e]- 23 *And he gave Josh-u-a the son of Niin a charge, and sa-id, 'Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of [s-ra-6l into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. 24 *11 And it came to pass, ^yl^en Mo-§es had made an end of "writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Md-se? commandi'd the LeA’Ites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, ^and put it in the side of the ark of the 209 The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY, 32 The song of Moses. covenant of the Loed your God, that it may be there “for a witness against thee. 27 ‘'For I know 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 U 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. 30 And Mo-ses spake in the ears of all the congregation of IshA-el the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAPTER 32. I Moses' song, which setteth forth God’s mercy and, ven- geance. 46 lie exhorteth them to set their hearts upon it. 48 God sendeth him up to mount Jfebo, to see the land, and die. a lYE “‘'ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 “My 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 Loed : ‘'ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is •''the Rock, ®“his work is perfect : for 'all his ways are judg- ment ; *a God of truth and 'with- out iniquity, just and right is he. 5 "‘‘They®^ have corrupted them- selves, ® their spot is not the spot of his children : they are a ""perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus ^requite the Loed, O foolish people and unwise^ is not he ""thy father that hath ffiought thee '? hath he not 'made thee, and established thee % 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of ''many gen- erations : ^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 Ad-am, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Is-ra-el. 9 For ‘'the Loed's portion is his B.C. 1451, 1 Heb. cord. “ ver. 19. 1 Jer. 2. 6. <= ch. 9. 24. & 32. 20. d Ex. 32. 9. cb. 9. 6. 2 or, compassed him about. « ch. 4. 36. / Ps. 17. 8. 3 Is. 31. 5. ^ch. 30. 19. & 32. 1. i Is. 58. 14. A ch. 32. 5. Judg. 2. 19. Hos. 9. 9. I ch. 28. 15. ’"Job 29. 6. " Gen. 49. 1. ch. 4. 30. ® Ps. 81. 16. F Gen. 49. 11. ? ch. 33. 5, 26. »■ 1 Sam! 2. 29. * ch. 31. 20. < Is. 1. 4. “Is. 51. 13. * Is. 1. 2. y Ps. 95. 1. 1 Cor. 10. 22. “1 Cor. 3. 6. b Ps. 72. 6. ^ Rev. 9. 20. 3 or, which were not God, ver. 22. d 1 Chr. 29. 11. « Is. 17. 10. / Ps. 18. 2. A'2Sam. 22. 31. b Jer. 2. 32. i Dan. 4. 37. A Jer. 10. 10. I Job 34. 10. 4 or, despised. ’"ch. 31. 29. 5 Heb. He hath corrupted to himself. 6 or, that they are not his children, that is their blot. " Phil. 2. 15, “ ch. 31. 17. f> Ps. 116. 12. 1 Mat. 17. 17. ^ Is. 63. 16. « Ps. 74. 2. t ver. 15. “Ps. 78. 58. 1 Heb. genera- tion and generation. * Ps. 31. 6. y Rom. 10. 19. ^ Ex. 13. 14. “ Zech. 9. 2. b Lam. 4. 11. Gen. 11. 8. 8 or, hath burned. 3 or, hath consumed, d Ex. 19. 5. 210 people; Ja-ebb is the Hot of his inheritance, 10 He found him ^in a desert land, and in the v/aste howling wilder- ness ; he Hed him about, he ® in- structed him, he •'kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 ^'As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fiuttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : 12 So the Loed alone did lead him, and there was no strange 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 iambs, and rams of the breed of Bffishan, and goats, “with the fat of kidneys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure ^ blood of the grape. 15 ^ But ^Jesh-u-riin waxed fat, and "'kicked : Hhou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art cov- ered with fatness; then he 'forsook God which “made him, and lightly esteemed the ^Rock of his salva- tion. 16 ^They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, v/ith abomina- tions provoked they him to anger. 17 ‘'They sacrificed unto devils, ^not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 “Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast '‘for- gotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the Loed saw it, he ^abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, “I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall he: for they ure a very f reward generation, « children in whom is no faith. 21 “They have moved me to jeal- ousy with that which is not God ; they have provoked me to anger ““with their vanities: and. will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people;^! 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 foundations of the mountains.. The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY, 32. The song of Moses. 23 I will “heap mischiefs upon them; will spend mine arrows upon them. , _ ^ 24 They shall he burnt with hun- ger, and devoured with ^ burning heat, and with bitter destruction : 1 will also send -^the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of ser- pents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and terror 2 within, shall ® destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray 26 i said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the re- membrance of them to cease from among men : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- versaries ""should behave themselves 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 under- standing in them. 29 ‘"O that they were wise, tha,t they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 30 How should one chase a thou- sand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock ®had sold them, and the Lord had shut them upl 31 For ""their rock is not as our Rock, *even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For ^ their vine '^is of the vine of S5d-6m, and of the fields of G6- m5rYah : 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 /s not this “laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures % 35 ®To me helongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due^ time : for ^ the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that snail come upon them make haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, ^ and repent himself for his servantSj when he seeth that their * power IS gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 37 Ana 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 ^your pro- tection. B.C. 1461. 13. " Is. 26. 15. b Ps. 102. 27. Ps. 7. V. <1 Is. 45. 5, 18, 22. « 1 Sam. 2. 6. Hos. 6. 1. 1 Heb. hurtling coals. /Lev. 26. 22. y Is. 66. 16. 2 Heb. from the chambers. 3 Heb. bereave. AJer. 46. 10. i Jer. 30. 14. Lam. 2. 5. k Rom. 15. 10. ^ or, Praise his people, ye nat ions : or, Sing ye. I Rev. 19. 2. ™ Jer. 19. 4. 5 or. Our high hand, and not the Lord, hath done all this. « Ps. 85. 1. 0 or. ,/oshua. 0 Luke 19. 42. P Ezek. 40. 4. ? Ps. 44. 12. ’■ 1 Sam. 2. 2. s 1 Sam. 4. 8. Jer. 40. 3. < Is. 1. 10. t or, is worse than the vine of Sodom, &c. “Prov. 3. 2. Rom. 10. 5. ® Ps. 58. 4. yNum. 27. 12, 13. * Rom. 3. 13. “ Jer. 2. 22. Rom. 2. 5. b ch. 34. 1. « Heb. 10. 30. « Num. 20. 25, 28. /Jer. 31. 20. 8 Heb. hand. y Num. 20. Il- ls. A.TuflfC. 10. 14. Jer. 2. 28. 9 or. Strife at Ka or, shall be subdued. 9 ch. 31. 2. h ch. 32. 13. 1 Gen. 27. 1. 2 Hel). moisture. 3 Heb. fled. h See Gen. 50. 3, 10 . Num. 20. 29. I Num. 27. 12. i or, The hill. "•Is. 11. 2. Dan. 6. 3. « ch. 3. 27. » Num. 27. 18, 23. P Gen. 14. 14. 1 ch. 11. 24. ch. 18. 15. s Ex. 3.3. 11. ch. 5. 4. t 2 Chr. 28. 15. “ch. 7. 19. * Gen. 12. 7. y ch. 3. 27. 2 ch. 32. 50. Lord died there in the iand of Mo-ab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Mo-ab, over against Beth-pe-6r : but ® no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 ^ ^And Md-ses ivas an hundred and twenty years old when he died: 'his eye was not dim, nor his ‘^natural force ^abated. ^ 8 51 And the children of Ish4-el wept for Md-ses in the plains of Md-ab ^ thirty days : so the days of weeping and mourning for Md-sd§ were ended. 9 5T And Jdsh-u-a the son of Niin was full of the spirit of wisdom ; for ‘'Md-ses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Ish4-dl hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Md-sds. 10 51 And there ’‘arose not a prophet since in Ish*4-el like unto Md-sds, * whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 In all “the signs and the won- ders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of E-gypt to Phah*adh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great teri'or which Md-sds shewed in the sight of all Is-ra-dl. THE BOOK OF JOSH-H-A. CHAPTER 1. 1 The Lord a/ypointeth Joshua to succeed Moses. 8 He giveth him instructions. 10 Joshua prepareth the people to pass over Jordan. N OW after the death of Md-sds the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Jdsh-u-a the son of Nun, Mo- lds’ ® minister, saying, 2 •''Md-sds my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this J or-dan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of I.s-ra-dl. 3 ’Every place that the sole of \mur foot snail tread upon, that nave I given unto you, as I said unto Md-sds. 4 ’“From the wilderness and this Ldb-a-ndn even unto the great river the river Eu-phra-tes, all the land of the Hit-tites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 “There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of B.C. 1451. “Ex. 3. 12. b Deut. 31. 8, 23. ch. .3. 7. Is. 43. 2, 5. ‘•' Deut. 31. 6, 8. rfDeut. 31.7, 23. 1 or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, &c. « Ex. 24. 13. Deut. 1. 38. / Deut. 34. 5. 9 Num. 27. 23. Deut. 31. 7. ch. 11. 15. h Deut. 5. 32. & 28. 14. i Deut. 11. 24. ch. 14. 9. ‘t or, do urisely, Deut. 29. 9. fcDeut. 17. 18, 19. I Ps. 1. 2. Gen. 1.5. 18. Ex. 25. .31. Num. .34. .3-12. 3 or, do vnsely, ver. 7. « Deut. 7. 24. » Deut. 31. 7, 8, 23. thy life : ""as I was with Md-sds, so '*1 will be with thee : ^T will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 ‘*Be strong and of a good cour- age: for ^unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fa- thers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest ob- serve to do according to all the law, which Md-sds my servant com- manded thee: ''turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest ^prosper whitherso- ever thou goest. ^ 8 ^'This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but Rhou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is writ- ten therein : for then thou slialt make thy way prosperous, and then thou slialt ^ have good success. 9 ‘'Have not 1 commanded thee] Be strong and of a good courage; 213 Joshua succeedeth Moses. JOSHUA, 2. Rahab receiveth the spies. “ be not afraid, neither be thou dis- mayed : for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 ^ Then J5sh-u-a commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1 1 Pass through the host, and com- mand the people, saying. Prepare you victuals ; for ® within three days ye shall pass over this Jor-dan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to pos- sess it. 12 ^ And to the Keu-ben-ites, and to the Gad-ites, and to half the tribe of Ma-nas-seh, spake J5sh-u-a, saying, 13 Remember ^the word which Mo-ses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying. The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land._ 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Mo-ses gave you on this side J6r-dan; but ye shall pass before your brethren ^ armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them ; 15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them : ^ then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Mo-ses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side J6r-dan toward the sunrising. 16 U And they answered J5sh-u-a, saying. All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 1 7 According as we hearkened unto Mo-s6s in all things, so v/ill we hearken unto thee : only the Lord thy God ™be with thee, as he was with Mo-ses. 18_Whosoever he he that doth rebel against thy comimandment, 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. CHAPTER 2. 1 Rahab receiveth amd concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. 8 The covenant between her and them. 23 Their return and relation. AND JOsh-u-a the son of Nun ^sent XiL *‘out of Shit-tim two men. to spy secretly, saying. Go view the land, even J er-i-eho. And they went, and *came into an harlot’s house, named *Ra-hab, and ® lodged there. 2 And *"it was told the king of Jer- l-eho, saying. Behold, there carne men in hither to night of the chil- dren of Is-ra-§l to search out the country. B.C. 1451. “ Ps. 27. 1. Jer. 1. 8. - b See 2 Sam. 17. 19, 20. ® Deut. 9. 1. & 11. 31. dNum. 32. 20- 28. ch. 22. 2-4. « See Ex. 1. 17. 2 Sam. 17. 19. 1 Heb. mar- shalled by jive: as Ex. 1,^. 18. / Geu. 35. 5. Ex. 23. 27. Deut. 2. 25. & 11. 25. 9 ch. 22. 4, &c. 2 Heb. melt. Ex. 15. 15. h Ex. 14. 21. ch. 4. 23. * Num. 21. 24, 34, 35. * Ex. 15. 14, 15. 1 ch. 5. 1. & 7. 5. Is. 13. 7. ™1 Sam. 20. 13. 1 Ki. 1. 37. 2 Heb. rose up. ” Deut. 4. 39. ® See 1 Sam. 20. 14, 15, 17. ^ Seel Tim. 5.8. 9 ver. 18. 4 or, had sent. >• Num. 25. 1. * Heb. 11. 31. Jas. 2. 25. t Mat. 1. 5. b Heb. lay. 6 Heb. instead of you to die. “ ver. 22. ®Judg. 1. 24. Mat. 5. 7. S' Acts 9. 25. 314 3 And the king of Jer-Lcho sent unto Ra-hab, 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 v/oman 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 J6r-dan unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 ^ 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 Lord hath given you the land, and that -^your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ^ faint be- cause of you. 10 For we have heard hov/ the Lord ^ dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of E-gypt ; and ‘what ye did unto the two kings of the _Am-6r-ites, that were on the other side J6r-dan, SiffiCn and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 1 1 And as soon as we had *heard these things, ^our hearts did melt, neither ^did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you : for “the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, "swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto ^my 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 ®for your’s, 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 The return of the spies. JOSHUA, 3. Joshua cometh to Jordan. cord through the window : for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pur- suers meet you ; and hide your- selves there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and after- ward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her, We ivill be blameless 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 ^ bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. 1 9 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 B.C. 1461. “See Num. 10. 33. b Deut. 31. 9, 25. Ex. 19. 12. dEx. 20. 7. 1 Heb. since yesterday, and the third day. ‘ ver. 12. / Ex. 19. 10, 14, 15. Lev. 20. 7. Num. 11. 18. ch. 7. 1.3. 1 Sam. 16. 5. Joel 2. 16. 9 ch. 6. 23. 2 Heb. gather, h Num. 4 15. i ch. 4. 14. 1 Chr. 29. 25. 2 Chr. 1. 1. *ch. 1. 5. I 1 Ki. 2. 32. Mat. 27. 25. ’"ver. 3. ’’ver. 17. window. 22 And they went, and came un- to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were I'eturned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 II So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to J5sh-u-a the son of Niin, and told him all things that befell them : 24 And they said unto J6sh-u-a, Truly Hhe Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do ^ faint because of us. ® Deut. 5. 26. 1 Sam. 17. 26. 2 Ki. 19. 4. 1 Thes. 1. 9. P Ex. .3.3. 2. Deut. 7. 1. Ps. 44. 2. 9 ver. 13. Mic. 4. 1.3. Zech. 4. 14. & 6. 5. ’’ ch. 4. 2. ® Ex. 23. 31. ch. 6. 2. & 21. 44. t ver. 15, 16. CHAPTER 3. 3 Heb. melt, ver. 9. 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan. 7 The Lord encourageth Mm. 9 Joshua encourageth the people. 14 The waters of Jorda/n are divided. pie, saying, “When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, *and the priests the Le-vites bear- ing it, then ye shall remove froui your place, and go after it. 4 ‘'Yet there shall be a space be- tween you and it, about two thou- sand cubits by measure : come not near unto it, that ye may know the v/ay by which ye rnust go : for ye have not passed this way Riereto- fore. 5 And Jbsh-u-a said unto the peo- ple, ^ Sanctify yourselves : for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6 And Josh-u-a 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 be- fore the people. 7 ^ And the Lord said unto Jbsh- u-a, This day will I begin to ^mag- nify thee in the sight of all IsYa-el, that they may know that, *as I was with Mo-ses, 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 Jor-dan, ^ye shall stand still in Jor-dan. 9 *iT And Josh-u-a said unto the children of IsYa-el, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And JOsh-u-a said. Hereby ye shall know that °the living God is among you, and that he will with- out fail ''’drive out from before you the -Ga-naan-ites, and the Hit-tTtes, and the Hi-vites. and_ the .Per4z- zites, and the Gir-ga-shTtes, and the Am-6r-ites, and the Jeb-u-sites. 1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of ‘“'the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Joi’-dan. 1 2 Now therefore ’’take you twelve men out of tne tribes of Ish-a-el, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, ’'as soon as the soles of the feet of the E riests that bear the ark of tlie ORD, “the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jorhlan, that the waters of Jorhlan shall be A nd Josh-u-a rose early in the - morning ; and they removed ^from Shit-tim, and came to Jor- dan, he and all the children of fs- ra-gl, 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 peo- * P». 78. 13. & 114. 3. ych. 2. 1. *ch. 1. 10, 11. “ Acts 7. 45. b ver. 13. cut (fS. from the watiu-s that come down from above ; and they "’’shall stand upon an heap. 14 ^ And it came to jiass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass ()ver Jorhlan, and tlie priests bearing the “ark of the covenant before the people ; 1 5 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jdrhlan, and *the 215 The waters are divided. JOSHUA, i. The yeopU pass ever Jordan. feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim ot the water, (for “Jor-dan overttoweth all his banks "all the time of har- '"ll^Tliat the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Ad-am, that is beside "Zar- e-tan; 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 Jerd-eho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of J6r-dan, -^and all the Is- ra-el-ites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jbr-dan. CHAPTER 4. 1 Twelve stones taken for a memorial met of Jordan. 9 Twelve others set up in the midst of Jordan. 10, 19 The people pass over. 14 God nuxgnifieth Joshua. A nd it came to pass, when all ^ the people were clean passed "^over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Josh-u-a, saying, 2 *Take you twelve men out or the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying. Take you hence out of the rnidst of J6r-dan, out of the place where Hhe priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave thein in ^the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. „ , ^ , 4 Then Josh-u-a called the Dvelve men, whom he had prepared ot the children of Is-rAel, out of every tribe a man : 5 And J6sh-u-a said unto them. Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst ot Jdr-dan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the num- ber of the tribes of the children of Is-ra-el : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that " when your chilaren ask their fathers ^in time to come, saying. What mean ye by these stones'? ^ , 7 Then ye shall answer them, ThtR ®the waters of Jdr-dan were cut on before the ark of the covenant ot the Lord ; v/hen it passed over Jor- dan, the waters of J 6r-dan were cut off: and these stones shall be for 'a memorial unto the children oi Is- ra-el for ever. , n y v i 8 And the children of Is-ra-el did so as Josh-u-a commanded, and took up tv/elve stones out of the midst B.C. 1451. “ 1 Chr. 12. 15. Jer. 12. 5. & 49. 19. b ch. 4. 18. & 5. 10, 12. • 1 Ki. 4. 12. & 7. 46. d Deut. 3. 17. ’ Gen. 14. 3. Num. 34. 3. / See Ex. 14. 29. 3 Num. 32. 27, 28. h Gent. 27. 2. ch. 3. 17. I or, ready armed. k ch. 3. 7. I ch. 3. 13. ”*ver. 19, 20. ‘ Ex. 25. 16, 22 2 Heb. plucked up. " ver. 21. Ex. 12. 26. & 13. 14. Deut. 6. 20. Ps. 44. 1. 3 Heb. to morrow. ch. 3. 15. 1 Heh. went- 1 ch. 3. 13, 16. '■ ch. 5. 9. ® ver. 3. t Ex. 12. 14. l»um. 16. 40 “ver 6. s Heb. to morrow. 216 of J6r-dan, as the Lord spake unto J dsh-u-a, according to the number of the tribes of the children of IsAa-6l, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And J osh-u-a set up twelve stones in the midst of J6r-dan, 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 ^ For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jdr- dan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Josh-u-a to speak unto the people, accord- ing to all that Mo-ses commanded Jdsh-u-a: and the people hasted and passed over. 1 1 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 pres- ence of the people. 12 And ^the children of Reu-ben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Ma-nas-seh, passed over armed before the children of IsAa-el, as Mo-ses spake unto them : 13 About forty thousand ^ pre- pared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jer-i-cho. , , 14 IT On that day the Lord '^mag- nified J6sh-u-a in the sight of all Is-ra-el; and they feared him, as they feared Mo-ses, all the days ot his life. , T T_/ 15 And the Lord spake unto J 5sh- u-a, saying, 1 6 Command the priests that bear "*the ark of the testinaony. that they come up out of J 6r-dan. 17 Josh-u-a therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jor-dan, 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the cov- enant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of J 6r-dan, andthQ soles of the priests’ feet were ditted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jor-dan returned unto their place, ^and ^flowed over all his banks, as they did before. 19 II And the people came up out of J6r-dan on the tenth day ot the first month, and encamiied ’‘in Gil- gal, in the east border of J 6r-i-cho. 20 And Hhose twelve stones, which they took out pf J or-dan, did J5sh-u-a pitch in Oil-gal 21 And he spake unto the children of Ts-ra-el, saying, “t¥hen your chil- dren shall ask their fathers An time to come, saying. What mean these stones % Circumcision is renewed. JOSHUA, b, 6. Jericho is shut up. 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, *Is-ra-el came over this Jor-dan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of J6r-dan from be- fore you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red 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 ^for ever. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Ctmaanites afraid. 2 Joshua reneioeth circumcision. 10 The passover kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceasefh. 13 An Angel appeareth to Joshua. AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Am-6r-ites, which were on the side of J6r-dan west- ward,_and all the kings of the -Ca- naan-ites, ^ which were by the sea, ’"heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of J6r-dan from before the children of Is-ra-el, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, "neither was there spiiut in them any more, because of the children of Is-ra-el. 2 H At that time the Lord said unto J5sh-u-a, Make thee ^sharp^ knives, and circumcise again the children of l§-ra-6l the second time. 3 And JOsh-u-a made him sharp knives, and circumcised the chil- dren of Is-ra-el at ®the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why J5sh- u-a did circumcise : * All the people that came out of E-gypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of E-gypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the S eople that were born in the wil- erness by the way as they came forth out of ^ E-gypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For thechildrenof I§-ra-M walked “forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of E-gypt, 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 give us, “a land that floweth with milk and honey. 7 And ® their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Jbsh- u-a circumcised : for they were un- circumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, ’when B.C. 1451. Gen. 34. 14. 1 Sam. 14. 6. See Lev. 18. 3. ch. 24. 14. Ezek. 20. 7. & 23. 3, 8. (iEx. 14. 21. « ch. 4. 19. ' i.e. Rolling, f 1 Ki. 8. 42, 43. 2 Ki. 19. 19. Ps. 106. 8. a Ex. 15. 16. 1 Chr. 29. 12. Ps. 89. 13. h Ex. 12. 6. Niiin. 9. 5. 1 Ex. 14. 31. Dent. 6. 2. Ps 89. 7. Jer. 10. 7. 2 Heb. all days, h Ex. 16. 35. I Num. 13. 29. ™Ex. 15. 14, 15. oh. 2. 9-11. Ps. 48. 6. Ezek. 21. 7. ” 1 Ki. 10. 5. ® Gen. 18. 2. &32 24. Ex. 23. 23. Zecn. 1. 8. Acts 1. 10. P Num. 22. 23. « Ex. 4. 25. 3 or, knives of flints. 4 or, prince. See Ex. 23. 20. Dan. 10. 13,21. & 12 . 1 . Rev. 12. 7. & 19. 11, 14. ’•Gen. 17. 3. 5 or, Gibeah- haaraloth. s Num. 14. 29. & 26. 64, 65. Dcut. 2. 16. t Ex. 3. 5. Acts 7. 33. G Heb. did shut up, and was shut up. “ Num. 14. 33. Deut. 1. 3. & 2. 7, 14. Ps. 95. 10. ®ch. 2. 9,24. & 8 . 1 . y Deut. 7. 24. * Num. 14. 23. Ps. 95. 11. Heb. 3. 11. “ Ex. 3. 8. b See .Tudg. 7. 16, 22. « Num. 14. .31. Deut. 1. .39. Num. 10. 8. 1 Heb. when the people had made an end to be circum- cised. 217 they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, *till they were whole. 9 And the I ^ord said unto J 5sh-u-a„ This day have I rolled away ‘'the reproach of E-gypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called ®Gil-gaP unto this day. 10 And the children of Is-ra-6l encamped in Gil-gal, and kept the passover '*on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of J er- i-eho. 1 1 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12 And * the manhia ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Is-ra-6l manhia any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of -Ga-naan that year. ^13 *[1 And it came to pass, when J5sh-u-a was by Jer-i-cho, 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 J5sh-u-a went unto him, and said unto him. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries! 14 And he said. Nay ; but as cap- tain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And JOsh-u-a ’‘fell on his face to the earth, and did wor- ship, and said unto him. What saith my lord unto his servant ! 15 And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto J5shhl-a, ^ Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the E lace whereon thou standest is oly. And J5sh-u-a did so. CHAPTER 6. 1 Jericho is shut up. ‘2. God instruct eth Joshua how to besiege it. 12 The city is compassed. 20 The walls fall down. 22 Rahab is saved. lyrOW J6r-i-cho ®was straitly shut ^ up because of the children of Is-ra-el : none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto J5sh-u-a, See. '‘I have given into thine hand J6r-i-cho, and the ^king thereof, and the miglity men of valour. 3 And ye shall comxiass 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 sev(‘n * trumpets of rams’ horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and ‘*the priests shall blow with the trumni'ts. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with The city is compassed. JOSHUA, 6. Rahah is savi>a the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout v/ith a great shout; and the wall of tne city shall fall down ^flat, amd the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. , , . , ^ 6 ^ And J6sh-u-a the son or JNun called the priests, amd said unto them. Take up the ark of the cov- enant, and let seven priests oear seven trumpets of rams’ horns be- fore the ark of the Lord. 7 And he said unto the people. Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on be- fore the ark of the Lord. 8 H And it came to pass, when J5sh-u-a had spoken unto the peo- ple, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord,_ and blew v/ith the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 H And the armed men went be- fore the priests that blev/ with the trumpets, -^and the ® rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And JOsh-u-a had commanded the people, saying. Ye shall not shout, nor ®make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 11 So the ark of the Lord com- passed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. ^ 12 U And JOsh-u-a rose_ early in the morning, ^ and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continu- ally, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them ; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the^ priests going on, and blov/ing with the trumpets. 14 And the second day they com- passed 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 dav/ning of the day, and 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, JOsh-u-a B.C. 1461. 1 or, devoted. Lev. 27. 28. Mic. 4. 13. 2 Heb. under it. i Dent. 7. 26. & 13. 17. ch. 7. 1, 11, 12. ■ ch. 7. 25. 1 Ki. 18. 17, 18. Jonah 1. 12. 3 Heb. holiness. Jver. 5. Heb. 11. 31 4 Heb. under it. Nuin. 10. 25. 5 Heb. gather- ing host. / Dent. 7. 2. 6 Heb. maTce yowr voice to be heard. S’ch. 2. 14. !b. 11. 31. ft Dent. 31. 25. i ch. 2. 13. 'ELob. families. I See Mat. 1. 5. said unto the people. Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city. 17 II And the city shall be ^ac- cur.sed, even it, and ail that are therein, to the Lord : only Ha-hab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because "she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, ^in any wise keep your- selves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of IsYa-el a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are ® consecrated unto the Lord : they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the peo- ple heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that ‘^the wall fell down ^flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, 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 Jbsh-u-a 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 Ra- hab, *and her father, and her mo- ther, and her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out all her ’kindred, and left them with- out the camp of IsYa-el. ^ , 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 Lord. , -n, ^ i .li 25 And Jbsh-u-a saved Ra-hab the harlot alive, and her father’s house- hold, and all that she had; and *she dwelleth in IsYa-el even unto this day ; because she hid the mes- sengers. which J osh-u-a sent to spy out Jer-i-cho. 26 ‘il And Jbsh-u-a ad 3 ured them at that time, saying, Cursed he the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city J er-i-cho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 213 The Israelites smitten. JOSHUA, 7. Achan troiMeth Israel. 27 ®So the Lord was with J5sh-u-a ; and *his fame was noised through- a out all the country. * B.C. 1461. ch. 1. 5. ch. 9. 1, 3. CHAPTER 7. ® See Acts 5. 1,2. 1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's complaint. 10 God instructeth him what to do. 16 Achan is taken by the lot. 19 Mis confession. 22 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor. B ut the children of Is-ra-el com- mitted a trespass in the accursed thing : for -^A^hanp the son of -Gar- mi, the son of ^Zab-dT, the son of Ze-rah, of the tribe of J u-dah, took of the accursed thing : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Is-ra-el. 2 And J5sh^u-a sent men from Jer-i-eho to A-i, which is beside Bgth-a-ven, on the east side of Beth -el, and spake unto them, say- ing, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed A-I. 3 And they returned to Jbsh-u-a, and said unto him. Let not all the people go up ; but let ^ about two or three thousand men go up and smite A-i; and make not all the people to labour thither ; for they are hut few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : ^and they fled before the men of Ah. 5 And the men of Ah smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them from before the gate even unto Sheb-a-rim, and •smote them ^ in the going down : wherefore "the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 IT And Josh-u-a ^rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Is-ra- Sl, and ^put dust upon their heads. 7 And J5sh-u-a said, Alas, O Lord God, ’’wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over J6r-dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Am-6r-ites, to destroy us % would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jor-dan ! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Is-ra-6l turneth their ® backs before their enemies ! 9 For the -Ga-naan-Ites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and ^cut off our name from the earth: and ^what wilt thou do unto thy great name 1 10 II And the Lord said unto J5sh- u-a, Get thee up ; wherefore ’ liest thou thus upon thy face ^ 11 “IsAa-gl hath sinned, and the.y have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: ^for d See Nuin. 14. 45. Judg. 2. 14. « Deut. 7. 26. ch. 6. 18- Hag. 2. 13, 14. / ch. 22. 20. 1 1 Chr. 2. 7, Achar. 2 or, Zimri, 1 Chr. 2. 6. 9 Ex. 19. 10. h ch. 3. 5. i Prov. 16. 33. 3 Heb. about 2000 men, or aboat 3000 men. k See 1 Sam. 14. 38, 39. I Lev. 26. 17. Deut. 28. 25. ™ver. 11. ”Gen. 34. 7. Judg. 20. 6. 4 or, wicked- ness. 5 or, in Morad. 0 ch. 2. 9. 11. Lev. 26. .36. Ps. 22. 14. I” Gen. 37. 29,34. «1 Sam. 4. 12. 2 Sam. 3 . 2. & 13. 19. Neh. 9. 1 . Job 2. 12. Ex. 17. 3. Num. 21. 5. 2 Ki. 3. 10. » 1 Sam. 14. 42. t Seel Sam. 6.5. Jer. 13. 16. John 9. 24. Heb. necks. “Num. 5. 6, 7. 2 Chr. 30. 22. Ezra 10. 10, 11. Ps. 51. 3. Dan. 9. 4. *1 Sam. 14. 43. y Deut. 32. 26. Ps. 83. 4. ^ See Ex. 32. 12. ^uIn. 34. 13. 7 Uch. fallest. “ ver. 1. 8 Heb. tongwe. 6 ch. 6. 17, 18. they have even taken of the ac- cursed thing, and have also stolen, and " dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 ‘^Therefore the children of I§- ra-el could not stand before their enemies, 6%^ turned their backs be- fore their enemies, because "they were accursed : neither will I be with you any more, except ye de- stroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, ^sanctify the people, and say, ^Sanctify yourselves against to morrow : for thus saith the Lord God of Ish4-el, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Ish4-el : thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning 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 thereof ; 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. 1 5 *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 ^ trans- gressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he ”hath wrought ^ folly in Is-ra-el. 16 H So J5sh-u-a rose up early in the morning, and brought IsAa-6l by their tribes ; and the tribe of Ju-dah was ta ken : 17 And he^ brought the family of Ju-dah ; and he took the family of the Zardiites : and he brought the family of the Zardiites man by man ; and Zab-dl was taken : 18 And he brought his household man by man ; and A-clian, the son of -Car-mi, the son of Zab-di, the son of ZehAh, of the tribe of J u-dah, *was taken. ^ ^ ^ 19 And Josh-u-a said unto A-ehan, My son, ‘give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Is-ra-el, ’"and make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me. 20 And A-chan answered J5sh-u-a, and said. Indeed I have sinned a- gainst the Lord God of IshA-el, and thus and thus have I done : 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Bab-y-lobiish garment, and two hundred shek-els of silver, and a ® wedge of gold of fifty sh6k-6ls weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are 2 . 1.9 JOSHUA, 8. At was tahen. The stratagem whereby hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 II So J5sh-u-a sent messengers, and they ran unto_ the_ tent ; and, behold, it teas hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Jbsh-u-a, and unto all the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, and laid them out before the Loed. 24 And J5sh-u-a, and all Is-ra-el with him, took A--ehan the son of Ze-rah, and the silver, and the gar- ment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto Hhe valley of A-ehor. 25 And J6sh-u-a said, ‘'Why hast thou troubled US'? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. ‘^And all Is-ra-el stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.^ 26 And they -^raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So ^the Lord turned from the fierce- ness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, ^The valley of ^A-ehor, unto this day. B.C. 1451. ' Heb. pulled. 2 Heb. poured. “2 Sam. 13. 28. b ver. 26. ch. 15. 7. « ch. 6. 18. 1 Chr. 2. 7. Gal. .5. 12. d Deut. 17. 5. ® ver. 5. / ch. 8. 29. 2 Sam. 18. 17. Lani. 3. 53. 3 Deut. 13. 17. 2 Sam. 21. 14. b ver. 24. Is. 65. 10. Hos. 2. 15. 3 i.e. Trouble. CHAPTER 8. 1 Ood encoura^eth Joshua. 3 The stratarjcm whereby Ai was taken. 29 The*khig thereof is hanged. 30 Joshua buildeth an altar, 32 wri^eth the law on stones, 33 jyro- poundeth blessings and cursings. AND the Lord said unto Josh-u-a, *Fear not, neither be thou dis- mayed : take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to A-i : see, have given into thy hand the king of A-i, and his people, and his city, and his land : 2 And thou shalt do to Ah and her king as thou didst unto ^Jer-i-cho and her king : only ^the spoil there- of, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 H So Jbsh-u-a arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ah : and J5sh-u-a chose out thirty thou- sand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, say- ing, Behold, ^We shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city : go not very far from thb 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 corne to pass, when they come out against us, as at the &st, that «we will flee before them, 4 or, of Ai. 5 Heb. their lying in wait, ver. 4. i Deiit. 1. 21. & 7. 18. & 31. 8. ch. 1. 9. k ch. 6. 2. I ch. 6. 21. »»Deut. 20. 14. ** Judg. 20. 34. Eccl. 9. 12. ® Judg. 20. 36, &c. Judg. 20. 29. 6 (For they will come out after usl tfll we have Mrawn them from the city ; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first : therefore we v/ill 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, thoft ye shall set the city on fire ; according to the com- mandment of the Lord shall ye do. ""See, I have commanded you. 9 51 Jbsh-u-a therefore sent them forth : and they went to lie in am- bush, and abode between Beth'-el and A-i, on the west side of A-i : but J 5sh-u-a lodged that night among the people. 10 And Jbsh-u-a rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Is-r4-el, before the people to A-i. 11 ^And all the people, even the 'people of war that tvere with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city^ and pitched on the north side of A-i : now there_ was a valley between them and Ah. 12 And he took about five thou- sand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth'-el and Ah, on the west side “^of the city. 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that wOjS on the north of the city, and ^theii liers in wait on the west of the city, Jbsh-u-a went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 IT And it came to pass, when the king of Ah saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Is- ra-el to battle, he and all his peo- ple, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he ”wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Jbsh-u-a and all Is-ra-el ‘'made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16_And all the people that were in A-i were called together to pur- sue after them : and they pursued after Josh-u-a, and were drawn away from the city. 17_And there was not a man left in A-i or Beth'-el, that went not out after Is-ra-el : and they left the city open, and pursued after Is'ra-6l. 1 8 And the Lord said unto Jbsh-u-a , Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward A-i; for I will give it into thine hand. And Jbshfu-a . ?Judg. 20. 32. Ai utterly destroyed. JOSHUA, 9. Craft of the Giheonites. stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. „ _ , , 20 And when the men of A-i looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no ^ power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilder- ness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Josh-u-aand all Is- ra-el 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 Ah. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Is-ra-el, 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 Ah they took alive, and brought him to Josh-u-a. 24 And it came to pass, when Is- rA6l had made an end_ of slaying all the inhabitants of Ah in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Is-ra-el-ites returned unto A-i, and smote it with the edge of the B.C. 1451. “ Ex. 20. 25. Deut. 27. 5, 6. b Ex. 20. 24. « Ueut. 27. 2. 8. 1 Heb. 7: and. rf Deut. 31. 9, 26. « Deut. 31. 12. /Deut. 11. 29. & 27. 12. 9 Deut. 7. 2. ft Deut. 31. 11. Neh. 8. 3. i Deut. 28. 2, 15, 45. & 29. 20, 21. & 30. 19. ft Deut. 31. 12. 1 ver. 33. 2 Heb. toalked. 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 A-i. 26 For JOsh-u-a drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly de- stroyed all the inhabitants of A-i. _ 27 ® Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Is-ra-el took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he » commanded Josh-u-a. 28 And J(3sh-u-a burnt Ah, and made it ^an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 “And the king of Ah he hanged on a tree until eventide: * and as soon as the sun was down, J5sh-u-a commanded that they should take his carcase 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 remain- eth unto this day, _ 30 ^ Then J6sh -u-a built an altar unto the Lord God of I§ha-Sl hn mount E-bal, 31 As Mo-?(5s the servant of the ™Num. 34 6. ” Ex. 3. 17. & 23. 23. “ Num. 31. 22, 26. 7’Ps. 83. 3, 5. 7 ver. 2. 3 Heb. moutTi. ’• Deut. 13. 16. * ch. 10. 2. 2 Sam. 21. 1, 2. < ch. 6. 27. «ch. 10. 26. Ps. 107. 40. & 110. 5. * Deut. 21. 22, 2;l. ch. 10. 27. ych. 7. 26. & 10. 27. * Deut. 27. 4, 5. “ch. 5. 10. Lord commanded the children of Isha-el, as it is \vritten in the “book of the law of Mo-ses, an altar of whole stones, oyer Avhich no man hath lift up any iron : and Hhey offered thereon burnt offerings un- to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 ^ And ‘’he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Mo-ses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Isb4-el. 33 And all Isb*a-el, and their elders, and oificers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Le-vites, 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 GeUi-zim, and half of them over against mount EJjal ; ■'^as Mo-ses the servant of the Lord had com- manded before, that they should bless the people of Ish’a-el. 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 Mo-ses commanded, which J6sh-u-a read not before all the congregation of Ish;a-el, *with the women, and the little ones, and 'the strangers that ^were conver- sant among them. CHAPTER 9. 1 The Icings combine against Israel. 3 Craft of the Oibeonites. 22 Their punishment. AND it came to pass, when all the kings which tuere on, this side J6r-dan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of “the great sea over against L6b-a-n5n, “the Hit-tlte, and the Am-6r-ite, the -Ga-naan-Ite, the Per-iz-zite, the Hi-vite, and the J6b-u-site, heard thereof ; 2 That they ^gathered themselves together, to fight with J(5sh-u-a and with Is-ra-M, with one ^accord. 3 11 And when the inhabitants of *Gib-6-5n 'heard what Josli-u-a had done unto Jer-i-cho and to A-I, 4 They did work wilily. and went and made as if they had been am- bassadors, 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 JOsh-u-a “unto the camp at Gil-gM, and said unto him, and to the men of l^^-ra-M, VY© 221 B.C. 1451. Craft of the Giheonites. JOSHUA, 10. be come from a far country : now therefore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of IshA-el said un- to the “Hi-vites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and ^how shall we make a league with youl 8 And they said unto J5sh-u-a, We are thy servants. And J ^sh-u-a said unto them, Who are yel 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 E-gypt, 10 And 'all that he did to the two kings of the Am-6r-ites, that were beyond Jor-dan, to Si-h5n king of Hesh-b5n, and to Og king of Ba- shan, which was at AsliAa-rOth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals ^with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them. We are your servants : therefore now make ye a league with us. 1 2 This our bread we took hot 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 ®the men took of their victuals, ''and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. 15 And J5sh-u-a ^made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live ; and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 H And 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 that they dwelt among them. « y ^ i 17 And the children of Is-ra-el journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were “^Gib-e-5n, and -Ghg-phi- rah, and Be-eA5th, and Kir-jath- je-a-rim. i 18 And the children of Is-ra-el smote them not, * because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of IsAa-el. And all the con- gregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto Their 'punishment. «ch. 11. 19. b Ex. 23. 32. Deut. 7. 2. & 20. 16. Judg. 2. 2. See 2 Sam. 21. 1 , 2 . 6 . Ezek. 17. 13, 15, 18, 19. Zech. 5. 3, 4. Mai. 3. 5. dDeut. 20. 11. 2 Ki. 10. 5. « Deut. 20. 15. / Deut. 29. 11. 3 ver. 15. b. Ex. 15. 14. Josh. 2. 10. i Num. 21. 24, 33. * ver. 6, 9. i ver. 16. ™Gen. 9. 25. 1 Heb. not be cut off from you. ” ver. 21, 27. 2 Heb. in your ’ Ex. 23. 32. Deut. 7. 1. 2. 2 Gen, 16. 6. 3 or, they received the men by reason of their victuals. »■ Num. 27. 21. Is. 30. 1, 2. See Judg. 1. 1. 1 Sam. 22. 10. & 23. 10, 11. 2 Sam. 2. 1. & 5. 19. 4 Heb. gave, or, delivered to be, 1 Chr. 9. 2. Ezra 8. 20. ® ver. 21, 23. t ch, 11. 19. 2 Sam. 21. 2. “Deut. 12. 5. ■^'ch. 18. 25, 26, 28. Ezra 2. 25. y ch. 6. 21. ^ ch. 8. 22, 26, 28. “ ch. 9. 15. b Ps. 15. 4. Eccl. 5. 2. ' Ex. 15. 14-16. Deut. 11. 25. 5 Heb. cities of the kingdom. all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Is- ra-el: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, lest ® wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we 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 ^ And JOsh-u-a 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 ^none of you be freed from being bondmen, and ''hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. ^ 24 And they answered J5sh-u-a, and said. Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God "commanded his servant Mo-ses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the in- habitants of the land from before you, therefore ^we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are "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 Is-ra-el, that they slew them not. 27 And J6sh-u-a ^made them that day * hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even un- to this day, “in the place which he should choose. CHAPTER 10. 1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailstones. 12 The mn and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. 26 The five kings are hanged. 28 Seven more kin^s are conquered. 43 Joshua's return. '^TOW it came to pass, when A-d5nd-ze-dee king of Je-ru- sa-lem had heard how J5sh-u-a had taken Ah, and had utterly de- stroyed it; ^as he had done to Jer-i-chjo and her king, so he had done to ^A-i and her king; and “how the inhabitants of Gib-e-5n had made peace with Is-ra-6l, and were among them; 2 That they "feared greatly, be- cause Gib-6-5n was a great city, as one of the ® royal cities, and be- cause it was greater than Ah, and all the men thereof were mighty. 222 Joshua resaueth Gibeon. J OSHUA, 10. Five Icings are kangea. 3 Wherefore A-d5n-i~ze-dee king of Je-ru-sa-lem sent onto Ho-ham king of He-tu’on, and unto Pi-ram king of Jar-muth, and unto J a-phi-a king of La-ehish, and unto De-bir king of Egd5n, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gib-e-6n: ‘'for it hath made peace with J5sh-u-a and with the children of Isb4-el. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Am-6r-ites, the king of Je-ru-sa- lem, the king of He-bren, the king of Jar-muth, the king of La-chish, the king of EgJbn, ® gathered them- selves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gib-e-bn, and made war a- gainst it. 6 U And the men of Gib-e-5n sent unto Jbsh-u-a -^to the camp to Gil- gal, 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 Am-6r-ites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. _ 7 So Jbsh-u-a ascended from Gil- gal, he, and ^all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 H And the Lord said unto Jbsh- u-a, ^ Fear them not : for I have delivered them into thine hand ; ‘there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Jbsh-u-a therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gil-gal all night. 10 And the Lord ‘discomfited them before Is-ra-el, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gib-e-bn, and chased them along the way that goeth up ’^to Beth-hbAbn, and smote them to ”A-ze-kah, and unto Mak-ke-dah. 1 1 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Is-ra-el, and were in the going down to Beth-hb-rbn, "that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto A-ze-kah, and they died: they were more which died with hail- stones than they whom the children of Is-ra-bl slew with the sword. 1211 Then spake Jbsh-u-a to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Am-6r-ites before the children of Is-ra-el, and he said in the sight of Is^^ra-bl, ^Sun, ^ stand thou still upon Gib-6-bn ; and thou. Moon, in the valley of ‘Aj-aJbn. 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 ^Ja-sher'? So the sun B.C. 1451. b ver. 42. Deut. 1. 30. ch. 23. 3. ® ver. 1. ch. 9. 15. d ver. 43. 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 Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for ‘'the IjORD fought for IsAa-el. 15 IT ‘‘ And Jbsh-u-a returned, and all IsAa-el with him, unto the camp to Gil-gal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Mak- ke-dah. « ch. 9. 2. /ch. 5. 10. &9. 6. 1 Heb. cut off the tail. fl'ch.8.1. h ch. 11. 6. Judg. 4. 14 * Ex. 11. 7. I Judg. 4. 15. 1 Sam. V. 10, 12 . Ps. 18. 14 Is. 28. 21. ”ch. 15. 35. 0 Ps. 18. 13, 14. & 77. 17. Is. 30. 30. Rev. 16. 21. P Ps. 107. 40. & 110 . 6 . & 149. 8. 9. Is. 26. 5, 6. Mai. 4. 3. 9 Deut. 31. 6, 8 ch. 1. 9. »• Is. 28. 21. Hah. 3. 11. 9 liv.b. be silent. ‘ Deut. 3. 21. & 7. 19. t Jiulg. 12. 12. “ch. 8. 29. ® 2 .Sain. 1. 18. 3 or, The upriyht ! 17 And it was told Jbsh-u-a, say- ing, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak-ke-dah. 18 And Jbsh-u-a said. Boll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and ^ smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass,, when Jbsh-u-a and the children of Is- ra-el had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them en- tered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Jbsh-u-a at Mak- ke-dah in peace : ‘'none moved his tongue a,gainst any of the children of Is-ra-eL 22 Then said Jbsh-u-a, Oipen the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Je-ru-sa- lem, the king of He-brbn, the king of Jar-muth, the king of La-ehish, and the king of RgJbn. 24 And it came to pass, when the^ brought out those kings unto Jbsh- u-a, that Jbsh-u-a called for all the men of Is-ra-el, and said unto tlie captains of the men of war which went with him. Come near, ^put your feet upon the necks of tlieso kings. And they came near, and i )ut their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Jbsh-u-a 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 Jbsh-u-a smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they “wero hanging upon the trees until the evening. 223 Seven hmgs are co7iquci ‘ia. JOSHUA, 11. Divers kings ovef t. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, tJuit J5sh-u-a commanded, and they ^ took them down oif 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 U And that day J5sh-u-a took Mak-ke-dah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain ; and he did to the king of Mak-kUdah ‘’as he did unto the king of J er-i-eho. 29 Then J5sh-u-a passed from Mak- ke-dah, and all Ish*a-el with him, unto Lib-nah, and fought against Lib-nah : 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Is-ra-el ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none re- main in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jer-i-eho. 31 H And JOsh-u-a passed from Lib- nah, and all Is-r4-el with him, unto La--ehish, and encamped against it, and fought against it : 32 And the Lord delivered La- eliish into the hand of Is-ra-el, 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 Lib-nah. 33 ^ Then Ho-ram king of Ge-zer came up to help La-chish ; and J5sh-u-a smote him and his peo- ple, until he had left him none remaining. 34 51 And from La-ehish Jbsh-u-a passed unto EgdDn, and all Ish-a-el with him ; and they encamped a- gainst 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 ivere therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to La-ehish. 36 And Jbsh-u-a went up from Egdbn, and all Is-ra-el with him, unto «He-br5n; 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 cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to EgdDn ; but destroyed it ut- terly, and all the souls tliat were therein. B.C. 1461. “ See oh. 15. 15. Judg. 1. 11. 6 Ueut. 21. 23. ch. 8. 29. ^Deut. 20. 16, 17. « Gen. 10. 19. /ch. 11. 16. 3 ver. 14. I 38 5T And Jbsh-u-a returned, and all Ish’a-el with him, to ®De-bir; and fought against it: 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof ; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining : as he had done to He-brDn, so he did to De-bir, and to the king thereof : as he had done also to Lib-nah, and to her king. 40 51 So Josh-u-a smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : he left none remaining, but utterly de- stroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Is-ra-el ‘^commanded. 41 And J5sh-u-a smote them from Ka-desh-bar-ne-a even unto ^Ga-za, •^and all the country of Go-shen, even unto Gib-e-on. _ 42 And all these kings and their land did J osh-u-a take at one time, ^because the Lord God of Is-ra-el fought for Is-ra-el. 43 And Josh-u-a returned, and all Is-ra-el with him, unto the camp to Gil-gal. CHAPTER 11. 1 Divers Jcin^s overcome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the country taken by Joshua. 21 The Anakmis cut off. hch. 10. 3. i ch. 19. 15. k Num. 34. 11. I ch. 17. 11. Judg. 1. 27. 1 Ki. 4. 11. “Judg. 3. 3. ” ch. 13. 11. ® Gen. 31. 49. P Gen. 22. 17. & 32. 12. Judg. 7. 12. 1 Sam. 13. 5. 1 See ch. 14. 13. & 1.5. 13. Judg. 1. 10. 1 Heb. assembled by appointment. ‘ 2 Sam. 8. 1. AND it came to pass, when J a- bin king of Ha-zor had heard those things, that he '"sent to Jo-bab king of Ma-don, and to the king *of Shimh’on, and to the king of Aeh-shaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of * -Ghinhie-rOth, and in the valley, and in the bor- ders ^of Dor on the west, 3 And to the -Gahiaan-ite on the east and on the west, and to the Am-6r-ite, and the Hit-tite, and the Perdz-zite, and the Jeb-u-site in the mountains, ""and to the Hi-vite under "'Her-mbn ‘’in the land of Miz-peh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much peo- ple, ^ even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were ^ met together, they came and S itched together at the waters of le-rom, to fight against Is-ra-6l. ^ 6 51 And the Lord said unto J bsh- u-a, ’■Re not afraid because of them : for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Is-ra-el: thou shalt ^ hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 224 '{azor is taken and bwrnt. JOSHUA, 12. The Anakims are cut off. B.C. 1450. 7 So J5sh-u-a came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Me-rom suddenly ; and they fell upon them. 8 And the Loed delivered them into the hand of Is-ra-el, who smote them, and chased them unto ^ great Zi-don, and unto * Mis-re-photh- ma-im, ^^and unto the valley of Miz-peh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining, 9 And J5sh-u-a did unto them ®as the Loed bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their char- iots with fire. 10 ^ And J5sh-u-a at that time turned back, and took Ha-z6r, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Ha-z6r beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not “^any left to breathe : and he burnt Ha-z6r with. fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Josh-u-a take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, ^ as Mo-ses the servant of the Loed commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood still ^in their strength, Is-ra-el burned none of them, save Ha-z6r only ; that did Josh;U-a burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of I§- ra-6l took for a prey unto them- selves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15 U ^As the Loed commanded Mo-ses his servant, so ^did Mo-ses command JOsh-u-a, and ’‘so did Josh-u-a; ®he left nothing undone of all that the Loed commanded Mo-ses. 16 So J^3sh-u-a took all that land, *the hills, and all the south country. “and all the land of Go-shen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Is-rAel, and the valley of the same ; 17 ^Even from ®the mount Hadak, that goeth up to Sedr, even unto Ba-al-gad in the valley of L6b-a- n5n under mount Her-mOn : and ®all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 LJosh-u-a made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of IsJ-ra-M, save Hhe Hi-vites the inhabitants • t ct. o. 3, ?. 25-15. 225 «Deut. 2. 30. Judg. 14. 4. 1 Sam. 2. 25. Bom. 9. 18. rabbah. b ch. 13. 6. 2 or, Salt pits, 3 Heb. Burnings. Deut. 20. 16, 17. d Num. 13. 22, Deut. 1. 28. ch. 15. 13, 14 « ver. 6. /I Sam. 17.4. 9 ch. 15. 46. 4 Heb. any breath, h Num. 34. 2, &c. i Num. 26. 53. ch. 14, & 15. k ver. 18. ch. 14. 15. & 21. 44. & 22. 4. & 23. 1. I Num. 33. 52. 5 Heb. on their heap. «Nura. 21. 24 ”Deut. 3. 8, 9. ® Num. 21. 24 P Ex. 34. 11, 12. 9 Deut. 31. 7, 8. »• ch. 1. 7. 6 Heb. he removed nothing. » Deut. 3. 17. < ch. 13. 8. “ch. 10. 41. * ch. 13. 20. 9 or, Teman. ^Deut. 3. 17. & 4. 49. 8 or. The springs of Pisgah, or. The hill. * Num. 21. 33. Deut. 3. 4, 10. « ch. 12. 7. 0 or, the smooth mountain. b Deut. 3. 11. ch. 13. 12. ' Deut. 1. 4. d Deut. 3. 8. « Deut. 7. 24 ch. 12. 7. / Deut. 3. 10. ch. 13. 11. 9 Deut. 3. 14. 1 Till 1445. ver. 23. *Num. 21. 24 of Gib-e-5n : all other they took in battle. 20 For “it was of the Loed to harden their hearts, that they should come against Is-ra-el in bat- tle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might de- stroy them, as the Loed com- manded Mo-ses. 21 U And at that time came Josh- u-a, and cut off ‘^the An-_a-kims from the mountains, from He-bron, from De-bir, from AdiaK and from all the mountains of Ju-dah, and from all the mountains of IsAa-el: J5sh-u-a destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the An-a- kims left in the land of the chil- dren of IsAa-el : only in Ga-za, in ■^Gath, ^and in Ash-dOd, there re- mained. 23 So J5sh-u-a took the whole land, '"according to all that the Loed said unto Mo-ses; and J5sh-u-a gave it for an inheritance unto Is-ra-el ^according to their divisions by their tribes. *And the land rested from ir. CHAPTER 12. 1 The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Jordan which Joshua smote. I^OW these are the kings of the LM land, which the children of Is-ra-el smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jor-dan to- ward the rising of the sun, ""from the river Ar-n5n "unto mount Her- man, and all the plain on the east : 2 ®Si-h(jn king of the Am-6r-ites, who dwelt in Hesh-bon, and ruled from Ar-5-er, which is upon the bank of the river Ar-nOn, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gil-e-ad, even unto the river Jab-b5k, ivhich is the border of the children of Am-m5n ; 3 And *from the plain to the sea of Chin-n6-r6th on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, ^the way to B6th-jesh-i-mi)th ; and from ^ the south, under ^'Ash-doth-pis-gah 4 And *the coast of Og king of Ba-shan, which was of '’the rem- nant of the giants, ""that dwelt at Ash-tAroth and at EdA6-i, 5 And reign(‘d in ‘'m 9 unt Her-m5n, •''and in Sal-eah, and in all Ba^shan, ^unto the border of the G6shhi-rites and the Ma-ach-a-thites, and half Gil-6-ad, the border of Sidi5n king of Hgsh'bCin. 6 '^Them did Mo-s6§ the servant of the Loed and the children of Is- Thirty one hinge smitten. JOSHUA, 13. The inheritance of the ra-el smite : and “Mo-ses the servant of the Loed gave it for a posses- sion unto the Reu-ben-ites, and the Gad-ites, and the half tribe of Ma- nas-seh. 7 ^ And these are the kings of the country which JOsh-u-a and the children of Is-ra-el smote on this side Jor-dan on the west, from Ba-al-gad in the valley of Leb-a-n(3n even unto the mount Hadak, that goeth up to '‘Sedr; which J5sh-u-a *gave unto the tribes of Is-ra-el for a possession according to their divi- sions ; 8 ”"In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; ^the Hit-tites, the Am-6r-ites, and the •Ga-naan-ites, the Per-iz-zites, the Hi-vites, and the Jeb-u-sites: 9 H ^The king of Jer-i-eho, one; Hhe king of Ad, which is beside Beth -el, one ; 10 “The king of JAru-sa-lem, one ; the king of He-brSn, one ; 1 1 The king of J ar-muth, one ; the king of La-chish, one ; 12 The king of Egd5n, one; ^the king of Geder, one; 13 ^ The king of De-bir, one; the king of Ge-der, one; 14 The king of Hdr-mah, one ; the king of A-rad, one ; 15 ^The king of Lib-nah, one ; the king of A-dul-lam, one ; 16 ‘'The king of Mak-ke-dah, one ; ‘^the king of Beth -el, one ; 1 7 The king of Tap-pu-ah, one ; ®the king of He-pher, one; 18 The king of A-phek, one; the king of ^La-shar-5n, one ; 19 The king of Ma-don, one; ^the king of Hador, one ; 20 The king of *8himd5n-med5n, one ; the king of Ach-shaph, one ; 21 The king of Ta-a-nach, one ; the king of Me-gid-d6, one ; 22 'The king of Ke-desh, one ; the king of Jok-ne-am of Gar-mel, one ; 23 The king of D6r in the “coast of D6r, one ; the king of “the na- tions of Gil-gal, one ; 24 The king of Tirdah, one : all the kings thirty and one. CHAPTER 13. 1 The bounds of the layid not yet conquered. 8 The inherit- ance of the two tribes and a half. 14, 33 The inJieritance of Levi. 22 Balaam slain. OW J5sh-u-a ’’was old and stricken in years ; and the Lord said unto him. Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land ^to be possessed. 2 'This is the land that yet re- maineth: '’all the borders of the Phi-lisdmes, and all ‘'Ggsh-u-rl, 3 ‘'From Si-hor, which is before E-gypt, even unto the borders of Ek-rOn northward, which is counted to the Ga-naan-ite: ®five lords of the Phi-lisdmes ; the Gadath-ites, and the Ash-doth-ites, the Esh-ka-lon- ites, the Gitdites, and the EkdOn- ites ; also ^the A-vites : 4 From the south, all the land of theGa-naan-ites, and ^MAa-rah that is beside the Si-do-ni-ans, '“'unto A- phek, to the borders of 'the Am-6r- ites : 5 And the land of “the Gibdites, and all L6b-a-n5n, toward the sun- rising, ‘’from Ba-al-gad under mount Her-mSn unto -the entering into Ha-math. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Leb-a-n6n unto ^Mis- re-ph5th-ma-im, and all the Si-do- ni-ans, them 'will I drive out from before the children of Is-ra-el : only '‘'divide thou it by lot unto the Is- ra-el-ites 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 Ma- nas-seh, 8 With whom the Reu-be i-ites and the Gad-ites have received their in- heritance ‘*which Mo-ses gave them, beyond Jor-dan eastward, even as Mo%es the servant of the Lord gave them ; 9 From Ar-5-er, that is upon the bank of the river Ar-n5n, and the city that is in the midst of the river, -^and all the plain of M6d-e-ba unto Di-b6n ; 10 And ^all the cities of Si-hOn king of the Am-6r-ites, which reigned in Hesh-bOn, unto the border of the children of Am-m5n ; 11 *And Gil-e-M, and the border of the Gesh-u-rites and Ma-ach-a- thites, and all mount Her-mOn, and all Ba-shan unto Sal-cah ; 1 2 All the kingdom of Og in Ba- shan, which reigned in Ash-ta-r6th and in Ed-re-i, who remained of ‘’the remnant of the giants : ^for these did Mo-ses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Is-ra-el expelled ^ ^ not the_ Gesh-u- rites,^ nor the Ma-aeh-a-thites : but the Gesh-u-rites and the Ma-aeh-a- thites dwell among the Is-ra-el-ites until this day. 14 ^Only unto the tribe of Le-vi he gave none inheritance ; the sac- rifices of the Lord God of ls-ra-6l made by fire are their inheritance, “as he said unto them. B.C. 1446. “Num. 32. 29, 33. ch. 13. 8. 34. ’"ch. 10. 40. & 11. 16. ”1 Ki. 5. 18. Ezek. 27. 9. 0 ch. 12. 7. P Ex. 3. 8. & 23. 23. ch. 9. 1. ? ch. 11. 8. b Joel 3. 4. ' ver. 13. 2 Ssiixi. 3. 3. & 13. 37, 38. Jer. 2. 18. « Judg. 3. 3. 1 Sam. 6. 4, 16. / ch. 11. 17. 3 Deut. 2. 23. h Gen. 14. 6. & 32. 3. Deut. 2. 1, 4. 1 or. The cave, i ch. 11. 23. ftch. 19. 30. Judg. 1. ’•ch. 6. 2. s ch. 8. 29. t ch. 23. 13. Judg. 2.21,23. “ch. 10. 23. ® ch. 14. 1, 2. 3'ch. 10. 33. 2 ch. 10. 38, 39. “Num. 32. 33. Deut. 3. 12, 13. ch. 22. 4. b ch. 10. 29, 30. « ch. 10. 28. dch. 8. 17. « 1 Ki. 4. 10. / ver. 16. Num. 21. 30. 2 or, Sharon, Is. 33. 9. 9 ch. 11. 10. ftNum. 21. 24, 25. i ch. U. 1. & 19. 15. * ch. 12. 5. I ch. 19. 37. ’"ch. 11. 2. “Gen. 14. 1, 2. Is. 9. 1. « Deut. 3. 11. ch. 12. 4. P Num. 21. 24, 35. ? ver. 11. ’•Seech. 14.10. &23. 1. ' Num. 18. 20, 23, 24. ch. 14. 3, 4. 3 Heb. to possess it, Deut. 31. 3. < Judg. 3. 1. “ver. 33. 226 two tribes and a half. JOSHUA, 14; Caleb obtaineth Hebron. 15 51 And Mo-sgs gave unto the tribe of the children of Keu-ben inheritance according to their fami- lies. ^ 16 And their coast was ^from Ar- 5-er, that is on the bank of the river Ar-n5n, and the city that is in the midst of the river, ®and all the plain by Mgd-e-ba ; 17 Hgsh-bon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; Di-b6n, and ^Ba-mOth-ba-al, and Beth-ba-al- me-6n, 18 ®'And Ja-ha-za, and Ked-g-m5th, and Meph-a-ath, 19 *And Kir-ja-tha-im, and *Sib- mah, and Za-reth-sha-har in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-^^e-or, and ^ Ash-d5th- pis%ah,^ and Beth-jesh-i-mgth, 21 ”"And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Si-h5n king of the Am-6r-ites, which reigned in Hesh-bgn, "whom Mo-ses smote ^’with the princes of Mid-i-an, E-vi, and Re-k6m, and Zur, and Hur, and Re-ba, which were dukes of Si-hOn, dwelling in the country. 22 U ^Badaam also the son of Be-6r, the f soothsayer, did the children of Is-ra-el slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reu-ben was Jdr-dan, and the border thereof. This was the in- heritance of the children of Reu- ben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Mo-ses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 “And their coast was Ja-zer, and all the cities of Gil-6-ad, ^'and half the land of the children of Am-m5n, unto Ar-5-er that is be- fore ^Rao-bah ; 26 And from Hgsh-b5n unto Ra- math-miz-peh^ and Bet-5-mm ; and from Ma-ha-na-im unto the border of De-bir ; 27 And in the valley, ^Beth-a-ram, and Bgth-mm-rah, "and Sue-€5th, and Za-ph5n, the rest of the king- dom of Si-hbn king of Hesh-bon, Jor-dan and his border, even unto the edge "of the sea of -Ghm-ng- rSth on the other side Jor-dan east- ward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their fami- lies, the cities, and their villages. 29 H And Mo-sSs gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h: and this was the 'jaossession of the half tribe of the children of Ma-nas- sgh by their families. B.C. 1445. * Num. 32. 41. 1 Chr. 2. 23. b ch. 12. 2. « ch. 12. 4 d Num. 21. 28. « ver. 9. Num. 21. 30. / Num. 32. 39, 40. 1 or, The high places of Baal, and house of Baal-meon : Num. 32. 38. 9 Num. 21. 23. h Num. 32. 37. i Num. 32. 38. * ver. 14. ch. 18. 7. 1 Deut. 3. 17. ch. 12. 3. 2 or, Springs of Pisgah, or. The hill. ”»Deut. 3. 10. ”Num. 18. 20. Deut. 10. 9. & 18. 1, 2. « Num. 21. 24. P Num. 31. 8. « Num. 34. 17, 18. '■ Num. 22. 5. & 31. 8. 3 or, diviner. Num. 26. 55. & 33. 54. & 34. 13. < ch. 13. 8, 32, “Num. 32. 35. * Gen. 48. 5. 1 Chr. 5. 1, 2. y Compare Num. 21. 26- 29, with Deut. 2. 19. & Judg. 11. 13, 15, &c. ^ 2 Sam. 11. 1. Num. 35. 2. ch. 21. 2. b Num. 32. 36. « Gen. 33. 17. 1 Ki. 7. 46. dNum. 32. 12. & ch. 15. 17. « Num. .31. 11. /Num. 14. 24, .30. Deut. 1. .36, 38 9 Num. 13. 26. h Num. 13. 6. & 14. 6. i Num. 13. 31, 32. Deut. 1. 28. 30 And their coast was from Ma- ha-na-im, all Ba-shan. all the king- dom of Og king of Ba-shan, and “all the towns of Ja-ir, which are in Ba- shan, threescore_ cities : 31 And half Gil-e-ad, and "Ash- ta-r5th, and Ed-re-i, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba-shan, were pertaining unto the children of ]\Ia- ehir the son of Ma-nas-seh, even to the one half of the /'children of Ma- chir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Mo-sgs did distribute for inh rit- ance in the plains of Mo-ab, on the other side Jor-dan, by Jgrh-cho, eastward. 33 *But unto the tribe of Le-vi Mo-sgs gave not any inheritance : the Lord God of Is-ra-gl was their inheritance, “as he said unto them. CHAPTER 14. 1 The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb obtaineth Hebron. AND these are the countries which x\. the children of Is-r4-gl inherited in the land of Ca-naan, ^ which E-lg- a-zar the priest, and Jgsh-u-a the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Is-ra-gl, distributed for inherit- ance to them. 2 *By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Mo-sgs, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 ^For Mo-sgs had given the inher- itance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jor-dan : but unto the Le-vites he gave none in- heritance among them. 4 For ""the children of Jo-sgph were two tribes, Ma-nas-sgh and E-phra-im : therefore they gave no part unto the Le-vites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 “As the Lord commanded Mo-sgs, so the children of Is-ra-gl did, and they divided the land. 6 ^ Then the children of Jii-dah came unto Jgsh-u-a in Gil-gal: and Cadgb the son of Jg-phun-ngh the ‘^Kgn-gz-Ite said unto him, Tliou knowest ^ the thing that the Lord said unto Mo-sgs the man of God concerning me and thee ^in Ka- dgsh-barbig-a. 7 Foi’ty years old was I when Mo- sgs the servant of the Lord *sent me from Ka-dgsli-bar-ng-a to espy out tlie land ; and I b^-ought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless hny brethren that went up with me made the heart 227 B.C. 1444. The lot of Judah. J OS HUA, 15. of the people melt : but I wholly “followed the Lord my God. 9 And Mo-ses 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 fol- lowed the Lord my God. 1 0 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, ®as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Mo-ses, while me children of Is-ra-el ^wan- dered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 1 1 ’‘As yet I am as strong_ this day as I teas in the day that Mo-ses 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 Lord spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how ‘‘the An-a-kims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced : ® if so be the Lord will be with me, then shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And J5sh-u-a ‘’blessed him, *and gave unto Gadeb the son of J e-phtin- neh He-br5n for an inheritance. 14 “He-bron therefore became the inheritance of -Gadeb the son of J e- phun-neh the Ken-ez-ite unto this day, because that he ^wholly fol- lowed the Lord God of Isd-a-el. 15 And “the name of He-brpn before was Kir-jath-ar-ba ; which Ar'-hk was a great man among the An-a-kims. ’’And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER 15. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's portion. 16 Othniel obtaineth Caleb's daughter. 21 The cities of Ju- dah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered. T 'HIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Ju-dah by their families; ^even to the bor- der of E-d5m the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the ^bay that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side Ho =^Ma-al-eh-a-crab-bim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Ka-d6sh- bar-ne-a, and passed along to Hez- r5n, and went up to A-dar, and fetched a compass to Kar-ka-a: 4 From thence it passed Howard Az-m5n, and went out unto the river of E-gypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. CaleVs portion. Num. 14. 24. Deut. 1. 36. b Num. 14. 23, 24. Deut. 1. 36. ch. 1. 3. See Num. 13. 22 . d ch. 18. 19. * Num. 14. 30. / ch. 18. 17. * Heb. walked. 9 ch. 7. 26. h See Deut. 34.7. i 2 Sam. 17. 17. 1 Ki. 1. 9. k Deut. 31. 2. / ch. 18. 16. 2 Ki. 23. 10. Jer. 19. 2, 6. ""ch. 18. 28. Judg. 1. 21. & 19. 10. «Num. 13. 28, 33. Ps. 18. 32, 34. & 60. 12. Rum. 8. 31. P ch. 15. 14. Judg. 1. 20. 9 ch. 18. 16. >• ch. 22. 6. » ch. 10. 37. & 15. 13. Judg. 1. 20. See ch. 21. 11, 12 . 1 Chr. 6. 55, 56. t ch. 18. 15. "ch. 21.12. * 1 Chr. 13. 6. y Judg. 18. 12. * ver. 8, 9. “Gen. 23. 2. ch. 15. 13. b ch. 11. 23. « Gen. 38. 13. Judg. 14. 1. d ch. 19. 43. ' Num. 34. 3. /Num. .33. 36. 9 ver. 47. Num. 34. 6, 7. 2 Heb. tongue, hch. 14. 13. i Num. 34. 4. 3 or. The going up to Acrabhim. k ch. 14. 15. 1 or, Kirjath- arba. I Num. 34. 5. Judg. 1.10, 20. ” Num. 13. 22. ' ch. 10. 38. Judg. 1. 11. 228 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jor- dan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jor- dan: 6 And the border went up to ‘^Beth-hOgda, and passed along by the north of Beth-ar-a-bah ; and the border went up ■’'to the stone of Bodian the son of Reu-ben : 7 And the border went up toward De-bir from ^the valley of AHhOr, and so northward, looking toward Gil-gal, that is before the going up to A-dum-mim, which is on the south side of the river: and the W-der passed toward the waters of En-^ednesh, and the goings out thereof were at *En-ro-gel : 8 And the border went up ’by the valley of the son of Hin-n5ni unto the south side of the ‘”JebH-site; the same is Je-ru-sa-lem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the val- ley of Hin-n5m 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 Hhe^ tain of the water of NephH6-ah, and went out to the cities of mount E-phr6n ; and the border was draw^n ’’’to Ba-M-ah, which is ^Kir-jath-je- a-rim : 10 And the border compassed from Ba-al-ah westv/ard unto mount Sedr, and passed along unto the side of mount Je-a-rim, which is Ghes-a- lon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-she-mesh, and passed on to °Tim-nah: 1 1 And the border went out unto the side of ‘^EkHen northward and the border was drawn to ShicHOn, and passed along to mount Ba-al-aR and went out unto Jab-neel; and the goings out of the 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 Ju-dMi round about according to their families. 13 H ’‘And unto Gadeb the son of Je-phtin-neh he gave a part among the children of Ju-dah, according to the commandment of the Lord to J6sh-u-a, even ^the^ city of Ar-ba the father of A-nak, which city is He-br5n. 14 And Gadeb drove thence “‘the three sons of A-nak, “She-shai, and A-hi-man, and Tal-mai, the chil- dren of A-nak. 15 And "he went up thence to The cities of Judah. JOSHUA, 15. The cities of Judah. the inhabitants of De-bir : and the name of De-bir before was Kir- ^le'T^iud'-eaygb said, He that smiteth Kir-jath-se-pher, and tak- eth it, to him will I give Aeh-sah my daughter to wife. 17 And ‘^Oth-ni-el the ‘^son of Ke - naz, the brother of -Gadeb, took it : and he gave him Aeh-sah his daugh- ter to wife. 18 ®And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and ^ she lighted off her ass ; and Oa- l6b said unto her. What wouldest thoul 19 Who answered. Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upi)er springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ju-dah ac- cording to their families. _ 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Ju-dah to- ward the coast of E-d6m southward were Kab-ze-el, and E-der, and Ja%ur, 22 And Ki-nah, and Di-mo-nah, and A-da-dah, 23 And Ke-desh, and Ha-z6r, and Ith-nan, 24 Ziph, and TeUem, and Be-a- l5th, 25 And Ha-zor, Ha-dat-tah, and Ke-ri-5th, and Hez-r5n, which is Ha-zor, 26 A-mam, and She-ma, and Mol- a-dah, 27 And Ha-zar-gM-dah, and Hesh- m5n, and Beth-pa-let, 28 And Ha-zar-shu^al, and Be-er- she-ba, and Biz-j5th-jah, 29 Ba-al-ah, and I-im, and A-zem, 30 And El-todad, and. -Ghe-sil, and Hor-mah, 31 And ’^Zikdag, and Mad-man- nah, and San-san-nah, 32 And Leb-a-Oth, and Shil-him, and A-in, and Bim-mOn ; all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages : 33 And in the valley, "Esh-ta-5l, and Zo-r6-ah, and Ash-nah, 34 And Za-no-ah, and En-gan-mm, Tap-pu-ah, and E-nam, 3o Jar-mtith, and A-dul-lam, So- •eoh, and A-ze-kah, 36 And Sha-ra-im, and Ad-i-tha- -m, and Ge-de-rah,Aand G6d-6-r6- tha-im; fourteen cities with their villages : 37 Ze-nan, and Had-a-shah, and Mig-dal-gad, B.C. 1444. ®2Ki. 14.7. b Judg. 1. 12. ® Judg. 1. 13. & 3. 9. dNum. 32. 12. ch. 14. 6. ' Judg. 1. 14. / See Gen. 24. 64. 1 Sam. 25. 23. 9 Gen. 33. 11. 1 Heb. by the place of. h ver. 4. » Num. 34. 6. k ch. 10. 41. & 11. 16. I ver. 13. ch. 14. 15. ‘1 Sam. 27. 6. «ch. 18. 14. 0 Num. 13. 23. 3 or, or. P See Judg. 1. 21 . 2 Sam. 5. 6. 1 Judg. 1. 21. 38 And Dil-e-an, and Miz-peh, “and J 5k-the-el, 39 La-ehish, and BOz-kath, and Egd5n, 40 And -Gab-bOn, and Lah-mam, and Kithdish, 41 And Ge-de-r5th, Beth-da-gOn, and Na-a-mah, and Mak-^ke-dah ; sixteen cities with their villages : 42 Lib-nah, and E-ther, and A- shan. 43 And J iph-tah, and Ash-nah, and Ne-zib, 44 And Kei-lah, and Aehfzib, and Ma-re-shah ; nine cities with their villages : 45 Ek-r5n, with her towns and her villages : 46 From Ek-r5n even unto the sea, all that lay ^near Ash-dOd, with their villages : 47 Ash-dOd with her towns and her villages, Ga-za with her towns and her villages, unto '"the river of E-gyp t, and Bhe great sea, and the border thereof : 48 ^ And in the mountains, Sha- mir, and Jat-tir, and So-eoh, 49 And Dan-nah, and Kir-jath-san- nah, which is De-bir, 50 And A-nab, and Esh-te-moh, and A-nim, 51 *And Go-shen, and HodOn, and Gi-loh ; eleven cities with their vil- lagesj 52 Ad’ab, and Du-mah, and E- she-an, 53 And ^Ja-num, and Beth-tap- pu-ah, and A-phed^ah, 54 And Hum-tall, and ^Kirdath- ar-ba, which is He-br5n, and Zi-or ; nine cities with their villages ; 55 Ma-5n, Gar-mel, and Ziph, and J iitdah, 56 And Jezde-el, and J5k-d6-am, and Za-no-ah, 57 Uain, Gib-e-ahj and Tim-nah ; ten cities with their villages : _ 58 Hal-hul, Beth'-zur, and Ge- ddr, 59 And Ma-a-rath, and Beth-a- n5th, and El-t6-k5n ; six cities with their villages : 60 ”KTr-jath-ba-al, which is Kir- jath-je-a-rim, and Rabdiah ; two cities with their villages : 61 In the wilderness. B6th-ar-a- bah, Middlin, and S6e-a-eah, 62 And Nib-shan, and the city of Salt, and En-ge-di ; six cities with their villages. 63 U As for the J6b-u-sites the inhabitants of JAru-sa-l6m, J'the children of Ju-dah could not drive them out : "^but the J 6b-u-sites dwell with the children of Ju-dah at J6- ru-sa-l6m unto this day. 229 i? f r/ ■::h' 'm CHAPTER 16. 1 The general borders of the sons of Jose 2 )h. 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered. AND the lot of the children of Jo-seph ‘-^fell from J6r-dan by Jer4-eho, unto the water of J erh-eho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jer4-cho throughout mount Beth'-el, ^ 2 And goeth out from Beth -el to ‘^Liiz, and passeth along unto the borders of Ar-chi to At-a-r5th, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japh-le-ti, ®unto the coast of _ Beth-hoA5n the nether, and to -^Ge-zer : and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 ^So the children of Jo-seph, Ma- nAs-seh and E-phra-im, took their inheritance. 5 ^ And the border of the chil- dren of E-phra-im according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was *At-a-r5th-M-dar, ^unto Beth- hoASn the upper ; 6 And the border went out to- ward the sea to ”"Mich-me-thah on the north side ; and the border went about eastward unto Ta-a- nath-shi-loh, and passed by it on the east to Ja-no-hah; 7 And it went down froin Ja-no- hah to At-a-r5th, ^and to Na-a-rath, and came to Jer4-cho, and went out at J or-dan. 8 The border went out from Tap- pu-ah westward unto the driver Ea-nah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inher- itance of the tribe of the children of E-phra-im by their families. 9 And ^ the separate cities for the children of E-|mra-im were among the inheritance of the children of Ma-nas-seh, all the cities with their villages. 10 “And they drave not out the •Ca-naan-ites that dwelt in Ge-zer : but the Ca-naan-ites dwell among the E-phra-im-ites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAPTER 17. 1 The lot of Manasseh. 12 The Canaanites not driven out. 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot. T here was also a lot for the tribe of Ma-nas-seh ; for he was the * firstborn of Jo-seph; to wit, for “Ma-chir the firstborn of Ma-nas- seh, the father of Gil-6-ad : because he was a man of war, therefore he had ^Gil-e-M and Ba-shan. 2 There was also a lot for ®the rest of the children of Ma-nas-sSh by their families ; ®for the children B.C. 1444. 1 Num. 26. 30, Jeezer. “ Num. 26. 31. b Num. 26. 32. 2 Heb. went forth. Num. 26. 33. & 27. 1. & 36. 2. d cli. 18. 13. Judg. 1. 26. « ch. 18. 13. 2 Chr. 8. 5. fl Ki. 9. 15. 1 Chr. 7. 28. 9 ch. 14. 1. h ch. 17. 14. i Num. 27. 6, 7. * ch. 18. 13. I 2 Chr. 8. 5. ”1 Chr. 7. 28. o ch. 16. 6. P ch. 17. 9. « ch. 16. 8. »• ch. 17. 9. » ch. 16. 8. 3 or, brook of reeds. < ch. 16. 9. “Judg. 1. 29. SeelKi. 9. 16. *1 Chr. 7. 29. y 1 Sam. 31. 10. 1 Ki. 4. 12. * Gen. 41. 51. & 46. 20. & 48. 18. Judg. 1. 27, of ^A-bi-e-zer, and for the children of Hedek, “and for the children of As^ri-el, and for the children of She-ehem, *and for the children of Hefpher, and for the children of iShe-miMa : these were the male children of Ma-nas-seh the son of Jo-seph by their families. 3_1T But ‘^ZAlo-phe-had, the son of He-pher, the son of Gil-e-ad, the son of Ma-chir, the son of Ma-nas- seh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, MMidah, and No-ah, Hogdah, Mil-cah, and Tir-zah. 4 And they came near before ^E-lAa-zar the priest, and before J5sh-u-a the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, *The Lokd com- manded Mo-ses to give us an in- heritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the com- mandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Ma-nas-seh, beside the land of Gil-e-ad and Ba-shan, which were on the other side Jor-dan; 6 Because the daughters of Ma- nas-seh had an inheritance amon^ his sons : and the rest of Ma-nas- seh’s sons had the land of Gil-e-ad. 7 U And the coast of Ma-nas-seh was from Ash-er to ‘’Mi-eh-me-thah, that lieth before She-chem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tap-pu-ah. 8 Now Ma-nas-seh had the land of Tap-pu-ah : but ^Tap-pu-ah on the border of Ma-nas-seh belonged to the children of E-phra-im ; 9 And the coast descended *unto the driver Ka-nah, southward of the river : Hhese cities of E-phra-im are among the cities of Ma-nas-seh : the coast of Ma-nas-seh also was on the north side of the river, and the out- goings of it were at the sea : 10 Southward it was E-phra-im’s, and northward it was Ma-nas-seh’s, and the sea is his border ; and they met together in Ash-er on the north, and in Is-sa-char on the east. 11 "'And Ma-nas-seh had in Is-sa- char and in Ash-er ^^Beth-she-an and her towns, and Ib-le-am and her towns, and the inhabitents of Ddr and her towns, and the inhabit- ants of En -d6r and her towns, and the inhabitants of Ta-a-nach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Me-gid-do and her towns, even three countries. 12 Yet ‘*the children of Ma-nas-s6h could not drive out the mhabitanU The tabernacle at Shiloh. JOSHUA, 18. The remainder of the land. o/ those cities ; but the -Ga-naan-ites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of IsYa-el were waxen strong, that they put the -Ga-naan- ites to ® tribute ; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 ^And the children of Jo-seph spake unto Josh-u-a, saying, Why hast thou given me hut -^one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am ""a great people, forasmuch as the Loed hath blessed me hitherto 1 15 And J5sh-u-a answered them. If thou he a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Per-iz-zites and of the ^giants, if mount E-phra-im be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Jo-seph said. The hill is not enough for us : and all the GJa-naan-ites that dwell B.C. 1444. “ ch. 15. 1. b ch. 16. 1; 4. « ch. 16. 10. <^ver. 10. ch. 14. 2. « ch. 16. 4. / Gen. 48. 22. 9 ch. 13. 33. b Gen. 48. 19. Nura. 26. 34, 37. i ch. 13. 8. 1 or, Rephaims, Gen. 14. 5. & 15. 20. in the land of the valley have * char- iots of iron, both they who are of Beth-she-an and her towns, and they who are *of the valley of Jez- rAel. * ,Judg. 1. 19. & 4. 3. I ch. 19. 18. 1 Ki. 4. 12. 17 And Jbsh-u-a spake unto the house of Jo-seph, even to E-phra-im and to Ma-nas-sen, saying, Thou art 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 the Ga-naan-ites, ’"though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. ™Deut. 20. 1. CHAPTER 18. 1 The tabernacle set up at Shiloh. 2 The remainder of the land described. 10 Joshua divideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border of Benjamin. 21 Their cities. " See ch. 16. 1. AND the whole congregation of the children of Is-_ra-el assem- bled together °at Shidoh, and ^set up the tabernacle of the congrega- tion there. And the land was sub- dued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of IsYa-6l seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And J 6sh-u-a said unto the chil- dren of Is-ra-el, *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 1 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 0 ch. 19. 51. & 21 . 2 . & 22. 9. Jer. 7. 12. P Judg. 18. .31. 1 Sam. 1. 3, 24. & 4. 3, 4. 9 Gen. 28. 19. Judg. 1. 23. ch. 16. 3. » Judg. 18. 9. t See ch. 15. 9. seven parts : “Ju-dah shall abide in their coast on the south, and ^the house of Jo-seph 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 Le-vites have no part among you ; for the priesthood of the Loed is their inheritance : %nd Gad, and Reu-ben, and half the tribe of Ma-nas-seh, have received their inheritance beyond J6r-dan on the east, which Mo-ses the serv- ant of the Loed gave them. 8 H And the men arose, and went away: and J5sh-u-a 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 Shidoh. 9 And the men went and jiassed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and GSimQ again to J5sh-u-a to the host at Shidoh. 10 H And _J5sh-u-a cast lots for them in Shidoh before the Loed : and there J6sh-u-a divided the land unto the children of IsYa-el accord- ing to their divisions. 1 1 H And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benda-rnin came up according to their families : and the coast of their lot came forth be- tween the children of Ju-dah and the children of Jo-seph. 1 2 "And their border on the north side was from J6r-dan ; and the bor- der went up to the side of Jerd-eho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-a-ven. 13 And the border went oyer from thence toward Luz, to the side of Liiz, ^ which is Beth'-el, south- ward ; and the border descended to At-a-r5th-a-dar, near the hill that lieth on the south side ’'of the nether Beth-hoYon, 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-hoYon south- ward ; and the goings out ther''of were at Kir-jath-baYl, which is Kir-jath-jeYi-nm, a city of the chil- dren of JuTlah : this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the end of KTr-jath-jeY-nm, and the border went out on the 231 Tlie lot of Benjamin. JOSHUA, 19. The lot of Simeon, west, and went out to “the well of waters of Neph-t6-ah ; 1 6 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before Hhe valley of the son of Hin- nbm, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and de- scended to the valley of Hin-nOm, to the side of Jeb-u-si on the south, and descended to ‘'En-ro%el, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-she-m6sh, and went forth toward Gel-i-loth, which is over against the going up of A-dumhnim, and descended to ‘^the stone of Bo-han the son of Reu-ben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against '"Ar-a-bali^ north- ward, and went down unto Ar-a-bah: 1 9 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hOgdah north- ward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north ^bay of the salt sea at the south end of J6r-dan: this ivas the south coast. 20 And Jor-dan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Ben- ja-min, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benda-min accord- ing to their families were Jerd-eho, and Beth-hOgdah, and the valley of Ke-ziz, 22 And Beth-ar-a-bah, and Zgm-a- radm, and Beth'-el, 23 And A Aim, and PaAah, and Ophd’ah, 24 And -GheAhar-hAam-mb-nai, and OpliAl, and Ga-ba ; twelve cities with their villages : 25 CxibA-bn, and Ra-mah, and Bb- ed‘bth, 26 And MizAeh, and -Ghe-phiAah, and MoAah, 27 And ReAem, and Ir-pb-el, and 28 And Zedah, Edeph, and _*Jeb- u-si, which is Jb-ruAa-lem, GibA- ath, and Kir-jath ; fourteen cities with their villages. ^ This is the inheritance of the children of Bbn ja-min according to their families. CHAPTER 19. 1 The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Tssachar, 24 c Asher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua. AND the second lot came forth to SimA-bn, even for the tribe of the children of SimA-bn according to their families : *and their inherit ance was within the inheritance of the children of Ju-dah. 2 And Hhey had in their inherit- ance BeAr-she-ba, and She-ba, and Mbl-a-dah, B.C. 1444. « ch. 15. 6. 1 or, 77.e plain. ^ Heb. tongue, f ver. 1. ' or, which is draxvn. 3 And HaAar-shu-al, and Badah, and A-zem, 4 And El-tbdad, and BeAhiil, and Hor-mah, 5 And Zikdag, and Bbth-mar-ea- bbth, and HAzar-su-sah, 6 And Beth-leb-a-bth, and Sha- ru-hen; thirteen cities and their villages : _7 Adn, Rbm-mbn, and EAher, and A-shan ; four cities and their vil- lages : 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to BAal- ath-he-6r, RaAiath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Sim-e-bn accord- ing to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the chil- dren of Ju-dah tvas the inheritance of the children of SimA-bn : for the part of the children of Judlah was too much for them : -^therefore the children of SimA-bn had their in- heritance within the inheritance of them. 10 IT And the third lot came up for the children of Zebm-lun ac- cording to their families : and the border of their inheritance was unto SaAid : 11 ^And their border went up toward the sea, and MarA-lah, and reached to DabAa-sheth, and reached to the river that is be- fore JbkAe-am; 12 And turned from SaAid east- ward toward the sunrising unto the border of -GhisTbth-taAbr, and then goeth out to DabA-rath, and goeth up to Ja-phi-a, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Git-tah-he Aher, to ItAah-ka-zm, and goeth out to Rem-mbn-^meth-b-ar to NeAh; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to HanAa-thbn : and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of JiphAhah-el ; 15 And KatAath, and Na-hal-lal, and ShimA'bn, and IdA-lah, and Beth'-le-hem : twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of ZebA-liin according to their families, these cities with their villages. 1 7 IT And the fourth lot came out to IsAa-ehar, for the children of Is- sa-ehar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward JezAAbl, and -Che-sulTbth, and Shu-nbm, 19 And Haph-ra-im, and Shi-hbn, and An-AhaAath, ^ , 20 And Rab-bith, and Kish-i-bn, land A'bbz, 232 The lots of Asher, JOSHUA, 20. Naphtali, and Dan. 21 And Re-meth, and En-gan-nim, and En-h^d-dah, and B6th-paz-zez ; 22 And the coast reacheth to Ta-bor, and Sha-haz4-mah, and Beth-she-mesh ; and the outgoings of their border were at Jor-dan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Is-sa-ehar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 ^ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Ash-er according to their families. 25 And their border was Hel-kath, and HaTi, and Be-ten, and Aeh- shaph, T A , 1 26 And A-lam-me-leeh, and A-mad^ and Mi-sh6-al : and reacheth to -Gar- mel westward, and to Shi-hor-lib- nath ; 27 And turneth toward the sun- rising to Betn-da-g5n, and reacheth to Zeb-u-lun, and to the valley_ of Jiph-thah-el toward the north side of Beth-e-mek, and Nc-i-el, and go- eth out to -Ga-bul on the left hand, 28 And He-bron,_and Re-hSb, and Ham-mOn, and Ka-nah, ^even unto great Zi-don ; 29 And then the coast turneth to Ra-mah, and to the strong city ^ Tyre ; and the coast ^ turneth to Ho-sah ; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to ® Aeh-zib : 30 TTm-mah also, and A-phgk, and Rediob ; twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ash-er ac- cording to their families, these cit- ies with their villages. 32 ^ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naph-ta-h, even for the children of Napli-ta-h according to their families. 33 And their coast was from He- leph, from AlTon to Za-a-nan-nim, and Ad-a-ml, Ne-keb, and Jab-neel, unto La-ktim; and the outgoings thereof were at J6r-dan: 34 And then *the coast turneth westward to Az-noth-ta-bor, and goeth out from thence to Huk-kok, and reacheth to Zeb-u-ltin on the south side, and reacheth to Ash-er on the west side, and to Ju-dah upon Jor-dan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fenced cities are Zid- dlm, Zer, and Ham-math, Rakdcath, and Uhin-ne-reth, 36 And Ad-a-mah, and Ra-mah, and Ha-z6r, 37 And Ke-desh, and Edh‘6-I, and En-ha-z6r, 38 And I-r5n, and Mig-dal-6l, Ho- B.C. 1444. “Judg. 1. 35. or, over against. '■ or, Joppa, Acts 9. 36. » See Judg. 18. ch. 11. 8. Judg. 1. 31. djudg. 18. 29. 3 Heb. Tzor, 2 Sam. 5. 11. Judg. 1. : /ch. 24. 30. 1 Chr. 7. 24. A Num. 34. 17. ch. 14. 1. i ch. 18. 1. 10. k Deufc. 33. 23. ( Ex. 21. 13. N\uii. 3.5. 6, 11. 14. Deut. 19. 2, 9. rem, and Beth-a-nath, and Beth- she-mesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naph-ta-li according to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 ^ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inherit- ance was Zo-rah, and Esh-ta-5l, and Ir-she-mesh, 42 And “Sha-al-ab-bm, and Aj-a- l5n, and Jethdah, 43 And ETOn, and Thim-na-thah, and Ek-r5n, 44 And El-te-keh, and Gib-be-th5n, and Ba-al-ath, 45 And JeTiiid, and Ben-e-be-rak, and Gath-rim-m5n, 46 And Me-iar-k5n, and Rak-k5n, with the border ^before ^Ja-ph6. 47 And Hhe coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them : therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Le-shem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Le-shein, ‘^Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan accord- ing to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 ^ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Is- ra-el gave an inheritance to J 6sh-u-a the son of Ntin among them: 50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even ■^Tim-nath-^se-rah in mount E-phra-im : and he built the city, and dv/elt therein. 51 '‘These are the inheritances, which E-le-a-zar the priest, and Josh-u-a the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of IsbA-el, divided for an inheritance by lot *in ShiToh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAPTER 20. 1 God commandetht 7 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge. T he Lord also spake unto J5sh' u-a, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Is-ra-6l, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof 1 spake unto you by the hand of Mo-st^s : 3 Tliat the slayer that killetli any person unawares and unwittingly 233 Eight and forty cities JOSHUA, 21. given to the Levites, may flee thither : and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at B.C. 1444. b See ch. 24. 33. the entering of ‘'the gate of the city, " Ruth 4. i, 2. and shall declare his cause in the ver. 20. -s;c. ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 ®And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand ; because he smote his neigh- bour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congre- S ation for judgment, UTid until the eath of the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the slayer return, and C 9 me unto his own city, and. unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 ^ And they ^appointed *Ke^desh in Gal-i-lee in mount Naph-tAli, and ’"She^hem in mount E-phra-im, and "Kir-jath-ar-ba, which is He-bron, in ‘’the mountain of Ju-dah. 8 And on the other side J6r-dan by Jer-i-cho eastward, they assigned ^Be-zer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Beu-ben, and «Ba-m5th in Gil-e-ad out of the tribe of GM, and *Godan in Ba-shan out of the tribe of Ma-nas-seh.^ 9 * These were the cities appointed for all the children of Is-ra-el, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, * until he stood before the congregation. ' Num. 35. 12. ver. 27, &c. 9 Num. 35. 12, 25. h ver. 34, &c. » ver. 3. 1 Heb. sanctified, k ch. 21. 32. 1 Chr. 6. 76. 1 Num. 35. 2. ’"•ch. 21. 21. 2 Chr. 10. 1. " ch. 14. 15. & 21. 11, 13. " Luke 1. .39. P Deut. 4. 43. ch. 21. 36. 1 Chr. 6. 78. 2 Heb. called. ? ch. 21. 38. 1 Ki. 22. 3. ver. 4. ® ch. 21. 27. t Num. 35. 1.5. “1 Chr. 6. 55. 3 or, Kir- jath-arba, Gen. 23. 2. ® ch. 15. 13, 14. a^ch. 20. 7. Luke 1. 39. CHAPTEB 21. * ver. 6. “ch. 14. 14. 1 Chr. 6. 56. nie eight and forty cities given to the Levites. T hen came near the heads of the fathers of the Le-vites un- to ‘*E-le-a-zar the priest, and unto Josh-u-a the son of Nun. and unto the heads of the fathers oi the tribes of the children of Is-ra-el ; 2 And they spake unto them at ^Shidoh in the land of -Ga-naan, saying, ^“The Lord commanded by the hand of Mo-ses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs there- of for our cattle. 3 And the children of Is-r4-el gave unto the Le-vites out of their in- heritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Ko-hath-ites : and b 1 Chr. 6. 57, &c. ch. 15. 54. & 20. 7. dch. 14. 1. & 17. 4. « ch. 15. 42. /ch. 15. 48. 9 ch. 15. 50. h ch. 18. 1. i 1 Chr. 6. 58, mien, ch. 15. 51. *Num. 35. 2. I ch. 15. 49. ’"1 Chr. 6. 59 A shan, ch. 15. 42. ” ch. 15. 55. “ ch. 15. 10. P ch. 18. 25. 9 ch. 18. 24, Gaba. ’• 1 Chr. 6. 60, Alemeth. “the children of Aar-On the priest, which were of the Le-vites. *had by lot out of the tribe of Ju-dah, and out of the tribe of Sim-e-On, and out of the tribe of Ben^a-min, thir- teen cities. 5 And “^the rest of the children of Ko-hath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of E-phra-im, and out of the tribe of Dan, ana out of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, ten cities. 6 And -^the children of Ger-shOn had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Is-sa-ehar, and out of the tribe of Ash-er, and out of the tribe of Naph-ta-li, and out of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh in Ba-shan, thirteen cities. 7 ^The children of Me-raAl by their families had out of the tribe of Beu-ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb- u-lun, twelve cities. 8 *And the children of Is-ra-6l gave by lot unto the Le-vites these cities with their suburbs, *as the Lord commanded by the hand of Mo-ses. 9 II And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Ju-dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim-e-5n, these cities which are here ‘“^mentioned by name, 10 ’’Which the children of Aar-6n, being of the families of the Ko- hath-ites, who ivere of the children of Le-vi, had : for their’s was the first lot. 11 “And they gave them ^the city of Ar-ba the father of *A-nak, which city is He-bron, ^in the hill country of Ju-dah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But “the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Gadeb the son of Je-phun-neh for his possession. 13 II Thus Mhey gave to the chil- dren of Aar-5n the priest ‘'He-brOn with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; ®and Lib-nah with her suburbs, 14 And Mat- tir with her suburbs, ^and Esh-te-mo-a with her suburbs, 15 And ‘Ho-lon with her suburbs, Mnd De-bir with her suburbs, 16 And ’“Adn with her suburbs, “and Jut-tah with her suburbs, and Beth-sheMiesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Ben- ja-min, ^Gib-e-5n with her suburbs, ^Ge-ba with her suburbs, 18 An-a-th6th with her suburbs, and ’’Al-mOn with her suburbs ; four cities. 234 Eight and forty cities JOSHUA, 22. given to the Levites. 19 All the cities of the children of Aar-5n, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 II ^And the families of the chil- dren of Ko-hath, the Le-vites which remained of the children of Ko-hath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of E-phra-im. 21 For they gave them ‘^She-ehem with her suburbs in mount E- phra-im, to he a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ge-zer with her suburbs, . ^ ^ ^ 22 And Kib-za-im with her sub- urbs, and Beth-ho-r5n with her suburbs; four cities. ^ 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El-te-keh with her suburbs, Gib-be- thbn with her suburbs, 24 Ai-ja-l6n with her suburbs, Gath-rim-mbn v/ith her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, Ta-naeh with her sub- urbs, and Gath-rim-m5n with her suburbs ; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten_ with their suburbs for the families of the children of Ko-hath that re- mained. 27 U ^And unto the children ot Ger-shbn, of the families of the Le-vites, out of the other )idli tribe of Ma-nas-seh they gave "Godan in Ba-shan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Be-esh-te-rah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Is-sa- ■ehar, Ki-sh5n with her suburbs, Dab-a-reh with her suburbs, 29 Jar-mu th with her suburbs, En-gan-nim with her suburbs ; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Ash-er, Mi-shal with her suburbs, Ab-d5n with her suburbs, 31 Hel-kath with her suburbs, and RcyhOb with her suburbs ; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naph- ta-h, "Ke-dgsh in Gal-i-lee with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer* and Ham-m5th-d6r with her suburbs, and Kar-tan with her suburbs ; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Ger-sh5n- ites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 U ^And unto the families of the children of Mc-ra-rl, the rest of the Le-vites, out of the tribe of Z^bdi- lun, J5k-n6-am with her suburbs, and Kar-tah with her suburbs, 35 Dim-nah with her suburbs, Na-ha-lal with her suburbs ; four cities. B.C. 1444. b ver. 5. 1 Chr. 6. 66. « ch. 20. 8. d Ch. 20. 7. / Gen. 13. 15. & 15. 18. & 26. 3. & 28. 4, 13. d ver. 6. 1 Chr. 6. 71. Ach. 11. 23. & 22. 4. i ch. 20. 8. k Dent. 7. 24. »«Nuin. .32. 20. Dent. 3. 18. ”ch. 1. 16, 17. “ ch. 20. 7. P ver. 7. See 1 Chr. 6. 1 Nuni. 32. .33. Dent. 29. 8. ch. 13. 8. »• Dent. 6. 6. 17. & 11 . 22 . Jer. 12. la 235 36 And out of the tribe of Reu- ben, “Be-zer with her suburbs, and Jadia-zah with her suburbs, 37 Ked-e-m5th with her suburbs, and IVleph-a ath with her suburbs ; four cities. ^ ^ , 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, '"Ra-mStb in Gil-e-ad with her sub- urbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ma-ha-na-im with her suburbs, 39 Hesh-b5n with her suburbs, Ja- zer with ber suburbs ; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Me-ra-ri by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Le-vites, were hy their lot twelve cities. 41 ®A11 the cities of the Le-vites within the possession of the chil- dren of Is-ra-el were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round^ about them : thus were all these cities. 43 ^ And the Lord gave unto Is- ra-6Uall the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 ^And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers : and ^ there stood not a man of all their enemies before them ; the^LoRD de- livered all their enemies into their hand. 45 ^ There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Is-ra-el; all came to pass. CHAPTER 22. 1 The two tribes and a half are sent home. 10 They hriild the altar of testimony. 11 The Israelites are offended thereat. 21 They give them satisfaction. T hen Jdsh-u-a called the Reu- b6n-Ites, and the Gad-ites, and the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h, 2 And said unto them. Ye have kept "'all that Mo-s6s the servant of tbe Lord commanded you, ”and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your (jod hath given rest unto your brethren, as lie promised them : therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, (ind unto the land of your possession, ® which Mo-s6s the serv- ant of the Lord gave you on the other side JOr-dan. 5 But ’‘take diligent heed to do The two tribes and JOSHUA, 22. a half are sent home. the commandment and the law, which Mo-ses the servant of the Lord charged you, *to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his command- ments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So J5sh-u-a ‘'blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. 7 H Nov/ to the one half of the tribe of Ma-nas-s6h Mo-s6s had given possession in Ba-shan : ^but unto the other half thereof gave JOsh-u-a among their brethren on this side Jdr-dan westward. And when J6sh-u-a sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 8 And he spake unto them, saying. Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment : divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 U And the children of Reu-ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh returned, and departed from the children of Is-ra-el out of Shidoh, which is in the land of Ua-naan, to go unto ^the country of Gil-e-ad, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo-ses. 10 ^ And when they came unto the borders of J6r-dan, that are in the land of -Ga-naan, the children of Reu-ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh built there an altar by J6r-dan, a great altar to see to. 'HU And the children of Is-ra-el ”^heard say, Behold, the children of Reu-ben and the children of Gad and the _ half tribe of Ma-nas^seh have built an altar ^ over against the land of -Ga-naan, in the borders of JdrHan. at the passage of the children oi Is-ra-el. 12 And when the children of Is- ra-el heard of it, ^the whole con- gregation of the children of Ish’a- 6l gathered themselves together at Shl-loh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Is-ra-6l ^sent unto the children of Reu- ben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh,. into the land of Gil-e-ad, ®Phin-e- lias the son_ of E-le-aG.ar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each ^ chief house a prince through- out all the tribes of Is-ra-el; and B.C. 1444. “ Num. 1. 4. i Deut. 10. 12. ' Gen. 4'7. 7. Ex. 39. 43. ch. 14. 13. 2 Sam. 6. 18. Luke 24. 50. * See Lev. 17. lieut. 12. 13, 14. /Num. 25. 3, 4. Deut. 4. 3. 3 Num. 31. 27. 1 Sam. 30. 24. h Num. 16. 22. i ch. 18. 1. Num. 32. 1, 26, 29. I ch. 7. 1, 5. ™Deut. 13. 12, &c. Judg. 20. 12. « Deut. 10. 17. « 1 Ki. 8. 39. Job 10. 7. & 23. 10. Ps. 44. 21. & 139. 1, 2. Jer. 12. 3. 2 Cor. 11. 11, 31. P Judg. 20. 1. ? Deut. 13. 14. Judg. 20. 12. ’• Deut. 18. 19. 1 Sam. 20. 16. 1 Heb. To morrow. ‘ Ex. 6. 2.5. Num. 25. 7, 11-13. 2 Heb. house of the father. “each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thou- sands of Is-ra-el. 15 ^ And they came unto the children of Reu-ben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, unto the land of Gil-e-ad, and they spake with them, saying, 1 6 Thus saith the whole congrega- tion of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye haye committed against the God of Is-ra-6l, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, ® that ye might rebel this day against the LordI 17 /s the iniquity fof Pe-6r too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congrega- tion of the Lord, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord 1 and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to mor- row^ he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Is-ra-el. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession he unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the pos- session of the Lord, * wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us : but re- bel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. 20 ^Did not A-chan the son of Ze-rah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Is-ra-eH and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 11 Then the children of Reu-ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh answered, and said unto the heads of the thou- sands of Is-ra-el, 22 The Lord "‘God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he “knoweth, and Ish’a-el 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 offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord him- self "'req^uire it : 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, ^ In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying. What haye ye to do with the Lord (jrod of Is-ra-el 1 25 For the Lord hath made Jor- JOSHUA, 23. Joshua! s exhortation before his death. I dan a border between us and you, I ye children of Keu-ben and children ' of Gad ; ye have no part in the i Lord : so shall your children make i our children cease from fearing the I Lord. .it. i 26 Therefore we said. Let us now E repare to build us an altar, not for urnt offering, nor for sacrifice : 27 But that it riay “a witness i between us, and you, and our gen- ! erations after us, that we might " do I the service of the Lord before him I with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace ' offerings ; that your children may i not say to our children in time to I come. Ye have no part in the Lord. j 28 Therefore said we, that it shall I be, when they should so say to us i or to our generations in time to ! come, that we may say again, Be- ! hold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacri- fices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should re- bel 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 Lord our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 H And when Phin-e-has the priest, and the princes of the con- : gregation and heads of the thou- : sands of Is-ra-el which were with ! him, heard the words that the chil- dren of Reu-ben and the children ; of Gad and the children of Ma-nas- s6h spake, ^ it pleased them. ! 31 And Phin-e-has the son of E-le- a-zar the priest said unto the chil- ' dren of Reu-b6n, and to the children : of Gad, and to the children of Ma- nas-seh. This day we perceive that : the Lord is ^ among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: ®now ye have delivered the children of Is-ra-el out of the hand of the Lord. 32 II And Phin-e-has the S 9 n of E-l6-a-zar the priest, and the princes, , returned from the chddren of Reu- I b6n, and from the children of Gad, i out of the land of Gil-6-ad, unto the ' land of -Ga-naan, to the children of I I§-ra-6l, and brought them word I again. ! 33 And the thing pleased the chil- dren of Is-ra-6l; and the chddren i of I§-ra-6l ^blessed God, and did not ' intend to go up against them in i battle, to destroy the land wherein i the children of Reu-b6n and Gad j dwelt. B.C. 1427. 1 i.e. A wit- uess : So ch. 24. 27. 34 And the children of Reu-ben and the children of GM called the altar ^Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God. “ ver. 34. Geu. 31. 48. ch. 24. 27. b ch. 21. 4*1. & 22. 4. « Deut. 12. 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27. lich. 13. 1. Heb. come into days. ‘ Deut. 31. 28. ch. 24. 1. 1 Chr. 28. 1. / Ex. 14. 14. ch. 10. 14, 42. 3 ch. 13. 2, 6. & 18. 10. 3 Ileb. at the Sll'tlSCt. h Deut. 12. 13, 14. i Ex. 23. 30. & 33. 2. & 34. 11. Deut. 11. 23. ch. 13. 6. k Nuiii. 33. 53. I ch. 1. 7. “Deut. 5. 32. & 28. 14. 4 Ileb. it was good in their eyes. " Ex. 23. 33. Deut. 7. 2. 3. Prov. 4. 14. Eph. 5. 11. “ Ex. 2;i. 13. Ps. 16. 4. Jer. 5. 7. Zeph. 1. 5. See Num. 32. 38. /’Lev. 26. 11,12. 2 Chr. 15. 2. 5 or. For if ye will cleave, &c. 3 Deut. 10. 20. cli. 22. 5. Hel). then. Deut. 11. 2.3. 3 or. Then the Loud will drive. ’ ch. 1. 5. f Lev. 26. 8. Deut. 32. 30. “Ex. 14. 14. Deut. 3. 22. *ch. 22. 5. 8 Heb. your souls. 3 2 Pet. 2.20,21. * 1 Chr. 29. 20. Neh. 8. 6. Dau. 2. 19. Luke 2. 28. “Deut. 7. 3. 237 CHAPTER 23. 1 Joshua’s exhortation before his death, 3 by former bene- fits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings. AND it came to pass a long time after that the Lord *had given rest unto Is-ra-el from all their enemies round about, that J 5sh-u-a waxed old and ^stricken in age. 2 And J5sh-u-a ® called for all Is- ra-el, 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, have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jor-dan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea ^westward. 5 And the Lord your God, ffie 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 coura- geous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Mo^es, ""that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That ye ”come not am.ong 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 •'^But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 ’’For’' the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you. "no man hath 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, “as he hath promised you. 1 1 *Take good heed therefore unto ^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 tint i-e- main among you, and shall “make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you : Joshua assembleth JOSHUA, 24. the tribes at Shechem. pa na 13 Know for a certainty that “the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from be- fore 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 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 ss unto you, and not one thing ath 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 destrojyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 1 6 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves 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. CHAPTER 24. 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 14 The coveiiant renewed. 26 The stone of witness. 29 Joshua's death and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. AND J5sh-u-a gathered all the x\. tribes of Is-ra-el to ^ Shechem, and * called for the elders of Is-ra-el, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers ; and they ® presented themselves before God. 2 And J5sh-u-a said unto all the people. Thus saith the Lord God of Is-ra-el, ®Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even TeYah, the father of A-bra- ham, and the father of Na-chdr : and Hhey served other gods._ 3 And H took your father A- bra- ham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Caffiaan, and multiplied his seed, and "gave him I-saac^ 4 And I gave unto I-saac ^Ja-c5b and E-sau : and I gave unto ^E-sau mount Sehr, to possess it; *but Ja- c6b and his children went down into E-gypt. _ 5 “I sent Mo-ses also and Aar-5n, and *I plagued E-gypt, according to B.C. 1427. “ Judg. 2. 3. b Ex. 12. 37, 51. '= Ex. 23. 33. 1 Ki. 11. 4. d Ex. 14. 2. « Ex. 14 9. / Ex. 14. 10. d Ex. 14. 20. h 1 Ki. 2. 2. i Ex. 14. 27, 28. h Deut. 4. 34. I Luke 21. 33. ” Num. 21. 21, 33. Deut. 2. 32. P Deut. 28. 15, 16. &c. ? Judg. 11. 25. Num. 22. 5. Num. 23. 11, 20 . “ch. 3. 14, 17. * cb. 6. 1. & 10 . 1 . y Ex. 23. 28. Deut. 7. 20. * Gen. 35. 4. “ Ps. 44. 3, 6. b ch. 23. 2. « 1 Sam. 10. 19. dDeut. 6. 10, 11. ch. 11. 13. * Gen. 11. 26, 31. / Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 24. y Gen. 17. 1. & 20. 5. Deut. 18. 13. Ps. 119. 1. 2 Cor. 1. 12. h ver. 2, 23. Ezek. 20. 18. » ver. 14. * Ezek. 20. 7, 8. & 23. 3. I Gen. 12. 1. Acts 7. 2, 3. “Ruth 1. 15. 1 Ki. 18. 21. ”ver. 2. ops. 127. 3. P Gen. 25. 24-26. 1 Gen. 36. 8. Deut. 2. 5. Ex. 23. 24, 32, 33. & .34. 15. Judg. 6. 10. » Gen. 46. 1, 6. Acts 7. 15. t Gen. 18. 19. “ Ex. 3. 10. * Ex. 7, & 8, & 9, & 10. that which I did among them : and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I * brought your fathers out of E-gypt: and ‘^ye came unto the sea ; ®and the E-gyp-tians pur- sued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they ^ cried unto the Lord, ^he put darkness be- Dveen you and the E-g^-tians, *and brought the sea upon them, and covered them ; and *your eyes have seen what I have done in E%ypt : and ye dwelt in the wil- derness long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Am-6r-ites, which dwelt on the other side Jor-dan ; ”and they fought with you : and I gave them into your hand, that ye might pos- sess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then ^Badak the son of Zip-pdr, king of Mo-ab, arose and warred against IsYa-el, and ^ sent and called Badaam the son of Be-6r to curse you : 10 *But I would not hearken unto BaTaam ; ^therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of his hand. 1 1 And “ye went over Jor-dan, and came unto Jer-i-eho : and "'^the men of Jerd-eho fought against you, the Am-6r-ites, and the Perdz-zites, _and the -Ga-naan-ites. and the Hit-tites, and the Gir-ga-shites, the Hi-vites, and the Jeb-u-sites ; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you,_ even the two kings of the Am-6r-ites ; 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 oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 1 4 H •''Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in s' sincerity and in truth : and ^ put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and *in E-gypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 1 5 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 Am-6r-ites, 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 233 The covenant renewed. JUDGES, 1. The death of Joshua, forsake the Loko, to serve other gods ; 17 For the Loed our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of E-gypt, 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 : 18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Am-6r-ites which dwelt in the land : therefore will we also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 19 And Josh-u-a said unto the people, ^Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an * holy God ; he is * a jealous God ; ^ he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 ”*If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, ’^then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto J5sh- u-a. Nay ; but we will serve the Lord. 22 And J5sh;u-a said unto the peo- ple, Ye are witnesses against your- selves that ^ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, W e 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 IsYa-6l. 24 And the people said unto Jdsh- u-a. The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So J(3sh-u-a *made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance * in She-chem. 26 H And Josh-u-a “wrote these B.C. 1427. ® .Tudg. 9. 6. i Gen. 28. 18. Gen. 35. 4. d See Gen. 31. 48, 52. « Dent. 32. 1. /Judg. 2. 6. S’Jiidg. 2. 8. h Mat. 6. 24. i 1 Sam. 6. 20. k Ex. 20. 5. 1 Ex. 23. 21. ’"I Chr. 28. 9. E/.ra 8. 22. Is. 1. 28. Jer. 17. 13. ”ch. 23. 15. Is. 63. 10. Acts 7. 42. » oh. 19. 50. P Judg. 2. 7. • Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua. « Deut. 11. 2. '' Ps. 119. 173. ® Gen. 50. 26. Ex. 13. 19. t ver. 14. Gen. 35. 2. “Gen. 33. 19. 2 or, lambs. ®Ex. 15. 25. 2 Ki. 11. 17. y Ex. 6. 25. Judg. 20. 28. * ver. 1. “ Deut. 31. 24. 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 J5sh-u-a 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 -^JOsh-u-a let the people depart, every man unto his inher- itance. 29 51 ^And it came to pass after these things, that JOsh-u-a the son of Niin, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in ‘'Tim- nath-seYah, which is in mount E-phra-im, on the north side of the hill of GaYsh. 31 And ^IsYa-el served the Lord all the days of JOshY-a, and all the days of the elders that ^overlived J(3sh-u-A and which had ® known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for IsYa-el. 32 5T And Hhe bones of JoYeph, which the children of IshA-gl brought up out of E-gypt, buried they in SheYhem_, in a parcel of ground “which JaYob bought of the sons of Ha-mor the fatlier of SheYhgm for an hundred ^pieces of silver : and it became the inherit- ance of the children of JoYeph.^ 33 And E-le-aYar the son of Aar- 5n died ; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to^ ^ Phin-6-has his son,_ which was given him in mount EY)hra-im. THE BOOK OF JUDO^ES. B.C. 1426. CHAPTER 1. 1 The acts of Jud.ah and Himeon. 4 Adoni-bezeTc justly a ygj. requited. 8 Jerusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Achsah to zoife for taking of Deblr. 21 The acts of Itenjamin. 22 Of the house of Joseph. 30 Of other tribes. lyrOW after the death of J6shY-a Li it came to pass, that the chil- dren of IsYa-gl ^ asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the -Ga-naan-ites first, to fight against them? 2 And the Lord said, Ju-dah shall go up : behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Ju-dah said unto SimY-5n b Num. 27. 21. ch. 20. 18. ® 1 Sam. 11. 8. d Gen. 49. 8. his brother. Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Ca-naan-Ites ; ^ and “ I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So SimY-5n went with him. 4 And Ju-dah went up; and tlie Lord delivered the -Ca-naan-ites and the Per-iz-zites into their liand : and they slew of them in ‘'BeYgk ten thousand men. 5 And they found A-ddn-i-be-zgk in BeYek : and they fought against him, and they slew the CaYaan- ites and the Peroz-zites. 6 But A-ddn-i-be-zek fled ; and they pursued after him, and caught 239 The acts of Benjamin, of JUDGES, 1. Joseph, and of other tribes. him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes, 7 And A-d5n4-be-zek said. Three- score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, ^gathered their meat under my table : ‘'as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to JAru-sa-lem, and there he died. 8 Now ®the children of Ju-dah had fought against JAru-sa-lem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 ^f/And afterward the children of Ju-dah went down to fight a- gainst the Ua-naan-ites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the ^valley. 10 And Ju-dah went against the ■Ga-naan-ites that dwelt in He-br6n : (now the name of He-br5n before was UGr-jath-ar-ba_:) and they slew She-shai, and A-hi-man, and Tal- mai. 11 ""And from thence he went against the inhabitants of De-bir : and the name of De-bir before was Kir-jath-se-pher : 12 ‘’And Gadeb said. He that smit- eth Kirqath-se-pher, and taketh it, to him will I give Ach-sah my daughter to wife. 13 And Oth-ni-el the son of Ke- naz, ^Gadeb’s younger brother, took it : and he gave him Ach-sah his daughter to wife. 14 ’’And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted from off her ass ; and Gadeb said unto her, What wilt thoul 15 And she said unto him, ®Give me a blessing : for thou hast given me a south land ; give_ me also springs of water. And Gadeb gave her the upper springs and the ne- ther springs. 16 H ‘And the children of the Kendte, Mo-ses’ father in law, went up out ^^of the city of palm trees with the children of_ Ju-dah into the wilderness of Ju-dah, which lieth in the south of ^ AdM ; ^ and they went and dwelt among the people. 17 *And Ju-dah went with Sim- §-5n his brother, and they slew the Ga-naan-ites that inhabited Ze-phath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called ‘‘Hdr-mah. _ 18 Also Ju-dah took ^Gada with the coast thereof, and As-ke-l5n with the coast thereof, and Ekdon with the coast thereof. B.C. 1425. “ ver. 2. 2 Ki. 18. 7. ' or, he possessed thZ' mountain. 2 Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. b Josh. 17. 16, 18. 3 or, gleaned. Lev. 24. 19. 1 Sam. 15. 33. Jas. 2. 13. dNum. 14. 24. Deut. 1. 36. Josh. 14. 9, 13, 14. & 15. 13, 14. * See Josh. 15. 63. / See Josh. 15. 63. & 18. 28. 3 Josh. 10. 36. & 11 . 21 . & 15. 13. 4 or, low country. h ver. 19. i Josh. 2. 1. & 7. 2. ch. 18. 2. k Gen. 28. 19. I Josh. 14. 15. & 15. 13, 14. ”*Josh. 15. 15. “Josh. 2. 12, 14. ® Josh. 15. 16, 17. ? Josh. 17. 11- 13. ’• Josh. 15. 18, 19. » Gen. 33. 11. t ch. 4. 11, 17. 1 Sam. 15. 6. 1 Chr. 2. 55. “Josh. 16. 10. 1 Ki. 9. 16. * Deut. 34. 3. ^Num. 21. 1. * 1 Sam. 15. 6. “Josh. 19. 15. b ver. 3. Josh. 19. 24- 30. Num. 21. 3. Josh. 19. 4. ^ Jo.sh. 11. 22. / Ps. 106. 34, 35. 19 And ‘*the Lord was with Ju- dah ; and ^ he drave out the inhab- itants of the mountain ; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had ‘'chariots of iron. 20 ‘‘ And they gave Hedr5n unto Gadeb, as Modes said : and he ex- pelled thence the three sons of A-nak. 21 •‘And the children of Benja- min did not drive out the Jeb-u- sites that inhabited JAru-sa-lem; but the Jeb-u-sites dwell with the children of Benja-min in Jc-ru- sa-lem unto this day. 22 H And the house of Jo-s6ph, they also went up against Beth -el : ‘‘ and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Jo-seph ‘sent to descry Beth'-el. (Now the name of the city before was ‘'Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man corue forth out of the city, and they said unto him. Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and ”we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hit-tites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 ^ « Neither did Ma-nas-seh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she-an and her towns, nor Ta-a-naeh and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabit- ants of Ibde-am and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Me-gid-db and her towns : but the Ga-naan-ites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Is- ra-el was_ strong, that they put the Ga-naan-ites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 ^ '‘Neither did E-phra-im drive out the Ga-naan-ites that dwelt in Ge-zer ; but the Ga-naan-ites dwelt in Ge-zer among them. 30 IT Neither did Zeb-u-liin drive out the inhabitants of Kit-r5n, nor the “inhabitants of Na-ha-lOl ; but the Gahiaan-ites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 ^ ‘'Neither did Ash-er drive out the inhabitants of Ac-cho, nor the inhabitants of Zi-don, nor of Ahdab, nor of Ach-zib, nor of Hel-bah, nor of A-phik, nor of Re-hOb : 32 But the Ash-er-ites •‘dwelt a- mong the Ga-naan-ites, the inhab- itants of the land : for they did not drive them out. 240 IsraeVs idolatry. JUDGES, 2. and Godh anger. 33 U “Neither did Naph-ta-li drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she- mesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth- a-nath ; but he * dwelt among the ■Ga-naan-ites, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-she-mesh and of B6th-a- nath ‘^became tributaries unto them. 34 And the Am-6r-ites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suifer them to come down to the valley : 35 But the Am-6r-ites would dwell in mount He-res ^in Ai-ja-lOn, and in Sha-al-bim : yet the hand of the house of Jo-seph ^prevailed, so that they became tributaries. ^ 36 And the coast of the Am-or-ites was * from ^ the going up to A-krab- bim, from the rock, and upward. CHAPTER 2. 1 An angel rehuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The viicked- nets of the new generation. 14 God's anger and pity. 20 The Canaanites left to %/rove Israel. AND an ^ angel of the Lord came up from Gil-gal “to Bo-ehim, and said, I made you to go up out of E-gypt, 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 snail make no league with the inhabitants 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 Is-ra-el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place ® Bo-ehim : and they sac- rificed there unto the Lord. 6 H And when ‘‘JCsh-u-a had let the people go, the children of Is- ra-6l went every man unto his in- heritance to possess the land. 7 -^And the pecmle served the Lord all the days of Jbsh-u-a, and all the days^ of the elders that ® outlived J Osh-u-a, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for I§-ra-6l. 8 And *J6sh-u-a the son of Niin, 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 ‘Tim- nath-he-res, in the mount of E-phra- im, on the north side of the hill Ga-ash. 25-16. B.C. 1426. “ Josh. 19. 38. h ver. 32. ® Ex. 5. 2. 1 Sam. 2. 12. 1 Chr. 28. 9. Gal. 4. 8. Tit. 1. 16. d ver. 30. « Deut, 31. 16. /Deut. 6. 14. 3 Josh. 19. 42. h Ex. 20. 5. 1 Heb. was heavy. 1 Num. 34. 4. Josh. 15. 3. 2 or, Maaleh- akrabbim. k ch. 10. 6. Ps. 106. 36. I ch. 3. 8. Ps. 106. 40-42. ”*2 Ki. 17. 20. ”ch. 3. 8. Ps. 44. 12. Is. 50. 1. 3 or, messenger. ° ver. 5. V Lev. 26. 37. Josh. 7. 12. 13. 7 Gen. 17. 7. •■Lev. 26. Deut. 28. « Deut. 7. 2. t Deut. 12. 3. "ch. 3. 9, 10, 15. Acts 13. 20. * Ps. 106. 34. 4 Heb. saved. y.Tosh. 23. 13. ^ Ex. 34. 15. Lev. 17. 7. “ch. 3. 6. b Ex. 23. 33. Deut. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36. Josh. 1. 5. 5 i.e. Weepier s. <«Josh. 22.6. « Gen. 6. 6. Ps. 106. 44. / Josh. 24. 31. 3 ch. 3. 12. 6 Heb. j/ro- longed days after Joshua. I or, were corrupt. 8 Hetj. they let nothing fall of their. i ver. 14. *Josh. 24. 30. I Josh. 19. 50. & 24. .30, Ttmnath- serah. "•Josh. 23. 16. 241 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which “knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Is-ra-el. 11 U And the children of IshA-el did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served BaAl-im: 12 And they “forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of E-gypt, and followed -Mother 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 Ba-al and Ash-ta-r5th. 14 11 'And the anger of the Lord was hot against IshA-el, and he ^delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and ”he sold them into the 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 gi*eatly dis- tressed. 16 U Nevertheless “the Lord raised up judges, which ^delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 1 7 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 waj’- which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord ; but they did not so. 18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then “the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their ene- mies 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 thej returned, and/corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other "ods to serve them, and to bow down unto them ; ‘^they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 U 'And the anger of the Lord was hot against Is-r4-el ; and he said. Because that this people hath "‘transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; “Josh. 2:i. 13. 1 Heb. Aram. b ch. 3. 1, 4. Deut. 8. 2, 16. 9 ch. 1. 16. h ch. 2. 21, 22. » Deut. 28. 48. k ver. 9. Ps. 78. 34. 3 or, the son of Jemini. 4 Heb. shut of his right hand, ch. 20. 16. I Josh. 13. 3. 21 also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which JOsh-u-a left when he died : ^ ^ 22 ^That through them I may ‘'prove Is-ra-el, whether they will keep the’ way of the Loed to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. res- ent is consumed -with fire. 25 He destroyeth Baal’s al- tar. 36 Gideon's signs. AND 2 ' the children of Is-ra-6l die JlV evil in the sight of the Lord and the Lord delivered them int( the hand “of Mid-i-an seven years 2 And the hand of Mid-i-an ^pre vailed against Is-ra-6l : and because or the Mid-i-an-ites the children o: Is-r4-6l made them ‘'the dens whicl are in the mountains, and caves and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Is-rri-6l hac sown, that the Mid-i-an-Ites came ^nd-'^the Am-a-lek-Ites, ^and the children of the east, even they came up against them ; 4 And they encamped againsi B.C. 1256. “ Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 30. Mic. 6. 15. * or, goat, b Neh. 3. 5. 1 Sam 18. 17. dch. 7. 12. « ch. 4. 17. /Luke 1. 28. S’ch. 4. 19. h Hos. 5. 15. i ch. 4. 21. 2 Heb. she ha-mmered. 3 Heb. a man a prophet. 4 Heb. Between. 5 Heb. destroyed. * Ps. 44. 2, 3. 6 Heb. her words. ‘ 2 Ki. 17. 35, 37, 38. Jer. 10. 2. "“Ex. 15. 9. 7 Heb. to the head of a man. "Josh. 17. 2. Heb. 11. 32, called Gedcon. 8 Heb. to cause it to flee. P Ps. 83. 9, 10. 1 ch. 13. 3. Luke 1. 11, 28. 2 Sam. 23. 4. * Ps. 19. 4, 5. < Josh. 1. 5. " So Ps. 89. 49. Is. 59. 1. y ch. 2. 19. ^ 2 Chr. 15. 2. “ Hab. 3. 7. 8 Heb. was strong. b 1 .Sam. 12. 11. 1 Sam. 13. 6. Heb. 11. ;:8. • Gen. 26. 27. s ch. 3. 31. t ch. 5. 19. “ch. 6. 3. * ch. 10. 18. y Ps. 106. 42, 43. ‘ Luke 17. 4. “Deut. 32. 15. Jer. 2. 13. b ch. 10. 18. Deut. 32. 37, 38. 2 Ki. 3. 13. I^OW Aeph-thah the Gil-e-ad-ite Xl was * a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of ^an harlot: and Gil-e-ad begat Jeph-thah. 2 And Gil-e-ad’s wife bare him sons ; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out J eph-thah, and said unto him. Thou shalt not in- herit in our father’s house ; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jeph-thah fled Mroni his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gathered ""vain men to Jeph-thah, and went out with him. 4 51 And it came to pass ® in pro- cess of time, that the children of Am-m5n made war against IsbA-el. 5 And it was so, that when the chil- dren of Am-m6n made war against Ish4-el, the elders of Gil-e-ad went to fetch Jeph-thah out of the land of Tob : . X w , 6 And they said unto Jeph-thah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Am- m5n. 7 And Jeph-thah said unto the elders of Gil-e-M, ^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 1 ^ 8 ""And the elders of Gil-e-ad said unto Jeph-thah, Therefore we "turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Am-mCn, and be *our head over all the inhabitants of Jer. 2. 28. d 1 Sam. 3. 18. 2 Sam. 15. 26. 9 Heb. is good in thine eyes. 8 Heb. be the hearer between us. f 2 Chr. 7. 14. & 15. 8. Jer. 18. 7. 8. 9 Heb. gods of strangers. 9Ys.. 106. 44,45. Is. 63. 9. 1 Heb. was shortened, h ver. 8. Gil-e-ad. 9 And Jeph-thah said unto the elders of Gil-e-ad, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Am-m5n, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head % _ , . , 10 And the elders of Gil-e-ad said unto Jeph-thah, "The LoRD^be wit- ness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 1 1 Then Jeph-thah went with the elders of Gil-e-ad, and the people made him '^head and captain over 252 JephthaN s embassy to JUDGES, 11. the king of Ammon, them : and J eph-th^h uttered all his words “before the Lord in Miz-pgh. 12 H Ajid Jeph-thah sent messen- gers unto the king of the children of Am-mOn, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land 1 1 3 And the king of the children of Am-m5n answered unto the mes- sengers of Jeph-thah, ® Because Is- ra-6l took away my land, when they came up out of E-gypt, from Ar-nOn even unto '"Jab-bOk, and unto Jor- dan : now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 1 4 And J epb-thah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Am-mOn : 15 And said unto him. Thus saith Jeph-thah, Us-ra-gl took not away the land of Mo-ab, nor the land of the children of Am-m5n : 1 6 But when Is-ra-el came up from E-gypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Bed sea, and "came to Ka-desh; 17 Then "I^-ra-gl sent messengers unto the king of E-d5m, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land : ^but the king of E-dom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Mo-ab : but he would not con- sent: and Is-ra-el "abode in Ka-desh. 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and * compassed the land of E-dom, and the land of Mo- ab, and “came by the east side of the land of Mo-ab, /'and pitched on the other side of Ar-n5n, but came not within the border of Mo-ab : for Ar-n5n was the border of Mo-ab. 19 And Is-ra-el sent messengers unto Si-hdn king of the Am-6r-ites, the king of Hesn-bOn ; and Is-ra-el said unto him, *Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my 20 ®But Sl-hdn trusted not Is-ra-el to pass through his coast : but Si-hOn gathered all ^ his people together, and pitched in Ja-haz, and fought against Ts-ra-6l. 21 And the Lord God of Is-ra-6l delivered SidiOn and all his people into the hand of IsAa-6l, and they ® smote them : so Is-ra-6l possessed all the land of the Am-6r-ites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed '‘all the coasts of the Amh^r-ites, from Ar- non even unto Jab-bok, and from the wilderness even unto Jor-dan. 23 So now the Lord God of Is-ra-el hath dispossessed the Am-6r-ites from before his people ls-ra-6l, and shouldest thou possess it I B.C. 1143. “ ch. 10. 17. & 20 . 1 . 1 Sam. 10. 17. & 11. 15. b Num. 21. 29. 1 Ki. 11. 7. Jer. 48. 7. « Deut. 9. 4, 5. & 18. 12. J osli. 3. 10. d Num. 22. 2. See Josh. 24. 9. « Num. 21. 24- 26. /Num. 21. 25. ^Deut. 2. 36. ft Gen. 32. 22. i Deut. 2. 9, 19. ft Gen. 18. 25. I Gen. 16. 5. & 31. 53. 1 Sam. 24. 12, 15. “Num. 14. 25. Deut. 1. 40. Josh. 5. 6. ”Num. 13. 26. & 20 . 1 . Deut. 1. 46. * Num 20. 14. P ch. 3. 10. ' Jephthah seems to have been J udge only of North-east Israel. 1 Num. 20. 18, 21 . Num. 20. 1. » Gen. 28. 20. 1 Sam. 1. 11. t Num. 21. 4. Deut. 2. 1-8. “Num. 21. 11. ®Num. 21. 13. & 22. 36. 2 Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth. yNum. 21. 21. Deut. 2. 26. ^ See 1 Sam. 1. 11, 28. ® Ps. 66. 13. 3 or. or I will offer it, &c. b Num. 21. 22. Deut. 2. 27. ' Num. 21. 23. Deut. 2. 32. JEzek. 27. 17. 4 or, A bel. « Num. 21. 24, 25. Deut. 2. 33, 34. / ver. 11. ch. 10. 17. ffEx. 1.5. 20. Ps. 68. 25. Jer. 31. 4. ft Deut. 2. :16. or, he had -not of his own either son or dawjhter. « Heb. of himself. i Gen. 37. 29, 34. 24 Wilt not thou possess that which *£)he-m5sh thy god giveth thee to possess 1 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 son of Zip- p6r, king of Mo-ab 1 did he ever strive against Is-ra-el, or did he ever fight against them, 26 While Is-ra-el dwelt in •''HSsh- b5n and her towns, and in ^Ar-5-er and her towns, and in all the cities that^e along by the coasts of Ar-non, three hundred years'? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time ^ 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me : the Lord *the Judge 'be judge this day be- tween the children of Is-ra-M and the children of Am-m5n. 28 Howbeit the king of the chil- dren of Am-m5n hearkened not unto the words of J Sph-thah which he sent him. 29 II Then ^the Spirit of the Lord came upon ^Jeph-thah, and he passed over Gil-e-ad, and Ma- nas/seh, and passed over Miz-peh of Gil-e-ad, and from Miz-pgh of Gil-e-M he passed over unto the children of Am-m5n. 30 And Jeph-thah * vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said. If thou shalt without fail deliver the chil- dren of Am-mOn into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that ^whatso- ever cometh forth of the door*s of my house to meet me, when I re- turn in peace from the children of Am-mon,^shall surely be the Lord’s, “and^ I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 32 ^ So Jgph-thah passed over unto the_ children of AmbnOn to fight against them ; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Ar- o-er, even till thou come to ‘'Min- nith, evefi twenty cities, and unto ‘‘the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Am-mon were subdued Ijefore the children of IsbA-el. 34 H And Jgph-thah came to-^Miz- peh unto his house, and, behold, ■'his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances ; and she was his only child ; ‘‘‘‘beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he 'rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughtei- ! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one oi them that trouble me; 253 JephihaNs vow. JUDGES, 12, 13. An angel appeareth for I ®have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and U cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, ‘^do to me according to that which hath pro- ceeded out of thy mouth; foras- much as ‘^the Lord hath taken ven- geance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Am-m5n. 37 And she said unto her father. Let this thing be done for me : let me alone two months, that I may ^go up and down upon the moun- tains, 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 according to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. And it was a ^custom in Is-ra-el, 40 That the daughters of Is-ra-el went ‘’yearly ’^to lament the daugh- ter of Jeph-thah the Gil-S-ad-ite four days in a year. CHAPTER 12. 1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling -with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites. 7 Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, 11 Eton, \Z and Abdon judge Israel. _ AND -^the men of E-phra-im Va- thered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jeph-thah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Am-m6n, and didst not call us to g o with theel we will burn thine ouse upon thee with fire. 2 And Jeph-thah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Am-m5n ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye de- livered vie not, I ^put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Am-m5n, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against mel 4 Then Jeph-thah gathered to- gether all the men of Gil-6-ad, and fought with E-phra-im and the men of Gil-e-ad smote E-phra-im, because they said. Ye Gil-6-ad-ites ^are fugitives of E-phra-im among the E-phra-im-ites, and among the Ma-nas-sites. _ 5 And the GiTe-ad-Ites took the P_passages of J6r-dan before the E-phra-im-ites : and it w^® that when those E-phra-im-ites which B.C. 1143. « Num. 30. 2. 1 Which signifieth a stream, or, flood, Ps. 69. 2, 15. <*2Sam. 18. 19, 31. 2 Heb. go and go dovm. 3 He seems to have been only a civil Judge to do justice in North-east Israel. ' ver. 31. 1 Sam. 1. 22, 24. 4 A civil Judge in North-east 5 or, ordinance. 3 Heb. from year to year. I or, to talk with, ch. 5. 11, 8 A civil Judge also in North- east Israel. f See ch. 8. 1. 9 Heb. were called. 1 Heb. sons' sons. ffch. 5, 10. & 10 . 4 h ch. 3. 13, 27. & 5. 14. ch. 2. 11. 63. 7. 64. 1. & 6 . 1 . & 10 . 6 . 2 Heb. added to commit, &c. k 1 Sam. 19. 5. Ps. 119. 109. 3 This seems a partial captivity. 1 1 Sam. 12. 9. ™Josh. 19. 41. "ch. 6. 12. Luke 1. 11,13, 28, 31. ® See 1 Sam. 25. 10. P Josh. 22. 11. ch. 3. 28. 9 ver. 14. Num. 6. 2, 3. Luke 1. 15. 264 were escaped said^ Let me go over ; that the men of Gil-6_-ad said unto him , Art thou an E-phra-im-ite If he said. Nay; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now ^ Shib-b5-leth : and he said Sib-b5-leth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the pas- sages of J6r-dan : and there fell at that time of the E-phra-im-ites forty and two thousand. 7 And Jgph-thah judged Is-ra-6l six years. Then died Jeph-thah the Gil-e-ad-ite, and was buried in one of the cities of GiTe-ad. 8 H And after him ^Ib-zan of Beth - l6-hem judged Is-ra-el. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty dauglD ters from abroad for his sons. And he judged IsYa-el seven years. 10 Then died Ib-zan, and was buried at Beth -Ig-hem. HU And after him '^Edbn, a Zeb- u-l6n-ite, judged ls-ra-6l; and he judged Is-ra-el ten years. 12 And Ed5n the Zeb-u-l6n-ite died, and was buried in Ai-ja-lbn in the country of Zeb-u-liin. 13 ^ And after him ®Ab-d5n the son of Hil-lel, a Pir-a-th5n-ite, judged Is-ra-el. i . 1 4 And he had forty sons and thirty ^nephews, that ^rode on threescore and ten ass colts : and he judged Is-ra-6l eight years. ^ , 15 And AbH6n the son of Hil-161 the Pir-a-th6n-Ite died, and was buried in Pir-a-th6n in the land of E-phra-im, *in the mount of the Am-a-lek-Ites. CHAPTER 13. 1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An angel appeareth to Manoah's -wife. 8 The angel appea/reth to Manoah. 15 Manoah's sacrifice, whereby the angel is discovered. 24 Samson is born. AND the children of IsYa-el Hid'^' evil again in the sight of the Lord; ’’and the Lord delivered them 4nto the hand of the Phi-lis-tines for^ years. 2 11 And there was a certain man of ""ZoYah, of the family of^ the Dan-ites, whose name was Ma-no- ah ; and his wife was barren, and bare not. . „ -r 3 And the ” angel of the Lord ap- peared unto the woman, and said unto her. Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not : but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and « drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: to ManoaNs wife. JUDGES, 14. SaTiison is born. 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no ® razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be *a Naz-a-rite unto God from the womb : and he shall ° begin to deliver Is-ra-el out of the hand of the Phi-hs-tines. 6 U Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, man of God came unto me, and his ^countenance was like the counte- nance of an angel of God, very ter- rible : but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name : 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Naz-a-rite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 H Then Ma-no-ah intreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send some again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice sf Ma-no-ah ; and the angel of God same again unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Ma-no-ah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, md ran, and shewed her husband, md said unto him. Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came into me the other day. 1 1 And Ma-no-ah arose, and went ifter his wife, and came to the man, ind said unto him. Art thou the nan that spakest unto the woman '? ^Vnd he said, I am. 12 And Ma-no-ah said, Now let ;hy words come to pass. ®How shall we order the child, and ^^how siiall we do unto him 1 13 And the angel of the Lord said into Ma-no-ah, Of all that I said into the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing :hat cometh of the vine, * neither et her drink wine or strong drink, lor eat anv unclean thing: all that [ commanded her let her observe. 15 ^ And Ma-no-ah said unto the ingel of the Lord, I pray thee, “let 15 detain thee, until we shall have nade ready a kid ®for thee. 1 6 And the angel of the Lord said into Ma-no-ah, Though thou detain ne, I will not eat of thy bread : and f thou wilt offer a burnt offering, hou must offer it unto tho Lord, ^ or Ma-no-ah knew not that he was in angel of the Lord. 17 And Ma-no-ah said unto the B.C. 1161. “Num. 6. 6. 1 Sam. 1. 11. i Num. 6. 2. See 1 Sam. 7. 13. 2 Sam. 8. 1. 1 Chr. 18. 1. Geii. 32. 29. * or, wonderful. Is. 9. 6. ch. 6. 19, 20. / Deut. 33. 1. 1 Sam. 2. 27. &9. 6. 1 Ki. 17. 24. 9 Mat. 28. 3. Luke 9. 29. Acts 6. 15. h ver. 17, 18. i Lev. 9. 2*1. 1 Chr. 21. 16. Ezek. 1. 28. Mat. 17. 6. *ch. 6.22. I Gen. 32. 30. Ex. 33. 20. Deut. 5. 26. ch. 6. 22. «Heb. 11. 32. ”1 Sam. 3. 19. Luke 1. 80. & 2. 52. ® ch. 3. 10. 1 Sam. 11. 6. Mat. 4. 1. 2 Heb. Mahaneh- dan, as ch. 18. 12. P Josh. 15. 33. ch. 18. 11. 3 Heb. What shall be the manner of the, &c. 4 or, what shall he dot 5 Heb. what shall be his work? ? Gen. 38. 13. Josh. 15. 10. Gen. 34. 2. * ver. 4. < Gen. 21. 21. &34. 4. “Gen. 18. 5. ch. 6. 18. 0 Heb. before thee. *Gen. 24. 3, 4 ^Gen. 34. 14. Ex. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. 2 Heb. she is riaht in mine eyes. * Josh. 11. 20, 1 Ki. 12. 1.5. 2 Ki. 6. .'IJ. 2 Chr. 10. 15, &22. 7. & 25. 20. angel of Uhe Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, ‘^Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is ^secret"? 1 9 So Ma-no-ah took a kid with a meat offering, ®and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and the angel did wonderously ; and Ma-no-ah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Ma-no-ah and his wife looked on it, and *fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Ma-no-ah and to his wife. *Then Ma-no-ah knew that he was an angel of the Lord. 22 And Ma-no-ah said unto his wife, ^We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 H And the woman bare a son, and called his name '“Sam-s5n : and “the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 ‘’And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in ^the camp of Dan ^between Zo-rah and Esh-ta-ol. CHAPTER 14. 1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 6 He killcth a lion, 8 and findeth honey in the carcase. 10 Samson's marriage feast. 12 Jlis riddle is made known. 19 He spoileth thirty Philistines. A ND Sam-son went down ^'to Tim- XX nath, and ^saw a woman in Tim-nath of the daughters of the Phi-lis-tines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timhiath of the daughters of the Phi-lis-tines : now therefore *get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him. Is there never a wo- man among the daughters of Mhy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the y uncircumcised Phi-lis-tines 1 And Sam-sDn said unto his father, Get her for me ; for ’she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it vjas "^of the Lori:, 255 ISamsonfs riddle JUDGES, 15. is Tnade known. that he sought an occasion against the Phi-hs-tmes : for at that time "the Phi-lis- tines had dominion over Is-ra-el. ^ , 1 1 5 II Then went Sam-s5n down, and his father and his mother, to Tim- nath, and came to the vineyards ot Tim-nath : and, behold, a young lion roared ^against him. 6 And *the Spirit of the Lori) “ch. 13. 1. Deut. 28. 48. • came mightily upon him, and he rent him ! he would have rent a kid, and B.C. 1141. 1 or, the rest of the seven days, Heb. were melted. 2 Heb. moist. i hev. 26. 8. Josh. 2.3. 10. ch. 3. 31. 3 or, new cords. ■1 Heb. moi.st. 5 Heb. an heap, two heaios. 3 Heb. one. 1 i.e. The lifting up of the jawbone, or, castin;/ away of the jawbone, k Ps. .3. 7. 3 Heb. smelleth. 257 Delilah overcomelh t^amson. JUDGES, 16. Death of Samson. 10 And De-lidah said unto Sam- s5n. Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might- est be bound. 11 And he said unto her. If they bind me fast with new ropes ^that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 De-h-lah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him. The Phi-lis- tines he upon thee, Sam-s5n._ And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And DAlidah said unto Sam- son, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : tell me where- with thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her. If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Phi- lis-tlnes he upon thee, Sam-s5n. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 ^ And she said unto him, ‘^How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with mel thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was ® vexed unto death ; 1 7 That he -^told her all his heart, and said unto her, ^ There hath not come a razor upon mine head ; for I have been a Naz-a-rite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 1 8 And when Dc-li-lah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Phi- lis-tines, saying. Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi-lis-tines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 *And she made him sleep upon her knees ; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head ; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Phi-lis-tines he upon thee, Sam-s5n. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times be- fore, and shake myself. And he B.C. 1120. «Num. 14. 9, 42, 43. Josh. V. 12. 1 Sam. 16. 14. & 18. 12. & 28. 15, 16. 2 Chr. 15. 2. 1 Heb. bored out. 2 Heb. where- with work hath not been done. 3 or, as when he was shaven. b Dau. 5. 4. Heb. and who multiplied our slain. « ch. 9. 27. 5 Heb. before them. dch. 14. 16. * Deut. 22. 8. 6 Heb. shortened, f Mic. 7. 5. S Num. 6. 5. ch. 13. 5. '‘Jer. 15. 15. i or, he leaned on them. Heb. my soul. i Prov. 7. 26, 27. k ch. 13. 25. wist not that the Lord “was de- parted from him. 21 IT But the Phi-lis-tines took him, and ^put out his eyes, and brought him down to Ga-za, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again ^ after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Phi-lis- tines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Da-g6n their god, and to rejoice : for they said. Our god hath delivered Sam- son our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they Upraised their god ; for they said. Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the de- stroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were ‘'merry, that they said. Call for Sam-s5n, that he may make us sport. And they called for Sam-s5n out of the prison house; and he made ®them sport : and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Sam-s5n said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that I may feel the pillars where- upon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Phi-lis-tines were there: and there were upon the ®roof about three thousand men and women, that be- held while Sam-son made sport. 28 And Samhson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, re- member me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God. that I may be at once avenged of the Phi-lis-tines for my two eyes. 29 And Sam-s5n took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the bouse stood, and ’on which it was borne up, of the one with his right band, and of the other with his left. 30 And Sam-s6n said. Let ®me die with the Phi-lis-tines. And he bowed bimself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he 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 Zo-rah and Esb-ta-5l in the buryingplace of Ma- no-ah his father. And he judged Is-ra-el twenty years. 258 Micah's idolatry. Of the Damtes. JUDGES, 17, 18. CHAPTER 17. I Of fhe money that MicaJi first stole, then restored, his mother maketh images, 5 and he ornaments for them. 7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest. AND there was a man of mount XX E-phra-im, whose name was Mi-eah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shelf-els of sil- ver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, be- hold, the silver is with me ; I took it And his mother said, ‘’Blessed he thou of the Lord, my son. 3 And when ho had restored the eleven hundred shelf-els of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to -^make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore 1 will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother '‘took two hundred shelf-els of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image : and they were in the house of Mi-eah. 5 And the man Mi-eah had an house of gods, and made an *eph-5d, and 't6r-a-phim, and ‘^consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 "In those days there was no king in Is-ra-6l, ^hut every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 H And there was a young man out of ‘'Beth'-lg-hgm-ju-dah of the family of Ju-dah, who was a Le- vite. and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed 9 ut of the city from Beth'-m-h6m-ju-dah to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to mount E-phra-im to the house of Mi-eah, ^as he journeyed. 9 And Mi-eah said unto him. Whence comest thou % And he said unto him, I am a Le-vite of Beth -l6-h6m- ju-dah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a plcice. 10 And Mi^ah said unto him, Dwell with me, *and be unto rne a Mather and a priest, and I will give thee ten shelf-els of silver by the year, and ®®a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Le-vite went in. 1 1 And the Le-vite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Mi-eah ‘^consecrated the Le-vite; and the young man " be- came his priest, and was in the house of Mi^ah. B.C. 1406. “ ch. 17. 6. & 21. 26. 6 Josh. 19. 47. ' Gen. 14. 19. Ruth 3. 10. 1 Heb. sons. ver. 7, 27. * Deut. 8. 9. dver. 6. ♦ ch. 18. 30. 259 13 Then said Mi-eah, Now know I that the Lord will do me gpod, seeing I have a Le-vite to my priest. CHAPTER 18. Danites seek out an inheritance. I N those days there was no king in Is-ra-el : and in those days ^the tribe of the Dan-ites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inherit- ance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Is-ra-6l. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, ^men of valour, from ‘^Zo-rah, and from Esh-ta-Ol, "to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said unto them. Go, search the land : who when they came to mount E-phra-im, to the house of Mi^ah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Mi-oah, they knew the voice of the young man the Le-vite : and they turned in thither, and said unto him. Who brought thee hither 1 and what makest thou in this placed and what hast thou herel 4 And he said unto them. Thus and thus dealeth Mi'-eah 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 saia unto them, '^Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 7 U Then the five men departed, and came to "La^sh, and saw the people that were therein, *how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zi-do-ni-ans, quiet and secure ; and there was no ^magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zi-do-ni-ans, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their breth- ren to “Zo-rah and EshMa-5l: 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 1 be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come un- to 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^ And there went from thence of the family of the Dan-ites, out The Danites seek JUDGES, 19. out an inheritance. of Zo-rah and out of Esh-ta-5l, six hundred men ^appointed with wea- pons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in ®Kii’-jath-je-a-rim, in Ju-dah: wherefore they called that place *Ma-ha-n6h-dan unto this day: be- hold, it is behind Kir-jath-je-a-rim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount E-phra-im, and came unto ®the house of Ml-eah. 14 ^ ‘^Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of La4sh, and said unto their breth- ren, Do ye know that ® there is in these houses an eph-Od, and ter-a- phim, and a graven image, and a rnolten imaged now therefore con- sider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Le-vite, even unto the house of Mi^ah, and ^saluted him. 16 And the ^six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which v)ere 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. aTid came in thither, and took Uhe graven image, and the eph-Od, and the ter- a-phim, and the molten image : and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Mi-eah’s house, and fetched the carved im- age, the eph-5d, and the ter-a-phim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do yel 19 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 Is-ra-eH 20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ^ph-Sd, and the ter- a-phim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and tlie cat- tle and the carriage before them. 22 H And when they were a good way from the house of Mi^ah, the men that were in the houses near to Ml^ah’s house were gathered to- gether, and overtook tlie children of l3an. 23 And they cried unto the chil dren of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Mi'-eah B.C. 1406. > Heb. that them art gathered together } 2 Heb. girded. “Josh. 15. eO. b ch. 13. 25. * ver. 2. 3 Heb. bitter of semi, 2 Sam. 17. 8. d 1 Sam. 14 28. « ch. 17. 5. / ver. 7, 10. Deut. 33. 22. 4 Heb. ashed him of peace, Gen. 43. 27. 1 Sam. 17. 22. 5 ver. 11. h Josh. 19. 47. » ver. 7. h ver. 2, 14. I ch. 17. 4, 5. ™Nura. 13. 21. 2 Sam. 10. 6. "Josh. 19. 47. “ Gen. 14. 14. ch. 20. 1. 1 Ki. 12. 29, &^i5. 20. /’ch. 13. 1. 1 Sam. 4. 2, 3, 10 , 11 . Ps. 78. 60, 61. ? Job 21. 5. & 29. 9. & 40. 4. Prov. 30. 32. Mic. 7. 16. *■ Josh. 18. 1. ch. 19. 18. & 21 . 12 . * ch. 17. 10. ‘ ch. 17. 6. & 18. 1. & 21. 25. 5 Heb. a woma/n a concubine, or, a wife a cemeubine. "ch. 17. 7. S or, a year and four months. 1 Heh. days four months. 8 Heh. to her heart, Gen. 34 3, 2Q0 What aileth thee, ^that thou comest with such a company 1 24 And he said. Ye have taken away my gods 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 1 25 And the children of Dan said unto him. Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest ^ angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy house^ hold. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Mi-eah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Ml-cah had made, and the priest which he had, and -^came unto La-ish, unto a people that were at miiet and secure : '‘and they smote tnem with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was * far from Zi-d5n and they had no business with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth "‘by Beth-re-hcb. 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 IsYa-6l : howbeit the name of the city was La-ish at the first. 30 H And the children of Dan set up the graven image : and J 5n-a- than, the son of Ger-shpm, the son of Ma-nas-seh, he and his sons were g riests to the tribe of Dan -p until the ay of the captivity of the land. j 31 And they set them up Mi'-eah’s ! graven image, which he made, "all I the time that the house of God was in Shidoh. CHAPTER 19. 1 A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife. 22 The Gibeathites abuse his cemeubine to death. AND it came to pass in those days, ^when there was no king in Is-ra-el, that there was a certain Le-vite somurning on the side of mount E-phra-im, who took to him ®a concubine out of “Beth-l6-hem- ju-dah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth'-lS-hem-ju-dah, and was there ‘^''four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak ® friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him. and a coupla Of the Levite 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 dam- sel’s father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 U 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 his son in law, ‘'Comfort^ thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink 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 bo merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him : therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morn- ing on the fifth day to depart : and the damsel’s father said. Comfort thine heart, 1 pray thee. And they tarried ^ 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 father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him. Be- hold, now the day ^draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, Hhe 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 ® home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and de- parted, and came '^over against 'Je- hus, which is Je-ru-sa-lem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 A7id when they were by Je-biis, the day was far spent ; and the serv- ant said unto his master. Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city "'of the Jeb-u-sites, 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 Is-ra-el ; we will pass over *to Gib-6-ah. 13 And he said unto his servant. Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gib-e-ah, or in 'Ba-mah. 14 And they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gib- 6-ah, which belongeth to Ben^ia-min. 15 And they turned aside thither, and his concubine. go in and to lodge in Gib-6-ah : d 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 ^ And, behold, there came an old man from '’his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount E-phra-lm ; and he sojourned in Gib-e-ah: but the men of the place were Ben-ja-mites. 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 1 18 And he said unto him. We are passing from Beth'-le-hem-ju-dah toward the side of mount E-phra-im; from thence am I : and I went to Beth -le-hem-ju-dah, but I am now going to ‘'the house of the Lord; and there is no man that ^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 tiling 20 And the old man said, ®reace 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 H Now as they were mahing their hearts merry, behold, 'the men of the city, certain *sons of Bedi-al, beset the house roundabout, 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 what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not ®so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his con- cubine, 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 JUDGES, 19. B.C. 1406. “Mat. 25. 43. Heb. 13. 2. b Ps. 104. 23. « Gen, 18. 5. 1 Heb. Strengthen. Josh. 18. 1. ch. 18. 31. & 20. 18. 1 Sam. 1. 3, 7. 2 Heb. gathereth, ver. 15. 3 Heb. till the day declined. « Geu. 43. 23. ch. 6. 23. / Geu. 19. 2. 4 Heb. is weak. 9 Gen. 24. 32. & 43. 24. 5 Heb. it is the pitching time of the day. h Geu. 18. 4. John 13. 5. i Gen. 19. 4. ch. 20. 5. Hos. 9. 9. & 10. 9. 6 Heb. to thy tent. k Deut. 13. 13. 7 Heb. to over against. I Josh. 18. 28. "'Gen. 19. 5. Rom. 1. 26, 27. "Gen. 19. 6, 7. 0 Josh. 15. 8. 63. ch. 1. 21. 2 Sam. 5. 6. l’2Sam. 13. 12. 9 Gen. 19. 8. Gen. 34. 2. lleut. 21. 14. * Josh. 18. 28. 8 Heb. the matter of this folly. * Josh. 18. 25. “Gen. 4. 1. 261 The Levite^s appeal. JUDGES, 20. Decree of the assembly. 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 an- swered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 H And 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 Ish4-el. 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 Is-ra-el came up out of the land of E-gypt unto this day: consider of it, ®take advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER 20. 1 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his wrong. 8 The decree of the assembly. 26 The Israelites destroy all the Benjamites, except six hundred. T hen "all the children of Is^rAel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from * Dan even to Be-er-she-ba, with the land of Gil-e-ad, unto the Lord *in Miz-peh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Is-rd-el, pre- sented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hun- dred thousand footmen Hhat drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Ben-ja-min heard that the children of Is-ra-el were gone up to Miz-peh.) Then said the children of Is-ra-el, Tell us, how was this wickedness % 4 And ^the Le-vite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, ^*1 came into Gib-e-ah that helongeth to Ben^a-min, I and my concubine, to lodge. _ 5 "And the men of Gib-e-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me : ^ and my concubine have they ^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 Is-ra-el : for they * have committed lewdness and folly in l§Aa-el. B.C. 1406. “ch. 19. 30. b ch. 20. 6. « ch. 20. 6. See 1 Sam. 11. 7. 1 Heb. fellows. d Deut. 13. 14. Josh. 22. 13, 16. « ch. 20. 7. Prov. 13. 10. / Deut. 13. 13. ch. 19. 22. S Deut. 17. 12. h ver. 11. Josh. 22. 12. ch. 21. 5. 1 Sam. 11. 7. i ch. 18. 29. 1 Sam. 3. 20. 2 Sam. 3. 10. & 24. 2. k Judg. 10. 17. & 11 . 11 . 1 Sam. 7. 5. & 10. 17. I ch. 8. 10. 7 Behold, _ye are all children of Is-ra-el ; “give here your advice and counsel. 8 H And all ^ the people arose as one man, sajdng. 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 Gib-e-ah; we will go up by lot against it ; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Is-ra-el, 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 Gib-e-ah of Ben-ja- min, according to all the folly that they have wrought in IsAa-el. 1 1 So all the men of IsAa-el were gathered against the city, ^ knit to- gether as one man. 12 ^ ‘'And the tribes of Is-ra-el sent men through all the tribe of B6n- ja-min, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among yen'? 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, •''the children of Be-li-al, which are in Gib-e-ah, that we may put them to death, and ^ put away evil from Is-ra-el. But the children of Ben-ja-min would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the chil- dren of Is-ra-el : 14 But the children of Ben-ja-min gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gib-e-ah, to go out to battle against the children of Is-ra-6l. 15 And the children of Ben-ja-min were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the in- habitants of Gib-e-ah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen "•ch. 3. 15. 1 Chr. 12. 2. 2 Heb. the man the Levite. «ch. 19. 15. 0 ch. 19. 22. V ver. 23, 26. ? Num. 27. 21. ch. 1. 1. 3 Heb. humbled. * ch. 19. 29. t Josh. 7. 15. men. 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen rnen lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. ^ . 1 . 1 17 And the men of Is-ra-el, beside Ben^a-min, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these vjere men of war. 18 ^ And the children of Ish-a-el 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 Ben-ja-min^ And the Lord said, Ju-dah shall go vp first. 19 And the children of IshA-el rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gib-e-ah. 20 And the men of IsAa-el went out to battle against Ben-ja-min; and the men of Is-ra-el put them- 262 rhe Israelites defeated. JUDGES, 20. The Benjamites destroyed. lelves in array to fight against them it Gib-e-ah. ^ . 21 And “ the children of Ben-3a-mm •ame forth out of Gib-e-ah, and de- ;troyed down to the ground of the ;s-ra-6l-ites that day twenty and ;WO thousand men. ^ ^ 22 And the people the men of Is- •a-6l encouraged themselves, and set iheir battle again in array in the Dlace where they put themselves n array the first day. „ ^ . 23 (^’And the children of Is-ra-el vent up and wept before the Lord intil even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying. Shall I go up again ■jO battle against the children of B6n-ja-min my brother! And the Lord said. Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Is-ra-el 3 ame near against the children of Ben-ja-mm the second day. 25 And ® Ben-ja-mm went forth igainst them out of Gib-e-ah the second day, and destroyed down :o the ground of the children of ts-ra-6l again eighteen thousand hen ; all these drew the sword. ^ 26 ^ Then all the children of Is- [•a-61, and all the people, ^ went up, ind came unto the house of God, ind wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until 3 ven, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 27 And the children of Is-ra-el en- quired of the Lord, (for ^ the ark of ^e covenant of God was there in those days, 28 *And Phin-6-has. the son of E-le-a-zar, the son of Aar-5n, * stood before it in those days,) saying. Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Ben-ja-min my brother, or shall I cease! And the Lord said. Go up ; for to mor- row I will deliver them into thine hand. ^ 29 And Is-rA6l ’"set Hers in wait round about Gib-6-ah. ^ 30 And the children of Is-ra-6l went up against the children of Benja- min on the third day, and put them- selves in array against Gib-e-ah, as at other times. 31 And the children of B6nja-min went out against the people, a7id were drawn away from the city; and they began ®to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goetfi up to Hue house of God, and the other to Gib-g-ah in the field, about thirty men of Is-ra-6l. 32 And the children of Bgn-ia-min said. They are smitten down Before us, as at the first. But the children B.O. 1406. b ver. 26, 27. ' Josh. 8 . 14. Is. 47. 11. • Deut. 16. 19. P,s. 15. 5. * ver. 5. t ver. 19, 20. Deut. 17. 14. Hos. 13. 10. Acts 13. 21. 1 Heb. was evil in the eyes of Samuel. “ ver. 7. Hos. 13. 11. * See Ex. 16. 8. ych. 10. 19. & 12. 17. 19. Hos. 13. 10, 11 . *ch. 14. .51. 1 Chr. 8. 33. & 9. 39. 276 Saul is sent to seek I. the son of A-bi-el, the son of Ze-ror, the son of Be-«ho-rath, the son of A-phi-ah, ^a Ben-ja-mite, a mighty man of ^ power. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly : and there was not among the children of Is-ra-el a goodlier person than he : ^from his shoulders and upward he ivas higher than any of the people. 3 And tne asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount ET^hra-im, and passed through the land of ‘^Shal-i-sha, but they found them not : then they passed through the land of Shadim, and there they were not : and he passed through the land of the Ben-ja-mites, but they found them not. 5 And -when they were come to the land of Ziiph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return ; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him. Behold now, there is in this city '"a man of God, and he is an honourable man ; %11 that he saitli cometh surely to pass : now let us go thither ; per- adventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to h^s servant. But, behold, if we go, ^ what shall we bring the manl for the bread ’is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what ®have we'? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said. Behold, G have here at hand the fourth part of a shgk-el of silver : that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in IsbA-el, when a man "went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called ""a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, ^Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 11 *fl And, as they went up ^the hill to the city, ®they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here'? 12 And they answered them, and said, He is ; behold, he is before you : make haste now, for he came to day to the city ; for there is a 9. his father^ s asses. ^sacrifice of the people to day “in the high place : 1 3 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice ; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up ; for about ^this time ye ^all find nim. 14 And they went up into the city : amdl when they were come into the city, behold, Sam-u-el came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 II ‘'Now the Loep had ®told Sam-u-el in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Ben-ja-min, "and thou shalt anoint him to he captain over my people IsAa-el, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Phi-lis-tines : for I have •'^looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Sam^u-6l saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, ^Behold the man whom I spake to thee of ! this same shall ® reign over my people. 18 Then Saul drew near to Sam- u-el in the gate, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is. 19 And Sam-u-6l answered Saul, and said, I am the seer : go up be- fore me unto the high place ; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for Hhine asses that were lost ^ three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom ‘^is all the desire of Is-ra-el '? Is it n ot on thee, and on all thy father’s house *? 21 And Saul answered and said, '^Am not I a Ben-ja-mite, of the ^tsmallest of the tribes of IsAa-el? and ®my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Ben-ja-min '? wherefore then speakest thou ‘-^so to me '? 22 And Sam-u-el took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Sambi-el said unto the cook. Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up Hhe shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And SAMUEL, B.C. 1095. ‘ or, feast. “ 1 Ki. 3. 2. - or, the son of a man of Jeraini. 3 or, substance. b cli. 10. 23. 4 Heb. to day. « ch. 1.5. 1. Acts 13. 21. b Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel, ch. 20. 2. d 2 Ki. 4. 42. « ch. 10. 1. / Ex. 2. 25. & 3. 7. 9. S'c.i. 16. 12. Hos. 13. 11. h Dent. 33. 1. 1 Ki. 13. 1. fi Heb. restrain in. i ch. 3. 19. fcSeeJudg. 6.18. & 13. 17. 1 Ki. 14. 3. 2 Ki. 4. 42. & 8 . 8 . " Heb. is gone out of, &c. 1 ver. .3. 8 Heb. is with us. 8 Heb. to day three days. ■ Helj. there i.:fotmd in my hand. "*(;h. 8. 5, 19. & 12. 13. ” ch. 15. 17. 0 Geti. 25. 22. P Jndg. 20. 46 - 48. Ps. 68. 27. '/SeeJudg.6.15. '•2 Sam. 24. 11. 2 Ki. 17. 13. 1 Clir. 26. 28. & 29. 29. 2 Chr. 16. 7, 10. Is. 30. 10. Amos 7. 12. 2 Heb. ac- cording to this word? 3 Heb. Thy word is good. 1 Heb. in the ascent of the city. » Gen. 24. 11. < Lev. 7. 32. 33. Ezek. 24. 4. “Gen. 31. 54. ch. 16. 2. 276 Saul prophesieth. Samuel anointeth Saul. i, SAMUEL, 10. Sam^-el said, Behold that which is Ueft ! set it before thee, and eat : for unto this time hath it been kept for tliee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with SamAi-el that day. 25 H And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Sdm-u-el communed with Saul upon “^the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, theA Sam'u-el called Saul to the top of the house, saying. Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Sam-u-6l, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Sam-u-6l said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still ®a whil^that I may shew thee the word of God. B.C. 1095. * or, reserved. - Heb. it shall come to ijass, that whet! these sijiis, if c. * Ex. 4. 8. Luke 2. 12. 3 Ileb. do for thee as thine hand shall find, judg. 9. 33. l> Judg. 6. 12. ch. 11. 14, 15. JDeut. 22. 8. 2 Sam. 11. 2. Acts 10. 9. « ch. 13. 8. 4 B-eb. shoulder. 5 Heb. turned. f ver. 5. a ch. 19. 20. 3 Heb. to day. CHAPTER 10. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 lie confirmeth him by predic- tion of three siyns. 9 Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesieth. 17 /7« is chosen at Mizpeh by lot. 26 The different affections of his subjects. T hen ^Sam-u-gl took a vial of oil, and poured^ it upon his head, *and kissed him, and said. Is it not because Hhe Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over ”his inheritance'? 2 When thou art departed from me to day^ then thou shalt find two men bj’’ “Ra-chers sepulchre in the bor- der of Ben-ja-min ^at Zel-zah ; and they will say unto thee. The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left “the care of the asses, and sorrow- eth for you, saying, Wdiat shall I do for my son'? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Ta-bor, and there shall meet thee three men going up 'Ao God to Beth'-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of v/ine : 4 And they will ^salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread ; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garri- son of the Phi-lis-tine§ : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com- ing down "'from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them ; ^and they vshall prophesy : 6 And “the Spirit of the Lokp will come upon thee, and *thou shalt I Heb. a man to his neighbour, h ch. 9. 16. & 16. 13. 2 Ki 9. 3, 6. i Mat. 13.54,55. John 7. 15. Acts 4. 13. k Ps. 2. 12. 3 Heb. from thence. I Acts 13. 21. '"Is. 54. 13. John 6. 45. "Deut. 32. 9. Ps. 78. 71. <’Gen. 35. 19,20. 7* Josh. 18. 28. 9 Heb. the business. Gen. 28. 22. & 35. 1, 3, 7. 1 Heb. ask thee of peace: as Judg. 18. 15. ^ Judg. 11. 11. & 20 . 1 . ch. 11. 15. » ch. 7. 5, 6. t Judg. 6. 8, 9. “ch. 13. 3. *ch. 9. 12. ych. 8. 7, 19. & 12 . 12 . * Ex. 15. 20, 21. 2 Ki. 3. 15. 1 Cor. 14. 1. “Num. n. 2.5. ch. 16. 13. b ver. 10. ch. 19. 23, ah prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And ^let it be, when these “signs are come unto thee, '^that thou do as occasion serve thee ; for *God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me ‘'to Gil-gal ; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings : ‘'seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 9 ^ And it was so, that when he had turned his ^back to go from Sam-u-el, God ®gave him another heart : and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And ^when they came thither to the hill, behold, ^a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime sav/ that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said 'one to another. What is this that is come unto the son of Kish '? Us Saul also among the prophets '? 12 And one “^of the same place answered and said. But ^ who is their father ? Therefore it became a proverb. Is Saul also among the prophets '? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 1 4 H And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, AV hither went ye? And he said. To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Sam-u-el. 15 And Saul’s uncle said. Tell me, I pray thee, what Sam-u-el said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle. He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Sam-u-el spake, he told him not. 17 And Samh“i-6l called the peo- S 'e together ’’unto the Lord *to iz-peh ; 18 And said unto the children of TsUa-^l, ‘Thus saith the Loip God of IsUa-el, I brought up tshA-61 out of E-gypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the E-gyii-tjans, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you : 1 9 ^'And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations ; and ye have said unto him. Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves 277 Saul is 'proclaimed Icing. 1. SAMUEL, il. He rescueth Jabesli-gilead. : . before the Loed by your tribes, and by your thousands. _ 20 And when Sam-u-el had “caused ail the tribes of Is-ra-el to come near, the tribe of Ben-ja-min was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Ben-ja-min to come near by their families, the family of Ma-tri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken ; and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the Loed further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Loed an- swered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence : and when he stood among the people, ®'he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Sam-u-6l said to all the people. See ye him '*^whom the Loed hatn chosen, that there is none like him among all the people I _ And all the people shouted, and said, *God^ save the king. 25 Then Sam-u-6l told the people ’^the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Loed. And Sam-u-el sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 H And Saul also went home Ho Gib-e-ah ; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 ^But the ^children of Bedi-al said. How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But '^he held his peace. CHAPTER 11. 1 Nahash offerefh them of Jahcsh-gilead a reproachful condition. 4 They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul. 12 Saul cojtfirmed king. T hen “Nadiash the Am-m6n-Ite _ came up, and encamped against Ha-besh-gil-e-ad : and all the men of Ja-besh said unto Na'hash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Na-hash the Am-mhn-ite an- swered them. On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all jmur right eyes, and lay it for ‘^a reproach upon all Is-ra-el. 3 And the elders of Ja-besh said unto him, ^Give us seven days’ res- pite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Is-ra-el : and then, if there he no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 H Then came the messengers ^ to B.C. 1095. ■'Actsl. 24,: i Judg. 2. 4. ^ Judg. 3. 10. &6. 34. & 11. 29. ch. 10. 10. d ch. 23. 2, 4, 10, 11 . « Judg. 19. 29. / Judg. 21. 5, 8, 10 . 1 Heb. as one man, Judg. 20. 1. ft 2 Sam. 21. 6. i Judg. 1. 5. ft 2 Sam. 24. 9. 1 1 Ki. 1. 25, 39 2 Heb. Let the king live. 3 or, deliverance. " Judg. 20. 14. ch. 11. 4. " ver. 3. ?’ch. 11. 12. ? Deut. 13. 13. 2 Sam. 8. 2. 1 Ki. 4. 21. Ps. 72. 10. Mat. 2. 11. s See ch. 31. 11 t Judg. 7. 16. 4 or, he was as though he had been deaf. “ch. 12. 12. * ch. 10. 27. y Judg. 21. 8. ^ See Luke 19. 27. “ Gen. 26. 28. 1 Ki. 20. 34. Job 41. 4. b 2 Sam. 19. 22. « Ex. 14. 13, 30. ch. 19. 5. d Gen. 34. 14. ch. 17. 26. « ch. 10. 8. 5 Heb. Forbear us. f ch. 10. 17. S'ch. 10. 8. ftch. 10. 26. & 15. 34. 2 Sam. 21. 378 Gib-6-ah of Saul, and told the tid- ings in the ears of the people : and '’all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field ; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep ? And they told him the tid- ings of the men of Ja-besh. 6 “And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and “hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Is-ra-el by the hands of messengers, saying, •''Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Sam-u-el, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Loed fell on the people, and they came out ^with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in *Be-zek, the children *of Is-ra-6l were three hundred thousand, and the men of Ju-dah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messen- gers that came. Thus shall ye say unto the men of Ja-b6sh-giTe-^ad, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have ®help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Ja-besh ; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Ja-besh said. To morrow “we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that ®Saul put the people Hn three companies ; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Am-m6n-ites until the heat of the day : and it came to pass, that they which re- mained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 II And the people said unto Sam-u-el, "=Who is he that said. Shall Saul reign over us? Hring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, '’There shall not a man be put to death this day : for to day Hhe Loed hath wrought sal- vation in Is-ra-el. 14 Then said Sam-u-6l to the peo- ple, Come, and let us go “to Gil-gal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to GiTgal ; and there they made Saul king ^before the Loed in Gil-gM.: and ^ there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Loed : and there Saul and all the men of Is-ra-el rejoiced greatly. ‘ Samuel reproveth the I. SAMUEL, 12. people of ingratitude. CHAPTER 12. 1 Samrnl testifieth his integrity. 6 He reproveth the peo- ple of ingratitude. 16 He terrifieth them with thunder in harvest time. 20 He comforteth them in God's mercy. AND Sam-u-el said unto all Is- ra-el, Behold, I have hearkened unto *your voice in all that ye said unto me, and ‘^have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king-^walk- eth before you : '"and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you : and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness a- gainst me before the Loed, and be- fore ^ his anointed : whose ox have I taken 1 or whose ass have I taken'? or whom have I defrauded 1 whom have I oppressed '? or of whose hand have I received any '^to ® blind mine eyes therewith 1 and I will re- store it you. 4 And they said. Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. 5 And he said unto them. The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, *that ye have not found ought *in my hand. And they answered. He is witness. 6 ^ And Sam-u-el said unto the people, ^It is the Lord that ® ad- vanced Mo-ses and Aar-5n, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of E-gypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may ^reason with you before the Lord of all the ® righteous acts of the Lord, which he did '^to you and to your fathers. 8 *When Ja-c5b was corne into E-gypt, and your fathers ‘'cried un- to the Lord, then the Lord ‘^sent Mo-ses and Aar-6n, which brought forth your fathers out of _E-gypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they ®forgat the Lord their God, ^he sold them into the hand of Sis-6-ra, captain of the host of Ha-z6r, and into the hand of Hhe Phi-hs-tines, and into the hand of the king *of Mo-ab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, "We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, ^’and have served Ba-al-im and Ash-ta- r6th : but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the Lord sent *Jer-ub-ba- al, and Be-dan, and ^Jgph-thah, and *Sam-u-6l, and. delivered you out of B.C. 1095. “ ch. 8. 5. 19. b ch. 8. 5, 19, 20. Judg. 8. 23. ch. 8. 7. d ch. 10. 24. « ch. 10. 24. f Nura. 27. 17. ch. 8. 20. ch. 8. h. hch.. 8. 1, 5. i Hos. 13. 11. * Josh. 24. 14. Ps. 81. 13, 14. * Heb. mouth. 1 ch. 24. 6. 2Sam.l.l4,16. "'Null). 16. 15. Acts 20. 33. 1 Thes. 2. 5. 2 Heb. be after. ” Lev. 26. 14. 15. Deut. 28. 15. Josh. 24. 20. 3 Heb. ransom. 4 or, that I should hide mine eyes at him. 0 Deut. 16. 19. P Ex. 14. 13. 1 Prov. 26. 1. ’• Josh. 10. 12. ch. 7. 9, 10. Jas. 5. 16-18. * John 18. 38. Acts 23. 9. t Ex. 22. 4. “ch. 8. 7. * Mic. 6. 4. b or, made, y Ex. 14. 31. Ezra 10. 9. * Is. 1. 18. Mic. 6. 2, 3. P Heb. right- eousnesses, or, benefits, Judg. 5. 11. “ Ex. 9. 28. & 10. 17. Jas. 5. 15. 1 John 5. 16. Heb. with, b Gen. 46. 5, 6. « Ex. 2. 23. d Ex. 3. 10. ^ Judg. 3. 7. / Deut. 11. 16. S’Jer. 16. 19. Hab. 2. 18. 1 Cor. 8. 4. h Judg. 4. 2. i Judg. 10. 7. k 1 Ki. 6. 13. Ps. 94. 14. I Judg. 3. 12. "'Josh. 7. 9. Ps 106. 8. Jer. 14. 21. “Deut. 7. 7, 8. & 14. 2. Mai. 1. 2. « Judg 10. 10. Judg. 2. 13. 'J Acts 12. 5. Roin. 1. 9. Col. 1. 9. 2 Titn. 1. 3. 8 Heb. from censing. ’•Judg. 10. 15, 16. » Ps. .34. 11. Prov. 4. 11. t 1 Ki 8. .36. 2 Chr. 6. 27. ®Judg. 6. 14,32. y Judg. 11.1. ^ I.s. 5. 12. 8 or, whnt a Heb. did stink, Gen. 34. 30. Ex. 5. 21. i ch. 14. 2. 3 Heb. Geba, ver. 3. h Josb. 18. 2o. I Josh. 16. 3. & 18. 13, 14. »» Judg. 6. 2. ” Gen. 14. 2. Neb. 11. 34. “See 2 Ki. 24.14. Jer. 24. 1. I Heb. trembled after him. «Heb. a file with mouths. 9 So Judg. .5. 8. 1 B.eh.blesshim. thou done'? And Saul said. Because T saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou earnest not within the days appointed, and that the Phi-lis-tines gathered themselves together at Mich-mash ; 12 'Therefore said I, The Phi-lis- tines will come down now upon me to Gil-gal, and I have not ^made supplication unto theLoKD ; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Sam-u-el said to Saul, ‘^Thou hast done foolishly: ‘^thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God., which he com- manded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy king- dom upon Ish*a-el 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 thoi which the Lord commanded thee. 15 And Sam^u-el arose, and gat him up from Gil-gM unto Gib-e-Mi of Ben-ja-min. And Saul numbered the people that were “^present with him, "about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and J5n-a-than his son, and the people that were, pres- ent with them, abode in ®Gib-e-ah of Ben-ja-min : but the Phi-lis-tines encamped in Mich-mash. n ^ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Phi-lis-tines in three companies : one company turned un- to the way that leadeth to *Oph-rah, unto the land of Shu-al : 18 And another company turned the way to ^ Beth-ho-r5n : and an- other company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of ’"Ze-bo^m toward the wil- derness. 19 ^ Now “there was no smith found throughout all the land of Is-ra-el : for the ^i-lis-tines said. Lest the He-hrews make them swords or spears : 20 But all the Is-rAel-ites went down to the Phi-lis-tines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coul- ter, and his ax, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had ®a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and ^to 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 J6n-a-than: but with Saul and with J5n-a-than his son was there found. 280 Jonathan smiieth the I. SAMUEL, 14. Philistines' garrison. 23 "And the ^garrison of the Phi- lis-tmes went out to the passage of Mieh-mash. CHAPTER 14. B.C. 1087. ' or, standing camp. 1 Jonathan miraculously smiteth the Philistines garrison. 15 A divine terror maketh them beat themselves. 24 Haul's unadvised adjuration. 47 Sauls strength and family. ■\rOW ^it came to pass upon a day, that J5n-a-than the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Phi-lis-tines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the utter- most part of Gib-e-ah under a pome- granate tree which is in Mig-rOn : and the peojile that were with him were ‘"about six hundred men ; ^ 3 And ‘^A-hi-ah, the son of A-hi- tub, H'-cha-bQd’s brother, the son of Phin-e-has, the son of Edi, the Lord’s priest in Shidoh, ^wearing an eph-od. And the people knew not that Jbn-a-than was gone. 4 U And between the passages, by which J6n-a-than sought to go over *unto the Phi-lis- tines’ garris 9 n, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side : and the name of the one was Bo-zez, and the name or the other Se-neh. 5 The ® forefront of the one was situate northward over against Mich-mash, and the other south- ward over against Gib-e-ah. 6 And J5n-a-than said to the young man that bare his armour. Come, and let us go oyer unto the garri- son of these uncircumcised : it may be that the Lord will work for us : for there is no restraint to the Lord "‘to save by many or by few. 7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart : turn thee ; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said J5n-a-than, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves un- to them. 9 If they say thus unto us, ® Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus. Come up unto us; then we will go up : for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand : and "this shall he a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Phi-lis-tine? : and the Phi-lis-tines said. Behold, the He-brews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison 2 or, there was a day. 3 or, half a furrow of an acre of land, Judg. 7. 21. i 2 Ki. 7 7. Job 18. 11. '• ch. 13. 15. (/ch.22. 9,11,20, called Ahimelech. « ch. 4. 21. / ch. 13. 17. a ch. 2. 28. h Gen. 35. 5. 4 Heb. a trembling of God. i ver. 20. h ch. 13. 23. 5 Heb. tooth. I Num. 27. 21. 6 or, tumult. ™Judg. 7. 4. 7. 2 Chr. 14. 11. t Heb. were cried together. ”Judg. 7. 22. 2 Chr. 20. 23. 8 Heb. Be still. "See Gen. 24. 14. Judg. 7. 11. P ch. 13. 6. ? Ex. 14. .30. Ps. 44. 0. 7. Hos. 1. 7. ch. 13. r,. answered J5n-Athan and his ar- mourbearer, and said. Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And J(3n-a-than said unto his ar- mourbearer,- Come up after me : for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of IshA-el. 13 And J5n-a- than climbed up up- on his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him : and they fell before JOn-a-than- and his armourbearer slew after hini. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jon-a-than and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men. with- in as it were ^an half acre oi land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 15 And * there was tremoling 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 '‘a"^ very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gib-e-ah of Ben-.ia-min looked ; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they Gvent on beating down one another. 1 7 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, J5n-a-than and his armourbearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto A-hi-ah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Is-ra-el. 19 51 And it came to pass, while Saul Halked unto the priest, that the ® noise that was in the host of the Phi-lis-tines went on and in- creased : and Saul said unto the priest. Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle : and, behold, "every n.an’s sword was against his fellow, ana there was a very great disccmfiture. 21 Moreover the He-bre'ws that were with the Phi-lis-tines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the coun- try round about, even they also turned to be v/ith the IshA-el-ites that ivere with Saul and JCn-a-than. 22 Likewise all the men of Is' ra-el which ^liad hid themselves in mount E-phra-im, when they heard that the Phi-lis-tines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the Lord saved Is-ra-el that day: and the battle passed over "unto B6th-aWen. ^ 24 IT And the men of I^hA-gl were 281 The people 1. SAMUEL, 14. rescue Jonathan, ' distressed that day: for Saul had “"adjured the people, saying. Cursed he the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be a- venged 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 Jon-a- than 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- comk and put his hand to his mouth ; and nis eyes were enlight- ened. 28 Then answered one of the peo- ple, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were ^ faint. 29 Then said J5n-a-than, My fa- ther hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the snoil of their enemies which they found % for had there not been now a much greater slaughter a- mong the Phi-lis-tines 1 ^ , 31 And they smote the Phi-lis- tines that day from Mieh-mash to Ai-ja-l5n : and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and the people did eat them ’"with the blood. 33 H Then they told Saul, saying. Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have Hrans- gressed : roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said. Disperse your- selves 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 ®with him that night, and slew them 35 And Saul ’"built an altar unto the Lord : "^the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. h Deut. 9. 28. Mat. 3. 5. « Ex. 3. 8. Num. 13. 27. Mat. 3. 4. ' Josh. 7. 14. ch. 10. 19. 1 Hell, corners, Judg. 20. 2. / 2 Sam. 12. 5. S Prov. 16. 33. Acts 1. 24. 3 or, Shew the innocent, h Josh. 7. 16. ch. 10. 20, 21. Heb. went forth. i Josh. 7. 19. * ver. 27. I Kuth 1. 17. "*ver. 39. ”Lev. 3. 17. & 7. 26. & 17. 10. & 19. 26. Deut. 12. 16, 23, 24. ® 2 Sam. 14. 11. 1 Ki. 1. 52. Luke 21. 18. 3 or, dealt treacherously. P ch. 11. 11. 1 2 Sam. 10. 6. 6 Heb. in his hand. »• ch. 7. 17. 1 Heb. that altar he began to bidld unto the LORD. 8 or, wrought mightily. « ch. 15. 3, 7. 36 ^ And Saul said. Let us go down after the Phi-lis-tines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest. Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Phi-lis- tines'? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of IsYa-ell But "^he an- swered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, ®Draw ye near hither, all the ^ chief of the people : and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, f as the Lord liveth, which saveth IsYa-el, though it be in J5n- a-than my son, he shall surely die. But there teas not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all IsYa-6l, Be ye on one side, and I and J6n- a-than 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 IsYa-el, ^Give^ a per- fect lot. ^And Saul and J 6n-a-than were taken : but the people ^escaped. 42 And Saul said. Cast lots be- tween me and J(3n-a-than my son. And J5n-a-than was taken. 43 Then Saul said to JOn-a-than, Tell me what thou hast done. And J5n-a-than told him, and said, /I 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 also : ’"for thou shalt surely die, J5n-a-than.^ 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall J6n-a-than die, who hath wrought this great salvation in IsYa-el 1 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 J5n-a-than> that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from fol lowing the Phi-lis-tines : and the Phi-lis- tines went to their own place. 47 ^ So Saul took the kingdom over isYa-el, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Mo-ab, and against the children or ^Am-m6n, and against E-d5m, and against the kings of ®Zo-bah, and against the Phi-lis-tmes and whi- thersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he ® gathered an host, and * smote the Am-a-lek-ites, and de- /or disohedienee. Saulisr^ected 1. SAMUEL, 15. livered Is-ra-el out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now “the sons of Saul were J5n-a-than, and Ish-u-i, and Mel- ehi-shu-a: and the names of his two daughters were these ; the name of the firstborn Me-rab, and the name of the younger Mi-ehal : 50 And the name of Saul’s wife was A-hin-5-am, the daughter of A-him-a-az : and the name of the captain of his host was ^Ab-ner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 51 ®And Kish was the father of Saul ; and Ner the father of Ab-ner was the son of A-bi-el. 52 And there was sore war against the Phi-hs-tines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, ^he took him unto him. B.C. 1079. 1 or, of the second sort. “ ch. 31. 2. 1 Chr. 8. 33. l> ver. 35. Gen. 6. 6, 7. 2 Sam. 24. 16. 2 Heb. Abiner. ‘ Josh. 22. 16. 1 Ki. 9. 6. d ver. 3, 9. ch. 13. 13. « ch. 9. 1. / ver. 35. ch. 16. 1. i'ch. 8. 11. b J*sh. 15. 55. CHAPTER 15. 1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. 8 ffe spareth Agog and the best of the spoil. 10 God rejecteth him for disobedience. 24 His humiliation. 34 Samuel and Saul part. S AM-U-EL also said unto Saul, *The Lord sent me to anoint thee to he king over his people, over Is-ra-el : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Am-a-lek did to I§-ra-el, ^how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from E-gypt. 3 Now go and smite Am-a-lek, 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 T6-la-im, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Ju-dah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Am- a-l6k, and ^laid wait in the valley. 6 H And Saul said unto ^the K6n- Ites, «Go, depart, get you down from among the Am-a-l6k-ites, lest I destroy you with them; for ’'ye shewed kindness to all the children of Is-ra-6l, when they came up out of E-gypt. So the Kgn-ites departed from among the Am-a-lek-ites. _7 *And Saul smote the Am-a-lek- ites from “ Hav-i-lah rmtil thou comest to *Shur, that is over against E-gypt. 8 And he took A%ag the king of the Am-a-l6k-Ttes alive, and ^utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people ^spared t Gen. 14. 19. Judg 17. 2. Ruth 3. 10. * ch. 9. 16. I Ex. 17. 8, 14. Num. 24. 20. Deut. 25. 17- 19. ”*ver. 9, 21. Gen. 3. 12. Prov. 28. 13. «Lev. 27. 28, 29 Josh. 6. 17, 21. 3 or, fought. P Num. 24. 21. Judg. 1. 16. & 4. 11. ? Gen. 18. 2.5. & 19. 12, 14. Rev. 18. 4. 4 Heb. tlmy con- sume them. >• Ex. 18. 10, 19. Num. 10. 29, 32. * ch. 14. 48. ‘ ver. 13. ‘Gen. 2. 11. & 25. 18. ■ Gen. 16. 7. 2'SeelKi.20..34, 35, Ac. * See ch. 30. 1. “ ver. 15. A%ag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and ^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 de- stroyed utterly. 10 ^ Then came the word of the Lord unto Sam-u-el, saying, 11 *It repen teth me that I have set up Saul to be king : for he is ® turned back from following me, ‘^and hath not performed my com- mandments. And it -^grieved Sam- u-6l ; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Sam-u-6l rose early to meet S^ul in the morning, it was told Sam-h-el, saying, Saul came to ’'■Car-mel, ana, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gil- gal. 1 3 And Sam-u-el came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, * Blessed he thou of the Lord : I have per- formed the commandment of the Lord. 14 And Sam-u-el said. What mean- eth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear 1 15 And Saul said. They have brought them from the Am-a-lek- ites : 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 de- stroyed. 16 Then Sana-u-el 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 Sam-u-el said, ‘’When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Is-ra-el, and the Lord a- nointed thee king over Is-ra-SlI 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said. Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Am-a-l6k- Ites, and fight against them until ^they be consumed. 1 9 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 Sam-u-6l, Yea, have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought A%ag the king of Am-a- l6k, and have utterly destroyed the Am-a-l6k-Ites. 21 “But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been b ver. 3, 15. 283 SauVs humiliation. I. SAMUEL, 16. Samuel at Beth-lehem. utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gil%al. 22 And Sam-u-ei said, ^Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt of- ferings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord 1 Behold, “to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of -witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of tlie Lord, S' he hath also rejected thee from being king. ^ 24 U ^And Saul saiO unto Sam-u-el, I have sinned: for 1 have trans- f ressed the commandment of the (ORD, and thy words : because I ^ feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. _ 26 And Sam-u-el 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 Is-ra-el. 27 And as Sam-u-el turned about to go away, ^he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent, 28 And Sam-u-el said unto him, *The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Is-ra-el from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the '‘Strength of Is-ra-el J'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 Is-ra-el, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 31 So Sam-u-6l turned again after Saul ; and Saul worshipped the Lord. 32 H Then said Samhi-el, Bring ye hither to me A%ag the king of the Am-a-lek-ites. _ And A-gag came unto him delicately. And A-gag said. Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Sam-u-el said, ^As thy sword hath made women child- less, so shall thy mother be child- less among women. And Sam-u-el hewed A-gag in pieces before the Lord in Gil-gal. ^ , 34 H Then Sam-u-6l went to Ea- rn ah; and Saul went up to his house to *Gib-6-ah of Saul. 35 And ^Sam-u-el came no more to see Saul until the day of his death : nevertheless Sam-u-Sl "^mourned for B.C. 1079. “ ver. 11. b Ps. 50. 8. 9. Prov. 21. 3. Is. 1. 11-13, 1C, 17. Jer. 7. 22, 23. Mic. 6. C-8. Heb. 10. 6-9. Eccl. 5. 1. Hos. 6. 6. Mat. 5. 24. & 9. 13. & 12. 7. Mark 12. 33. d ch. 15. 35. ch. 15. 23. Heb. divination.^ Deut. 18. 10. / ch. 9. 16. 2 ICi. 9. 1. 3 ch. 13. 14. h Ps. 78. 70. & 89. 19, 20. Acts 13. 22. See 2 Sam. 12. 13. 3- Heb. in thine hand, h ch. 9; 12. & 20. 29. I Ex. 23. 2. Prov. 29. 25. Is. 51. 12, 13. ’"Ex. 4. 15. "ch. 9. 16. » ch. 2. 30. P ch. 21. 1. 3 Heb. meeting. 71 Ki. 2. 13. 2 Ki. 9. 22. ’•SeelKl.il. 30 s Ex. 19. 10. t ch. 28. 17, IS. 1 Ki. 11. 31. 4 or. Eternity, or. Victory. “ch. 17. 13. called Elihu, 1 Chr. 27. 18. * 1 Ki. 12. 26. y Num. 23. 19. Ezek. 24. 14. 2 Tim. 2. 13. Titus 1. 2. Ps. 147. 10. “ John 5. 44. & 12. 43. * Is. 55. 8. 2 Cor. 10. 7. ■’> Heb. eyes, d 1 Ki. 8. 39. 1 Chr. 28. 9. Ps. 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20. & 17. 10. & 20 . 12 . Acts 1. 24. « ch. 17. 13. / ch. 17. 13. 6 Shimeah, 2 Sam. 13. 3. Shimma, 1 Chr. 2. 13. S' Ex. 17. 11. Num. 14. 45. See Judg. 1. h ch. 17. 12. i ch. 11. 4. k 2 Sam. 7. 8. Ps. 78. 70. I See ch. 19. 24, 7 Heb. round. "‘ver. 11. ch. 16. 1. Saul : and the Lord “repented that he had made Saul king over Is-ra-M, CHAPTEE 16. Samuel sent by God to Beth-lehem. 6 His human judg ment is reproved. W He anointeth David. Saul send- ethfor David to quiet his evil spirit. AND the Lord said unto Sam-u-el, ‘^How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing “I have rejected him from reigning over Is-ra-ell ■''fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jes-se the Beth-le- hem-ite: for '"I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Sam-u-el said. How can I go 1 if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said. Take an heifer 2 with thee, and say, am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jes-s6 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 Sam-u-el did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth- le-hem. And the elders of the town ^trembled at his ^coming, and said, «Comest thou peaceably^ 5 And he said. Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sancti- fied Jes-se and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 ^ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on “E-li-abj and fsaid^ Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Sam-u-gl, Look not on ^his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him : ^for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man “looketh on the ® outward appear- ance, but the Lord looketh on the "^heart. , ^ , 8 Then Jes-se called “A-bin-a-dab, and made him pass before Sam-u-el. And he said. Neither hath the Lord chosen this. ^ 9 Then Jes-se made •'^Sham-mah® to pass by. And he said. Neither hatn the Lord chosen this. 10 Again, Jes-se made seven of his sons to pass before Sam-u-el. And Sam-u-el said unto J es-se. The Lord hath not chosen these. ^ 1 1 And Sam-u-el said unto J es-se. Are here all thy children 1 And he said, '"There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Sam-u-gl said unto Jes-s6, *Send and fetch him: for we will not sit ''down till he come hither. 1 12 And he sent, and brought him 284 David anointed hing. I. SAMUEL, 17. Goliath defieth Israel. in. Now he was “ruddy, and withal ^of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. ®And the Lord said. Arise, anoint him: for this ^13 Then Sam-u-gl took the horn of oil, and ^anointed him in the midst of liis brethren: and ^the Spirit of the Lord came upon Da-vid from that day forward. So Sam-u-el rose up, and went to Ka-mah. „ , 14 H -^But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and ^an evil spirit from the Lord ^troubled him. 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 tne 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 serv- ants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the serv- ants, and said. Behold, I have seen a son of J6s-s6 the Betn-le-hem-ite, that is cunning in playing, and ”a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in '^matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 1 9 11 Wherefore Sau\ sent messen- gers unto J6s-s6, and said. Send me Da-vid thy son, « which is with the sheep. 20 And J6s-s6 ^took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by DaWid his son unto Saul. 21 And DaWid came to Saul, ana “stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. 22 And Saul sent to J 6s-s6, saying, Let Da-vid, I pray thee, stand be- fore me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when “ the evil smrit from God was upon Saul, that Da-yid took an harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. CHAPTEB 17. i The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle, 4 Goliath challengeth a combat. 32 David taketh the challemje, 38 and slayeth the giant. 65 Saul taketh notice of David. N OW the Phl-lls-tlne§ ‘'gathered together their armies to battle, B.C. 1063. « ch. 17. 42. i Josh. 15. 35. 1 Heb. fair of eyes. « So ch. 9. 17. 2 or, The coast of Dammim, called Pas-dammim, 1 Chr. 11. 13. d ch. 10. 1. Ps. 89. 20. 3 Heb. ranged the battle. « Num. 27. 18. Jndg. 11. 29. ch. 10. 6, 10. / Judg. 16. 20. Ps. 51. 11. 0 Judg. 9. 23. 4 or, terrified, h 2 Sam. 21. 19. and were gathered together at J* Sho- ehoh, which belongeth to Ju'dah, and pitched between Sho^hoh and A-ze-kah, in ^ E-Dhes-dam-mim. _ 2 And Saul and the men of Is-rAel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Edah, and ^ set the battle in array against the Phi-lis- tines. 3 And the Phi-lis-tines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Is- ra-el stood on a mountain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. 4 H And there went out a cham- pion out of the camp of the Phi- listines, named ’‘Go-h-ath, of 'Gath, whose height %vas six cubits and a i Josh. 11. 22. fc ver. 21. 22. Gen. 41. 46. 5 Heb. clothed. I ver. 23. 2 Ki. 3. 15. 6 or, gorget. “2 Sam. 21. 19. «ch. 17. 32, 34- 36. 1 or, speech. « ch. 3. 19. & 18. 12, 14. P ch. 8. 17. ? ver. 11. ch. 17. 15, 34. »• ch. 10. 27. & 17. IS. t ver. 26. 2 Sam. 21. 21. “Gen. 41. 46. Prov. 22. 29. *ver. 68. Kuth 4. 22. ch. 16. 1, 18. y Gen. 35. 19. * ch. 16. 10, 11. See 1 Chr. 2. 13-15. “ ver. 14, 16. b ch. 16. 6, 8, 9. 1 Chr. 2. 13, ch. 13. 6. span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was farmed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shek- els of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass up- on his legs, and a ® 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 shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Ista-el, and said unto them. Why are ye come out to set your battle in array'? am not I a Phi-lis-tine, and ye ^servants to SauU 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 the Phi-lis-tine said, I ‘'defy the armies of Is-ra-6l this day ; give me a man, that we may fight to- gether. - , . T 1 1 1 When Saul and all Is-ra-6l heard those words of the Phi-lis-tine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 H Now Da Aid was "'the son of that ^ EphAath-ite of B6th'yl6-h6m- iii-dah, whose name was J gs-s6 ; 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 J6s-s6 went and followed Saul to the battle : and the * names of his three sons that went to the battle were E-ll-ab the firstborn, and next unto him A-bin-a-dab, and the third Sham-mah. 14 And DaWld was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But DaWid went and returned 285 David taheth the challenge^ 1. SAMUEL, 17. and slayeth Goliath, from Saul “ to feed his father’s sheep at Beth -le-hem. 1 6 And the Phi-lis-tine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17 And Jes-se said unto Da-vid his son. Take now for thy brethren an e-phah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren ; 18 And carry these ten ^cheeses unto the ^captain of their thou- sand, and ‘'look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Is-ra-el, were in the valley of Edah, fighting with the Phi-hs-tines. 20 H And Da-vid rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jes-s6 had commanded him ; and he came to the ® trench, as the host was going forth to the ® fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For Is-ra-el and the Phi-lis-tines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And Da-vid left '^his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the car- riage, and ran into the army, and came and ^sainted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the cham- pion, the Phi-lis-tine of Gath, G6- li-atn by name, out of the armies of the Phi-lis-tines, and spake ^ accord- ing to the same words : and Da-vid heard them. 24 And all the men of Is-ra-el, when they saw the man, fled ^ from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Is-ra-gl said, Have ye seen this man that is come up'? surely to defy Is-ra-el is he come up : and it snail be, that 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 Is-ra-el. 26 And Da^d spake to the men that stood by him, saying. What shall be done to the man that kill- B.C. 1063. 4 ver. 17. ® ver. 26, 27. 1 Heb. cheeses of milk. 2 Heb. word. 3 Heb. captain of a thousand. d Gen. 37. 14. 4 Heb. took him. « Deut. 20. 1, 3. / ch. 16. 18. S' See Num. 13. 31. Deut. 9. 2. 5 or, place of the carriage, ch. 26. 5. 6 or, battle array, or, place of fight. 1 Heb. the vessels from upon him. 8 or, kid. 9 Heb. asked his brethren of 'peace, as 18. 15 h ver. 8. 1 Heb. from his face, i Ps. 18. 16, 17. & 63. 7. & 77. 11. 2 Cor. 1. 10. 2 Tim. 4. 17,18. *ch. 20. 13. 1 Chr. 22. 11, 16. 1 Josh. 15. 16. 2 Heb. clothed David uxith his clothes. eth this Phi-lis-tine, and taketh away the reproach from Is-ra-el? for who is this ” uncircumcised Phi-lis-tine, that he should ‘’defy the armies of ^ the living God ? ^ 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, ^ So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 H And E-lI-ab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men * and E-h-ab’s anger was kindled against DaWid, and he said, Why ®ch. 11. 2. “ch. 14. 6. " ver. 10. P Deut. 5. 26. ? ver. 25. 3 or, valley. 4 Heb. vessel. * Gen. 37. 4, 8, 11 . Mat. 10. 36. earnest thou down hither ? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in _ the wilderness ? I know thy E ride, and the naughtiness of thine eart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And DaWid said. What have 1 now done ? ^ Is there not a cause % 30 ^ And he turned from him toward another, and ‘’spake after the same ^manner: and the peo- ple answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which DaWid spake, they re- hearsed them before Saul : and he ^sent for him. 32 ^ And DaWid said to Saul, ® Let no man’s heart fail because of him ; ^ thy servant will go and fight with this Phi-hs-tine. 33 And Saul said to Da-vid, ^ Thou art not able to go against this Phi- lis-tine to fight with him ; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And DaWid 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 v/ent out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose 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 uncircum- cised Phi-lis-tine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 DaWid said moreover, *The Lokd 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 Phi-lis-tine. And Saul said unto Da-vid, Go, and ^thie Lord be with thee. 38 ^ And Saul ^ armed DaWid with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And DaWid girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And DaWid said unto Saul, I cannot go with these ; for I Have not proved them. And DaWid 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 ^bag which he had, even in a scrip • and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Phi-hs-tine. 41 And the Phl-lis-tine came on and drew near unto DaWld; and 286 David slayeth Goliatti. I. SAMUEL, 18, Jonathan loveth David the man that bare the shield went before him. ^ ^ . . 42 And when the Phi-hs-tme look- ed about, and saw Da-vid, he “dis- dained him : for he was but a youth, and * ruddy, and of a fair counte- nance.^d Phi-lis-tine said unto Da-vid, "Am I a dog, that thou com- est to me with staves'? And the Phi- hs-tine cursed Da-vid by his gods. 44 And the Phi-lis-tine ‘^said to Da-vid, Come to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. ^ 45 Then said Da-vid to the Phi- lis-tine, 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 Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Is-ra-el, whom thou hast '^defied. 46 This day, will the Lord Mehver thee into mine hand ; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give *the car- cases of the host of the Phi-lis-tines 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 Is-ra-el. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord ’"saveth not with sword and spear : for " the battle is the Lord^s, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Phi-lis-tine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet Da-vid, that Da-vid hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Phi-lis-tine. 49 And Da-vid put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Phi-lis-tine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So ’■DaMd prevailed over the Phi-lis-tine with a sling and ^with a stone, and smote the Phi-lis-tine, and slew him ; but there was sword in the liand of Da-vid. 51 Therefore Da-vid ran, and stood upon the Phi-lis-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 Phi-lis-tines saw their champion was dead, Hhey fled. 52 And the men of Is-ra-el and of Ju-dah arose, and shouted, and pur- sued the Phi-lis-tines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ek-r6n. And tne wounded of the Phi-lis-tines fell down by the way to ^Sha-a-ra4m, even unto Gath, and unto Ek-r5n. B.C. 1063. ‘ Ps. 123. 3, 4. lCor.l.27,2i « ch. 24. 14. 2 Saia. 3. 8. & 9. 8. & 16. 9. 2 Ki. 8. 13. d 1 Ki. 20. 10, 11. « See ch. 16. 21, Ps. 124. 8. & 125. 1. 2 Cor. 10. 4. Heb. 11. 33,34 3 ver. 54. h ver. 10. 1 Heb. shut thee up. i ver. 12. h Deut. 28. 26. I Josh. 4. 24. 1 Ki. 8. 43. & 18. 36. 2 Ki. 19. 19. Is. 52. 10. Ps. 44. 6, 7. Hos. 1. 7. Zech. 4. 6. Gen. 44. 30. 2 Chr. 20. 15. P cb. 19. 2. & 20. 17. 2 Sain. 1. 26. Deut. 13. 6. ? ch. 17. 15. ch. 21. 9. See Judg.3.31. & 15. 15. 2 Sam. 23. 21. ■ or, prospered, ver. 14, 15, 30. 3 or, Philis- tines. » Ex. 15. 20. Judg. 11. 34. t Heb. 11. 34. 1 Heb. three- stringed instruments. “ Ex. 15. 21. » ch. 21. 11. % 29. 5. y Josh. 16. 33. 53 And the children of Is-rd-el returned from chasing after the Phi-lis-tines, and they spoiled their tents. ^ 54 And DaMd took the head ot the Phi-lis-tine, and brought it to J e-ru-sa-lem ; but he put his armour in his tent. 55 ^ And when Saul saw Da-vid go forth against the Phi-lis-tine, he said unto Ab-ner, the captain of the host, Ab-ner, ® whose son is this youth'? And Ab-ner said. As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as Da-vid returned from the slaughter of the Phi-lis-tine, Ab-ner took him, and brought him before Saul ^with the head of the Phi-lis-tine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him. Whose son art thou, thou young man^ And DaWid answered, am the son of thy servant Jes-se the Beth- le-hem-ite. CHAPTEB 18. 1 Jonathan loveth David. 5 Said envieth his praise, 10 seeketh to kill him, 17 offereth him his daughters. 28 Said’s hatred, and David's glory increaseth. AND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that ”the soul of J5n-a-than was knit with the soul of DaWid, ^’and Jon-a-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 J5n-a-tiian and DaWid made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And JOn-a-than stripped himselt of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to Da-vid, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 ^ And DaWid went out whither- soever 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 DaAid was returned from the slaughter of the Mdii-lis-tine, that *the women came out of all cities of I§b*a-el, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7 And the women “auswered one another as they iilayed, and saicL *Saul hath slain his thousands, and I)i,-vid his ten thousands. , 8 And Saul was very wroth. 287 ^aul seeTceth to hill David. 1. SAMUEL, 19. Michal given to David. the saying “displeased^ him ; and he_ said, They have ascribed nnto Da-vid ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands : and what can he have more but *’the kingdom 1 9 And Saul eyed Da-vid from that day and forward. 10 U And it came to pass on the morrow, that “the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, ‘^and he pro- phesied in the midst of the house : and Da-vid played with his hand, as at other times: “and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. 1 1 And Saul ^ cast the javelin ; for he said, I will smite Da-vid even to the wall with it. And Da-vid avoided out of his presence twice. 12 ^ And Saul was ^afraid of Da- vid, because Hhe Lord was with him, and was "“departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his cap- tain over a thousand ; and ^he went out and came in before the people. 14 And Da-vid '^behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and ""the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But *all Is-ra-el and Ju-dah loved Da-vid, because he went out and came in before them. 17 U And Saul said to Da-vid. Be- hold my eMer daughter Me-rab, *her will I give thee to wife : only be thou ^valiant for me, and fight “the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, *Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Phi-lis-tines be upon him. 18 And DaWid said unto Saul, “Who am I '? and what is my life, or my father’s family in lsh4-el, that I should be son in law to the king 1 1 9 But it came to pass at the time when Me-rab Saul’s daughter should have been given to_ Da-vid, that she was given unto *A-dri-el the “Me- hbl-ath-ite to wife. 20 “And Mi-ehal Saul’s daughter loved DaWid : and they told Saul, and the thing '^pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be •’'a snare to him, and that ^the hand of the Phi-lis-tines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to Da-vid, Thou shalt ’‘this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. 22 V And Saul commanded his servants, saying^ Commune with Da-vid secretly, and say. Behold^ the king hath delight in thee, and B.C. 1063. “ Eccl. 4. 4. * Heb. was evil in his eyes. 0 ch. 15. 28. « ch. 16. 14. 2 Heb. Ac- cording to these words. d ch. 19. 24. 1 Ki. 18. 29. Acts 16. 16. « ch. 19. 9. / Gen. 34. 12. Ex. 22. 17. 5’ ch. 19. 10. & 20. 33. Prov. 27. 4. h ch. 14. 24. i Ter. 17. * ver. 15, 29. I ch. 16. 13, 18. ™ch. 16. 14. & 28. 15. " See ver. 21. 3 Heb. fulfilled. " ver. 13. P ver. 16. Num. 27. 17. 2 Sam. 5. 2. « 2 Sam. 3. 14. ^ or, -prospered, ver. 5. ’•Gen. 39. 2, 3, 23. Josh. 6. 27. * ver. 5 < ch. 17. 25. “2 Sam. 11. 1. 5 Heb. a son of valour. * Num. 32. 20, 27, 29. ch. 25. 28. y ver. 5. * ver. 21, 25. 2 Sara. 12. 9. 6 'Reh. precious, ch. 26. 21. 2 Ki. 1. 13. Ps. 116. 15. “ See ver. 23. ch. 9. 21. 2 Sam. 7. 18. b 2 Sam. 21. 8. Judg. 7. 22. d ch. 18. 1. « ver. 28. 1 Heb. was right in his eyes. /Ex. 10. 7. S' ver. 17. i Prov. 31. 8, 9. h Gen. 42. 22. Ps. 35. 12. & 109. 5. Prov. 17. 13. Jer. 18. 20. 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 Da-vid. And DaWid said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law. seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed 1 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, ^On this manner spake DaWid. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to Da-vid, The king desireth not any •’^dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis-tines, to be ’‘avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul ‘thought to make DaMd fall by the hand of the Phi-lis-tines. 26 And when his servants told Da-vid these words, it pleased Da- vid well to be the king’s son in law : and “the days were not ^expired. 27 Wherefore Da-vid arose and went, he and “his men, and slew of the Phi-lis-tines two hundred men ; and ® Da-vid 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 Mi-ehal his daughter to wife. 28 H And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with DaWid, and that Mi-ehal Saul’s daughter loved him. 29 And S^ul was yet the more afraid of DaWid ; and Saul became Da-vid’s enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Phi-lis- tines “went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that Da- vid ^behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul ; so that his name was much ®set by. CHAPTER 19. 1 Jonathan discloseth his father's purpose to kill Damd. 4 He persuddeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of David's good success, Saul's malicious rage breaketh out against him. 12 Michal deceiveth her father. 18 David cometh to Samuel. 23 Saul prophesieth. AND Saul spake to Jbn-a-than his son, and to ah his servants, that they should kill DaWid. 2 But Jbn-a-than Saul’s son ‘^de- lighted much in DaWid : and Jbn- a-than told Da-vid, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee : now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself : 3 And I will go out and stand be- side my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 4 U And J5n-a-than ‘spake good of DaWid unto Saul his fatner, and said unto him, Let not the king *sin 288 Michal cleceivetli her father. I. SAMUEL, 20. Saul cometh to Samuel. against his servant, against Da-yid ; because he hath not sinned against tliee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very g 9 od: 5 For he did put his “life in his liand, and ^slew the Phi-lis-tine, and ‘^the Lord wrought a great salvation for all I§-ra-el : thou sawest it, and didst rejoice : -^wherefore then wilt thou ^sin against innocent blood, to slay Da-vid without a cause % 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jon-a-than : and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be 7 And Jon-a-than called’ Da^vid, and J 5n-a-than shewed him all those things. And Jon-a-than brought Da-vid to Saul, and he was in his presence, 'as Un times past. 8 ^ Ana there was war again : and Da-vid went out, and fought with the Phi-lis-tines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they tied from ‘-^him. 9 And *the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand : and Da^d played vdth his 10 And Saul sought to smite Da-yid even to the wall with the javelin ; but he slipped av/ay out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall : and Da-vid fled, and escaped that night. 1 1 ^"Saul also sent messengers unto Da-vid’s house, to v/atch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Mi-chal Da-vid’s wife told him, saying. If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. 12 So Ml-chal Uet Da-vid down through a window : and he went, and lied, and escaped. 13 And Mi-chal took an ^ image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take Da-vid, she said. He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see Da-vid, saying. Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Mi-chal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped '? And Mi-chal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go ; '’why should I kill thee'? 18 ^ So Da-vid fled, and escaped, ' and came to Sam-u-6l to Ea-mah, 1 25 - 19 . B.C. 1062. “.Tudg. 9. n. & V2. 3. ch. 28. 21. Ps. 119. 109. b ch. 17. 49. 50. 1 Sam. 11. 13. 1 Chr. 11. 14. d See John 7. 32, 45, &c. « ch. 10. 5. 6. ICor. 14. 3,24, 25. /ch. 20. 32. a Mat. 27. 4. h Num. 11. 25. Joel 2. 28. ch. 16. 21. & 18. 2, 13. Heb. yesterday third day. 2 Heb. his face, kch. 16. 14. & 18. 10, 11. 3 Heb. fell, Nuiii. 24. 4. Mic. 1. 8. See 2 Sam. 6. 14, 20. ch. 10. 11. P Ps. 59, title. 7 So Josh. 2. 15. Acts 9. 24, 25. •i Heb. terai^him, Gen. 31. 19. Judg. 17. 5. 5 Heb. uncover mine ear, ver. 12. ch. 9. 15. 6 or, flay what is thy mind, and I will do, ikc. t Heb. speaketh, or, tkinkcth. 2 Sam. 2. 22. » Num. 10. 10. & 28. 11. 289 and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Sam-u-el went and dwelt in NadOth. 1 9 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, Da-vid is at Na-i6th in Ea-mah. 20 And ‘^Saul sent messengers to take Da-vid : ® and when they saw the company of the prophets pro- phesying, and Sam-u-el standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also ''prophesied. 2 1 And Avhen it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again _ the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ea-mah, and came to a great well that 7s in Se-chu : and he asked and said. Where are Sam-u-el and Da-vid % And one said. Behold, they he at Naboth in Ea-mah. 23 And he went thither to Naboth in Ea-mah : and 'the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Nabbtn in Ea-mah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Sam' u-el in like manner, and ^ lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, " Is Saul also among the prophets'? CHAPTEE 20. 1 David consulteth with Jonathan. 11 Jonathan and Da- vid renew their covenant. 18 Jonathan's token to David. 24 Saul seeketh to kill Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly takMh his leave of David. ND DaWid fled from NabSth in Ea-mah, and came and said before Jon-a-than, What_ have I done'? what is mine iniquity'? and what is my sin before tliy father, that he seeketh my life'? 2 And he said unto him, God for- bid ; thou shalt not die : behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will ^shew it me : and why should my father hide this thing from me '? it is not so. 3 And Da-vid sware moreover, and said. Thy father certainly knoweth that I nave found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith. Let not J 6n-a- tban know this, lest he be grieved : but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. ^ 4 Then said Jon-a-than unto Da- vid, ® Whatsoever thy soul Mesireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And DaWid said unto Jbn-a- than. Behold, to morrow is the *new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat : but A" renew their covenant. let me go, that I may “hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. . 6 If thv father at all miss me, then say, Da-vid earnestly asked leave of me that he might run ®to Beth'-le- hem his city : for there is a yearly ® sacrifice there for all the family. 7 ‘^If he say thus. It is well thy servant shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, then be sure that ®evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore thou shalt-'^deal kindly with thy servant ; for ^ thou hast brought thy servant into a cove- nant of the Lord with thee : not- withstanding, *if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself ; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father '? 9 And J5n-a-than said. Far be it from thee : for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee 1 10 Then said Da-vid to J5n-a-than, Who shall tell me 'I or what if thy father answer thee roughly^ HU And J5n-a-than said unto Da- vid, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And JOn-a-than said unto Da- vid, O Lord God of Is-ra-el, when I have ’sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward Dawid, and. 1 then send not unto thee, and ®shew it thee; 13 ""The Lord do so and much more to JOn-a-than: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace : and ”the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not : 15 But also ^thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever : no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of DaWid every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jdn-a-than ^made a covenant with the house of Da-vid, saying, ®Let the Lord even require it at the hand of Da-vid’s enemies._ 17 And J6n-a-than caused DaWid to swear again, ^because he loved him : ’’for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 18 Then J5n-a-than said to DaMd, *To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be ^ empty. 19 And when thou hast stayed “ oh. 19. 2. 1 or, diligently. 2 Heb. greatly, b ch. 19. 2. 3 Heb. in tJie day of the business. ' ch. 16. 4. or, that shew- eth the way. b or, feast, ch. 9. 12. d See Deut. 1.23. 2 Sam. 17. 4. « ch. 25. 17. Esth. 7. 7. / Josh. 2. 14. S ver. 16. ch. 18. 3. & 23. 18. Heb. not any thing, h Jer. 4. 2. i 2 Sam. 14. 32. k ver. 14, 15. See ver. 42. 'Reb.searched. t Lev. 7. 21. & 15. 5, &c. 8 Heb. uncover thine ear, ver. 2. ’"Ruthl. 17. 'Josh. 1. 5. ch. 17. 37. 1 Chr. 22. 11, 16. ver. 6. 2 Sam. 9. 1,3, 7. & 21. 7. 9 ch. 25. 22. See ch. 31. 2. 2 Sam. 4. 7. & 21 . 8 . 1 or. Thou perverse rebel. 2 Heb. Son of perverse rebellion. 3 or, by his love to- ward him. »• ch. 18. 1. * ver. 5. 4 Heb. missed. 290 three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to *the place where thou didst hide _ thyself ^when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone ^Eizel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying. Go, find out the arrows, If I expressly say unto the lad. Be- hold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them ; then come thou for there is peace to thee, and ^ no hurt; '"as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee ; go thy way : for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23 And as touching '^the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord he between thee and me for ever. 24 U So Da-vid 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 Jdn-a-than arose and Ab-ner sat by Saul’s side, anc Da-vid’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 Da-vid’s place was empty : ^ and Saul said unto Jdn-a-than his son. Wherefore com- eth not the son of Jes-se to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day'? 28 And Jdn-a-than ° answered Saul, Da-vid earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth'-le-hem : 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 he there: and now, if I have fnund favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. There- fore he cometh not unto the king’s table. 30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against J dn-a-than, and he said unto him, ^‘^Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jes-se to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness '? 31 For as long as the son of Jes-sd liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy king- David leaveth Jonathan. 1. SAMUEL, 21. Davidh doings at N oh. lorn. Wherefore now send and •etch him unto me, for he ^ shall ;urely die. 32 And J5n-a-than answered Saul lis father, and said unto him, ‘Wherefore shall he be slain'? what lath he done % 33 And Saul ^cast a javelin at him ;0 smite him : where by J5n-a-than cnew that it was determined of his hther to slay DaWid. 34 So Jon-a-than arose from the :able in fierce anger, and did eat 10 meat the second day of the nonth : for he was grieved for Da- ad, because his father had done lim shame. 35 U And it came to pass in the norning, that J5n-a-than went out nto the field at the time appointed vith DaWid, and a little lad with lim. 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, ind out now the arrows which I hoot. And as the lad ran, he shot in arrow beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to he place of the arrow which J5n- l-than had shot, J5n-a-than cried ifter the lad, and said, Is not the irrow beyond thee'? 38 And J5n-a-than cried after the ad. Make speed, haste, stay not. ind J5n-a-than’s lad gathered up he arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any hing ; only J 6n-a-than and DaWid mew the matter. 40 And J5n-a-than gave his ®artil- ery unto ‘^his lad, and said unto lim. Go, carry them to the city. 41 U And as soon as the lad was |one, DaWid arose out of a place xiward the south, and fell on his ‘ace to the ground, and bowed him- self three times : and they kissed me another, and wept one with mother, until DaWid exceeded. 42 And J5n-a-than said to DaWid, *Go in peace, '^forasmuch as we have 5worn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying. The Lord be between ne and thee, and between my seed md thy seed for ever. And he irose and departed : and JOn-a- han went into the city. CHAPTER 21. David at Nob obtaineth of Ahimelech ’hallowed bread. 7 Doeg was 'present. 8 David taketh Ooliaths sword. 10 He feigneth himself mad. T hen came DaWid to N5b to ® A-him-6-l6eh the priest : and A.-him-e-leeh was ^afraid at the neeting of Da-vid, and said unto iiim. Why art thou alone, and no nan with theel 2 And Da-vid said unto A-him-g- B.C. 1062. 1 Heb. IS the son of death. “ ch. 19. 5. Mat. 27. 23. Luke 23. 22. 4 ch. 18. 11. ' ver. 7. 2 Heb. fmind. d Ex. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5. Mat. 12. 4. « Ex. 19. 15. Zech. 7. 3. / 1 Thes. 4. 4. 3 or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel. 4 Heb. to pass over him. 9 Lev. 8. 26. h Mat. 12. 3, 4. leeli the priest, The king hath com- manded me a business, and hath said unto me. Let no man know any thing of the business where- about I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I haye ap- pointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves oj bread in mine hand, or what there is ‘^present. 4 And the priest answered DaWid, and said. There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is ‘^hal- lowed bread ; “if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And DaWid answered the priest, and said unto him. Of a truth wo- men 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 man- ner common, ^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 shewbread, Hhat was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken Luke 6. 3, 4. i Lev. 24. 8, 9. h ch. 22. 9. Ps. 52, title. 5 Heb. instrwments. C Heb. that was his. I ch. 17 2, 50. "“See ch. 31. 10. »'ch. 1. 17. 7 or, the Lord be witness of ttiaX,which,&c. See ver. 23. 8 or, Abim- elech, Ps. :{4, title, o Ps. 56, title. Pch. 18. 7. & 29. 5. 2 ch. 14. 3, called Ahiah. Called also Abiathar, Mark 2. 26. »’ch. 16. 4. » Luke 2. 19. t Ps. 34, title. away. 7 Now a certain man of the serv- ants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord ; and his name was *Do-eg, an E-d6m-ite, the chiefest of the herdmen that be- longed to Saul. 8 H And DaWid said unto A-him- e-le-eh. 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 G6-li-ath the Phi-lis-tine, whom thou slowest in ' the valley of Edah, "‘‘behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the eph-pd : if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And Da-vid said. There is none like that; give it me. 10 ^ And Da-vid arose, and fled that day for fear of SauL and went to ® A-ehish the king of Gath. 11 And "the servants of A-cliish said unto him. Is not this Da-vid the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, ^ Saul hath ^ slain his thousands, and Da-vid his ten thousands ? 12 And Da-vid Gaid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of A-ehish the king of Gath. 13 And *he changed his behaviour 291 David at Adullam. I. SAMUEL, 22. The priests of Nob slain. before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and ^scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said A-ehish unto his serv- ants, Lo, ye see the man ^is mad ; wherefore then have ye brought him to me"? ^ ^ ^ ^ 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this felloiv to play " sh the mad man in my presence"? ^all this fellow come into my house ^ CHAPTER 22. l Companies resort unto David at Adullam. 3 At Miz- peh he commendeth his parents unto the king of Moab. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. 11 Saul coniniandeth to MU the jyriests. 17 Doeg executeth it. 20 Abiathar escaping, bringeth David the news. B.C. 1062. «ch. 21. 7. Ps. 52, title, & ver. 1-3. 2 or, playeth the mad man. b ch. 21. 1. « ch. 14. 3. d Num. 27. 21. « ch. 21. 6, 9. D A-VID therefore departed thence, and -^escaped ^to the cave A-diildam : and wlien his bre- thren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 '‘And every one that ivas in dis- tress, and every one that ^was in debt, and every one that was ® dis- contented, gathered themselves un- to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 % And Da-vid went thence to Miz-pgh of Mo-ab : and he said unto the king of Mo-ab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Mo-ab : and they dwelt with him all the while that Da-vid was in the hold. 5 ^ And the prophet *Gad said un- to Da-vid, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Ju-dah. Then Da-vid departed, and came into the forest of Ha- reth. ^ 6 H When Saul heard that Da-vid was discovered, and the men that tuere with him, (now Saul abode in Gib-e-ah under a Hree in Ra-mah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him ;) t • - 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him. Hear now, ye Ben-ja-mites ; will the son of Jes-se ”‘give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds ; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that ^ sheweth me that ^ “ my son hath made a league with the son of Jgs-sg^ and there is none of you that IS sorry for me, or sheweth / Ps. 57, title, & 142, title. S 2 Sam. 23. 13. 3 Heb. Dehold 5 Jwig. 11. 3. 4 Heb. had a creditor. 5 Heb. bitter of soul. Heb. little or great. ■ 2 Sam. 24. 11. 1 Chr. 21. 9. 2 Chr. 29. 25. I See ch. 2. 31. ™ch. 8. 14. 1 Heb. urn.- covereth mine ear, ch. 20. 2. 0 ch. 18. 3. & 20. 30. P cfii. 23. 6. unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day"? 9 IT Then answered “Do-eg the E-dOm-ite, which was set^ over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jes-se coming to Nob, to ''A-him-e-leeh the son of ‘'A-hi-ttib. 10 ‘^And he enquired of the Lord for him, and ®gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of G6-h- ath the Phi-lis-tine. 11 Then the king sent to call A-him-e-leeh the priest, the son of A-hi-tub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said. Hear now, thou son of A-hi-tub. And he answered, ^Here I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jes-s6, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day"? 14 Then A-him-e-le-eh answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as Da-vid, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house ? ^ 1 5 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him"? be it far from me: let not the king impute omy thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy serv- ant knew nothing of all this, '^less ■ or, guard. 8 Heb. runners. « or, grove in a high place, k See Ex. 1. 17. or more. 16 And the king said. Thou shalt surely die, A-him-e-leeh, thou, and all thy father’s house. ITU And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him. Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord ; because their hand also is with Da-vid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king * would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. 18 And the king said to Do-eg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Do-eg the E'dom-ite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and *slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen 6ph-5d. ”And N5b, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 20 IT ^And one of the sons of A-him-e-16-eh the son of A-hi-tub, 292 David rescueth Keilah. I. SAMUEL, 23. David in the wilderness. named A-bi^a-thar, “escaped, and fled after Da-vid. 21 And A-bi-a-thar shewed Da-vid that Saul had slain the Lokd’s priests. _ ^ _ 22 And Da-vid said unto A-bi-a- thar, knev/ it _ that day, when Do-eg the E-d5m-ite was there, that he would surely tell Saul : I have occasioned the death of all the per- sons of thy father’s house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not : ®for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life : but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. CHAPTER 23. 1 David rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites, he escapeth to Ziph. 19 The Ziphites discover him to Saul. 25 At Maon he is rescued from Saul. 29 Ee dwelleth at En-gedi. T hen they told Da-vid, saying. Behold, the Phi-lis-tines fight against -^Kei-lah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 2 Therefore DaMd ^enquired of the Lord, saying. Shall I go and smite these Phi-lis-tines % And the Lord said unto Da-vid, Go, and smite the Phi-lis-tines, and save Kei-lah. 3 And Da-vid’s men said unto him. Behold, we be afraid here in Ju-daii : how much more then if we come to Keidah against the armies of the Phi-lis-tines % 4 Then Da-vid enquired of the Lord yet again. And the_ Lord answered him and said. Arise, go I down to Keidah ; for I will deliver the Phi-lis-tines into thine hand. I 5 So Da-vid and his men went to ’ Keidah, and fought with the Phi- j lis-tines, and brought away their I cattle, and smote them with a great I slaughter. So Da-vid saved the in- habitants of Keidah. 6 And it came to pass, when A- bi-a-thar the son of A-him-e-le-eh ”fled to Da^d to Keidah, that he came down with an eph-od in his hand. 7 ^ And it was told Saul that Da- vid was come to Keidah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand ; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people together to wa:^ to go down to Kei- lah, to besiege Da-vid and his men. 9 U And Da-vid knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and ^he said to A-bi-a-tliar the priest, Bring liither the ephdjd. 10 Then said Da-vid, O Lord God of_ Isd’a-el, thy servant hath cer- tainly heard that Saul seeketh to B.C. 1061. ® ch. 2. 33. 6 ch. 22. 19. * Heb. shut up. « 1 Ki. 2. 26. d ch. 22. 2. & 25. 13. « Ps. 11. 1. / Josh. 15. 44. 3 Josh. 15. 55. h Ps. 54. 3, 4. i ver. 4, 6, 9. ch. 30. 8. 2 Sam. 5. 19, 23. i ch. 24. 20. I ch. 18. 3. & 20. 16, 42. 2 Sam. 21. 7. “See ch. 26. 1. Ps. 54, title. come to Keidah, ^to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keidah deliver me up into his hand'? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard'? O Lord God of Is-ra-el, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said. He will come down. 12 Then said Da-vid, Will the men of Keidah Meliver me and my men into the hand of Saul '? And the Lord said. They will deliver thee up. 13 H Then Da-vid and his men, ^ which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keidah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that Da- vid was escaped from Keidah ; and he forbare to go forth. 14 And DaWid abode in the wil- derness in strong holds, and re- mained in ®a mountain in the wilderness of ^ Ziph. And Saul '"sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And Da-vid saw that Saul was come out to seek his life ; and Da- vid was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 1611 And Jon-a-than Saul’s son arose, and went to DaWid into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not : for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee ; and thou shalt he king over Is-ra-el, and I shall be next unto thee ; and *that also Saul my father knoweth. 18 And thejT- two ^made a cove- nant before the Lord : and Da-vid abode in the wood, and JOn-a-than went to his house. 19 U Then ™came up the Ziphhtes to Saul to Gib-e-ah, saying, Doth not Da-vid hide himself with us in 2 Ileb. on the right hand. ”ch. 22. 20. 3 or, The wilderness i 0 Ps. 54. 3. strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hach-i-lah, which is ^on the south of ^ J esh-i-m6n '? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down ; and "our part shall he to deliver him into the king’s hand. 21 And Saul said. Blessed he ye of the Lord ; for ye have compassion 4 Heb. foot shall be. /’Num. 27. ch. 30. 7. on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his ^ haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that ho dealeth very subtil ly. 23 See therefore, and take know- ledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall 293 Saul pursuath David. I. SAMUEL, 24. David spareth Saul’s life. come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him uut_ through- out all the thousands of J u-dah. 24 And they arose, and_ went to Ziph before Saul : but Da-vid and his men were in the wilderness *of Ma-5n, in the plain on the south of Jesh-i~m5n. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told Da-vid : wherefore he came down ^ into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma-on. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after Da-vid in the wilderness of Ma-6n. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and Da-vid and his men on that side of the mountain : ‘^and Da-vid made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men ® compassed Da-vid and his men round about to take them. 27 H -^But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying. Haste thee, and come ; for the Phi-lis-tines have ^in- vaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after DaWid, and went against the Phi-lis-tines : therefore they called that place '^Seda-ham- mah-le-k5th. 29 U And DaWid went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at '‘En-ge-di. CHAPTEK 24. 1 David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Saul's skirt, spareth his life. 8 Ee sheweth thereby his innocency. 16 Saul, acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of David, and departeth. AND it came to pass, ^when Saul was returned from ® following the Phi-lis-tines, that it was told him, saying. Behold, Da-vid is in the wilderness of En-ge-di. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Is-ra-el, and ’^went to seek DaWid and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where ivas a cave ; and ®Saul went in to ^ cover his feet ; and “Da-vid and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 *And the men of DaWid said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then DaWid arose, and cut off the skirt of '^Saul’s robe privily. 5 And it came to pass afterward, that ‘'DaWid’s heart smote him, be- cause he had cut off Saul’s skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, ®The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s B.C. 1061. ® ps. r. 4. Mat. 5. 44. Rom. 12. 17. 19. 1 Heb. cut off. b Josh. 15. 55. ch. 25. 2. 2 or, from the rock. <'Ps. 141. 6. Prov. 16. 28. & 17. 9. d Ps. 31. 22. / See 2 Ki. 19. 9. 3 Heb. spread themselves upon, &c. 4 i.e. The rock of divisions. 3 Ps. 7. 3. & 35. 7. *2 Chr. 20. 2. t cb. 26. 20. k Gen. 16. 5. Judg. 11. 27. ch. 26. 10. Job 5. 8. I ch. 23. 28. 3 Heb. after. ™ch. 17. 43. 2 Sam. 9. 8. ” Ps. 38. 12. ^ ch. 26. 20. P ver. 12. « 2 Chr. 24. 22. >• Ps. 35. 1. & 43. 1. & 119. 154. Mic. 7. 9. * ver. 10. < Judg. 3. 24. 6 Heb. judge. “Ps. 57, title, & 142, title. ® ch. 26. 8. Vch. 26. 17. « ch. 26. 21. “Gen. 38. 26. b Mat. 5. 44. Heb. the robe which was Saul's. « 2 Sam. 24. 10. d ch. 26. 23. « ch. 26. 11. anointed, _ to stretch ^ forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. 7 So DaWid “stayed^ his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 DaWid also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, Da- vid stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9 ^ And DaWid said to Saul, ^ Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying. Behold, DaWid seek- eth thy hurt 1 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had deliv- ered thee to day into mine hand in the cave : and some bade me kill thee : but viine eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord ; for he is the Lord’s anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is ^neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou *huntest my soul to take it. 12 *The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients. Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Is- ra-el come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after "a flea. 15 ^The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and ®see, and '"plead my cause, and ^deliver me out of thine hand. 16 H And it came to pass, when DaWid had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, ^Is this thy voice, my son Da- vid ? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 *And he said to Da-vid, Thou art ® more righteous 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 Lord had ® delivered me into thine hand, Heb. shut up, eh. 23. 12. & 26. 8. thou killedst me not. 19 For if a man find his enemy, 294 V The death of Samuel. I. SAMUEL, 25. NabaVs churlishness. will he let him go well away 1 where- fore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this to’ And now, behold, “I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of IsAa-el shall be established in thine hand. 21 ‘’Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, ‘^that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house. 22 And Da-vid sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; but Da-vid and his men gat them up unto ^the hold. CHAPTEK 25. 1 Samuel dieth. 2 David sendeth to Nabal. 10 Provoked by NabaVs churlishness, he mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abigail understanding thereof, 18 taketh a present, 23 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth David. 36 Nabal hearing thereof dieth. AND ^Sam-u-el died ; and all the Is-ra-el-ites were gathered to- gether, and * lamented him_, and buried him in his house at Ea-mah. And Da-vid arose, and went down *to the wilderness of Pa-ran. 2 j^d there was a man dn Ma-5n, whose ^possessions were in "‘•■Car- mel ; and the man ivas very great, and he had three thousand sheep, ^ and a thousand goats : and he was shearing his sheep in -Gar-mel. 3 Now the name of the man was Na-bal ; and the name of his wife j Abu-gail : and she was a woman of ! good understanding, and of a beauti- I ml countenance but the man was churlish and evil in his doings ; and he was of the house of -Gadgb. 4 ^ And Da-vid heard in the wil- derness that Na-bal did ^ shear his sheep. 5 And Da-vid sent out ten young men, and Da-vid said unto the young men, Get you up to -Gar-mel, and go to Na-bal, and ^ greet him in my name ; 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, *Peace^ he both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And nov/ I have heard that thou hast shearers : now thy shepherds which were with us, we ®hurt them not, * neither was there ought miss- ing unto them, all the while they were in G)ar-m6l. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come in ^a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever com- eth to thine hand unto thy serv- ants, and to thy son DaWid. B.C. 1060. 1 Heb. rested. « ch. 23. 17. b Judg. 9. 28. Ps. 73. 7, 8. & 123. 3, 4. Gen. 21. 23. d 2 Sam. 21. 6, 8. ® Judg. 8. 6. 2 Heb. slaughter. /ch. 23. 29. h Num. 20. 29. Deut. 34. 8. i ch. 30. 24. k Gen. 21. 21. Ps. 120. 5. 1 ch. 23. 24. 2 or, business. ™Jo.sh. 15. 55. 4 Heb. flew upon them. ” ver. 7. 5 Heb. shamed. « Ex. 14. 22. Job 1. 10. P ch. 20. 7. 9 Gen. 38. 13. 2 Sam. 13. 23. ’■ Deut. 13. 13. Judg. 19. 22. 6 Heb. ask him in my name of peace, ch. 17. 22. « Gen. 32. 13. Prov. 18. 16. & 21. 14. t 1 Chr. 12. 18. Ps. 122. 7. Luke 10. 5. ' or, lumps. “Gen. 32. 16, 20. 8 Heb. shamed. * ver. 15, 21. yNeh. 8. 10. Esth. 9. 19. 9 And when DaWid’s_ young men came, they spake to Na-bal accord- ing to all those words in the name of DaWid, and ^ceased, 10 II And Na-bal answered DaWid’s servants, and said, *Who is DaWidl and who is the son of J es-se % 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 ^ flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be 1 2 So DaWid’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And DaWid said unto his men. Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and DaWid also girded on his sword : and there went up after DaAid about four hundred men ; and two hundred %bode by the stuff. 14 H But one of the young men told Abh-gail, Na-bal’s wife, saying, Behold, DaWid sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our mas- and he ^railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and "*we were not "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 con- sider what thou wilt do ; for ^evil is determined against our master, and against all his household : for he is such a son of ’’Bedi-al, that a man cannot speak to him. 18 IT Then Ab4-gail made haste, and Hook 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 hun- dred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 1 9 And she said unto her servants, “^Go on before me ; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Na-bal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, Da-vid and his men came down against her ; and she met them. 21 Now Da-vid had said. Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the^ wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that 295 Abigail by her tvisdom I. SAMUEL, 25. jpacifieth David. pertained unto him : and he hath “requited me evil for good. 22 *So and more also do God unto the enemies of Da-vid, if I ‘'leave of all that pertain to hini by the morning light ®any that pisseth a- gainst the wall. 23 And when Abn-gail saw DaAnd, she hasted, and -^lighted off the ass, and fell before Dawid 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 be: and let thine hand- maid, I pray thee, speak in thine Audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, ^ regard this man of Bedi-al, even Na-bM; for as his name is, so is he; ^Na-bal 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 ’^withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from "avenging'^ thyself with thine ov/n hand, now -^let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Na-bal. 27 And now ^this ® blessing which thine handm.aid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that ® follow my lord. 28 I pray thee, forgive the tres- E ass of thine handmaid : for ’"the . Ps. .37. i:5. » ch. 31. 6. t ch. 24. 6, 12. "Ps. 7. 8. & 18. 20. 297 his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 12 So DaAld took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bol- ster ; 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. 1 3 51 Then DaAid went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them : 14 And Da-vid cried to the people, and to AbAer the son of Ner, say- ing, Answerest thou not, Ab-ner 1 Then AbAer answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king % 15 And DaAid said to AbAer, Art not thou a valiant man'? and who is like to thee in IsAa-el '? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king '? for there cam.e one of the peo- pie in to destroy the king thy lord. 1 6 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are ^ 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. 1 7 And Saul knew Da-y id’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son DaAid ? And DaAid said. It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his serv- ant'? 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 ^ accept an offering : but if they he the children of men, cursed he they before the Lord ; * for they have driven me out this day from ^ abid- ing 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 IshA-gl is come out to seek flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 51 Then said Saul, ‘’I have sin- ned : return, my son Da Aid ; for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was ^'precious in tbine eyes this day : behold, I have played tho fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And DaAid answered and said, Behokl the king’s spear ! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 ‘‘The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfuh David escapeth to Gath. I. SAMUEL, 27, 28. Saul seelceth to a witch. ness; for the Lokd delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to Da-vid, Blessed he thou, my son Da-vid : thou shalt both do great things, _ and also shalt still ® prevail. So Da-vid went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAPTER 27. 1 Saul ’hearing David to be in Gath seelceth no more for him. 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish. AND Da-vid said in his heart, I XX shall now ^perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Pni-lis-tines ; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Is-ra-el : so shall I escape out of his hand, 2 And Da-vid arose, ®and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him •''unto A- Rhish, the son of Ma-5ch, king of Gath. 3 And Da-vid dwelt with A-chish at Gath, he and his men, everj^ man with his household, even Da-vid ^with his^ two wives, A-hin-5-am the JezAg-el-i-tess, and Abh-gail the -Garymel-I-tess, Na-bal’s wife. 4 And it was told Saul that Da-vid was fled to Gath ; and he sought no more again for him. 5 H And DA-vid said unto A'ehish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee I 6 Then A-chish gave him Zikdag that day : wherefore ® Zikdag per- taineth unto the kings of Ju-dah unto this day. _ 7 And “^the time that Da Aid dwelt in the country of the Phi-lis-tines was ®a full year and four months. 8 U And DaAid and his men went up, and invaded Hhe GeshA-rites, *and the ® GezAites, and the “Am-a- lek-ites : for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of E-_gypt. 9 And DaAid smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, 1 or, Did you not make a road, &c. “See 1 Chr. 2. 9, 25. b Judg. 1. 16. 2 Heb. to stink. 3 Heb. be consumed. « ch. 25. 13. / ch. 21. 10. S'ch. 25. 43. h ch. 25. 1. t See ch. 1. 19. k ver. 9. Ex. 22. 18. Lev. 19. 31. & 20. 27. Dent. 18. 10, 11 . I Josh. 19. 18. 2 Ki. 4. 8. "“ch. 31. 1. "Job 18. 11. “ See Josh. 15. 31. & 19. 5. Pch. 14. .37. Prov. 1. 28. Lam. 2. 9. 4 Heb. the number of days. 1 Num. 12. 6. Ex. 28. 30. Num. 27. 21. Deut. 33. 8. 3 Heb. a year of days: See ch. 29. 3, till 1056. « Josh. 13. 2. t Josh. 16. 10. Judg. 1. 29. 3 or. Gerzites. “ Ex. 17. 16. See ch. 15. 7, 8 *Gen. 2.5. 18. PDeut. 18. 11. 1 Chr. 10. 13. Is. 8. 19. and the apparel, and returned, and came to AAhish. 10 And AAhish said, ^Whither have ye made a road to day^ And Da- vid said. Against the south of Ju- dah, and against the south of “the Je-rah-mC-el-ites, and against the south of ^the Ken-ites. 1 1 And DaAid saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying. Lest they should tell on us, saying. So did DaAid, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Phi-lis^tines. 1 2 And AAhish believed DaAid, saying. He hath made his people IsAa-el Utterly to abhor him ; there- fore he shall be my servant for ever. CHAPTER 28. 1 Achish putteth confidence in David. 3 Saul, forsaken of God, 7 seeketh to a witch. 9 The witch raiseth up Samwcl. 15 Saul, hearing his ruin, fainteth. 21 He is refreshed, with meat. AND ‘^it came to pass in those XJL days, that the Phi-lis-tines ga- thered their armies together for warfare, to fight with IsAa-el. And AAhish said unto DaAid, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And DaAid said to AAhish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And AAhish said to DaAid, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 U N9W '"Samm-el was dead, and all IsAa-el had lamented him, and buried him in Hia-mah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away '‘'those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 And the Phi-lis-tines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in ^ Shu Aem ; and Saul ga- thered all Is-ra-el together, and they pitched in ”"Gil-boA. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phi-lis-tines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul enquired of the Lord, ^the Lord answered him not, neither by ^dreams, nor ^by UAim, nor by prophets. 7 IT Then said Saul unto his serv- ants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En'-dor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other rairnent, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night : and ^he said, I pray thee, divine unto me 298 Saul’s distress. I SAMUEL, 29. David is distrusted. by the familiar spirit, and bring me him np, whom I shall name unto thee. _ , 1 . 9 And the woman said unto mm. Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath “cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : where- fore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die'? 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lokd, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee'?_ And he said. Bring me up Sam-u-el. 1 2 And when the woman saw Sam- u-el, she cried with a loud voice : and the woman spake to Saul, say- ing, Why hast thou deceived mel for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what sawest thou '? And the woman said unto S^ul, I saw ‘'gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her, UVhat form is he of '? And she said. An old man cometh up ; and he is covered with ‘^a mantle. And Saul perceived that it tvas Sam-u-el, and he stooped with Azs face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15 II And Sam-u-el said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up '? And Saul answered, am sore distressed ; for the Phi- lis-tines make war against me, and ^ God is departed from me, and * answereth me no more, neither ^by prophets, nor by dreams : there- fore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Sam-u-gl, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy '? 17 And the Lord hath done ^to him, 'as he spake by ^me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to Da-vid : 18 ^Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Am-a-lek, therefore hath the^ Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Is-ra-6l with thee into the hand of the Phi-lis-tines : and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons he with me : the Lord also shall de- liver the host of Is-ra-el into the hand of the Phi-lis-tines. 20 Then Saul ^fell straightway all B.C. 1056. “ ver. 3. 6 Jwlg. 12. 3. oh. J9. 5. Job 13. 1-1. Heb. What is his form, } dch. 15. 27. 2 Ki. 2. 8, 13. « Prov. 5. 11-13. & 14. 14. / ch. 28. 1. d ch. 18. 12. hch. 4. 1. 1 ver. 6. 2 Heb. by the hand of x>rophets. *ch. 1 , 2 . 3 or, for himself, Prov. 16. 4. I ch. 15. 28. 4 Heb. mine hand. ’"See ch. 27. 7. « ch. 15. 9. 1 Ki. 20. 42. 1 Chr. 10. 13. Jer. 48. 10. ® Uan. 6. 5. 1 As ch. 14. 21. 5 Heb. made, haste,, ami fell with the. fulness of his Stature. 299 along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Sam-u-el : 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 my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine 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 An d the woman had a fat calf in the house ; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and knead- ed it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants ; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. CHAPTER 29. I David marching ivith the Philistines, 3 is disallowed by their princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him, with commenda- tions of his fidelity. I^OW -^the Phi-hs-tines gathered II together all their armies '‘to A-phek: and the Is-ra-el- jtes pitched by a fountain which is in J ez-r Ael. 2 And the lords of the Phi-lis-tines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands : but Da-vid and his men passed on in the rereward *with A'-ehish. 3 Then said the princes of the Phi-lis-tines, What do ^ these He- br^s here .? And A-chish said un- to the princes of the Phi-lis-tines, Is not this Da-vid, the servant of Saul the king of Ts-ra-el, 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 Phi-lis- tines were wroth with him ; and the princes of the Phi-lis-tines said unto him, ^'Make this fellow return, that lie may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest ^in the battle he be an adver- sary to us : for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his mas- Achish dism.'kseth David. I. SAMUEL, 30. Amalehites spoil ZiklagM ter should it not be v/ith the heads of these men 1 5 Is not this Da-vid,^ of whom they sang one to another in dances, say- ing, ^Saul slew his thousands, and Da-vid his_ ten thousands 6 ^ Then A-ehish called .Da-vid,9.ad said unto him. Surely^ as the Loed liveth, thou hast been upright,, and ‘^thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight : for -^I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: neverthe- less ^the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou ^displease not the lords of the Phi-lis-tines. 8 ^ And DaWid said unto A^hish, But what have I donel and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been ^with thee unto U.C. 105C. «ch. 25. 42, 43. 2 Sam. 2. 2. b ch. 13. 7. & 2i. 11. « p]x. 17. 4. this day, that I may not go fight Ion’ against the enemies of my lord the king ^ 9 And A-ehish answered and said to DaWid, I know that thou good in my sight, *as an angel of God : notwithstanding *the princes of the Phi-hs-tines have said. He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the m.orning 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. 1 1 So DaWid and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Phi-lis- tines. "And the Phi-lis-tines went up to Jez-rAel. CHAPTER 30. Ps. 42. 5. & 56. 3, 4, 11. Hab. 3. 17, 18. / ver. 3. y ch. 23. 6. 9. " Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords. 3 Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords. h ch. 23. 2, 4. 4 Heh. before 1 The AmaleTcites spoil Ziklag. 4 David is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By means of a revived Egyptian, he is brought to the enem.ies, 18 and recovereth all the spoil. 22 David’s law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff. 26 Be send- eth presents to his friends. AND it came to pass, when DaWid and his men were come to Zik- lag on the third day, that the ^ Am- a-lek-Ites had invaded the south, and Zikdag, and smitten Zikdag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women cap- tives, that^ were therein : they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 ^ So Da-vid 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 Da-yid and the peojile that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. ’ Heb. bitter, Judg. 18. 25. cb. 1. 10. 2 .Sam. 17. 8. 2 Ki. 4. 27. «i2Saro. 3. 25. 2 Ki. 19. 27. i 2 Sam. 14. 17, 20 . & 19. 27. k ver. 21. I ver. 4. “ch. 25. 18. 2 Ki. 20. 7. ”SoJudg.l5.19. ch. 14. 27. o 2 Sam. 4. 4. P See ch. 15. 7. & 27. 8. 7 ver. 16. 2 Sam. 8. 18. 1 Ki. 1. 38. 44. E^ek. 25. 16. Zeph. 2. 5. »• Josh. 14. 13. & 15. 13. 5 And DaWid’s “two wives were" taken captives, A-hin-6-am the Jez- rC-Sl-i-tess, and Ab-i-gail the wife of Na-bM the -Car-mel-ite. 6 And DaWid was greatly dis- tressed; "for the people spake of stoning him, because tne soul of all the people was ^grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters : "but DaWid encouraged himself in the Loep his God._ 7 ^And DaWid said to A-bi-a-thar the priest, A-him-e-lech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the eph-Sd. And A-bi-a-thar brought thither the eph-5d to DaWid. 8 '"And DaWid enquired at the Loed, saying. Shall I pursue after this troop ^ shall I overtake them I And he answered him. Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So DaAid went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Be-s6r, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But Da-vid pursued, he and four hundred men : *for two hun- dred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Be-sor. 11^ And they found an E-gyp-tian in the field, and brought him to Da-vid, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and they made him drink water ; 12 And they gave him a piece of "^a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and ^ when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And DaMd said unto him. To whom belongest thoul and whence art thou'? And he said, I am a young man of E-gypt, servant to an Am-a-lek-ite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion the south of ^the Gher-e-thites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Ju-dah, and upon the south of ’’■Ga- leb; and we burned Zikdag with fire. 15 And Da-vid said to him^ Canst thou Wng me down to this com- pany? And he said. Swear unto me byGc -.4 - _ od, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to tnis company. 16 H And when he had brought him down> behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, * eating and drinking, and dancing, because 300 SavZ and his sons of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Pm-lis- tines, and out of the land of J u-dah. 17 And Da-vid smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of Hhe next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hun- dred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And Da-vid recovered all that the Am-a-lek-ites had carried away : and Da-vid rescued his two wives. 1 9 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing they had taken to them : -^DaAid recovered all. 20 And DaAid took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is DaAid’s spoil. 21 U And Dawid came to the ^two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow Da-vid, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Be-s_6r ; and they went forth to meet DaAid, and to rneet the people that were with him and when Dawid came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men "‘of Bedi-al, of those that went with Da-vid, and said. Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his chil- dren, that they may lead them away, and depart. , „ 23 Then said DA-vid, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the com- pany 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 sh/ill nis part he that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day ^forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Is-ra-el unto this day. 26 H And when Da-vid came to Zikdag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Ju-dah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a ^present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord ; . 27 To them which were in Beth -m, and to them which were in south Ka-m6th, and to them which were in ’■Jat-tir, 28 And to them which were in • Ai'-6-er, and to them which were in I. SAMUEL, 31. slain at Gilhoa. E.C. 1066. b ch. 27. 10. ' Heb. their Judg. 1. 1C. rfJudg. 1. 17. ■ Josh. 14. 13. 2 Sam. 2. 1. /ver. 8. ^lChr.10.1-12. h ver. 10. 2 or, wounded, i ch. 28. 4. *ch. 14.' 3 or, asked them how they did, Judg. 18. 1.5. See 2 Sam. 1. 6, &c. ‘Deut. 13. 13. Judg. 19. 22. Heb. men. 5 Heb. shooters, men with bows. 6 Heb. found him. Judg. 9. 54. ch. 14. 6. 7 or, mo'')c me. P See Num. 31. 27. Josh. 22. 8. 8 Heb. and forwa/rd. 9 Heb. blessing, Gen. 33. 11. ’■Josh. 15. 48. * Josh. 13. 16. t 2 Sam. 1. 20. 301 Siph-mdth, and to them which were in “Esh-te-mo-a, 29 And to them which were in Ka-chal, and to them which, were in the cities of ^the Je-rah-mAel-ites, and to them which were in the cities of the “Ken-ites, 30 And to them which were ip ‘^Hor-mah, and to them which were in -Chor-a-shan, and to them which vjere in A-thach, 31 And to them which rvere in MTe-brdn, and to all the places where Da^dd himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAPTEB 31. 1 Saul having lost his army at Gilboa, and his sons being slain, he and his armourbearer kill themselves. 8 The Philistines triumph over the dead bodies. 11 They of Jabesh-gilead recover the bodies, burn them at Jabesh, and bury their bones. T OW ^the Phi-lis-tines fought a- gainst IsAa-el : and the men of Is-ra-el fled from before the Phi-lis- ti'nes, and fell down slain in mount *Gil-bo-a. 2 And the Phi-lis-tines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Phi-lis-tines slew ^Jdn-a- than, and A-bin-a-dab, and Mel-ehi- shu-a, Saul’s sons, 3 And ^ the battle went sore against Saul, and the ^archers ®hit him ; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 »*Then said Saul unto his armour- bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith ; lest "these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell like- wise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. ^ 7 ^ And when the men of Ish'a-el that v)ere on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side J 6r-dan, saw that the men of IsYa-el fled, and tliat Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; and the Phi-lis-tine§ came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the mor- row, when the Phi-lis-tines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gil-bohi. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent I into the land of the Phidis-tines • round about, to * publish it in the The AmaleMte slain. II. SAMUEL, 1. David lamenteth house of their idols, and among the people. 10 *And they put his a-rmour in the house of ‘^Ash-ta-rOth : and ‘^they fastened his body to the wall of ■'’Beth'-shan. 11 H^And when the inhabitants of J a-besh-gil-e-ad heard ^of that which the Phi-lis-tines had done to Saul ; B.C. 1056. “ ch. 11. 1-11. b ch. 21. 9. ® Judg, 2. 13. d 2 Sam. 21. 12. « 2 Chr. 16. 14. / Josh. 17. 11. ^ch. 11.3, 9, 11. 1 or, concerning Mm. Sam. 21. 12, i Gen. 50. 10. 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 Ja-besh, and ® burnt them there. 1 3 And they took their bones, and ^ buried them under a tree at J a-besh, And fasted seven days. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAM-U-EL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. 1 The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the overthrow, and accused himself of Haul's death, is slain. 17 David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a song. I^OW it came to pass after the lA death of Saul, when DaAid was returned from *the slaughter of the AmA-lek-ites,^ and Dawid had abode two days in Zikdag; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, 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 DaAid, that he fell to the earth,_ and did obeisance. 3 And DaAid said unto him. From whence comest thou '? And he said unto him. Out of the camp of Is- ra-el am I escaped. 4 And DaAid said unto him, ^ How 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 JbnA-than his son are dead also. 5 And DaAid said unto the young- man that told him. How knowest thou that Saul and J6n-a-than his son be dead l 6 And the young man that told him said. As I happened by chance upon ”^mount Gil-boA, 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, ^Here am I. 8 And he said unto me. Who art thou^ And I amswered him, I am an AmA-lek-ite. 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. 1 B.C. 1056. “Judg. 9. 54. b 1 Sam. 30. 17. 26. “ ch. 3. 31. & 13. 31. Jch. 4. 10. * 1 Sam. 4. 12. > Heb. fVhat was, &c. 1 Sam. 4. 16. / Num. 12. 8. S 1 Sam. 31. 4. h 1 Sam. 24. 6. & 26. 9. P.s. 105. 15. t ch. 4. 10, 12. h 1 Sam. 26. 9. 1 Kl. 2. 32, 33, 37. I ver. 10. Luke 19. 22. "“I Sam. 31. 1. “ 1 Sam. 31. 3. 2 Heb. Behold me. P Josh. 10. 13. 2 or, of the upright. 4 or, my coat of mail, or, my em- broidered coat hin- dereth me, that my, A'C. 1\ Sam. .31. 9. Mic. 1. 10. See Judg. 16. 23. ’■See Ex. 15. 20. Judg. 11. .34. 1 Sam. 18. 6. 302 10 So I stood upon him, and “slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen : and 1 took the crown that was upon his head, and the brace- let that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then DaWid took hold on his clothes, and ‘’rent them; and like- wise all the men that were with him : 1 2 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jbn-a-than his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of IsAa-el ; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 H And DaWid said unto the young man that told him. Whence art thou % And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an AmA-lek- ite. 1 4 And DaWid said unto ^ him, ^How wast thou^ not ^afraid tc '‘stretch forth thine hand to de- stroy the Lord’s anointed'? 15 And *DaWid called one of the young menj and said. Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 1 6 And Da-vid said unto him, '^Thy blood be upon thy head for ' thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed. 17 H And DaWid lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over J on A- than his son : 18 (‘’Also he bade them teach the children of JuAah the use of the bow: behold, it is written ^in the book ^of JaAher.) ^ ^ 19 The beauty of IsAa-el is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! 20 5 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of AsAe-]5n ; lest ’’the daughters of the Phi-lisAine§ B.C. 1056. Saul and Jonathan. H. SAM UEL, 2. rejoice, lest the daughters of “the uncircumcised triumph^ 21 Ye * mountains of Gil-bo-a, Het there he no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offer- 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 Jon-a-than turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. , , 23 Saul and J5n-a-than were lovely and ^pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were ^stronger than lions.^ 24 Ye daughters of IsYa-el, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scar- let, 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 J 5n-a- than, thou ivast slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother J6n-a-than : 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 ! CHAPTER 2. 1 David, by God's direction, goeth up to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah. 8 Abner maketh Ish-bosheth king of Israel. 18 Asahel is slain. AND it came to pass after this, that DaMd ""enquired of the Loed, saying. Shall I_go up into any of the cities of Ju-dah'? And the Lord said unto him. Go up. And Da-vid said. Whither shall I go up '? And he said, U nto " He-brdn. 2 So Da-vid went up thither, and his "two wives also, A-hin-5-am the j6zYe-el-I-t6ss, and Abd-gail Na- bal’s wife the -Car-mM-ite. 3 And ^his men that were with him did Da-vid bring up, every man with his household : and they dwelt in the cities of He-br6n. 4 ^And the men of Ju-dah came, and there they anointed DaWid king over the house of Ju-dah. And they told pa-vid, saying. That ®the men of Ja-besh-gil-6-ad were they that buried Saul. _ 5 IT And DaWid sent messengers unto the rcien of Ja-besh-gil-6-ad, and said unto them, * Blessed he ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now ^'the Lord shew kind- Ish-hosheth made king. “ 1 Sam. 31. 4. 1 Sam. 31. 1. So Judg. 5. 23. Job 3. 3, 4. Jer. 20. 14. I Heb. be ye the sons of valour. d 1 Sam. 10. 1. 1 Sam. 14. 50. 2 Heb. the host which was Saul's. 3 or, Esh-baal, 1 Chr. 8. 33. & 9. 39. 1 Sam. 18. 4. 4 or, sweet. S' Judg. 14. 18. h ch. 5. 5. 1 Ki. 2. 11. 5 Heb. number of days. i Josh. 18. 25. k 1 Sam. 18. 1, : & 19. 2. & 20. 17, 41. & 23. 16. 6 Heb. them together. I Jer. 41. 12. "“Judg. 1. 1. 1 Sam. 23. 2, 4, 9. & 30. 7, 8. ”ver. 11. 1 Sam. 30. 31. ch. f). 1, 3. 1 Ki. 2. 11. » 1 Sam. 30. 5. P 1 Sam. 27. 2, 3. & 30. I. 1 Chr. 12. 1. 'i i.e. The field of strong men. 7 ver. 11. ch. 5. 5. ’■ 1 Chr. 2. 16. * 1 Sam. 31. 11, 13. 1 1 Chr. 12. 8. 8 Heb. of his feet. ”Ps. 18. 33. Cant. 2. 17. & 8. 14. 9 Het). as one of the roes that i.s in the held. * Ruth 2. 20. & 3. 10. P.S. 115. 15. * Heb. from after Abru-r. y^Tun. 1. 16, 18. ness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness, be cause ye have done this thing. 7 Therefore now let your hands^ be strengthened, and ^be ye val- iant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Ju-dah have anointed me king over them. 8 ^ But "Ab-ner the son of Ner, captain of ^Saul’s host, took ^ Ish-bo- sheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Ma-ha-na-im ; 9 And made him king oyer Gil- e-ad, and over the Ash-iir-ites, and over JezYAel, and over E-phra-im, and over Ben-ja-min, and over all IsYa-el. 10 Ish-bo-sheth Saul’s son teas forty years old when he began to reign over IsYa-el, and reigned two years. But the house of Ju-dah fol- lowed Da-vid. 1 1 And '"the Hime that Da-vid was king in He-br6n over the house of Ju-dah was seven years and six months. 12 ^ And Ab-ner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bo-shem the son of Saul, went out from Ma- ha-nahm to *Gib-e-6n. 13 And Jo-ab the son of ZAru-iah, and the servants of DaWid, went out, and met ® together by Hhe pool of Gib-e-5n : 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 Ab-ner said to Jo-ab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And J o-ab said. Let them arise. 1 5 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Ben-ja-min, which pertained to Ish-bo-sheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the serv- ants of Da-vid. 1 6 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side ; so they fell down together : wherefore^ that place was ca]led AH6l-kath-haz-zu- rim, which is in Gib-e-5n. 1 7 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abhier was beaten, and the men of Is-ra-el, before the servants of Da-vid. 18 ^ And there were "three sons of ZAru-iah there, Jo-ab, and A-bi' shai, and A-sAhA : and Aj-sfi-hel was ^as light ®pf foot “as^ a wild roe.„ 1 9 And A-sa-h6l pursued after Ab- ner ; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left Hrom following AVj-ner. 20 Then Ab-ner looked behind him, and said. Art thou A-sAliMl And he answered, I am. 303 Asahel ifs slain. II. SAWEL, 3. David waxeth stronger. ' 21 And Abdier said to hini, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his ^armour. But A-sa-hel would not turn aside from following of him. ^ ^ , 22 And Ab-ner said again to A Isa- bel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground! how then should I hold up my face to Jo-ab thy brother % 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : wherefore Abdier with the hinder end of his spear smote him ‘'under the fifth rib, 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 A-sa-hel fell down and died stood still. 24 Jo-ab also and A-bi-shai pursued after Ab-ner : and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Am-mah, that lieth before Gi-ah by the way of the wilderness of Gib-e-6n. 25 U And the children of Ben-^d- min gathered themselves together after Ab-ner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Ab-ner called to Jo-ab, and said. Shall the sword devour for ever! knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end! hov/ long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from follow- ing their brethren ! 27 And Jo-ab said. As God liveth, unless Hhou hadst spoken, surely then ^in the morning the people had ^gone up every one from fol- lowing his brother. 28 So Jo-ab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pur- sued after IsAa-el no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Ab-ner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jor-dan, and went through all BithAon, and they came to Ma-ha-na-im. 30 And JoAb returned from fol- lowing Ab-ner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of DaAid’s servants nineteen men and AAa-hel. 31 But the servants of DaAid had smitten of B6n-ja-min, and of Ab- ner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. _ 32 And they took up AAa-hel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which ivas m BetlT- l6-hem. And Joblb anrl his men B.C. 105:^. went all night, and they came to He-br6n at break of day. 1 or, spoil, Judg. 14. 19. “IChr. 3. 1-4. b 1 Sam. 25. 43. oh. 3. 27. & 4. 6. & 20 . 10 . 2 or, Daniel, 1 Chr. 3. 1. d 1 Sam. 27. 8. ch. 13. 37. « 1 Ki. 1. 5. /ch. 21. 8, 10. a ch. 16. 21. h Dent. 23. 18. 1 Sam. 24. 14. ch. 9. 8. & 10. 9. i ver. 14. Prov. 17. 14. 3 Heb. from the morniirg. or. ()one away. k Ruth 1. 17. 1 Ki. 19. 2. I 1 Sam. 1.5. 28. & IG. 1, 12. & 28. 17. 1 Chr. 12. 23. ™Judg. 20. 1. ch. 17. 11. 1 Ki. 4. 25. CHAPTEB 3. 1 David waxeth stronger. 12 Abner revolteth to David, 17 Abner is feasted by David. 22 Joab Mlleth Abner, 28 David moarneth for Abner. ]^OW there was long v^ar be* lA tween the house of Saul and the house of DaAid : but DaAid waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul v/axed weaker and weaker. 2 IT And ""unto Da Aid were sons born in HeArSn : and his firstborn was AmAOn, *of A-hin-O-am the JezAs-el-i-tess ; 3 And his second, ^-GhilA-ab, of Abd-gml_ the wife of NaAal the •GarAiel-ite ; and the third, AbAa- i5m the son of MaA-cah the daugh- ter of Tal-mai king ‘^of GeAhiir ; 4 And the fourth, ®Ad-5-nidah the son of HagAith ; and the fifth, Sh6ph-a-ti-ah the son of Abd-tal • 5 And the sixth, IthA6-am, by Egdah DaAid’s wife._ These were born to Da-vid in HeArOn. 6 IT And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of DaAid, that AbAer made himself strong for the house of Saul, 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was -^IlizAah, the daughter of Adah : and Ish-bo- sheth said to Ab-ner, Wherefore hast thou ^gone in unto my fa- ther’s concubine! 8 Tlien was AbAer very wroth for the words of Ish-boAh6th, and said. Am I "a dog’s head,_ which against Ju-dah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, a;nd to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of Da Aid, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman! 9 *So do God to AbAer, and more also, except, As the Loed hath sworn to DaAid, even so I do to him; 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of DaAid over IsAa-el and over JuAah, "'from Dan even to BeAr-sheAa. 11 And he could not answer Ab- ner a word again, because he feared him. 12 ^ And AbAer sent messengers to DaAid on his behalf, saying. Whose is the land! saying also,, Make thy league with me, and, be- hold, my hand shall he with thee, to bring about all IsAa-el unto thee. 13 H And he said. Well; I will 304 Ahner revoiteth to David. II. SAMUEL, 3. David mourneth for Ahner. make a league with thee : but one thing I require of thee, Hhat is, ^Thou shalt not^ see my face, ex- cept thou fii’st bring ‘'Mi-ehal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And Da-vid sent messengers to Ish-bo-sheth Saul’s son, saying. Deliver me my wife Mi-chal, which I espoused to me "'for an hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis-tines. 15 And Ish-bo-sheth sent, and took her from her husband _ even from ^Phal-ti-el the son of La^sh. 16 And her husband went with her ® along weeping behind her to ^Ba-hu-rim. Then said Ab-ner unto him. Go, return. And he returned. ITU And Ab-ner had communica- tion with the elders of IsAa-el, say- ing, Ye sought for Da Aid ®in times past to be king over you : 18 Now then do it: ^for the Lord hath spoken of DaAid, saying. By the hand of my servant DaAid I will save my people IsAa-el out of the hand of the Phi-lis-tines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. ^ 19 And AbAer also spake in the ears of "Ben-ja-min j and AbAer went also to_ speak in the ears of DaAid in HeArCn all that seemed good to IsAa-el, a,nd that seemed good to the whole house of Ben- ja-min. ^ 20 So AbAer came to DaAid to HeArOn, and twenty men with him. And DaAid made AbAer and the men that ivere v/ith him a feast. 21 And AbAer said unto Da Aid, I will arise and go, and ’’will gather all IsAfi-el unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest Aeign over all that thine heart desireth. And DaAid sent AbAer away ; and he went in peace. 22 ^ And, behold, the servants of DaAid ana JoAb came from pur- suing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them but AbAer was not with DaAid in HeArCn ; 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. Ab-ner the son of Ner came to the king, amd 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, AbAer came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone'? 25 Thou knowest AbAer the son 25-20. I B.C. 1048. 1 Heb. saying. “1 Sam. 29. 6. Is. 37. 28. b So Gen. 43. 3. « 1 Sam. 18. 20. d 1 Sam. 18. 2.5, 27. « 1 Ki. 2. 5. So ch. 20. 9, 10. 2 or, peaceably. f ch. 4. 6. 9 1 Sam. 25. 44, Phalti. ftch. 2. 23. 3 Heb. going and weeping. i Ch. 19. 16. 4 Heb. bloods. 5 Heb. both yesterday and the third day. *1 Ki. 2. 32, 33. I ver. 9. 6 Heb. be cut off. ’"Lev. 15. 2. 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 DaAid, he sent messengers after AbAer, which brought him again from the well of Sih-ah : but DaAid knew it not. 27 And when AbAer was returned to HeArSn, J oAb ®took him aside in the gate to speak with him ^quietly, and smote nim there Anaer the fifth ri^, that he died, for the blood of ^ A-sa-hel his brother. 28 H And afterward when DaAid heard it, he said, I and my king- dom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the ^ blood of AbAer the son of Ner : 29 *Let it rest on the heaA of J oAb,- and on all his father’s house ; and let there not '^fail from the house of JoAb one '^that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 30 So JoAb and A-biAhai his bro- ” ch. 2. 23. " 1 Chr. 12. 29. ^Jo3h. 7. 6. ch. 1. 2, 11. 7 Gen. 37. 34. 7 Heb bed. ver. 10, 12. > oh. 13. 12, 13. t 1 Ki. 11. 37. 8 Heb. children of iniquity. “ch. 12. 17. Jer. 16. 7. *Ruthl. 17. 8 Heb. was good in their eyes. ther slew AbAer, because he had slain their brother ’"AAa-hel at Gib- e-On in the battle. 31 ^ And DaAid said to J oAb, and to all the people that were with him, ^Bend your clothes, and ®gird you with sackcloth, and mourn be- fore AbAer. And king DaAid him- self ioWowed the '^bier. 32 And they buried AbAer in HeAron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave o.? AbAer ; and all tlie people wept. 33 And the king lamented over AbAer, and said, Died Abbier as a *fool dieth 'I 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man falleth before ^wicked men, so fell- est thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came Ho cause DaAid to eat meat wliile it was yet day, DaAid sware, say- ing, "'So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, ^till the sun be down. 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it ^ pleased them : as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 37 For all the people and all I.^- ra-6l understood that day tliat it was not of the king to slay Abhier the son of Ner. ^ 38 And the king said unto his servants. Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Is-ra-el f 305 Ish-hosheth is slain. II. SAMUEL, 4, 5. David anointed king. 39 And I am this day Hveak, though anointed king ; and these men the sons of Ze-ru-iah ^he too hard for me: ^the Lord shall re- ward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. CHAPTER 4. 2 Baandh and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 David causeth them to be slain, and Ish-bosheth' s head to be buried. AND when Saul’s son_ heard that Ab-ner was dead in He-bron, Tiis hands were feeble, and all the IsAa-el-ites were ''troubled. 2 And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands : the name of the one was Ba-a-nah, and the name of the ^ other Re^chab, the sons of Rim-mOn a Be-eA5th- ite, of the children of Ben-ja-min ; (for '"BAeAOth also was reckoned to Ben-ja-min. 3 And the Be-eAOth-ites fled to *Git-ta-im, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And ^JOn-a-than, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came oi Saul and J On-a-than "out of JezAAel, and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was ‘^Me-phib-6-sheth. 5 And the sons of Rim-m5n the Be-eA6th-ite,Re-chab and Ba-a-nah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bo- sheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him "under the fifth rib : and Rechab and Ba-a-nah his brother escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed- chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bo-shetn unto DaAid to He- bron, and said to the king. Behold the head of Ish-bo-sheth the son of Saul thine enemy, “which sought thy life ; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 And DaAid answered Re'-ehab and Ba-a-nah his brother, the sons of Rim-mOn the Be-eA5th-ite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, ®who^ hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 When ®one told me, saying. Behold, Saul is dead, ’thinking to B.C. 1048. 1 Heb. tender. “ch. 19. 7. 2 or, which was the reward [ gave hint, for his tidings. b See ch. 19. 13. 1 Ki. 2. 5, 6, 33, 34. Ps. 28. 4. & 62. 12. 2 Tim. 4. 14. Gen. 9. 5, 6. ® Ezra 4. 4. Is. 13. 7. / Mat. 2. 3. 3 Heb. second. 9 ch. 3. 32. i Neh. 11. 33. k 1 Chr. 11. 1. I ch. 9. 3. Gen. 29. 14. ‘1 Sam. 29. 1, 11 . 1 Sam. 18. 13. PI Sam. 16. 1. ■1 or, Merib- baal, 1 Chr. 8. 34. & 9. 40. 9 1 Chr. 11. 3. »• 2 Ki. 11. 17. ' Judg. 11. 11. 1 Sam. 23. 18. < 1 Chr. 26. 31. & 29. 27. “ch. 2. 23. * ch. 2. 11. 1 Chr. 3. 4. 2^ Judg. 1. 21. « Josh. 15. 63. Judg. 1. 8. & 19. 11, 12. 3 or, saying, David shall not, &c. “ 1 Sara. 19. 2, 10 , 11 . & 23. 15. & 25. 29. b 1 Ki. 2. 10. & 8 . 1 . « Gen. 48. 16. 1 Ki. 1. 29. Ps. 31. 7. d 1 Chr. 11. 6-9 6 or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame. He shall not come into the house. « ch. 1. 2, 4, 15. 1 Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, &c. 306 have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Zikdag,^ ^who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings : 1 1 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bedl shall I not therefore now ® require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth'? 12 And Da Aid commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in HeArSn. But they took the head of Ish-boAheth, and bur- ied it in the ^sepulchre of AbAer in HeAr5n. CHAPTER 5. 1 The tribes anoint David king over Israel. 6 He taketh Zion from the Jebusites, and dwelleth in it. 13 Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem. 17, 22 He smiteth the rhilistines. rpHEN ^came all the tribes of J_ IsAa-el to DaAid unto HeArSn, and spake, saying. Behold, ""we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, "thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in TsAa-el : and the Lord said to thee, ^Thou shalt feed my people IsAa-6l, and thou shalt be a captain over IsAa-el. 3 ®So all the elders of IsAa-el came to the king to HeArDn ; ""and king DaAid made a league with them in HeArOn * before the Lord ; and they anointed Da Aid king over IsAa-el. 4 ^ DaAid was thirty years old when he began to reign, *and he reigned forty years. 5 In HeAr5n he reigned over Ju- dah "'seven years and six months : and in Je-ru-sa-lem he reigned thirty and three years over all Is- rael and Ju-dah. 6 ^ And the king and his men went ^to Je-ruAa-lem unto Hhe JebA-sites, the inhabitants o_f the land : which spake unto DaAid, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: ® thinking, DaAid cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless DaAid took the strong hold of Zi-6n : Hhe same is the city of DaAid. 8 And DaAid said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gut- ter, and smiteth the JebA-sites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of DaAid’s soul, ^ he shall he chief and captain. ® Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. The Philistines smitten. IL SAMUEL, 6. David fetcheth the arh 9 So Da-vid dwelt in the fort, and called it “the city of Da-vid. And Da-vid built round about from Mil- 16 and inward. 10 And Da-vid ^went on, and g rew great, and the Loe,d God of osts teas with him. 11 H And ®Hi-ram king of Tyre sent messengers to Da-vid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built Da-vid an house. 12 And Da-vid perceived that the Loed had established him king over IshA-el, and that he had ex- alted his kingdom for his people Is-ra-el’s sake. i3 U And -^Da-vid tjok him more concubines and wives out of Je-ru- sa-lem, after he was come from He- brOii : and there were yet sons and daughters born to Da-vid. 14 And ^ these he the names of those that were born unto him in J6-ru-sa-lem ; ®Sham-mu-ah, and Sho-bab, and Na-than, and Sbl-5- m5n, 15 Ib-har also, and JEl-i-shu-a,and Ne-pheg, and Ja-phi-a, 16 And E-lish-a-ma, and ®E-h-a- da, and E-liph-a-let. 17 IT But when the Phl-lis-tines heard that they had anointed Da- vid king over Is-ra-el, all the Phi- lis-tine? came up to seek Da-vid ; and Da-vid heard of it^ *and went down to the hold. 18 The Phi-lis- tines also came and spread themselves in "“the valley of Reph-a-im. 19 And Da-vid “enquired of the Loed, saying. Shall I go up to the Phi-lis-tinesl wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Loed said unto Da-vid, Go up : for I will doubtless deliver the Phi-lis-tines into thine hand. 20 And Da-vid came to ^Ba-al- p^r-a-zim, and Da-vid smote them there, and said. The Loed hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place ®Ba-al-pgr-a-zim. ,21 And there they left their images, and Da-vid and his men '‘burned’^ them. 22 IT * And the Phi-lis-tines came up yet again, and spread them- selves in the valley of R6ph-a-im. 23 And when Da-vid enquired of the Loed, he said. Thou slialt not go up ; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou ^'hearest the sound of a going in B.C. 1043. “ ver. 7. b J udg. 4. 14. ' Heb. went gobid awl growing. « 1 Ki. 5. 2. d 1 Chr. 14. 16, Gibeon. « Josh. 16. 10. 2 Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. f Deut. 17. 17. 1 Chr. 3. 9. S’! Chr. 13. 5. 6. 3 or, Baa lah, i.e. Kirjath- jeariin. Josh. 15. 9. b 1 Chr. 3. 5. •4 or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon. i 1 Sam. 4. 4. Ps. 80. 1. 5 or, Shimea, 1 Chr. 3. 5. 6 Heb. made to ride. 1 or, Elishama, 1 Chr. 3. 6. 8 or. The hill. 9 or, Beeliada, 1 Chr. 14. 7. * 1 Sam. 7. 1. ' Heb. with. I ch. 23. 14. ’"Josh. 15. 8. Is. 17. 5. ° 1 Chr. 13. 9, he is called Chidon. 2 or, stumbled. P Is. 28. 21. 1 1 Sam. 6. 19. 8 or, rashness. < Heb. broken, b i.e. The plain of breaches. C i.e. The breach of Vzzah. 1 or, took them away. » Ps. 119. 120. t 1 Chr. 14. 13. * 1 Chr. 13. 14. J'So2Ki. 7.6. tlie tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thy- self : for then ^ shall the Loed go out before thee, to smite the host of the Phi-lis-tines. 25 And Da-vid did so, as the Loed had commanded him; and smote the Phi-lis-tines from ‘^Ge-ba until thou come to ^Ga-zer. CHAPTER 6. 1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart. % Uzzali is smitten at Per ez-uzzah. 9 God blesseth Obed-edom for the ark. 12 David bringeth the ark into Zion. 17 He placeth it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting. 20 Michal reproving David for his reli- gious joy is childless to her death. yiGAIhT, Da-vid gathered together all the chosen men of Is-ra-el, thirty thousand. 2 And ^Da-vid arose, and went with all the people that ivere with him from ^Ba-al-e of Ju-dah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, ^ whose name is called by the name of the Loed of hosts Hhat dwelleth between the cher-6-bims. 3 And they ®set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of A-bin-a-dab that was_ in ®Gib-e-ah : and tJz-zah and A-hi-6, the sons of A-bin-a-dab, drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of *the house of A-bin-a-dab which was at Gib-e-ah, ^accompanying the ark of God : and A-hi-6 went before the ark. 5 And Da-vid and all the house of Is-ra-el played before the Loed 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 M And when they came to “TSTa- chon’s threshingfloor, tTz-zah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the Loed was kindled against tTz-zah; and ^God smote him there for his ^ error ; and there he died by the ark of God. > 8 And Da-vid was displeased, be- cause the Loed had ^made a breach upon TTz-zah: and he called the name of the place ®Pe-rez-uz-zah to this day^ 9 And G3a-vid was afraid of the Loed that day, and said. How shall the ark of the Loed come to me % 10 So Da-vid would not remove the ark of the Loed unto him into the city of Da-vid : but Da-vid carried it aside into the house of 0-b6d-e-d5ra “the Git-tite. 1 1 *And the ark of the Loed con- tinued in the house of 0-b6d-e-d5m the Git-tite tbxee months ; and the 307 Lord “blessed O-bed-e-dOm, and all his household. 12 U And it was told king Da-vid, saying, The Loup hath blessed the house of O-bed-e-dom, and all that pertainetli unto him, because of the ark of God. ‘^So Da-vid went and brought up the ark of God from the house of 0-bed-e-d6m into the city of Da-vid with gladness. 13 And it was so, thad when ®they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed ■'^oxen and fatlings. 14 And Da-vid s' danced before the Lord with all his might ; and Da-vid was girded ^ with a linen eph-od. 15 "^So Da-vid and all the house of Is-ra-el brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And "as the ark of the Lord came into the city of Da-vid, Mi-ehal Saul’s daughter looked Dirough a window, and saw king Da-vid leap- ing and dancing before the Lord ; and she despised him in her heart. 17 H And nhey brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in "his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that Da-vid had ^ pitched for it : and Da-vid “offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LoRD. 18 And as soon as Da-vid had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, ^he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 “And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole mul- titude of IsAa-el, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 ^ ‘^Then Da-vid returned to bless his household. And Mi-chal the daughter of Saul came out to meet Da-vid, and said^ How glori- ous was the king of Is-ra-el to day, who ^ uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the ^vain fellows ® shamelessly uncovereth himself ! 21 And Da-vid said unto Mi'-ehal, It was before the Lord, ^ which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Is-ra-el : therefore will I play before the Lord. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus,_ and will be base in mine own sight : and of the maid- servants which thou hast spoken of. of them shall I be had in honour. B.C. 1042. “ Gen. 39. 5. b 1 Sam. 15. 35. Is. 22. 14. « Num. 4. 15. Josh. 3. 3. lChr.15.2,15. / See 1 Ki. S. 5. 9 Ps. 30. 11. '‘ch. 5. 11. i See Acts 7. 46. k Ex. 26. 1. 1 1 Sam. 2. 18. ""I Chr. 15. 28. ” 1 Chr. 22. 7. 0 1 Chr. 15. 29 > Heb. to my servant, to David. P 1 Ki. 5. 3. & 8. 19. 1 Chr. 22. 8. 9 1 Chr. 16. 1. »■ 1 Ki. 8. 16. » 1 Chr. 15. 1. Ps. 132. 8. 2 Heb. stretched. t Ex. 40. 18, 19, 34. «lKi.8.5,62,63. ^Lev. 26. 11. 3 any of the judges, 1 Chr. 17. 6. y 1 Ki. 8. 55. ® Ps. 78. 71. Mat. 2. 6. Acts 20. 28. 1 Chr. 16. 3. b 1 Sam. 16. 11, 12 . Ps. 78. 70. hrates. 3 or, Shophach, 1 Chr. 19. 16. « Is. 20. 4. & 47. 2. b Gen. 34. 30. Ex. 5. 21. 1 Sam. 13. 4. ® 1 Chr. 19. 18, footmen, d ch. 8. 3, 5. 4 or, The men of Toh. See Judg. 11. 3, 5. « ch. 8. 6. / ch. 23. 8. d ver. 6. b Heb. at the return of the year, lKi.20. 22,26. 2 Chr. 36. 10. h 1 Chr. 20. 1. » Dent. 22. 8. Gen. 34. 2. Job 31. 1. Mat. 5. 28. 3 or, liath- shuah, 1 Chr. 3. 5. I Dent. 31. 6. or, Ammiel. ""ch. 23. 39. ” 1 Sam. 4. 9. 1 Cor. 16. 13. ® 1 Sam. 3. 18. P Ps. ill, title. Jas. 1. 14. 8 or, and when .die had puri- fied herself, > Gen. 45. 1 . of was a talent of gold with the precious stones : and it was set on JDa-vid’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city bn great i Heb. abundance. very great. 31 And he brought forth the peo- ple 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 Am-m5n. So Da-vid and all the people re- turned unto Je-ru-sa-lem. CHAPTER 13. 1 Amnon, loving Tamar, feigneth himself sick, and ravish- eth her. 19 Absalom entertaineth her. 28 Ee killeth Amnon, and Jleeth to Talmai. AND it came to pass after this, ^that Ab-sa-l5m the son of Da- vid had a fair sister, whose name was '"Ta-mar ; and Am-n5n the son of DaAid loved her. 2 And Am-n5n was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Ta-mar ; for she was a virgin ; and ® Am-nOn thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 3 But Am-n6n had a friend, whose name was J^3n-a-dab, *the son of Shim-e-ah DaAid’s brother : and J5n-a-dab was a very subtil man. 4 And he _ said unto him. Why art thou, being the king’s son, ®lean ■^from day to day'? wilt thou not tell me'? And Am-ndn said unto him, I love Ta-mar, my brother Ab-sa-ldm’s sister. 5 And J6n-a-dab 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 Ta-mar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 6 U So Am-ndn lay down, and made himself sick : and when the king was come to see him, Am-n6n said unto the king, I pray thee, let Ta-mar my sister come, and "make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then Da-vid sent home to Ta- mar, saying. Go now to thy brother Am-n5n’s house, and dress him meat. 8 So Ta-mar went to her brother Am-ndn’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. Gen. 39. 12. 2 Heb. humble me, Gen. 34. 2. d Lev. 18. 9, 11. 3 Heb. it ought not so to be done. Gen. 34. 7. Jndg. 19. 23. & 20. 6. / See Lev. 18. 9, 11 . 3 ch. 3. 2, 3. h 1 Chr, 3. 9. i Dent. 22. 25. See ch. 12. 11. 1 Heb. with great hatred greatly. Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of A mnon. k See 1 Sajn. 16. 9. 6 Heb. thin. 1 Heb. morning by morning. I Gen. 37. 3. Judg. 5. 30 Ps. 45. 14. »"Josh. 7. 6. ch. 1. 2. Job 2. 12. » Gen. 18. 6. 8 Heb. Aminon. 9 Heb. set not thine heart. 1 Heb. and desolate. 2 or, paste. P Gen. 24. 50. & 31. 24. ?Lev. 19.17, 18. 314 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him ; but he re- fused to eat. And Am-ndn said, *Have out all men from me. And they went out every man frorn him. 10 And Am-ndn said unto Ta-mar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Ta-mar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Am-ndn 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 force me; for no ^ such thing ought to be done in IsAa-el : do not thou this "folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go”? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Is-ra-el. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; -^for he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but, being stronger than she, 'forced her, and lay with her. 15 ^ Then Am-ndn hated her ^ex- ceedingly ; so that the hatred where- with he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Am-ndn said unto her, Arise, be gone. 16 And she said unto him. There is no cause : this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 1 7 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said. Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 1 8 And she had ^ a garment ^ of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daugh- ters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 19 ^ And Ta-mar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and "laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 20 And Ab-sa-l5m her brother said unto her. Hath ®Am-n5n thy brother been with thee % but hold now thy peace, my sister : he is thy brother ; ^regard not this thing. So Tabnar remained Mesolate in her brother Ab-sa-ldm’s bouse. 2 1 U But when king Da-vid heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Ab-sa-ldm spake unto his brother Am-nOn ^neither good nor bad : for Ab-sa-l5m hated Am-nOn, A mnon is slain. 11. SAMUEL, 14. JoaVs artifice. because he had forced his sister B.C. 1030. Ta-mar. 23 ^ And it came to pass after two full years, that Ab-sa-lom "had sheepshearers inBa-al-ha-z6r, which is beside E-phra-im : and Ab-sa-lOm invited all the king’s sons. 24 And Ab-sa-l(3m came to the king, and said. Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his serv- ants go with thy servant. 25 And the king said to Ab-sa-l5m, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him : howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then said Ab-sa-l6m, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Am-n6n go with us. And the king said unto him. Why should he go with thee 1 27 But Ab-sa-l5m pressed him, that he let Am^nOn and all the king’s sons go with him. 28 H Now Ab^a-lbm had com- manded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when^ Am-n5n’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you. Smite Am-n5n ; then kill him, fear not: ®have not I com- manded yen'? be courageous, and be ® valiant. 29 And the servants of Ab-sa-l5m did unto Am-n6n as Ab-sa-lc3m^ had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man "^gat him up upon his mule, and fled. 30 tI And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to Da-vid, saying, Ab-sa-l6m hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and”" tare his garments, and ”lay on the earth ; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 1 Heb. ac- cordimj to the. word of thy servant. “See Gen. 38.12, 13. 1 Sam. 25. 4, 36. 2 Heb. vnth a great weeping greatly. 3 or, Ammihur. « eh. 14. 23, 32. & 15. 8. or, was consumed, Ps. 84. 2. d Gen. 38. 12. « ch. 13. 39. / Judg. 19. 6, 9, 22 . Ruth 3. 7. 1 Sam. 25. 36. Esth. 1. 10. Ps. 104. 15. S'2Chr. 11. 6. or, will you not, since I have com- manded you } Josh. 1. 9. ft See Ruth 3. 3. 6 Heb. sons of valour. 1 Heb. rode, i ver. 19. Ex. 4. 15. ft 1 Sam. 20. 41. ch. 1. 2 I See 2 Ki. 6. 26, 28. 8 Heb. Save. «ch. 12. 16. " See ch. 12. 1. 32 And ^J(3n-a-dab, the son of Shim-e-ah DaJ-vid’s brother, an- swered and said, Let not my lord suppose t/iat they have slain all the young men the king’s sons ; for Am-nbn only is dead : for by the ^ appointment of Ab-sa-15m this hath been ^determined from the day that he forced his sister Ta- mar, P ver. 3. 9 Heb. no deliverer be- tween them. 9 Num. 35. 19. Deut. 19. 12. * Heb. mouth. 9 or, settled. 33 Now therefore ”let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Am-nOn only is dead. 34 *But Ab-sa-l5m fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. 35 And Jbn-a-dab said unto the ’•ch. 19. 19. * ver. 38. 3 Heb. uj)on the face of the earth. t Gen. 27. 13. 1 Sam. 25. 24. Mat. 27. 25. 315 king, Behold, the king’s sons come : ^as thy servant said, so it is. 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept : and the king also and all his serv- ants wept ^very sore. 37 ^ But Ab-sa-l5m fled, and went to ®Tal-mai, the son of ^ Am-mi- hud, king of Ge-shtir. And Da'-vid mourned for his son every day. 38 So Ab-sa-l6m fled, and went to ‘’Ge-shur, and was there three years. 39 And the soul of king DaWid ■^longed to go forth unto Ab-sa-lbm; for He was ** comforted concerning Am-n5n, seeing he was dead. CHAPTEB 14. 1 Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah to incline the king's heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Jerusalem. 33 He is brought before the king, lyrOW Jo-ab the son of Ze-rudah ly perceived that the king’s heart was ® toward Ab-sa-l5m. 2 And Jo-ab sent to ^'Te-ko-ah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, '"and put on now mourning apparel, and a- noint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that' had a long time mourned for the dead : 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So J o-ab "put the words in her mouth. 4 H And when the woman of Te- ko-ah spake to the king, she *fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, 'Help, ® O king. 5 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee'? And she an- swered, " I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the fleld, and there was ^none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. 7 And, behold, Hhe whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said. Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew ; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and _ shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder ^upon the earth. 8 And the king said unto the wo- rnan. Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Te-ko-ah said unto the king. My lord, O king, 'the iniquity be on me, and on my fa- Absalom brought II. SAMUEL, 14. home to Jerusalem. ther’s house : “and the king and his throne be guiltless. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him ' to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 1 1 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Loed thy God, Hhat thou wouldest not suffer ®the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, '^As the Loed liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 1 2 Then the woman said. Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said. Say on. 13 And the woman said. Where- fore then hast thou thought such a thing against -^the people of God'? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again ^his banished. 14 For we *must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; ® neither doth God respect any per- son: jret doth he Revise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid : and thy hand- maid said, I will now speak unto the king ; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. 16 For the king will hear, to de- liver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the in- heritance of God. . 1 rm 1 7 Then thine handraaid said. The word of my lord the king shall now be ® comfortable : for "as an angel of God, so is my lord the king "^to dis- cern good and bad : therefore the Loed thy God will be with thee. 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman. Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said. Let my lord the king now speak. 1 9 And the king said. Is not the hand of Jo-ab with thee in all this 1 And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servamt Jo-ab, he bade me, and ^’he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid : B.C. 1027. b ver. 17. ch. 19. 27. • Heb. thai tiie revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy, ‘ Num. 35. 19. d 1 Sam. 14. 45. Acts 27. 34. 2 Heb. blessed. 3 or, thy. « ch. 13. 37. f Judg. 20. 2. 3 Gen. 43. 3. ch. 3. 13. Ach. 13. 37, 38. i Job 34. 15. Heb. 9. 27. 4 Heb. And ns A bsalom there was not a beautifulman in all Israel to praise greatly. * Is. 1. 6. 5 or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, &c. I Nuki. 35. 15, 25, 28. ™ Seech. 18. 18. " ver. 24. G Heb. for rest. 0 ver. 20. ch. 19. 27. ■ Heb. to hear. 8 Heb. near my place. P ver. 3. 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Jo-ab done this thing : and rny lord is wise, ^ac- cording to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 21 H And the king said unto J o-ab. Behold now, I have done this thing : go therefore, bring the young man Ab-sa-l5m again. 22 And Jo-ab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and ^thankea the king : and Jo-ab said. To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of '^his servant. 23 So Jo-ab arose "and went to Ge-shiir, and brought Ab-sa-l5m to JAru-sa-lem. 24 And the king said. Let him turn to his own house, and let him ^not see my face. So Ab-sa-l6m returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face. 25 ^ ‘‘But in all Is-ra-el tnere was none to be so much praised as Ab- sa-lhm for his beauty : *from the^sole of his foot even to the crovm of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it :) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shek-els after the king’s weight. ^ 27 And ""unto Ab-sa-l5m there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Ta-mar : she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28 ^ So Ab-sadom dwelt two full years in Jc-ru-sa-lem, ^and saw not the king’s face. ^ 29 Therefore Ab-sa-l5m sent tor Jo-ab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him : and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. 30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Jo-ab’s field is ®near mine, and he hath barley there ; go and set it on fire. And Ab-sa-l5m s servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Jo-ab arose, and came to Ab-sa-lom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy serv- ants set my field on fire *? ^ .r-r 1 32 And Ab-sa-l5m answered Jo-ab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying. Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say. Wherefore am I come from Ge-shur'? it had been good for me to have been there still : now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity I in me, let him kill me. 316 Absalom^ s conspiracy. II. SAMUEL, 15. David fleeth from him. 33 So Jo-ab came to the king, and told him : and when he had called for Ab-sa-l5m, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king ‘'kissed Ab-sa-lOm. CHAPTER 15. 1. Absalom, by fair speeches and couHesies, stealeth the hearts of Israel. 10 lie maketh a great consinracy. 13 David fleeth frwn Jerusalem. 24 Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark. AND -^it came to pass after this, that Ab-sa-lom ^prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Ab-sa-lOm rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate : and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy ‘“^came to the king for judgment, then Ab- sa-l5m called unto him, and said. Of what city art thoul And he said. Thy servant is of one of the tribes of IsAa-6l. 3 And Ab-sa-l6m said unto him. See, thy matters are good ana right ; but ^ there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Ab-sa-lom said moreover, *Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ! 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Ab- sa-l5m to all IsAa-6l that came to the king for judgment : ”so Ab- sa-l5m stole the hearts of the men of IsAa-el. 7 If And it came to pass ^ after forty years, that Ab-sa-l5m said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which l have vowed unto the Lord, in He-brOn. 8 ’’For thy servant ‘’vowed a vow ‘while I abode at Ge-shur in Syr-i-a, saying. If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to J6-ru-sa-l6m, then 1 will serve the Lord. 9 And the king said unto him. Go in peace. So he arose, and went to He-br(5n. 10 ^ But Ab-sa-lom sent spies ! throughout all the tribes of IsAa-el, ; saying. As soon as ye hear the sound ; of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Ab-sa-lom reigneth in He-brOn. 1 1 And with Ab-sa-l5m went two hundred men out of JAru-sa-l6m, timt /called ; and they went 'in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 12 And Ab-sa-l6m sent for A- ^ hith-5-phgl the Gi-lo-mte, ® Da Aid’s B.(J. 1024. “ Josh. 15. 51. b Ps. 3. 1. « Gen. 33. 4. & 45. 15. Luke 15. 20. d ver. 6. Judg. 9. 3. « ch. 19. 9. Ps. 3, title. / ch. 12. 11. 9 1 Ki. 1. 5. 1 Heb. thrust. 2 Heb. to come. 3 Heb. choose, h Ps. 3, title. 4 Heb. at his feet. » ch, 16. 21, 22. s or, none will hear thee from the king downward. Judg. 9. 29. I ch. 8. 18. "'ch. 18. 2. " Roui. 16. 18. 6 Heb. make thee wander in going. 0 1 Sam. 23. 13. P 1 Sam. 16. 1. ? Ruth 1.16, 17. Prov. 17. 17. & 18. 24. 1 Sam. 16. 2. » Gen. 28. 20, 21. t ch. 13. 38. i Called. John 18. 1, Cedron. « ch. 16. 2. *Num. 4. 15. y 1 Sam. 9. 13. & 16. .3, 5. * Gen. 20. 5. “ Ps. 41. 9. & 55. 12-14. 317 counsellor, from his city, even from ‘'Gi-loh, yvhile he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong ; for the people * increased continually with Ab-sa-l5m. 13 ^ And there came a messenger to Da Aid, saying, ‘‘The hearts of the men of IsA-a_-el are after Ab-sa-lOm. 14 And DaAid said unto all his servants tYiat were with him at Je- ruAa-lem, Arise, and let us ^flee; for we shall not else escape from Ab-sa-l5m : make speed to depai-t, lest he overtake us suddenly, and ^ 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 ^appoint. 16 And ‘'the king went forth, and all his household ‘‘after him. And the king left Hen women, which were concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king yyent 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 -Gher-e- thites, and all the Pel-e-thites, and all the GitHites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 ^ Then said the king to ’’'It-tai the Git-tite, Wherefore goest thou also with US '? return to thy place, and abide v/ith the king : for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 Whereas thou earnest hut yes- terday, should I this day ‘’make thee go up and down with us '? seeing I go ‘’whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy and truth he with thee. 2 1 And ItHai answered the king, and said, ^As the Lord 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 v/ill thy servant be. 22 And DaAid said to ItHai, Go and pass over. And It-tai the Git- tite passed over, and all his men and all the little ones that were v/ith 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 ^KidAOn, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the ’'wilderness. 24 H And lo Zahlok also, and all the LeAites were with him, bear- ing the ark of the covenant of God : and they set down the ark of God ; and A-biA-thar went up, until all the people had done pass- ing out of the city. The arh sent hack. 11. SAMUEL, 16. Shimei curseth David. 25 And the king said unto Za-d5k, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, 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 Za-dDk the priest, Art not thou a ^'seer? return into the city in peace,^ and '^your two sons with you, A-him-a- az thv son, and J6n-a-than the son of A-bl-a-thar. . 28 See, G will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Za-dOk therefore and A-bi-a- thar carried the ark of God again to Je-ru-sa-lem: and they tarried 30 II And Da-vid went up by the ascent of mount 01-i-vet, ^and wept as he went up, and ”"had 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 H And one told Da-vid, saying, »‘A-hith-5-ph6l is among the con- spirators with Ab-sa-l6m. And Da-vid said, O Lord, I pray thee *turn the counsel of A-hith-5-phel into foolishness. 32 ^ And it came to pass, that when Da-vid was come to the top of the mount, where_ he worshipped God, behold, Hu^shai the *"Ar-ehite came to meet him *with his coat rent, and earth upon his head : 33 Unto whom Da-vid said. If thou E assest on with me, then thou shalt e ^'a burden unto me : 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Ab-sa-l6m, will be thy servant, O king ; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant; then mayest thou for me defeat the coun- sel of A-hith-6-phel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Za-d5k and A-bi-a-thar the priests'? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, ‘^thou shalt tell it to Za-d5k and A-bi-a-thar the priests. . 36 Behold, they have there ^with them their two sons, A-him-a-az Za-dDk’s son, and J5n-a-than A-bi- a-thar’s son ; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So Hu-shai ^Da-vid’s friend B.C. 1023. « ch. 15. 30, 32. d Num. 14. 8. ch. 22. 20. 1 Ki. 10. 9. 2 Chr. 9. 8. Is. 62. 4. ^ ch. 9. 2. / 1 Sam. 3. 18. S 1 Sam. 9. 9. /‘See ch. 17. 17. k ch. 15. 23. & 17. 29. I ch. 19. 27. 1 Heb. going up, and weeping. "‘ch. 19. 4. Esth. 6., 12. ” Is. 20. 2, 4. ® Jer. 14. 3, 4. P Prov. 18. 13. ? Ps. 126. 6. 2 Heb. I do obeisance. Ps. 3. 1. 2. & 55. 12, &c. * ch. 16. 23. & 17. 14, 23. t ch. 19. 16. 1 Ki. 2. 8, 44. 3 or, he still came forth and cursed. “Josh. 16. 2. *ch. 1. 2. * ch. 16. 19. 4 Heb. man of blood. “ Deut. 13. 13. b Judg. 9. 24, 56, 57. ] Ki. 2. 32, 33. See ch. 1. 16. & 3. 28, 29. & 4. 11, 12. s Heb. behold thee in thy evil. dch. 17. 15, 16. * ver. 27. / ' Sam. 24. 14. ch. 9. 8. 3 Ex. 22. 28. fech. 19. 22. 1 Pet. 2. 23. » See2Ki. 18.25. Lam. 3. 38. k ch. 16. 16. 1 Chr. 27. 33. came into the city, “and Ab-sa-l6m came into Je-ru-sa-lem. CHAPTER 16. 1 Ziba obtaineth his masters inheritance. 5 Shimei curs- eth David. 9 David abstaineth from revenge. 20 Ahith- ophel's counsel. yi ND ‘'when Da-vid was a little past the top of the hill, behold, ®Zi-ba the servant of Me-phib-6-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 sum- mer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Zi-ba, What meanest thou by these '? And Zi-ba said. The asses be for the king’s household to ride on ; and the bread and summer 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 7s thy master’s son'? ^ And Zi-ba said unto the king. Behold, he abideth at J e-ru-sa-lem : for he said. To day shall the house of Is-ra-el restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 ^Then said the king to Zfiba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Me-phib-6-sheth. And Zi-ba said, humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lor4 O king. 5 II And when king Da-vid came to Ba-hu-rim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was ^Shim-e-i, the son of .GeJ-ra: ®he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at Da-vid, and at all the servants of king Da-vid : and all the people and all the mighty men ivere on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shim-e-I when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou ^bloody man, and thou “man of Bedi-al : 8 The Lord hath ^returned upon thee all ‘'the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned ; and the Lord hath de- livered the kingdom into the hand of Ab-sa-l6m thy son : and, ® be- hold, thou art taken in thy mis- chief, because thou art a bloody 9 H Then said A-bi-shai the son of ZAru-iah unto the king. Why should this ^dead dog ^curse my lord the king'? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Ze-ru- iahl so let him curse, because *the Lord hath said unto him, Curse AhithopheVs counsel II. SAMUEL, 17. is overthroivn, Da- vid. “ Who shall then say, Where- fore hast thou done so 1 1 1 And DaWid said to A bi-shai, and to all his servants. Behold, ^my son, which ‘'came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life : how much more now may this Ben-ja-mite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Loud hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Loed will look on mine affliction, and that the Loed will /requite me good for his cursing this day. 1 3 And as DaWid and his men went by the way, Shim-e-i went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and ^cast dust. 1 4 And the king, and all the peo- ple that wei'e with him, came ^eary, and refreshed themselves 15 11 And ^Ab-sa-l5m, and all the people the men of Is-ra-el, came to J e-ru-sa-lem, and A-hith-5-phel with him. 16 And it came to pass, when Hu- shai the Ar-ehite, '^DaWid’s friend, was come unto Ab-sa-lQm, that Hu- shai said unto Ab-sa-l5m, ^God save the king, God save the king. 17 And Ab-sa-l5m said to Hu-shai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend 1 ’why wentest thou not with thy friend 1 _ _ 18 And Hu-shai said unto Ab-sa- l5m. Nay; but whom the Loed, and this people, and all the men of IshA-el, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 19 And again, ^whorn should I serve 1 should I not serve in the presence of his son 1 as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence. 20 H Then said Ab-sa-l5m to A- hlth-5-phel. Give counsel among you what we shall do. 21 And A-hith-5-phel said unto Ab-sa-lom, Go in unto thy father’s ” concubines, which he hath left to keep the house ; and all Is-ra-el shall hear that thou ‘’art abhorred of thy father : then shall ^the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Ab-sa-lOm a tent upon the top of the house ; and Ab-sa-fflm went in unto his fa- Ither’s concubines ^in the sight of jail Is-ra-6l. 23 And the counsel of A-hith-5- phSl, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired I it the ® oracle of God : so was all jfche counsel of A-hith-O-phel 'both [With Da-vid and with Ab-sa-fflm. B.C. 1023. ® Rom. 9. 20. 6 ch. 12. 11. ® Gen. 15. 4. d See Deut. 25. 18. ch. 16. 14. 1 or, tears. 2 Heb. eye, Gen. 29. 32. 1 Sam. 1. 11. Ps. 25. 18. * Rom. 8. 28. / Zech. 13. 7. 3 Heb. dusted hitn with ^ dust. 4 Heb. was right in the eyes of, &c. 1 Sam. 18. 20. 5 ch. 15. 37. 5 Heb. what is in his mouth. A ch. 15. 37. 6 Heb. wordi ’’ Heb. Let the king live. 8 Heb. coumelled. 9 Heb. bitter of soul, Judg. 18. 25. k Hos. 13. 8. I ch. 15. 34. I B.Qh. fallen. Josh. 2. 11. "ch. 15. 16. & 20. 3. ^ Gen. 34. .30. 1 Sam. 13. 4. P ch. 2. 7. Zech. 8. 13. ? Judg. 20. 1. Gen. 22. 17. 2 Heb. that thy face, or, jrres- ence go, &c. ‘ ch. 12. 11, 12. 3 Heb. word, t ch. 15. 12. CHAPTER 17. 1 AhithopheVs counsel is overthrown. 15 Secret intelli gence is sent to David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 25 Amasa is made captain. M oreover A-hith-5-phei said unto Ab-sa-l5m, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after Da-vid this night : 2 And I will come upon him while he is ‘'weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid : and all the people that are with him shall flee ; and I will •''smite the king only : 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.* 4 And the saying ^pleased Ab-sa- l5m well, and all the elders of Is-ra-el. 5 Then said Ab-sa-l5m, Call now Hu-shai the Ar-chite also, and let us hear likewise ^ what he saith. 6 And when Hu-shai was come to Ab-sa-l5m, Ab-sa-l5m spake unto him, saying, A-hith-5-phel hath spo- ken after this manner : shall we do after his ‘^saying'? if not; speak thou. 7 And Hu-shai said unto Ab-sa- l5m. The counsel that A-hith-5-phel hath ® given is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hu-shai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they he mighty men, and they he ^ chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place : and it will come to pass, when some of them be ^overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say. There is a slaughter among the peo- ple that follow Ab-sa-lOm. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly ’’’melt : for all Is- ra-el knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which he with him are valiant men. 1 1 Therefore I counsel that all Is-ra-6l be generally gathered unto thee, ®from Dan even to Be-er-she- ba, ’’as the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and ^ that thou go to battle in thine own person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will liglit upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 319 David is informed. 1 3 Moreover, if he he gotten into a city, then shall all Is-ra-el bring ropes to that city, a.nd we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Ab-sa-lom and all the men of Is-ra-el said. The counsel of Hu- shai’the Ar-ehite is better than the counsel of A-hitli-O-phel. For ‘’fh® Lord had ^ appointed to defeat the good counsel of A-hith-5-phel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Ab-sa-l5ni. _ ^ 15 H ®Then said Hu-shai unto Za- dok and to A-bi-a-thar the priests, Thus and thus did A-hith-6-phel counsel Ab-sa-lOm and the elders of dsAa-el ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16 Now therefore _ send quickly, and tell DaAid, saying. Lodge not this night ^ in the plains of the wil- derness, but speedily pass over ; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 *Now Jon-a- than and A-him-a- az/ stayed by En-ro-gel ; for they might not be seen^ to come into the city: and a wench went and told them ; and they went and told king DaAid. 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Ab-sa-l6m : but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house "4n Ba-hu- rim, v/hich had a well in his court ; whither they went down. 19 And -^the woma,n took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 20 And when Ab-sa-l5m’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said. Where is A-him-a-az and J 6n A-than 1 And ® the woman said unto them.. They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them., hey returned to Je-ru-sa-lem. 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king DaAid, and said unto DaAid, ^ Arise, and pass quickly over the water : for thus hath A-Jtiith-6-phel counselled against you. 22 Then DaAid arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jor-dan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jdr-dan. 23 ^1 And when A-hith-6-phel saw that his counsel was not ^ followed, he saddled ids ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to ^ his B.C. 1023. > Heb. gave charge con- cerning his house, 2 Ki. 20. 1. “ Mat. 27. 5. b Gen. 32. 2. Josh. 13. 26. ch. 2. 8. « eh. 15. 31, 34. Heb. com- manded. 3 or, ./ether an Ishmaelite. dlChr.2. 16,17. 1 Heb. Abigal. « eh. 15. 35. or, Jesse. SeelChr.2.1?, 16. /Sehch. 10. 1. & 12 . 6 or, cups, k ch. 15. 27, 36. I Josh. 2. 4, &c. ™Josh. 15. 7. & 18. 16. P See Josh. 2. 6. 9 See Ex. 1. Josh. 2. 4, t ver. 15, 16. 7 Heb. set their Jteart on us. 8 Heb. as ten thou- sand of us. 3 Heb. be to succour. city, and ^put his household in or- der, and “hanged himself, and^ died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his 24 Then DaWid came to ^Ma-ha- nahm. And Ab-sa-lom passed over Jor-dan, he and all the men of Is- ra-el with him. 25 H And Ab-sa-l6m made Am- a-sa captain of the host instead of Jo-ab : which Am-a-sa was a man’s son, whose name was ^ Ith-ra an Is^ ra-el-ite, that went in to ‘*Abh-gail‘^ the daughter of ^Na-hash, sister to Ze-ru-iah Jo-ab’s mother. 26 So IsAa-el and Ab-sa-l6m pitch- ed in the land of G Il-e-ad. 27 ^ And it came to pass, when DaWid was come to Ma-ha-nahm, that -^Sho-bi the son of Nadiash of Rab-bah of the children of Am-m6n, and '^Ma-ehir the son of Am-mi-el of Lo-de-bar, and *Bar-zil-lai the Gil-e-ad-ite of R6-gedim, 28 Brought beds, and ® basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pidse, 29 And honey, and butter, ^_d sheep, and cheese of kine, for Da- vid, and for the people that were with him, to eat : for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, Mn the wilderness. CHAPTER 18. 1 David viewing the armies in their march giveth them charge of Absalom. 14 Absalom is slain by Joab. 33 David mourneth for him. ND Da Aid numbered the peo- pie that were with him, and set captains of thousands and cap- tains of hundreds over them. 2 And Da-vid sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of JoAb, and a third part under the hand of A-bi-shai the son of Ze-ru- iah, Jo-ab’s brother, ’’and a tnird part under the hand of It-tai the GitAlte. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 "But the people answered, ihou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not ^care for us; neither if naif of us die, will they care for us : but nov/ thou art ® worth ten thousand of us : there- fore now it is better that thou suc- cour 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 J o-ab and A-bi-shai and It-tm, saying, A The Israelites smitten. IL SAMUEL, 18. gently for my sake with the young man. even with Ab-sa-l5m. ‘"And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge con- cerning Ab-sa-lom. 6 U So the people went out into the field against Is-ra-el : and the battle was in the ** wood of E-phra-im ; 7 Where the people of Is-ra-el_were slain before the servants of DaWid, and there was there a great slaugh- ter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scat- tered over the face of all the coun- try : and the wood ^ devoured more people that day than the sword de- voured. ^ 9 U And Ab-sa-l5m met the servants 3 f DaWid. And Ab-sa-l5m rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Jo-ab, and said. Behold, 1 saw Ab-sa-l5m hanged in an oak. 11 And Jo-ab 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 shek-els of silver, and a girdle^ ^ 12 And the man said unto Jo-ab, Though I should ® receive a thou- sand shek-els 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 A-bi-shai and It-tai, saying, '^Be- ware that none touch the young man Ab-sa-l5m. 1 3 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 Jo-ab, I may not tarry thus ®with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Ab-sa-l5m, while he was yet alive in the ^ midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Jo-ab’s armour compassed about and smote Ab-sAlom, and slew him. 16 And Jo-ab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pur- suing after Is-ra-el: for Jo-ab held back the people. 17 And they took Ab-saddm, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him : and all I§-ra-6l fled every one to his tent. 18 U Now Ab-sa-lOm in his lifetime 25 - 21 . B.C. 1023. “ ver. 12. frGen. 14. 17. See ch. 14 27. Heb. weigh Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, &c. 8Heb.’6e- foro thee. 9 Heb. I see the running. 2 or, Peace be to thee. 3 Heb. Peace. ^ Heb. shut up. S' Josh. 7. 26. 3 Heb. Is there peace 1 Absalom is slain. had taken and reared up for him- self a pillar, which is in * the king’s dale : tor he said, ® I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Ab-sa-l5m’s place. 19 ^ Then said A-him-a-az the son of Za-dok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath ^avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Jo-ab said unto him. Thou shalt not ^bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day : but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead. _ 21 Then said Jo-ab to •€)u-shl. Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And -Gu-shi bowed himself unto Jo-ab, and ran. ^ 22 Then said A-him-a-az the son of Za-dok yet again to Jo-ab, But ^howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after -Gu-shi. And Jo-ab said. Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tid- ings ^ ready'? 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him. Run. Then A-him-a-az ran by the way of the plain, and overran -Gu-shi. 24 And DaWid sat between the two gates : and ®the watchman went up to the roof oyer 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 he 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, ^Me thinketh the running of the forej most is like the running of A-him- a-az the son of Za-d5k. And the king said. He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28 And A-him-a-az called, and said unto the king, ^^All is well. And ho fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said. Blessed he the Lord thy God, which hath ^delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 29 And the king said, ®Is the young man Ab-sa-l5m safe"? And A-him-a-az answered, When Jo-ab 321 havid lamenteih Absalom. II. SAMUEL, 19. David's return to Jerusalem. sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. 30 And the king said unto him. Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 31 And, behold, Uu-shi came; and ■Gu-shi said, ^Tidings, my lord the king : for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. 32 And the king said unto Gu-shi, Is the young man Ab-sa-l5m safe*? And Gu-shi answered. The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 33 11 And the king was much moved, and went up to the cham- ber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, *0 my son Ab-sa-l5m, my son, my son Ab-sa-l5m ! would God I had died for thee, O Ab-sa-l5m, my son, my son ! CHAPTER 19. 1 David’s mourning is cawed to cease. 9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back. 18 Shimei is pardoned. 24 Mephibosheth is excwed. 32 Barzillai is dismissed. AND it was told Jo-ab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourn- eth for Ab-sa-l5m. 2 And the ^victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day -^into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, *0 my son Ab-sa-l5m, O Ab- sa-l6m, my son, my son ! 5 And Jo-ab came into the house to the king, and said. Thou hast shamed this day_ the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the hves of thy concubines ; 6^ ^In that thou lovest thine ene- mies, and ha test thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, ®that thou regardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I perceive, that if Ab-sa-lOm had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak '^comfortably unto thy servants : for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night : and that will be worse unto thee than B.C. 1023. 1 Heb. Tidings is brought. “ch.15. 14. 2 Heb. are ye silent f <«ch. 17. 25. 3 Heb. salva- tion, or, deliverance. « Ruth 1. 17. /ver. 32. ^ Judg. 20. 1. » ch. 18. 33. fcJosh. 5. 9. I cb. 16. 5. 1 Ki. 2. 8. ®»ch. 9. 2, 10. & 16. 1, 2. 4 Heb. By loving, &c. 5 Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee. 6 Heb. the good in his eyes. Heb. to the heart of thy servants, Gen. 34. 3. n Sam. 22. 15. 'ch. 16. 5, 6.&C. 322 all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying. Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for is-ra-el had fled every man to his tent. 9 ^ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Is-ra-el, saying. The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Phi-lis-tines ; and now he is “fled out of the land for Ab-sa-lCm. 10 And Ab-sa-l5m, whom we a- nointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why ^ speak ye not a word of bringing the king back ? 1 1 H And king Da-vid sent to Za- dok and to A-bi-a-thar the priests, saying. Speak unto the elders of Ju-dah, saying. Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Is-ra-el is come to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are ®my bones and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 ‘^And say ye to Am-a-sa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? ®God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Jo-ab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Ju-dah, ^even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to Jor-dan. And Ju-dah came to *Gil-gal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jbr-dan. 16 IT And ^Shim-e-i the son of GeYa, a Ben-ja-mite, which was of BAhuYim, hasted and came down with the men of Ju-dah to meet king Da-vid. 1 7 And there tvere a thousand men of Ben-ja-min with him, and ’^Zi-ba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him ; and they went over Jbr-dan before the king. 18 And there went oyer a ferry boat to carry over the king’s house- hold, and to do ®what he thought good. And Shim-e-i the son of Ge-ra fell down before the king, as he was come over J6r-dan ; 19 And said unto the king, "Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember “that which thy servant did perversely Shimei is pardoned. 11. SAMUEL, 19. Barzillai is dismissed. the day that my lord the king went out of Je-ru-sAlem, that the king should ^take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all ®the house of Jo-sei:)h to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But A-bi-shai the son of Ze- rudah answered and said, Shall not Shim-e-i be put to death for this, because he ‘^cursed the Lord’s a- nointed 1 22 And Da-vid said, -^What have I to do with you, ye sons of Ze-ru-iah, that ye should this day be adver- saries unto mel ^ shall there any man be put to death this day in Is-ra-eH for do not I know that I am this day king over Is-ra-el 1 23 Therefore Hhe king said unto Shim^e-i, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 24 U And *Me-phib-6-sheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jg-ru-sa-lem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, * wherefore wentest not thou with me, Me-phib-6-sheth 1 26 And he answered. My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king ; because thy servant IS lame. 27 And "he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king ; '’but my lord the king is as an angel or God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all o/ my father’s house were but ‘‘dead men before my lord the king : ^yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king"? 29 And the king said unto him. Why speakest thou any more of thy matters'? I have said. Thou and Zi-ba divide the land. 30 And Me-phib-6-sheth said unto the king. Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. 31 H And *Bar-zil-lai the Gil-6-ad- ite came down from R6-gedim and went over Jor-dan with the king, to conduct him oyer Jdr-dan. 32 Now Bar-zil-lai was a very aged B.C. 1023. “ ch. 17. 27. b ch. 13. 33. 1 Heb. How many days are Vu: years of my life, d Ex. 22. 28. 1 Sam. 26. 9. * Ps. 90. 10. / ch. 16. 10. ^'lSam. 11. 13. AlKi. 2. 8.9. 37. 46. i ch. 9. 6. fc 1 Ki. 2. 7. Jer. 41. 17. 2 Heb. choose. "^Gen. 31. 55. " ch. 16. 3. « ch. 14. 17, 3 Heb. Chimhan. 4 Heb. men of death, 1 Sam. 26. 16. P ch. 9. 7, 10, 13. ? ver. 15. 5 Heb. set u$ at light. 82$ man, even fourscore years old: and “he had provided the king of suste- nance while he lay at Ma-ha-na-im; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Bar- zil-lai, Come thou over _ with me, and I will feed thee with me in Je-ru-sa-lem. 34 And Bar-zil-lai said unto the king, ^How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto J e-ru-sa-lem *? 35 I am this day ^fourscore years old : and can I discern between good and evill can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink'? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women 1 where- fore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king '? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over J6r-dan with the king: and why should the king recompense 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 behold thy servant *-Ghim-ham ; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, -Chim- ham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee : and whatso- ever thou shalt ^require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jor-dan. And when the king was corny over, the king kissed Bar- zil-lai, and blessed him ; and he re- turned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gil- gal, and ^-Ghim-ham went on with him : and all the people of Ju-dah conducted the king, and also half the people of IsYa-6l. 41 And, behold, all the men of I.sY4-6l came to the king, and said unto the king. Why have our bre- thren the men of Ju-dah stolen thee away, and ^have brought the king, and his household, and all DaWid’s men with him, over ddr-dan"? 42 And all the men of Ju-dah an- swered the men of IsYa-6l, Because the king is ’’near of kin to us : where- fore then be ye angry for this mat- ter'? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost ? or hath he given us any gift 1 43 And the men of Is-ra-6l an- swered the men of Ju-dah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in DaWid than ye ; why then did ye ® despise The revolt of Sheba. II. SAMUEL, 20. Amasa slain by Joab. us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our kingj And Hhe words of the men of Ju- dah were fiercer than the words of the men of ls-ra-6l. CHAPTER 20. 1 Sheba maTceth a party in Israel. 4 Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab. 14 Joab pursueth Sheba unto Abel. 16 A wise woman saveth the city by Sheba's head. 23 David's officers. ^ND there happened to be there a man of Be ' B.C. 1022. “ 1 Ki. 2. 5. b ch. 2. 23. « See Judg. 8. 1. & 12 . 1 . 1 Heb. doubled not his stroke. .A- a man of Be- li-al, whose name was She-ba, the son of Bichhu, a Ben-ja-mite: and he blev/ a trum- pet, and said, ‘^We have no part in Da-vid, neither have we inheritance in the son of J6s-se : ® every man to his tents, O Is-ra,-el, 2 So every man of Is-ra-el went up from after Da-vid, and followed She-ba the son of Bich-ri : but the men of Ju-dah clave unto their king, from J6r-dan even to JAru- sAlem. _ 3 IT And Da-vid came to his house at JAru-sa-lem ; and the king took the ten women his ^ concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ^ward, and fed tnem, but went not in unto them. So they were ^shut up unto the day of their death, ® living in widowhood. 4 ^ Then said the king to Am-a-sa, *Assemble'^ me the men of Ju-dah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Am-a-sa went to assemble the men of Ju-dah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he /2Ki. 15.29. 2 Chr. 16. 4. had appointed him. 6And^-' ’ ‘ „ Da-vid said to A-bI-shai_ Now shall ShAba the son of Bieh-ri do us more harm than did Ab-sa l5m: take thou ^thy lord’s servants, h: and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and ^escape us. 7 And there went out after him Jo-ab’s men, and the ^-Chgr-e-thites, and the PA-e-thites, and all the mighty men : and they went out of Je-ru-sa-lem, to pursue after She-ba the son of Bieh-ri. 8 When they^ were at the great stone which is in Gib-e-5n, Am-a-sa went before them. And J o-ab’s gar- ment that he had put on was girded unto him. and upon it a girdle with a sword lastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof ; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Jo-ab said to Am-a-sa, Art thou in health, my brother 1 ”And Jo-ab took Am-a-sa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Am-a-sa took no heed to the sword that was in J o'ab’s bar d : 1 Ki. 12. 16. 2 Chr. 10. 16. 9 ch. 15. 16. & 16. 21, 22. 2 Heb. an house of ward, h 2 Ki. 19. 32. 2 Heb. bound. 4 or, it stood against the outmost wall. s Heb. in of life. Heb. marred to throw down. ch. 19. 13. ^ Heb. CaU. SO “he smote him therewith ^in tlie fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and ^struck him not again ; and he died. So Jo-ab and A-bi-shai his brother pursued after She-ba the son of Bich-ri. 11 And one pf Jo-ab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Jo-ab, and he that is for DaWid, lei go after Jo-ab. 1 2 And Am-a-sa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the pe(> pie stood still, he removed Am-a-sa out of the highway 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 weiit on after Jo-ab, to pursue after She- ba the son of Bich-ri. 14 II And he went through all the tribes of Is-ra-el unto ■A.-bel, and to Beth-ma-a-ehah, and all the Be- rites : and they were gathered to- gether, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in A-bel of Beth-ma-a-chah, and they '"cast up a bank against the city, and ^it stood in the trench : and all the people that were with Jo-ab ® battered the wall, to throw it down. 16^ Then cried a wise woman out of the city. Hear, hear ; say, I pray you, unto Jo-ab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said. Art thou Jo-ab 1 And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him. Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. *ch. 11. 11. 1 Ki. 1. 33. 8 or. They plainly spake in the be- ginning, say- ing, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an 18 Then she spake, saying, ®They ^ere wont to speak in old See Deut. 20. 11 . 8 Heb. deliver himself from ov/r eyes. I ch. 8. 18. 1 Ki. 1. 38. ch. 21. 3, 1 Heb. by his name. "Mat. 26. 49. Luke 22. 47. vont to speaK in oia time, saying^ They shall surely ask coun- sel at A-bel : and so they ended the matter. 19 1 am one of them that are peace- able and faithful in ls-ra-6l : thou seekest to destroy a city^ and a mother in Is-ra-6l : why wilt thou swallow up ’”the inheritance of the Lord 1 20 And Jo-ab 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 E-phra-im, She-ba the son ;i of Bich-ri ^by name, hath lifted up | his hand against the king, even\ against Da-vid: deliver him only, ? and I will depart from the city, j A nd the woman said unto J o-ab, j Behold, his head shall be thrown j to tb^e o'"er the waU. 324 Of David^s officer s. 11. SAMUEL, 21. Four giants slain. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people *in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of She-ba the son of Bieh-ri, and cast it out to Jo-ab. And he blew a trumpet, and they ^retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Jo-ab re- turned to Je-ru-sa-lem unto the king. 23 H Now Jo-ab was over all the host of Is-ra-el : and Be-na-iah the son of J Ahoi-a-da was over the Uher- e-thites and over the Pel-e-thites : 24 And A-do-ram was ®over the tribute: and JAh5sh-a-phat the son of A-hidud was ^ recorder : 25 And ShAva was scribe: and '^Za-dOk and A-bi-a-thar were the priests : _ 26 *And I-ra also the Ja-irTte was ®a chief ruler about Da-vid. B.C. 1021. “ 1 Sam. 18. 3. & 20. 8, 15. b Eccl. 9. 14, 15. * Heb. were scattered. ' ch. 3. V. 2 or, MichaVs sister. d ch. 8. 16, 18. ■'* Heb. bare to Adriel, 1 Sam. 18. 19. « 1 Ki. 4. 6. / ch. 8. 16. 1 Ki. 4. 3. ^ch. 6. 17. ^ or, remem- brancer, h ch. 8. 17. 1 Ki. 4. 4. i ch. 23. 38. k ver. 8. ch. 3. 7. CHAPTER 21. 1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceaseth, by hanging seven of Saul's sons. 10 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jona- than in his father's sepulchre. 15 Four battles against the Philistines : four valiants of David slay four giants. 5 or, a prince, Gen. 41. 45. Ex. 2. 16. ch. 8. 18. I See Deut. 21. 23. T hen there was a famine in the days of Da-vid three years, year after year ; and Da-vid ® enquired of fche Lord. And the Lord answered. It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gib-e- On-ites. 2 And the king called the Gib-e- 5n-ites, and said unto them ; (now the Gib-e-5n-ites were not of the children of Is-ra-el, but "of the rem- nant of the Am-6r-ites ; and the children of Is-ra-el had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Is-ra-el and Ju-dah.) 3 Wherefore Da-vid said unto the Gib-e-On-Ites, What shall I do for youl and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless s'the inheritance of the LordI 4 And the Gib-e-5n-ites said unto him, ’We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Is-ra-el. And he said. What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that ^devised against us that we should be destroyed from remain- ing in any of the coasts of Is-ra-el, 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord *in Gib- Aah of Saul, ^whom"^ the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared Me-phib-6- shSth, the son of Jdn-a-than the S Heb. sought the face, &c. See Num. 27. 21 . Sam. 31. Il- ls. "1 Sam. 31. 10. ° Josh. 9. 3, 15- 17. ^’Josh. 18. 28. 1 ch. 20. 19. or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither per- tains it to us to kill, (fee. So Josh. 7. 26. ch. 24. 25. S Or, cut us off. 9 or, Rajiha. 1 Heb. the staff, or, the head. ‘ 1 Sam. 10. 26. < 1 Sam. 10. 24. 2 or, chosen of the Lord. son of Saul, because of * the Lord’s oath that was between them, be- tween DaWid and Jhn-a-than the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of ‘^Riz-pah the daughter of A-iah, whom she bare unto Saul, Ar-mo-ni and Me-phib-6-sheth ; and the five sons of ’^Mi-chal the daughter of Saul, whom she ^brought up for A-dri-el the son of Bar-zil-lai the Me-hOl-ath-ite : 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gib-e-5n-ites, and they hanged them in the hill ^before the Lord : and they fell all seven toge- ther, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. ion And ^Riz-pah the daughter of A-iah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, ^from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, anef suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told Da-yid what Riz-pah the daughter of A-iah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 n And DaWid went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of J(3n-a-than his son from the men of JAbesh-gil-e-ad, which had stolen them from the street of Beth'-shan, where the ”Phi-lis- tines had hanged them, when the Phi-lis- tines had slain Saul in Gil-bo-a : 1 3 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of J 6n-a-than his son ; and they gath- ered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and J5n- a-than his son buried they in the country of Ben-ja-min in ^ZAlah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father : and they performed all that the king comnianded. And after that '"God was intreated for the land. 15 H Moreover the Phi-lis-tines had yet war again with Is-ra-el ; ’ and DaWid went down, and his servants with him, and fought_ against the Phi-lis-tines : and Da-vid waxed faint. 16 And Ish-bi-be-n5b, which was of the sons of ^the giant, the weight of whose ^ spear weighed three hun- dred shek-ets of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain Da-vid. 1 7 But A-bi-shai the son of Ze-ru- iah succoured him, and smote the Phi-lis-tine, and killed him. Then the men of Da-vid sware unto him, saying, “Thou shalt go no more out “ch. 18. 3. 325 with us to battle, that thou quench not the * light ^ of Is-ra-el. . 18 ‘'And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Phi-lis-tines at Gob . then ®Sib- be-chai the Hu-shath-ite slew ^Saph, which wa% of the sons 9 f ^the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in G5b with the Phi-lis-tines, where El-ha-nan the son of ®Ja-Are-6r-e- gim, a Beth-le-hem-ite, slew Hhe brother of G6-li-ath the Git-tite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. . 20 And * there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number ; and he also was born to ®the giant. 21 And when he Mefied Is-ra-el, J6n-a-than the son of ”^Shim-e-ah the brother of Da-vid slew him. 22 ^ These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of Da-vid, and by the hand of his servants. .C. 1018 . “ Ex. 20. 21. 6 1 Ki. n. 36. Ps. 132. 17. 1 Heb. candle, or, lamp. « 1 Chr. 20. 4. d Ps. 104. 3. « 1 Chr. 11. 29. 2 or, Sippai. f Ps. 97. 2. 3 or, Rapha. 4 Heb. binding of waters. 3 or, Jair. 9 See 1 Chr. 20. 5. b 1 Sam. 2. 10. i Ps. 7. 13. i 1 Chr. 20. 6. Ex. 15. 8. *> or, Rapha. CHAPTER 22. A psalm, of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance, and manifold blessings. reproached, 1 Sam. 17. 10, 25, 26. 8 or, anger. ’"I Sam. 16. 9, Shammah. 9 or, great. ”lChr. 20. 8. AND Da-vid "spake unto the Lord XX the words of this song in the day that the Lord had « delivered him out of the hand of all his ene- mies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 And he said, ^The Lord my rock, and my fortress, and my de- liverer; . 1 . 3 The God of my rock; /in him will I trust : he is my ''shield, and the ®horn of my salvation, my high "tower, and my ‘^refuge, my saviour ; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the ^ waves of death com- passed me, the floods of ® ungodly men made me afraid ; 6 The -^sorrows ^ of hell compassed me about ; the snares of death pre- OEx. 15. 1. Judg. 5. 1. P Ps. 31. 8. « Ps. 18, title. Ps. 34. 19. ch. 15. 2^' » Ps. 7. 8. t Deut. 32. 4. Ps. 24. 4. * Ps. 119. 3. 9 Heb. 2. 13. ‘ Gen. 15. 1. “Lukel. 69. b Deut. 7. 12. Prov. 18. 10. d Ps. 9. 9. Jer. 16. 19. Job 1. 1. 1 Heb. to him. or, pangs. 3 Heb. Belial. vented me , 7 In my distress called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did 'hear my voice out of ms temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. , , ^ 8 Then *the earth shook and trem bled ; "'the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was '^roth. V - i! 9 There went up a smoke ^out oi his nostrils, and ^fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kin died by it. , ^ , 10 He « bowed the heavens also / Ps. 116. 3. or, cords. 5 Heb. before his eyes. 9 Mat. 5. 7. h Ps. 116. 4. i Ex. 3. 7. iLev. 26. 23. 6 or, wrestle. I Ps. 77. 18. »"Job 26. 11. ”Ps. 72. 12. ’ Job 40. 11. P Ps. 97. 3. 8 or, candle. 9 Is. 64. 1. 9 or, broken a troop. 326 and came down ; and ‘'darkness wai under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cher-ub, and did fly : and he was seen ‘^upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made -^darkness pavil- ions round about him, Mark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightoess before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord '‘thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice, 15 And he sent out 'arrows, and scattered them ; lightning, and dis- comfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the 're- buking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his * nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me ; he drew me out of ® many waters ; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me : for they were too strong for me. • i i 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 20 ^He brought me forth also into a large place : he delivered me, be- cause he "delighted in me. 21 *The Lord rewarded me accord- ing to my righteousness : according "cleanness of my hands hath to the "cleanness ot my he recompensed me. 22 For 1 have ''kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God 23 For all his Mndgments were before me : and as /or his statutes I did not depart from them. , 24 I was also "upright ^before him and have kept myself from mine iniquity. , ^ . 25 Therefore the Lord hath re compensed me according to my ‘ " my righteousness : according to cleanness ®in his eye sight. 26 With S' the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself ^27^f^ith the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and ''with the fro- 1 ward thou wilt ®shew thyself un- . 28 And the "afflicted people thou i wilt save : but thine eyes are upon ; "the haughty, that thou mayest) bring them down. ; 29 For thou art my ®lamp, O Lord : i and the Lord will lighten my dark- ^lo^For by thee I have ®run through j David^s psalm II. SAMUEL, 28. of thanksgiving. a troop : by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, ^his way is i)erfect ; ®the word of the Lord is Hried : 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 ‘maketh^ my way * perfect. 34 He ^maketh my feet dike hinds’ feet : and setteth me upon my high places. 35 "'He teacheth my hands '*to 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 ®made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; so that my ®feet 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 ""un- der my feet. 40 For thou hast ^girded me with strength to battle : ^them that rose up against me hast thou ® subdued under me. 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 ® head of the heathen : ‘^a people which I knew not shall serve me. j 45 ‘■^Strangers shall submit them- selves 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. I 47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed he my rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48 It is G 9 d that '^avengeth me, and that ^bringeth down the people under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies : 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 B.C. 1018 . Ps. 12. 6. 1 or, refined. d Ps. 144. 10. « Ps. 89. 20. / Is. 45. 5, 6. S Ps. 89. 29. ftPs. 27. 1. Is. 12. 2. 1 Heb. 13. 21. 2 Heb. Hddeth, or, looseth. k Ps. 101. 2, 6. 3 Heb. eqaalleth. I ch. 2. 18. ™Ps. bl4. 1. ■1 Heb. for the war. ”Ps. 78. 70. 3 Heb. rrml- tiplied me. “ Deut. 32. 4. C Heb. ankles. 1 or. Be thou ruler, &c. P Ex. 18. 21. ? Ps. 89. 36. Mai. 4. 3. * Ps. 18. 32. t Ps. 44. 5. “Ps. 89. 29. 8 Heb. caused to bow. * Gen. 49. 8. y Prov. 1. 28. ^ Ps. 18. 42. 9 Heb. filled. “ Is. 10. 6. <= Heut. 28. 13. d Is. 55. 5. 1 or, Josheh- bassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three. 2 Heb. Sons of the stranger. 3 or, yield feigned obedience. « Heb. lie. See Deut. 33. 29. 5 See 1 Chr. 11. 11 . 6 Heb. slain. ' 1 Chr. 11. 12. / Mic. 7. 17. 1 Heb. giveth avengement for me. 3 Ps. 144. 2. A See 1 Chr. 11. 13, 14. unto thee, O Lord, among “ the hea- then, and I will sing praises unto thy name. b\ ^ He is the tower of salvation for his king : and sheweth mercy to his ® anointed, unto Da-vid, and ^to his seed for evermore. CHAPTER 23. 1 David, in his last words, professeth his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience. 6 The differ- ent state of the wicked. 8 David's mighty men. ]yr OW these be the last words ly of Da-vid. Da-vid the son of Jes-se said, "and the man who\was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Ja-cOb, and the sweet psalmist of Is-ra-el, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Is-ra-el said, " the Rock of Is-ra-el spake to me, "^He that ruleth over men must he 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 he not so with God ; " yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all thifigs, dfoA sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6 H But the sons of Bedi-al 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 ® fenced with iron and the staff of a spear ; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 8 H These he the names of the mighty men whom Da-vid had : ^The Taeh-m5-nite that sat in the seat, chief among the obtains ; the same was Ad-i-no the Ez-nite : ® he lift up his spear against eight hun- dred, ® whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was ®E-le-a-zar the son of Do-dp the A-ho-hite, oTie of the three mighty men with Da- vid, when they defied the Phi-lis- tines that were there gathered to- gether to battle, and the men of Is-ra-6l were gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Phi- lis-tines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great vic- tory that day ; and the people re- turned after him only to spoil. 11 And after him was Sham-mah the son of Ag-6-e the Ha-ra-rite. ^And the Phi-lis-tines were gathered 327 together ^into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles : and the people fled from the Phi- lis'tines. 12 But he stood in the midst ot the ground, and defended it, and slew the Phi-lis-tines : and the Lord wrought a great victory. , 13 And three‘s of the thirty chief went down, and came to Da-vid in the harvest time unto ‘^the cave of A-dtil-lam : and the troop of the Phi-hs-tines pitched in Hhe valley of Beph-a-im. 14 And Da-vid was then in ^an Qold, and the garrison of the Phi- lis-tines was then in Beth'-lg-hepa. 15 Arid Da-vid longed, and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth- le-hem, which is by the gate ! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Phi- lis-tines, and drew water out of the well of Beth -l6-hem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da-vid : 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 *A-bi-shai, the brother of Jo-ab, the son of Ze-ru-iah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, "^and slew them, and had the name a- mong three. 19 Was he not most honourable of three ? therefore he was their cap- tain : howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 20 And Be-na-iah the son of Je- hoi-a-da, the son of a valiant man, of " Kab-ze-el, ® who had done many acts, ^ he slew two lionlike men of Mo-ab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow : 21 And he slew an E-gyp-Lan. ®a goodly man : and the E-gyp-tjan had a spear in his hand ; but he went down to him with a stafi^ and plucked the spear out of the E-gyp- tian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Be-na^ah the son of JAhoi-a-da, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was ^more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the^ns^ three. And Da-vid set him ®over his guard. B.C. 1018. or, for b See 1 Chr. 11. 27. « 1 Chr. 11. 15. 2 or, the three cautains over the thirty. Ezok. 20. 40, 41. “Ps. 103. 8, 13, 14. & 119. 156. 4 or. many. * See Is. 47. 6. Zech. 1. 15. y See 1 Chr. 21. 24, 25. * 1 Chr. 21. 14. & 27. 24. “ch. 21. 14. * ver. 21. “ Ex. 12. 23. 1 Chr. 21. 15. out his hand upon Je-ru-sa-lem to destroy it, Hhe 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 threshingplace of ‘^A-rau-nah the J eb-u-site. 17 And DaMd spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, have sinned, and I have done wick- edly : but these sheep, what have they done^ let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house. 18 ^ And Gad came that day to Da-vid, and said unto him, ^Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of ^A-rau-nah the Jeb-u-site. 19 And Da-vid, according to the saying of Gad, went up as tne Lord commanded. 20 And A-rau-nah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him : and A-rau-nah went out, and bowed himself be- fore the king on his face upon the ground. ,, 21 And A-rau-nah said. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant % "And DaAid said. To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that ®the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And A-rau-nah said unto Da- vid, Let my lord the king take and offer up what see7iieth 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 A-rau- nah, as a king, give unto the king. And A-rau-nah said unto the king. The Lord thy God * ac- cept thee. 24 And the king said unto A-rau- nah, Nay ; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So ^Da-vid bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shek-els of silver. 25 And Da-vid built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. “So the Lord was intreated for the land, and Hhe plague was stayed from I§-ra-6l. 329 THE FIRST BOOK OP THE KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED, THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. 1 Abishdg chetisheth David in his extreme age. 5 Adoni- jah usurpeth the kingdom. 32 Solomon, by David’s ap- pointment, is anointed king. 50 Adonijah, fleeing to the horns of the altar, upon his good, behaviour is dismissed by Solomon. "VrOW king Da-vid was old and 1.1 ^stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said un- to him, ^Let there be sought for my lord the king ^a young virgin : and let her stand before the king, and let her ^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 Is-ra-el, and found Ab-i-shag a ®Shu-nam- mlte, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and minis- tered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 H Then ‘*Ad-5-ni-jah the son of Hag-gith exalted himself, saying, I will ®be king : and ^ he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not dis- pleased him ®at any time in say- ing, Why hast thou done so^ and he also was a very goodly man; ^'and his mother bare him after Ah-sa-l5m. 7 And ®he conferred with Jo-ab the son of Ze-ru-iah, and with '' A- hi-Athar the priest : and *they ^fol- lowing Ad-6-m-jah helped him. 8 But Za-dOk the priest, and Be- na-iah the son of JAhoi-a-da, and Na-than the prophet, and ^Shim-e-i. and Re-T, and ”^the mighty men which belonged to Da-vid, were not with Ad-5-m-jah. 9 And Ad-6-ni-jah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zo-he-leth, which is by ^En-ro%el, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Ju-dah the king’s servants : 10 But Na-than the prophet, and Be-na-iah, and the mights^- men, and Sdl-O-mOn his brother, he called not. B.C. 1015. 1 Heb. entered into days. 2 Heb. Let them seek. 3 Jleh.adamsel, a virgin. ^ Heb. he a cheHsher unto him. b 1 Chr. 22. 9. « Josh. 19. 18. bUeh.flllup. d 2 Sam. 3. 4. G Heb. reign. ‘ 2 Sam. 15. 1. 7 Heb. What to thee ! 8 Heb. from his days. f ver. 13, 30. 3 2 Sam. 3. 3. 1 Chr. 3. 2. 9 Heb. his words were with Joab. h2 Sam. 20. 2.5. 1 Heb. helped after Ado- nijah. k ver. 7-9, 25. I ch. 4. 18. ™2 Sam. 23. 8. 2 or. The well Rogcl, 2 Sam. 17. 17. « Dent. 31. 16. I ch. 2. 10. 330 11 H Wherefore Na-than spake unto Bath-she-ba the mother of S0l-5-m5n, saying. Hast thou not heard that Ad-O-ni-jah the son of “Hag^ith doth reign, and DaAid our lord knoweth it notl 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 SoTO-mpn. 13 Go and get thee in unto king DaAid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, ^Assuredly Sol-o-m5n thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne % why then doth Ad-5-ni-jah reign 1 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and ^confirm thy words. 15 U And Bath-she-ba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old ; and Ab-i-shag the Shu-nam-mite minis- tered unto the king. 16 And Bath-she-ba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, ^ What wouldest thou'? 17 And she said unto him. My lord, •''thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying. Assuredly S6l-5-m5n thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit up- on my throne. 18 And now, behold, Ad-5-ni-jah 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 A-bi-a-thar the priest, and Jo-ab the captain of the host: but S5l-5-m5n thy servant hath he not C3/H0ci 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Is-ra-el are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them v/ho shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall ” sleep with his fathers, that I and my Solomon anointed king. L KITOS, 1. Solomon anointed king son S5l-6-niQn shall be counted 'offenders. , , „ . 22 U And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Na-than the prophet also came in. i , , . 23 And they told the king, say- ing, Behold Na-than the prophet. A.nd when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Na-than said. My lord, O king, hast thou said, Ad-5-nidah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne'? 25 ‘*For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and A-bi-a-thar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, ^God^ save king Ad-5-m-jah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Za-d6k the priest, and Be-na-iah the son of JAhoi-a-da, and thy serv- ant S6l-5-m(3n, 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 Da-vid answered and said. Call me Bath-she-ba. And she came ^into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, ^As the Loud liveth, that hath re- deemed my soul out of all distress, 30 ^Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Is-ra-el, saying, Assuredly Sol-5-m5n 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-she-ba bowed with her face to the earth, and did rev- erence to the king, and said, ""Let my lord king Da-vid live for ever. 32 H And king Dawid said, Call me Za-d5k the priest, and Na-than the prophet, and Be-na-iah the son of JAhoiA-da. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause S6l-e-m5n my son to ride upon ®mine own mule, and bring him down to "Gi-hen : 34 And let Za-dhk the priest and Na-than the prophet ® anoint him there king over Is-ra-el : and "blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Sol-h-mhn. 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 ap- B.C. 1015. “ josh. 1. 5, 17. 1 Sam. 20. 13. 2 Sam. 8. 18. & 23. 20-23. « Ex. 30. 23, 25, 32. Ps. 89. 20. /I Chr. 29. 22. 3 1 Sam. 10. 24. 2 Heb. Let king Ado- nijah live, hi Sam. 10. 24. 5 or, Jlutes. 4 Heb. before the king. k ver. 17. I 2 Sam. 18. 27. ’"Neb. 2. 3. Dau. 2. 4. ” 2 Sam. 20. 6. 6 Heb. which beloiigeth to me : See Esth. 6. 8. « 2 Chr. 32. 30. P 1 Chr. 29. 23. 3 1 Sam. 10. 1. & 16. 3, 12. 2 Sam. 2. 4. & b. 3. ch. 19. 16. 2 Xi. 9. 3. & 11 . 12 . ’■ 2 Sam. 15. 10. 2 Ki. 9. 13. & 11. 14. • ver. 37. t Geu. 47. 31. pointed him to be ruler over Is-ra-el and over J u-dah. 36 And Be-na-iah the son of JA hoi-a-da answered the king, and said, A-men' : the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. 37 “As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with SeTo-mOn, and ^ make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king DaAid.^ 38 So Za-dOk the priest, and Na- than the prophet, /’and BAna-iah the son of Je-hoi-a-da, and the ■Cher-e-thites, and the Pel-e-thites, went down, and caused Sol-5-m5n to ride upon king Da-vid’s mule, and brought him to Gi-h5n. 39 And Za-dok the priest took an horn of ®oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed S5l-6-m5n. And they blew the trumpet ; '"and all the peo- ple said, God save king Sol-6-m6n. 40 And all the people 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. 4:1 ^ And Ad-6-ni-jah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Jo-ab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said. Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar '? 42 And while he yi^t spake, behold, J6n-a-than the son of A-bi-a-thar the priest came : and Ad-6-ni-jah said unto him. Come in; for /thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And J(3n-a-than answered and said to Ad-5-m-jah, Verily our lord king DaWid hath made S5l-5-m5n king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Za-dok the priest, and Na-than the prophet, and BAna-iah the son of J e-hoi-a-da, and the -Cher-e-thites, and the Pel-e-thites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule : 45 And Za-dok the priest ^ and Na-than the prophet have anointed him king in Gi-hen : 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 Soi-6-mOn ^sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king’s serv- ants came to bless our lord king Da-vid, saying, ■“'God make the name of S6l-5-m0n better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. DavicVs charge to Solomon. I. KINGS, 2. Solomon succeedeth David. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed he the Lord God of Is-ra-el, which hath “given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Ad-O-ni-jah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 U And Ad-5-ni-jah feared be- cause of S5l-5-mon, and arose, and went, and -^caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told S5l-o-m5n, say- ing, Behold, Ad-5-ni-jahfearethking S5l-5-m5n: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, say- ing, Let king Sol-O-mOn swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Sol-6-mon said. If he will shew himself a worthy man, Hhere shall not an hair of him fall to the earth : but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king S(3l-5-m5n sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king S5l-(3-m6n : and Sol-O-mOn said unto him. Go to thine house. B.C. 1015. “ ch. 3. 6. Ps. 132. 11, 12. * ver. 9. Prov. 20. 26. ® 2 Sam. 19. 31, 38. d2Sam. 9. 7, 10. & 19. 28. « 2 Sam. 17. 27. / ch. 2. 28. a 2 Sam. 16. 5. 1 Heb. strong. h2 Sam. 19. 18. i 2 Sam. 19. 23. k Ex.. 20. 7. Job 9. 28. I 1 Sam. 14. 45. 2 Sam. 14. 11. Acts 27. 34. ™Gen. 42. 38. & 44. 31. “ch. 1. 21. Acts 2. 29. & 13. 36. « 2 Sam. 5. 7. CHAPTEB 2. P2 Sam. 5. 4. 1 Chr. 29. 26, 27. 1 David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3 of religious- ness, 5 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solomon srucceedeth. 26 A biathar is deiYrived of the priesthood. 28 Joab is slain. 36 Shimei, confined to ? 1 Chr. 29. 23. Jerusalem, 46 is put to death. 2 Chr. 1. 1. ■\rOW ^the days of Da^vid drew Ll nigh that he should die ; and he charged Sol-o-m5n 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 sta^tes, and his commandments, and his juagments, and his testi- monies, as it is written in the law of Mo-ses, that thou mayest ^ 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 ^fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Is-ra-el. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Jo-ab the son of Ze-ruhah -^did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Is-ra-el, un- to ^Ab-ner the son of Ner, and unto '^Am-a-sa the son of Je-ther, whom he slew, and ®shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his ’■ Geii. 47. 29. Deut. 31. 14. * Josh. 23. 14. t Deut. 17. 19, 20. “ISam. 16. 4,5. ^ch. 1. 5. y Deut. 29. 9. Josh. 1. 7. 1 Chr. 22. 12, 13. 2 or, do vAsely, 1 Sam. 18. 5, 14. 30. ^ 2 Sam. 7. 25. “1 Chr. 22. 9, 10. & 28. 5-7. Prov. 21. 30. Dan. 2. 21. b Ps. 132. 12. « 2 Ki. 20. 3. 2 Heb. turn not away my face, Ps. 132. 10. d 2 Sam. 7. 12, 13. ch. 8. 25. 4 Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne. <’■ ch. 1. 3, 4. /2 Sam. 3. 39. & 18. 5, 12. 14. 9 2 Sam. 3. 27. h 2 Sam. 20. 10. 5 Heb. put. i Ex. 20. 12. 332 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 “BSir-zil-lqji the GiT6-ad-ite, and let them be of those that “^eat at thy table : for so ®they came to me when I fled because of Ab-sa-l5m thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee ^Shim-e-i the son of Ge-ra, a Ben-- ja-mite of Ba-hu-rim, which cursed me with a ^grievous curse in the day when I went to Ma-ha-na-im: but ^he came down to meet me at Jdr-dan, and M 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 art 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 So ”Da-vid slept with his fa- thers, and was buried in "the city of Da-vid. 11 And the days that Da-vid ^reigned over Is-ra-el were forty years : seven years reigned he in He-brGn. and thirty and three years reigned he in J Aru-sa-lem. 12 U Then sat S5l-5-m5n upon the throne of Da-vid his father ; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 ^ And Ad-5-ni-jah the son of Hag^ith came to Bath-she-ba the mother of Sol-5-m6n. And she said. “Comest thou peaceably 1 And he said. Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have some- what to say unto thee. And she said. Say on. 15 And he said. Thou knowest that the kingdom was '^mine, and that aP Is-ra-el 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. 1 6 And now I ask one petition of thee, ^deny me not. And she said unto him. Say on. 17 And he said. Speak, I pray thee, unto S5l-5-m5n the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me ® Ab4-shag the Shu-nam- mite to wife. . , „ -r 18 And Bath-she-ba said, Well; I will ^eak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath-she-ba therefore went unto king Sel-5-m5n, to speak unto him for Ad-5-ni-jah. And the king rose up to meet her, and * bowed himself unto her, and sat down on Joah and Shiniei I. KINGS, 2. are put to death. 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 ; / 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 Ab-i-shag the Shu-nam-mite be given to Ad-6-ni- jah thy brother to wife. 22 And king S6l-5-m5n answered and said unto his mother. And why dost thou ask Abh-shag the Shu-nam-mite for Ad-o-ni-jah '? ask for him the kingdom also ; for he is mine elder brother ; even for him, and for ^'A-bi-a-thar the priest, and for Jo-ab the son of ZAru-iah. 23 Then king Sol-O-mcin sware by the Loed, saying, *God do so to me, and more also, if Ad-O-ni-jah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established_ me, and set me on the throne of Da-vid my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Ad-6-ni- jah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king S5l-Ani5n sent by the hand of Be-na-iah the son of Je-hoi-a-da ; and he fell upon him that he died. 26 H And unto A-bi-a-thar the priest said the king, Get thee to ^'An-a-th5th, 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 DaAid my father, and because *thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So S6l-5-m5n thrust out A-bi- a-thar from being priest unto the Lord ; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Edi in Shi-loh. 28 ^ Then tidings came to Jo-ab : for Jo-ab ^had turned after Ad-5-ni- jah, though he turned not after Ab-sa-l5m. And Jo-ab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and “caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king S5l-6-m5n that Jo-ab was fled unto the taber- nacle of the Lord ; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Sol-5-m6n sent BAnadah the son of Je-hoi- a-da, saying. Go, fall upon him. 30 And Be-nadah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him. Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said. Nay ; B.C. 1014. Num. 35. 33. Deut. 19. 13. & 21. 8. 9. d Judg. 9. 24, 57 Ps. 7. 16. /2Sain. 3. 27. 3 ch. 1. 7. h 2 Sam. 20. 10. t Ruth. 1. 17. 2 Sam. 3. 35. k 2 Sam. 3. 29. I Piov. 25. 5. “2 Sam. 7. 11, 13. 1 Chr. 22. 10. ”Num. 25. Il- ls. 1 Sam. 2. 35. See 1 Chr. 6. .53. & 24. 3. o ver. 27. P Josh. 21. 18. 9 ver. 8. 2 Sam. 16. 5. > Heb. a man of death. ’• 1 Sam. 23. 6. 2 Sam. 15. 24. 29. » 1 Sam. 22. 20. 23. 2 Sam. 15. 24. f 2 Sam. 15. 23. “Lev. 20. 9. Josh. 2. 19. 2 Sam. 1. 16. O Sam. 2. 31- * 1 Sam. 27. 2. “ ch. 1. .50. but I will die here. And BAnadah brought the king word again, say- ing, Thus said Jo-ab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the kin^ said unto him, ^Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him ; “that tbou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Jo-ab 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 Da-vid not knowing thereof, to> wit, -^Ab-ner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Isda-el, ana ^Am-a-sa the son of Je- tber, captain of the host of Ju-dah. 33 Their blood shall therefore re- turn upon the head of Jo-ab, and '^upon the head of his seed for ever: 'but upon Da Aid, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. ' 34 So Be-na-iah the son of JAhoi- a-da went up, and fell upon him, and slew him : and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 ^ And the king put BAna-iah the son of JAhoi-a-da in his room over the host : and ”Za-dok the priest did the king put in the room of ® A-bi-a-thar. 36 IT And the king sent and called for ^ShimA-i, and said unto him, Build thee an house in JAruAa-lem, 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 KidAon, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die : “thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And ShimA-i said unto the king. The saying is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shim-e-i dwelt in JAru-sa-lem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the serv- ants of ShimA-i ran away unto ^AAhish son of Ma-a-chah king of Gath. And they told ShimAu, saying. Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shim-Ai arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to AAhish to seek his servants : and Shim-e-i went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told S5l-5-m5n that Shim-6-i had gone from JAru-sa-lem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called 333 SoloTiion ohtaineth wisdom, I. KINGS, 8. riches, and honour. for Shim-e-i, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Loed, 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 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Loed, and the com- mandment that I have charged thee with 44 The king said moreover to Shim-e-i, Thou^ knowest ^all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to DaWid my father : therefore the Loed shall ^return thy wickedness upon thine own head ; 45 And king S5l-5-m5n shall he blessed, and ^the throne of DaWid shall be established before the Loed for ever. _ 46 So the king C9mmanded Be-na- iah the son of Je-hoi-a-da ; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the ^kingdom was established in the hand of S6l-o- mdn. CHAPTER 3. 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 3 High places being in use, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 Solomon, in the choice which God gave him, preferring wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and honour. 16 His judgment between the tivo harlots. AND^ ^S6h(3-m6n made affinity with Pha-raoh king of E^ypt, and took Pha-raoh’s daughter, and brought her into the ^city of Da- vid, until he had made an end of building his “own house, and *the house of the Loed, and ^the wall of J g-rii-sa-lem round about. 2 “Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Loed, until those days. 3 And Sol-5-m5n loved the Loed, ® walking in the statutes of DaWid his father : only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And ^'the king went to Gib-e-5n to sacrifice there ; ^for that was the great high place : a thousand burnt offerings did S6l-5-m5n offer upon that altar. 5 IT * In Gib-e-6n the Loed appeared to S5l-6-mon dn a dream by night : and God said. Ask vffiat I shall give thee. 6 ’“And S6l-6-m6n said. Thou hast shewed unto thy servant Da-yid my father great ® mercy, according as he/* walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in up- rightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou “hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Loed my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of DaWid my father : *and I am but a little child : I know not how ® to go out or come in. ^ 8 And thy servant -is in the midst of thy people which thou ‘^hast chosen, a great people, ®that can- not be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 -^Give therefore thy servant an ^understanding heart '*to judge thy people, that I may ^discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people'? 10 And the speech pleased the Loed, that S5l-5-m5n had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him^ Be^ cause thou hast asked this thing, and hast ’“not asked for thyself ^long life ; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast a.sked for thyself understanding ^to dis- cern judgment ; 12 "Behold, I have done according | to thy words: ^lo, I have given thee i a wise and an understanding heart ; i so that there was none like thee be- fore thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.^ i 13 And I have also ’'given thee i that which thou hast not asked, J both * riches, and honour : so that i there ^ shall not be any among the ■ kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ! ways, to keep my statutes and my i commandments, ^as thy father Da- I vid did walk, then I will ^lengthen ^ thy days. 15 And S6l-5-m5n "awoke; and, be- ■ hold, it was a dream. And he came ; to J6-ru-sa-lem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Loed, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and -^made a feast to all his servants. 1 6 51 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and ’stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was dehvered of a child with her in the house. ^ 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also : and we were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 1 9 And this woman’s child died ia the night ; because she overlaid it. B.C. 1014. “ ch. 1. 48. b 1 Chr. 29. 1. ® Num. 27. 17. dDeut. 7. 6. « Gen. 13. 16. & 15. 5. / 2 Chr. 1. 10. Prov. 2. 3-9. Jtis. 1. 5. 3 ver. 8. 2 Sam. 16. 5. 1 Heb. hearing, h Ps. 72. 1, 2. i Heb. 5. 14. h Ps. 7. 16. Ezek. 17. 19. I Prov. 25. 5. "'Jas. 4. 3. ^ Heb. many days. ” ver. 12. 2 Chr. 1. 1. 3 Heb. to hear. 0 1 John 5. 14, 15. P ch. 4. 29-31. Eccl. 1. 16. ? ch. 7. 8. & 9. 24. Mat. 6. 33. Eph. 3. 20. * ch. 4. 21, 24. & 10. 23, 25, &c. Prov. 3. 16. t 2 Sam. 5. 7. 1 or, hath not been. “ch. 7. 1. *ch. 6. J'ch. 9. 15, 19. « ch. 15. 5. “Lev. 17. 3-5. Dent. 12. 2, 4, 5. ch. 22. 43. b Ps. 91. 16. Prov. 3. 2. “ So Gen. 41. 7. d Dent. 6. 5. & 30. 16, 20. Ps. 31. 23. Rom. 8. 28. 1 Cor. 8. 3. « ver. 6, 14. / So Gen. 40. 20. ch. 8. 65. Esth. 1. 3. Dan. 5. 1. Mark 6. 21. y 2 Chr. 1. 3. h 1 Chr. 16. 39. 2 Chr. 1. 3. i Num. 27. 2. k ch. 9. 2. 2 Chr. 1. 7. I Num. 12. 6. Mat. 1. 20. ’”2Chr.l. 8, &c. 5 or, bounty, " ch. 2. 4. & 9. 4. 2 Ki. 20. 3. Ps. 15. 2. 334 Solomon's judgment. I. KINGS, 4. Solomon' s chief officers. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morn- ing to give my child suck, behold, it was dead : but when I had con- sidered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said. Nay ; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said. No ; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king. The one saith. This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead : and the other saith. Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said. Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for ®her bowels ^yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said. Let it be neither mine nor thine, but di- vide it. 27 Then the king answered and said. Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Is-ra-el heard of the judgment which the king had ludged ; and they feared the king : for they saw that the wisdom of God was ®in him, to do judgment. B.C. 1014. 1 or, Ben-hur. 2 or, Ben-dekar. 1 or, Ben- abimf^ab. » or, Ben-geber. “Num. 32. 41. b Deut. 3. 4. « Gen. 43. 30. Is. 49. 15. Jer. 31. 20. Hos. 11. 8. 6 Heb. were hot. or, to Mahanaim. d ver. 9, 11, 12. e Deut. 3. 8. * Heb. in the midst of him. f Gen. 22. 17. CHAPTEB 4. ch. 3. 8. Prov. 14. 28. 1 Solomon’s princes, 7 and officers. 20, 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom. 22 His daily provision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisdom. S O king S5l-5-m5n was king over all Is-ra-6l. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Az-a-ri-ah tne son of Za-d6k ®the priest, 3 El-i-ho-reph and A-hi-ah, the sons of Shi-sha, ^scribes; *JAh5sh-a-phat the son of A-hi-lud, the ^recorder. 4 And ”*'Be-na-iah the son of Jg-hoi- a-da was over the host : and _Za-d5k and ”A-bi-a-thar were the priests: 5 And Az-a-ri-ah the son of N a^than was over " the_ officers : and Za-biid the son of Na-than was ^principal officer, and ^the king’s friend : ,6 And A-hi-shar was over the household : and Ad-g-ni-r^m the son of Ab-da was over the ^tribute. 7 U And SOl-O-mbu had twelve d Ps. 72. 3, 7. Mic. 4. 4. ?»2Chr. 9. 26. Ps. 72. 8. 9 or, the chief officer. i Gen. 15. 18. Josh. 1. 4. ' or, secretaries. *2 Sam. 8. 16. & 20. 24. 1 Ps. 68. 29. & 72. 10, 11. 2 or, remem- brancer. ’"ch. 2. 35. 3 Heb. bread. " See ch. 2. 27. < Heb. cars. ® ver. 7. P ‘1 Sam. 8. 18. & 20. 26. ? 2 Sam. 1.5. 37. & 16. 16. 1 Chr. 27. 33. ’■ch. 5. 14. 5 or, levy. officers over all ls-r4-el, which pro^ vided victuals for the king and his household : each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these are their names: ^The son of Hur, in mount E-phra-i_m : 9 ^The son of De-kar, in Ma-kaz, and in ShaAl-bim, and_Beth-she- mesh, and Ed5n-beth-ha-nan : 10 ®The son of He-sed, in Ar-u- both ; to him pertained So-eh6h, and all the land of He-pher:^ 11 ^The son of A-bin-a-dab, in all the region of D6r ; which had Ta- phath the daughter of S5l-5-m5n to wife : 12 Ba-a-na the son of A-hi-lud ; to him pertained Ta-a-nach and Me- gid-do, and all Beth-she-an, which is by Zar-ta-nah beneath Jez-re-el, from Beth-she-an to A-bel-mAho' lah, even unto the place that is be- yond J6k-ne-am : 13 ®The son of Ge-ber, in Ba-mOth- gil-e-ad ; to \ma pertained towns of Ja-ir the son of Ma-nas-seh, which are in Gil-e-ad ; to him also pertained *the region of Ar%6b, which in Ba-shan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars : 14 A-hin-a-dab the son of Id-do had ^ Ma-ha-na-im : 15 A-him-a-az was in Naph-ta-h ; he also took Bas-math the daughter of Soh6-m5n to wife : 16 Ba-a-nah the son of Hu-shai was in Ash-er and in AdSth : 17 J6-h5sh-a-phat the son of Pa- ru-ah, in Is^sa-char: 18 Shim-e-i the son of ETah, in Ben-ja-min : _ _ , 19 Ge-ber the son of TJ-vi was in the country of Gil-e-ad, in ®the country of Si-h6n king of the Am- 6r-ites, and of Og king of Ba-shan ; and he was the only officer which was in the land. ^ 20 ^ Ju-dah and Is-ra-el were many, •^as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, ^eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And ''S5l-5-m5n reigned over all kingdoms from *the river unto the land of the Phi-lisHines, and unto the border of E-gypt : ^they brought presents, and served S5T6-m5n all the days of his life. 22 ^ And S5l-5-m5n’s ® provision for one day was thirty ^measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all tlw regim on this side the river. 335 Solomon’s wisdom. I. KINGS, 5. Hiram’s message. 1 from Tiph-sah even to Az-zah, over “all the kings on this side the river : and * he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Ju-dah and Is-ra-el f dwelt ^safely, ® every man under his vine and under his fig tree, -^from Dan even to Be-er-she-ba, all the days of S(3l-5-m5n. 26 U And *S5l-6-m6n had forty thousand stalls of ^horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horse- men. 27 And Hhose officers provided victual for king S0l-p-m6n, and for all that came unto king S(3l-5-mon’s table, every man in his month : they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and ^dromedaries brought they unto the place where the offi- cers were, every man according to his charge. 29 U And ” God gave S5l-5-m5n wisdom and understanding exceed- ing much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 And S5l-5-m5n’s wisdom ex- celled the wisdom of all the chil- dren "of the east country, and all ^'the wisdom of E-gypt. 31 For he was ^ wiser than all men ; than E-than the Ez-ra-hite, *and He-man, and -Ghal^Sl, and Dar-da, the sons of Ma-hffi: and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And “he spake three thousand proverbs : and his * songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Leb-a-n5n even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also^ of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And ^ there came of all people to hear the wisdom of S6l-5-m5n, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. B.C. 1014. “ Ps. 72. 11. b 1 Chr. 22. 9. Ps. 72. 7. « ch. 4. 24. 1 Chr. 22. 9. d See Jer. 23. 6. 1 Heb. con- fidently. ‘ Mic. 4. 4. Zech. 3. 10. / Judg. 20. 1. S' 2 Chr. 2. 4. 2 Heb. say. h 2 Sam. 7. 13. 1 Chr. 17. 12. i ch. 10. 26. 2 Chr. 1. 14. b See Deut. 17. 16. I ver. 7. ™2 Chr. 2. 8, 10. 3 Heb. say. 4 or, muUs, or, swift beasts, Esth. 8. 14. Mic. 1. 13. "ch. 3. 12. 0 Gen. 25. 6. 5 Heb. heard. P See Acts 7. 22. 1 ch. 3. 12. >• 1 Chr. 15. 19. Ps. 89, title. * See 1 Chr. 2. 6. & 6. 33. & 15. 19. Ps. 88, title, t 2 Chr. 2. 16. "Prov. 1. 1. Eccl. 12. 9. *Cant. 1. 1. 6 Heb. send. y See Ezra 3. 7. Ezek. 27. 17. Acts 12. 20. * ch. 10. 1. 2 Chr. 9. 1, 23. “See 2 Chr. 2. 10 . 7 Heb. cors CHAPTEB 5. 1 Hiram sendeth to Solomon, 10 and fumisheth him with timber to build the temple. 13 The number of Solomon's workmen and labourers. AND ®Hi-ram king of Tyre sent his servants unto S5l-6-m6n ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father : ^ for Hi-ram was ever a lover of Da-vid. 2 And "S5l-C)-m5n sent to Hi-ram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that Da-vid my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God ^for the wars which were about him b ch. 3. 12. ver. 10, 18. 2 Chr. 2. 3, Huranu d2Sani. 5. 11. 1 Chr. 14. 1. Amos 1. 9. 8 Heb. tribute of men. ' 2 Chr. 2. 3. / ch. 4. 6. PI Chr. 22. 8. & 28. 3. h ch. 9. 21. 2 Chr. 2. 17. on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me "rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 5 S' And, behold, I ‘“^purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, '‘as the Lord spake unto Da-vid my father, saying. Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me ^ cedar trees out of Leb-a-n5n ; and my servants shall be with thy servants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants ac- cording to all that thou shalt ^ap- point : for thou knowest that there not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Si-do- ni-ans. ! 7 H And it came to pass, when ■ Hi-ram heard the words of 851-5- m5n, that he rejoiced greatly, and said. Blessed he the Lord this day, which hath given unto Da-vid a wise son oyer this great people. 8 And Hi-ram sent to S5l-5-m5n, saying, I have ^ considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Leb-a-n5n unto the sea : 'and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt ‘^appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, ^in giving food for my household. 10 So HiAam gave S5T5-m5n cedar trees and fir trees according to all bis desire. 11 “And S5l-5-m5n gave HiAam twenty thousand ’ measures of wheat for food to his household, j and twenty measures of pure oil: I tbus gave S5l-5-m5n to Hl-ram year by year. 1 2 And the Lord gave S5l-5-m5n | wisdom, '’as he promised him: and there was peace between Hi-ram and S5l-5-m5n ; and they two made a league together. 1 3 H And king S5T5;m5n raised a ®levy out of all Is-ra-5l ; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 1 4 And he sent them to Leb-a-n5n, ten thousand a month by courses : a month they were in Leb-a-n5n, and two months at home : and Ad-5-ni-ram was over the levy. 15 '‘And S5l-5-m5n had threescore 336 The building of and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains ; 16 Beside the chief of S5l-6-m5n s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, ard * hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And S(3l-5-m5n’s builders and Hi-ram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers : so they P repared timber and stones to uild the house. CHAPTER 6. 1 The building of Solomon's temple. 5 The chambers thereof. 11 God's promise unto it. 15 The deling and adorning. 23 The cherubims. 31 The doors. 36 The court. 37 The time of builditig it. AND -^it came to pass in the four A hundred and eightieth year after the children of Is-ra-el were come out of the land of E-gypt, in the fourth year of S5l-5-m(3n’s reign over Is-ra-el, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that *he '^be- gan to build the house of the Lord. 2 And "the house which king Sol- 6-m5n built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the tem- ple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house ; and ten cu- bits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made "‘windows® of narrow lights. 5 H And ®against the wall of the house he built "chambers*^ round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple "and of the oracle : and he made ^chambers round about: 6 The nethermost chamber ^ was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad : for with- out in the wall of the house he made ^narrowed Vests round about, that the beams should not be fas- tened in the walls of the house. 7 And ^the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in- building. 8 The door for the middle cham- ber wa^ in the right ^side of the liouse: and they went up with 25 - 22 . KINGS, 6. Solomon’s temple. B.C. 1012. 1 or, the vault- beams and the cielings with cedar. b 1 Chr. 22. 2. « ch. 2. 4. & 9. 4. 2 or, Giblites: as Ezek. 27. 9. <<2 Sam. 7. 13. 1 Chr. 22. 10. « Ex. 25. 8. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Rev. 21. 3. / 2 Chr. 3. 1, 2. H Deut. 31. 6. h ver. 38. 3 or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, &c. and so ver. 16. i Acts 7. 47. 4 Heb. built, k See Ezek. 41. 1. I Ex. 26. 33. Lev. 16. 2. ch. 8. 6. 2 Chr. 3. 8. Ezek. 45. 3. 3 or, gourds. See Ezek. 40. 16. C or, windows broad within, and narrow without: 01 ', skewed and closed. 1 Heb. openings of flowers. 8 or, upon, or, joining to. ” See Ezek. 41. 6. 9 Heb. floors. 0 ver. 16, 19-21, 31. 1 Heb. ribs. 2 Heb. shut up. 3 Heb. narrow- ings, or, rebatements. PSee Deut. 27. 5, 6. » Ex. 30. 1, 3, 6. »• Ex. 37. 7-9. 2 Chr. 3. 10-12. 4 Heb. shoulder. 5 or, oily. 8 Heb. trees of oil. winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. 9 ® So he built the house, and fin- ished it; and covered the house ^with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11 ^ And the word of the Lord came to S5l-5-m5n,^ saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, ‘'if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk-in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto Da-vid thy father : 13 And ®I will dwell among the children of Is-ra-el, and will not /forsake my people Is-ra-el. 14 '‘So S5l-5-m5n built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, ®both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling : and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 1 6 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar : he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the 'most holy place. 1 7 And the house, that is, the tem- ple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the house within teas carved with ® knops and ’ open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no stone seen. 1 9 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 And the oracle in the forepart ivas twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twen- ty cubits in the height thereof : and he overlaid it with ^pure gold ; and so covered the altar which was of cedar 21 So S6r-5-m5n overlaid the house within with pure gold : and he made a partition by the chains of gold be- fore the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he over- laid with gold, until he had finished all the house : also ^the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 51 And within the oracle "he made two cher-a^bims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. 337 The temple cyrnaments. I. KINGS, 7. The house of Lebanon, 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cher-iib, and five cubits the other wing of the cher-tib : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cher^ub was ten cubits : both the cher-U-bims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cher-ub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cher-ub. 27 And he set the ch6r-ii-bims within the inner house ; and ®they ^ stretched forth the wings of the cher-U-bims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cher-ub touched the other wall ; and ^ their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cher-d-bims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cher-U-bims and palm trees and ®open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 H And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree : the lintel and side posts were ®a fifth part of the wall. 32 The ®two doors also were of olive tree ; and he carved upon them carvings of cher-u-bims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cher-U-bims, and upon the palm trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, ® a fourth part of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir tree : the ® two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cher- U-bims and palm trees and oijen flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 U And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 37 U-^In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished ^throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. B.C. 1006. “ch. 9. 10 2 Chr. 8. 1. frch. 10. 17,21. « Ex. 25. 20. & 37. 9. 2 Chr. 5. 8. 1 or, the cheruhims stretched forth their wings. 2 Heb. ribs. 3 Heb. sight against sight. 4 or, spaces and pillars •were square in prospect. 5 Heb. openings of flowers. 6 or, according to them. 1 or, according to them. 8 or, fivesquare. 9 or, leaves of the doors. 1 Heb. from floor to floor. 2 Heb. openings of flowers. d ch. S. 1. 2 Chr. 8. 11. 3 or, four- square. « Ezek. 41. 23- 25. / ver. 1. S' John 10. 23. Acts 3. 11. 1 or, with all the appurte- nances thereof^ and with all the ordinances thereof. A2Chr. 4. 11, Haram ; See ver. 40. 1 2 Chr. 2. 14. 5 Heb. the son of a widow woman. * Compare ver. 1. 2 Chr. 4. 16. CHAPTER 7. 1 The building of Solomon’s house. 2 Of the house of Lebanon. 8 Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter. 13 Hiram's work for the temple. B ut S6l-e-m5n was building his own house “thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 ^ He built also *the house of the forest of Leb-a-n5n ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar ijillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the ^ beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and ^ light was against light in three ranks. 5 And all the /doors and posts were square, with the . windows : and light was against light in three ranks. 6 U And he made a porch of pil- lars ; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch was ® before them : and the other pillars and the thick beam were '^before them. 7 ^ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge^ even the porch of judgment : and it was covered with cedar ^from one side of the floor to the other. 8 H And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch. which was of the like work. Sel- 5-m6n made also an house for Pha- raoh’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 out- side toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of | costly stones, even great stones, ! stones of ten cubits, and stones of I eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 1 2 And the great court round about 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. 1 3 H And king SsTb-mbn sent and fetched ’'Hi-ram out of Tyre. 14 * He Teas ^a widow’s son of the tribe of Naph-ta-li, and *his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in .S38 HiranrHs work I. KINGS, 7. for the temple. brass : and “he was filled with wis- dom, and understanding, and cun- ning to work all works in brass. And he came to king S5l-b-mbn, and wrought all his work. 15 For he ^ 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 heignt 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 network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegran- ates : 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 network : and the pome- granates were ‘^two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 ®And he set up the pillars in ^the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof ^Ja-«hin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof ^Bo-az. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work : so was the work of the pillars finished. 23 H And he made ^a molten sea, ten cubits ®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, '‘compassing the sea round about : the knops were •cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup. B.C. 1005. <* Ex. 31. 3. & 36. 1. b See 2Chr. 4. 5. 1 Heb. fashioned. « 2 Ki. 25. 17. 2 Chr. 3. 15. & 4. 12. Jer. 52. 21. 2 Heb. in the base. d See 2 Chr. 3. 16. & 4. 13. Jer. 52. 23. « 2 Chr. 3. 17. /ch. 6. 3. 3 i.e. He shall establish. 4 i.e. In it is strength. S'2Ki. 25. 13. 2 Chr. 4. 2. Jer. 52. 17. 5 Heb. from his brim to his brim. 6 Heb. naked- ness. A 2 Chr. 4. 3. i 2 Chr. 4. 4, 5. Jer. 52. 20. *2 Chr. 4. 6. 7 Heb. shoulder. with flowers of lilies : it contained '’two thousand baths. 27 U And 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 wat on this manner : they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges : 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cher-a-bims : and upon the ledges there was a base above : and beneath the lions and oxen were cer- tain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass : and the four corners thereof had under- setters ; under the laver were under- setters 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 work of the base, a cubit and an half : and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their bor- ders, foursquare, not round. 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 An d the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, ivere all molten. 34 And there ivere four underset- ters to the four corners of one base : and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 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. 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cher-a-bims, lions, and palm trees, according to the ® pro- portion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one cast- ing, one measure, and one size. 38 ^ Then *made he ten la vers 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 ’side of the liouse, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the 339 Hirarnls work for the temple. f! . At jiM’/ ^ ’ ‘ ■'81 ■ I p 'il') 8fr laiti'? i I ' 1 : h! 13;,.: house eastward over against the south. 40 ^ And ^Hi-ram made the la- yers, and the shovels, and the ba- sons. So Hi-ram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Sol-(5-m5n 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 ‘^networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 42 And four hundred pomegran- ates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were ^upon the pillars ; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases ; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea ; 45 ^ And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons : and all these ves- sels, which Hi-ram made to king S5l-5-m5n for the house of the Lord, were of ^ bright brass. 46 Hn the plain of Jor-dan did the king cast t^liem, ®in the clay ground between ”Su€^5th and "Zar-than. 47 And Sol-o-m5n left all the ves- sels unweighed, ® because they were exceeding many : neither was the weiglit of the brass found out. 48 And S6T6-mon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord : ^the altar of gold, and '"the table of gold, where- upon *the shewbread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, ana 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 basons, and the spoons, and the ^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 S5l-6-mQn made for the house of the Lord. And S5T5-m5n brought in the ^things “which Da- vid his father had dedicated ; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treas- ures of the house of the Lord. CHAPTER 8. 1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 12 54 Solo- mon’s blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 Bis sacrifice of peace offerings. T hen ^SC)l-6-m5n assembled the elders of Is-ra-el, and all the B.C. 1005. ■ Heb. priivces. 2 Heb. Birom ; See ver. 13. “2 Sam. 6. 17. b 2 Sam. 5. 7. & 6. 12, 16. <= Lev. 23. 34. 2 Chr. 7. 8. rfver. 17, 18. « Num. 4. 15. / 2 Chr. 1. 3. 3 Heb. upon the face of the pillars. S' 2 Sam. 6. 13. h Ex. 27. 3. * Heb. made bright, or, scoured. h Ex. 26. 33, 34. ch. 6. 19. I 2 Chr. 4. 17. s Heb. in the thickness of the groutid. "“ch. 6. 27. ”Gen. 33. 17. “ Josh. 3. 16. C Heb. for the exceeding multitude. 1 Ueh. searched, 1 Chr. 22. 14. ^Ex. 25.’ 14. '1 Ex. 37. 25, &c. 8 Heb. heads. '■ Ex. 37. 10, &c. 8 or, ark : as 2 Chr. 5. 9. « Lev. 24. 5-8. t Ex. 25. 21. Dent. 10. 2. “Dent. 10. 5. Heb. 9. 4. * Ex. 40. 20. y Ex. 34. 27, 28. ' or, where. 2 Heb. ash pans. » Ex. 40. 34. 3 Heb. holy things of David. “2 Sam. 8. 11. b 2 Chr. 6. 1, &c. <= Ps. 18. 11. d2 Sam. 7. 13. « Ps. 132. 14. /2 Sam. 6. 18. 9 2 Chr. 5. 2, &c. heads of the tribes, the ^ chief of the fathers of the children of Is- ra-el, unto king SoTo-m5n in Je-rii- sa-lem, “that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord * out of the city of Da-vid, which is Zi-6n. 2 And all the men of Is-ra-6l assembled themselves _ unto king SoTO-mOn at the H’east in the month Eth-a-nim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Is-ra-el 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 Le-vites bring up. 5 And king Sol-(3-m5n, and all the congregation of Is-ra-el, that were assembled unto him, wer6 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 cher- ti-bims. 7 For the cher-fi-bims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cher-fi-bims cov- ered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they ^ drew out the staves, that the ®ends of the staves were seen out in the ^ holy place before 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 Mo-ses ^put there at Ho-reb, ^when^ the Lord made a covenant with the children of Is-ra-el, when they came out of the land of E-gypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy 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. 12 ^ *Then spake S5l-5-m5n, The Lord 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 congre- gation of I§-ra-6l: (and all the con- gregation of Is-ra-6l stood ;) Solomon^ s prayer at the I. KINGS, 8. dedication of the temple. 15 And he said, “Blessed he the Lord God of Is-ra-6l, which ^ spake with his mouth unto Da-vid my father, and hath with his hand tul- filled it, saying, ^ t i 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Is-ra-el out of E-gypt, I chose no city out ot all the tribes of Is-ra-el to build an house, that ^my name might be therein; but I chose -^Da-vid to be over my people Is-ra-el. 17 And ^it was in the heart ot Da-vid my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Ish-a-6l. , 1 18 *And the Lord said unto Da-yid 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 tbat he spake, and I am risen up in the room of DaWid my father, and sit on the throne of Is- ra-el, "as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Is-ra-el. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is «the cove nant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of E-gypt. 22 H And Sol-o-mdn stood before *the altar of the Lord in the pres- ence of all the congregation of Is-ra-6l, and “spread forth his hands toward beaven : 23 And he said. Lord God of Is ra-6l, * there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, J'who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that ^walk before thee with all their heart : 24 Who hast kept with thy serv- ant DaWid my father that thou promisedst him : thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it witb thine hand, as it is this day. 25 Therefore now. Lord God of Is- ra-6l, keep with thy servant DaWid my father that thou promisedst him, saying, ** There® shall not fail tbee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Is-ra-6l ; ® so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou bast walked before me. ^ 26 And now, O God of Is-ra-6l, let thy word, I pray thee, be verined, wbich thou spakest unto thy serv- ant Da-vid my father. 27 But ^will God indeed dwell on B.C. 1004. Luke 1. 68. 2 Sam. 7. 5, 25. 2 Cor. 12. 2. ver. 2 y. / 1 Sam. 16. 1. 2 Sam. V. 8. 1 Chr. 28. 4. 5 2 Sam. 7. 2. h Deut. 12. 11. i 2 Chr. 6. 8, 9. A Dan. 6. 10. or, in this place. 1 Neh. 1. 6. 2 or, in this place. ™2 Sam. 7. 5, 12, 13. 3 Heb. and he require an oath of him, Lev. 5. 1. Ex. 22. 11. 0 1 Chr. 28. 5, 6. P Deut. 25. 1. 1 ver. 9. Deut. 31. 26. '•Lev. 26. 17. Deut. 28. 25. » Lev. 26. 39. t 2 Chr. 6. 12, &c. “Ex. 9. 33. Ezra 9. 5. 4 or, toward. » Ex. 15. 11. 2 Sam. 7. 22. y Deut. 7. 9. Neh. 1. 5. Dan. 9. 4. ' Gen. 17. 1. ch. 3. 6. 2 Ki. 20. 3. “ Lev. 26. 19. Deut. 28. 23. b Ps. 25. 4. & 27. 11. & 94. 12. « 1 Sam. 12. 2.3. d2Sam. 7. 12, 16. ch. 2. 4. 5 Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight. 6 Heb. only if. ‘ Lev. 26. 16, 25, 26. Deut. 28. 21, 22, 27, 38, 42, 52. 2 Chr. 20. 9. /2 Sara. 7. 25. 1 or. Juris- diction. 5 2 Chr. 2. 6. Is. 66. 1. Jer. 23. 24. Acts 7. 49. a 17. 24. 341 the earth 1 behold, the heaven and " heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have buildedl 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to bearken 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 wbich thy servant shall make * toward^ tbis place. 30 *And hearken thou to the sup- plication of thy servant, and of thy people IsYa-el, when they shall pray ^toward this place: and hear tbou in heaven thy dwelling place ; and when thou hearest, forgive. 31 H If any man trespass against his neighbour, ^and "an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine al- tar in this house : 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, ^con- demning the wicked, to bring ms way upon his head ; and justifying the righteous, to give him accord- ing to his righteousness.^ 33 ^ "When thy people IsYa-gl 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 ^in this house: 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Is- ra-el, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. 35 ^ “When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them : 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive tbe sin of thy servants, and of thy people IsYa-6l, that thou Heach them "the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain up- on thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 37 11 "If there be in the land fam-^ ine, if there be pestilence, blast- ing, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller ; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their ’ cities ? whatsoever plague, whatsoever sick- ness there he; , . • 38 What prayer and supplication Solomonh prayer at the I. KINGS, 8. dedication of the temple. soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Is-ra-el, 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 according to his ways, whose heart thou know- est ; (for thou, even thou only, k no west the hearts of all the chil- dren of men 0 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 stran- ger, that is not of thy people Is-ra-el, but cometh out of a far country 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 dwell- ing 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 Is-ra-el ; and that they may know that ^this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. 44^^ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord ^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 there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy;, so that they carry them away captives ^ un- to the land of the enemy, far or near ; 47 « Yet if they shall ® bethink them- selves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them cap- tives, ’'saying. We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have com- mitted wickedness ; 48 And so * return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and “pray unto thee toward their land, •vHiich thou gavest unto their fa- thers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven B.C. 1004. 1 or, right. “Ezra 7. 6. Ps. 106. 46. b Dent. 9. 29. Neh. 1. 10. « 1 Sam. 16. 7. 1 Chr. 28. 9. Ps. 11. 4. Jer. 17. 10. Acts 1. 24. d Deut. 4. 20. Jer. 11. 4. < Ps. 130. 4 / Dent. 3. 24. 3 Ex. 19. 5. Deut. 9. 26, 29. &14.2. ^-1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Ki. 19. 19. Ps. 67. 2. t Ps. 102. 15. 2 Heb. thy name is called upon this house, h 2 Sam. 6. 18. 3 Heb. the way of the dty. I Deut. 12. 10. Josh. 21. 45. & 23. 14. ^ Heb. fallen. 5 or, right. ’“2 Chr. 6. 36. Prov. 20. 9. Eccl. 7. 20. Jas. 3. 2. 1 John 1. 8, 10 . "Deut. 31. 6. Josh. 1. 5. 0 Ps. 119. 36. P Lev. 26. 34, 44. Deut. 28. 36, 64. 1 Lev. 26. 40. C Heb. bring back to their heart. Neh. 1. 6. Ps. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5. » Jer. 29. 12-14 Heb. the thing of a day in his day. t Josh. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Ki. 19. 19. “Dan. 6. 10. * Deut. 4. 35, 39. ^ch. 11. 4. & 15. 3, 14. 2 Ki. 20. 3. * 2 Chr. 7. 4, &c, thy dwelling place, and maintain their ^ cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and “ give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : 51 For ^ they thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of E-gypt, ‘^frorn the midst of the furnace of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open un- to the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Is-ra-el, 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 he thine inheritance, ^'as thou spakest by the hand of Mo-ses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of E-gypt, O Lord God. 54 And it was so, that when S5T6- m5n had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from be- fore the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, *and blessed all the congregation of Is-ra-6l with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed he the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Is-ra-6l, according to all that he promised : ^ there hath not ^failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Mo-ses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : “let him not leave us, nor forsake us : 58 That he may ° incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judg- ments, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, where- with I have made supplication be- fore the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his serv- ant, and the cause of his people Is-ra-el "^at all times, as the matter shall require : 60 ‘That all the people of the earth may know that "'the Lord is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your ^ heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and t 9 keep his commandments, as at this day. 62 U And *the king, and all Is-ra-6l 342 !l God's covenant 1. KIJNGS, 9. with Solomon. with him, offered sacrifice before the Lokd. 63 And Sol-6;m5n offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Is-ra-el dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 ‘'The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings : because -^the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 And at that time SoTS-mon held % feast, and all Is-ra-el with him, a great congregation, from *the enter- ing in of Ha-math unto ^the river of E-g^t, before the Lord our God, "‘■seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 "On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they ^blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for Da-vid his servant, and for Is- ra-el his people. B.C. 992. “2 Sam. 7. 14. 2 Chr. 7. 19, 20 . Ps. 89. 30, &c. b 2 Ki. 17. 23. & 25. 21. 2 Chr. 7. 7. dJer. 7. 14. « Deut. 28. 37. Ps. 44. 14. /2Chr. 4. 1. ^2Chr. 7. 21, feDeut. 29. 24- 26. Jer. 22. 8, 9. i ver. 2. Lev. 23. 34. k Nuin. 34. 8. Josh. 13. 5. Judg. 3. 3. 2 Ki. 14. 25. I Gen. 15. 18. Num. 34. 5. ”2 Chr. 7. 8. ” 2 Chr. 7. 9. ' or, thanked. ” ch. 6. 37, 38. & 7. 1. 2 Chr, 8. 1, CHAPTER 9. 1 Qod'i covenant in a vision with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable servants. 24 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 25 Solomon’s yearly sacrifices. 26 His navy fetcheth gold from Ophir. AND S'!! came to pass, when S51-6- Xl. m5n had finished the building of the house of the Lord, "and the king’s house, and *all S6l-0-m0n’s desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the Lord appeared to S5l- 5-m5n the second time, * as he had appeared unto him at Gib-e-6n. 3 And the Lord said unto him, * I have heard thy prayer and thy ; supplication, that thou hast made , before me : I have hallowed this i house, which thou hast built, Ho 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 Da-vid thy father walked, m integrity of heart, and in up- rightness, to do according to all that 1 have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments : ^ 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon I§Ha-el for ever, *as I promised to DaHid thy lather, saying, There shall not fail P 2 Chr. 8. 2, 7 2 Chr. 7. 11, &c. *• ch. 7. 1. ® 2 Chr. 8. 6. 2 Heb. were not right in his eyes. « ch, 3. 5. “Josh. 19. 27. 3 l.e. Displeas- imj, or, Dirty. ®2Ki. 20. 5. Ps. 10. 17. y ch. 5. 13. * ch. 8. 29. “ Deut. 11. 12. b ver, 24. 2 Sam. 5. 9. ' Josh. 19. 36. d Gen. 17. 1. « Josh. 17. 11. / Josh. 16. 10. Judg. 1. 29. y ch. 15. 5. b Josh. 16. 10. i Josh. 16. 3. 2 Chr. 8. 5. * 2 Sam. 7. 12, 16. ch. 2. 4. 1 Chr. 22. 10, Ps. 132. 12. I Josh. 19. 44. 2 Chr. 8. 4, 6, &c. thee a man upon the throne of Is- ra-el. 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 IsHa-el 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 IsHa-el shall be a proverb and a byword 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 Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house % 9 And they shall answer. Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of E-gypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 10 ^ And “it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Sol-6- mSn had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house. 11 ^ (N'ow Hi-ram the king of Tyre had furnished SoTo-mOn with cedar trees and fir trees^ and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king SoT_5-m6n gave HiHam twenty cities in the land of Gal- i-lee. 12 And HiHam came out from Tyre to see the cities which S5l- 5-m5n had given him ; and they ^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 ^-Ga-bul unto this day. 14 And HiHam sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 15 ^ And this is the reason of ^the levy which king S5l-6-m5n raised ; for to_ build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and ''MilTo, and the wall of Je-ru^a-lem, and “Ha' z6r, and “Me_-gid-d6, and •''Ge-zer. 16 For PhaHadh king of E-gypt had gone up, and taken Ge-zer, and burnt it with fire, '‘and slain the ■Ga-naan-ites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Sol-d-mdn’s wife. 1 7 And S5l-5-mdn built Ge-zer, and *B6th-hoHdn the nether, 18 And 'Ba-al-ath, and Tad-mdr in the wilderness, in the land. 343 The queen of Skeha^s I. KINGS, 10. visit to Solomon, 19 And all the cities of store that Sol'o-mon had, and cities for “his chariots, and cities for his horse- men, and Hhat which Sol-o-mon ^desired to build in JAru-sa-lem, and in Leb-a-nOn, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 all the people that were left of the Am-or-ites, Hit-tites, Per4z-zites, HiAites, and Jgb-u- sTtes, which were not of the chil- dren of IsAa-6l, 21 Their children ‘^that were left after them in the land, ®whom the children of IsAa-el also were not able utterly to destroy, ^upon those did S(3l-6-mOn levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. 22 But of the children of Is-ra-el did S5l-5-m5n ‘make no bondmen : 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 Sol-5-m5n’s work, *five hundred and fifty which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 ^ But PhaAaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of DaAid unto ‘‘her house which Sol-o-mon had built for her : " then did he build MihlO. 25 H «And three times in a year did Sol-C-m5n offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense *^upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house. 26 ^ And *king S5l-5-m6n_ made a navy of ships in ”E-zi-On-ge-ber, which is beside Edoth, on the ^ shore of the Bed sea, in the land of E-dom. 27 ^And Hi-ram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of S5l-6-m5n. _ 28 And they came to ^Ob^hir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king S5l-5-m5n. B.C. 992. “ch. 4. 26. 1 Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired,. b ver. 1. 2 Heb. words. 2 Chr. 8. 7. d Judg. 3. 1. « Josh. 15. 63. & 17. 12. 3 Heb. standing. ^ or, butlers. /Judg. 1. 28. 91 Chr. 26. 16. h Ezra 2. .55, 58 Neh. 7. 57. i Lev. 25. 39. 5 Heb. word. 6 or, sayings. 1 Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame, h See 2 Chr. 8. 10 . I Prov. 8. 34. ™ch. 3. 1. 2 Chr. 8. 11. " ch. 7. 8. “ 2 Sam. 5. 9. ch. 11. 27. 2 Chr. 32. 5. P ch. 5. 7. 9 2 Chr. 8. 12, 13, 16. ’■ 2 Sam. 8. 15. Ps. 72. 2. Prov. 8. 15. 8 Heb. upon it. « Ps. 72. 10, 15. t 2 Chr. 8. 17, 18. CHAPTER 10. 1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. 14 Solomon's gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of ivory. 21 nis vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. AND when the ® queen of She-ba XA- heard of the fame of S5l-5-m6n concerning the name of the Lord, she came ‘^to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Je-ru-sa-ffim with a very great train, with cam- els that bare spices, and very much "Num. 33. 35. Dent. 2. 8. ch. 22. 48. Heb. liq). *ch. 9. 27. y ch. 10. 11. * algum trees, 2 Chr. 2. 8. & 9. 10, 11. ^ Job 22. 24. ‘*2 Chr. 9. 11. 2 or, rails. 3 Heb. a prop, b 2 Chr. 9. 10. « 2 Chr. 9. 1, &c, Mat. 12. 42. Luke 11. 31. i Heb. accord- ing to the hand of king Solomon, d See Judg. 14. 12 . Prov. 1. 6. gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to S5l-5-m5n, she com- muned with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And S5l-5-m5n told her all her questions : there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told ber not. 4 And when the queen of She-ba had seen all S5l-5-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 ^attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his ^cupbearers, •«'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 ® report that I heard in mine own land of thy ®acts 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 : Hhy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 * Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 ^Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Is-ra-el : because the Lord loved Is-ra-el for ever, therefore made he thee king, ‘‘to do judgment and justice. 10 And she ®gave the king an hun- dred and Wenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and pre- cious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of She-ba gave to king S5l-5-m0n. 1 1 '‘'And the navy also of Hi- ram, that brought gpffi from O-phir, infi brought in from O-phir great plenty of ^ al-mug trees, and precious stones. 12 “And the king made of the al-miig trees pillars for the house of tbe Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers : there came no such *al-mug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13 And king S5l-5-m6n gave unto the queen of She-ba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which S5l-b-m5n gave her ^of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. , , t 14 51 Now the weight of gold that came to Sol-6-m6n in one year was six hundred threescore and six tal- ents of gold, 344 Solomon’s ivisdom. I. KINGS, 11. SolomorCs idolatry. 15 Beside that he had of the mer- chantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and “of all the kings of A-ra-bl-a, and of the ^governors of the country. 16 U And king Sol-O-mOn made tv'O liundred targets o/ beaten gold : six hundred sheld-els of gold went B.C. 992. ‘»2Clir. 9. 24 Ps. 72. 10. b Josh. 1. 4 2 Ki. 7. 6. 1 or, captains. 2 Heb. by their hand. to one target. 17 And he made ‘'three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Leb-a-n5n. 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 was round ^behind ; and there were ® 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 ®the like made in any kingdom. 21 ^ *And all king SOl-h-mOn’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Leb-a-nOn were of pure gold ; '^none were of silver : it was nothing accounted of in the days of S5l-5-m5n. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of "Thar-shish with the navy of Hi- ram : once in three years came the navy of Thar-shish, bringing gold, and silver, ® ivory, and apes, and p0H»cocks 23 So ^king S5l-6-m5n exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 ^ And all the earth ^sought to S5l;5-m(3n, 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 ^ ^And Sol-5-m5n “gathered to- gether chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hun- dred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the i king at J6-ru-sa-l6m. 27 “And the king ^made silver to I he in Je-ru-sa-16m as stones, and I cedars made he to be as the syco- ' more trees that are in the vale, for I abundance. 28 51 *And^ S5F5-m5n had horses brought out of E-gypt, and ‘'linen yarn : the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. ch. 14 26. d ch. 7. 2. « Neh. 13. 26. / Deut. 17. 17. 3 or, beside. S'2Chr. 9. 17, &c. ^ Heb. on the hinder part thereof, b Heb. hands, h Ex. 34. 16. Deut. 7..3, 4. 6 Heb. so. i 2 Chr. 9. 20, &c. h Deut. 17. 17. Neh. 13. 26. or, there was no silver in them. I ch. 8. 61. “ch. 9. 4 ” Gen. 10. 4. 2 Chr. 20. 36. « ver. 33. Judg. 2. 13. 2 Ki. 23. 13. 8 Called Molech, ver. 7. 9 or, elephants' teeth. P ch. 3. 12, 13. & 4. 30. 1 Heb. fulfilled not after, Num. 14. 24. 2 Heb. sought the face of. 1 Num. 33. 52. ’•Num. 21. 29. Judg. 11. 24. » 2 Ki. 23. 13. t ch. 4. 26. 2 Chr. 1. 14. “Deut. 17. 16. y ch. 3. 5. & 9. 2. * ch. 6. 12. & 9. 6. “2 Chr. 1. 15- 17. 3 Heb. gave, b Deut. 17. 16. 2 Chr. 1. 16. 1 Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's, b Heb. is with thee. ' Ezek. 27. 7. d ver. 31. ch. 12. 15, 16, 29 And a chariot came up and went out of E-gypt for six hundred shelf-els of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty : *and so for all the kings of the Flit-tites, and for the kings of Syr-i-a, did they bring them out ^by their means. CHAPTEB 11. 1 Solomon’s wives. 4 They draw him to idolatry. 9 Ood threateneth him. 14 Solomon’s adversaries were Badad, 23 Rezon, 26 and Jeroboam. 41 Solomon’s death. 43 Re- hoboam succeedeth him. B ut ®king S6l-5-m5n loved -^many strange women, ^together with the daughter of Pha-raoh, women of the_ Mo-ab-ites, Am-m6n-ites, E-d5m-ites, Zi-do-nl-ans, and Hit- tites ; ^ 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Is-ra-ei, I’^e shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you : for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: S5l-5-m5n clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hun- dred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when S5l- 5-m5n was old, ^that his wives turned away his heart after bther gods : and his ^ heart was not per- fect with the Lord his God, “‘as was the heart of Da-vid his father. 5 For S5l-6-m6n went after ‘'Ash- t5-r6th the goddess of the Zi-do-m- ans, and after ®Mil-c5m the abom- ination of the Am-mCn-ites. 6 And Sc3l-5-m5n did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^went not fully after the Lord, as did Da-vid his 7 ‘^Then did S5l-5-m5n build an high place for “-Ghe-mSsh, the abomination of Mo-ab, in Hhe hill that is before Je-ru-sa-lem, and for Mo-leeh, the abomination of the children pf Am-mpn. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 51 And the Lord was angry with S5l-5-m5n, because *his heart was turned from the Lord God of Is- ra-el, ^ which had appeared unto him twice. 10 And ^had commanded him con- cerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord com- manded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto S5l-5-m6n, Forasmuch as this ®is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which 1 have commanded thee, 345 Solomon' s adversaries. I. KINGS, 11. SolomorC s adversaries. 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 Da-vid thy father’s sake : hut I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 ^Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; hut will give ®one tribe to thy son for Da-yid my serv- ant’s sake, and for Je-ru-sa-l6m’s sake ® which I have chosen. 14 U And the Lord -^stirred up an adversary unto S5l-5-m0n, Ha-dad the E-d5m-ite : he was of the king’s seed in E-d5m. 15 ^ For it came to pass, when Da- vid was in E-dOm, and Jo-ab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, *‘after he had smitten every male in _E-d5m ; 16 (For six months did Jo-ab re- main there with all Is-ra-el, until he had cut off every male in E-dOm :) _1 7 That Ha-dad fled, he and certain E-d5m-ites of his father’s servants with him, to go into E-gypt ; Ha- dad heing yet a little child. 18 And they arose out of Mid-i-an, and came to Pa-ran : and they took men with them out of Pa-ran, and they carne to E-gypt, unto Pha-raoh king of E-gypt ; wmich gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. ^ 1 9 And Ha-dad found great favour in the sight of Pha-raoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tah-pe-nes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tah-p6-nes bare him Ge-nu-bath his son, whom Tah-pe-nes weaned in Pha-raoh’s house : and Ge-nu-bath was in Pha- raoh’s household among the sons of Pha-raoh. 21 ®And when Ha-dad heard in F-gypt that Da-vid slept with his fathers, and that Jo-ab the captain of the host was dead. Ha-dad said to Pha-raoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pha-raoh said unto him. But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country 1 And he an- swered, ® Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 H And God stirred him up an- other adversary, Re-z6n the son of E-li-a-dah, which fled from his lord ^Had-ad-e-zer king of Zo-bah : 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, •"when DaMd slew them of Zo-hdh : and they went to Da-mas-eus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Da- mascus. 25 And he was an adversary to IsCa-el all the days of S5l-5-m5n. beside the mischief that HaCad did: and he abhorred IsCa-el, and reigned over Syr-i-a. 26 H And *Jer-6-bo-am the son o£ Ne-bat, an EphCath-ite of Zer-e-da, S5l-5-m6n’s servant, whose mother’s name ivas Ze-ruCh, a widow wo- man, even he ‘‘lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king ^,S5l-5-m6n built Mil-16, and Repaired the breaches of the city of DaCid his father. 28 And the man J6r-5-bo-am was a mighty man of valour : and S61-6- m6n seeing the young man that he ^was industrious, he made him ruler over all the ^charge of the house of Jo-seph. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jer-5-boCm went out of Je-ru-sa-lem, that the prophet *A-hi-jah the Shi-l5-nite found him in the^ way ; and he had clad him- self with a new garment; and they two ivere alone in the field : 30 And A-hi-jah caught the new garment that was on him, and ‘rent it in twelve pieces ; 31 And he said to Jer-6-bo-am, Take thee ten pieces: for ”*'thus saith the Lord, the God of lsCa-6l, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of S5l-6-m5n, and will give ten tribes to thee; 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant DaAid’s sake, and for J6-ru-sa-lem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of IsCa-el:) 33 ” Because that they have for- saken me, and have worshipped AshC5-r6th the goddess of the Zi- doCi-ans, -Ghe-mSsh the god of the Mo-ab-ites, and Mil-eom the god of the children of Am-m5n, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and_ my judg- ments, as did Da-yid his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his life for DaCid my serv- ant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes : 35 But will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that *DaCid my servant may have a ®light alway before me in Je-ru-sa-l6m, the city which I B.C. 984. «ch. 12. 2. 2 Chr. 13. 6. i 2 Sam. 7. 15. Ps. 89. 33. « ch. 12. 20. d 2 Sam. 20. 21. « Deut. 12. 11. /I Chr. 5. 26. ^ch. 9. 24. ^ Heb. closed. ^' 2 Sam. 8. 14. 1 Chr. 18. 12. 1 Num. 24. 19. Deut. 20. 13. 2 Heb. did work. 3 Heb. burden. *ch. 14. 2. I See 1 Sam. 15. 27. &24. 5. ™ver. 11, 13. ” ver. 5-7. ® ch. 2. 10, 34, •4 Heb. Send me away. 5 Heb. Not. P2Sam. 8. 3. ? ch. 12. 16, 17. '' 2 Sam. 8. 3. & 10. 8, 18. * ch. 15. 4. 2 Ki. 8. 19. Ps. 132. 17. 8 Heb. lamp, or, candle. 346 His acts and death. 1. KINGS, 12. Rehohoam is made king. have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Is-ra-el. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my command- ments, as Da-vid my servant did: that “I will be with thee, and /’build thee a sure house, as I built for DaWid, and will give Is-ra-el unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of Da-vid, but not for ever. 40 Sol-O-mOn sought therefore to kill Jer-6-bo-am. And Jer-6-bo-am arose, and fled into E%ypt, unto Shi-shak king of E-gyp t. and was in E-gypt until the death of S5l-0-m6n. 41 U And ®the rest of the \acts of S(3l-5-mOn, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of S(3l-5-m5n ? 42 ‘^And the Hime that S5l-5-m5n reigned in Je-ru-sa-lem over all Is-ra-6l was forty years. 43 ®And S5l-5-m0n slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da-vid his father : and/E,e-h6- bo-am his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 12. 1 The Israelites, assemhled, at Shechem to 2 Sam. 7. 11, 27. 2 Chr. 9. 2! 1 or, words, or, things. Chr. 9. 30. 2 Heb. days. f Mat. 1. 7, 3 Heb. hardly. ^2 Chr. 10. 1, &c. i ch. 11. 40. /ever. 24. Judg. 14. 4. 2 Chr. 10. 15. & 22. 7. & 25. 20. < ch. 11. 11, 31. "1 Sam. 8. Il- ls. ch. 4. 7. * 2 Sam. 20. 1. ch. 11. 13, 36. P ch. 4. 6. & 5. 14. 9 2 Chr. 10. 7. Prov. 15. 1. 1 Heb. strengthened himself. 347 this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak :ood words to them, then they will >e thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old mxon, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him : 9 And he said unto them. What counsel give ye that we may an- swer this people, who have spoken to me, saying. Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter 1 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying. Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying. Thy father made pur yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say un- to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 1 1 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 H So Jer-O-bo-am and all the people came to Re-h5-bo-am the third day, as the king had ap- pointed, saying. Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the peo- ple ^roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him ; 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying. My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scor- pions. 1 5 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for *the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord * spake by A-hi-jah the Shi-l5-nite unto Jer-5-bo-am the son of Ne-bat. 16 H So when all Is-ra-el saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, say- ing, "What portion have we in Da- vid'? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jes-se : to your tents, O Is-ra-el : now see to thine own house, Da-vid. So Is-ra-el departed unto their tents. 17 But °as for the children of Is- ra-6l which dwelt in the cities of Ju-dah, Re-hf)-bo-am reigned over them. 18 Then king Re-h6-bo-am ^"8001 A-do-ram, who ivas over the trib- ute ; and all Is-ra-6l stoned him with stones, that he died. There- fore king Re-h5-bo-to ^made speed Ten tribes revolt. I. KINGS, 13. Jeroboam^ s hand withereth. to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Je-rvi-sa-lem. 19 So “Is-ra-el ^rebelled against the house of Da-vid unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Is-ra-el heard that Jer-5-Do-am was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Is-ra-el : there was none that followed the house of Da-vid, but the tribe of Ju-dah ‘*only. 21 ^ And when ®Re-h5-bo-am was come to JAru-sa-lem, he assembled all the house of Ju-dah, with the tribe of Ben-ja-mm, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen rnen, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Is-ra-el, to bring the kingdom again to Be-hd-bo-am the son of Sol-o-mOn. 22 But '^the word of God came unto She-ma-iah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Ile;h5-bo-am,^ the son of Sol-5-mOn, king of Ju-dah, and unto all the house of Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min, and to the rem- nant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Is-ra-el : return every man to his house ; *for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord. 25 II Then Jer-5-bo-am ”built She- ehem in mount E-phra-im,and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built ^Pe-nu-el. 26 And Jer-6-bo-am said in his heart. Now shall the kingdom re- turn to the house of Da-vid : 27 If this people ^go up to do sac- rifice in the house of the Lord at Je-ru-sa-lem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Be-hO-bo-am king of Ju-dah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Be-hO-bo-am king of Ju-dah. 28 Whereupon the king took coun- sel, and ^made two calves of gold, and said unto them. It is too much for you to go up to J Aru-sa-lem : *behold thy gods, O Is-ra-el, which brought thee up out of the land of E-gypt. 29 And he set the one in 'Beth -el, and the other put he in "'Dan. 30 And this thing became ^'a sin : for the people went to worship be- fore the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an ^ house of high f daces, “and made priests of the owest of the people, which were not of the sons of Le-vi. B.C. 975. “2 Ki. 17. 21. or, fell away. b Lev. 23. 33, 34. Num. 29. 12. ch. 8. 2, 5. or, went up to the altar, &c. 3 or, to sacrifice. ® Amos 7. 13. 1 or, went up to the altar, &c. dch. 11. 13, 32. « 2 Chr. 11. 1. / Nura. 15. 39. b Heb. to burn incense. Sch. 13. 1. fe2Chr. 11. 2. i 2 Ki. 23. 17. * ch. 12. 32, 33. 6 or, to offer. I ver. 15. ™2Ki. 23. 15,16. " See Judg. 9. 45. » Is. 7. 14. John 2. 18. 1 Cor. 1. 22. I’Judg. 8. 17. S Deut. 12. 5, 6. 2 Ki. 10. 29. & 17. 16. « Ex. 32. 4, 8. t Gen. 28. 19. Hos. 4. 15. “ Ex. 8. 8. & 9. 28. & 10. 17. Num. 21. 7. Acts 8. 24. .Tas. 5. 16. ^tJudg. 18. 29. J'ch. 13. 34. 2 Ki. 17. 21. 7 Heb. the face of the lord. * ch. 13. 32. “Num. 3. 10. ch. 13. 33. 2 Ki. 17. 32. 2 Chr. 11. 14, 15. Bzek. 44. 7. 8. 348 32 And Jer-5-bo-am ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto ''the feast that is in Ju-dah, and he ‘'offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth'-el, ^sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : ''and he placed in Beth -el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he 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 IsYa-el ; and he offered upon the altar, ®and s' burnt incense. CHAPTEB 13. 1 Jeroboam's hand withereth, 6 and at the prayer of the prophet is restored. 23 The disobedient prophet is slain by a lion, 29 and is buried by the old prophet. 33 Jero- boam s obstinacy. AND, behold, there *came a man XA- of God out of Ju-dah by the word of the Lord unto Beth'-el: *and Jer-p-bo-am stood by the altar ®to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the alter in the word of the Lord, and said, O alter, alter, thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of Da-vid, "'^Jo-si-ah 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 ; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jer-5-botem heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in B6th'-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 u{d, 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 sign 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, “Intreat 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 ’the 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 The disobedient prophet I. KINGS, 13. slam by a lion. j-efresh thyself, and “I will give thee a reward. ^ ^ , . , 8 And the man of God said unto the king, Gf thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, "^Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou B.C. 975. “ 1 Sam. 9. 7. 2 Ki. 5. 15. * ver. 9. So Num. 22. 18. & 24. 13. d 1 Cor. 5. 11. earnest. " ch. 20 . se. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth'-el. 11 H Now there dwelt an old pro- phet in B6th'-el; and his ^sons iHeb. sow. came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in B6th'-el : the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them. What way went he 1 For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Ju-dah. 13 And he said unto his sons. Sad- dle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass : and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak : and he said unto him. Art thou the man of God that earnest from Ju-dah 1 And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, rnay not return with thee, nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : 17 For ^ it was said to me ®'by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou earnest. 18 He said unto him, I am a pro- phet also as thou art ; and an angel S ake unto me by the word of the )RD, saying. Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he hed unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 2 Heb. broken. 3 Heb. broken. * Heb. a word was. fl'ch. 20. 35. 1 Thes. 4. 15. ftJer. 22. 18. i 2Ki.23. 17, 18. k ver. 2. 2Ki.23. 16, 19. 20 H And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back : 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Ju-dah, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the wmmandment which the Lord thy I God commanded thee, I See ch. 16. 24. "*ch. 12. 31. 32. 2 Chr. 11. 15. & 13. 9. 5 Heb. r turned and maile. 6 Heb. filled his hand, Judg. 17. 12. 22 But earnest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the *place, of the which the Lord did say to thee. Eat no bread, and drink no- water; thy carcase shall not como unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 U And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, ^a lion met him by the way, and slew him ; and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the'lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase : and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said. It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord : there- fore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath ‘^torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, say- ing, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase : the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor ^torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back : and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave ; and they mourned over him, saying, ^Alas, my brother ! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying. When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; day m.y bones beside his bones : 32 *For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in B6th'-6l, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of ^Sa-ma-ri-a, shall surely come to pass. 33 H ""After this thing J6r-5-bo-am returned not from his evil way, but ®made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever would, he ® consecrated him, and he became one of tho priests of the high places. 349 Ahijah foretelleth the I. KINGS, 14. ruin of Jerohoawk 8 house. 34 “And this thing became sin unto the house of Jer-5-bo-am, even ‘'to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. CHAPTER 14. \ Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised with gyresents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah denounceth God's judgment. 17 Abijah dieth. 19 Na- dab succeedeth Jeroboo.m. 21 Rehoboam's wicked reign. 25 Shishak spoileth Jerusalem. 29 Abijam succeedeth AT that time A-bi-jah the son of Jer-5-bo-am fell sick. 2 And Jer-5-bo-am said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy- self, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jer-(3-bo-am ; and get thee to Shidoh : behold, there is A-hi-jah the prophet, ^ which told me that should be king over this people. 3 ^And take ^with thee ten loaves, and ‘“^cracknels, and a ^cruseof honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jer-G-bo-am’s wife did so, and arose, ^and went to Shi-loh, and came to the house of A-hi-jah. But A-hi-jah could not see ; for his eyes “^were set by reason of his age. 5 ^ And the Lokd said unto A-hi- jah, Behold, the wife of Jer-5-bo-am cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son ; for he is sick : thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to he another woman. 6 And it was so, when A -hi- j ah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said. Come in, thou wife of J er-5-bo-am ; why feignest thou thyself to he an- other 1 for _ I am sent to thee with ® heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jer-5-bo-am, Thus saith the Lord God of Is-ra-el, *Foras- much as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Is-ra-el, 8 And ^rent the kingdom away from the house of Da-vid, and gave it thee : and yet tlmu hast not been as my servant Da-vid, ^who kept my commandments, _ and who fol- lowed me with all his_ heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes ; 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee : “for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and ‘'hast cast me behind thy back : 10 Therefore, behold, ‘*1 will bring evil upon the house of J er-5-bo-am, and ®will cut off from Jer-5-bo-am him that pisseth against the wall B.C. 956. “ ch. 12. 30. b Deut. 32. 36. 2 Ki. 14. 26. ch. 14. 10. dch. 16. 4. & 21. 24. ® ver. 17. /2 Chr. 12. 12. & 19. 3. 9 ch. 11. 31. h See 1 Sam. 9. 7, 8. 1 Heb. in thine hand. 2 or, cakes. 3 or, bottle. i ch. 15. 27-29. k Ch. 11. 29. I 2 Ki. 17. 6. Ps. 52. 5. 4 Heb. stood for his hoariness. « Jo.sh. 23. 15, 16. «2Ki. 15. 29. 0 Ex. 34. 13. Deut. 12. 3. P Ch. 12. 30. & 13. 34. & 15. 30, 34. & 16. 2. 5 ch. 16. 6, 8. Cant. 6. 4. ver. 12. * ver. 13. 5 Heb. hard. t See 2 Sam. 12. 7, 8. ch. 16. 2. “2 Chr. 13. 2. S' eh. 11. 33, 38. & 15. 5. 6 Heb. lay down. * 2 Chr. 12. 13. “ch. 12. 28. 2 Chr. 11. 15. 4 ch. 11. 36. " Neh. 9. 26. Ps. 50. 17. d ch. 15. 29. « ch. 21. 21. 2 Ki. 9. 8. ^and him that is shut up and left in Is-ra-el, and will take away the remnant of the house of J 6r-5-bof-ain, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11 ‘^Him that dieth of Jer-5-bo-am in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat : for the Lord hath spoken it. j 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee i to thine own house : when thy feet enter into the city, the child 1 shall die. 13 And all Is-ra-el shall mourn j for him, and bury him : for he i only of Jer-5-bo-am shall come to i the grave, because in him -^there is i found some good thing toward the i Lord God of Is-ra-el in the house i of J6r-b-bo-am. 14 * Moreover the Lord shall raise < him up a king over Is-ra-el, who < shall cut off the house of J er-5-bo-am i that day : but what '? even now._ 1 5 For the Lord shall smite Is-ra-el, I as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall ^Toot up Is-ra-el out of this ""good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them "be- yond the river, ‘"because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 And he shall give Is-ra-6l up because of the sins of Jer-5-bo-am, ^"who did sin, and who made I§- ra-el to sin. 17 H And Jer-6-bo-am’s wife arose, and departed, and came to ^Tir-zah : and "when she came to the thresh- old of the door, the child died ; 18 And they buried him ; and all Is-ra-el mourned for him, ^accord- ing to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant A-hi-jah the prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jer- 5-bo-am, how he “warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el. 20 And the days which Jer-6-bo-am reigned were two and twenty years and he ® slept with his fathers, and Na-dab his son reigned in his stead. 21 II And Re-h6-bo-am the son of S5l-6-m5n reigned in Ju-dah. ^Re- h6-bo-am was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Je-ru- sa-lem, the city *which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Is-ra-el, to put his name there. ^ And his mother s name was Na-a-mah an /2Chr. 12. 1. S' Deut. 32.' 21. Ps. 78. 58. 1 Cor. 10. 22. Am-m6n-i-tess. 22 -^And Ju-dah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they ^provoked him 350 Abijam's wicked reign. I. KINGb', 15. Asais good reign. 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 ^images, ‘'and groves, on every high hill, and ‘^under every green tree. 24 Mu d there were also sodomites in the land : and they did accord- ing to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Is-ra-el. 25 ^ ^And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Re-h6-bo-am, that Shi-shak king of E-gypt came up against J e-ru-sa-lem : 26 * And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold ^ which S5l-5-m5n had made. 27 And king Re-hO-bo-am made in their stead brasen shields, and com- mitted them unto the hands of the chief of the ^ guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. 28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. 29 U ‘'Now the rest of the acts of Re-h6-bo-am, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dah'? 30 And there was «war between Re-h5-bo-am and Jer-5-bo-am all their days. 31 ‘And Re-h5-bo-am slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da-_vid. And his mother’s name was Na-a-mah a,n Am-m5n-i-tess. And '"A-bi-jam his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 15. 1 Abijam’s wicked reign. 9 Asa's good reign. 24 Jehosh- aphat succeedeth Asa. 25 dfadab's wicked reign. 33 Baasha's wicked reign. lyrOW ^in the eighteenth year of Ll king Jer-o-bo-am the son of Ne- bat reigned A-bi-jam over Ju-dah. 2 Three years reigned he in Je- ru-sa-lern. ‘'And his mother’s name was ^ Ma-a-ehah, the daughter of . ®A-bish-a-l6m. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him : and ■‘his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of Da-vid his father. 4 Nevertheless 5 for Da-yid’s sake did the Lord his God give him a ®lamp in J e-ru-sa-lem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Je- fu-sa-lem : 5 Becauro Da-vid *=did that which B.C 958. ® Deut. 12. 2. Ezek. 16. 24, 25. b 2 Sam. 11. 4, 15. & 12. 9. 1 or, standing images, or, statues. « 2 Ki. 17. 9, 10. •011. 19. 2. 357 Sa-ma-ri-a shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. 11 And the king of Is-ra-ffi an- swered and said, Tell him. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. , 12 And it came to pass, when Ben-haJ-ddd heard this ^message, as he ivas “drinking, he and the kings in the ^pavilions, that he said unto his servants, ^Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. 13 H And, behold, there ® came a prophet unto A-hab king of Is-ra-el, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude % behold, H will deliver it into thine hand this day ; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 14 And Affiab said. By whomi And he said. Thus saith the Lord, Even by the ® young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he ^aid. Who shall ^ order the battled And he answered. Thou. 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Is-ra-el, being seven thousand. 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-ha-dad was ** drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ; and Ben-ha-dad sent out, and they told him, saying. There are men come out of Sa-ma-ri-a. 18 And he said. Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man : and the Syr4-ans fled ; and Is-ra-el pursued them: and B6n- h'a-dad the king of Syr4-a escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 21 And the king of Is-ra-el went out, and smote the horses^ and chariots, and slew the Syr4-ans with a great slaughter. 22 H And the prophet came to the king of Is-ra-el, and said unto him. Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest : ^ for at the return of the year the king of Syr-i-a will come up against thee. B.C. 901. ' Heb. are at my feet. So Ex. 11. 8. Judg. 4. 10. 2 Heb. word. “ ver. 16. 3 or, tents. 1 or, Place the engines: And they placed engines. 5 Heb. that was fallen. Heb. approached. « Josh. 13. 4. 1 Heb. to the war with Israel. 8 or, servants. 9 Heb. bind, or, tie. d ver. 12. ch. 16. 9. 2 or, from chamber to chamber. 3 Heb. into a chamber within a chamber, ch. 22. 25. / Gen. 37. 34 ?2Sain. 11. 1. 23 And the servants of the king of Syr4-a said unto him. Their gods are gods of the hills ; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms : 25 And number thee an army, like the army ®that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot : and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-ha-dad numbered the Syr-i-ans, and went up to ‘'A-phek, ’to fight against Is;^r4-6l. . . , 27 And the children of Is-ra-el were numbered, and ^were all pres- ent, and went against them : and the children of Is-rAel pitched be- fore them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syr-i-ans filled the country. 28 U And there came a naan of God, and spake unto the king of Is-ra-el, and said. Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syr-i-an§ have said. The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore ®will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined : and the chil- dren of Is-ra-el slew of the Syr-i-ans an hundred thousand footmen in one day. _ , , 30 But the rest fled to A-phek. into the city ; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-ha-dad fled, and came into the city, ^^into an inner chamber. 31 And his servants said unto him. Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Is^ ra-el are merciful kings : let us, I pray thee, -^put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Is-ra-el : peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on , their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Is- ra-el, and said. Thy servant Ben- ha-dad saith, I pray thee, let me 358 Ahah is grieved. AhaV s death foretold. I. KINGS, 21. live. And he said, Is he yet alive 1 he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it : and they said. Thy brother Bt^n-ha-dad. Then he said. Go ye, bring him. ^ Then Ben-ha-dad came forth to him ; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 34 And Ben-ha-ddd said unto him, “The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore ; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Da-mas--eus, as my father made in Sa-ma-ri-a. Then said A-hdb, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 35 U And a certain man of ‘’the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour ®in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee.^ And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, hehold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, •'"a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said. Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, ^ so that in smiting he wounded him. 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And ^as the king passed by, he cried unto the king : and he said. Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said. Keep this man : if by any means he be miss- ing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt ®pay a talent of silver. 40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, ^he was gone. And the king of Is-ra-el said unto him. So shall thy judgment he ; thyself hast decided it. 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face ; and the king of Is-ra-el discerned him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, * Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Is-ra-6l "‘went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Sa-ma-ri-a. CHAPTER 21. 1 Ahab, being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved. 6 Jezebel writing letters agaiAst Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy. 15 Ahabtaketh the vineyard. 17 Elijah denounceth Judgments against Ahab and Jezebel. “ ch. 15. 20. h 1 Sam. 8. 14 1 Heb. be good in thine eyes. 2 Ki. 2. 3, 5, 7, 15. rfLev. 25. 23. Num. 36. 7. Ezek. 46. 18. * ch. 13. 17, 18. /ch.13.24 2 Heb. smiting and wounding. 9 See 2 Sam. 12. 1, &c. A2Ki. 10. 24. 3 Heb. weigh. 4 Heb. he was not. 5 Heb. in the top of the people. i Ch. 22. 31-37. k Ex. 22. 28. Lev. 24. 15, 16. Acts 6. 11. I Lev. 24. 14. "•ch. 21. 4 369 AND it came to pass after these JLA. things, that^ Na-both the Jez- re-6l-ite had a vineyard, which was in Jez-re-el, hard by the palace of A-hab king of Sa-ma-ri-a. 2 And A-hab spake unto Na-bbth, saying. Give me thy ^vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it ^seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. _ 3 And Na-bdth said to A-hab, The Lord forbid it me, ‘^that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And A-hab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Na-bdth the Jez- re-6l-ite had spoken to him : for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 H But J6z-e-bel his wife came to him, and said unto him. Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread 1 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Na-b5th the J6z-r6-el- ite, and said unto him. Give me thjr vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it : and he an- swered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jez-6-b6l his wife said unto him. Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Is-ra-6l % arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Na-bdth the J6z-r6-el-ite. _ 8 So she wrote letters in A-hab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Na-b6th. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying. Proclaim a fast, and set Na- both ^on high among the people : 10 And set two men, sons of Be- li-al, before him, to bear witness against him, saying. Thou didst * blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and ^ stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as J6z-6-b6l had sent unto them, and Elijah denounceth I. KINGS, 22. Ahah and Jezebel. as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 “They proclaimed a fast, and set Na-bOth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Bedi-al, and sat before him : and the men of Bedi-al wit- nessed against him, even against Na-b5th, in the presence of the people, saying, Na-bOth did blas- pheme God and the king. ®Then they carried him forth- out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jez-e-bel, saying, Na-b5th is stoned, and is dead. 15 IT And it came to pass, when J6z-e-b6l heard that Na-bdth was stoned, and was dead, that J ez-e-bel said to A-hab, Arise, take posses- sion of the vineyard of Na-bSth the Jez-r6-el-ite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Na-bhth is not alive, but dead. 16 And it came to pass, when A-hab heard that Na-b6tn was dead, that A-hab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Na-b5th the J6z- r^-el-ite, to take possession of it. 17 IT *And the word of the Loed came to E-li-jah the Tish-bite, saying, ^ 18 Arise, go down to meet A-ha_b king of Is-ra-el, * which is in Sa-ma- ri-a: behold, he is in the vineyard of Na-lb5th, whither he is gone down to possess it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession'? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying. Thus saith the Lord, ’^In the place where dogs licked the blood of Na-b5th shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And A-hab said to E-lTjah, “Hast thou found me, O mine en- emy'? And he answered, 1 have found thee: because ^thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 21 Behold, ’T will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy pos- terity, and will cut off from A-nab *him that pisseth against the wall, and *him that is shut up and left in Is-ra-el, 22 And will make thine house like the house of ^Jer-6-bo-am the son of Ne-hat, and like the house of ^Ba-a-sha the son of A-hi-jah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made ls-ra-6l to sin. 23 And *of Jez-6-bel also spake the B.C. 1 or, ditch. “is. .58. 4. b ch. 14. 11. & 16. 4. dch. 16.31. 2 or, incited. f Gen. 15. 16. 2 Ki. 21. 11. * ch. 13. 32. 2 Chr. 22. 9. I 2 Chr. 18. 2, &c. *ch. 22. 38. Dent. 4. 43. 3 Heb. silent from taking it. “ ch. 18. 17. ^»2Ki. 17. 17. Rom. 7. 14. ? 2 Ki. 3. 7. • ch. 14. 10. 2 Ki. 9. 8. * 1 Sam. 25. 22. t ch. 14. 10. * 2 Ki. 9. 36. “2Ki. 3. 11. 360 Lord, saying. The dogs shall eat Jez-e-bel by the ^wall of Jez-rC-el. 24 *’Him that dieth of A-hab in the city the dogs shall eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25AT But “there was none like un- to A-hab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, ‘^whom Jez-e-bel his wife ^stirred up. 26 And lie did very abominably in following idols, according to all things -^as did the AmAr-ites, whom the Lord cast out before the chil- dren of Is-ra-6l. 27 And it came to pass, when A-hab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and ^put sack- cloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. , ^ , -r 28 And the word of the Lord came to E-li-jah the Tish-bite^ saying, 29 Seest thou how A-hab hum- bleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days : but ^in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house. CHAPTER 22. 1 Ahab, seduced bg false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. 37 The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Jehosha- phat's good reign. 45 Bis acts. 50 Jehoram succeedeth him. 51 Ahaziah' s evil reign. AND they continued three years XI- without war between Syr-i-a and Is-ra-el. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that *Je-h5sh-a-phat the king of Ju-dah came down to the king of Is-ra-el. „ ~ , .1 3 And the king of Is-ra-el said unto his servants. Know ye that ^Ra-mCth in Gil-e-ad is our’s, and we be ^ still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Bf r-i-kl 4 And he said unto Je-h5sh-a-phat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ra-m5th-gil-6-ad ? And Je-h5sh-a- phat said to the king of Is-ra-el, « I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 5 And J6-h6sh-a-;^at said unto the king of Is-ra-el, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to ^6^Then the king of Is-ra-el “gath- ered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them. Shall I go against Ra-mSth- gil-e-ad to battle, or shall I forbear ? And they said. Go up ; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And “Je-h5sh-a-phat said, Is Micaiah^ s prophecy I. KUSTGS, 22. against Ahah, there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might en- quire of him { ^ ^ ^ ^ 8 And the king of Is-ra-6i said unto Jb-hosh-a-phat, There is yet one man, Mi-eadah the son of Im- lah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jc-hOsh-a-phat saim Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Isd4-el called an ^officer, and said, Hasten hither Ml-«adah the son of Imdah. 10 And the king of Is-ra-e_l and Je- h5sh-a-phat the king of Ju-dah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a 'Void place in the entrance of the gate of Sa-maVi-a ; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 1 1 And Zed-e-ki-ah the son of -Ghe- na-a-nah made him horns of iron : and he said. Thus saith the Lord, With thesesnalt thou push the Syri- ans, until thou have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophe- sied so. saying. Go up to HadnOth- giT6-ad, and prosper : for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand. 13 And the rnessenger that was g 9 ne to call Ml-eadah spake unto him, saying. Behold now, the words of the prophets declo.re good unto the king with one mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. _ 14 And Mi-cadah said. As the Lord liveth, ‘^what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 U So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Ml-cadah, shall we go against Ra-mOth-gil-e-ad to battle, or shall we forbear '? And he answered him. Go, and prpsper : for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord? 17 And he said, I saw all IsVa-el ^scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd : and the Lord said. These have no master : let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of IsVa-6l said unto J e-h5sh-a-phat. Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said. Hear thou there- fore the wprd of the Lord : saw the Lord sitting on his throne, *and all the host of neaven standing by B.C. 897. 1 or, deceive. 2 or, eunuch. “ Judg. 9. 23. Job 12. 16. Ezek. 14. 9. 2 Thes. 2. 11. 3 Heb. Jloor. b Ezek. 14. 9. « 2 Chr. 18. 23. or, from chamber to chamber, b Heb. a chamber in a chamber, ch. 20. 30. dNum. 22. 38. « Num. 16. 29. Deut. 18. 20- 22 . G or, when he was to dis- guise himself, and enter into the battle. /2Chr. 35. 22. /‘Is. 6. 1. Dan. 7. 9. i 2 Chr. 18. 31. Piov. 13. 20. k Job 1. 6. & 2 . 1 . Ps. 103. 20, 21. Dan. 7. 10. Eech. 1. 10. Mat. 18. 10. Heb. 1. 7, 14. 381 him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the Lord said. Who shall V^rsuade A-hab, that he may go up and fall at Ba-ni5th-gil-e-ad ? And one said^ on this manner, and an- other said on that manner. 2 1 And there^ came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I v/ill persuade him. 22 And the Lord said unto him. Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, “Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so. 23 ^Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil con- cerning thee. 24 But Zed-e-ki-ah the son of Ghe- na-a-nah went near, and smote Mi- ca-iah on the cheek, and said, ‘'Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from nie to speak unto thee ? 25 And Mi-ca-ian said. Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go ^into ®an inner cham- ber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of IsVa-6l said. Take Mi-cadah, and carry him back unto A-m5n the governor of the city, and to Jo-ash the king’s son; 27 And say. Thus saith the king. Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and vHth water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Mi-ca-iah said. If thou return at all in peace, ‘'the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, 0 people, ever;^ one of you. 29 So the king of IsVa-el and Jc- h5sh-a-phat the king of J u-dah went up to Ra-m5th-gil-e-ad. 30 And the king of IsVa-el said unto J e-h(jsh-a-phat, will disguise myself, and enter into the battle: but put thou on thy robes. And the king of IsVa-el -^disguised him- self, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syr-i-a com- manded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying. Fight neither^ with small nor great, save only with the king of IsVa-el. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Je- hOsh-a-phat, that they said, Surely it is the king of IsVa-el. And they turned aside to fight against him : and Je-hosh-a-phat 'cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived The death of Ahab. II. KINGS, 1. Jehoshaphaf s good reign. \ that it was not the king of I§-ra-el, that they turned back from pur- suing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow ^at a venture, and smote the king of Is-ra-el between the ^joints of the harness : wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host ; for I am ^ wounded. 35 And the battle ^increased that day : and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syr4-ans, and died at even : and the blood ran out of the wound into the ® midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the go- ing down of the sun, saying. Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 ^ So the king died, and ’was brought to Sa-ma-ri-a ; and they buried the king in Sa-ma-ri-a. . 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Sa-ma-ri-a ; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according *unto the word of the Lord which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of A-hab, and all that he did, and ^ the ivory nouse which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el '? 40 So A-hab slept with his fathers ; and A-ha-zi-ah his son reigned in his B.C. 897. «ch. 14. 23. & 15. 14. 2 Ki. 12. 3. 1 Heb. in his sim^ilicity, 2 Sam. 15. 11. 2 Heb. joints and the breastplate. b 2 Chr. 19. 2. 2 Cor. 6. 14. 3 Heb. made sick. 4 Heb. ascended. « ch. 14. 24. & 15. 12. 5 Heb. bosom. d Gen. 25. 23. 2 Sam. 8. 14. 2 Ki. 3. 9. & 8 . 20 . / cb. 10. 22. 6 or, had ten ships. 1 Heb. came. 9 2 Chr. 20. 37. *ch. 9. 26. i ch. -21. 19. *2 Chr. 21. 1. I Amos 3. 15. ’'‘ver. ■jO. 41 H And ”j6-h5sh-a-phat the son of A-sa began to reign over J u-dah in the fourth year of A-hab king of ct-C±. 42 Je-h6sh-a-phat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Je-ru-sa-l6m._^ mother’s name was A-zu-bah the daughter of Shil-hi. 43 And «he walked in all the ways »'2 Chr. 20. 31. PJudg. 2. 11. ch. 16. 31. ? 2 Chr. 17. 3. of A-sa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes ^ of the Lord : nevertheless “the high places were not taken away ; for the people of- fered and burnt incense yet in the high places. 44 And *JAh5sh-a-phat made peace with the king of Is-ra-el. 45 Now the rest of the acts of JA h6sh-a-phat, and his might that he shewed, and h 9 w he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dahl 46 "And the remnant of the sod' omites, which rernained in the days of his father A-sa, he took out of the land. 47 ^ There was then no king in E-d6m : a deputy was king. 48 "JAhbsh-a-phat :^made*’ ships of Thar-shish to go to 0-phir for gold: ^but they went not ; for the ships were broken at '‘E-zi-6n-ge-ber. 4 9 Then said A-ha-zi-ah the son of A-hab unto Je-h6sh-a-phat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But JAh5sh-a-phat v/ould not. 50 ^ And * Je-h5sh-a-phat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da- vid his father : and J e-ho-ram his son reigned in his stead. 51 H ™A-ha-zi-ah the son of A-hab began to reign over Is-ra-el in Sa- ma-ri-a the seventeenth year of J A h5sh-a-phat king of Ju-dah, and reigned two years over Is-ra-el. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and "walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jer-5- bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who made Is-ra-el to sin : 53 For ^he served Ba-al, and wor- shipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Is-ra-el, according to all that his father had done. T H E SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED, THE FOURTH BOOK OP THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. 1 Moab rebellcth. 2 Ahaziah sendeth to Baal-zebnb. 5 Elijah twice bringeth fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him. 13 He pitieth the third captain. 17 Jehoram succeedeth Ahojziah. ^ rilHEN Mo-ab “rebelled against Is- X ra-el "after the death of A-hab. 2 And A-ha-zi-ah fell down through B.C. 896. “2 Sam. 8. 2. b 1 Sam. 5. 10. « ch. 3. 5. 362 a lattice in his upper chamber that; irusin Sa-ma-ri-a, and was sick : and he sent messengers, and said unto them. Go, enquire of Ba-al-ze-btib the god of ^Ek-rbn whether I shall recover of this disease. . 3 But the angel of the Lord said to AhaziaNs messengers 11. KINGS, 2. consumed hy fire. E-li-jah the Tish-bite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sa-ma-ri-a, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Is-ra-el, that ye go to enquire of Ba-al-ze-bub the god of Ekh^On 1 4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, ^Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And E-lidah departed. 5 U And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto him. There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us. Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Is- ra-el ,_ that thou sendest to enquire of Ba-al-ze-bub the god of Ek-r5n ? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, ^What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words % 8 And they answered him. He was “an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he sai(L It is E-li-jah the Tish-bite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him : and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him. Thou man of God, the king hath said. Come down. 10 And E-h-jah answered and said to the captain of fifty. If I a man of God, then ‘^let fire come dov/n from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said. Come down quickly. 12 And E-h-jah answered and said unto them. If I a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 H And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and ^fell on his knees before E-li-jah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life oi these fifty thy servants, '^be precious in thy sight. B.C. 2 The second year that Jehoram was Prorex, and the eight- eenth of Jehoshaphat, ch. 3. 1. 3 Heb. What was the man- ner of the mani “See Zech. 13. 4. Mat. 3. 4. 6 Gcii. b. in. « 1 Ki. 19. 21. d Luke 9. 54. ® See Ruth 1. 15, 16. / ver. 4, 6. 1 .Sam. 1. ch. 4. 30. d ver. 5, 7, 15. 1 Ki. 20. 35. ch. 4. 1, 38. & 9. 1. 4 Heb. bowed. h 1 Sam. 26. 21. Ps. 72. 14. 1 Heb. TTie bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it. 363 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties : therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the Lord said unto E-li-jah, Go down with him : be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Ba-al-ze-bub the god of Ek-rfin, is it not because there is no God in Is- ra-el to enquire of his word ? there- fore thou shalt not come down olf that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 1 7 IT So he died according to the word of the Lord which E-h-jah had spoken. And ^Je-ho-ram reigned in his stead in the second year of J A ho-ram the son of JAh6sh-a-phat king of Ju-dah ; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of A-ha-zi-ah which he did, are they not written in the book of ^ the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el? CHAPTER 2. 1 Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divid- eth Jordan, 11 and is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven. 12 Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor. 19 Elisha with salt healeth the unwholesome waters. 23 Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha. AND it came to pass, when the ^IJL Lord would *take up E-li-jah into heaven by a whirlwind, that E-li-jah went with ‘'E-h-sha from Gil-gal. _ ^ 2 And E-h-jah said unto E-li-sha, ® Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to B6th'-el. And E-li-sha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and ^as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth'-el. 3 And ^the sons of the prophets that were at Beth'-6l carne forth to E-li-sha, and said unto him, Know- est thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said. Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And E-li-jah said unto him, E-li- sha, tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to Jgr-i-eho. And he said. As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jer- i-eho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at J6r-i-eho came to E-li- sha, and said unto him, Knovsst thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day ? Elijah is taken II. KINGS, 3. up into heaven. And he answered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 6 And E-li-jah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to J 6r-dan. And he said. As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood Ho view afar off : and they two stood by Jdr-dan. 8 And E-h-jah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and srnote the waters, and "they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 H And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that E-h-jah said unto E-li-sha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And E-li-sha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, ^Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, be- hold, there appeared ®a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder- and E-li-jah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. _ 12 And E-h-sha saw it, and he cried, ‘^My father, my father, the chariot of IsHa-el, and the horse- men 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 E-li-jah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the ^bank of Jor-dan; 14 And he took the mantle of E- li-jah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where the Lord God of E-li-jah'? and when he also had smitten the waters, Hhey parted hither and thither: and E-li-sha went over. 15 And when the sons of the pro- phets which were ^'to view at Jer-i- eho saw him, they said. The spirit of E-li-jah doth rest on E-li-sha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 51 And they said unto him. Be- hold now, there be with thy serv- ants fifty ® strong men ; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas- ter: *lest perad venture the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon "^some mountain, or B.C. 1 Heb. in sight, or, over against. “ ver. 14. So Ex. 14. 21. Josh. 3. 16. 2 Heb. causing to miscarry. h See Ex. 15. ! ch. 4. 41. & 6 . 6 . John 9. 6. 3 Heb. Thmt hast done hard in asking. ® ch. 6. 17. Ps. 104. 4. dch. 13.14. i Heb. lip. « ch. 1. 17. / ver. 8. ^i'ver. 7. 5 Heb. statue. h \ Ki. 16. 31, 32. i 1 Ki. 12. 28, 31, 32. 3 Heb. sons of strength, k See 1 Ki. 18. 12 . Ezek. 8. 3. Acts 8. 39. 7 Heb. one of the movm- tains. S64 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 Jer-i-cho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you. Go not'? 1 9 II And the men of the city said unto E-li-sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth : but the water is naught, and the ground ^barren. 20 And he said. Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and ^cast the salt in there, and said. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these wa- ters ; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of E-li-sha which he spake. 23 51 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 Lord. 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 -Gar-mel, and from thence he returned to Sa-maHi-a. CHAPTER 3. 1 JehorarrCs reign 4 Mesha rebelleth. 6 Jehoram, vMh Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being distressed for want of water, by Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of victory. 21 The Moabites, coming to spoil, are over- come. 26 The king of Moab, by sacrificing the king of Edom's son, raiseth the siege, IVTOW ^JAhoHam the son^of Aj 1.1 hab began to reign over IsHa-6l in Sa-maHi-a the eighteenth year | Je-h6sh-a-phat king of Ju-dan, and reigned twelve years. _ 2 And he wrought evil in thj sight of the Lord; but not like his fe- ther, and like his mother for he put away the ® image of Ba-al ^that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved untc Hhe sins of J6r-6-bo-am the son of Ne-bat, which made IsHa-el to sin; he departed not therefrom. 4 51 And Me-sha king of Mo-ab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of I§Ha-6l an hundred thousand “lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 5 But it came to pass, when *A-hab was dead, that the king of Mo-ab rebelled against the king of Is-rd-el. 6 ^ And king Je-ho-ram went out of SAmah‘I-a the same time, and numbered all Ish‘a-el. 7 And he went and sent to Je- hOsh-a-phat the king of Ju-dah, saying. The king of Mo-ab hath rebelled against me : wilt thou go with me against Mo-ab to battled And he said, I will go up: M am as thou art, my people as thy peo- ple, and my horses as thj^ horses. 8 And he said. Which way shall we go up '? And he answered. The way through the wilderness of E-d6m. 9 So the king of Is-ra-el went, and the king of Ju-dah, and the king of E-d5m : and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey : and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle ^ that followed them. 10 And the king of Is-ra-el said, Alas ! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to de- liver them into the hand of Mo-ab ! 11 But ®JAh5sh-a-phat said. Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we m.ay enquire of the Lord by himl And one of the king of Is-ra-el’s servants answered and said. Here is E-li-sha the son of Sha-phat, which poured water on the hands of E-li-jah. 12 And J4-h5sh-Aphat said. The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Is-ra-6l and Je-h6sh-a- § hat and the king of E-d(3m-^went own to him. 13 And E-li-sha said unto the king of Is-ra-el, *What have I to do with theel *get thee to *the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Is- ra-6l said unto him. Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Mo-ab. 14 And E-li-sha said, ^As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Je-hosh-a-phat 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 min- strel played, that Hhe hand of the Lord came upon him. 16 And he said. Thus saith the Lord, «Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be B.C. “See Is. 16. 1. b ch. 1. 1. 1 Heb. grieve. 0 1 Ki. 22. 4. d Ex. 29. 39, 40. 2 Heb. were cried together. 3 Heb. gird himsel f with a girdle. 4 Heb. at their feet. See Ex. 11 . 8. 5 Heb. destroyed. « 1 Ki. 22. 7. c or, they smote in it even smiting. 1 Heb. until he left the stones thereof in Kir-haraseth. 3 Is. 16. 7, 11. h Ezek. 14. 3. « So Judg. 10. 14. Ruth 1. 15. * 1 Ki. 18. 19. 1 1 Ki. 17. 1. ch. 5. 16. Amos 2. 1. ” See 1 Sam. 10. 5. 0 ch. 8. 20. r Ezek. 1. 3. & 3. 14, 22. & 8 . 1 . '/ ch. 4. 3. »• 1 Ki. 20. 35. 365 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 Lord : he will de^ liver the Mo-ab-ites 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 ^mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morn- ing, when ‘^the meat offering was ofiered, that, behold, there came water by the way of E^dOm, and the country was filled with water. 21 ^ And when all the Mo-ab-ites heard that the kings were come up to fightagainst them, they^gathered all that were able to ^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 Mo-ab-ites saw the water on the other side as red as blood : 23 And they said. This is blood: the kings are surely ®slain, and they have smitten one another : now therefore, Mo-ab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came ^ to the camp of IsYa-el, the Is-ra-el-ites rose up and smote the Mo-ab-ites, so that they fled before them : but ®they went forward smiting the Mo-ab-ites, even in their country. 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it ; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees : "^only in ®'Kir-har-a-seth left they the stones thereof ; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. 26 H And when the king of Mo-ab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of E-dom : but they could not. 27 Then ’"he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Is- ra-el : “and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. CHAPTER 4. I Vi'-'ia mT.'.liitlieth the widow’s oil. G He proiniseth a son to the good Shunammite. 34 He raiseth her dead son. 38 He healeth the deadly pottage. 42 He satisfieth an hundred men with twenty loaves. lyrOW there cried a certain wo- l\ man of the wives of ’'the sons of the prophets unto E-li-sha, say- The widow^s oil multi'plied. II. KINGS, 4. The Shunammitds son ing, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord : and the B.C. 895. creditor is come “to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And E-li-sha said unto her, What shall I do for theel tell me, what hast thou in the house 1 And she said. Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said. Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neigh- bours, even empty vessels ; ‘^bor- row ^ not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her ; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said un- to her son. Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her. There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said. Go, sell the oil, and pay thy ^debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. 8 H And ^it fell on a day, that E-li-sha passed to ®Shu-n6m, where was a great woman : and she ^con- strained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband. Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall ; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cqmeth to us, that he shall turn in thither. 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the cham.ber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Ge-ha-zi his servant, Call this Shu-nam-mite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said unto him. Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care ; what is to be done for thee 1 would- est thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host ^ And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 14 And he said. What then is to be done for her % And Ge-ha-zi an- ® See Lev. 25. 39. Mat. 18. 25. h Gen. 18. 10, 14 * Heb. set time. Seech. 3. 16. 2 or, scwnt not. 3 or, creditor. 4 Heb. there was a day. « Josh. 19. 18. 5 Heb. laid hold on him. 3 Heb. peace. 1 Heb. restrain not for me to ride. f ch. 2. 25. 8 Heb. hy his feet. Mat. 28. 9. 9 Heb. hitter, 1 Sam. 1. 10. 3 ver. 16. AlKi. 18.46. ch. 9. 1. 356 swered. Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said. Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he said, ^ About this ^sea- son, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said. Nay, my lord, thou man of God, ®do not lie unto thine hand- maid. 1 7 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that E-li- sha had said unto her, according to the time of life. 18 ‘If And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father. My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had teken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her hus- band, and said. Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 23 And he said. Wherefore wilt thou go to him to dayl it is nei- ther new moon, nor sabbath. And she said. It shall he ®well. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant. Drive, and go forward ; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went and came unto the man of God ^ to mount -Car-mel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Ge-ha-zi his servant. Be- hold, yonder is that Shu-nam-mite : 26 Bun now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her. Is it well with thee 1 is it well with thy hus- band % is it well with ^ the child 1 And she answered. It is well. 27 And when she ca,me to the man of God to the hill, she caught ®him by the feet : but Ge-ha-zi came near to thrust her aw*ay. And the man of God said. Let her alone ; for her soul is ^vexed within her : and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord'? ^did I not say. Do not deceive me'? _ , 29 Then he said to Gg-ha-zi, ^‘Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way; raised to life hy Elisha. II. KINGS, 5. Naaman sent to Samaria. if thou meet any man, “salute him not ; and if any salute thee, answer him not again : and ‘^lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, ^As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 31 And Ge-ha-zi passed on before them, and laid the staff* upon the face of the child ; but there was neither voice, nor ^hearing. Where- fore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying. The child is '^not awaked. ^32 And when E-ll-sha was come Into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He *went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, 'and prayed unto the Lord. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands ; and “he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. ^ 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house '^to and fro ; and went up, ^and stretched himself upon him : and ^the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Ge-ha-zi, and said. Call this Shu-nam-mite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said. Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and ’’took up her son, and went out. 38^^ And E-li-sha came again to *GiTgal : and there was a 'dearth in the land ; and the sons of the pro- phets were * sitting before him : and he said unto his servant. Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his Jap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage : for they knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O them man of God, there is *death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said. Then bring meal. And “he cast it into the pot ; and he said. Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no ^harrn in the pot. B.C. 894. “ Luke 10. 4. b 1 Sam. 9. 4. 1 Sam. 9. 7. 1 Cor. 9. 11. Gal. 6. 6. d See Ex. 7. 19. & 14. 16. ch. 2. 8, 14. Acts 19. 12. ■ or, in his scrip, or, garment. « ch. 2. 2. f Luke 9. 13. J ohn 6. 9. 2Heb. attention, y Luke 9. 17. John 6. 11. * John 11. 11. 42 H And there came a man from * Ba-al-shal-i-sha, “ and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn ^in the husk thereof. And he said. Give unto the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servitor said, -^What. should I set this before an hundred men 1 He said again. Give the peo- ple, that they may eat : for thus saith the Lord, ^They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they^ did eat, *and left thereof, ac- cording to the word of the Lord. i Mat. 14. 20. & 15. 37. John 6. 13. h ver. 4. Mat. 6. 6. I 1 Ki. 17. 20. CHAPTEE 5. 1 Naaman is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosg. 8 Elisha, sending him to Jordan, cureth him. 15 He re- fuseth Naaman’s gifts. 20 &ehazi, abusing his master’s name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy. »"Luke 4. 27. ” Ex. 11. 3. 2 Heb. before. 4 or, gracious. 6 Heh.liftedup, or, accepted in couixtenance. 0 1 Ki. 17. 21. Acts 20. 10. ® or, victory. 1 Heb. once hither, and once thither. P 1 Ki.. 17. 21. y ch. 8. 1, 5. 8 Heb. was before. 9 Heb. before. 1 Heb. gather in. ^ 1 Ki. 17. 23. Heb. 11. 35. * ch. 2. 1. t ch. 8. 1. “1 Sam. 9. 8. ch. 8. 8, 9. 2 Heb. in his hand. *ch. 2. 3. Luke 10. 39. Acts 22. 3. PGen. 30. 2. Deut. 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 6. * Ex. 10. 17. “See Ex. 16.25. ch. 2. 21. & 5. 10. John 9. 6. 8 Heb. evil thing. 367 I^OW ”*^Na-a-man, captain of the host of the king of Syrd-a, was ” a great man ^ with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given ^ deliverance unto Syrd-a : he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrd-ans had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Is- ra-el a little maid ; and she ® waited on Na-a-man’s wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress. Would God my lord were ®with the prophet that is in Sa-ma-ri-a ! for he would ^ recover hirn of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying. Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Is-rd-el. 5 And the king of Syrd-a said. Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Is-ra-6l. And he depart- ed, and “took ^with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Is-_ra-el, saying. Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Na-a-man my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of ts-ra-6l had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said. Am I 2/ God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy 1 wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 8 U And it was so, when E-li-sha the man of God had heard that the king of Is-ra-6l had rent his clothes that lie sent to the king, saying. Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes'? let him come now to Elisha cureth Naaman. II. KINGS, 6. Gehazi smitten with leprosy. me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Is-ra-el. 9 So Na-a-rnan came with his horses and with his cha.riot, and stood at the door of the house of E-li-sha. _ 10 And E-li-sha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and “ wash in Jor-dan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Na-a-man was wroth, and went away, and said. Behold, ^‘“^I thought. He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and ^strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not ® Ab-a-na and Phar-par, rivers of Ha-mas-ctis, better than all the waters of IsAa-en may I not wash in them, and be clean % So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said. My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it how much rather then, when he saith to thee. Wash, and be clean 1 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jdr-dan, ac- cording to the saying of the man of God: and ^his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and ° he was clean. 15 ^ And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him : and he said. Behold, now I know that there is ‘*no God in all the earth, but in Is-ra-el : now there- fore, I pray thee, take ^a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he said, Als the Lord liv- eth, before whom I stand, ^I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Na-a-man said. Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth'? for thy servant will hence- forth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. 18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into tne house of Bimhnon to worship there, and ^he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rim-mDn : wnen I bow down myself in the house of Rim- m5n, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him. Go in peace. So he departed from him little way. B.C. 894. “ See ch. 4. 41. Johu 9. 7. > Heb. I said. 2 or, I said with myself, Ue will surely come out, &c. 3 Heb. Is there j)eace f 4 Heb. move up and down. 5 or, Amana. 6 or, secret place. 1 Heb. not hither or thither. dDan. 2. 47. & 3. 29. & 6. 26, 27. « Geii. 33. 11. / ch. 3. 14. 9 Gen. 14. 23. See Mat 10. 8 Acts 8. 18, 20. h 1 Tim. 6. 10. i Ex. 4. 6. Num. 12. 10. ch. 15. 5. * ch. 4. 38. I ch. 7. 2, 17. 8 Heb. a little piece of ground, as Gen. 35. 16. 368 20 U But Ge-ha-zi, the servant of E-li-sha the man of God, said. Be- hold, my master hath spared Na-a- man this Syr4-an, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Ge-ha-zi followed after Na-a- man. And when Na-a-man saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, ^ Is all well '? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Be- hold, even now there be come to me from mount Eb^hra-im two young men of the sons of the prophets : give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of gar- ments. 23 And Na-a-man said. Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of sil- ver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants ; and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the ® tower, he took them from^ their hand, and bestowed them in the house : and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, arid stood be- fore his master. And E-li-sha said unto him. Whence comest thou, Ge- ha-zi*? And he said. Thy servant went ’no whither. 26 And he said unto him. Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee*? Is it a time to re- ceive money, and to receive gar- ments, and oliveyards, and vine- yards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants'? 27 The leprosy therefore of Na-a- man ^ shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence *a leper as white as snow. CHAPTER 6. 1 Elisha causeth iron to swim. 8 Re discloseth the king of Syria's counsel. 13 The army, which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with blindness. 19 Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace. 24 The famine in Samaria causeth women to eat their own children. 30 The king sendeth to slay Elisha. AND *the sons of the prophets said XX unto E-li-sha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jdr-dan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered. Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray The hing of SyvicL II. KINGS, 6. wctTveih dgainst IsTdeo, thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jdr-dan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the ^ax head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, mas- ter ! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said. Where fell itl And he shewed him the place. And ‘'he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither ; and the iron did swim. 7 Therefore said he. Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8 H Then the king of Syr-i-a warred against Is-ra-el, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be B.C. 893. “ch. 2. 11. Ps. 34. 7. & 68. 17. Zech. 1. 8. & 6. 1-7. 1 Heb. iron, b Geu. 19. 11. 2 Heb. come ye after me. ' ch. 2. 21. my ^ camp. 3 or, encamp- 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Is-ra-gl, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syr-i-ans are come down. 10 And the king of Is-ra-el sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 1 1 Therefore the heart of the king of Syr-i-a was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them. Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Is-ra-el 1 12 And one of his servants said, ^None, my lord, O king; but E-h- sha, the prophet that is in Is-ra-el, telleth the king of Is-ra-el the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 13 ^ And he said. Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying. Behold, he is in •'’Do-than. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a ® great host : and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the ® servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host com- passed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do'? 1 6 And he answered. Fear not : for ^they that he with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And E-ll-sha prayed, and said. Lord, 1 pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was d Eom. 12. 20. ^ ver. 8, 9. ch. 5. 2. 4 Heb. No. f Gen. 37. 17. 5 Heb. heavy. 0 or, minister. or, Let not the Lord save thee. S’2Chr. 32. 7. P3. .65. 18. Rom. 8. 31. h Lev. 26. 29. Dent. 28. 53, 57. 8 Heb. other. full of “horses and chariots of fire round about E-li-sha. 18 And when they came down to him, E-li-sha prayed unto the Lord, and said. Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And *he smote them with blindness ac- cording to the word of E-li-sha. 1 9 H And E-li-sha said unto thern., This is not the way, neither is this the city : ^ follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Sa-ma-ri-a. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Sa-ma-ri-a, that E-li- sha said. Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw ; and, behold, they were in the midst of Sa-ma-ri-a. 21 And the king of Is-ra-el said unto E-li-sha, when he saw them. My father, shall I smite them .? shall I smite them .? 22 And he answered. Thou shalt not smite them : wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow'? ‘*set bread and water be- fore them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great pro. vision for them : and when tliey had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So ^the bands of Syr-i-a came no more into the land of Is- ra-el. 24 And it came to pass after this, that Bgn-ha-dad king of Syr-i-a gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Sa-ma-ri-a. 25 And there was a great famine in Sa-ma-ri-a : and, behold, they be- sieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Is-ra-el was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying. Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, "^If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee'? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 28 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee? And she an- swered, This woman said unto me. Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29 So '‘we boiled my son, and did eat him ; and I said unto her on the ®next day. Give thy son, that we may eat him : and she hath hid her son. 25 - 24 . 369 The Syrians^ II. KINGS, 7. sudden flight. 30 51 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of tne woman, that he *rent his clothes ; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, ‘^God do so and more also to me, if the head of E-li-sha the son of Sha-phat shall stand on him this day. 32 But E-li-sha sat in his house, and *the elders sat with him ; and the king sent a man from before him : but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, ■'See ye how this son of ^ a murderer hath sent to take away mine head 1 look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door : is not the sound of his mas- ter’s feet behind him 1 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him : and he said. Be- hold, this evil is of the Lord ; '"what should I wait for the Lord any longer"? CHAPTER 7. 1 Elisha jyrophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 16 The prophecy is fulfilled. IV The unbelieving lord is trodden to death. T hen E-lI-sha said. Hear ye the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord, *To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shek-6l, and two meas- ures of barley for a shek-el, in the gate of Sa-ma-ri-a. 2 '^Then ^a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, ^ if the, Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be "? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3 ^ And there were four leprous men "^at the entering in of the gate : and they said one to another. Why sit we here until we die ? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there : and if we sit still here, we die also. Now there- fore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syr-i-ans : if they save us alive, we shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syr4-ans : and when they wer come to the ut- termost part of the camp of Syr-i-a, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syr4-ans ’*to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, the king of B.C. 892. “ 1 Ki. 10. 29. b 1 ICi. 21. 27. ® Ps. 48. 4-6. Prov. 28. 1. ^ Ruth 1. 17. 1 Ki. 19. 2. /Luke 13. 32. s 1 Ki. 18. 4. 1 Heb. we shall find punishment. ft Job 2. 9. » ver. 18, 19. ft ver. 17, 19, 20. 2 Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand, ch. 5. 18. I Mai. 3. 10. »”Lev. 13. 46. 3 Heb. in it. « 2 Sam, 5. 24. ch. 19. 7. Job 15. 21. Is-ra-6l hath hired against us “the kings of the Hit-tites, and the kings of the E-gyp-tians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they ®arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and came again, and entered in- to another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another, ¥/e do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace ; if we tarry till the morning light, ^ some mischief will come upon us : now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city : and they told them, saying. We came to the camp of the Syr-i-ans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. 1 1 And he called the porters ; and they told it to the king’s house within. 12 U And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syr- i-ans have done to us. They know that we be hungry ; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying. When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants an- swered and said. Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left ^in the citjr, (behold, they are as all the multh tude of Is-ra-el that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Ls-ra-el-ites that are consumed :) and let us send and see. 14 They took therefore two chariot horses ; and the king sent after the host of the Syr-i-ans, saying. Go and see. 1 5 And they went after them unto Jdr-dan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels^ which the Syr4-ans had cast away in their haste. And the messengers re- turned, and told the king. 1 6 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrd-ans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shek-el, and two measures of 370 Elisha^ s prophecy fulfilled. IL KINGS, 8. Hazael hilleth his Piaster. barley for a shek-el, “according to the word of the Loed. 17 ^ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate : and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, *as the man of God had said, who si)ake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, ®Two measures of bar- ley for a shek-el, and a measure of fine flour for a shek-el, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Sa-ma-ri-a : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said. Now, behold, if the Loed should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be % And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAPTER 8. 1 The Shunammite hath her land restored by the king. I Hazael killeth his master, and succeedeth him. 16 Jeho- ram's wicked reign in Judah. 20 Edom and Libnah revolt. 23 Ahaziah succeedeth Jehoram. 25 Ahaziah's wicked reign. 28 He visiteth Jehoram. T hen spake E-li-sha unto the woman, * whose son he had re- stored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Loed ’"hath called for a famine ; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God : and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Phi-lis-tines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Phi-lis-tines : and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with -^Ge- ha-zi the servant of the man of God, saying. Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that E-li-sha liath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had ^re- stored a dead body to life, that, be- hold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gg-ha-zl said. My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom E-li-sha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him, So the king appointed unto her a certain ^officer, B.C. 885, ® ver. 1. b ver. 2. ch. 6. 32. « 1 Ki. 19. 15. dl Sam. 9. 7. 1 Ki. 14. 3. ch. 5. 5. * ver. 1. / ch. 1. 2. Heb. in his hand. 3 ver, 15. 2 Heb. and set it. h Luke 19. 4i. t ch. 10. 32. & 12. 17. & 13. 3, 7. Amos 1. 3. k ch. 4. 35. l ch. 15. 16. Hos. 13. 16. Amos 1. 13. “Ps. 105. 16. Hag. 1. 11. ”1 Sam. 17. 43. ’•2Chr. 21. 3. 3 Heb. revjned. Began to reign in consort with his father. . '2Chr. 21.5, &c. 4 or, eunuch. t ver. 26. 371 saying. Restore all that was her’s, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now._ 7 H And E-li-sha came to Da-mas- ■eiis ; and Ben-ha-dad the king of Syr-i-a was sick ; and it was told him, saying. The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto ‘'Haz-a-el, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and {en- quire of the Loed by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ^ 9 So Haz-a-el went to meet him, and took a present ^with him, even of every good thing of Da-mas-ctis, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said. Thy son Ben-ha-dad king of Syr4-a hath sent me to_ thee, saying, Shall I re- cover of this disease 1 10 And E-li-sha said unto him. Go, say unto him. Thou mayest cer- tainly recover: howbeit the Loed hath shewed me that ^he shall surely die. 1 1 And he settled his countenance ’^stedfastiy, until he was ashamed : and the man of God ^wept. 12 And Haz-a-el said. Why weep eth my lordi And he answered. Because I know *the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Is-ra- el : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and ^wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Haz-a-el said. But what,’"^s thy servant a dog, tnat he should do this great thing 1 And E-li-sha answered, ‘'The Loed hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syr4-a. 14 So he departed from E-h-sha, and came to his^ master ; who said to him, What said E-li-sha to thee '? And he answered. He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dii^ped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Haz-a-el reigned in his stead. 16 H And in the fifth year of Jo- ram the son of A-hab king of Is-ra-gl, Je-hosh-a-phat being then king of Ju-dah, ’■Je-ho-ram the son of Je- h5sh{a-phat king of Ju-dah ^ began to reign. 17 * Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in JAru-sa-l6m. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings_ of Is-ra-el, as did the house of Adiab : for Hhe daughter Edom and Lihnah revolt. 11. KINGS, 9. Jehu is anointed king. of A-hab was his wife : and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord would not de- stroy Ju-dah for Da-vid his serv- ant’s sake, *as he promised him to give him alway a ^ light, and to his children. 20 II In his days L-d5m revolted from under the hand of Ju-dah, ‘^and made a king over themselves. 21 So Jo Yam went over to Za-ir, and all the chariots with him : and he rose by night, and smote the E-dOm-ites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots : and the people fled into their tents. 22 ^ Yet E-dom revolted from under the hand of Ju-dah unto this day. ■'^Then Lib-nah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of J o- ram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dah 1 24 An d Jo Yam slept with his fathers, and was buried_ with his fathers in the city of DaYid : and '"A-ha-ziYh^ his son reigned in his stead. 25 Uln the twelfth year of Jo Yam the son of AYab king of IsYa-el did A-ha-zi-ah the son of Je-hoYam king of Ju-dah begin to reign. 26 ^Two and twenty years old A-ha-zlYh when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in JAru- sa-lem. And his mother’s name was Ath-a-liYh, the ® daughter of OmYi king of I§Ya-el. 27 "And he walked in the way of the house of Adiab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of A Yab : for he laas the son in law of the house of A-hab. 28 IT And he went ’’with Jo Yam the son of Adiab to the war against HazY-el king of Syr-i-a in Ea-m5th- gil-e-ad ; and the Syr-i-ans wounded Jo Yam. 29 And ddng Jo Yam went back to be healed in JezYe-6l of the wounds ® which the Syr4-ans had given him at ’^Ra-mah, when he fought against Haz-a-el king of Syr-i-a._ *And A- ha-ziYh the son of JAhoYam king of Ju-dah went down to see Jo Yam the son of A-hab in JezYA^l, be- cause he was ®sick. CHAPTER 9. 1 Jehu anointed king. 24 He killeth Joram in the field of Naboth. 27 Ahaziah is slain at Our. 30 Jezebel is throvm down out of a window, and eaten by dogs. AND E-liYha the prophet called one of ^the children of the pro- phets, and said unto him, ®GYd up thy loins, and taJse this box of oil B.C. 884. “ch. 8. 1 b 2 Sam. 7. 13. 1 Ki. 11. 36. &15. 4. 2 Chr. 21. 7. 1 Heb. candle, or, lamp. « Gen. 27. 40. ch. 3. 27. 2 Chr. 21. 8-10. 2 Heb. chamber in a chamber. d 1 Ki. 22. 47. « 1 KL 19. 16. 3 And so fulfilled, Gen. 27. 40. / 2 Chr. 21. 10. S 1 Ki. 19. 16. 2 Chr. 22. 7. 2 Chr. 22. 1. 4 Called, Azariah, 2 Chr. 22. 6, and Jehoahaz, 2 Chr. 21. 17. & 25. 23. i 1 Ki. 18. 4. & 21. 15. *See2Chr.22.2. I 1 Ki. 14. 10. & 21 . 21 . ”*1 Sam. 25.22. 5 or, grand- daughter : See ver. 18. ” Deut. 32. 36. ” 2 Chr. 22. 3, 4. P 1 Ki. 14. 10. & 15. 29. & 21 . 22 . 9 1 Ki. 16. 3, 11. '•2Chr. 22. 5. » ver. 35, 36. 1 Ki. 21. 23. 6 Heb. where- with the Syrians had wounded. "Jer. 29. 26. John 10. 20. Acts 26. 24. 1 Cor. 4. 10. ■ Called, Ramoth, ver. 28. ®ch. 9. 16. 2 Chr. 22. 6, 7. 8 Heb. wounded, y Mat. 21. 7. * 1 Ki. 20. 35. ® Heb. reigneth. “ch. 4. 29. Jer. 1. 17. 372 in thine hand, “and go to Ra-m5th- gilY-ad : 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Je-hu the son of Je- h6sh-a-phat the son of NimYhi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an ‘“^inner chamber; 3 Then "take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say. Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over IsYa-6l. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 H So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ra-m5th-gil-e-ad. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Je-hu said. Unto which of all usi And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 x\nd he arose, and went into the hpuse; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, ^Thus saith the Lord God of IsYa-el, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Is- ra-el. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of A-hab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of ah the servants of the Lord, *at the hand of JezY-bel. 8 For the whole house of A-hab shall perish : and ^ I will cut off from A-hab ’"him that pisseth a- gainst the wall, and "him that is shut up and left in IsYa-el : _9 And I will make the house of A-hab like the house of ^’Jer-S- bo-am the son of NeYat, and like the house of ^^Ba-a-sha the son of A-hi-jah : ^ 10 ®And the dogs shall eat JezY-bel in the portion of JezYe-el, and there shall be none to burv her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 H Then JeJiu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him. Is all welll where- fore came "this mad fellow to thee % And he said unto them. Ye know the man, and his comrnunication. 1 2 And they said. It is false ; tell us now. And he said. Thus and thus spake he to me, saying. Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over IsYa-el. 13 Then they hasted, and ^^took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Je-hu ^ is king. 14 So Je-hu the son of Je-h5sh-a- phat the son of NimYhi conspired Jcyram, Ahaziah, 11. KINGS, 9. arid Jezehel slain. against Jo-ram. (Now Jo-rto had kept Ka-m5th-gil-6-ad, he and all Is-ra-el, because of Haz-a-6l king of Syr-i-a. 15 But “king ^Jo-ram was re- turned to be healed in J6z-re-el of the wounds which the Sjh’-i-ans 2 had given him, when he fought with Haz-a-el king of Syr4-a.) And Je-hu said. If it be your minds, then ^let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jez-re-6l. . 16 So Je-hu rode in a chariot, and went to Jez-r6-el; for Jo-ram lay there. “^And A-ha-zi-ah king of Ju- dah was come down to see Jo-ram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jez-r6-el, and he spied the company of Je-hu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Jo-ram said. Take an horse- man, and send to meet them, and let him say. Is it peace'? 18 So there went one on horse- back to meet him, and said. Thus saith the king, Is it peace ^ And Je-hu said. What hast thou to do with peace 1 turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying. The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king. Is it peace '? And J e-hu answered. What hast thou to do with peace 1 turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, say- ing, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the '^driv- ing is like the driving of Je-hu the son of Nim-shi ; for he drive th ‘'furiously. 21 And Jo-ram said, ^ Make ready. And his_ chariot was made ready. And ^Jo-ram king of ls-ra-6l and A-ha-zi-ah king of Ju-dahwent out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Je-hu, and ^met him in the portion of Na-b6th the J6z- rAel-ite. 22 And it came to pass, when Jo- ram saw Je-hu, that he said. Is it peace, Je-hu'? And he answered. What peace, so long as the whore- doms of thy mother J6z-6-b6l and her witchcrafts are so many^ 23 And Jo-ram turned his hands, and fled, and said to A-ha-zi-ah, There is treachery, O A-ha-zi-ah. 24 And Je-hu '‘drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Je- ho-ram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he ®sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Je-hu to Bid-kar his B.C. 884. “ch. 8. 29. 1 Heb. Jeho- ram. b 1 Ki. 21. 29. 2 Heb. smote. 3 Heb. Hoods. « 1 KL 21. 19. ^ Heb. let no escaper go, &c. 5 or, portion. Heb. hands. * 1 Ki. 14. 16. 2 He)), to cut off the ends. I ch. 8. 12. 3 Hel). toward the rising of the sun. “2 Chr. 23. 8. 4 or, even to Gilead and ISaskan. " Amos 1. 3. 35 And Jediu slept \yith his fa- thers : and they buried him in Sa-ma-ri-a. And Je-ho-a-haz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And ^the time that Je-hu reigned over Is-ra-el in Sa-ma-ri-a was twenty and eight years. CHAPTER 11. 1 Jehoash, being saved from A thaliah's massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years in the house of God. 4 Jehoiada in the seventh year anointeth him king. 13 Athaliah is slain. 17 Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God. AND when ^Ath-a-li-ah ‘'the mo- iA- ther of A-ha-zi-ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and de- stroyed all the ^seed royal. 2 But ® J_e-hosh-e-ba, the daughter of king Jo-ram, sister of A-ha-zi-ah, took ^Jo-ash the son of A-ha-zi-ah, and stole him from among the king’s sons %phich were^ slain ; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Ath-a-li-ah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Loed six years. And Ath-a-li-ah did reign over the land. 4 IT And Hhe seventh year Je-hoi- a-da 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, say- ing, This A 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 he 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 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 cometh 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 hun- dreds did according to all things that Je-hoi-a-da the priest com- manded : and they took everj^ man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to J 6-hoi-a-da the priest. 10 And to the captains over hun- dreds did the priest give king Da- 375 A thaliah is slain. II. KINGS, 12. The tenvple is repaired. vid’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 ^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, ^God*^ save the king. 13 ^ ‘'And when Ath-a-li-ah 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 tvas, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets : and Ath-a- ll-ah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15 But Je-hoi-a-da the jpriest com- manded the captains ot the hun- dreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges : and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said. Let her not be slain in the house of the Loed. 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain. ITU ^And JAhoi-a-da made a cov- enant between the Loed and the B.C. 878. 1 Heb. shoulder. “2Chr. 24. 1. b 1 Sam. 10. 24. 2 Heb. Let the king live. 2 Chr. 23. 12, &c. dl Ki. 15. 14. & 22. 43. ch. 14. 4. « ch. 23. 3. 2 Chr. 34. 31. / ch. 22. 4. 3 or, holy thhigs. ^Heb. holinesses. S Ex. 30. 13. 5 Heb. the money of the souls of his estimation. Lev. 27. 2. h Ex. 35. 5. 1 Chr. 29. 9. 3 Heb. ascend’ eth upon the heart of a man. I Heb. in the ttoentieth year and third year. i 2 Chr. 24. 5. *2 Chr. 24.6. I 2 Chr. 23. 16. king and the people, that they should be the Loed’s people ; be- tween the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the "house of Ba-ffi, and brake it down ; his altars and his images ‘’brake they in pieces thor- oughly, and slew Mat-tan the priest of Ba-al before the altars. And ^ the ”*2 Sam. 5. 3. ™ch. 10.26. “ Deut. 12. 3. 2 Chr. 23. 17. 7* 2 Chr. 23. 18, E riest appointed ® officers over the ouse of the Loed. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; ana they brought down the king from the house of the Loed, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet ; and they slew Ath-a-h-ah with the sword beside the king’s house. 21 ’’Seven years old was JAho-ash when he began to reign. &c. 7 2 Chr. 24. 8, &c. 8 Heb. offices. 9 Heb. threshold. • or, secretary. 2 Heb. bound up. ’■2 Chr. 24 1. CHAPTER 12. 1 Jehoash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada. 4 He giveth order for the repair of the temple. 17 Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the haUowed treasures. 19 Jehoash being slain by his servants, Ama- ziah succeedeth him. I N the seventh year of Jeffiu “ JA ho-ash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Je-ru-sa-lem. And his mother’s name was Zib- i-ah of Be-er-she-ba. 2 And JAho-ash did that which was right in the sight of the Loed all his days wherein JAhoi-a-da the priest instructed him. 3 But ‘*the high places were not taken away : the people still sacri- ficed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 H And JAho-ash said to the priests, -^All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Loed, even ^ the money of every one that passeth the account, ^ the money that every man is set at, and all the money that '‘corueth^ into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Loed, 5 Let the priests take it !to them, every man of his acquaintance : and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king JAho- ash *the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 ^Then king JAho-ash called for JAhoi-a-da the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches oi the housed now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests consented to re- ceive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. 9 But Je-hoi-a-da the priest took «a chest, and bored a Hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Loed : and the priests that kept the ^door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Loed. 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s ^scribe and the high priest came up, and they ^put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Loed. 1 1 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the over- 376 Jehoash is slain. II. KINGS, 13. Jehoahaz's evil reign. sight of the house of the Lokd : and they Uaid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord, 12 And to masons, and hewers ot stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches ot the house of the Lord, and for all that ^was laid out for the house to re- pair it. , , 13 Howbeit « there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trum- pets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord : 14 But they gave that to the work- men, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord. 15 Moreover •''they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen : for they dealt faithfully. 16 '^The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: Mt was the priests’. „ ^ , 17 H Then *Haz-a-el king of Syr- i-a went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and "'Haz-a-el set his face to go up to Je-ru-sa-lem. 18 And JAho-ash king of Ju-dah «took all the hallowed things that Je-hOsh-a-phat, and JAho-ram, and A-ha-zi-ah, his fathers, kings of Ju- dah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Haz- a-el king of Syr-i-a : and he ’went away from JAru-sAlem. 19 H And the rest of the acts of Jo-ash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dah*? 20 And ^his servants aros^_and made a conspiracy, and slew J o-ash in ^the house of Mil-16, which goeth down to Sil-la. 21 For 5j5z-a-ehar the son of Shim-6-ath, and J6-h5z-a-bad the son of ^Sho-mer, his servants, smote him, and he died ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Da-vid : and ’’Am-a-zi-ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 13. i Jehoahaz’s wicked reign. 3 J ehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer. 8 Joash succeedeth him. 10 Bis wicked reign. 12 Jeroboam succeedeth him. 14 Elisha dying prophesieth to Joash three victories over the Syrians. 20 The Moabites invading the land, Elisha’s bones raise up a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, Joash getteth three victories over Ben-hadad. I N ^the three and twentieth year of Jo-ash the son of A-ha-zi-ah B.C. 850. 1 Heb. brought it forth. 2 Heb. walked after. 3 Heb. went forth. «See2Clir. 24. 14. b Judg. 2. 14 « ch. 8. 12. <2P8.78.34 « Ex. 3. 7. ch. 14 26. /ch. 22.7. 9 See ver. 25. & ch. 14. 25, 27. A Lev. 5. 15, 18. 4 Heb. as yesterday, and third day. i Lev. 7. 7. Num. 18. 9. k ch. 8. 12. 5 Heb. he walked. I 1 Ki. 16. 33. “See 2 Chr. 24. 23. 6 Heb. stood. «1 Ki. 15. 18. ch. 18. 15, 16. ® Amos 1. 3. 7Heb.i 8 ver. 10, Jehoash. P ch. 14. 5. 2 Chr. 24 25. * Alone. 8 or, Beth-millo. 1 In consort with his father, ch. 14. 1. ? 2 Chr. 24. 26, Zabad. 2 or, Shimrith. »• 2 Chr. 24. 27. » ch. 14 16. i See ver. 14 &26. “ch. 14. 9, &e. 2 Chr. 25. 17, &c. 3 Heb. the twentieth year amd third year. 377 king of Ju-dah Je-ho-a-haz the son of Je-hu began to reign over ls-ra-6l in Sa-ma-ri-a, and reigned seven- teen years. ^ 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoRD,_and ^followed the sins of Jer-5-bo-ani the son of Ne-bat, which made Is- ra-el to sin ; he departed not there- from. 3 H And ^the anger of the Lord was kindled against Is-rAel, and he delivered them into the hand of ‘’Haz-a-el king of Syr4-a, and into the hand of Ben-ha-dad the son of Haz-a-6l, all their days. 4 And J6-ho-a-haz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened un- to him : for ®he saw the oppression of Is-ra-el, because the king of Syr- i-a oppressed them. 5 CAnd the Lord gave Is-ra-el a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syr-i-ans: and the children of IshA-el dwelt in their tents, ^as beforetime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jer-5-bo-am, who made Is-ra-el sin, hut ® walked therein: ^ and there ® remained the grove also in Sa- ma-ri-a.) 7 Neither did he leave of the peo- ple to Je-ho-a-haz but fifty horse- men, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syr-i-a had destroyed them, "and had made them like the dust by threshing. 8 H Now the rest of the acts of Je-ho-a-haz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el*? 9 And Je-ho-a-haz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Sa-ma-ri-a: and ® Jo-ash his son reigned in his stead.* 10 H In the thirty and seventh year of Jo-ash king of Ju-dah be- g an ’^Je-ho-ash the son of Je-ho-a^ az to reign over Is-ra-el in Sa-ma- ri-a, and reigned^ sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from all the sins of Jer-6-bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who made Is-ra-6l sin : but he walked therein. 12 *And the rest of the acts of Jo- ash, and 'all that he did, and “his might wherewith he fought against Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-6l *? 13 Ajid Jo-ash slept with his fa- thers ; and J6r-d-b6-am sat upon his Death of Elishn. II. KINGS, 14. AmaziaEs good reign. throne: and Jo-ash was buried in B.C. 839, Sa-ma-ri-a with the kings of Is-ra-6l. 14 ^ Now E-li-sha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Jo-ash the king of Is-rA-el came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, “the chariot of Is-ra-el, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And E-li-sha said unto him. Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Is-ra-el, ^Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and E-li-sha put his hands upon the king’s hands. 17 And he said. Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then E-li-sha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said. The arro v of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of de- liverance from Syr4-a: for thou shalt smite the Syr-i-ans in ®A-phek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said. Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Is-ra-6l, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said. Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times ; then hadst thou smitten Syr-i-a till thou hadst consumed it: '‘whereas now thou shalt smite Syr-i-a but thrice. 20 U And E-li-sha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Mo-ab-ites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast tne man into the sepulchre of E-li-sha : and when the man ^was let down, and touched the bones of E-li-sha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. “ch. 2. 12. b ch. 13. 10. 2 Chr. 25. 1. 1 Heb. Make thine hand to ride. dch. 12.3. « 1 Ki. 20. 26. /cli.12.20. i'Deut. 24. 16. Ezek. 18. 4, 20. k ver. 25. » 2 Chr. 25. 11. * 2 Sam. 8. 13. Ps, 60, title. 2 or, The rock. I Josh. 15. 38. ”‘2 Chr. 25. 17, 18. &c. 3 Heb. went down. 22 H But ”Haz-a-el king of Syr-i-a «ch. 8 .i 2 . oppressed Is-ra-el all the days of <> see judg. 9 . a. Jedio-a-haz. j’lKi. 4.33. 23 ^And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and ’'had respect unto them, * because of his covenant with A-bra- ham, I-saae, and Ja^Cb, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his ^x^resence as yet. 24 So Haz-a-Sl king of Syr-i-a died ; and B6n-ha-dad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Je-ho-ash the son of Je-ho- a-haz ®took again out of the hand of Bgn-ha-dad the son of Haz-a-el the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Je-ho-a-haz his father by war. ** Three times did Jo-ash 1 cb. 14 27. »• Ex. 2. 24, 25. » Ex. 32. 13. 4 Heb. face. t Deut. 8. 14. 2 Chr. 32. 25. Ezek. 28. 2. 5, 17. Hab. 2. 4 5 Heb. at thy housei 6 Heb. returned and took. “ver. 18, la beat him, and recovered the cities of ls-ra-6l. CHAPTER 14. \ Amaziah's good reign. ‘J His victory over Edom. 8.4m- aziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled. 15 Jeroboam succeedeth Jehoash. 17 Amaziah slain by a consjnracy. 21 Azariah succeedeth him. 23 Jeroboam’s wicked reign. 28 Zachariah succeedeth him. I N '’the second year of Jo-ash son of Je-ho-a-haz king of Is-ra-6l reigned ®Am-_a-zi-ah the son of Jo- ash king of Ju-dah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Je-ru-sd- l6m. And his mother’s name was Je-h6-ad-dan of Je-ru-sa-lem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Da-vid his father : he did according to all things as Jo-ash his father did. 4 ‘'Howbeit the high places were not taken away : as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 IT And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants ^ which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murder- ers he slew^ not : accOTding unto that which is written in the book of the law of Mo-ses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, ^'The fa- thers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7 *He slew of E-d5m in ^'the val- ley of salt ten thousand, and took ^Sedah by war, 'and called the name of it J 5kdhe-el unto this day. 8 ^ "‘Then Am-a-zi-ah sent messen- gers to Je-ho-ash, the son of Je-ho- a-haz son of Je-hu, king of Is-ra-Sl, saying. Come, let us look one an- other in the face. 9 And Je-ho-ash the king of I?- ra-el sent to Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju- dah, saying, “The thistle that was in Leb-a-nSn sent to the ^ cedar that was in Leb-a-n5n, saying. Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Leb-a-nOn, and trode down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten E- d6m, and Hhine heart hath lifted thee up : glory of this, and tarry ®at home : for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Ju- dah with thee^ 1 1 But 'Am-a-zi-ah would not hear. Therefore Je-ho-ash king of Is-ra-Sl went up ; and he and Am-a-zi-ah king of JuklS-h looked one another 378 Amcb'ziah is overcome. n. KINGS, 15. AtariaKs good reign. in the face at " Beth-she-m6sh, which helongeth to Ju-dah. 12 And Ju-dah /was put to the worse before Is-ra-el ; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Je-ho-ash king of I§/a-el took Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah, the son of Je-ho-ash the son of A-ha-zi-ah, at B6th-she-mesh, and came to J6-ru-sa-l6m, and brake down the wall of Je-ru-sa-l6m from '^the gate of E-phra-im unto Hhe corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all *the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lokd, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Sa-ma-ri-a. 15 II *Now the rest of the acts of JAho-ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Am-a-zl-ah king of J u-dah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el1 16 And JAho-ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sa-ma- ri-a with the kings of Is-rAel ; and j6r-b-bo-am his son reigned in his 17 H "And Am-a-zi-ah the son of Jo-ash king of Ju-dah lived after the death of Je-ho-ash son of JAho- Ahaz king of Is-rAel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Am-a-zi-ah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dah 19 Now ythey made a conspiracy against him in JAru-sAl6m: and he fled to * La^hish ; but they sent after him to La-chish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at JA ru-sAlem with his fathers in the city of DAvid. 21 U And all the people of Ju-dah took “ Az-a-ri-ah, wnich was sixteen years old, and made him king in- stead of nis father Am-a-zi-ah. 22 He built ^Edath, and restored it to Ju-dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 H In the fifteenth year of Am- Azi-ah the son of Jo-ash king of Ju-dah J6r-6-bo-am the son of Jb- ash king of Is-rASl began to reign in S^-ma-ri-a, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from all the sins of JSr-b-bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who made I§-rA6l to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Is-rASl •from the entering of HAmath un- B.C. 826. “Josh. 19. 38. & 21. 16. b Deut. 3. 17. 1 Heb. was smitten. ® Jonah 1. 1. Mat. 12. 39, 40: called Jonas. J Josh. 19. 13. « ch. 13. 4. / Deut. 32. 36. 9ch. 13. 5. h Neh. 8. 16. & 12. 39. i Jer. 31. 38. Zech. 14. 10. fcl Ki. 7. 51. 1 Ki. 11. 24. 2 Chr. 8. 3. ‘ After an interregnum of 11 years, ch. 15. 8. « 2 Chr. 25. 25, &c. P ch. 14. 21. 2 Chr. 26. 1, 3, 4. 1 Called JJzziah ver. 13, 30, &C: & 2 Chr. 26. 1, 2 Chr. 25. 27. ® Josh. 10. 31. f ver. 35. ch. 12. 3. & 14. 4. “ch. 15. 13. & 2 Chr. 26. 1, he is called Uzziah. *2 Chr. 26. 19- 21 . y ch. 16. 6. 2 Chr. 26. 2. * Lev. 13. 46. ‘2 Chr. 26.23. > Nutu. 13. 21. & 34. 8. to *the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Is- rAel, which he spake by the hand of his servant ® Jo-nah, the son of A-mit-tA, the prophet, which was of Gath-hejpher. 26 For the Lord ®saw the affliction of Is-rAel, that it was very bitter : for i there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Is-rAel. 27 ^And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Is-rAel from under heaven : but he saved them by the hand of Jer-6-bo-am the son of Jo-ash. 28 ^ Now the rest of the acts of Jer-6-b6-am, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered DAmas-ctis, and HA math, which belonged to Ju-dah, for Is-rAel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-rAel 'I . , , . 29 And Jer-5-bo-am slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Is- rAel; and ” Zach-a-ri-ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTEK 15. 1 Azariah’s good reign. 5 He dying a leper, Jotham sue- ceedeth. 8 Zachariah, reigning ill, is slain by Shallnm. 13 Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Menahem. 21 Pekahiah succeedeth. 23 He is slain by Pekah. 30 Pekai slain by Hoshea. 32 Jotham' s good reign. 36 Ahaz suc- ceedeth him. I N the twenty and seventh year of Jer-5-bo-am king of Is-rAel ^ began «Az-a-ri-ah son of Am-a- zi-ah king of Ju-dah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in JAru-sAlbm. And his mother’s name was J eeh-o- li-ah of JAru-sAlem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Am-a-zi-ah had done; 4 *Save that the high places were not removed : the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5 H And the Lord * smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and "'dwelt in a several house. And J o-tham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. 6 And the rest of the acts of Az-a- ri'ah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju-dah'? 7 So Az-a-ri-ah slept with his fa- thers ; and “ they buried him_ with his fathers in the city of DAvid: and Jo-tham his son reigned in his stead. 8 51 In the thirty and eighth year of Az-a-ri-ah king of Ju-dah did 379 ^ Zachariah is slain. II. KINGS, 15. Pekah slain hy ZTosAea j Za^h-a-ri-ah the son of Jer-6-bo-am B.C. 773. Men-a-hem, and all that he did, are reign over Is-ra-el in Sa-ma-ri-a six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done : he departed not from the sins of Jer-5-b6-am the son they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el % 22 And M6n-a-hem slept with his fathers ; and Pek-a-hi-ah his son reigned in his stead. 23 U In the fiftieth year of Az-a- i of Ne-bat, who made Is-ra-el to sin. ri-ah king of Ju-dah Pek-a-hi-ah 10 And Shal-lum the son of Ja-besh the son of Men-a-hem began to , 1 conspired against him, and “smote “ As pro- reign 9 ver Is-ra-el in Sa-ma-ri-a, i him before the people, and slew phesied, and reigned two years. ! him, and reigned in his stead. Amos 7. 9. 24 And he did that which was evil . ,1 1 1 And the rest of the acts of Zaeh- in the sight of the Lord : he de- ■ i a-ri-ah, behold, they are written in parted not from the sins of Jer-6- the book of the chronicles of the bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who made ' ri' kings of Is-ra-el. Is-ra-el to sin. -,1 12 This ivas *the word of the Lord 6 ch. 10. 30. 25 But Pe-kah the son of Rem-a- ' "' i which he spake unto J e-hu, saying. Thy sons shall sit on the throne of li-ah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Sa- Is-ra-el unto the fourth generation. ma-ri-a, in the palace of the king’s ’■ ' And so it came to pass. house, with Ar-gOb and A-ri-eh, and ( 13 ^ Shal-lum the son of Ja-bgsh with him fifty men of the GiPe-ad- ‘H ■ ^ began to reign in the nine and ites : and he killed him, and reigned t . ^ . ■ • thirtieth year of ‘^tJz-zi-ah king of « Mat. 1. 8, 9, in his room. :j; ; 'i Ju-dah; and he reigned ^a full called Ozias, 26 And the rest of the acts of Pek- month in Sa-ma-ri-a. Azariah. a-hi-ah, and all that he did, behold. ■1 ■', 14 For Men-a-hem the son of Ga-di 1 Heb. a month they are written in the book of the went up from ‘^Tir-zah, and came to of days. dl Ki. 14. 17. chronicles of the kings of Is-ra-el. Sa-ma-ri-a, and smote Shal-lum the 27 U In the two and fiftieth year i ih'j] son of Ja-besh in Sa-ma-ri-a, and « Is. 7. 1. of Az-a-ri-ah king of Ju-dah ® Pe-kah \fi slew him, and reigned in his stead. the son of Rem-a-li-ah began to reign 9 ver IshA-el in Sa-ma-ri-a, 15 And the rest of the acts of '1=1 Shal-lum, and his conspiracy which and reigned twenty years. he made, behold, they are written ^ 28 And he did that which was evil in the book of the chronicles of the in the sight of the Lord: he de- kings of Is-ra-el. parted not from the sins of Jer-6- bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who made 16 H Then Men-a-hem smote •''Tiph- /1KL4. 24 sah, and all that were therein, and Is-ra-el to sin. ill the coasts thereof from Tir-zah : 29 In the days of Pe-kah king of because they opened not to him, ?lChr. 5. 26. Is-ra-el ^came Tigdath-pi-le^ser king 1 1 ?! f therefore he smote it ; and aW '^the Is. 9. 1. of As-syr-i-a, and took M-jOn, ana women therein that were with child h ch. 8. 12. A-bel-beth-ma-a-chah, and Ja-no- ly'H he ripped up. » 1 Ki. 15. 20. ah, and Ke-desh, and Ha-zdr, and 17 In the nine and thirtieth year Gil-6-ad, and Gal-i-lee, all the land of Az-a-ri-ah king of Ju-dah began of Naph-ta-li, and carried them cap- 1 '.1 Men-a-hem the son of Ga-di to reign tive to As-syr-i-a. l'4[’ over Ish-a-el, and reigned ten years 30 And Ho-she-a the son of Edah in Sa-ma-ri-a. made a conspiracy against Pe-kah the son of Rem-a-li-ah, and smote j y: ji >> 18 And he did that which was l;wi \- evil in the sight of the Lord : he h After an him, and slew him, and * reigned in departed not all his days from the anarchy for his stead, tin the twentieth year of '4k\ sins of Jer-5-bo-am the son of Ne^ Jo-tham the son of tJz-zi-ah. if! i bat, who made^ IshA-el to sin. Hos. 10. 3, 7, 15. 31 And the rest of the acts of And ’^Pul the king of As-syr-i-a i came against the land ; and Men-a- 1 In the fourth Pe-kah, and all that he did, behold. ■J !: '1 year of Ahaz, in t.li6 t>weii“ they are written in the book 9 f the !• ]' i hem gave Pul a thousand talents of tieth year chronicles of the kings of Istia-6l. ■!• j silver, that his hand might be with after Jotham had begun 32 H In the second year of Pe-kah ;■ 'i 1 j him to ” confirm the kingdom in his to reign : the son of Rem-a-h-ah king of Is- ; ^ • ' hand. U sh. m \ chr. 5. 26. ra-6l began "Jo-tham the son of tTz-zi-ah king of Ju-dah to reign. 20 And Men-a-h6m ^exacted the Is. 66.'l9. ; • '. : money of Is-ra-el, even of all the Hos. 8. 9. 33 Five and twenty years old was i r * mighty men of wealth, of each man CD. l-i. O. ® 2 Chr. 27. 1. he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-ru-sa- ; \\ . fifty sh6k-els of silver, to give to 2 Heb. caused :1 h 4 ^ the king of As-syr-i-a. So the king of As-syr-i-a turned back. to come forth. l6m. And his mother’s name was Je-ru-sha, the daughter of Za-dOk. i! i and stayed not there in the land. 34 And he did that which was ili) : 1 21 H And the rest of the acts of right in the sight of the Lord : he 380 ihaz’s wicked rdgn. II. KINGS, 16, He spoileth the temple. lid “according to all that his father Jz-zl-ah had done. 35 H ‘^Howbeit the high places were lot removed : the people sacrificed ind burned incense still in the high ilaces. ^ He built the higher gate of i/he house of the Lord. 36 Now the rest of the acts of lo-tham, and all that he did, are iihey not written in the book of the ihronicles of the kings of J u-dah 1 37 In those days the Lord began X) send against Ju-dah ®E,e-zin the king of Syr-i-a, and •'^Pe-kah the son if Rem-a-li-ah. 38 And Jo-tham slept with his iathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da-vid his rather : and A-haz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 16. I Ahaz's wicked reign. 10 He diverteth the hraten altar to his own devotion. 17 He spoileth the temple. 19 Hezekiah twcceedeth him. I N the seventeenth year of Pe-kah the son of Rgm-a-li-ah ^ A-haz bhe son of Jo-tham king of Ju-dah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was A-haz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in JAru-sa-lem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like Da-vid his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Ish4-6l, yea, *and made his son to pass through the fire, ac- cording to the ’"abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Is-ra-gl. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt in- cense in the high places, and "on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 U “Then Re-zin king of SyNi-a and Pe-kah son of E,6m-a-h-ah king of Is-ra-6l came up to JAru-sa-l6m to war; and they besieged A-haz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Re-zin king of Syr- i-a ’’recovered Edath to Syr4-a, and drave the Jews from ^Bdath: and the Syr4-ans came to Edath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So A-haz sent messengers Ho *Tig-lath-pI-le-ser king of As-syr- i-a, saying, I am thy servant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syrd-a, and out of the hand of the king of t§da-6l, which rise up against me. 8 And A-haz "took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of As-syrd-a. 9 And the king of As-syrd-a heark- ened unto him : for the king of As- B.C. 742. “ ver. 3. iHeb. Dammesek. 6 Foretold, Amos 1. 5. ® ver. 4 d2Clir. 27. 3, &C. « ch. 16. 5. Is. 7. 1. / ver. 27. 2 Heb. which were his. ft2Chr. 28. 1, &c. i 2 Chr. 4. 1. k Ex. 29. 39^1. I Lev. 18. 21. 2 Chr. 28. 3. Ps. 106. 37, 38. “Deut. 12. 31. ” Deut. 12. 2. 1 Ki. 14. 23. ® Is. 7. 1, 4, &c. r 2 Chr. 28. 24. 9 1 Ki. 7. 27, 28. ’•ch. 14 22. 3 Heb. EUth. » 1 K'i. 7. 23, 25. < ch. 15. 29. 4 Heb. Tilgath- pileser, 1 Chr. 5. 26. &2Chr. 28.20, Tilgath- pilneser. “ch. 12. 18. See 2 Chr. 28. 21 . ®2Chr. 28. 27. syrd-a went up against ^ Da-mas' eus, and ^took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Re-zin. _ 10 U And king Adiaz v/ent to Da- mascus to meet Tigdath-pi-le-ser king of As-syrd-a, and saw an altar that was at Da-masCus : and king ACaz sent to tJ-ri-jah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And U-ri-iah the priest built an altar according to all that king A-haz had sent from Da-masCus: so U-rldah the priest made it against king A-haz came from Da-masCiis. 12 And when the king was come from Da-masCtis, 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 jioured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of ^his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he brought also Hhe brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king ACaz commanded U-rl-jah the priest, saying. Upon the great altar burn * the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat of- fering, and the king’s burnt sac- rifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offer- ing, and their drink offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice : and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 16 Thus did U-ri-jah the priest, according to all that king Affiaz commanded. 17 11 ^And king A-haz cut off ^the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off thern ; and took down Hhe sea from off' the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 1 8 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turn- ed he from the house of the Lord for the king of As-syr-i-a. 19 II Now the rest of the acts of A!-haz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Ju-dah'? 20 And A'-haz slept with his fathers, and *was buried with his fathers in the city of DaCid: and H6z-6-ki-ah his son reigned in his stead. 381 Eoshea^ s wicTced reign* 11. KINGS, 17. Saniaria is taken* CHAPTER 17. 1 ffoshea's wicked reign. 5 Samaria is besieged and taken. 24 The strange nations transplanted in Samaria make a mixture of religions. I N the twelfth year of A-haz king of Ju-dah began ‘'Ho-she-a the son of Edah to reign in Sa-ma-ri-a over Is-ra-6l nine years. ^ 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed, but not as the kings of Is-ra-el that were before him. 3 ^ Against him came up ®Shal- ma-ne%er king of As-syr4-a ; and Ho-she-a became his servant, and ^gave him ^presents. 4 And the king of As-syr4-a found conspiracy in Ho-she-a : for he had sent messengers to So king of E- gypt, and brought no present to the king of As-syr-i-a, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of As-syr-i-a shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5 H Then * the king of As-syr-i-a came up throughout all the land, and went up to Sa-ma-ri-a, and be- sieged it three years. 6 IT "In the ninth year of Ho-she^a the king of As-syr-i-a took Sa-ma- ri-a, and ^carried Is-ra-6l away into As-syr-i-a, *and placed them in Ha- lah and in Ha-b6r by the river of Go'zan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7 For so it was, that the children of Ish’a-6l had sinned against the Loed their God, which had brought them up out of the land of E-gypt, from under the hand of Pha-raoh king of E-gypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Loed cast out from before the children of Is- ra-6l, and of the kings of Is-ra-el, which they had made. 9 And the children of Is-ra-6l did secretly those things that were not right against the Loed their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, "from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 ‘^And they set them up ^images 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, * where- of the Loed had said unto them, *Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Loed testified against I§-rA6l, and against Ju'-d^h, all B.C. 730. “ 1 Sam. 9. 9. b Jer. 18. 11. & 25. 5. & 35. 15. ® After an interregnum, ch. 15. 30. ch. 27. 29. 4 Heb. their goings forth. 2 2Ki. 15. 5, 32. "IVrOW the sons of Reu-bgn the 1.1 firstborn of Is-ra-el, (for “he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he ® defiled his father’s bed, ‘^his birthright was given unto the sons of Jo-s6ph the son of Is-ra-el : and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For ^ J u-dah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the •^chief ® ruler; but the birthright was Jo-seph’s :) 3 The sons, I say, of s'Reu-ben the firstborn of Is-ra-gl were, Ha-n6ch, and Pal-lu, Hezh’6n, and Car-mi. 4 The sons of Jo-el; ShAma-iah his son, G6g his son, Shim-e-i his son, 5 Mi^ah his son, Re-a-ia his son, Ba-al bis son, 6 BAe-rah his son, whom ®Til-gath- pil-ne-ser king of As-syr4-a carried away captive : he was prince of the Reu-ben-ites. 7 And his brethren by their fami- lies, '‘when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, the chief, J Ai-el, and Zech-a-ri-ah, 8 And Beda the son of A-zaz, the son of ^She^ma, the son of Jo-el, who dwelt in *Ar-6-er, even unto Ne-bo and Ba-al-me;5n: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto tbe entering in of the wilderness from the river Eu-phrades : because their cattle were multiplied *^in the land of Gil-g-ad. 10 And in the days of S§>ul they made war ^with the Ha-gar-ites, who fell by their hand : and. they dwelt in tbeir tents ^throughout all the east land of Gil-e-M. 11^ And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of ’”Ba-shan unto Sal-cah: 12 Jo-el the chief, and Sha^pham the nexb and Ja-a-nai, and Sha-phat in Ba-sban. 1 3 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Mi-cha-el, and MAshul-lani, and She-ba, and Jo^ rai, and Ja-chan, and Zi-a, and He-ber, seven. 14 These are the children of Ab-i- ha41 the son of Hu-ri, the son of Ja-ro-ab, the son of Gil-e-ad, the son of Mi-cba-el, the son of J e-shish-ai, the son of Jah-do, the son of Btiz ; 15 A-hi the son of Ab-di-gl, the son of Gu-ni, chief of the house of their fathers. _ , . 16 And they dwelt in Gil-g-ad m Ba-shan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of ^Shar-gn, upon ‘‘their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of ^Jo-tham 398 I. CHRONICLES, 6. Line of the priests unto the captivity. king of Ju-dah, and in the days of “Jer-h-bo-am king of Is-ra-6l. 1 8 U The sons of Keu-bgn, and the Gad-ites, and half the tribe of Ma- nas-seh, ^of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, 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 Ha%ar-Ites, with ®Je-tur, and Ne- phish, and No-dab. 20 And ‘^they were helped against them, and the Ha%ar-ites were de- livered into their hand, and all that were with them : for they cried to God in the battle, and he was in- treated of them. ; because they ^put their trust in him. 21 And they Hook away their cattle ; of their camels fifty thou- sand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of ^men an hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slam, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until Hhe captivity. 23 H And the children of the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h dwelt in the land : they increased from Ba-shan unto Ba-al-her-mon and Se-nir, and unto mount Her-m5n. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even E-pher, and Ish-i, and E-h-6l, and AzHi-el, and Jer-e-mi-ah, and Hod- a-vi-ah, and Jah-di-el, mighty men of valour, ^famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 IT And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a ^whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God de- stroyed before them. 26 And the God of IsHa-el stirred up the spirit of ’‘Pul king of As- syr-i-_a, and the spirit of *Til-gath- E il-ne-s6r king of As-syr-i-a, and e carried them aw^, even the Beu-b6n-ites, and the GMhtes, and the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, and brought them unto ‘Hadah, and Ha-bdr, and HaHa, and to the river Go-zan, unto this day. CHAPTER 6. 1 rtu tons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the cap- tivity. 16 The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 49 The office of A aron, and his line xvnto A himaaz. 54 The cities of the jyriests and Levites. T he sons of Le-vi ; 2/Ger-sh5n,^ Ko-hath, and Me-ra-ri. 2 And the sons of Ko-hath ; Am- ram, "Iz-har, and He-brOn, and tJz- zi^6l. B.C. 1300, &c. “ 2 Ki. 14. 16, 28. 6 Lev. 10. 1. > Heb. sons of valour. ‘ Gen. 25. 15. ch. 1 . 31. d See ver. 22. « 2 Sara. 8. 17. / 2 Sara. 15. 27. 9 Ps. 22. 4, 5. h See 2 Chr. 26. 17, 18. 2 Heb. in the house. i 1 Ki. 6. 2 Chr. 3. 3 Heb. led captive. k See Ezra 7. 3. 4 Heb. souls of men ; as Nura. 31. 35. •'> or, Meshullam, ch. 9. 11. I 2 Ki. 1.5. 29. & 17. 6. »"Neh. 11. 11. «2Ki. 25. 18. « Ex. 6. 16. 0 or, Gershon, ver. 1. 1 Heb. men of names. P2Ki. 17. 7. 9 ver. 42. '•2Ki. 15. 19. 8 or, Ethan, ver. 42. 9 or, Adaiah, ver. 41. * 2 Ki. 15. 29. 1 or, Ethni, ver. 41. 2 or, Izhar, ver. 2, 18. < 2 Ki. 17. 6. & 18. 11. 3 or, Zephaniah, A zariah, Joel, ver. 36. “ver. 35, 36. i or, Zuph, * ver. 34, Toah. yOen. 46. 11. Ex. 6. 16. N\im. 26. 51. ch. 23. 6. ■> or, Gershom, ver. 16. * ver. .34, Eliel. “ See ver. 22. 6 Called also Joel, ver. 33. & 1 Sam. 8. 2. 399 3 And the children of AmHam; Aar-5n, and Mo-ses, and Mird-am. The sons also of Aar-5n ; *Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, E-l6-a-zar, and Ith-a- mar. _ 4 IT E-le-a-zar begat Phin-e-has, Phin-e-has begat Ab-i-shu-a, 5 And Ab-i-shu-a begat Buk-kl, and Buk-ki begat tTz-zi, 6 And TJz-zi begat Zer-a-hi-ah, and Zer-a-hi-ah begat Me-rad5th, 7 Me-radoth begat Am-a-ri-ah, and Am-a-ri-ah begat A-hi-tub, 8 And ® A-hi-tub begat Za-dhk, and -^Za-dSk begat A-him-a-az, ^ 9 And A-him-a-az begat Az-a-ri-ah, and Az-a-ri-ah begat J 6-ha-nam^ 10 And J6-ha-nan begat Az-a-ri-ah, (he it is '‘that executed the priest’s office ^in the Hemple that S51-5- mon built in JAru-sa-lem :) ^ 11 And * Az-a-ri-ah begat Am-a^ ri-ah, and Am-a-ri-ah begat A-hi- tub, 1 2 And A-hi-tub begat Za-d5k, and Za-d5k begat ^Shaldtim, 1 3 And Shaldtim begat Hil-ki-ah, and Hil-ki-ah begat Az-a-ri-aR ^ 1 4 And Az-a-ri-ah begat ™SAradah, and Se-radah begat J e-h5z-a-dak, 15 And Je-h5z-a-dak went into captivity, ”when the .Lord carried away Ju-dah and_ J Aru-sa-l6m by the hand of N6b-u-ehad-nez-zar. 16 IT The sons of Le-vi; "Ger- sh5m,® Koffiath, and Me-ra-ri. 17 And these he the nanies of the sons of Ger-shom ; Lib-ni, and Sbim-e-i. 1 8 And the sons of Koffiath were, AmHam, and Izffiar, and He-br6n, and tJz-zi-el. 1 9 The sons of Me-raHi ; Mahdi, and Mu-shi. And these are the families of the Le-vites according to their fathers. 20 Of Ger-sh5m; Lib-ni his son, Jaffiath his son, «Zim-mah his son, 21 ® Jo-ah his son, ®Id-d 9 his son, ZeHah his son, ^Je-at-e-rai his son. 22 Tbe sons of Koffiath ; ^ Am-min- a-dab his son, KoHah his son, As-sir his son, 23 El-ka-nah his son, and E-bi-a- fsaph his son, and As-sir his son, 24 Taffiath bis son, ^U-ri-el his son, Gz-zi-ah his son, and Sha-ul his son. 25 And the sons of ETka-nah ; “Am-a-sm, and A-hi-m5th. 26 As for El-ka-nah : the sons of El-ka-nah : /Zo-phai his son, and "'Naffiath bis son, 27 *E-li-ab his son, J6r-5-h2,m his son, El-ka-nah his son. 28 And the sons of Sam-u-6l ; the firstborn ®Vash-ni, and A-bi-ah. 29 The sons of Me-raHi; Mahdi, The sons of Merari. Lib-nl his son, Shim-6-i his son, Uz-za his son, 30 Shim-6-a his son, Hag-gi-ah his son, A-sa-iah his son. 31 And these are they whom Da- vid set over the service of song in the house of the Loed, after that the “ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, un- til S5l-5-m0n had built the house of the Loed in Je-rii-sa-lem : and then they waited on their office ac- cording to their order. 33 And these are they that ^ waited with their children. Of the sons of the Koffiath-ites : He-man a singer, the son of Jo-el, the son of Sh6m- u-6l, 34 The son of El-ka-nah, the son of J 6r-5-ham, the son of E-li-el, the son of ^To-ah, 35 The son of ®Zuph, the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Maffiath, the son of Am-a-sai, ^ 36 The son of ETka-nah, the son of ^ Jo-el, the son of Az-a-ri-ah, the son of Z6ph-a-ni-ah, 37 The son of Taffialh, the son of As-sir, the son of -^E-bi-a-saph, the son of Ko-rah, ^ 38 The son of Izffiar, the son of Koffiath, the son of Le-vl, the son of Is-ra-el. 3J And his brother A-saph, who stood on his right hand, even A- saph the son of BSr-a-chi-ah, the son of Shim-e-a, 40 The son of Mi-£;ha-6l, the son of Ba-a-se-iah, the son of Mal-chi-ah, 41 The son of ^Eth-m, the son of Ze-rah, the son of A-da-iah, 42 The son of E-than, the son of Zim-mah, the son of Shim-e-i, 43 The son of Jaffiath, the son of Ger-sh5m, the son of Le-vi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Me-ra-ri stood on the left hand : ®E-than the son of ^Kish-i, the son of Ab-dl, the son of Maldti^h, 45 The son of Hash-a-bi-ah, the son of Am-a-zi-ah, the son of Hil-ki-ah, 46 The son of Am-zi, the son of Ba-nL the son of Sha-m6r, 47 The son of Mah-h,_the son of Mu-shi, the son of Me-ra-ri, the son of Le-vi. 48 Their brethren also the Le-vites appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 ^ But Aar-5n and his sons of- fered ffipon the altar of the burnt offering, and "‘on thealtar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make Cities of the priests, an atonement for Is-ra-6l, accord- ing to all that Mo-sgs the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aar- 5n; E-le-a-zar his son, Phin-6-has his son, A-bi-shu-a his son, 51 Buk-ki his son, tTz-zi his son, Z6r-a-hi-ah his son, 52 Me-ra-iOth his son, Am-a-ri-ah his son, A-hi-tub his son, 53 Za-dok his son, A-him-a-az his son. 54 U *Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aar-6n, of the families of the Koffiath-ites : for their’s was the lot. 55 And they gave them He-brCn in the land of Ju-dah, and the sub- urbs thereof round about it. 56 ‘^But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Gadeb the son of J6-phfin-n6h. 57 And ®to the sons of Aar-5n they gave the cities of Ju-dah, namely. He-br6n, the city of refuge, and Libffiah with her suburbs, and J atdir, and Esh-te-mo-a, with their suburbs, 58 And ®Hid6n with her suburbs, De-bir with her suburbs, 59 And ®A-shan with her sub- urbs, and B6th-she-m6sh with her suburbs : 60 And out of the tribe of B6n-ja- min ; Ge-ba with her suburbs, and '^Al-4-meth with her suburbs, and An^a-th5th with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their fami- lies were thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Koffiath, ^ which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely., out of the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h, *by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons 9 f Ger-shOm throughout their families out of the tribe of Is-sa-char, and out of the tribe of Ash-er, and out of the tribe of Naph-ta-ll, and out of the tribe of Ma-nas-s6h in Ba-shan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Me-ra-ri were given by lot, throughout their fam- ilies, out of the tribe of Reu-ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb-u-lun, * twelve 64 And the children of Is-ra-el gave to the Le-vites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Ju-dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim-e-5n, and out of the tribe of the children of Ben-ja-min, these 1. CHRONICLES, 6. B.C. 1444, &c. “ch. 16. L i Josh. 21. 1 Heb. stood. ‘ Josh. 21. 11. 12 . d Josh. 14. IL. & 15. 13. 2 ver. 26, Nahath. 3 or, Zophai. ‘ Josh. 21. 13. 4 ver. 24, Sliaul, Uz- ziah, Uriel. TIolmi, -sh. 21. 15. / Ex. 6. 24. ® or, Ain, Josh. 21. 16. 1 or, Alrrum, Josh. 21. 18. 3 See ver. 21. ft ver. 66. » Josh. 21. 5. 8 Called Jeduthun, ch. 9. 16. & 25. 1, 3, 6. 9 or, Kushaiah, ch. 15. 17. ft Josh. 21. 7, 34. I Lev. 1. 9. ™Ex. 30. 7. 400 Cities of the I. CHROlSriCLES, 7. The sons of Benfamin. cities, which are called by their B.C. 1400, &c. names. 66 And ^the residue of the families of the sons of Ko-hath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of E-phra-im. 67 *And theygave unto them, o/ the cities of refuge, She--eh6m in mount E-phra-im with her suburbs ; they gave also Ge-zer with her suburbs, 68 i^d J5k-m6-am with her sub- urbs, and Beth-ho-rOn with her suburbs, 69 And Ai-ja-l6n with her sub- urbs, and Gath-rim-mOn with her suburbs : 70 And out of the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h : A-ner with her sub- « ver. 61. b Josh. 21. 21. 2 Sam. 24. 1, 2. ch. 27. 1. d See Josh. 21. 22-35, where many of these cities have other names. urbs, and Bil-e-am with her sub- urbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Ko-hath. 71 Unto the sons of Grer-sh5m tvere given out of the family of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, Godan in Ba- shan with her suburbs, and Ash-ta- rOth with her suburbs : 72 And out of the tribe of Is-sa- ehar ; Ke-dSsh with her suburbs, Dab-g-rath with her suburbs, 7 3 And Ba-m5th with her suburbs, and A-nem with her suburbs : 74 And out of the tribe of Ash-er; Ma-shal with her suburbs, and Ab- d5n with her suburbs, 7 5 And Hu-kOk with her suburbs, and RediOb with her suburbs : 76 And out of the tribe of Naph- ta-li ; Ke-d6sh in Gal-i-lee with her suburbs, and Ham-m6n with her suburbs, and Kir-ja-thadm with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Me-ra-ri were given out of the tribe of Zeb-u-lun, Rim-m6n with her suburbs, Ta-bor with her suburbs : 78 And on the other side J6r-dan by J6rd-cho, on the east side of Jdr-dan, were given them out of the tribe of Reu-b6n, Be-zer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jah-zah with her suburbs, 79 K6d-6-m6th also with her sub- urbs, and M6ph-a-ath with her sub- urbs: 80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ra-mOth in Gil-6-M with her sub- urbs, and Ma-ha-nadm with her suburbs, 81 And H6sh-b5n with her sub- urbs, and Ja-zer with her suburbs. « Gen. 46. 21. Num. 26. 38. ch. 8. 1, or, victual of meal. 2 Heb. renwved. i 2 Sam. 6. 11. * As Gen. 30. 27. ch. 26. 5. I 2 Sam. 5. 11, &c. 3 Heb. let us break forth and send. »*1 Sam. 31. 1. Is. 37. 4. 4 Heb. in the cities of their suburbs. 5 Heb. bring about. 6 Heb. yet. «1 Sam. 7. 1,2. ® ch. 3. 5. P 1 Sam. 7. 5. 2 Sam. 6. 1. 9 Josh. 13. 3. 408 ev’en unto the entering of He-math, to bring the ark of God “from Kir- jath-je-a-rim. 6 And Da-vid went up, and all Is- ra-el, to *Ba-al-ah, that is, to Kir- jath-je-a-rim, which belonged to Ju-dah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lori), ‘'that dwelleth be- tween the cher-fi-bims, whose name is called on it. 7 And they ^carried the ark of God ‘^in a new cart ®out of the house of A-bin-a-dab : and tTz-za and A-hi-6 drave the cart. 8 -^And Da-vid and all Is-ra-el played before God with all their might, and with ® singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 H And when they came unto the threshingfloor of ’-Ghi-dSn, TTz-za put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen ^stumbled. 10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against tJz-za, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he '"died before God. 1 1 And Da Aid was displeased, be- cause the Lord had made a breach upon tlz-za: wherefore that place is called ^PeAez-iiz-za to this day. 12 And DaAid was afraid of God that day, saying. How shall I bring the ark of God home to me % 13 So Da Aid ^brought not the ark home to himself to the city of Da- vid, but carried it aside into the house of 0-bed-e-d6m the Git-tite. 14 *And the ark of God remained with the family of OA6d-e-d0m in his house three months. And the Lord blessed *the house of O-bed- e-dom, and all that he had. CHAPTER 14. 1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 David's felicity hi people, wives, and children. 8 His two victories against the Philistines. OW ^Hlh’am king of Tyre sent l\ messengers to Da Aid, and tim- ber of cedars, with masons and car- penters, to build him an house. 2 And DaAid perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over IsAa-el, for his kingdom was lifted up on nigh, because of his people IsAa-6l. 3 H And DaAid took ®more wives at JAru-sa-lem: and DaAid begat more sons and daughters. 4 Now ‘'these are the names of his children which he had in JA ru-sa-lem ; Sham-muA. and Sho- bab, Na-than, and Sol-6-m5n, 5 And Ib-har, and El-i-shii-a, and El-pa-let, 1. CHRONICLES, 15. David's victories. Bringing up the arh. 6 And No%ah, and Ne-pheg, and Ja-phi-a,_ 7 And E-lish-a-ma, and ^J3e-6-li-a- da, and E-liph-a-let. 8 II And when the Phi-ns-tines heard that “Da-vid was anointed king over all Is-ra-6l, all the_ Phi- hs-tines went up to seek Da-vid. And Dk-vid heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Phi-lis-tines came and spread themselves ® in the valley of Reph-a-im. 10 And Da^d enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Phi-lis-tines % and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand*? And the Lord said unto him. Go up ; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 1 1 So they came up to Ba-al-p6r- a-zim ; and Da-vid smote them there. Then Da-vid 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 ^ Ba-al-per-a-zim. 12 And when they had left their gods there, Da-vid gave a com- mandment, and they were burned with fire. B.C. 1042. 1 or, Eliatla, 2 Sam. 5. 16. “ 2 Sam. 5. 17. 2 or, kimmen. Ex. 6. 22. 3 i.e. A place 1 3 ® And the Phi-lis-tines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14 Therefore Da-vid enquired 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 going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Phidis-tines. 16 Da-vid therefore did as God commanded him : and they smote the host of the Phi-lis-tines from *'Gib-6-5n even to Ga-zer. 17 And Rhe fame of Da-vid went out into all lands ; and the Lord ""brought the fear of him upon all nations. * 2 Sam. 5. 22. /2 Sam. 6. 3. ch. 13. 7. 9 ch. 13. 10, 11. A 2 Sam. 5. 23. t Ex. 25. 14. Nuin. 4. 15. & 7. 9. *2 Sam. 5. 25, Geba. I Josh. 6. 27. 2 Chr. 26. 8. “Deut. 2. 25. & 11. 25. CHAPTER 15. 1 David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordcreth the priests and Lcvites to bring it from Obed-edom. 25 He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy. 29 Miehal despiseth him. AND Da-vid made him houses in XI. the city of Da Aid, and pre- Iiared a place for the ark of God, «and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then DaAid said. ‘‘None ought to carry the ’’ark or God but the LeAites : for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And DaAid ^gathered all l§Aa-6l p ch. 6. 44. ? ch. 16. 1. 1 Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, bat for the Le cites. *■ Nuiti. 4. 2, 15. Deut. 10. 8. & 31. 9. * 1 Ki. 8. 1. ch. 13. 5. together to Je-ruAa-lem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And DaAid assembled the chil- dren of Aar-Qn, and the LeAites : 5 Of the sons of Ko-hfi.th ; U-ri-el the chief, and his ^brethren an hundred and twenty: 6 Of the sons of MAra-rl; A-sa- iah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty : 7 Of the sons of GerAhdm; Jo-el the chief, and his brethren an hun- dred and thirty : 8 Of the sons of ® E-liz-a-phan ; ShC-ma-iah the chief, and his breth- ren two hundred : 9 Of the sons of ‘^He-br5n ; E-h-el the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10 Of the sons of Dz-zi-el; Am- min-a-dab the chief, and his breth- ren an hundred and twelve. 11 And DaAid called for Za-d5k and A-bi-a-thar the priests, and for the LeAites, for U-ri-6l, A-sa-iah, and JoAl, ShC-ma-iah, and E-li-6l, and Am-min-a-dab, 12 And said unto them. Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Le' vites : sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of IsAa-6l 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 we sought him not after the due order. 14 So the priests and the Le-vites sanctified tnemselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of IsAa-el. 15 And the children of the Le- vites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as ^MoAes commanded ac- cording to the word of the Lord. 1 6 And Da Aid spake to the chief of the Le-vites to appoint their brethren to he the_ singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting m) the voice with jo.y. 17 So the LeAites appointed "He- man the son of JoAl ; and of his brethren, ‘'AAaph the son of B6r-6- chiAh ; and of the sons of Me-raAi their brethren, ^EAhan the son of Ktish-a-iah ^ 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Z6ch-a-riAh, Ben, and Ja-aAi-6l, and She-mirA| m5th, and Je-hi-6l, and TTnAi, E-li- ab, and Be-nadah, and Ma-a-se-iah, and Mat-ti-thi-ah, and E-liphA-leh, and Mik-nedah, and O-b^d-e-dfim, and JAiAl, the porters. 1 9 So the singers, He-man, AAaph, 409 I CHRONICLES, 16. Psalm of thanksgiving. Bringing up the ark. and E-than, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass ; 20 And Zoeh-a-ri-ah, and ^A-zi-6l, and She-mir-a-mOth, and Je-hi-el, and tJn-ni, and E-li-ab, and Ma-a-se- iah, and Bo-na-iah, with psalteries “on Al-a-mOth ; 21 And Mat-ti-thi-ah, and E-liph- 6-leh, and Mik-ne-iah, and O-bed- e-dOm, and JAi-el, and Az-a-zi-ah, with harps ^on the Shem4-nith to excel. 22 And -Chen-a-ni-ah, chief of the Le-vites, ^was for ‘^song : he in- structed about the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Ber-e-chi-ah and El-ka-nah B.C. 1042. “ Ps. 46, title. b Ps. 38. & 70, title. 2 or, on tJie eighth to oversee, Ps. 6, title. 3 or, was for the carriage ; he instructed about the can-iage. were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Sheb-a-ni-ah, and J 6-h5sh- a-phat, and Ne-than-Ael, and Am-a- sai, and Zech-Ari-ah, and Be-na-iah, and E-li-e-zer, the priests, Mid blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and OMed-eMbm and Je-hi- ah were doorkeepers for the ark. 25 H So ®DaAid, and the elders of Is-ra-6l, and the captains over thou- sands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Loed out of the ^Heb. lifting up. 5 Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps. e Num. 10. 8. Ps. 81. 3. (iSee 2 Sam. 23. 1, &c. *2 Sam. 6. 12, 13, &c. 1 Ki. 8. 1. / Ps. 105. 1-15. house of OMed-eMOm with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the LeMites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Loed, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And DaMid was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the LeMites that bare the ark, and the singers, and -Chen-a-ni-ah the mas- ter of the ®song with the singers : Da-vid also had upon him an 6phMd of linen. 28 ^Thus all IsAa-el brought up the ark of the covenant of the Loed with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 29 H And it came to pass, ^as the ark of the covenant of the Loed came to the city of DaMid, that MiMhal the daughter of Saul look- ing out at a window saw king Da- vid dancing and playing : and she despised him in her heart. 6 or, carriage. 9 ch. 13. 8. *2 Sam. 6. 16. t Gen. 17. 2. & 28. 13. & 35. 11. CHAPTER 16. 1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He orderefh a choir to sing thanksgiving. 7 The psalm of thanksgiving. 37 He ap- pointeth ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend continually on the ark. S O 'they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that Da-vid had pitched for it : and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when Da-vid had made an end of offering the burnt offerings 9 Heb. the cord. 3 Heb. men of number, k Gen. 34. 30. I 2 Sam. 6. 17- 19. "iGen. 12. 17. & 20. 3. Ex. 7. 15-18. « Ps. 105. 15. and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Loed. 3 And he dealt to every one of Is- ra-el, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 4 U And he appointed certain of the LeMites to minister before the ark of the Loed, and to h^ecord, and to thank and praise the Loed God of Ish*a-6l : 5 A-saph the chief, and next to him Zech-a-ri-ah, JAi-6l, and ShA mir-a-m5th, and JAhi-el, and Mat- ti-thifah, and E-li-ab, and Be-na-iah, and OMed-eMbm : and JAi-el ®with psalteries and with harps ; but A- saph made a sound with cymbals ; 6 Be-na-iah also and JAha-zi-el the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 U Then on that day DaMid de- livered ‘'first this psalm to thank the Loed into the hand of A-saph 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 un- to 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. 1 1 Seek the Loed and his strength, seek his face continually. 1 2 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 1 3 O ye seed of Is_hA-6l his servant, ye children of JaMbb, his chosen ones. 14 He is the Loed our God ; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant ; the word which he com- manded to a thousand generations ; 16 Even of the ^covenant which he made with AMra-ham, and of his oath unto I-saac ; 17 And hath confirmed the same to JaMob for a law, and to Ish*a-6l for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land oi -GaMaan, ''the lot of your inheritance; 19 When ye were but ffew, ''even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And when they went from na- tion to nation, and from one king- dom to another people ; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, he "‘reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, "Touch not mine a- 410 Psalm of thanksgiving. 1. CHRONICLES, 17. Nathan sent to David, nointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 “Sing unto the Lord, all the earth ; shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works a- mong all nations. 25 For great is the Lord, 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 Lord made the heavens. 27 Glory and honour are in his presence ; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the L 9 RD, ye kin- dreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offer- ing, and come before him : wor- ship the Lord 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 Lord reigneth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the ful- ness 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 Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good ; for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 35 ^And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation,and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. ,, 36 * Blessed he the Lord God of Is- ra-6l for ever and ever. And all Hh’e people said, A-m6n', and praised the Lord. 37 11 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord A- saph and his brethren, to minis- ter before the ark continually, as every day’s work required : 38 And O-bsd-e-dOm with their B.C. 1042. ft ver. 34 2 Chr. 5. 13. & 7. 3. Ezra 3. 11. Jer. 33. 11. Lev. 19. 4 1 Heb. for the gate. d 2 Sam. 6. 19, 20 . * 2 Sam. 7. 1, &c. / Ps. 106. 1. & 107. 1. & 118. 1. & 136. 1. s Ps. 106. 47, 48. ftl Ki. 8. 15. t Deut. 27. 15. Heb. from after. brethren, threescore and eight ; 0-b6d-6-d5m also the son of J6-du- thun and Ho-sah to he porters : 39 And Za-d5k the priest, and his brethren the priests, * before the tabernacle of the Lord ^in the high place that was at Gib-6-5 i, 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually "‘morning^ and <^ch. 21. 29. 2 Chr. 1. 3. 1 1 Kl. 3. 4. ™Ex. 29. 38. Num. 28. 3. 4 Heb. in the mornim), cmd in the evening. evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Is-ra-el ; 41 And with them He-man and Je- du-thun, and the rest that were cho- sen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, ^because his mercy endureth for ever ; 42 And with them He-man and Je-du-thun with trumpets and cym- bals for those that should ruake a sound, and with musical instru- ments of God. And the sons of Je-du-thun were ^porters. 43 ‘*And all the people departed every man to his house : and Da-vid returned to bless his house. CHAPTER 17. 1 Nathan first approving David’s purpose to build God an house, 3 after by the word of God forbiddeth him. 11 Blessings and benefits promised to his seed. 16 Hit prayer and thanksgiving. OW ^it came to pass, as Da-vid 1.1 sat in his house, that Da-vid said to Na-than the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord re- maineth under curtains. 2 Then Na-than said unto Da-vid, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 U And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Na-than, saying, 4 Go and tell Da-vid my servant. Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in : 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the dajr that I brought up Is- ra-el unto this day ; but ^have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever 1 have walked with all Ish4-el, spake I a word to any of the judges of Ish’a-el, whom I com- manded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars 1 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant DaWid, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even ^from fol- lowing the sheep, that thou should- est be ruler over my people l§-ra-el: 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Is-ra-6l, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; nei- ther shall the children of wicked- ness waste them any more, as at the beginning. 411 Dcwid’s prayer 1. CHRONICLES, 18. aTid thanksgiving. 10 And since the time that I com- manded judges to be over my people I§-ra-el. Moreover I will suhdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. 11 U And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons ; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for B.C. 1042. Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant. C V Ci . 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 will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever : and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan pieak unto Da-vid. 16 II '=And Da-vid 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'? 1 7 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 DaWid speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant % for thou knowest thy servant. 19 0 Lord, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these ^ great things. 20 0 Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Is-ra-el, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of E-gypt'? ^ 1 22 For thy jDeople Is-ra-el 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 con- cerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. <^2 Sam. 7. 14, 15. 2 or, it hath pleased thee. b Luke 1. 33. « 2 Sam. 7. 18. d 2 Sam. 8. 1, &c. 3 or, Hadadczer, 2 Sam. 8. 3. * 2 Sara. 8. 4, seven hun- dred. 4 Heb. great- nesses. 5 Heb. Dar- mesek. fi Called in the book of Samuel Betah, and Berothai. f 1 Ki. 7. 15, 23. 2 Chr. 4. 12, 15, 16. 1 or, Toi, 2 Sam. 8. 9. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts is the God of I§-ra-el, even a God to i§-ra-6l: and let the house of Da- vid thy servant be established be- fore thee. 25 For thou, O my God, ^hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house : therefore thy serv- ant 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 serv- ant, that it may be before thee for I ever : for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever. CHAPTER 18. 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians. 9 Tou sendcth presents to David. 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 13 Be putteth garrisons in Edom. 14 David's officers. ^OW after this ‘^it came to pass. that Da-vid smote the Phi-lis- tines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Phi-lis-tines. 2 And he smote Mo-ab ; and the Mo-ab-ites became Da-vid’s serv- ants, and brought gifts. 3 IT And Da-vid smote ^ Had-ar-e- zer king of Zo-bah unto Ha-math, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Eu-phra-tes. 4 And DaWid took from him a thousand chariots, and ® seven thou- sand horsemen, and twenty thou- sand footmen : Da-vid also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syr4-ans of ®Da- mas-Bus came to help Had-ar-e-zer king of Zo-bah, DaWid slew of the Syr4-ans two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then Da-vid put garrisons m Syr^-a-da-mas^Bus ; and the Syr-i- ans became Da-vid’s servants, and^ brought gifts. Thus the Lord pre- served Da-vid whithersoever he went. , . I , 7 And DaWid took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Had-ar-e-zer, and brought them to Je-ru-sa-l6m. , „ , , 8 Likewise from ®Tib-hath, and from -Chun^ cities of HM-ar;^-zer, brought Da-vid very much brass, wherewith •''S5l-5-m5n made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 ^ Now when ’To-u king of Ha- math heard how Da-vid had smitten 412 The Ammonites I. CHRONICLES, 19. are croercome. all the host of Had-ar-e-zer king of Zo-bah; -tt i i. 10 He sent ^ Ha-do-ram his son to king Da-vid, ^to enquire of his wel- fare, and Ho congratulate hinn be- cause he had fought against Had- ar-e-zer, and smitten him; (for Had-ar-eHer ^had war with To-u ;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 1 1 11 Them also king Da-vid dedi- cated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought froru all these nations ; from E-d5m, and from Mo-ab, and from the children of Am-m5n. and from the Phi-lis- tines, and irom Am-a-l6k. 12 Moreover ‘^A-bi-shai the son or Ze-rudah slew of the E-d5m-ites in the Valley of salt Eighteen thou- sand. 13 U ‘’And he put garrisons in E-d5m ; and all the E-dOm-ites be- came DaVid’s servants. Thus the Lord preserved DaVid whitherso- ever he went. ^ 14 H So DaWid reigned overall Is- ra-6l, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. ’ 15 And Jo-ab the son of ZAru-iah was over the host ; and J e-h6sh-a- phat the son of A-hidtid, ’recorder. 16 And Za-d5k the son of A-hiHtib, and ®A-bim-6-lech the son of A-bi^ a-thar, were the. priests ; and^Shav- sha was scribe ; 17 ‘^And BAna-iah the son of Je- hoi-a-da was over the Cher-6-thites and the P6l-6-thites ; and the sons of DaVid were chief ^about the king. CHAPTER 19. 1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, are villain- &usly entreated. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai. 16 Shophach is slain by David. "VTOW Ht came to pass after this, that Na-hash the king of the children of Am-mQn died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And DaVid said, I will shew kindness unto Ha-nun the son of Na-hash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And DaVid sent messengers to comfort him con- cerning his father. So the servants of DaVid came into the land of the children of Am-m5n to Ha-ntin, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Am-mOn said to Ha-nun, ^Think- est thou that DaVid doth honour thy father, that he hath sent com forters unto thee 1 are not his serv- ants come unto thee for to search and to overthrow, and to spy out the landl 4 Wherefore Ha-nun took DAvid s B.C. 1037. > or, Joram, 2 Sam. 8. 10. 2 or, to salute. 3 Heb. to bless. 4 Heb. was the man of wars. 5 Heb. to stink. 6 Heb. Abshai. “ch. 18. 5, 9. b 2 Sam. 8. 13. 8 Called Ahimelech, Sam. 8. 17. 9 Called Seraiah, 2 Sam. 8. 17, and Shisha, 1 Ki. 4. 3. Heb. the face of the battle was. d2 Sam. 8. 18. 2 or, young men. 3 Heb. at the hand of the king. 4 Heb. Abshai. « 2 Sam. 10. 1, &c. 5 Heb. In thine eyes doth David, &c. servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain, and told DAvid how the men were served. And he sent to meet them : for the men were greatly ashamed And the king said, Tarrv at J 6r4- cho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 If And when the children of Am^ m5n saw that they had made them- selves ^odious to DAvid, Ha-nun and the children of Am-mbn sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mes-5-p6-tAmi-a, and out of Syr4-a- mAa-chah, “and out of Zo-bMi. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma-a-chah and his people ; who came and pitched before M6d-6-ba. And the children of Am-mhn gath- ered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when D Avid heard of it, he sent Jo-ab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Am-m5n came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come ivere by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Jo^b saw that Hhe battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the ‘Hhoice of IsHAel, and put them in array against the Syr-i-ans. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of ^A-bi- shA his brother, and they them- selves in array against the children of Am-m5n. 12 And he said. If the Syr-i-ans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Am-mbn be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for out g eople, and for the cities of oui [od: and let the Lord do that which good in his sight. 14 So JC-ab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syr-i-ans unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Am- m5n saw that the Syr-i-ans were fled, they likewise fled before A-bi- shA his brother, and entered into the city. Then Jo-ab came to Je- ru-sa-l6m. 16 H And when the Syr-i-ans saw that they were put to the worse before IsVa-6l, they sent messen- 413 David^s victories. I CHKONICLES, 20, 21. David's sin in gers, and drew forth the Syr4-ans that were beyond the ^ river : and ^Sho-phaeh the captain of the host of Had-ar-e-zer went before them. 1 7 And it was told Da-vid ; and he gathered all Is-ra-el, and passed over Jor-dan, and came upon them, and set the battle in_ array against them. So when Da-vid had put the battle in array against the Syr- i-an^ they fought with him. 18 But the S_yr-i-ans fled before Is- ra-el ; and Da-vid slew of the Syr- i-ans seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thou- sand footmen, and killed Sho-phaeh the captain of the host. 1 9 And when the servants of Had- ar-e-zer saw that they were put to the worse before Is-ra-el, they made peace with DaAid, and became his servants : neither would the Syri- ans help the childi’en of Am-m6n any more. CHAPTER 20. I Rabhah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the Philistines. AND ‘'it came to pass, that ®after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Jo-ab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Am-m6n, and came and besieged Rab-bah. Rut Da^vid tarried at JAru-sa-lem. And “^Jo-ab smote Rab^bah, and destroyed it. 2 And Da-vid ®took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it ’to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon Da-vid’s head : and he brought also exceed- ing 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 DaAid with all the cities of the children of Am-mbn. And Da-vid and all the people returned to Je-ru-sa-l6m. 4 ^ And it came to pass after this, ^that there arose war at ^Ge-zer with the Phi-lis-tines ; at which time *Sib-be-chai the Hu-shath-ite slew ^Sip-pai, that was of the chil- dren of ‘^the giant : and they were subdued. 5 And there was war again with the Phi-lis-tines ; and El-ha-nan the son of ®Ja-ir slew Lah-ml the bro- ther of G6-li-ath the Git-tite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam. 6 And yet again ""there was war at Gath, where was ’a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hxind, B.C. 1018. 1 i.e. Euphrates. 2 Heb. born to the giant, or, Rapha. 3 or, Shobach, 2 Sam. 10. 16. 4 or, reproached. 5 Called Shammah, 1 Sam. 16. 9. “2 Sam. 24. 1, &c. 6ch.27.23. 2 Sam. 11. 1. 6 Heb. at the return of the year. d 2 Sam. 12. ' « 2 Sam. 12. 2^, 31. 1 Heb. the weight of f ch. 27. 24. 9 Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the Lord concerning this thing. ^^2 Sam. 24. 10. h 2 Sam. 21. 18. 9 or, continued. * Heb. stood. 2 or, Oob. i 2 Sam. 12. 13. *ch. 11. 29. 3 or, Saph, 2 Sam. 21. 18. 4 or, Rapha. I See 1 Sara. 9. 9. 5 Called also Jaare-oregim, 2 Sam. 21. 19. 6 Heb. stretch out. ’”2 Sam. 21. 20. ~ Heb. a man of measure. 8 Heb. Take to thee. «2Sam. 24 13. 414 and six on each foot : and he also was ^the son of the giant. ^ 7 But when he ^defied Is-ra-el, Jbn-a-than the son of ®Shim-e-a Da-vid’s brother slew him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of Da-vid, and by the hand of his servants. CHAPTER 21. 1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people. 9 David having three plagues propounded by Gad chooseth the pestilence. 14 After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance preveuteth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, purchaseth Oman's threshingfloor : where having built an altar, God giveth a sign of his favour by fire, and stayeth the plague. AND ‘*Sa-tan stood up against Is- x\. ra-el, and provoked DaAud to number I§-ra-el. 2 And Da Aid said to J o-ab and to the rulers of the people. Go, number IsAa-el from BeAr-sheAa even to Dan ; ^ and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And JoAb answered. The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants '? why then doth my lord require this thing'? why will he be a cause of trespass to IsAa-ell 4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against J o Ab. Wherefore JoAb departed, and went through- out all IsAa-el, and came to Jb-ru- sa-lem. 5 ^ And JoAb gave the sum of the number of the peojDle unto DaAid. And all they of IsA-a-el were a thou- sand thousand and an hundred thou- sand men that drew sword : and Ju-dah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 -^But LeAl and Ben-ja-min counted he not among them : for the king’s word was abominable to J o Ab. 7 ®And God was displeased with this thing ; therefore he smote Is- ra-el. 8 And Da Aid said unto God, ^I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing : "but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very fooL ishly. 9 II And the Lord spake unto GM, DaAid’s Aeer, saying, 10 Go and tell DaAih saying. Thus saith the Lord, I ® offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to Da Aid, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, ® Choose thee 12 "Either three years’ famine ; or mvmbering ifie 'people. I. CHRONICLES, 22. OrnwrCs generou^^ cffe'> three months to be destroyed be- b.c. loir. fore thy foes, while that le sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord de- stroying throughout all the coasts of Is-ra-el. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13 And Da-vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let me fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for very ^ great are his mercies : but i or many. let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 U So the Lord sent pestilence upon Is-ra-el : and there fell of Is- ra-el seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an * angel unto Je-ru-sa-l5m to destroy it : and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and ‘’he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed. It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of ^Or-nan the J eb-u-site. “2 Sam. 24 24 b 2 Sam. 24. 18. ® See Geu. 6. dLev. 9. 24. 2 Chr. 3. 1. & 7. 1. 2 or, Araunah, 2 Sam. 24. 18. 1 6 And Da-vid lifted up his eyes, and ®saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jo-ru- sa-l6m. Then Da-vid and the eld- ers of If-rd-el, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And Da-vid said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the peo- ple to be numbered'? even I it is that have sinned and done evil in- deed ; but as for these sheep, what have they done'? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house ; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. 181] Then the ^ angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Da-vid, that Da-vid should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Or-nan the Jeb- u-site. 19 And Da-vid went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord. « 2 Clir. 3. 1. /ch. 16. 39. 01 Ki. 3. 4 ch. 16. 39. 2 Chr. 1. 3. ft 2 Chr. 3. 1. i Deut. 12. 5. 2 Sam. 24. 18. ch. 21. 18, 19, 26, 28. 2 Chr. 3. 1. ft 1 Ki. 9. 24 20 ^And Or-nan turned back, and saw the angel ; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Or-nan was threshing wheat, 21 And as Da-vid came to Or-nan, Or-nan looked and saw Da-vid, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to Da-vid with his face to the ground. ^22 Then Da-vid said to Or-nan, J Grant me the place of this thresh- ingfloor, that I may build an altar 3 or. When Oman turned hack and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with Mm hid themselves. I ver. 14. 1 Ki. 7. 47. ”‘lKi. 5.6. 4 Heb. Oive. "eh.29. 1. therein unto the Lord : thou shalt grant it me for the full price : that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23 And Or-nan said unto Da-vid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the thresh- ing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering ; I give it all. 24 And king Da-vid said to Or- nan, Nay ; but I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 25 So “Da-vid gave to Or-nan for the place six hundred shek-els of gold by weight. 26 And Da-vid built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and ‘^he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. 27 And the Lord commanded the angel and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 H At that time when Da-vid saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Or-nan the J6b-u-site, then he sacrificed there. 29 •''For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Mo-ses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at ^Gib-e-5n. 30 But Da-vid could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord. CHAPTER 22. 1 David prepareth abundance for the building of the temple. 6 He instructeth Solo7non in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. 17 He chargeth the princes t\ assist his son. T hen DaMd said, *This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offer-- ing for Is-ra-6l. 2 And Da-vid commanded to ga ther together '^the strangers that were in the land of Is-ra-el ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And Da-vid prei)ared iron in a- bundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings ; and brass in abundance 'without weight ; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the ^Zi-do-ni-ans and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to Da-vid. 5 And Da-vid said, ”S6l-5-m5n my 415 g)avid'‘8 charge to Solomon. 1. CHRONIO-LES, 23. The number of hevitc's son is young and tender, and the house that is to be budded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries : I will therefore now make preparation for it. So Da- vid prepared abundantly before his death. 6 H Then he called for S5l-5-mpn his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of I§- ra-6l. 7 And Da-vid said to S5l-5-m5n, My son, as for me, ‘^it was in my mind to build an house ®unto the name of the Lord my God : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made g reat wars : thou shalt not build an ouse unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 * Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest ; and I will give him *rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be ^S5l-6-m5n, and I will give peace and quietness unto is-ra-6l in his days. lO ""He shall build an house for my name ; and ” he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Is-ra-6l for ever. 11 Now, my son, ^the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. 12 Only the Lord ’’give thee wis- dom and understanding,^ and give thee charge concerning Is-ra-el, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God. 13 *Then shalt thou prosper, it thou takest heed to fulfil the stat- utes and judgments which the Lord charged Mo-ses with concerning I§-ra-el: *be strong, and of g 09 d courage ; dread not, nor be dis- mayed. 14 Now, behold, ®in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver ; and of brass and iron ^without weight ; for it is in abundance : timber also and stone have I prepared ; and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and ^workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for 9 very manner of work. 1 6 Of file gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no B.C. 1017. i Deut. 1*2. 10, Josh. 22. 4. 2 Sam. 7. 1. ch. 23. 25. « 2 Clir. 20. 3. d2 Sam. 7. 2. 1 Ki. 8. 17. ch. 17. 1. &28. 2. « Deut. 12. 5, 11. /2Chr. 5. 7. 9 1 Ki. 5. 3. ch. 28. 3. felKi. 5.3. fel Ki. 4. 25. & 5. 4. 1 1 Ki. 1. 33. 1 i.e. Peaceable. ’"2 Sam. 7. 13. 1 Ki. 5. 5. ch. 17. 12. 13. &28. 6. ”Heh. 1. 5. ® Num. 4. 3. P ver. 16. 2 or, to oversee. 9 Deut. 16. 18. 2 Chr. 19. 8. ' 1 Ki. 3. 9, 12. Ps. 72. 1. » 2 Chr. 29. 25, t Josh. 1. 7, 8. ch. 28. 7. «Ex. 6. 16. Num. 26. 57. 2 Chr. 8. 14. 3 Heb. divisions. * Deut. 31. 7, 8. Josh. 1. 6, 7, 9, ch. 28. 20. ych, 26- *’1. 4 or, Libni, ch. 6. 17. 5 or, in my poverty. ' i.e. masons and carpen- ters. 8 Heb. did not multiply sons. number. Aiise therefo doing, and “the Lord be with thee. 17 IT Da-vid also commanded all the princes of Is-ra-6l to help S5l-d- m6n his son, saying, IS Is not the Lord your God with you^ ^and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and be- fore his people. 19 Now ‘'set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to •^bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built '"to the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 23. 1 David maketh Solomon king. 2 The number and distri- bution of the Uvites. 7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The sons of Kohath. 21 The sons of Merari. S O when Da-vid was old and full of days, he made ^S5l-5-m5n his son king over Ish4-el. 2 ^ And he gathered together all the princes of I§^ra-el, with the priests and the Le-vites. 3 Now the Le-vites were num- bered from the age of "thirty years and upward : and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thou- sand were ^to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were ^officers and judges : 5 Moreover four thousand were porters ; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instraments ® which I made, said Da-vid, to praise therewith. 6 And “Da-vid divided them into ^courses among the sons of Le-vi, namely, Ger-sh5n, Ko-hath, and Me-ra-ri. 7 ^ Of the 2/Ger-sh5n-ites were, ^La-a-dan, and Shim-e-i. 8 The sons of La-a-dan ; the chief was JAhi-el, and Ze-tham, and Jo- 9 The sons of Shim-e-i ; Sh6l-5- mith, and Ha-zi-el, and Ha-ran, three. These were the chief or the fathers of La-a-dan. 10 And the sons of Shim-6-i were, Ja-hath, ®Zi-na, and Je-tish, and B6-ri-ah. These four were the sons of Shim-6-i. 1 1 And Ja-hath was the chief, and Zi-zah the second : but J e-tish and Be-ri-ah ®had not many sons ; there- fore they were in one reckoning, ■according to their father’s house. 1 12^ ‘"The sons of Ko-hath; Am <» Ex. 6. 18. 416 The nwmber of Levites, ram, Iz'har, He-br5n, and TJz-zi-el, four. ^ ^ , 13 The sons of ®Am-ram; Aar-5n and Mo-ses : and ‘^Aar-Sn was sepa- rated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, -^to burn incense before the Lord, ^to minister unto him, and '"to bless in his name for ever. 14 Now concerning Mo-s6s the man of God, *his sons were named of the tribe of Le-vi. 15 "‘The sons of Mo-ses were, Ger- sh5m, and E-li-e-zer. ^ , 16 Of the sons of Ger-sh6m, "Sheb- u-eP was the chief. _ 17 And the sons of E-li-e-zer were, pRe-ha-bi-ah ^the chief. And E-li- e-zer had none other sons; but the sons of Re-ha-bi-ah ^were very many. 18 Of the sons of Iz-har ; ®SheT6- mith the chief. ^ , 19 "Of the sons of He-br6n ; Je-ri- ah the first, Am-a-ri-ah the second, Ja-ha-zi-el the third, and Jek-a-me- am the fourth. 20 Of the sons of Uz-zi-el; Ml- cah the &’st, and JAsi-ah the second. . . „ 21 H “The sons of Me-ra-ri ; Mah-li, and Mu-shi. The sons of Mahdi ; E-le-a-zar, and ^Kish. 22 And E-le-a-zar died, and ^'had no sons, but daughters : and their ® brethren the sons of Kish Hook them. 23 “The sons of Mu-shI; Mahdi, and E-der, and Jer-e-m6th, three. 24 H These were the sons of *Le-vi after the house of their fathers ; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their i)olls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward. 25 For Da-vid said. The Lord God of Is-ra-el ‘^hath given rest unto his people, '^that they may dwell in JAru-sa-l6m for ever: 26 And also unto the Le-vites ; they shall no more ® carry the taber- nacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words of Da-vid the Le-vites were ® numbered from twenty years old and above: 28 Because ^ their office was to wait on the sons of Aar-6n for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the cham- bers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and tne work of the service of the house of God ; 29 Both for -^the shewbread, and for ^the fine flour for meat offer- 25-27. I. CHRONICLES, 24. Offijce of the Levites. B.C. 1015. “ Lev. 2. 4. b Lev. 2. 6, 7. Ex. 6. 20. 1 or, flat plate. dEx. 2S. 1. Heb. 5. 4. ' Lev. 19. 35. f Ex. 30. 7. 1 Sam. 2. 28. S Deut. 21. 5. h Num. 6. 23. i Num. 10. 10. Ps. 81. 3. k ch. 26. 23. I Lev. 23. 4 . "‘Ex. 18. 3, 4. "ch. 26. 24. » Num. 1. 53. Shubael, ch. 24. 20. l-ch. 26. 25. 3 or, the first. 1 Num. 3. 6-9. 1 Heb. were highly multi- plied. 5 Shelomnth, ch. 24. 22. >• ch. 24. 23. » Lev. 10. 1. 6. Num. 26. 60. t Num. 3. 4. & 26. 61. 3 or, kinsmen. * Num. 36. 6. b Num. 10. 17, 21 . « Num. 1. 3. Ezra 3. 8. dch. 22. 18. " or, atui he dwelleth in Jerusalem, &c. 8 lleb. number. 9 Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of A aron, Neh. 11. 24. 1 Heb. house of the father. f Ex. 25. 30. ^Lev. 6. 20. 417 ing, and for “the unleavened cakes, and for ^that which is baked tVi the ^pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of ^measure and size ; 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even ; 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord ‘in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the ^set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, con- tinually before the Lord : 32 And that they should “keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy jflace, and «the charge of the sons of Aar-on their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord. CHAPTER 24. 1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders. 20 The Kohathites, 27 and the Merarites divided by lot. OW these are the divisions of N- the sons of Aar-6n. * The sons of Aar-(3n; Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, E-le-a-zar, and Ith-a-mar. 2 But * Na-dab and A-bi-hu died before their father, and had no chil- dren : therefore E-le-a-zar and 1th- a-mar executed the priest’s office. 3 And Da-vid distributed them, both Za-dek of the sons of E-le-a- zar, and A-him-e-lech of the sons of Ith-a-mar, according to their of- fices in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of E-le-a-zar than of the sons of Ith-a-mar ; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of E-le-a-zar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fa- thers, and eight among the sons of Ith-a-mar according to the house of their fathers. 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another ; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of E-l6-a-zar, and of the sons of Ith-a-mar. 6 And She-ma-iah the son of Ne- than-e-6l the scribe, one of the Le- vites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Za-d6k the priest, and A-him-6-lech the son of A-bi-a-thar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Le-vites : one ^ principal household being taken for E-le-a-zar, and one taken for Ith-a-mar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Je-hoi-a-rib, the second to Je-da-iah, 8 The third to Ha-rim, the fourth to Se-o-rim, 9 The fifth to Mal-ehi-jah, the sixth to Mij-a-min, 10 The seventh to Hak-k5z, the eighth to “A-bi-jah, 11 The ninth to Jesh-u-ah, the tenth to She-e-a-ni-ah, 12 The eleventh to E-li-a-shib, the twelfth to Ja-kim, 13 The thirteenth to Htip-pah, the fourteenth to Je-sheb-e-ab, 14 The fifteenth to Bil-gah, the sixteenth to Im-mer, 15 The seventeenth to He-zir, the eighteenth to Aph-ses, 16 The nineteenth to Peth-a-hl-ah, the twentieth to Je-hez-e-kel, 17 The one and twentieth to Ja- ehin, the two and twentieth to Ga- mul, 18 The three and twentieth to De-ladah, the four and twentieth to Ma-a-zi-ah. 19 These were the orderings of them in their service ® to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aar-On their father, as the Lord God of IsAa-el had commanded him. 20 ^ And the rest of the sons of Le-vi were these: ^ Of the sons of AmAam ; ^ Shu-ba-el : of the sons of Shu-ba-el ; J eh-de-iah. 21 Concerning ^ Re-ha-bi-ah : of the sons of Re-ha-bl-ah, the first was Is-shiAh. ^ 22 Of the Iz-har-Ites ; •'’Shel-5- mOth : of the sons of Shel-0-m5th ; Jadiath. 23 And the sons of ^He-bron; Je- ri-ah the first, Am-a-ri-ah the second, Ja-ha-zi-el the third, Jek-a-me-am the fourth. 24 0/thesonsof Uz-zl-el; Mi-ehah : of the sons of Mi^hah ; Sha-mir. 25 The brother of Mi-ehah Is-shi-ah : of the sons of Is-shi-ah; ZeehA-ri-ah. 26 *The sons of Me-raAi were Mahdi and MuAhi : the sons of J a-a-zl Ah ; Be A6. 27 IT The sons of Me-raAl by Ja- a-zi-ah ; BeAo, and Shodiam, and ZaeAiir, and IbAi. _ 28 Of Mahdi came E-le-aAar, *who had no sons. ^ 29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kish was JArah-me-el. 30 ""The sons also of MuAhi; Mahdi, and EAer, and Jer-i-m6th. These ivere the sons of the Le-vi tes after the house of their fathers. 31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of AarAn in the presence of DaAid the king, and ZaA5k, and A-him- e-16-eh, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Le-vites, even Divisions of the singers. the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAPTER 25. 1 The number and offices of the singers. 8 Their division by lot into four and twenty orders. M oreover DaAld and the cap- tains of the host separated to the service of the sons of *AAaph, and of He-man, and of Je-duAhun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals : and the number of the workmen according to their service was : 2 Of the sons of AAaph ; ZaeAtir, and Jo-§eph, and Neth-a-niAh, and ^ As-a-redah, the sons of A-saph under the hands of AAaph, which prophesied ^ according to the order of the king. 3 Of Je-duAhiin : the sons of Je- duAhiin; Ged-a-liAh, and ^ZeAi, and J e-sha-iah, ^ Hash-a-biAh, and Mat-ti-thiAb, ^six, under the nands of their father Je-auAhtin, who pro- phesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of He-man : the sons of He- man ; Biik-kiAh, Mat-ta-nlAh, ®tJz- ziAl, ®ShebA-el, and Jerd-m6th, Han-a-niAh, Ha-naAi, E-liA-thah, Gid-daTti, and R6-mamAi-eAer, Jfish-bekA-shah, Mal-16-thl, Ho- thir, and Ma-haAi-6th : 5 All these were the sons of He- man the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Hednan fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these ivere under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psal- teries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, According® to the king’s order to AAaph, Je-du- thun, and He-man. 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 hun- dred fourscore and eight. 8 IT And they cast lots, ward a- gainst ward, as well the small as the great, * the teacher as the scholar. _9 Now the first lot came forth for AAaph to JoAeph : the second to Ged-a-liAh, who v/ith his brethren and sons were twelve : 10 The third to ZaeAiir, he, his sons, and his brethren, twelve : 1 1 The fourth to IzAi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 12 The fifth to Neth-a-niAh, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 13 The sixth to Biik-kiAh, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve i Divisions of the priests. I. CHRONICLES, 25. B.C. 1016 . “Neh. 12. 4, 17. Luke 1. 5. »ch.6.33,39, 44. 1 Otherwise called Je- sharelah, ver. 14. 2 Heb. by the hands of the king : So ver. 6. 2 or, Izri, ver. 11. * ch. 9. 25. 4 With Shimei mentioned, ver. 17. 5 or, Azareel, ver. 18. 6 or, Shubael, ver. 20. dch. 23. 16, Shebuel. « ch. 23. 17. / ch. 23. 18, Shelomith. 2 or, matters. ^ch. 23. 19. & 26. 31. b ver. 2. 8 Heb. by the hands of the king. i Ex. 6. 19. ch. 23. 21. *ch. 23. 22. I 2 Chr. 23. 13. ”*ch. 23. 23. 418 The divisions of I. CHRONICLES, 26. the porters. 14 The seventh to Je-shar-6-lah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 15 The eighth to Je-sha-i&h, he, his sons, and his brethren, wre twelve : 16 The ninth to Mat-ta-ni-ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 17 The tenth to Shim-e-i, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 18 The eleventh to A-zar-e-el, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 1 9 The twelfth to Hash-a-bi-ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 20 The thirteenth to Shu-ba-el, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 21 The fourteenth to Mat-ti-thi- ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 22 The fifteenth to J6r-e-m6th, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 23 The sixteenth to Han-a-ni-ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 24 The seventeenth to J5sh-b6k- a-shah, he, his sons, and his breth- ren, were twelve : 25 The eighteenth to Ha-na-ni, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 26 The nineteenth to Mal-16-thi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 27 The twentieth to E-li-a-thah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 28 The one and twentieth to Ho- thir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Gid- dal-tl, he, his sons, and his breth- ren, were twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Ma- ha-zi-Oth, he, his sons, and his breth- ren, were twelve : 31 The four and twentieth to R6- mam-ti-e-zer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. CHAPTER 26. 1 The divisions of the •porters. 13 The gates assigned hy lot. 20 The Levites that had charge of the treasures. 29 Officers and judges. C oncerning the divisions of the- porter.^: Of the Kor-hites was ® Me-shel-Ami-ah the son of Ko-r§, of the sons of "^A-saph. 2 And the sons of Me-sh6l-e- mi-ah were, Z6eh-a-ri-ah the first- born, JAdi-a-6l the second, Z6b- a-di-ah the third, Jath-ni-6l the fourth, 3 Edam the fifth, Je-h6-ha-nan the sixth, E-li-o-e-nai the seventh. B.C. 1015. i.fc Obed- edom, as ch. 13. 14. 2 or, as well for the small as for the great. 3 Called Meshelemiah, ver. 1. Heb. Gatherings. 5 See 1 Ki. 10. 5. 2 Chr. 9. 4. 6 or, flhelemiah, ver. 14. t or, FMasaph, cb. 6. .37. & 9. 19. b ch. 28. 12. Mai. 3. 10. 8 Heb. holy things. 9 or, lAhni, ch. 6. 17. 4 Moreover the sons of O-bSd-e- d6m were, ShC-madah the first- born, Je-h6z-a-bad the second, J o-ah the third, and Sa^ar the fourth, and Ne-than-e-el the fifth, 5 Am-mi-el the sixth, Is-sa-ehar the seventh, Pc-til-thai the eighth : for God blessed ^him. 6 Also unto She-madah his son were sons born, that ruled through- out the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 7 The sons of Sh6-madah ; Othdil, and Re-pha-el, and 0-bed, El-za- bad, whose brethren were_ strong men, E-li-hu, and Sem-a-ehi-ah. 8 All these of the sons of O-bed- e-d(3m : they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of 0-bed-e-d5m. 9 And MAshel-e-mi-ah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also “Ho-sah, of the children of Mc-ra-ri, had sons ; Sim-ri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) 11 Hil-ki-ah the second, Teb-a- li-ah the third, Zeeh-a-ri-ah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Ho-sah were thirteen. 1 2 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wavds, one against an- other, to minister in the house of the Lord. 13 ^ And they cast lots, ^as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14 And the lot eastward fell to ^ShM-e-mi-ah. Then for Zeeh-a- rl-ah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots ; and his lot came out north- ward. 15 To ^ 0-bed-e-d5m southward : and to his sons the house of “^A-sup- pim. 16 To Shiip-pim and Ho^ah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shal-le-eheth, by the causeway of the going ®up, ward against ward. 17 Eastward were six Le-vites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward A-supd^im two and two. 18 At Par-bar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Par-btlr. 19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of KoJ-re, and among the sons of Me-ra-ri. 20 And of the Le-vites, A-hi-jah was *over the treasures of the house of God, and oyer the treasures of the “dedicated things. 21 As concerning the sons of La- 419 Officers and judges. I. CHRONICLES, 27. The twelve captains. a-dan : the 39118 of the Ger-sh5n-ite La-a-dan, chief fathers, even of La- S,-dan the Ger-shOn-ite, were ^Je-hi- e-li. 22 The sons of J^hi-6-li ; Ze-tham, and Jo-61 his brother, which %vere over the treasures of the house of the Lord. 23 Of the Am-ram-ites, the Iz-har-ites, the He-br6n-ites, and the Uz-zI-el-Ites : 24 And “Sh6b-u-6l the son of Ger- sh5m, the son of Mo-ses, was ruler of the treasures. 25 And his brethren by Edi-e^zer ; Re-ha-bi-ah his son, and Je-sha-iah his son, and Jo-ram his son, and Zich-ri his son, and Shel-O-mith his son. 26 Which Shel-6-mith and his bre- thren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which Da-vid the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hun- dreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. 27 ^Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. 28 And all that Sam-u-6l ®the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Ab- ner the son of Ner, and Jo^ab the son of ZAru-iah, had dedicated ; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Sh6l-5-mith, and of his brethren. 29 ^ Of the Izdiar-ites, €)hen-a- ni-ah and his sons were for the outward business over IshA-6l, for ^^officers and judges. 30 And of the He-br5n-ites, Hash- a-bi-ah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hun- dred, were ^officers among them of I§-ra-el on this side Jdr-dan west- ward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king. 31 Among the He-br5n-ites was *=Je-ri-jah the chief, even among the He-br5n-Ites, according to the gen- erations of his fathers. In the for- tieth year of the reign of DaWid they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour ’"at Ja-zer of Gil-e-ad. 32 And his brethren, men of val- our, were two thousand and seyen hundred chief fathers, whom king DaWid made rule_rs over the Reu- ben-ites, the Gad-ites, and the half tribe of Ma-nas-s6h, for every mat- ter pertaining to God, and ^affairs® of the king. CHAPTER 27. 1 The twelve captains for every several month. 16 The princes of the twelve tribes. 23 Numbering of the people hindered. 25 David's several officers. B.C. 1015, 1 or, Jehiel, ch. 23. 8. & 29. 8. “ch. 23. 16. b 2 Sam. 23. 8. ch. 11. 11. « ch. 23. 18. 2 or, Dodo, 2 Sam. 23. 9. 3 or, principal officer, 1 Ki. 4- 5. 4 Heb. Out of the battles and spoils. d 2 Sam. 23. 20, 22, 23. ch. 11. 22, &c. 1 Sam. 9. 9. 3 ch. 23. 4. Ach. 11. 28. S Heb. over the charge. i ch. 11. 27. k ch. 23. 19. I 2 Sam. 21. 18. ch. 11. 29. Josh. 21. « ch. 11. 28. 0 2 Sam. 23. 28. ch. 11. 30. P2Chr. 19. 11. 6 Heb. thing. ? ch. 11. 31. ~Vr OW the children of Is-ra-6l after lAi their number, to tvit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month through- out all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. 2 Over the first course for the first month was ^Ja-sho-be-am the son of Zab-di-6l : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the children of Pe-rez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the second month was ‘^Do-dai an A-hohlte, and of his course was MikdSth also the ruler : in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. 5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Bs-na-iah the son of J e-hoi-a-da, a ^ chief priest : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 6 This is that Be-na-iah, who was mighty among the thirty^ and a- bove the thirty : and in his course was Am-miz-a-bM his son. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was •'^A-sa-hgl the bro- ther of Jo-ab, and Z6b-a-di-ah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month ivas Shamdiuth the Iz-ra- hite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was '‘I-ra the son of Ik-kesh the T6-ko-ite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was ’He-lez the P6l- 6-nTte, of the children of E-phra-im : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was *Sib-be-cai the Hu-shath-ite, of the Zardiltes : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 1 2 The ninth captain for the ninth month vjas ” A-bi-e-zer the An-6-t5th-ite, of the Ben-ja-mites : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 1 3 The tenth captain for the tenth month was "Maffia-rai the N6-t5ph-a-thlte, of the Zarffiites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 14 The eleventh captciin for the eleventh month was « Be-na-iah the Pir-a-thbn-ite, of the children of E' 420 The princes of the tribes. 1. 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Bavidfs exhortation. phra-im: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was ^Hgl-dai the Ne-tpph-a-thite, of Oth-ni-el: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 16 H Furthermore over the tribes of Is-ra-6l : the ruler of the Reu- b6n-ites was E-li-e-zer the son of Zich-ri : of the Sim-e_-5n-ites, Sheph- a-ti-ah the son of Ma-a-chah: 17 Of the Le-vites, “Hash-a-bi-ah the son of Kem-u-el : of the Aar- 5n-ites, Za-d5k : _ 18 Of Ju-dah^ ‘’E-li-hu, one of the brethren of Da-vid : of Is-sa-char, Om-ri the son of Mi-cha-el : 19 Of Zeb-u-lun, Ish-ma-iah the son of O-ba-di-ah: of Naph-ta-li, Jer-i-m5th the son of Az-ri-el : 20 Of the children of E-phra-im, Ho-she-a the son of Az-a-zi-ah: of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, J o-el the son of Pe-da-iah : 21 Of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh in Gil-e-ad, Id-do the son of Zech- a-ri-ah : of Ben-ja-min, J a-a-si-6l the son of Ab-ner : , 22 Of Dan, A-zar-e-Sl the son of Jer-5-ham. These were the princes of the tribes of Is-ra-el. 23 ^ But Da-vid took not the number of them from twenty years old and under : because Hhe Lord had said he would increase Is-ra-gl like to the stars of the heavens. 24 Jo-ab the son of Ze-ru-iah be- gan to number, but he finished not, because "‘there fell wrath for it against I§-r4-el; neither ’was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king Da-vid. 25 ^ And over the king’s treasures was Az-ma-v6th the son of A-di-el : and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the vil- lages, and in the castles, was Je- hbn-a-than the son of tJz-zi-ah : 26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ez-ri the son of Che- lub: 27 And over_ the vineyards was Shim-6-i the Ra-math-ite : ^over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zab-di the Shlph- mlte : 28 And over the olive trees and the sycqmore trees that were in the low plains was Ba-al-ha-nan the G6d-6-rite : and over the cellars of oil was Jo-ash: 29 And over the herds that fed in Shar-bn was Shit-rm the Shar-5n- ite: and over the herds that were B.C. 1015. or, Heled, ch. 11. 30. 2 or, secretary. 3 or, Bach- monite. “ch. 26. 30. i 2 Sam. 15. 12. ' 1 Sam. 16. 6, Eliab. or, which was seen of David his father. 2 Hel). great and wonder- ful. ' 1 Ki. a. 11. Chr. 21. 18. & 22 . 1 . 3 or, Arnnnah, 2 Sam. 24. 18. b 1 Ki. 6. 2. 4 Heb. founded. he sent to S6l-g-m5n, “Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huh*am said moreover, * Blessed he the Lord God of Ls-ra-6l, ®'that made heaven and earth, who hath given to Da-vid the king a wise son, ^endued with prudence and under- standing, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. 1 3 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Hu-ram 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 Da-vid 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 Leb-a-non, ^as rnuch as thou shalt need : and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to ® Jfip-pa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Je-ru-sa-lem. 17 ^ «And SoT6-m5n numbered all ’the strangers that tvere in the land of lsh4-el, after the numbering wherewith “Da-vid his father haa numbered them ; and they were found an hundred and fifty thou- sand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set * threescore and ten thousand of them to he bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to he hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. CHAPTER 3. 1 The place, and time of building the temple. ^ The meastire and ornaments of the house. 11 The Cherubinis. W The vail and pillars. T hen ^Sol-5-m6n began to build the house of the Lord at ^ J e-ru- sa-lgm in mount M6-ri-ah, Gvhere the Lord appeared unto Da-vid his father, in the place that Da-vid had prepared in the threshingfloor of “Or-nan^ the Jeb-u-site. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 ^ Now these are the things ^tvherein Sol-O-mon was ^instructed for the building of the house of God. I The length by cubits after the first 425 The building II. CHRONICLES, 4. of the temple. measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the “porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty : and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And ®the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he ^garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Par-vadm. 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and graved cher-Q-bims on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was ac- cording to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits : and he over- laid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shek-els of gold. And he over- laid the upper chambers with gold. 10 -^And in the most holy house he made two ch6r-a-bims ^ of image work, and overlaid them with gold. 11^ And the wings of the cher-h- bims were twenty cubits long : one wing of the one cher-ub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cher-ub. 12 And one wing of the other cher-ub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house ; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other ch6r-ub. 1 3 The wings of these cher-Q-bims spread themselves forth twenty cu- bits : and they stood on their feet, and their faces were ^inward. 14 U And he made the ”"vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ^wrought cher-h- bims thereon. 1 5 Also he made before the house "two pillars of thirty and five cubits ^high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars ; and made ’’an hun- dred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he * reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; B.C. 1012. 1 i.e. He shall establish. “1 Ki. 6. 3. 2 i.e. In it is strength. b Ex. 27. 1, 2. 2 Ki. 16. 14. Ezek. 43. 13, 16. ' 1 Ki. 6. 15. rfl Ki. 7. 23. 3 Heb. covered. 4 Heb. from his brim to his brim. ^ 1 Ki. 7. 24-26. / 1 Ki. 6. 23. 3 or (as some think) of moveable work. 6 or, like a lilyflower. 5SeelKi.7. 26. h 1 Ki. 7. 38. 1 Heb. the work of burnt offering. i 1 Ki. 7. 49. b Ex. 25. 31. 1 Chr. 28. 12. 19. I 1 Ki. 7. 48. 8 or, toward the house. 9 or, bowls. '”Ex. 26. 31. Mat. 27. 51. Heb. 9. 3. «1 Ki. 6. 36. 1 Heb. caused to ascend. ° 1 Ki. 7. 15. .Ter. 52 21. 2 Heb. long. P 1 Ki. 7. 39. ?SeelKi.7. 40. 3 or. bowls. ’’1 Ki. 7. 20. 4 Heb. finished to make. » 1 Ki. 7. 21. t 1 Ki. 7. 41. 426 and called the_ name of that on the right hand ^ Ja-chin, and the name of that on the left ‘“^Bo-az. CHAPTER 4. 1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea. 6 The ten layers, candlesticks, and tables. 9 The courts, 11 the instruments of brass, 19 arid of gold. M oreover he made ^an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2 ^ ‘^Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits ^from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof ; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 ® And under it ivas the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea teas set above upon them, and all their hinder parts ivere inward. 5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, ® with flowers of lilies ; and it received and held ^ three thousand baths. 6 ^ He made also '‘ten lavers, and put five on the riglit hand, and five on the left, to wash in them : such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them ; but the sea ivas for the priests to wash in. 7 *And he made ten candlesticks of gold ^according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 'He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred ^basons of gold. 9 H Furthermore ”he made the court of the priests, and the great courp and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10 And ^ he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. 11 And ®Hu-ram made the pots, and the shovels, and the ^basons. And Hu-ram finished the work that he was to make for king S5l- o-m5n for the house of God ; 12 To wit, the two pillars, and 'the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two The ark brought II. CHRONICLES, 5. into the oracle. pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chap- iters which were on the top of the pillars ; ^ ^ 13 And ‘’four hundred pomegran- ates on the two wreaths ; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were ^ upon the pillars. 14 He made also bases, and Ha- vers made he upon the bases; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen un- der it. ,111 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did ®Hu-ram his fa- ther make to king S5l-5-m6n tor the house of the Lord of ^bright 17 -^in the plain of Jdr-dan did the king cast them, in the ‘‘clay ground between Sue--e5th and Ze-red-a- thah. ^ ,, , 18 ^Thus S6l-5-m5n made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be Wnd out. ^ , 19 51 And ^S5T6-m6n made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon *the shewbread was 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn ^’after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold ; 21 And "‘^the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that ^ perfect gold ; 22 And the snuffers, and the ® ba- sons, and the spoons, and the cen- sers, o/pure gold : and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. CHAPTER 5. 1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle. 11 Qod being praised giveth a visible sign of his favour. T hus ®al] the work that Sbl-G- m5n made for the house of the Lord was finished : and Shl-b-mOn brought in all the things that Da- vid 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 II ®Then S6l-5-m0n assembled the elders of Ish-a-el, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Is-ra-el, unto J6-rvi-sa-l6m, to bring up the ark of the covenant_ of the Lord * out of the city of Da-vid, which is Zi-On. B.C. 1005. <»1 Ki. 8. 2. b See ch. 7. 8-10. Heb. upon the. face. dl Ki. 7. 27, 43. 2 or, caldrons. « 1 Ki. 7. 14, 45. 3 Heb. made bright, or, / 1 Ki. 7. 46. 4 Heb. thick- nesses of the ground. h 1 Ki. 7. 48-50. i Ex. 25. 30. 5 or, they are there, as 1 Ki. 8. 8. * Ex. 27. 20, 21. I Deut. 10. 2, 5. ch. 6. 11. 3 or, where. ™Ex. 25. 31, &c. 1 Hel). per- fections of gold. 3 or, bowls. Heb. fou/nd. ' 1 Ki. 7. 51. ’ 1 Chr. 15. 24. 7 1 Ki. 8. 1, &c. • Ps. 136. See 1 Chr. 16. 34, 41. “Wherefore all the men of Is- ra-el assembled themselves unto the king ^in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Is-ra-el came ; and the LeWites took up the 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the LeWites bring up. 6 Also king SsTh-mOn, and all the congregation of I§-ra-el 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 cher- a-bims : 8 For the cher-ti-bims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cher-h-bims covered 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 Hhere it is unto this 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Mo-ses ^put therein at Ho-reb, ®when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Is-ra-el, when they came out of E-gypt. 11 H And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place : (for all the priests that were ^ present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course : 12 ”Also the LeWites which were the singers, all of them of A-saph, of He-man, of Je-duHhun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in wliite linen, having cym- bals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, ^and with them an hundred and twentj^ 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 musick, and praised the Lord, saying. For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord ; 14 ©o tho-t the priests could not 427 Solomon hlesseth God. II. CHRONICLES, 6. Solomon's prayer stand to minister by reason of the cloud : “for the glory of the Loed had filled the house of God. CHAPTER 6. 1 Solomon, having blessed the people, hlesseth G.od. 12 Solomon’s prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen scaffold. T hen ‘^said S5l-5-m6n, 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. 3 And the king turned his face, an d blessed the whole congregation of Is-ra-el : and all the congregation of Is-ra-el stood. 4 And he said. Blessed be the Lord God of Is-ra-el, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father Da- vid, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of E-gypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Ish4-el to build an house in, that my name might be there ; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Is-ra-6l : 6 *But I have chosen J C-ru-sa-lem, that my name rnight be there ; and *have chosen Da-vid to be over my people Is-ra-el. 7 Now fit was in the heart of Da-vid my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Is-ra-el. 8 But the Lord said to Da-vid my father. Forasmuch 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 thou shalt 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 per- formed his word that he hath spoken : for I am risen up in the room of Da-vid my father, and am set on the throne of Is-ra-el, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Is-ra-el. 1 1 And in it have I put the ark, ’“wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the chil- dren of Is-ra-6l. 12 H ”And he stood before the al- tar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Ls-ra-el, and spread forth his hands : 13 For S6l-5-m0n had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits ®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' B.C. 1004. “ Ex. 40. 35. ch. 7. 2. b Ex. 15. 11. Deut. 4. 39 & 7. 9. 1 Ki. 8. 12. &c. Lev. 16. 2. « 1 Chr. 22. 9. f 2 Sam. 7. 12, 16. 1 Ki. 2. 4. & 6 . 12 . ch. 7. 18. * Heb. There shall not a man be cut off. H Ps. 132. 12. ftch. 12. 13. t ch. 2. 6. Is. 66. 1. Acts 7. 49. h 1 Chr. 28. 4. I 2 Sam. 7. 2. 1 Chr. 17. 1. & 28. 2. his knees before all the congrega- tion of IshA-el.and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Is-ra- el, there is no God like thee in" the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts : 15 ®Thou which hast kept with thy servant Da-vid my father that which thou hast promised him ; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Is-ra-el, keep with thy servant Da- vid my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, -^There^ shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Is-ra-el ; ^^yet so that thy children take heed to their wray to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now then, O Lord God of Is- ra-6l, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant Da-vid. 1 8 But will God in very deed dwell with meal 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 E rayer which thy servant prayeth efore thee : 2 or, in this place. 3 Heb. pray. ^ch. 5. 10. 4 Heb. and he require an oath of him. ” 1 Ki. 8. 22. 5 Heb. the length thereof, &c. G or, he smitten. 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 hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth ^toward this place. 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Is-ra-6l, which they shall ^make toward this place : hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven ; and when thou hear- est, forgive. 22 H If a man sin against his neighbour, ^ 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 recom- pensing his way upon his own head ; and by justifying the right- eous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 24 H And if thy people Is-ra-6l ®be put to the worse before the enemy. 428 in the consecration II CHRONICLES, 7. of the temple. because they have sinned against thee ; and shall return and contess thy name, and pray and make sup- plication before thee ^in this house; 25 Then hear thou from the heav- ens, and forgive the sin of thy peo- ple Is-ra-el, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 H When the ^heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; yet it they pray toward this place, and C 9 ntess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them ; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Is-ra-el, 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 11 If there "be dearth m the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers ; if their enemies be- siege them ®in the cities of their land ; whatsoever sore or whatso- ever sickness there be: 29 Then what prayer or what sup- plication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Is- ra-el, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands Hn this house : , ^ i 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, ^so long as they live 4n the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 32 H Moreover concerning the stranger, ^ which is not of thy peo- ple I§-ra-6l, 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 heav- ens, even from 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, and fear thee, as doth thy people ls-ra-6l, and may know that^this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this B.C. 1004. I or, toward. 2 or, right. ® Prov. 20. 9. Eccl. 7. 20. Jas. 3. 2. 1 John 1. 8. 1 Ki. 17. 1. 3 Heb. they that take them cap- tives carry them away. 1 Heb. bring back to their heart. 5 Heb. in the land of their gates. 6 or, right. 1 or, toward this house. 8 Heb. to the prayer of this place. d Ps. 132. 8-10, 16. « 1 Chr. 28. 2. / 1 Chr. 28. 9. 9 Neh. 9. 25. 9 Heb. all the days which. > Heb. upon the face of the land, h Ps. 132. 1. Is. 55. 3. i John 12. 20. Acts 8. 27. k 1 Ki. 8. 54. ! Lev. 9. 24. Judg. 6. 21. 1 Ki. 18. 38. 1 Chr. 21. 26. ‘1 Ki. 8.10,11 ch. 5. 13, 14. Kzek. 10. 3, 4 ch. 5. 14. 2 Heb. thy name is called upon this house. city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name ; , „ 35 Then hear thou from the heav^ ens their prayer and their supplica' tion, and maintain their “cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (tor there is ®no man which sinneth not, ) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their ene- mies, and Hhey carry them away captives unto a land far off or near ; 37 Yet if they/ 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; 38 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 land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toivard the city which chou hast chosen, and toward the house v/hich I have built for thy name : „ , 1 39 Then hear thou from the heav- ens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplica- tions, 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 ^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 salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: '‘remember the mercies of DaWid thy servant. CHAPTER 7. 1 God's testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from ’heaven, and glory in the temple. 4 Solomon's solemn sacrifice. 8 Ilekeepeth the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of the dedication of the altar. 12 God appeareth to Solomon. N OW ^when S5l-5-m5n had made an end of praying, 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 I§- ra-el saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon Ithe house, they bowed themselves I with their faces to the ground upon 429 God^s covenant 11. CHRONICLES, 8. with Solomon. the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, "-saying. For he is good; ®for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 51 ‘^Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And king S6l-(3-mcin offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thou- sand 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 Le-vites also with in- struments of musick of the Lord, which Da-vid the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when Da-vid praised '^by their ministry ; and *the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Is-ra-el stood. 7 Moreover ^S5l-6-m6n hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Sdl- fi-m5n had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. 8 51 ”Also at the same time Sfil-6- mfin kept the feast seven days, and all Is-ra-el with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Ha-math unto "the E-gypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made ^a solemn assembly : for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And 5 on the three and twen- tieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto Da-vid and to Ssl-fi- m6n, and to Is-ra-el his people. 11 Thus ^S5l-5-m5n finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house : and all that came into SM- O-mOn’s heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 1 2 51 And the Lord appeared to Sol-5-m5n by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, *and have 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, ® which are called by my name, shall "'humble them- selves, and pray, and seek my face. B.C. 1004. “ch. 5. 13. Ps. 136. 1. t> ch. 6. 27, 30. ® 1 Chr. 16. 41. ch. 20. 21. d 1 Ki. 8. 62, 63. « ch. 6. 40. 1 Heb. to the prayer of this place, f 1 Ki. 9. 3. ch. 6. 6. 1 Ki. 9. 4, &c. h 1 Chr. 15. 16. 2 Heb. by their hand. 1 ch. 5. 12. *ch. 6. 16. 2 Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee. i 1 Ki. 8. 64. ™ Lev. 26. 14,33. Deut. 28. 15, 36, 37. ” 1 Ki. 8. iver of “josh. is. 3. 4 Heb. a restraint. P Deut. 29. 24. Jer. 22. 8, 9. ■1 Ki. 9. 1, &c. 1 Ki. 9. 10, cSic. ‘ch. 6. 26, 28. 5 Heb. M/jon whom my name is called. *Jas. 4. 10. PI Ki. 9. 17, &c. 430 and turn from their wicked ways , Hhen 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 ^unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have H 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 Da-vid thy fa- ther 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 thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with Da-vid thy father, saying, * There® shall not fail thee a man to he ruler in IsAa-el. 19 "^But if ye turn awayj and for. sake my statutes and my command' ments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them ; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which 1 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 he a proverb and a byword 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, Be- cause they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of E-gypt, and laid hold on other gods, and wor- shipped them, and ser ved them : therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. CHAPTER 8. 1 Solomon's buildings. 7 The Canaanites made tribu- taries. 11 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 12 Solomon’s yearly solemn sacrifices. 14 He appoint- eth the priests and Levites to their places. 17 The navy fetcheth gold from Ophir. AND dt came to pass at the end XX of twenty years, wherein Sbl- b-mbn had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huh’am had restored to Sbl-b-mfin, Sbl- 5-m6n built them, and caused the children of IshA-el to dwell there. 3 And Sol-b-m5n went to Ha-math- zo-bah, and preyailed against it. 4 ^And he built TM-m6r in the The queen of Sheba’s wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Ha-math. 5 Also he built Beth-ho-r5n the upper, and Beth-ho-r5n the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and 6 And Ba-al-ath, and all the store cities that SOhO-mOn had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and ^ all that S51-5- m5n desired to build in Je-ru-sa- lem, and in Leb-a-non, and through- out all the land of his dominion. 7 ^ ^ As for all the people that were left of the Hit-tites, and the Am-6r-ites, and the Per-iz-zites, and the Hi-vites, and the _ J 6b-u-sites, which were not of Is-ra-el, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Is-ra-el consumed not, them did S5l-5-m(3n make to pay tribute until this day. 9 But of the children of Is-ra-el did S6l-5-m6n 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 S5l-5-m5n’s officers, even ®two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 1 1 H And S(3l-5-m_5n -^brought up the daughter of Pha-raoh out of the city of Da-vid unto the house that he had built for her : for he said. My wife shall not dwell in the house of Da-vid king of ls-ra-6l, be- cause the places are ^holy, where- unto the ark of the Loed hath come. 12^ Then Sol-5-mOn offered burnt offerings unto the Loed on the altar of the Loed, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the com- mandment of Mo-ses, on the sab- baths, 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 taber- nacles. 14 H And he appointed, according to the order of Da-vid his father, the bourses of the priests to their service, and '^the Le-vltes to their charges, to praise and minister be- fore the priests, as the duty of every day required ; the 'porters also by their courses at every gate : for ’'so had Da-vid the man of God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Le-vites concerning 1 Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build. “ 1 Ki. 9. 26. 2 or, Elath, Dent. 2. 8. 2.Ki. 14. 22. b 1 Ki. 9. 27. ch. 9. 10, 13. « 1 Ki. 9. 20, &c. <11 Ki. 10. 1, &c. Mat. 12. 42. Luke 11. 31. « See 1 Ki. 9. 23. / 1 Ki. 3. 1. &7. 8. &9. 24. 3 Heb. holiness. 4 or, butlers. 3 Ex. 29. 38. Num. 28. 3, 9, 11, 26. & 29. 1, &c. h Ex. 23. 14. Deut. 16. 16. 5 Heb. word. 6 or, sayings. i 1 Chr. 24, 3. k 1 Chr. 25. 1. 1 1 Chr. 9, 17. & 26. 1. 1 Heb. so was the command- ment of David the man of God. 16 Now all the work of S5l-6-m5n was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Loed, and until it was finished. So the house of the Loed was per- fected. 17 H Then went S5l-5-m5n to “E-zi-6n-ge-ber, and to ^Ed5th, at the sea side in the land of E-d5m. 18 ''And HuTam sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea ; and they went with the serv- ants of S6l-(3-m6n to O-phir. and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king S5l-5-m5n. CHAPTER 9. 1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. 13 Solomon's gold. 17 Eis throne of ivory. 20 His vessels. 23 His presents. 25 His chariots arid horse. 29 His reign and death. AND ‘'when the queen of ShedDa heard of the fame of Sol-b-mCn, she came to prove S5l-5-m5n with hard questions at Jg-ru-sa-lem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abun- dance, and precious stones : and when sbe was come to S6l-6-m(3n, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And S5l-5-m5n told her all her questions : and there was nothing hid from S6l-5-m6n which he told her not. . 3 And when the queen of She-ba had seen the wisdom of S6l-5-m6n, 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 ai)parel ; his ^cupbearers also, and their apparel ; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Loed ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king. It was a true ® report which I heard in mine own land of thine ®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 Loed thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Loed thy God : because thy God 431 Solomon^ s throne of ivory. II. CHIIONICLES, 10. The death of Solomon. loved Is-ra-Sl, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9 And she gave the king an hun- dred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones : neither was there any such spice as the queen of She-ba gave king S5l-5-m0n. 10 And the servants also of Hu- ram, and the servants of Sol-5-m5n, ® which brought gold from O-phir, brought ''al-gtim trees and precious stones. 11 And the king made of the al- giim trees ^^terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers : and there were none such seen be- fore in the land of Ju-dah. 12 And king S5l-6-m5n gave to the queen of She-ba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 13 H Now the weight of gold that came to Sol-5-m5n in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold ; 14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of A-ra-bi-a and ^governors of the country brought gold and silver to S5r-6-m5n. 15 H And king S5l-5-m5n made two hundred targets o/ beaten gold : six hundred shek'-Hs of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold : three hun- dred sheki-els of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Leb-a-n5n. 1 7 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which ivere fastened to the throne, and ® stays on each side of the sit- ting 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 H And all the drinking vessels of king Sol-O-mOn were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Leb-a-nOn were o/ ®pure gold : ^ none ivere of silver ; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of S5l-0-m5n. 21 For the king’s ships went to B.C. or, elephants' “ ch. 8. 18. b 1 Ki. 10. 11, almug trees. or, stairs. 3Heb. highways. <= 1 Ki. 4. 26. & 10. 26. ch. 1. 14. Gen. 15. 18. Ps. 72. 8. 4i.e. Euphrates, f 1 Ki. 10. 27. ch. 1. 15. 5 Heb. gave. S 1 Ki. 10. 2 ch. 1. 16. C or, captains. ftl Ki. 11. 41. * ch. 12. 15. & 13. 22. »lKi.l2.1,&c. 9 Heb. shut up. 1 or, there was no silver in them. Tar-shish with the servants of Hu- ram : every three years once came the ships of Tar-shish bringing gold, and silver, 4vory, and apes, and p0^cocks 22 And king S5l-(3-m6n passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 M And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of S5l-5-m5n, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of ‘gold, and raiment, har- ness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 U And S5l-5-m5n ‘'had four thou- sand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen : whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Je-ru- sa-l6m. 26 II ‘^And he reigned over all the kings ®from the ^ river even unto the land of the Phi-lis-tines, and to the border of E-gypt. 27 •'^And the king ®made silver in Je-ru-sa-lem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abun- dsiUCO 28 ^'And they brought unto S51-6- m5n horses out of E-gypt, and out of all lands. 29 H ^ Now the rest of the acts of Sol-5-m5n, first and last, are_ they not written in the "^book of Na-than the prophet, and in the prophecy of *A-hi-jah the Shid5-nite, and in the visions of * Id-do the seer against Jer-5-bo-am the son of Ne-baf? 30 ^And S5l-5-m5n reigned in Je- ru-sa-lem over all Is-ra-Sl forty years. 31 And S5T5-m5n slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of Da-vid his father : and Be-hS- bo-am his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 10. 1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him. 6 Re- hoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, by the advice of young men answereth them roughly. 16 Ten tribes revolt, 18 and Rehoboam fleeth. AND ""Re-h5-bo-am went to She- ehem : for to She-chSm w^^*® all IshA-el come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when J 6r-6- bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who was in E-gypt,” whither he had fled from the presence of S5l-5-m0n the king^ heard it, that J6r-5-bo-am returnea out of E-gjpt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jgr-6-bo-am and all Is-ra-6l came and spake to Re-h5-bo-am, sajdng, 432 Rehoboam rtiade king. CHRONICLES 4 Thy father made our yoke griev ous : now therefore ease thou some- what the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them. Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 6 IT And king Re-h5-bo-am took counsel with the old men that had stood before S6T5-m5n his father while he yet lived, saying. What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people 7 And they spake unto nim, say- ing, 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 some- what the yoke that thy father did j)ut upon us % 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying. Thus shalt thou an- swer 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 finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 1 1 For whereas my father ^put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I vjill chastise you with scorpions. 12 So J6r-5-bo-am and all the people came to Re-h5-bo-am on the third day, as the king bade, saying. Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Re-h5-bo-am for sook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the iidvice of the young men, saying. My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 1.5 So the king hearkened not unto the people : ‘^for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the ®hand of A-hi-jah the Shid5-nite to J6r-5-bo-am the son of Ne-bat. 16 ^ And when all Is-ra-6l saw that 25-28. B.C. 975. Heb. strengOiened himself. b 1 Ki. 12. &c. d 1 Sam. 2. 25. 1 Ki. 12. 15, 24. the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying. What portion have we in Da-vidl and we have none inherit- ance in the son of Jes-se : every man to your tents, O Is-ra-6l, and nov/, Da-vid, see to thine own house. So all Is-ra-el went to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Is- ra-el that dwelt in the cities of Ju-dah, Re-h5-bo-am reigned over them. 18 Then king Re-h6-bo-am sent Ha-do-ram that ivas over the trib- ute ; and the children of IshA-el stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Re-h5-bo-am ^ made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jo-rii-sa-lem. 19 "And Is-ra-6l rebelled against the house of DaAid unto this day. CHAPTER 11. 1 Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah. 5 ffe strengtheneth his kingdom. 18 The loivcs and children of Rehoboam. AND ^when Re-h5-bo-am was come to Je-ru-sa-lern, he gath- ered of the house of Ju-dMi and Ben-ja-min an hundred and four- score thousand chosen men,^ which were warriors, to fight against Is- ra-6l, that he might bring the king- dom again to Re-h5-bo-am. 2 But the word of the Lord came Ho She-ma-iah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Re-h6-bo-am the son of S5l-5-m5n, king of Ju-dah, and to all Is-r4-el in Ju-dah and Ben- ja-min, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren : return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against J6r-5-bo-am. 5 ^ And Re-h(3-bo-am dwelt in JAru-sa-lem, and built cities for defence in Ju-dah. 6 He built even Bgth'-l6-h6m, and E-tam, and Te-ko-a, 7 And Beth'-zur, and Sho-eo, and A-diil-lam, 8 And Gath, and Ma-re-shah, and Ziph, . 9 And Ad-6-ra-im, and La-chish, and A-ze-kah, 10 And ZoHah, and Ai-ja-l5n, and He-br6n, which are in Ju-dah and in Ben-ja-min fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made 433 Rehoboam' s wives. II. CHRONICLiES, 12. Rehohoamh repentance. them exceeding strong, having Ju- dah and Ben-ja-min on his side. 13 ^ And the priests and the Le- vites that were in all Is-rA-el ^re- sorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Le-vites left “their suburbs and their possession, and came to Ju-dah and Jo-ru-sa-lem : for ‘'Jer-5-bo-am and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for -^the devils, and for ^the calves which he had made. 16 '‘And after them out of all the tribes of Is-ra-el such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Is- ra-el came to Jo-ru-sa-lem, to sacri- fice unto the Lord God of their fathers. 17 So they ^strengthened the king- dom of Ju-dah, and made Re-hS- bo-am the son of S5l-5-mon strong, three years : for three years they walked in the way of DaAid and S5l-5-m5n. 18 51 And Re-hS-bo-am took him Ma-ha-lath the daughter of Jer4- m5th the son of DaAid to wife, and Ab-i-ha-il the daughter of E-li-ab the son of J es-se ; 1 9 Which bare him children ; J e- ush, and Sham-a-ri-ah, and Zadiam. 20 And after her he took ^Ma-a- ehah the daughter of Ab-sa-l5m ; which bare him A-bi-jah, and At- tai, and Zi-za, and Shel-6-mith. 21 And Re-hO-bo-am loved Ma-a- B.C. 971. 1 Heb. presented themselves to him. “ Num. 35. 2. b ch. 16. 8. « ch. 13. 9. d 1 Ki. 12. 31. & 13. 33. & 14. 9. Hos. 13. 2. « ch. 11. 2. / Lev. 17. 7. 1 Cor. 10. 20. 9 1 Ki. 12. 28. h See ch. 15. 9. & 30. 11, 18. i ch. 15. 2. *ch. 12. 1. I Jaa. 4. 10. »”Ex. 9. 27. • ” 1 Ki. 21. 28, 29. 2 or, a little while. 0 See Is. 26. 13. P 1 Ki. 15. 2. She is called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel, ch. 13. 2. V Deut. 28. 47, ehah the daughter of Ab-sa-l6m above all his wives and his con- cubines : (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines ; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Re-h5-bo-am *made A-bi- 48. 1 Ki. 14. 25, 26. ' 1 Ki. 10. 16, 17. ch. 9. 15, 16. t See Deut. 21. jah the son of Ma-a-ehah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren : for he thought to make him king. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dis- persed of all his children through- out all the countries of Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min, unto every fenced city : and he gave them victual in abun- dance, And he desired ^many wives. CHAPTER 12. 1 Rehoboam, forsaking God, is punished by Shishak. 5 Bis repentance. 13 Bis reign and death. AND *it came to pass, when Re- XX h5-bo-am had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, ""he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Is-ra-el with him. 2 *And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Re-ho-bo-am Shi-shak king of E-gypt came up 15-17. “1 Ki. 14. 27. 3 Heb. a multitude of tvives. 1 or, and yet i7i Judah there were good things: See Gen. 18. 24. & 1 Ki. 14. 13. ch. 19. 3. ^'ch. 11. 17. y 1 Ki. 14. 21. * 1 Ki. 14. 22- 24. “ch. 6. 6. b 1 Ki. 14. 24, 25. against JAru-sa-l6m, because they had transgressed against the Lord, 3 With Welve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horse- men : and the people were with- out nuinber that came with him out of E-gypt ; ^ the Lu-bims, the Stik-ki-ims, and the E-thi-o-pi-ans. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to J u-dah, and came to Je-ru-sa-l6m. 5 51 Then came ®ShAma-iah the prophet to Re-h6-bo-am, and to the princes of Ju-dah, that were gath- ered together to Je-ru-sa-lem be- cause of Shi-shak, and said unto them. Thus saith the Lord, *Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shi-shak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Is- ra-el and the king ^ humbled them- selves ; and they said, The Lord is righteous. 7 And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, ” the word of the Lord came to Sho-ma- iah, saying, They have humbled themselves ; therefore^ I will not de- stroy them, but I will grant them ^some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jo-ru- sa-lem by the hand of Shi-shak. 8 Nevertheless ‘’they shall be his servants ; that they may know ®my service, and the service of the king- doms of the countries. 9 ’’So Shi-shak king of E-gypt came up against Jo-ru-sa-lem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house ; he took all : he car- ried away also the shields of gold which S6l-(5-m6n had ®made. 10 Instead of which king Re-h5- bo-am made shields of brass, and committed them “to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house. 1 1 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 12 And when he humbled him- self, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not de- stroy him altogether : ^and also in Ju-dah things went well. 1 3 51 So king Re-h5-bo-am strength- ened himself in J4-ru-sa-lem, and reigned : for ^ Re-h6-bo-am was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in JAru-sa-lem, “the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Is-ra-6l, to put his name there. And his mother’s 434 Abijah warreth 11. CHRONICLES, 13. against Jeroboam. name was Na-a-mah an Am-m5n- 14 And he did evil, because he ® prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. ^ 15 Now the acts of Re-h5-bo-am, first and last, are they not written in the ^book of She-ma-iah the pro- phet, ^and of Id-do the seer con- cerning genealogies'? ‘'And there were wars between Re-h5-bo-am and Jer-(3-bo-am continually. 16 And Re-h5-bo-am slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da-vid: and ^A-bi-jah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 13. 1 Abijah maketh war against Jeroboam. 4 He declareth the right of his cause. 13 Trusting in God he overcometh Jeroboam. 21 The wives and children of Abijah. ■\r OW ^ in the eighteenth year of king Jer-5-bo-am began A-bi- jah to reign over Ju-dah. 2 He reigned three years in J e-ru- sa-lem. His mother’s name also was *Mi-eha-iah the daughter of U-ri-el of Gib-e-ah. And there was war between A-bi-jah and Jer-5- bo-am. ^ 3 And A-bi-jah ^set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: J6r-5-bo-am also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 U And A-bi-jah stood up upon mount ”^Zem-a-ra4m, which is in mount E-phra-im, and said. Hear me, thou Jer-5-bo-am, and all Is- ra-el ; 5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Is-rd-el ‘’gave the king- dom over Is-r4-6l to Da-vid for ever, even to him and to his sons ^by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet J6r-6-bo-am the son of Ne- bat, the servant of S5l-5-m6n the son of Da-vid, is risen up, and hath ^rebelled against his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him ’‘vain men, the children of Be- li-al, and have strengthened them- selves against Re-hO-ho-am the son of S5l-6-m6n, when Re-h5-bo-am was young and tenderhearted, and coula not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand oi the sons of Da^d ; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jgr-5-bo-am “made you for gods. 9 "Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aar-5n, and the Le-vites, and have made you priests after the manner of the B.C. 967. “ Ex. 29. 35. 1 Heb. to fill his hand : See Ex. 29. 1. Lev. 8. 2. 2 or, fixed. 3 Heb. words, b ch. 9. 29. & 13. 22. 1 Ki. 14. 30. dch. 2. 4. 1 Ki. 14. 31, A bijam. 1 Lev. 24. 6. 9 Ex. 27. 20, 21. Lev. 24. 2, 3. ftlKi. 15. l,&c. i Num. 10. 8. * See ch. 11. 20. I Acts 5. 30. 4 Heb. bound together. ™ Josh. 18. 22. ”ch. 14. 12. ^ 2 Sam. 7. 12, 13, 16. P Num. 18. 19. 9 1 Ki. 11. 26. & 12 . 20 . ’ Judg. 9. 4, » 1 Chr. 5. 5 Ps. 22. 5. “1 KI. 12. 28. & 14. 9. Hos. 8. 6. *ch. 11. 14, 15. 2^1 Sam. 2,5. 38 * 1 Ki. 14. 20. 435 nations of other lands? ""so that whosoever cometh Ho 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 minis- ter unto the Lord_, are the sons of Aar-5n, and the LeHites wait upon their business : 11 ‘^And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense : the ^ shewbread 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. 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 IsHa-el, ' fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. _ 13 H But Jer-5-bo-am caused an ambushment to come about behind them : so they were before Ju-dah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Ju-dah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Ju-dah gave a shout : and as the men of Ju-dah shouted, it came to pass, that God “smote Jer-5-bo-am and all IsHa-el before A-bi-jah and Ju-dah. 16 And the children of IshA-el fled before Juki ah : and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And A-bi-jah and his people slew them with a great slaughter : so there fell down slain of IsH4-6l five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus tbe children of Isb;a-gl were brought under at that time, and the children of Ju-dah pre- vailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers. 1 9 And A-bi-jah pursued after J 6r- 5-bo-am, and took cities from him, B6th-gl with the towns thereof, and J6sh-a-nah with the towns thereof, and ^E-phra-in with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did J6r-5-bo-am recover strength again in the days of A-bi- jah : and the Lord struck him, and *he died. 21 H But A-bi-jah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and A&a destroy eth idolatry, II. CHRONICLES, 14, 15. solemn covenant. begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of A-bi-j^h, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the ^ story of the prophet ^ Id-do. B.C. 941. 1 or, mortal 7nan. “ ch. 13. 15. 2 or, com- mentary. 6ch. 12. 15. CHAPTER 14. 1 Asa destroyeth idolatry. 6 He strengtheneth his kingdom with forts and armies. 9 He overthroweth Zerah, and spoileth the Ethioxnans. QO A-bi-jah slept with his fathers, O and they buried him in the city of Da-vid : and A-sa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And A-sa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lokd his God : 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and •''the high places, and ^ brake down the ‘^im- ages, *and cut down the groves : 4 And commanded Ju-dah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command- ment. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Ju-dah the high places and the ® images : and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 ^ And he built fenced cities in Ju-dah: 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 Ju-dah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet be- fore us ; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and pros- pered. 8 And A-sa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Ju-dah three hundred thousand ; and out of Bgn-ja-min, that bare shields and drew bows, two hun- dred and fourscore thousand : all these were mighty men of valour. 9 If ^And there came out against them Ze-rah the E-thi-o-pi-an with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots ; and came unto * Ma-re^shah. 10 Then A-sa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Z6ph-a-thah at Ma-re-shah. 1 1 And A-sa cried unto the Lord his God, and said. Lord, it is "'no- thing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God ; for we rest on thee, and Hn thy name we go against this mul- « Gen. 10. 19. & 20 . 1 . 3 Heb. broken. d 1 Ki. 15. 8, &c. ' Gen. 35. 5. ch. 17. 10. / See 1 Ki. 15. 14. ch. 15. 17. S Ex. 34. 13. 1 Heb. statues, h 1 Ki. 11. 7. i Num. 24. 2. Judg. 3. 10. ch. 20. 14. & 24. 20. 5 Heb. sun images. 6 Heb. before Asa. 'i^Jas. 4. 8. l ver. 4, 15. 1 Chr. 28. 9. ch. 33. 12. 13. Jer. 29. 13. Mat. 7. 7. "“ch. 24. 20. ” Hos. 3. 4. » Lev. 10. 11. P Dent. 4. 29. ? Judg. 5. 6. ’■ Mat. 24. 7. 1 Heb. beaten hi pieces. « ch. 16. 8. ‘ Josh. 15. 44 8 Heb. abominations. “ Ex. 14. 10. ch. 1.3. 14. Ps. 22. 5. * 1 Sam. 14. 6. ych. 1.3. 19. s 1 Sam. 17. 45. Prov. 18. 10. titude. O Lord, thou art our God ; let not ^ man prevail against thee. 12 So the Lord ‘‘smote the E-thi- o-pi-ans before A-sa, and before Ju- dah ; and the E-thi-o-pi-ans fled. 13 And A-sa and the people that were with him pursued them unto ' Geh’ar : and the E-thi-6-pi-ans were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves ; for they were ® destroyed before the Lord, and before his host ; and they carried away very much spoil. 14 And they^ smote all the cities round about Geh’ar ; for Hhe fear of the Lord came upon them : and they spoiled all the cities ; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Je-ru-sa-lem. CHAPTER 15. 1 Asa's solemn covenant with God. 16 He putteth down Maachah his mother for her idolatry. 18 He bringeth dedicate things into the house of God, and enjoyeth a long peace. AND Rhe Spirit of God came upon XjL Az-a-ri-ah the son of 0-ded : 2 And he went out ® to meet A-sa, and said unto him. Hear ye me, A-sa, and all Ju^dah and B6n-ja- min ; ^ The Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; and ^ if ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but ’"if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 Now ’‘for a long season Is-ra-6l hath been without the true God, and without " a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But ^’when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Is- ra-el, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And 5'in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to nim that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhab- itants of the countries. 6 ’^And nation was 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 A-sa heard these words, and the prophecy of O-ded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the ^abominable idols out of all the land of Ju-dah and Ben- ja-min, and out of the cities ^ which he had taken from mount E-phra- im, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord. 9 And he gathered all J u-dah and 436 Asa reforms Judah. IL CHRONICLES, 16. His death and burial. Bgn-ja-min, and “the strangers with them out of E-phra-im and Ma-nas- seh, and out of Sim-6-5n : for they fell to him out of Is-ra-el in abun- dance, when they saw that the Loed his God was with him. 10 So they, gathered themselves together at Je-ru-sa-lem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of A-sa. 1 1 *And they offered unto the Loed ^the same time, of ®the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a cov- enant to seek the Loed God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul ; 13 ® That whosoever would not seek the Loed God of Is-ra-el -^should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the Loed with a loud voice, and with shout- ing, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Ju-dah 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 Loed gave them rest round about. 16 U And also concerning ^Ma-a- ■ehah the ^ mother of A-sa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an ® idol in a grove ; and A-sa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kid-rdn. 17 But “the high places were not taken away out of Is^ra-6l : never- theless the heart of A-sa was per- fect all his days. 18 ^ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of A-sa. B.C. 940. “ch. 11. 16. 1 Heb. which were his. b eh. 14. 15. 2 Heb. in that day. « ch. 14. 13. d?Ki. 23. 3. ch. 34. 31. Neh. 10. 29. « Ex. 22. 20. / Deut. 13. 5, 9, 15. 3 1 Ki. 16. 1. ch. 19. 2. h Is. 31. 1. Jer. 17. 5. » ver. 2. *ch. 14 9. I 1 Ki. 15. 13. “>ch. 12. 3. 3 Heb. in abundance. 4 i.e. grand- mother, 1 Ki. 16. 2, 10. 3 Heb. horror. "Job 34. 21. Prov. 5. 21. & 15. 3. Jer. 16. 17. & 32. 19. Zech. 4. 10. » ch. 14. 3. 5. 1 Ki. 15. 14, &c. 6 or, strongly to hold urith them, &c. V 1 Sam. 13. 13. ? 1 Ki. 15. 82. *■ ch. 18. 26. Jer. 20. 2. Mat. 14. 3. ' Heb. crushed. CHAPTER 16. 1 Jsa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverteth Baasha from building of Ramah. 7 Being reproved thereof by Banani, he putteth him in prison. 13 His death and burial. I N the six and thirtieth year of the reign of A-sa *Ba-Asha king of Is-ra-6l came up against J u-dah, and built Ra-mah, “to the intent that he might let none go_ out or come in to A-sa king of Ju-dah. 2 Then A-sa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Loed and of the king’s house, and sent to B6n-ha-dad king of S^4-a, that dwelt at ®Da-mas- €us, saying. ‘ 1 Ki. 15. 23. ‘ 1 Ki. 15. 17, &c. “ch. 15. 9. *Jer. 17. 5. y 1 Ki. 15. 24. 8 Heb. Darmesek. 9 Heb. digged. 437 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father : behold, 1 have sent thee silver and gold ; go, break thy league with Ba-a-sha king of Is-ra-gl, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-ha-dad hearkened un- to king A-sa, and sent the cajitains of ^his armies against the cities of Is-ra-gl ; and they smote I-jCn, and I)an, and A-bel-ma-im, and all the store cities of Naph-ta-li. 5 And it came to pass, when Ba-a- sha heard_ it, that he left off build- ing of Ra-mah, and let his work cease. 6 Then A-sa the king took all J u- dah; and they carried away the stones of Ra-mah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Ba-a-sha w^® building ; and he built therewith Ge-ba and Miz-pah. 7 IT And at that time fHa-na-ni the seer came to A-sa king of Ju- dah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syr4-a, and not relied on the Loed thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syr4-a escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not *the E-thi-o-pi-ans and "“the Lu-bims ^a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen % yet, because thou didst rely on the Loed, he delivered them into thine hand. 9 “For the eyes of the Loed run to and fro throughout the whole earth, ®to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein ^thou hast done foolishly : therefore from henceforth J? thou shalt have wars. 10 Then A-sa 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 A-sa oppressed some of the people the same time. 11 ^ *And, behold, the acts of A-sa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Ju-dah and Is-ra-6l. 12 And A-sa 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 Loed, but to the physicians^ 13 H ^And A-sa 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 ®made for himself in the city of Da-vid. and laid him in the bed Jehoshaphat’s reign. IL CHRONICLES, 17, 18. and greatness. which was filled “ with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art : and they made *a very great burn- ing for him. CHAPTER 17. 1 Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigneth well. Hesendeth Levites with the princes to teach in Judah. 10 Some of his enemies bring him presents amd tribute. 12 Bis greatness, captains, and armies. AND Je-h5sh-a-phat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Is- ra-el. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Ju-dah, and set gar- risons in the land of Ju-dah, and in the cities of E-phra-im, ‘^which A-sa his father had taken. 3 And the Loed was with Je-h6sh- a-phat, because he walked in the first ways ^ of his father Da-vid, and sought not unto Ba-al-im ; 4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his com- mandments, and not after -^the do- ings of Is-ra-el. 5 Therefore the Loed stablished the kingdom in his hand ; and all Ju-dah brought"* to JAhOsh-a-phat presents; '"and he had riches and honour in abundance. 6 And his heart ®was lifted up in the ways of the Loed : moreover *he took away the high places and groves out of J u-dah. 7 ^1 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hahl, and to O-ba-di-ah, and to Zeeh-a-rl-ah, and to NAthan-e-el, and to Mi--eha-iah, ”^to teach in the cities of Ju-dah. 8 And with them he sent LAvites, even She-mahah, and Neth-a-ni-ah, and Zeb-a-di-ah, and A-sa-hel, and She-mir-a-rnOth, and JAhCn-a-than, and Ad-C-m-jah, and T6-bl-jah, and T5b-ad;6-ni-jah, Le-vites ; and with them E-lish-a-ma and JAho-ram, priests. 9 ^And they taught in Ju-dah, and had the_ book of the law of the Loed with them, and went about throughout all the cities of J u-dah, and taught the people. 10 ^ And ^the fear of the Loed '^fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands tnat were round about Ju-dah, so that they made no war against J e-h5sh-a-phat. 11 Also sovie of the Phi-lis-tines "brought Je-h5sh-a-phat presents, and tribute silver ; and the A-ra- bi-ans brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hun- dred he goats, B.C. 912. “ Gen. 50. 2. Mark 16. 1. John 19. 39, 40. 1 or, palaces, b ch. 21. 19. Jer. 34. 5. 2 Heb. at his hand. dch. 15.8. « Judg. 5. 2, 9. 3 or, of his father, and of David. /I Ki. 12. 28. 9 1 Sam. 10. 27. 1 Ki. 10. 25. ^ Heb. gave, h 1 Ki. 10. 27. ch. 18. 1. i Ter. 2. b i.e. was encouraged, k 1 Ki. 22. 43. ch. 15. 17. & 19. 3. & 20. 33. I ch. 17. 5. ”'ch. 15. 3. «2 Ki. 8. 18. 0 1 Ki. 22. 2, &c. 3 Heb. at the end of years. P ch. 85. 3. Neh. 8. 7. ? Gen. 35. 5. 1 Heb. was. »• 1 Sam. 23. 2, 4, 9. 2 Sara. 2. 1. s 2 Sam. S. 2. 12 ^ And J Ah6sh-a-phat waxed f reat exceedingly ; and he built in u-dah * castles, and cities of store. 13 And he had much business in the cities of Ju-dS,h : and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in J Aru-sAlem. 14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers : Of Ju-dah, the captains of thousands; Ad-nan the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And ^next to him was Je-h6- ha-nan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thou- sand. 16 And next him was Am-a-si-ah the son of Zi«h-rl, ®who willingly offered himself unto the Loed ; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Ben-ja-min; E-ll-a-da a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Je-h5z-a- bad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, be- side Hhose whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all J u-dah. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jehoshaphat and Ahab go against Ramoth-gilead. 4 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there. “^TOW Je-h5sh-a-phat *had riches JaI and honour in abundance, and ” joined affinity with AJ-hab. 2 ®And ® after certain years he went down to Affiab to Sa-ma-ri-a. And Affiab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ra-m5th-gil-e-ad. 3 And Affiab king of Is-ra-el said unto JAhOsh-a-phat king of Ju-dah, Wilt thou go with me to Rahn5th- gil-6-ad 1 And he answered him, I am as thou art, and mj people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 4 ^ And JAh5sh-a-phat said unto the king of Is-ra-6l, ’’Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Loed to day. , .. 5 Therefore the king of Is-ra-el gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them. Shall we go to Ra-mhth-giT6-ad to battle, or shall I forbear 'I And they said. Go up ; for God will de- liver it into the king’s hand. 6 But Je-hosh-a-phat said, Is there 438 Micaidh^s prophecy. II. CHRONICLES, 18^ Micdidh s prophecy. not here a prophet of the Lord ^ besides, that we might enquire of him % Y i 1 • 1 7 And the king of Is-ra-el said unto Je-h6sh-a-phat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil : the same is Mi- ea-iah the son of Imda. And Je- h(3sh-a-phat said. Let not the king B.C. 897. 1 Heb. yet, or, more. “Job 1. 6. 8 And the king of Is-ra-el called for one of his ‘^officers, and said, ^ Fetch quickly Mi-ca-iah the son of 9 And the king of Is-ra-el and Je-h6sh-a-phat king of Ju-dah 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 Sa-rua-ri-a ; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zed-e-ki-ah the son of Ch6-na-a-nah had made him horns of iron, and said. Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syru-a until ^they be consumed. 1 1 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying. Go up to Ra-mOth-gil- e-ad, and prosper : for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Mi-ea-iah spake to him, say- ing, Behold, the words of the pro- phets declare good to the king ®with one assent ; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of their ’s, and speak thou good. 13 And Mi-ea-iah 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, Mi- ■eadah, shall we go to Ra-m5th-gil- 6-ad to battle, or shall I forbear'? And he said. Go ye up, and pros- per, 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 ? 16 Then he said, I did see all Is- ra-6l scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd : and the Lord said. These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Is-ra-6l said to J Ah5sh-a-phat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, *^but evil? 18 Again he said. Therefore hear the word of the Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and 2 or, eunuchs. 3 Heb. Hasten. b Job 12. 16. Is. 19. 14. Bzek. 14. 9. 4 or, floor. Jer. 20. 2. Mark 14. 65. Acts 23. 2. 5 Heb. thou consume them. 6 or, from chamber to chamber. ~ Heb. a chamber in a chamber. 3 Heb. with one mouth. <*ch. 16. 10. « Nura. 22. 18, 20, 35. & 23. 12, 26. & 24. 13. 1 Ki. 22. 14. 9 or, but for evil t all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the Lord said. Who shall entice A-hab king of Is-ra-el, that he may go up and fall at Ra-mOth- gil-e-ad? And one spake saying after this manner, and another say- ing after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? 2 1 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 tnese thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zed-e-ki-ah the son of Che-na-a-nah came near, and ‘'smote Mi-ea-iah upon the cheek, and said. Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 24 And Ml-ea-iah said. Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go ®into ^an inner cham- ber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Is-ra-el said, Take ye_Mi-eadah, and carry him back to AbnOn the governor of the city, and to Jo-ash the king’s son; 26 And say. Thus saith the king, ‘^Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of _ affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Ml-cabah said. If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said. Hearken, all people. 28 So the king of Is-ra-el_ and JAh6sh-a-phat the king of Ju-dah went up to Ra-m5th-gil-e-ad. 29 And the king of Is-ra-el said unto Je-h5sh-a-phat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Is-ra-el disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syr-i-a 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 Is-ra-6l. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Je- hOsh-a-phat, that they said. It is the king of ls-ra-6l. Therefore they compassed about him to fight : but Je-hosh-a-phat cried out, and the Lord helped him ; and God moved them to depart from him. 439 Death of Allah, 11. CHRONICLES, 19, 20. Jehoshaphat's lyrayer. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots per- ceived that it was not the king of Is-ra-el, they turned back again ^from pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow ^at a venture, and smote the king of Is-ra-el ^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 ^wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day : howbeit the king of Is-ra-el stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syr-i-ans until the even : and about the time of the sun going down he died. CHAPTER 19. 1 Jehoshaphat, reproved hy Jehu, visiteth his kingd^rm. 5 His instructimu to the judges, 8 awd to the priests and Levites. AND Je-hosh-a-phat the king of Ju-dah returned to his house in peace to Je-ru-sa-lem. 2 And Je-hu the son of Ha-na-ni "the seer went out to meet him, and said to king J Ahosh-a-phat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and ^love them that nate the Lord'? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. 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 Je-h(3sh-a-phat dwelt at JA ru-sa-lem: and ’^he went out again through the people from Be-er- she-ba to mount E-phra-im, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers. 5 H And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Ju-dah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges. Take heed what ye do: for "ye judge not for man, ‘but for the Lord, «who is with you ®in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you ; take heed and do it: for * there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor “respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 H Moreover in JAru-sa-lem did Je-h5sh-a-phat ®set of the Le-vites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Is-ra-6l, for the judgment of the Lord, and for con- troversies, when they returned to JAru-sa-lem. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do "in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 ‘^And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that B.C. 896: 1 Heb. from after him. “Num. 16. 46. b Ezek. S 18. 2 Heb. in his simplicity. 3 Heb. between the joints and between the breast- plate. « 1 Chr. 26. 30. i Heb. made sick. 5 Heb. Take ^ courage and do. dch. 15. 2. * 1 Sam. 9. 9. /Ps. 139.21. Jch. 32. 25. hch. 17. 4, 6. i Gen. 14. 7. k Josh. 15. 62. I ch. 30. 19. 6 Heb. his face. “ch. 19. 3. ” Ezra 8. 21. Jer. 36. 9. Jonah 3. 5. 1 Heb. he re- turned and went out. 0 Dent. 1. 17. P Dent. 4. 39. Josh. 2. 11. 1 Ki. 8. 23. Mat. 6. 9. ? Ps. 82. 1, Eccl. 5. 8. 8 Heb. in the modter of judgment. Ps. 47. 2, 8. Dan. 4. 17. * 1 Chr. 29. 12. Ps. 62. 11. Mat. 6. 13. t Dent. 32. 4. Rom. 9. 14. “Dent. 10. 17. Job 34. 19. Acts 10. 34. Rom. 2. 11. Gal. 2. 6. Eph. 6. 9. Col. 3. 25. ®Gen. 17. 7. Ex. 6. 7. 3 Heb. thou, y Ps. 44. 2. z Dent. 16. 18. ch. 17. 8. “ Is. 41. 8. Jas. 2. 23. « 2 Sam. 23. 3. dDent. 17. 8. « ch. 6. 20. 440 dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and com- mandment, 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, Am-a-ri-ah the chief priest is over you " in all matters of the Lord ; and Zeb-a- dl-ah the son of lsh-ma-6l, the ruler of the house of Ju-dah, for all the king’s matters : also the Le-vites shall be officers before you. ®Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be ‘^with the good. CHAPTER 20. 1 Jeheshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast. 5 Bisprayer. 14 The prophecy of Jahaziel. 22 The overthrow of Jehosh- aphat's enemies. 26 The people exult. 37 His convoy of ships destroyed. I T came to pass after this also, that the children of Mo-ab, and the children of Am-mCn, and with them beside the Am-mOn-ites, came against J e-hosh-a-phat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Je-h5sh-a-phat, saying. There com- eth a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syr4-a; and, behold, they he Gn Haz-a-z5n-ta-mar, which is *En- ge-di. 3 And Je-h6sh-a-phat feared, and set “himself to ’“seek the Lord, and “proclaimed a fast throughout all Ju-dah. 4 And Ju-dah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord : even out of all the cities of Ju-dah they came to seek the Lord. 5 ^ And Je-h5sh-a-phat^ stood in the congregation of Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa-lem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou ^God in heav- en "? and ’’rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen ? and Gn thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee '? r-, -i a i 7 Art not thou *our God, "^who ^ didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people IshA-el, and gavest it to the seed of A-bra- ham “thy friend for ever ? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 ^If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pesti- lence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy "name is in this house,) JahazieVs prophecy. II. CHRONICLES, 20. Enemies overthrown* and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Am-mOn and Mo-ab and mount Se-ir, whom thou ^wouldest not let Is-ra-el invade, when they came out of the land of E-gypt, but Hhey turned from them, and de- stroyed them not; 1 1 Behold, I say, how they reward us, ^to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 0 our God, wilt thou not judge them \ for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but ^our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Ju-dah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 H Then upon Ja-ha-zi-ffl the son of Z6eh-a-ri-ah, the son of Be-na-iah, the son of JAi-el, the son of Mat-ta- ni-ah, a Le-vite of the sons of A^saph, *came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation ; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Ju-dah, and ye inhabitants of Je- ru-sa-lem, and thou king Je-h5sh-a- phat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, *Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not your’s, but God’s. 16 To morrow go ye down against them : behold, they come up by the ’cliff of Ziz ; and ve shall find them at the end of the ^brook, before the wilderness of JAru-ffl. 17 mYe shall not need to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Ju-dah and Je- ru-sa-l6m: fear not, nor be dis- mayed; to morrow go out against them : ” for the Lord will he with you. 18 And Je-h5sh-a-phat ^ bowed his head with his face to the ground : and all Ju-dah and the inhabitants of JAru-sa-l6m fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. . 19 And the Le-vites, _of the chil- dren pf the Ko-hath-ites, and of the children of the Kdr-hites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Is-ra- 61 with a loud voice on high. ^ 20 H And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of T6-ko-a : and as they went fortln Je-h5sh-a-phat stood and said^ Hear mej O Ju-dah and ye inhabitants of Je-ru-sa-lem ; -Be- lieve in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established ; believe his pro- phets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with B.C. 896. “ 1 Chr. 16. 29. 1 Heb. •praisert. b Deut. 2. 4, 9, 19. « 1 Chr. 16. 34. Ps. 136. 1. d 1 Chr. 16. 41. ch. 5. 13. & 7. 3, 6. 2 Heb. A nd in the time that they, &c. 3 Heb. in singing and praise. « Num. 20. 21. / Judg. 7. 22. 1 Sam. 14. 20. 9 Ps. 83. 12. 1 or, they smote one another, h 1 Sam. 3. 13. i Ps. 25. 15. & 121 . 1 , 2 . & 123. 1, 2 & 141. 8. 5 Heb. for the destruction. <5 Heb. there was not an escaping, h Num. 11. 25, 26. &24. 2. ch. 15. 1. & 24. 20. I Ex. 14. 13, 14. Deut. 1. 29, 30. & 31. 6, 8. ch. 32. 7. 7 Heb. ascent. 8 or, valley. 9 i.e. Blessing. ™Ex. 14. 13, 14. 1 Heb. head. "Num. 14. 9. ch. 15. 2. & 32. 8. 0 Neh. 12. 43. P Ex. 4. 31. 9 ch. 17. 10. •■ch. 15. 15. Job 34. 29. > 1 Ki. 22. 41, &c. t Is. 7. 9. the people, he appointed singers un- to the Lord, “ancTffhat should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, ® Praise the Lord; ‘^lor his mercy endureth for ever. 22 U ^And when they began ®to sing and to praise, •'’the Lord set ambushments against the children of Am-mOn, Mo-ab, and mount Se4r, which were come against Ju-dah; and '^they were smitten. 23 For the children of Am-m5n and Mo-ab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Sedr, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the in- habitants of Se4r, every one helped ^to destroy another. 24 And when Ju-dah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they ivere dead bodies fallen to the earth, and ®none es- caped. 25 And when Je-h6sh-a-phat and his people came to take away the spoil or them, they found among tnefn in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away : and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26 II And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ^Ber-a-^hah ; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Ber-a-£:hah, unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Ja-dah and J6-ru-sa-l6m, and Je- h5sh-a-phat in the ^ forefront of them, to go again to Je-ru-sa-lem with joy ; for the Lord had ° made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Je-ru-sa-lem with psalteries and harps and trum- pets unto the house of the Lord. 29 And '^the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Is-ra-el. 30 So the realm of Je-h6sh-a-phat was quiet : for his God gave him rest round about. 31 ^ ' And Je-h5sh-a-phat reigned over Ju-dah : he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Je-ru-sa-lem. And his mother’s name was A-zu-bah the daughter of Shil-hi. 32 And he walked in the way of A-sa his father, and departed not 441 Jehoram^s reign. 11. CHRONICLES, 21. Elijahs s prophecy. from it, doing that which was right in the sight or the Loed. 33 Howbeit “the high places were not taken away; for as yet the peo- ple had not ‘^prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jc- h5sh-a-phat, first and last, behold, they are written in the ^book or Je-hu the son of Ha-na-nl, ®who ^is mentioned in the book of the kings of Is-ra-el. 35 U And after this -^did JAhSsh- a-phat king of Ju-dah join himself with A-ha-zi-ah king of Is-ra-el, who did very wickedly : 36 ^And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tar- shish: and they made the ships in E-zi-5n-gad3er. 37 Then E-li-e-zer the son of D6d- a-vah of Ma- re -shah prophesied against Je-h6sh-a-phat, saying, Be- cause thou hast joined thyself with A-ha-zi-ah, the Lord hath broken thy works. ^And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go Ho Tar-shish. CHAPTER 21. 1 JeJioram, succeeding JeTwshapJiat, slayeth 7iis brethren. 5 His vAcTted reign. 12 The prophecy of Elijah against him. 18 His incurable disease. I^OW *Je-h5sh-a-phat slept with lAI his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da- vid. And J AhoHam his son '^reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of J6-h5sh-a-phat, Az-a-ri-ah, and Je-hi-el, and Zech-a-ri-ah, and Az- a-ri-ah, and Mi-cha-el, and Sheph- a-ti-ah : all these were the sons of JAh5sh-a-i)hat king of IsHa-el. 3 And their father gave them great gifts^ of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Ju-dah: but the kingdom gave he to ^JAhoHam; because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when Je-hoHam was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of IsHa-61. 5 II ^Je-hoHam was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in JA ru-sa-l6m. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of lsHa-6l, like as did the house of A-hab: for he had the daughter of “ Adiab 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 Da-vid, be- cause of the covenant that he had B.C. 889. ' Heb. lamp, or, candle. “ See ch. 17. 6. b 2 Sam. 7. 12, 13. 1 Ki. 11. 36. 2 Ki. 8. 19. Ps. 132. 11. d ch. 12. 14. & 19. 3. 2 Heb. hand. 3 Heb. words. « 1 Ki. 16. 1, 7. ^ Heb. was made to ascend. f 1 Ki. 22. 48, 49. b At first Jehoshaphat was un- willing, 1 Ki. 22. 49. li Lev. 20. 5. 6 Which was writ before his death, 2 Ki. 2. 1. *1 Ki. 22.' 48. i ch. 9. 21. *1 Ki. 22. oo. I ver. 11. "“Ex. 34. 15. Deut. 31. 16. 1 Alone. " 1 Ki. 16. 31- 2^1. 9. 22. ® ver. 4. 8 Heb. a great stroke. P ver. IS, 19. 8 Jehoram made partner of the king- dom with his father, 2 Ki. 8. 16. 9 1 Ki. 11. 14, 23. ■ Heb. carried captive : See ch. 22. 1. In consort, 2 Ki. 8. 17. » ch. 24. 7. 2 or, Ahaziah, ch. 22. 1, or, Azariah, ch. 22. 6. 3 His son, Ahaziah Prorex, 2 Ki. 9. 29, soon after. I ver. 15. “ch. 22. 2. made with Da-vid, and as he prom- ised to give a Right to him and to his *sons for ever. 8 H ‘’In his days the E-dbm-Ites revolted from under the ^dominion of Ju-dah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then JAhoHam went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the E-d6m-ites which compassed him in, and the cap- tains of the chariots. 10 So the E-d5m-ites revolted from under the hand of Ju-dah unto this day. The same time did Lib- nah revolt from under his hand ; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers. 1 1 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Ju-dah, and caused the inhabitants of J Aru-sa l6m to ^'cornmit fornication, and comp^elled Ju-dah thereto. 12 ^ And there came a ® writing tci him from E-li-jah the prophet, say ing, Thus saith the Lord God of Da-vid thy father. Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jg-hbsh-a-phat thy father, nor in the ways of A-sa king of Ju-dah, 1 3 But hast walked in the way of the kings of IsHAel, and hast ^made Ju-dah and the inhabitants 9 f JA ru-sa-l6m to ”*go a whoring, like to the ’^whoredoms of the house of A-hab, and also hast ° slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself ; 14 Behold, with ®a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods : 1 5 And thou shalt have great sick- ness by ^disease of thy bowels, un- til thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 1 6 H Moreover the Lord s' stirred up against Je-hoHam the spirit of the Phi-lisHines, and of the A-ra-bi-ans, that wef'e near the E-thi-o-pi-ans : 17 And they came up into Ju-dah. and brake into it, and ^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 ^Je-ho-a-haz, the youngest of his sons. 18 ^ ^And after all this the Lord smote him Rn 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 442 Aliaziah/s reign. II. CHRONICLES, 22, 23. Athaliah's usurpation. 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 Jg-ru-sa-lem eight years, and departed ^without being de- sired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of Da-vid, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. CHAPTER 22. 1 ATiaziah succeeding reigneth wicTcedly. 5 Be is slain by Jehu. 10 Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save Joash, usurpeth the kingdom. AND the inhabitants of JAru-sa- lem made ®A-ha-zi-ah his youngest son king in his stead : for the band of men that came with the A-ra-bi-ans to the camp had slain all the -^eldest. So A-ha-zi-ah the son of Je-ho-ram king of Ju- dah reigned. 2 ^ Forty and two years old was A-ha-zi-ah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Je-ru- sa-lem. His mother’s name also was '"Ath-a-li-ah the daughter of Om-ri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of A-hab : for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Adiab : for they were his counsel- lors after the death of his father to his destruction. 5 ^ He walked als 9 after their counsel, and ^went with Je-ho-ram the son of A-hab king of Is-ra-el to war against Haz-a-el king of Syr- i-a at Ra-mbth-giTe-ad : and the Syr4-ans smote Jo-ram. 6 ^And he returned to be healed in Jez-re-el because of the wounds ^ which were given him at Rabnah, when he fought with Haz-a-el king of Syr-i-a. And ^Az-a-ri-ah the son of Je-ho-ram king of Ju-dah went down to see JAho-ram the son of A-hab at J6z-re-el, because he was sick. 7 And the ^destruction of A-ha-zi- ah ”was of God by coming to Jo- ram : for when he was come, he ^went out with JAho-rain against Je-hu the son of Nim-shi, «'whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of A-hab. 8 And it came to pass, that, when Je-hu was ’’executing judgment up- on the house of _A-hab, and *found the princes of Ju-dah, and the sons of the brethren of A-ha-zi-ah, that ministered to A-hS,-zi-ah, he slew them. 9 “And he sought A-ha-zi-ah : and they caught him, (for he was hid in Sa-ma-ri-a,) and brought him to JAhu: and when they had slain B.C. 884. “ch. 16. 14. b ch. 17. 4. 1 Heb. with- out desire, Jer. 22. 18. « 2 Ki. 11. 1, &c. ch, 21. 17. 1 Deut. 13. 9. S’ 2 Ki. 12.4. tv/o wives ; and he begat sons and daimhters. 4 IT i^d it came to pass after this, that Jo-ash was minded ®to repair the house of the Lord. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Le-vites, and said to them. Go out unto the cities of Ju-dah, and * gather of all Is-ra-el money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Le-vites hastened it not. 6 ”*And the king called for Jo-hoi- a-da the chief, and said unto him. Why hast thou not required of the Le-vites to bring in out of Ju-dah and out of Jo-ru-sAl6m the collec- tion, according to the comTnandment of ’"Mo-ses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of IshA-6l, for the “tabernacle of witness % 7 For ^ P the sons of Ath-a-li-ah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God ; and also all the ’'dedicated things of the house 444 The temple repaired. 11. CHRONICLES, 25. Joash is slain. of the Lord did they bestow upon Ba-al-im. 8 And at the king’s commandment ®they made a chest, and set it with- out at the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And they made proclamation through Ju-dah and JAru-sa-l6m, to bring in to the Lord *the col- lection that Mo-ses the servant of God laid upon Is-ra-el in the wil- derness. 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 Le-vites, and *when they saw that there was 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 E lace again. Thus they did day y day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and JAhoi-a-da gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and car- penters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord. 13 So the workmen wrought, and ®the 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 J6-hoi- a-da, "whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and ®to offer witfial, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of J C-hoi-a-da. 15 ^ But Jo-hoi-a-da waxed old, and was full of days when he died ; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of Da-vid among the kings, because he had done good in Is- ra-6l, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after the death of Je-hoi- a-da came the princes of Ju-dah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served “groves and idols : and B.C. 856. Judg. 5. 8. ch. 19. 2. & 28. 13. &29. 8. & 32. 25. b ch. 36. 15. Jer. 7. 25, 26. & 25. 4. « 2 Ki. 12. 9. 1 Heb. o voice, dch. 15. 1. & 20. 14. 2 Heb. clothed, as Judg. 6. 34. * ver. 6. /Num. 14. 41. 3 ch. 15. 2. h Mat. 23. 35. Acts 7. 58, 59. 3 Heb. in the revolution of the year. *2Ki. 12. 17. 4 Heb. Darmesek. 1 Lev. 26. 8. Deut. 32. 30. Is. 30. 17. "'Lev. 26. 25. Deut. 28. 25. 5 Heb. the healing went up upon the work. " ch. 22. 8. Is. 10. 5. " See 2 Ki. 12. 13. P ‘2. Ki. 12. 20. C or, pestils. 2 ver. 21. 7 or, Jozachar, 2 Ki. 12. 21. 8 or, Shomer. 2 Ki. 12. 18. 9 Heb. founding. 1 or, com- mentary. » 2 Ki. 12. 21. <2Ki. 14. l,&c. “1 Ki. 14. 23. 445 tne bpirit of God ^came i-a-ri-ah the son of J C-hoi- ipor ru-sa-lem 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 Sj ‘ ” upon Zech-a-ri-aJ: a-da 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 1 ^because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hatn also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and '"stoned him with stones at tne commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Jo-ash the king remem- bered not the kindness which Je- hoi-a-da his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said. The Lord look upon it, and require it. 23 ^ And it came to pass "at the end of the year, that *the host of Syr4-a came up against him : and they came to Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa- lem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the peo- ple, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of ^Da-mas-ciis. 24 For the army of the Syr-i-ans 'came with a small company of men, and the Lord "“delivered a very great host into their hand, be- cause they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. _ So they “ex- ecuted judgment against J o-ash. 25 And -ymen they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) ^hi_s own servants conspired against him for the blood of the '^sons of Jo-hoi-a-da the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of Da-vid, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that con- spired against him ; Zad3ad the son of Shim-e-ath an Am-m6n-i-tess, and Jo-h(5z-a-bad the son of ®Shim- rith a Mo-ab-i-tess. 27 H Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of “the burdens laid upon him, and the ''repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the ^ story of the book of the kings. * And Am-a-zi-ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 25. 1 Amaziah beginneth to reign well. 11 He overthroweth the Kdomites. M He serveth their gods. VI He ^yrovoketli Joash to his overthrow. 27 He is slain by conspiracy. M-A-Zl-AH *was twenty and five years old when he began A AmaziaNs reign. II. CHRONICLES, 25. His idolatry. to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Je-ru-sa-lem. And his mother’s name was Je-h6-ad-dan of Je-ru-sa-l6m. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Loed, “but not with a perfect heart. 3 ^ *Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was ^^est^lisned 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 ^s_written in the law in the book of Mo-ses, where the Loed commanded, saying, ‘^The fathers shall not die for the children, nei- ther shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 U Moreover Am-a-zi-ah gathered Ju-dah together, and made them captains over thousands, and cap- tains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, through- out all Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min : and he 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 thou- sand mighty men of valour out of Is-ra-el for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Is-ra-el go with thee ; fw the Loed is not with Is-ra-el, to wit, with all the children of E-phra-im. 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 Am-a-zi-ah said to the man of God, But what shall _ we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the ®army of Is-ra-el 1 And the man of God answered, ”"The Loed is able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Am-a-zi-ah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of E-phra-im, to go ’home again : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Ju-dah, and they returned home ®in great anger. 1 1 H And Am-a-zi-ah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to "the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Se4r ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Ju-dah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and B.C. 839. 1 Heb. (he sons of the band. “ ver. 14. See 2 Ki. 14. 4. b 2 Ki. 14. 5, &c. 2 Heb. confirmed upon him. ' See ch. 28. 23. d Deut. 24. 16. 2 Ki. 14. 6. Jer. 31. 30. Ezek. 18. 20. « Ex. 20. 3, 5. / Ps. 96. 5. S ver. 11. ANum. 1. 3. » 1 Sam. 2. 25. 3 Heb. counselled. *2Ki.l4. 8, 9, &c. I ch. 20. 6. ^ or, furze bush, or, thorn. 5 Heb. hand. 6 Heb. a beast of the field. ™Prov. 10. 22. 7 Heb. to their place. 8 Heb. in heat of anger. ”1 Ki. 12. 15. ch. 22. 7. ® 2 Ki. 14. 7. P ver. 14. cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 II But ’the soldiers of the army which Am-a-zi-ah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Ju-dah, from Sa-ma-ri-a even unto Beth- ho-rDn, and smote three thousand of thenu and took much spoil. 14 H Now it came to pass, after that Am-a-zi-ah was come from the slaughter of the E-dOm-ites, that "he brought the gods of the children of Se-ir, and set them up to he ®his gods, and bowed down himself be- fore them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the Loed was kindled against Am-a-zi- ah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after ^ the gods of the people, which ^ could not deliver their own people out of thine hand! 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 1 forbear : why shouldest thou be smitten 1 Then the pro- phet forbare, and said, I know that God hath * determined^ to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17 H Then Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah took advice, and sent to Jo- ash, the son of Je-ho-a-haz, the son of Je-hu, king of Is-ra-el, saying. Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Jo-ash king of I§-ra-el sent to Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah, say- ing, The ^thistle that was in Leb- a-n5n sent to the cedar that was in Leb-a-n5n, saying. Give thy daugh- ter to my son to wife: and there passed by ®a wild beast that was in Leb-a-n5n, and trode down the thistle. 1 9 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the E-dSm-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 J u-dah with thee 1 20 But Am-a-zi-ah would not hear; for J" it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they ^sought after the gods of E-d5m. 21 So Jo-ash the king of Is-ra^el went up ; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah, at B6th-she-m6sh, which belongeth to Ju-dah. 446 Amaziah overcome. 11. CHRONICLES, 26. UzziaNs reign. 22 And Ju-dah was ^put to the worse before Is-rd-el, and they fled every man to his tent. ? , . 23 And Jo-ash the king of Is-ra-el took Am-a-zi-ah king of Ju-dah, the son of Jo-ash, the son of ‘=Je-ho-a- haz, at Beth-she-mesh, and brought him to Je-ru-sadem, and brake down the wall of Je-ru-sa-lem from the gate of E-phra-im to Hhe corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with O-bed-e-dOm, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Sa-ma-ri-a. 25 ^ ®And Am-a-zi-ah the son of Jo-ash king of Ju-dah lived after the death of Jo-ash son of Je-ho-a- haz king of Is-ra-el fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Am- a-zi-ah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Ju-dah and IsAa-el % 27 ^ Now after the time that Am- a-zi-ah did turn away ®from follow- ing the Loud they ^made a conspir- acy against him_ in JAru-sa-lem ; and he fled to La--ehish : but they sent to La'-ehish after him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of ^Ju-dah. CHAPTER 26. 1 Uzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the days of Zechariah, prospereth. 16 Waxing proud, he invadeth the priests office, and is smitten with leprosy. 22 He dieth, and Jotham succeedeth him. T hen all the people of Ju-dah took •''tTz-zi-ah,'^ who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Am-a-zi-ah. 2 He built EdOth, and restored it to Ju-dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old vjas Uz-zi-ah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two vears in Jc- ru-sa-lem. His mother s name also Jee-o-li-ah of JAru-sa-lem. _ 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, accord^ing to all that his father Am-a-zi-ali did. 5 And ^he sought God in the days of Zech-a-ri-ah, who ^had under- standing ®in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth and "warred against the Phi-lis-tines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jab-n6h, and the wall of Ash-dcd, and built cities about Ash-dod, and among the Phi-lis-tine§. B.C. 810 . 1 Heb. smitten. “ch. 21. 16. b 2 Sam. 8. 2. ch. 17. 11. ' See ch. 21. IV. & 22 . 1 , 6 . 2 Heb. went. 3 Heb. the gate of it that looketh, <«2Ki. 14. 13. Neh. 3. 13, 19, Zech. 14. 10. ^ or, repaired. 5 or, cut out many cisterns. «2Ki. 14. 17. 6 or. Fruitful fields. 1 Heb. ground. 8 Heb. from after. 9 Heb. con- spired a conspiracy. Heb. the power of an army. i.e. The city of David, as it is 2 Ki. 14. 20. 3 Heb. stones of slings. /2Ki. 14. 21, 22 . & 15. 1, &c. i or, Azariah. 5 Heb. went forth. 9 Deut. 32. 15. h Deut. 8. 14. ch. 25. 19. i So 2 Ki. 16. 12, 13. h 1 Chr. 6. 10. I See ch. 24. 2. ™Gen. 41. 15. Dan. 1. 17. & 2. 19. & 10 . 1 . 8 Heb. in the seeing of dod. ”Nuin. 16. 40. & 18. 7. ® Is. 14. 29. Ex. 30. 7, 8. 1 or, in the country of Ashdod. 7 And God helped him against “the Phi-hs-tines, and against the A-ra- bi-ans that dwelt in Gur-ba-al, and the Me-hu-mms. 8 And the Am-m6n-Ites ^gaye gifts to t7z-zi-ah : and his name ‘^siiread abroad even to the entering in of E-gypt; for he strengthened him- self exceedingly. 9 Moreover tJz-zi-ah built towers in Je-ru-sa-lem at the ‘^corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at_ the turning of the wall, and ^fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and ^digged many wells : for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husband- men also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in ®£]ar-mel : for he loved ’husbandry. 11 Moreover tJz-zi-ah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the num- ber of their account by the hand of JAi-el the scribe and Ma-a-sedah the ruler, under the hand of Han- a-ni-ah, one of the king’s captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was ’an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And tJz-zi-ah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, andhelmets, and habergeons, and bows, and ^slings to cast stones. 15 And_ he made in Jc-ru-sa-lem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name® spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 ^ But ^when he was strong, his heart was '"lifted up to his destruc- tion : for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and *went into the temple of the Lord to burn in- cense upon the altar of incense. 1 7 And *Az-a-ri-ah the priest went in after him, and with him four- score priests of the Lord, that were valiant men : 18 And they withstood Uz-zi-ahthe king, and said unto him. It '^av'per- taineth not unto thee, tTz-zi-ah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the ^priests the sons of Aar-On, that are consecrated to burn incense : go out of the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed ; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. 447 JotJiam's good reign. II. CHKONICLES, 27, 28. Ahaz^s wicked reign. 19 Then tTz-zi-ah was wroth, and Jmd a censer in his hand to burn incense : and while he was wroth with the priests, “the leprosy even rose up in his forehead oef ore the priests in the house of the Lokd, from beside the incense altar. ^ 20 And Az-a-ri^ah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence ; yea, himself “hasted also to go out, because the Loed had smitten him. 21 “^And tJz-zi-ah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a -^severaP house, being a leper ; for he was cut off from the house of the Loed : and Jo-tham his son luas over the king’s house, judg- ing the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of TTz-zi-ah, first and last, did ^I-sa-iah the prophet, the son of A-m5z, write. 23 *So TTz-zi-ah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings : for they said. He is a leper: and Jo- tham his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 27. 1 Jotham reigning well prospereth. 5 He subdueth the Ammonites. 7 Mis reign. 9 Ahaz succeedeth him. J O-THAM ^was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-ru-sa-lem. His mother’s name also was Je-ru-shah, the daughter of Za-dok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Loed, according to all that his father TTz-zi-ah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Loed. And ^the peo- ple did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Loed, and on the wall of ®0-phel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Ju-dah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 II He fought also with the king of the Am-m5n-ites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Am-m5n gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. '^So much did the children of Am-mfin pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. 6 So Jo-tham became mighty, be- cause he ® prepared his ways before the Loed nis God. 7 ^ Now the rest of the acts of Jo- tham, and all his wars, and his ways. B.C. 768. “ Num. 12. 10. 2 Ki. 5. 27. *2Ki. 15. 38. « As Esth. 6. 12. rf2Ki. 15. 5. « 2 Ki. 16. 2. / Lev. 13. 46. Num. 5. 2. i Heb. free. s Is. 1. 1. b Ex. 34. 17. Lev. 19. 4. t Judg. 2. 11. 2 or, offered sacrifice. *2Ki. 15. 7. Is. 6. 1. I 2 Ki. 23. 10. “Lev. 18. 21. 2 Ki. 16. 3. ch. 33. 6. " 2 Ki. 1.5. 32, &c. 16. 5, 6. 3 Heb. Darmesek. ? 2 Ki. 15. 27. ^ 2 Ki. 15. 35. ■1 Heb. sons of valour. 5 or, Ute tower, ch. 33. 14. Neb. 3. 26. 6 Heb. the second to the king. > ch. 11. 4. 7 Heb. This. 8 or, estab- lished, t Ps. 69. 26. Is. 10. 5. & 47. 6. Ezek. 25. 1!^ 15. & 26. 2. Obad. 10, &c. Zech. 1. 15. 448 lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Is-ra-el and Ju-dah. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in J C-ru-sa-lem. 9 H *And Jo-tham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Da-vid : and A-haz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 28. 1 Ahaz reigning very wickedly is greatly afflicted by the Syrians. 16 Sending for aid to A ssyria, he is not helped thereby. 22 In his distress he groweth more idolatrous. 26 He dying, Hezekiah succeedeth him. ^-HAZ ^was twenty years old XA_ when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-ru- sa-lem : but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Loed, like Da-vid his father : 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Is-ra-el, and made also ^'molten images for *Ba-al-im. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in Hhe valley of the son of Hin-n6m, and burnt ’“his children in the fire, after the abominations of the hea- then whom the Loed had cast out before the children of IshA-el. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt in- cense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Wherefore Hhe Loed his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syr-i-a ; and they ^ smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to ^Da-mas^us. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Is-ra-el, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 H For « Pe-kah the son of Rem-a- li-ah slew in Ju-dah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all ^valiant men ; because they had forsaken the Loed God of their fathers. 7 And Zich-ri, a mighty man of E-phra-im, slew Ma-a-se-iah the king’s son, and Az-ri-kam the gov- ernor of the house, and El-ka-nah that was ®next to the king. 8 And the children of IsJ-ra-el car- ried away captive of their * breth- ren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Sa-ma-ri-a. 9 But a prophet of the Loed was there, whose name was O-ded : and he went out before the host that came to Sa-ma-ri-a, and said unto them. Behold, * because the Loed God of your fathers was wroth with Ju-dah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have Ahaz^s wicked reign. II. CHRONICLES, 29. llu great idolatry. slain them in a rage that “reacheth up unto heaven. 10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa-lem for * bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Loed your Gocfl ^ n A 11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: ‘^for the tierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of E-phra-im, Az-a- ri-ah the son of J6-ha-nan, Ber-e- ■ehl-ah the son of Me-shil-le-m6th, and Je-hiz-ki-ah the son of Shah Itim, and Am-a-sa the son of Had- lai, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unt'‘> them. Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended a- gainst the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass : for our trespass is great, and they'e is fierce wrath against Is-ra-el. 14 So the armed ruen left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15 And the men which were ex- pressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked amoni them, and arrayed them, and sho< them, and *gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought themto J6r-i-cho, *the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Sa-mah'i-a. 16 H ”"At that time did king A-haz send unto the kings of As-syr4-a to help him. 17 For again the E-d5m-ites had come and smitten Ju-dah, and car- ried away ^captives. 18 "The Phi-hs-tines also had in- vaded the cities of the lov/ country, and of the south of Ju-dah, and had taken B6th-she-m6sh, and Aj-a-l5n, and G6-de-r6th, and Sho-ch6 with the villages thereof, and Tim-nah with the villages thereof, Gim-z6 also and the villages thereof : and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Ju-dah low because of A-haz king of ®Is- ra-6l ; for he ^made Ju-dah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord. 20 And *Til-gath-pil-ne-ser king of As-syr-i-a came unto him, and 25 ^ 29 . B.C. 740. ‘ Ezra 9. 6. Rev. 18. 5. h Lev. 25. 43, 46. 9,42, See ch. 25. 14. rfJas. 2. 13. Heb. Darmesek. « Jer. 44. 17, 18. / See ch. 29. 3, 7. 2 or, to offer. S'2Ki. 16. 19, 20 . * ver. 12. i 2 Ki. 6. 22. Prov. 25. 21, 22 . Luke G. 27. Rom. 12. 20. k Deut. 34. 3. Judg. 1. 16. I 2 Ki. 18. 1. »”2 Ki. 16. 7. " ch. 26. 5. 3 Heb. a captivity. 0 Ezek. 16. 27, 57. P ver. 7. See ch. 28. 24. 9ch. 21. 2. Ex. 32. 25. « 1 Ohr. 15. 12. ch 35. 6. « 2 Ki. L5. 29. & 16. 7-9. distressed him, but strengthened him not. _ 2 1 For A Jiaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of As-syr-i-a : but he helped him not. „ , . . . , 22 ^ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet rnore against the Lord : this is that king A-haz. 23 For ‘’he sacrificed unto the gods of ^ Da-mas-etis, which smote him : and he said. Because the gods of the kings of Syr-i-a help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that ®they may help, me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Is-ra-el. 24 And A-haz gathered together the vessels of, the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, -^and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Je-ru-sa-lem. 25 And in every several city of Ju-dah he made high places ^to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers. 26 ^ ^'Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, be- hold, they are written in the book of the kings of Ju-dah and Is-ra-el. 27 And A-haz slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the city, even in Je-ru-sa-lem : but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Is-ra-el : and Hez-e- ki-ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 29. 1 HezcMaKs good reign. 3 lie restorefh religion. 5 He exhorteth the Levites. 12 They sanctify themselves. 20 Hezekiah offcreth solemn sacrifices. EZ-E-Kl-AH ^began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Je-ru-sAlem. And his mother’s name was A-bi-jah, the daughter ’^of Zech-a-ri-ah. , 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Da-vid his father had done. 3 ^ He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Le-vites, and gathered them together into the east street, 5 And said unto them, Hear me, Le-vites, ‘sanctify now your- H’ 449 selves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. Hezekiah's 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that ivhich was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have “ turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and ^turned their backs. 7 ^'iUso they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put 9 ut the lamps, a.nd have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holj place unto the God of Is-ra-el. 8 Wherefore the_ wrath of the Lord was upon Ju-dah and Jo-ru- sa-lem, and he hath delivered them to ^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 cap- tivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make ^a covenant with the Lord God of Is-ra-el, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, ^be not now negli- gent: for the Lord hath * chosen ou to stand before him, to serve im, and that ye should minister unto him, and '^burn incense. 1 2 U Then the Le-vites arose, Ma- hath the son of Am-a-sai, and Jo-el the son of Az-a-ri-ah, of the sons of the Ko-hath-Ttes : and of the sons of Me-ra-ri, Kish the son of Ab-di, and Az-a-ri-ah the son of JAhal-e-lel : and of the Ger-sh5n-ites • Jo-ah the son of Zim-mah, and E^den the son of Jo-ah : 13 And of the sons of E-liz-a-phan; Shim-ri, and J 6-i^l : and of the sons of A-saph ; ZeRh-a-ri-ah, and Mat- ta-ni-ah : 14 And of the sons of He-man; Je-hi-el, and Shim-e-i: and of the sons of Je-du-thun ; Sh4-ma-iah, and tTz-zi-el. 15 And they gathered their breth- ren, and "sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command- ment of the king, ® by the words of the Lord, ’’to cleanse the house of the Lord. ^ 16 And the priests went into the inner part of tne house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Le^vites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kid-rOn. 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 Lord : so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the six- good reign. teenth day of the first month they m.ade an end. 18 Then they went in to Hez-e- ki-ah the king, and said. We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. 1 9 Moreover all the vessels, which king A-haz in his reign did "cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altai of the Lord. 20 II Then Hez-e-ki-ah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bul- locks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a '^sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Ju-dah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aar-Dn to offer them on the altar of the L9RD. 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 sprinkled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23 And they br 9 ught Horth the he goats fm' the sin offering before the king and the congregation ; and they laid their ^ hands upon them: 24 And the priests kffled them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, /"to make an atonement for all Is-rd-el : for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all I§-ra-el.^ 25 ”And he set the LeWites in the house of the^ Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, ^according to the commandment' of Da-vid^and of ®Gad the king’s seer, and Na-than the prophet: *for so tvas the commandment '^of the Lord ®by his prophets. 26 And tne Le-vltes stood with the instruments *of DaWid, and the priests with *^the trumpets. 27 And Hez-e-ki-ah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And ^when the burnt offer- ing began, *the song of the Lord began also^ with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by DaWid king of Isia-el. 28 And all the congregation wor- shipped, and the ^singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all 11. CHKONICLES, 29. B.C. 726. « .Ter. 2. 27. Ezek. 8. 16. 1 Heb. given the ntick. b ch. 28. 24. ' ch. 28. 24. d ch. 24. 18. 2 Heb. com- motion, Deut. 28. 25. « 1 Ki. 9. 8. Jer. 18. 16. & 19. 8. & 25. 9, 18. & 29. 18. f ch. 28. 5, 6, 8, 17. 9 ch. 15. 12. h Lev. 4. 3, 14. 3 or, he not now deceived. * Num. 3. 6. & 8. 14. & 18. 2, 6. * or, offer sacrifice. k Lev. 8. 14. 15, 19, 24. Heb. 9. 21. 5 Heb. near. I Lev. 4. 15, 24. “Lev. 14. 20. ” 1 Chr. 16. 4. & 25. 6. " ver. 5. P 1 Chr. 23. 5. & 25. 1. ch. 8. 14. 6 or, in the business of the Lord, ch. 30. 12. i 2 Sam. 24. 11. 1 Chr. 23. 28. ® ch. 30. 12. T Heb. by the hand of the LORD. 8 Heb. by the hand of. t 1 Chr. 23. 5. Amos 6. 5. “Num. 10. 8, 10 . 1 Chr. 15. 24. & 16. 6. 9 Heb. in the time. *ch. 23. 18. 1 Heb. hands of instruments. 2 Heb. song. 450 Hezekiah proclaimeth II. CHRONICLES, 30. a solemn passover. this continued until the burnt offer- ing was finished. , , , , 29 And when they had made an end of offering, Hhe king and all that were ^present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 30 Moreover H6z-6-ki-ah the king and the princes commanded the Le-vltes to sing praise unto^ the Lord with the words of Da-vid, and of A-saph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. 31 Then H6z-6-ki-ah answered and said. Now ye have ® consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings* and as many as were 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, and two hundred lambs : all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings : wherefore ‘their brethren the Le-vites ’ did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves; ffor the Le-vites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with ’‘the fat of the peace offerings, and ^the drink offerings for every burnt offering. 8o the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. _ 36 And Hez-6-kI-ah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had pre- pared the people : for the thing was done suddenly. B.C. 726. “ch. 29. 34. b ch. 20. 18. 1 Heb. found. * Heb. was right in the eyes of the king. ’ or, filled your hand, ch. 13. 9. « Lev. 7. 12. ^ Heb. from the hand. dJer. 4. 1. Joel 2. 13. « 2 Ki. 15. 19. / Ezek. 20. 18. 9 ch. 29. 8. 5 Heb. harden not your necks. h Dent. 10. 16. f Heb. give the hand .• See 1 Chr. 29. 24. Ezra 10. 19. i Ch. 35. 11. 1 Heb. strengthened them. I ch. 30. 3. "“Ps. 7. 10. "Lev. 3. 16. 0 Ps. 106. 46. P Num. 15. 5, 7, 10 . ? Ex. 34. 6. ’•Is. 55. 7. CHAPTER 30. 1 ffezeJdah proclaimeth a solemn passover. 13 The as- sembly, having destroyed the altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days. 27 The priests and Levites bless the people. AND H6z-g-ki-ah sent to all Is- ra-6l and Ju-dah, and wrote letters also to E-phra-im and MS.- nas-s6h, that they should come to the house of the Lord at JAru-sa- l6m, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Is-ra-6l. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the con- gregation in Je-ru-sa-lem, to keep the passover in the second ^ month. 3 For they could not keep it ‘at » ch. 36. 16. t ver. 18, 21. So ch. 11. 16. “Phil. 2. 13. y Num. 9. 10, 11. 2 Ex. 12. 6, 18. that time, “ because the priests had not sanctified themselves suf- ficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to JA ru-sa-lem. 4 And the thing ^pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Is-ra-el, from Be-6r-she-ba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Ish*a-el at Je-ru-sa-lem : for they had not done li of a long time in such sort as it was written. 6 So the posts went with the let- ters ■^from the king and his princes throughout all Is-ra-6l and J u-dah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying. Ye children of Is-ra-6l, ‘^turn again unto the Lord God of A-bra-ham, I-saae, and Is- ra-6l, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of *the kings of As-syr4-a. 7 And be not ye ■''like your fathers, and like your brethren, which tres- passed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore ^gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now ®be ye not '‘stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but ® yield your- selves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever : and serve the Lord your God, ^that the fierce- ness of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your chil- dren shall find ® compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land : for the Lord your God is ^gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his^ face from you, if ye ’’return unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of E- phra-im and Ma-nas-s6h even unto Zeb-u-lun : but Mhey laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. ^ 11 Nevertheless ‘divers of Ash-er and Ma-nas-seh and of Z6b-u-lun humbled themselves, and came to Je-ru-sa-l6m. 12 Also in Juklah ‘‘the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, '‘by the word of the Lord. 1 3 II And there assembled at J Aru- sa-l6m much pfeople to keep the feast of unleavened bread in tne second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away 461 The passover kept. IL CHRONICLES, 31. The people's offerings the “altars that were in J e-rii-sa-lem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kid-r6n. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Le-vltes were ® ashamed, and sanc- tified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lokd. 16 And they stood in ^ their place after their manner, according to the law of Mokses the man of God : the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Le- vites. 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanc- tified : ® therefore the LeVites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every ^ one that teas not clean, to sanctify them unto the Loed. 18 For a multitude of the people, even ^many of E-phra-im, and Ma- n^s-seh, Isksa-ehar, and Zeb-u-liin, had not cleansed themselves, ^jret did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hez-e- ki-ah prayed for them, saying. The good Loed pardon everjr one 19 That *prepareth his heart to seek God, the Loed God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And the Loed hearkened to Hez-e-ki-ah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Is-ra-el that were ® present at J6-ru-sa-l6m kept ’"tbe feast of unleavened bread sev- en days with great gladness : and tbe Le-vites and the priests praised the Loed day by day, singing with "^loud instruments unto the Loed. 22 And Hez-e-ki-ah spake ® com- fortably unto all the Le-vites “that taught the good knowledge of the Loed : and they did eat through- out the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and ® making con- fession to the Loed God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep * other seven days : and they kept other seven days with ^1.3/CiT10SS 24 For Hez-e-ki-ah king of Ju-dah “did^ give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thou- sand sheep ; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bul- locks and ten thousand sheep : and a great number of priests * sanctified themselves. 25 And aU the congregation of B.C. 726. « cl). 28. 24. b ver. 11, 18. ch. 29. 34. > Heb. tlieir standing. «lNum. 6. 23. 2 Heb. the habitation o, his holiness, Ps. 68. 5. 3 Heb. found. /2Ki. 18. 4. ^ Heb. statues, ch. 30. 14. 9 ver. 1, 11. k Ex. 12. 43. &c. 5 Heb. until to make an end. i ch. 19. 3. k 1 Chr. 23. 6. & 24 1. I 1 Chr. ! 31. 3 Heb. found. ™ Ex. 12. 15. is. 13. 6. 1 Heb. instru- ments of strength. 8 Heb. to the heart of all, &c. Is. 40. 2. ” Num. 28, & 29. « Deut. 33. 10. ch. 17. 9. & 35. 3. P Num. 18. 8,&c, Neh. 13. 10. i Ezra 10. 11. >• Mai. 2. 7. * See 1 Ki. 8. 65 9 Heb. hralte forth. t Ex. 22. 29. Neh. 13. 12. 1 or, dates. »‘ch. 35. 7, 8. 2 Heb. lifted up, or, offered. ®ch. 29. 34. y Lev. 27. 30. Deut. 14. 28. 452 Ju^dah, with the priests and the Le-vites, and all the congregation *that came out of Is-ra-el, and the strangers that came out or the land of Is-ra-el, and that dwelt in J u-dah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy^ in JA ru-sa-lem: for since the time of S5T5-rn5n the son of Da-vid king of Is-ra-el there was not the like in Je-ru-sa-lem. 27 II Then the priests the Le-vites arose and ‘^blessed the people : and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to ^his holy dwell- ing place, even unto heaven. CHAPTER 31. 1 The people forward in destroying idolatry. 5 Their offerings and tithes. 11 Hezekiah appointeth officers to dispose of the tithes. 20 Bis sincerity. OW when all this was finished, Iffi all Is-ra-el that were ^present went out to the cities of J u-dah, and brake the ^images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min, in E-pbra-im also and Ma-nas-seh, ®un- til they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Is-ra-el returned, every man to his posses- sion, into their own cities.^ 2 H And Hez-e-ki-ah appointed ^'the courses of the priests and the Le- vites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Le-vites ^for_ burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Loed. 3 He appointed also the king’s por- tion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the_ morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the ”law of the Loed. 4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in JAru-sa-lem to give the ^portion of the priests and the Le-vites, that they might be encouraged in ^the law of the Loed. 5 ^ And as soon as the command- ment ^came abroad, the children of Is-ra-el brought in abundance Hhe firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and Bioney, and of all the increase of the field: and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 6 And concerning the children of Is-ra-el and Ju-dah, that dwelt in the cities of Ju-dah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things whicn were consecrated unto the and their tithes. II. CHEONICLES, 32. Judah invaded. Lord their God, and laid them ^by 1^03* "PS 7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when H6z-e-ki-ah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Is-ra-el. 9 Then Hez-e-ki-ah questioned with the priests and the Le-vites concerning the heaps. 10 And Az-a-ri-ah the chief priest of the house of Za-dok answered him, and said, Since the people be- gan to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath blessed his peo- ple; and that which is left is this great store. 1 1 H Then Hez-e-ki-ah commanded to prepare ® chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them, 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully : -^over which -Gon- 0- ni-ah the Le-vite was ruler, and Shim-e-I his brother was the next. 13 And JAhi-el, and Az-a-zi-ah^ and Na-hath, and A-sa-hel, and Jer- 1- m5th, and JOz-a-bad, and E-li-el, and Is-ma-ehTah, and Ma-hath, and BAna-iah, tvere overseers ® under the hand of GOn-O-nl-ah and Shim-e-i his brother, at the commandment of Hez-e-ki-ah the king, and Az-a- ri-ah the ruler of the house of God. 14 And Ko-re the son of Im-nah the Le-vite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things. 15 And ®next him were E-den, and Mi-ni-a-min, and Jesh-u-a, and ShA ma-iah, Am-a-ri-ah, and She«-a-ni' ah, in '"the cities of the priests, in their ®set ofiice, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small : 16 Beside their genealogy of males from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses , 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests Iw the house of their fathers, and the Le-vites ”from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses ; 1 8 And to the genealogy of all their little ones,, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their Heb. heaps, heaps. 2 or, trust. “ Lev. 25. 34. Num. 35. 2. b ver. 12-15. B.C. 726. 3 or, store- houses. « 2 Ki. 18. 13, &c. Is. 36. 1, &c. 4 Heb. to break them up. 5 Heb. his face was to war. Heb. at the hand. Heb. over- flowed. 8 Heb. at his hand. a Is. 22. 9, 10. ft Josh. 21. 9. i ch. 25. 23. 8 or, trust, 1 Chr. 9. 22. ft 2 Sam. 5. 9. 1 Ki. 9. 24. 1 or, swords, or, weapons. 2 Heb. simToe to their heart, ch. 30. 22. Is. 40. 2. I Deut. 31. 6. ’"ch. 20. 15. "1 Chr. 23. 24, 27. ^ 2 Ki. 6. 16. P Jer. 17. 5. 1 John 4. 4. a ch. 13. 12. Rom. 8. 31. 453 ‘■^set ofiice they sanctified themselves in holiness : 19 Also of the sons of Aar-5n the priests, which were in “the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were f ex- pressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoiied by genealogies among the Le-vites. 20 *fl And thus did H6z-6-ki-ah throughout all Ju-dah, and ‘’wrought that ivhich was good and right and truth before the Lord his God. 21 And in every work that he be- gan in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the com- mandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. CHAPTER 32. 1 Sennacherib invading Judah, Bezekiah fortifieth himself, and encourageth his people. 21 An angel destroyeth the host of the Assyrians. 24 Bezekiah praying in his sick- ness, God giveth him a sign of recovery. 27 Bis wealth and works. AFTER Hhese things, and the establishment thereof, Sen- naeh-e-rib king of As-syr-i-a came, and entered into Ju-dah, and en- camped against the fenced cities, and thought ‘‘to win them for himself. 2 And when Hez-e-ki-ah saw that Sen-naeh-e-rib was come, and that ^he was purposed to fight against JAru-sa-lem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city : and they did help him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ^ran through the midst of the land, saying. Why should the kings of As-syr4-a come, and find much water 1 5 Also ^he strengthened himself, %nd built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired * Mil-16 in the city of DaAid, and made Marts and shields in abundance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them to- gether to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake com- fortably to them, saying, 7 ^Be strong and courageous, "^be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of As-syr-i-a, nor for all the mul- titude that is with him for ° there he more with us than with him ; 8 WithMim is an ^arm of flesh: but ^with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. Jvdah invaded. IL CHEONICLES, 32. HezekmK 8 wealth. And the people ^rested themselves upon the words of Hez-e-ki-ah king of J u-dah. 9 ^ ‘After this did Sen-naeh-6-rib king of As-syr4-a send his servants to Je-ru-sa-l6m,_(but he himself laid siege against La-ehish, and all his ^power with him,) unto H6z-6-ki-ah king of Ju-dah, and unto all Ju-dah that were at J g-ru-sa-lem, saying^, 10 •''Thus saith Sen-naeh-6-rib king of As-syr-i-a, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide ^in the siege in Je-ru- sa-lem 'I 1 1 Doth not Hez-6-ki-ah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ^The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of As-syr-i-a 1 12 '^Hath not the same Hez-e-ki-ah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Ju-dah and Je-rii-sa-lem, saying. Ye shall wor- ship before one altar, and burn in- cense upon it 1 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peo- ple of other lands'? *were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand % 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fa- thers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to de- liver you out of mine hand '? 15 Now therefore ^let not Hgz-g- ki-ah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him : for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers : how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand^ 16 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hez-e-kl-ah. 17 *He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Is-ra-el, and to speak against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of H6z-e-kl-ah deliver his people out of mine hand. 18 ^Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Je-ru-sa-lem “that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. 19 And^they^ spake against the God of JAru-sa-lem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, B.C. 713. 1 Heb. lea/ned. “2Ki. 19. 18. b 2 Ki. 19. 15. « 2 Ki. 18. 17. d2Ki. 19.2, 4. « 2 Ki. 19. 35, &c. *Heb. dominion. /2Ki. 18. ' or, in the strong hold. 4 Heb. made him fall. i ch. 17. 5. 5 Heb. precious things. k ch. 1. 1. I 2 Ki. 18. 33- 35. ’"2Ki. 20. 1. Is. 38. 1. 6 or, vjrought a miracle for him. « Ps. 116. 12. 0 ch. 26. 16. Hab. 2. 4. 1 2 Ki. 18. 29. ’•Jer. 26. 18. 1 Heb. the lifting up. t 2 Ki. 19. 9. 8 Heb. instruments of desire. “2Ki. 19. 12. *1 Chr. 29. 12. y2Ki. 18. 28. * Is. 22. 9. II. 9 Heb. inter- preters. 454 which were “the work of the hands of man. 20 *And for this cause H6z-e-ki- ah the king, and ‘*the prophet I-sa- iah the son of A-m5z, prayed and cried to heaven. 21 U ‘And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and cap- tains in the camp of the king of As-syr-i-a. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels ^slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus the Lord saved Hez-ej ki-ah and the inhabitants of Je-ru- sa-lem from the hand of S6n-nach- e-rib the king of As-syr-i-a, and from the hand of all other., and guided them on every side. 23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to JAru-sAlem, and * pres- ents® to Hez-6-ki-ah king of Ju-dah : so that he was * magnified in the sight of all nations from thence- forth. 24 H ”*In those days Hez-e-kl-ah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he spake unto him, and he ®gave him a sign. 25 But Hez-e-kl-ah “ rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for °his heart was lifted up : ^ therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Ju-dah and J e-ru-sa-lem. 26 Notwithstanding Hez-e-ki-ah humbled himself for Hhe pride of his heart, both he and the inhab- itants of Je-ru-sa-l6m, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them ®in the days of Hez-e-ki-ah. 27 U And Hez-e-ki-ah had exceed- ing much riches and honour : and he made himself treasuries for sil- ver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of ^pleasant jewels ; 28 Storehouses also for the in- crease of corn, and wine, and oil ; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. . , , . . 29 Moreover he provided him cit- ies, and possessions of fl(^ks and herds in abundance : for *God had given him substance very much. 30 ^This same H6z-6-ki-ah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gi-hbn, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of Da-vid. And H6z-6-ki-ah pros- pered in all his works. 31 H Howbeit in the business of the ^ambassadors of the princes of Manasseh' s wicked reign. II. CHRONICLES, 38. ManasseKs repentance. Bab-y-l6n, who “sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to * try him,_ that he might know all that was in his heart. 32 IT Now the rest of the acts of H6z-e-ki-ah, and his ^goodness, be- hold, they are written in the vision of I-sa-iah the prophet, the son of A-mbz, and in the ‘‘book of the kings of Ju-dah and Is-ra-el. 33 *And Hgz-e-ki-ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ^chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of Da-vid : and all J u-dah and the inhabitants 9 f J6-ru-sa-l6m did him S' honour at his death. And Ma- uas-seh his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 33. J Manasseh’s whiked reign. 3 Be setteth up idolatry. 11 He is carried into Babylon. 12 Upon his prayer to Ood he is released. 18 Bis acts. 20 Be dying, Amon su.c- eeedeth him. 21 Amon reigning wickedly is slain by his servants. 25 The murderers being slain, Josiah succeed- eth him. M A -NAS'S EH ^was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Je-ru-sa-lem : 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the "abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of ls-ra-6l. 3 U For he built again the high places which Hez-6-ki-ah his father had ^ broken down, and he reared up altars for Ba-al-im, and ’'made roves, and worshipped *all the ost of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, “In Je-ru-sa-lem 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 Hin-nCm : ^ also he observed times, and used enchant- ments, and used witchcraft, and ® dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards : he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. _ 7 And ® he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to Da-yid and to S5l-6-m5n his son. In -^this house, and in Je-ru- sa-l6m, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Is-ra-6l, will I put my name for ever : 8 S' Neither will I any more re- move the foot of Is-ra-6l 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 Mo-ses. 9 So Ma-nas-seh made J u-dah and the inhabitants of Je-ru-sa-lem to err, and to do worse than the hea- then, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Is-ra-6l. 10 And the Lord spake to Ma- nas-seh, and to his people : but they would not hearken. 1 1 H -^Wherefore the Lord brought upon theni the captains of the host ^of the king of As-syr-i-a, which took Ma-nas-seh among the thorns, and ‘‘bound him with ^fetters, and carried him to Bab-y-l6n. 1 2 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and ‘humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 1 3 And prayed unto him : and he was *intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and_ brought him again to Je-ru-sa-lem into his king- dom. Then Ma-nas-seh "‘knew that the Lord he was God. 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of Da-vid, on the west side of “Gl-h6n, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed ^about ®0-ph6l, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Ju-dS,h. 15 And he took away *the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Je-ru-sa- lem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Ju^ah to serve the Lord God of I§-ra-el. 17 “Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only. 18 U Now the rest of the acts of Ma-nas-s6h, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of ‘‘the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Is-ra-6l, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Is-ra-6l. 19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled : behold, they are written among the sayings of '‘the seers. 20 ^ ^So Ma-nas-s6h slept with his B.C. 698. “ 2 Ki. 20. 12. Is. 39. 1. b Devit. 8. 2. 1 Heb. kind- nesses. « Is. 36, & 37, & 38, & 39. d2Ki. 18, & 19, & 20 . « 2 Ki. 20. 21. 2 or, highest. f Deut. 28. 36. 3 Heb. which were the king's. 9 Prov. 10. 7. h Job 36. 8. Ps. 107. 10, 11. 1 or, chains. i 1 Pet. 5. 6. * 1 Chr. 5. 20. Ezra 8. 23. I 2 Ki. 21. 1, &c. ™Ps. 9. 16. Dan. 4. 25. « Deut. 18. 9. 2 Chr. 28. 3. " 1 Ki. 1. 33. P ch. 27. 3. 5 or. The tower, e Heb. he returned and built. 9 2 Ki. 18. 4. ch. 30. 14. & 31. 1. & 32. 12. Deut. 16. 21. * ver. 3, 5, 7. t Deut. 17. 3. “Deut. 12. 11. 1 Ki. 8. 29. & 9. 3. ch. 6. 6. & 7. 16. * ch. 4. 9. y Lev. 7. 12. * Lev. 18. 21. Deut. 18. 30. 2 Ki. 23. 10. ch. 28. 3. Ezek. 23. 37, 39. “ ch. 32. 12. b Deut. 18. 10, 11 . « 2 Ki. 21. 6. d 1 Sam. 9. 9. « 2 Ki. 21. 7. / Ps. 132. 14. 9 2 Sam. 7. 10. 9 or. Hosai. A 2 Ki. 21. 18. 455 Josiak’s good reign. II. CHRONICLES, 34. The tem'pU repaired. fathers, and they buried him in his own house : and A-mOn his son reigned in his stead. 21 H *A-m6n was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jo-ru- B.C. 630. “ Deut. 9. 21. 1 Heb. to make powder, b 2 Ki. 21. 19. &c. 2 Ki. 22. 3. ibct-iCJ-ii. 22 But he did that ivhich was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Ma-nas-seh his father : for A-mOn sacrificed unto all the carved images which Ma-nas-seh his father had made, and served them ; 23 And humbled not himself be- fore the Lord, ‘^as Ma-nas-seh his father had humbled himself ; but A-m5n ^ trespassed more and more. 24 ■''And ms servants conspired against him, and slew hnn in his own house. 25 H But the people of the land slew all them_that had conspired against king A-m5n • and the pe9- ple of the land made Jo-si-ah his son king in his stead. ver. 12. « See 2 Ki. 12. 4, &c. 2 Heb. multiplied trespass. /2Ki. 21. 23, 24. CHAPTER 34. 1 Josiah’s good reign. 3 Be destroyeth idolatry. 8 Be taketh order for the repair of the temple. 14 .Tosiah sendeth to Biddah to enquire of the Lord. 23 Buldah prophesieth the destruction of Jerusalem. 29 Josiah reneweth the covenant with God. J O-SI-AH ^was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in JAru-sa-l6m one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of DaMd his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 31! For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to ^seek after the God of Da-vid his father : and in the twelfth year he began *to purge Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa-lem *from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of Ba-al-im 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 strowed it upon the ® graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa-lern. 6 And so did he in the cities of Ma-nas-seh, and E-phra-im, and Sim-6-5n, even unto Naph-ta-ll with their ^mattocks round about 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had S2K\. 22. 1. &c. 2 or. to rafter. h ch. 15. 2. i 1 Ki. la 2. k ch. 33. 17. 22. I 1 Chr. 23. 4. 5. "•Lev. 26. 30. 2 Ki. 23. 4. 4 or. sun images. "2Ki. 2-2. 8. &c. 5 Heb. by the hand of. 0 2 Ki. 23. 6. 6 Heb. face of the graves. P 1 Ki. 13. 2, ~ Heb. to the hand of. 8 Heb. poured out, or. melted. 9 or. mauls. “beaten the graven images Hnto powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Is-ra-61, he returned to Je-ru-sa-lem. 8 H Now "in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Sha-phan the son of Az-S-li-ah, and Ma-a-se-iah the governor of the city, and Jo-ah the son of Jo-a-haz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to Hil-ki- ah the high priest, they delivered "the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Le-vites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Ma-nas-seh and E-phra-im, and of all the remnant of Is-ra-el, and of all Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min; and they returned to JAru-sa-lem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the over- sight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house : 1 1 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and ^to floor the houses which the kings of Ju-dah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work faithfully : and the overseers of them were Ja-hath and O-ba-di-ah, the Le-vites, of the sons of Me-ra-ri ; and Zech-a-ri-ah and Me-shul-lam, of the sons of the Ko-hath-ites, to set it forward ; and other of the Le- vites, all that could skill of instru- ments of musick. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service ; ^and of the Le- vites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 t[ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hil-ki-ah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given ®by Mo-ses. 15 And Hil-ki-ah answered and said to Sha-phan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hil-ki-ah delivered the book to Sha-phan. 1 6 And Sha-phan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying. All that was committed ^to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have ® gathered to- gether the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the 456 11. CHRONICLES, 85. The covenant re7iewed. Jluldah^s -proTphecy. overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Sha-phan the scribe told the king, saying, Hil-ki-ah the priest hath given me a book. And Sha- phan read Ht 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 king commanded Hil- ki-ah, and A-hi-kam the son of Sha-phan, and ^Ab-don the son of Mi-cah, and Sha-phan the scribe, and A-sa-iah a servant of the king’s, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the Lord fpr me, and for them tliat are left in Is-ra-el and in Juklah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hil-ki-ah, and they that the king had appointed^ went to Hul-dah the prophetess, the wife of Shal-lum the son of ®Tik-vath, the son of ®Has-rah, keeper of the ® wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Je-ru-sa-lem '^in the college :) and they spake to her to that ^ect. 23 H And she answered them. Thus saith the Lord God of I§-ra-el, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read be- fore the king of Ju-dah : 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke rne to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Ju-dah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of ts-ra-el concerning the words which thou hast heard ; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself be- fore God, _ when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereoi, and hum- bledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gath- ered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil B.C. 624. “2 Ki. 23. 1, &c. ' Heb. in it. 2 or, Achhor, 2 Ki. 22. 12. 3 Heb. from great even to small. b 2 Ki. 11. 14. & 23. 3. ch. 6. 13. 1 Heb. found. ' 2 Ki. 22. 14. S or, Harhas. c Heb. garments. ~ or, in the school, or, in the second part. d 1 Ki. 11. 5. « Jer. 3. 10. 8 Heb. f7-om after. /2 Ki. 23. 21, 22 . 3 Ex. 12. 6. Ezra 6. 19. h ch. 23. 18. Ezra 6. 18. h Deut. 33. 10. ch. 30. 22. Mai. 2. 7. I See ch. 34. 14. ®*ch. 5. 7. "IChr. 23. 26. 0 1 Chr. 9. 10. 1 Chr. 23, & 24, & 2.), & 26. '/ ch. 8. 14. that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 IT “Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Ju-dah and Je-ru-sa-l6m. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Ju-dah, and the inhabit- ants of Je-ru-sa-lem, and the priests, and the LeAites, and all the peo- ple, ^ great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. 31 And the king stood in ®his place, and made a covenant be- fore the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his command- ments, 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 ■^present in JAru-s4-lem and Ben- ja-min to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Je-ru-sa-lem did ac- cording to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Jo-si-ah took away all the abominations out of all the coun- tries that pertained to the children of Is-ra-el, and made all that were present in Is-ra-el to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. ^ And all his days they departed not *^from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. CHAPTER 35. 1 Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover. 20 He, provoking Pharaoh-nccho, is slain at Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for Josiah. M oreover -^jo-si-ah kept a passover unto the Lord in JAru-sa-lem: and they killed the passover on the ^fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set tne priests in their ^charges, and * encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord, 3 And said unto the Le-vites * that taught all Ish4-el, which were holy unto the Lord, ^Put the holy ark ”dn the house which S6l-5-m0n the son of Da-vid king of Is-ra-6l did build ; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders : serve now the Lord your God, and his people Is-ra-el, 4 And prepare yourselves by the ° houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the ^writing of Da-vid king of Is-ra-6l, and accord- ing to the ^ writing of S5l-6-m0n his son. 457 The pcissovev )cept. II. CHKONICLES, 35. Josiah is slain. 5 And “stand in the holy place according to the divisions of Hhe families of the fathers of your brethren " the people, and after the division of tne families of the Le-vites. 6 So kill the passover, and ‘'sanc- tify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do accord- ing to the word of the Loed by the hand of Mo-ses. 7 And J o-si-ah ‘^gave^ to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thou- sand bullocks : these were of the king’s substance. 8 And his princes ® gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Le-vites : Hil-ki-ah and Zech- a-ri-ah and JAhi'el, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thou- sand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen, 9 -GOn-a-ni-ah also, and She-ma-iah and NAthan'e-6l, his brethren, and Hash-a-bi-ah and Je-i-el and JOz- a-bad, chief of the Le-vites, ^ gave unto the Le-vites for passover of- ferings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests ^ stood in their place, and the Le-vites in their courses, according to the king’s command- B.C. 623. “ Ps. 134. L 1 Heb. the house of the fathers. b 1 Chr. 9. 17, 18. & 26. 14, &c. 2 Heb. the sons of the people. ch. 29. 5, 15. & 30. 3, 15. Ezra 6. 20. d ch. 30. 24. 3 Heb. offered. 4 Heb. found. « Ex. 12. 15. & 13. 6. ch. 30. 21. f 2 Ki. 23. 22, 5 Heb. offered. 9 2 Ki. 23. 29. Jer. 46. 2. C Heb. house. 1 Heb. offered. h Ezra 6. 18. UlCliU. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests * sprinkled the_ blood from their hands, and the Le-vites * flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give ac- cording to the divisions of the fam- ilies of the iDeople, to offer unto the Loed, as it is written ’"in the book of Mo-ses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they "roasted the passover with fire according to the ordi- nance ; but the other holy offerings ® sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and ^divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests \ because the priests the sons of Aar- On were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night ; therefore the Le-vites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aar-On. _ 15 And the singers .the sons of A- saph were in their ^ place, according to the “commandment of Da-vid, and A-saph, and He-man, and Je- 8 Heb. the house of my war. i ch. 29. 22 « So 1 Ki. 22. 30. ’"Lev. 3. 3. "Ex. 12. 8, 9. Deut. 16. 7. 0 1 Sam. 2. 13- 15. 9 Heb. Tnade them run. 1 Heb. made sick, 1 Ki. 22. 34. P 2 Ki. 23. 30. 2 or, among the sepul- chres. 9 Zech. 12. 11. ’• Lam. 4. 20. 3 Heb. station. * lChr.25.1,&c. ' t Jer. 22. 20. 468 du-thun the king’s seer ; and the porters ^ waited at every gate ; they might not depart from their serv- ice ; for their brethren the Le-vites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the Loed was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt of- ferings upon the altar of the Loed, according to the commandment of king Jo-si-ah. 1 7 And the children of Is-ra-el that were ^ present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of ® unleav- ened bread seven days. 18 And ■''there was no passover like to that kept in Is-ra-el from the days of Sam-u-6l the prophet; neither did all the kings of Is-r%el keep such a passover as Jo-si-ah kept, and the priests, and the Le-vites, and all Ju-dah and Is-ra-el that were present, and the inhabitants of Je-ru-sa-lem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jo-si-ah was this passover kept. 20 H S' After all this, when J o-si-ah had prepared the ® temple, Ne-eho king of E-gypt came up to fight against Ghar^he-mish by Eu-phra- tes ; and J o-si-ah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying What have I to do with thee, thou king of Ju-dah 1 I come not against thee this day, but against “the 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 Jo-si-ah would not turn his face from him, but ^dis- guised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Ne^ho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of MAgid-d6. 23 And the archers shot at king Jo-si-ah; and the king said to hia servants. Have me away ; for I am sore ^ 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 Je- ru-sa-lem, and he died, and was buried ^ in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And ^ all J u-dah and Je-ru-sa-lem mourned for Jo-si-ah. 25 il And Jer-e-mi-ah ’‘lamented for Jo-si-ah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Jo-si-ah in their lamentations to this day, *and made them an ordi- Jehoahaz is deposed. II. CHRONICLES, 36. Jerusalem is destroyed. nance in ls-r4-el : and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Jo- si-ah, and his ^ goodness, according to triat 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 Is-r4-el and Ju-dah. CHAPTER 36. 1 Jehoahaz is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim reigning ill is carried into Babylon. 9 Je- hoiachin succeedeth him. 11 Zedekiah’s wicked reign. 14 Jerusalem is wholly destroyed. 22 The proclamation qf Cyrus. T hen the people of the land took Je-ho-adiaz the son of Jo-si-ah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Je-ru-sa-lem. 2 Je-ho-a-haz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Je-ru-sadem. 3 And the king of E-gypt ^put him down at J6-ru-sa-lem, and ® con- demned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of E-gypt made E-lI-a-kim his brother king over Ju-dah and Jo-ru^sa-lem, and turn- ed_ his name to Je-hoi-a-kim. And Ne-cho took Je-ho-a-haz his bro- ther, and carried him to E-gypt. 5 U * Je-hoi-a-kim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Je-ru-sa-lem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed his God. 6 Against him came Neb-u- chad-nez-zar king of Bab-y-lOn, and bound him in ’^fetters, to carry him to Bab-y-l5n. 7 "'Neb-u-chad-nez-zar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Loed to Bab-y-lOn, and put them in his temple at Bab-y-lOn. 8 Now the rest of the acts of JA hoEa-kim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the_ book of the kings of Is-ra-el and Ju-dah: and ®Je-hoi-a- ehin his son reigned in his stead. 9 ^ ^Je-hoi-a-ehin vjas eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in JAru-sa-l6m: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed. 10 And ^when the year was ex- pired, “king N6b-u-ehad-n6z-zar sent, and brought him to Bab-y-l5n, *with the ^goodly vessels of the house of the Loed, and made " ZSd- 6-ki-ah^ his brother king over Ju- dah and JAru-sAlem. B.C. 610. “2 Ki. 24. 18. Jer. 52. 1. > Heb. kind- nesses. b Jer. 52. 3. « 2 Ki. 17. 14. dJex. 25. 3, 4. 2 Heb. by the hand of his messengevs. 3 Heb. removed him. 4 i.e. contin'u ally and carefully. 5 Heb. mulcted. « Jer. 5. 12. / Prov. 1. 25. ^'Jer. 38. i'. Mat. 23. 34. h Ps. 79. 5. ® Heb. healing. i 2 Ki. 23. 36, 37. k Dent. 28. 49. 2 KI. 25. 1. Ezra 9. 7. I Ps. 74. 20. 1 or, chains. "*2 Ki. 24. 13. Dan. 1. 1, 2. " 2 Ki. 25. 9. Ps. 79 1. 7. 8 or, Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3. 16. or, Coniah, Jer. 22. 24. ® 2 Ki. 25. 11. 8 Heb. the re- mainder from the sword. P 2 Ki. 24. 8. ? Jer. 27. 7. ’■Jer. 26. 6, 7. * Lev. 26. 34. Dan. 9. 2. 1 Heb. at the return of the year. * Lev. 25. 4, 5. “2Ki. 24. 10-17. *Dan. 1 1, 2. 2 Heb. vessels of desire. S' Ezra 1. 1. * Jer. .37. 1. 3 or, Mat- taniah, his father’s brother, 2 Ki. 24. 17, “Jer. 29. 10. 459 11 H “Zed-e-ki-ah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in JAru-sa-lem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed his God, and humbled not himself be- fore Jer-e-mi-ah the prophet speak- ing from the mouth of the Loed. 13 And *he also rebelled against king Neb-u-chad-nez-zar, who had made him swear by Goa: but he ® stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Loed God of Is-r4-el. 14 U Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abomina- tions of the heathen ; and polluted the house of the Loed which he had hallowed in JAru-sa-lem. 15 ‘^And the Loed God of their fathers sent to them ^by his mes- sengers, rising up ^betimes, and sending; because he had compas- sion on his people, and on his dwelling place : 1 6 But ® they mocked the messen- gers of God, and -^despised his words, and ^misused his prophets, until the * wrath of the Loed arose against his people, till there was no ® remedy. 17 * Therefore he brought upon them the king of the -Ghal-dees, who ^slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age : he gave them 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 Bably-lOn. 19 “And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Je-ru-s4-lem, and burnt all the pal- aces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And "them^ that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Bab-y-l5n ; ^ where they were serv- ants to him and his sons until the reign of the kine-dom of Per-si-a : 2 1 To fulfil the word of the Loed by the mouth of “ J 6r-6-mi-4h, until the land *had en.joyed her sabbaths : for as long as she lay desolate ^she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 H ^Now in the first year of Cy-rus king of Per-si-a, that the word of the Loed spoken by the mouth of “Jer-e-mi-ah might be Cyrus’s proclamation. EZRA, 1, 2. Number of the people accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of “Cy-rils king of Per- si-a, that he made a proclamation throughout _ aU his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 ‘Thus saith Cy-rtis king of Per-si-a, All the kingdoms of the B.C. 636. ' Is. 44. 28. b Ezra 1. 2, 3. earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in JAru-sa- lem, which is in Ju-dah. Who is there among you of all his people'? The Lord his God he with him, and let him go up. EZ^RA. CHAPTER 1. 1 The j/roclamatio-n of Cyrus for the building of the temple. 5 The people provide for the return. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to Hheshbazzar. in the first year of Cy-riis JaI king of Per-si-a, that the word of the Lord ‘by the mouth of Jer- e-mi-ah might be fulfilled^ the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cy-rus king of Per-si-a, that he ^made a procla- mation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cy-rus king of Per- si-a, The Lord "God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath ®cha;rged me to build hirn an house at JAru-sa-lem, which is in Ju-dah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people % his God be with him, and let him go up to JAru-sa-lemx, which is in Ju-dah, and build the house of the Lord God of Is-ra-el, (^he is the God,) which is in JAru- sa-lem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place ^help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Je-ru-sa-l6m. 5 H Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Ju-dah and Ben-ja-min and the priests, and the Le-vites, with all them whose spirit ^God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in J e-ru-sa-lem. 6 And all they that were about them ® strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 ^ *=Also Qy-riis the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, ‘which Neb-u-ehad-n6z-zar had brought forth out of JAru-sa- l6m, and had put them in the house of his gods ; 8 Even those did Cy-riis king of Per-si-a bring forth" by the hand of Mith-re-dath the treasurer, and B.C. 536. b 2 Cbr. 36. 22, 23. ' Heb. caused a voice to pass. 2 Heb. the transpor- tation. ‘ Is. 44. 28. & 45. 1, 13. dNeh. 7. 6, &c. « Dan. 6. 26. /2Ki. 24. 14- 16. & 25. 11. 2 Cbr. 36. 20. !> Heb. lift him up. < or, Atariah, Neb. 7. 7. 5 or, Raamidh. 6 or, Mispereth. 1 or, Nehurn. 8 i.e. helped them. h See Neb. 7. 10. i Neb. 7. 11. k ch. 5. 14. & 6. 5. I 2 Ki. 24. 13. 2 Cbr. 36. 7. 9 or, Binnui, Neb. 7. 15. numbered them unto “Sh6sh-baz- zar, the prince of Ju-dah. 9 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 hun- dred 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-baz- zar bring up with them of the cap- tivity that were brought up from Bab-y-l6n unto JAru-sAlem. CHAPTER 2. 1 The number that return, of the people, 36 of the priests, &c. 64 The whole number of them, with their substance. 68 Their oblations. lyrOW ‘‘these are the children of JaI the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, •''whom hTeb-u- ehad-n6z-zar the king of Bab-y-l5n had carried away unto Bab-y-lOn, and came again unto JAru^sa-lem and Ju-dah, every one unto his city ; 2 Which came with Ze-riib-ba-bel : J 6sh-u-a, N e-he-mi-ah,_ ^ Se-radah, ‘ Re-6l-a-iah, M6r-de-eai, Bil-shan, ®Miz-par, Big-vai, ^RAhum, Ba-a- nah. The number of the men of the people of ls-r4-el : 3 The children of Pa-r5sh, two thousand an hundred seventy and 4 The children of Sheph-a-ti-ah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of A-rah, ‘‘seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of ‘Pa-hath-mo- ab, of the children of J6sh-u-a and Jo-ab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Edam, a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zatdu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of Zae^ai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of ^Barni, six hundred forty and tvro. 460 who returned 11 The children of Be-bai, six hundred twenty and three. 1 2 The children of Az%ad, a thou- sand two hundred twenty and two. , 13 The children of A-ddn-i-kam, six hundred sixty and six. _ 14 The children of Big-vai, two thousand fifty and six._ 15 The children of A-din, four hundred fifty and foin*. 16 The children of A-ter of H6z- 6-ki-ah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of Be-zai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of ^Jo-rah, an hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Ha-shiim, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of ^Gib-bar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Beth'-le-h6m, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Ne-to-phah, fifty and six. 23 The men of An-a-th5th, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of ®Az-ma-veth, forty and two. 25 The children of Km-jath-a-rim, •€he-phi-rah, and Be-e-r5th, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of Ba-mah and Ga-ba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Mieh-mas, an hun- dred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth'-el and Ah two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Ne-bo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Mag-bish, an hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other *’E- 1am, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Hahim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, ^Ha-did, and O-nO, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of J erh-eho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Se-na-ah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 ^ The priests: the children, of ‘*Je-da-iah, of the house of J6sh-u-a, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of *Im-mer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of ^‘Pash-ur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of * Ha-rim, a thousand and seventeen. 40 IT The Le-vites : the children of J6sh-u-a and Kad-mi-6l, of the B.C. 636. 2 or, Hariph, Neh. 7. 24. 3 or, Sia. * or, Gibeon, Neh. 7. 25. 5 or, Shamlai. or, Beth- azmaveth, Neh. 7. 28. or, Nephi- shesim. 8 or, Bazlith, Neh. 7. 54. b See vcr. 7. 9 or, Harid, as it is iu some collies. 1 Ki. 9. 21. 1 or, Perida, Neh. 7. 57. d 1 Chr. 24. 7. 2 or, Amon, Neh. 7. 59. « 1 Chr. 24. 14. /Josh. 9. 21,27. 1 Chr. 9. 2. 31 Ki. 9. 21. ftl Chr. 9. 12. i 1 Chr. 24. 8. 3 or. Addon, Neh. 7. 61. 4 or, pedigree. 401 children of ^ Hod-a-vi-ah, seventy and four. 41 H The singers: the children of A-saph, an hundred twenty and eight. 42 IT The children of the porters: the children of Shal-lum, tne chil- dren of A-ter, the children of Tal- mOn, the children of Ak-kiib^ the children of Hat4-ta, the children of Sho-bai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. 43 ^ “The N6th4-nims: the chil- dren of Zi-ha, the children of Ha- su-pha, the children of Tab-ba-5th, 44 The children of Ke-r5s, the children of ^Si-a-ha, the children of Pa-dOn, 45 The children of Leb-a-nah, the children of Hag-a-bah, the children of Ak-kub, 46 The children of Ha%ab, the children of ®Shal-mai, the children of Ha-nan, 47 The children of Gid-del, the children of Ga-har, the children of Re-ahah, 48 The children of Re-zln, the children of Ne-ko-da, the children of Gaz-zam, 49 The children of Uz-za, the chil- dren of Pa-se-ah, the children of Be-sai, 50 The children of As-nah, the children of Me-hu-nim, the chil- dren of ’^Ne-phu-sirn, 51 The children of Bak-biik, the children of Ha-ku-pha, the children of Har-hur, 52 The children of ®Bazduth, the children of Me-hi-da, the children of Har-sha, 53 The children of Bar-kos, the children of Sis-6-ra, the children of Tha-mah, 54 The children of Ne-zi-ah, the children of Hat-i-pha. 55 ^ The children of ‘'S5l-5-m5n’s servants : the children of So-tai, the children of S5ph-e-r6th, the children of ^PAru-da, 56 The children of Ja-a-lah, the children of Dar-kOn, the children of Gid-del, 57 The children of Sheph-a-ti-ah, the children of Hat- til, the chil- dren of P5eh-6-r6th of Z6-ba-im, the children of ^A-mT. 58 All the -^Neth-i-nims, and the children of ^S5l-5-mon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these vmre they which went up from T6l-medah, T6P har-sa, -Ghe-rub, ®Ad-dan, and Im- m6r : but they could not shew their father’s house, and their ^seed, whether they were of ls-ra-6l: The altar is set up. 60 The children of De-la-iah, the children of T6-bi-ah, the children of Ne-ko-da, six hundred fifty and two. 61 U And of the children of the priests : the children of Ha-ba-iah, the children of K5z, the children of Bar-zil-lai ; which took a wife of the daughters of ®Bar-zil-lai the Gil-e-ad-ite, and was called after their name: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: ^therefore ^were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the ^Tir-sha-tha said unto them, that they ^should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with *U-rim and with Thum-mim. 64 H ^The whole congregation to- gether was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Beside their servants ana their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and sing- ing women. 66 Their horses were seven hun- dred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; 67 Their camels,^ four hundred thirty and five ; their asses, six thou- sand seven hundred and twenty. 68 H ^And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Je-ru- sa-lem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability un- to the « treasure of the work three- score and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. 70 *So the priests, and the Le- vites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Neth4-nims, dwelt in their cit- ies, and all Is-ra-el in their cities. CHAPTER 3. 1 The altar is set up. 4 Offerings frequented. V Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning. And when the seventh month _ was come, and the children of I§-ra-el were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to J e-ru-sa-lem. 2 Then stood up ®Jesh-u-a the son of J5z-a-dak, and his brethren the priests, and ^Z6-rub-ba-b6l the son of ® She-al-ti-el, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Is-ra-el, to offer burnt offerings EZRA, 3. Building of the temple. B.C. 636. “ Deut. 12. 5. b Num. 28. 3, « 2 Sam. 17. 27. d Neh. 8. 14. Zech. 14. 16. « Ex. 23. 16. f Num. 29. 12. > Heb. the matter of the day in his day. 3 Num. 3. 10. 2 Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood. h Ex. 29. 38. Num. 28. 3, 11, 19, 26. & 29. 2, 8, 13. 3 or, governor ; See Neh. 8. 9. i Lev. 22. 2, 10, 15, 16. * Ex. 28. 30. Num. 27. 21. I Neh. 7. 66, &c. 4 Heb. the temple of the Lord was not yet founded. b or, workmen. ”*1 Ki. 5. 6, 9. 2 Chr. 2. 10. Acts 12. 20. " 2 Chr. 2. 16. Acts 9. 36. " ch. 6. 3. ? 1 Chr. 26. 20. ’•1 Chr. 23. 24, 27. » ch. 2. 40. t ch. 6. 16, 17. Neh. 7. 73. 6 or, Hodaviah, ch. 2. 40. Heb. as one. “1 Chr. 16. 6. »1 Chr. 6. 31. & 16. 4. & 25. 1. 8 or, Joshua, Hag. 1. 1. & 2 . 2 . Zech. 3. 1. y Ex. 15. 21. 2 Chr. 7. 3. Neh. 12. 24. 9 Called Zorobabel, Mat. 1. 12. Luke 3. 27. * 1 Chr. 16. 34 Ps. 136. 1. “ Mat. 1. 12. & Luke 3. 27, called Salathiel. b 1 Chr. 16. 41. Jer. 33. 11. thereon, as it is “written in the law of Mo-ses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them be- cause of the people of those coun- tries : and they offered burnt offer- ings thereon unto the Lord, even * burnt offerings morning and even ing. 4 ‘^They kept also the feast of tab^ ernacles, ^as it is written, and ^of- fered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, ^as the duty of every day required ; 5 And afterward offered the * con- tinual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But ^the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the ® carpenters ; and ”^meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zi-dCn, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Leb-a-n5n to the sea of ”J5p-pa, ® according to the grant that they had of Cy-riis king of Per-si-a. 8 II Now in the second year ti their coming unto the house of God at Je-ru-sa46m, in the second month, began Ze-rtib-ba-bel the son of ShAal-ti-el, and J6sh-u-a the son of J5z-a-dak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Le-vites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Je- ru-sa-l6m ; ’’and appointed the Le- vites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord. 9 Then stood *J6sh-u-a with his sons and his brethren, Kad-mi-6l and his sons, the sons of ®Ju-dah, together, to set forward the work- men in the house of God : the sons of Hen-a-dad, with their sons and their brethren the Le-vites. 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, “they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Le-vites the sons of A-saph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the "'ordinance of Da-vid king of Is-ra-el. 11 »And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord ; ^Decause he is good, ^for his mercy endureth for ever toward Is-ra-el. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when 462 EZRA, 4. The tvorh hindered. they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, 12 “But many of the priests and Le-vites and cnief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foun- dation of this house was laid be- fore 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 weep- ing of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. CHAPTER 4. 1 The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it. 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes. 23 The building is hindered. when ^the adversaries of 1\ Ju-dah and B6n-ja-min heard that ^the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Is-ra-el ; 2 Then they came to Ze-riib-ba-bel, 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 E-sar-had-d5n king of As-sur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Ze-rub-ba-bel, and Jesh-u-a, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Is-ra-6l, 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_ Lord God of Is-ra-el, as ‘king ^y-rus the king of Per-si-a hath commanded us. 4 Then *the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Ju-dah, and troubled them in building, 5 Ana hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cy-riis king of Per-si-a, even until the reign of Da-ri-us king of Per-si-a. 6 And in the reign of ^A-has-u-e- riis, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Ju-dah and JAru-sa-l6m. 7 U And in the days of Ar-tax- erx-es wrote Bishdam, Mith-r6- dath, Ta-be-6l, and the rest of their * companions, ^ unto Ar-tax-erx-es king of Per-si-a; and the writing of the letter was written in the S^rd-im tongue, and interpreted in the Syrd-an tongue. 8 Re-htim the chancellor and Shim- shai the ® scribe wrote a letter a- B.C, 522. “ See Hag, 2. 3. 1 Chald. societies. * 2 Ki. 17. 30, 31. ' ver. L dSo ver. 11, 17. & ch. 7. 12. 2 Chald. Cheeneth, 3 Heb. the sons of the trans- portation. 4 or, finished. 5 Chald. sewed together. ® Chald. give, f ch. 7. 24 S' ver. 10. 2 Ki. 17. 24, 32, 33. & 19. 37. t or, strength. 8 Chald. we are salted with the salt of the palace, h Neh. 2. 20. i ch. 1. 1-3. * ch. 3. 3. 9 Chald. made. 1 Chald. in the midst thereof. 2 Heb. Ahashverosh. 3 Chald. societies. 4 or, in peace. 5 Heb. societies. 6 Chald. by me a decree is set. 1 Chald. lifted up itself. 8 or, secretary. 463 Letter to Artaxerxes. gainst Je-ru-sa-lem to Ar-tax-erx-es the king in this sort : 9 Then wrote Re-hum the chan- cellor, and Shim-shai the scribe, and the rest of their ^companions ; *the Di-na-ites, the A-phar-sath- ■ehites, the Tar-pel-ites, the A-phar- sites, the Ar-ehe-yites, the Bab-y- lo-ni-an§, the Su-san-ehites, the De-ha-vites, and the Edam-ites, 10 ‘’And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble As-nap- per brought over, and set in the cities of Sa-ma-ri-a, and the rest that are on this side the river, ‘'and ‘^at such a time. 11^ This is the copy of the let- ter that they sent unto him, even unto Ar-tax-erx-es the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.^ 12 Be it known unto the king, that the J^s which came up from thee to us are come unto Je-ru-sa-lem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have ^set up the walls thereof, and ® 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 ®pay ^toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the ^revenue of the kings. 14 Now because fwe have main- tenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified 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 rebellious cityj and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have ^ moved sedition ^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 ^ Then sent the king an an- swer unto Re-hum the chancellor, and to Shim-shai the scribe, and to the rest of their ^companions that dwell in Sa-ma-ri-a, and unto the rest beyond the river. Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath ’made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. Decree of Artaxerxes. 20 There have been mighty kings also over J e-ru-sa-lem, which have “ruled over all countries * beyond the river ; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 21 “Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until an- other 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 Ar-tax-erx-es’ letter was read before Re-hum, and Shim-shai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in_haste to Jb-ru-sa-lem unto the Je'ws, and made them to cease ^by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Je-ru-sa- lem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Da-ri-iis king of Per-si-a. CHAPTER 5. 1 Zerubbabel and Jeahua, incited by Haggai and Zecha- riah, set forward the building of the temple. 3 Tatnai and Shethar-boznai could not hinder the Jews. 6 Their letter to Darius. T hen the prophets, ^Hag-gai the prophet, and *Zeeh-a-ri-ah the son of Id-do, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Ju-dah and J6- ru-sa-lem in the name of the God of Is-ra-el, even unto them. 2 Then rose up *Z6-rub-ba-bel the son of She-al-ti-el, and J6sh-u-a the son of Joz-a-dak, and began to build the house of God which is at J6-ru-sa-l6m : and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 ^ At the same time came to them "‘Tat-nai, governor on this side the river, and She-thar-b6z- nai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, “Who hath com- manded you to build this house, and to make up this walH 4 ^ Then said we unto them after this manner. What are the names of the men ®that make this build- ing 1 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 Da-ri-us : and then they returned * answer by letter concerning this 6 ^ The copy of the letter that Tat-nai, governor on this side the river, and She-thar-b5z-nai, *and his companions the A-phar-sa«h- ites, which ivere on this side the river, sent unto Da-ri-us the king: Letter to Darius, 7 They sent a letter unto him, Gvherein was written thus ; Unto Da-ri-us the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Ju- de-a, to the house of the great God, which is builded with ^ great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and pros- pereth in their hands. 9^ Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, “Who com- manded you to build this house, and to make up these walls 1 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. 1 1 And thus they returned us an- swer, 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 Is-ra-el 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 -^Neb-u-ehad-nez-zar the king of Bab-y-l5n, the -Ghal-de-an, who de- stroyed this house, and carried the people away into Bab-y-l6n. 13 But in the first year of *Cy-rtis the king of Bab-y-l6n the same king Cy-rtis made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And Hhe vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which N eb-u-ehad-nez-zar took out of the temple that was in Je-ru- sa-lem, and brought them into the temple of Bab-y-lhn, those did CS)'- rtis the king take out of the temple of Bab-y-i6n, and they were deliv- ered unto one, ” whose name was Shesh-baz-zar, whom he had made ® governor ; 15 And said unto him. Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Je-ru-sa-lem, and let the house of God he builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Sh6sh- baz-zar, and ^laid the foundation of the house of God which in Je-ru- sa-lgm : 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 Bab-y-l6n, whe- ther it be so, that a decree was made of Cy-rus the king to build this house of God at Je-ru-sa-l6m, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. EZRA, 5. B.C. 620 . 1 Chald. in the midst whereof. <*1 Ki. 4. 21. Ps. 72. 8. b Gen. 15. 18. Josh. 1. 4. 2 Chald. Make a decree. 3 Chald. stones of rolling. ‘ ver. 3, 4. 4 Chald. by arm and power. dl Ki. 6. 1. « 2 Chr. 36. 16, 17. /2 Ki. 24. 2. & 25. 8, 9, 11. 9 Hag. 1. 1. h Zecn. 1. 1. » ch. 1. 1. *ch. 3. 2. I ch. 1. 7, 8. &6. 5. “ver. 6. ch. 6. 6. ” Hag. 1. 14. & 2 . 2 , 21 . 5 or, depnity. ® ver. 9. V ver. 10. 6 Chald. that build this building. 9 ch. 3. 8, 10. ’■ See ch. 7. 6, 28. Ps. 33. 18. * ch. 6. 15. f ch. 6. 6. “ch. 6. 1, 2. ‘'ch. 4. 9. 464 Darius’s decree for EZRA, 6. advancing the huilding. CHAPTER 6. 1 Dariui maketh a new decree for advancing the building. 13 By the help of the enemies, and the directions of the prophets, the temple is finished. 16 Feasts of the dedica- tion, 19 and of the passover. T hen Da-n-us the king made a decree, ^and^ search v/as made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were ^laid up in Bab-y-l5n. 2 And there was found at ^Ach- me-tha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written : 3 In the first year of CyAiis the king the same Cy-rus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Je-ru-sa-lem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foun- dations thereof be strongly laid ; the height thereof threescore cu- bits, and the breadth thereof three- score cubits ; 4 ® With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber : and let the expences be given out of the king’s house : 5 And also let -^the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Neb-u-ehad-nez-zar took forth out of the temple which is at Je-ru-sa-lem, and brought unto Bab-y-ldn, be restored, and ® brought again unto the temple which is at Je-ru-sa-lem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6 '^Now therefore, Tat-nai, governor beyond the river, SheAhar-bOz-nai, and ®your companions the A-phar- sach-ites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence : 7 Let the work of this house of G^ alone ; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Je'ws build this house of God in his place. 8 Moreover make a decree what y^shall do to the elders of these J ews for the building of this house of God : that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not ^hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the ap- pointment of the priests which are at J e-ru-sa-lem, let it be given them day by day without fail : 10 ‘That they may offer sacrifices W sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and ^pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 25 - 30 ., B.C. 519. 1 Chald. let him be destroyed. “ Dau. 2. 5. & 3. 29. b ch. 5. 17. 2 Chald. books. 3 Chald. made to descend. « 1 Ki. 9. 3. ■1 or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer. dch. 5. 1, 2. « 1 Ki. 6. 36. / ch. 1. V, 8. & 5. 14. 5 Chald. decree. 5 ver. 3. ch. 1. 1. & 5. 13. h ch. 4. 24. i ch. 7. 1. 6 Chald. go. 1 Chald. the sons of the transporta- tion. k ch. 5. 3. I 1 Ki. 8. 63. 2 Chr. 7. 5. 8 Chald. their societies. ™ch. 8. 35. 9 Chald. by me a decree is made. "1 Chr. 24. 1. » 1 Chr. 23. 6. P Num. 3. 6. & 8. 9. > Chald. according to the writing. 1 Ex. 12. 6. 2 Chald. made to cease. * 2 Chr. 35. 11. ^ ch. 7. 2.3. Jer. 29. 7. 3 Chald. of rest. “ ch. 9. 11. *1 Tim. 2. 1. 465 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, Eet him be hanged thereon ; “and let his house be made a dunghill for this. 1 2 And the God that hath caused his “name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shah put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at J e-ru-sa-lem, I Da-ri-iis have made a decree ; let it be done with speed. 1 3 II Then Tat-nai, governor on this side the river, SheAhar-b6z-nai, and their companions, according to that which DAri-us the king had sent, so they did speedily. _ 14 ‘‘And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Hag%ai the pro- phet and Zech-a-ri-ah the son of Id-do. And they builded, and fin- ished it, according to the command- ment of the God of IshA-6l, and according to the ® commandment of ^CyAus, and ‘‘Da-ri-us, and ‘Ar-tax- efx-es king of Per-si-a. 1 5 And this house was finished on the third day of the month A-dar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Da-ri-us the king. 16 ^ And the children of Is-ra-el, the priests, and the Lewites, and the rest of ''the children of the captivity, kept ‘the dedication of this house of God with joy, 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; and for a sin offer- ing for all IsAa-el, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of IsAa-el. 18 And they set the priests in their ^divisions, and the LeAites in their “courses, for the service of God, which is at Je-ru-sa-l6m ; ^as^ it is written in the book of Mo-se§. 19 And the children of the cap- tivity kept the passover «upon the fourteenth day^ of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Le-vites were ^purified together, all of them were-pwcQ, and ® killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of Is-ra-el which were come again out of cap- tivity, and all such as had sepa- rated themselves unto them from the “filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Loud God of Is- ra-el, did eat, Ezra goeth up EZRA, 7. to Jerusalem. 22 And kept the “feast of unleav- ened bread seven days with joy : for the Lord had made them joy- ful, and Hurned the heart “of the king of As-syr-i-a unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Is-ra-el. CHAPTER 7. 1 Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem. 11 The gracious commis- sion of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra blesseth God for his favour, l^OW after these things, in the LM reign of -^Ar-tax-erx-es king of Per-si-a, Ez-ra ^the son of So-ra-iah, the son of Az-a-ri-ah, the son of Hil-ki-ah, 2 The son of Shal-liim, the son of Za-d5k, the son of A-hi-tub, 3 The son of Am-a-rhah, the son of Az-a-ri-ah, the son of Me-ra-iOth, 4 The son of Z6r-a-hi-ah, the son of T7z-zi, the son of Buk-ki, 5 The son of Ab-i-shu-a, the son of Phin-6-has, the son of E-lO-a-zar, the son of Aar-On the chief priest : 6 This Ez-ra went up from Bab-y- lOn ; and he was ready scribe in the law of Mo-ses, which the Lord God of Is-ra-el had given : and the king granted him all his request, "according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. 7 “And there went up some of the children of Is-ra-el, and of the priests, and ^^the ’Le-vites, and the singers, and the porters, and »the Neth4-nims, unto JAru-sa-lem, in the seventh year of Ar-tax-e^’x-es the king. 8 And he came to Je-ru-sa-lem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month ‘-^began he to go up from Bab-y-l5n, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to J Aru-sa- l6m, ’’according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ez-ra had prepared his heart to ^seek the law of the Lord, and to do it., and to * teach in Is-rAel statutes and judgments. 11 U Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Ar-tax-erx^s gave unto Ez-ra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Is-ra-el. 12 Ar-tax-erx-es, “king of kings, ^unto Ez-ra the priest, a scribe of fche law of the God of heaven, per- fect peace, ^and at such a time. 13 1 make a decree, that all they i>f the people of ls-ra-6l, and of his ioriests and Lefeites, in my realm, vhich are minded of their own B.C. 457. “ Ex. 12. 15. & 13. 6. 2 Chr. 30. 21. & 35. 17. > Chald. from before the king. b Prov. 21. 1. « 2 Ki. 23. 29. 2 Chr. 33. 11. ch. 1. 1. d Esth. 1. 14. «2Chr. 6. 2. Ps. 135. 21. / Neh. 2. 1. S' ch. 8. 25. h 1 Chr. 6. 14. 1 Chr. 29. 6, 9. k Nura. 15. 4-13. I Deut. 12. 5,11. P See ch. 8. 15, &c. ?ch. 2. 43. & 8 . 20 . 2 Heb. was the foundation of the going up. >• Neh. 2. 8, 18. 3 Chald. cors. » Ps. 119. 45. t ver. 6, 25. Deut. 33. 10. Neh. 8. 1-8. Mai. 2. 7. 4 Heb. What- soever is of the decree. “Ezek. 26.7. Dan. 2. 37. S or, to Ezra the jjriest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, &c. *ch. 4. 10. freewill to go up to JAru-sa-lem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent fef the king, and of his seven coun- sellors, to enquire concerning Ju- dah and JAru-sa-lem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand ; 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his coun- sellors have freely offered unto the God of Is-ra-el, “whose habitation is in JAru-sa-lem, 16 ^And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the prov- ince of Bab-y-l5n, with the free- will offering of the people, and of the priests, ’offering willingly for the house of their God which is in JAru-sa-l6m; 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their *meat offerings and their drink offerings, and feffer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in J Aru-sa-l6m. 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 Je-ru-sMem. 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 Ar-tax-erxfes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezfea 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 sil- ver, 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 how much. 23 ^Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be dili- gently 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 touch- ing any of the priests and Le-vites, singers, porters, Neth-1-nlms, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezfea, after the wis- dom of thy God, that is in thine 460 EZRA, 8. He keepeth a fast. Ezra^s companions. hand, *set magistrates and judges, I which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God ; and teach ye them that know them 2 6* And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether %t be unto death, or ^to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to im- prisonment. 27 H ‘’Blessed he the 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 is in Je-ru-sa-lem : 28 And ^hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsel- lors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as »the hand of the Lord my God vjas upon me, and I gathered together out of Is-ra-el chief men to go up with me. CHAPTER 8. 1 The companions of Ezra, 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 2A He committeth the treasures to the custody of the priests. 31 From Ahava they come to Jerusalem. T hese are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the gene- alogy of them that went up with me from Bab-y-l5n, in the reign of Ar-tax-erx-es the king. 2 Of the sons of Phin-e-has ; Ger- sh5m: of the sons of Ith-a-mar; Dan-iel : of the sons of Da-vid ; * Hat-tush. 3 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni-ah, of the sons of ^Pha-r5sh ; Zech-a-ri-ah : and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pa-hath -mo-ab ; El-i-ho-e-nai the son of Zer-a-hi-ah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Sheeh-a-m-ah ; the son of Ja-ha-zi-6l, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of A-din; E-bgd the son of J5n-a-than, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of E-lam; Je- sha-iah the son of Ath-a-li-ah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Sheph^a-ti-ah ; Zeb-a-di-ah the son of Ml-eha-6l, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of J o-ab ; O-ba-di-ah the son of JAhi-el, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Sh6l-5-mith ; the son of J5s-i-phi-ah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. B.C. 467. “ Ex. 18. 21. 22. Deut. 16. 18. b ver. 10. 2 Chr. 17. 7. Mai. 2. 7. Mat. 23. 2, 3. 1 or, the youngest son. 2 Chald. to rooting out. 3 or, Zaccur, as some read. « 1 Chr. 29. 10. dch. 6. 22. 1 or, pitched. « ch. 9. 9. / See ch. 7. 7. S ver. 6, 9, See ch. 5. 5. & 8. 18. 3 Heb. I put words in their mouth : See 2 Sam. 14. 3, 19. h Neh. 8. 7. & 9. 4, 5. i 1 Chr. 3. 22. * ch. 2. 3. I See ch. 2. 43. « 2 Chr. 20. 3. «Lev. 16. 29. & 23. 29. Is. 58. 3, 5. 0 Ps. 5. 8. P So 1 Cor. 9. 15. 7 ch. 7. 6, 9, 28. »• Ps. 33. 18. 19. & 34. 15, 22. Eom. 8. 28. » Ps. 34. 16. t 2 Chr. 15. 2. 11 And of the sons of Be-bai: Zeeh-a-ri-ah the son of Be-bai, and with him twenty and eight males. 1 2 And of the sons of Az%ad ; J6-ha-nan ^the son of Hak-ka-tan, and with him an hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of A-d5n- i-kam, whose names are these, E- liph-e-let, Je-i-el, and She-ma-iah, and with them threescore males. 14 Of the sons also of Big-vai ; U-thai, and ^Zab-btid, and with them seventy males. 15 H And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to A-ha-va ; and there abode we in tents three days : and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the -^sons of Le-vi. 16 Then sent I for E-li-e-zer, for A-ri-el, for She-ma-iah, and for El- na-than, and for Ja-rib, and for El- na-than, and for Na-than, and for Zeeh-a-ri-ah, and for Me-shul-lam, chief men; also for Joi-a-rib, and for El-na-than, men of understand- ing. 1 7 And I sent them with com- mandment unto Id-do the chief at the place -Ga-siph^-a, and told them what they should say unto id-do, and to his brethren the Neth' i-nims, at the place Ca-siph-i-a, 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 Mahdi, the son of Le-vi, the son of Is-ra-el ; and Sher-e-bi-ah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hash-a-bi-ah, and with him Je-sha-iah of the sons of Me-ra-ri, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 20 Also of the N6th-i-nim§, whom Da-vid and the princes had appoint- ed for the service of the Le-vites, two hundred and twenty Neth4- nims : all of them were expressed by name. 21 H Then I "‘proclaimed a fast there, at the river of A-ha-va, that we might "afflict 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^I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, ^^The hand of our God is upon all them W "good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is "against all them that ‘forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our 467 EZRA, 9. Ezra^s charge to the priests. Ezrais prayer and God for this : and he was “intreated of us. 24 ^ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sher-6-bi- ah, Hash-a-bi-ah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them ®the silver, and the gold, and the ves- sels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Is-ra-el there present, had offered : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of sil- ver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents ; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams ; and two vessels of ^fine copper, ‘^precious as gold. 28 And 1 said unto them. Ye are ^holy unto the Lord ; the vessels are *holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering un- to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Le-vites, and chief of the fathers of IsYa-el, at Je-ru-sa-lem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. 30 So took the priests and the Le-vites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Je-ru-s4-lem unto the house of our God. 31 ^ Then we departed from the river of A-ha-va on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto J 0-ru- sa-lem : 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 Je-ru-sa-lem, and abode there three days. 33 ^ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the ves- sels “weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Mer-e-m5th the son of U-ri-ah the priest ; and with him was E-l6-a-zar the son of Phin- e-has; and with them was J5z-a-bad the son of Jesh-u-a, and N6-a-di-ah the son of Bin-nu-i, Le-vites ; 34 By number and by weight of every one : and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, * offered burnt offerings unto the God of Is- ra-el, twelve bullocks for all I§Ya-el. ninety and six rams, seventy and reven lambs, twelve ne goats for a Fin offering ; all this was a burnt Coffering unto the Lord. 36 H And they delivered the king’s B.C. 457. “ 1 Chr. 5. 20. 2 Chr. 33. 13. Is. 19. 22. b ch. 7. 21. ch. 7. 15. 16. dch. 6 . 21 . Neh. 9. 2. « Deut. 12. 30, 31. ' Heb. yellow, 01 -, shining brass. 2 Heb. desirable, f Ex. 34. 16. Dent. 7. .3. 9 Lev. 21. 6-8. Deut. 33. 8. b Ex. 22. 31. Deut. 7. 6. i Lev. 22. 2, 3. Nuin. 4. 4. 15, 19, 20. k 2 Cor. 6. 14. I Job 1. 20. ”*Ps. 143. 4. "ch. 10. 3. 3 or, affliction. P ch. 7. 6, 9, 28. 1 Ex. 9. 29. *■ Neh. 2. 11. * Dan. 9. 7, 8. t Ps. 38. 4. “ ver. 26, 30. 4 or, guiltiness. * 2 Chr. 28. 9. Rev. 18. 5. y Ps. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5, 6. ^ Deut. 28. 36. Neh. 9. 30. 5 Heb. moment, b So ch. 6. 17. 8 or, a pin : i.e. a constant and sure abode : So Is. 22. 23. Ps. 34. 5. rfNeh. 9. 36. « Ps. 136. 23. 468 * commissions unto the king’s lieu- tenants, and to the governors on this side the river : and they furthered the people, and the house of God. CHAPTER 9. 1 Szra mournethfor the affinity of the people with strangers. 5 Be prayeth unto God. OW when these things were Ll done, the princes came to me, saying. The people of IsYa-el, and the priests, and the Lewites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, ^ doing accord- ing to_ their abominations, even of the Ca-naan-iteKS the Hit-tites, the Perhz-zites, the Jeb-u-sites,the Am- mDn-ites, the Mo-ab-ites, the E-gyp- tians, and the Am-6r-ites. 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, H rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down ”‘as- tonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that “trembled at the words of the God of IsYa-el, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I sat astonied until the “evening sacrifice. 5 U And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my “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 ®a- shamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for *our iniq- uities are increased over our head, and our “^trespass is ""grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have ^we been in a great trespass unto this day ; and for our iniqui- ties ^have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a sjDoil, and to “confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a ® little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us ®a nail in his holy place, that our God may “lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For we were bondmen ; “ j^et our God hath not forsaken us in our confession of sins. EZRA, 10. bondage, but “hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Per-si-a, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and ^to repair the desolations thereof, and CO give us ‘^a wall in Ju-dah and in Je-ru-sa-lem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this % for we have for- saken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded ^ by thy servants the prophets, say- ing, The land,_ unto which ye go to possess it., is an unclean land with the ^filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it ^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 may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and ' leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God ”*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 abomina- tions % wouldest not thou be ^ angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there shoidd be no rem- nant nor escaping'? ^ 15 O Lord God of Is-ra-el, «thou art righteous : for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are * before thee Gn our tres- passes : for we cannot ‘‘stand before thee because of this. CHAPTER 10. 1 Hzra encouraged to reform the strange marriages. 6 Ezra assernbleth the people. 9 The people repent, a/nd promise amendment. 18 2'he natnes of them which had married strange wives. l^OW ^when Ez-ra had prayed, 1.1 and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down “before the house of God, there as- sembled unto him out of Is-ra-6l a very great congregation of men and women and children : for the people ® wept very sore. 2 And Shg-eh-a-ni-ah the son of JAhi-61, one of the sons of Edam, answered and said unto Ez-ra, We have * trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land : yet now there is hope in Is-ra-6l concerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us make ‘'a B.O. 467. “ ch. 7. 28. 1 Heb. to bring forth. 2 Heb. to set up. b ch. 9. 4. « Deut. 7. 2, 3. dls.5.2. 1 Chr. 28. 10. 3 Heb. by the hand of thy servants, f Neh. 5. 12. 9 ch. 6. 21. 4 Heb. from mouth to mouth: as 2 Ki. 21. 16. h Ex. 23. 32. Deut. 7. 3. t Deut. 9. 18. h Deut. 23. 6. ™Ps. 103. 10. b Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities. "John 5. 14. 2 Pet. 2. 20. 8 Heb. devoted. 0 Neh. 13. 23. P Deut. 9. 8. ? Neh. 9. .33. Dan. 9. 14. See 1 Sam. 12. 18. * Rom. 3. 19. 1 1 Cor. 15. 17. 2 Heb. the showers. “Ps. 130. 3. 8 Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back. ' Heb. wept a great weeping. The 'people repent. covenant with our God Ho 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 he with thee : ®be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose EzHa, and made the chief priests, the LeWites, and all IsHa-el, ^ to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 II Then EzHa rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of J6-ha-nan the son of E-h-a-shib: and when he came thither, he ‘did eat no bread, nor drink water : for he mourned be- cause of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout J u-dah and Je-ru-s4-lem unto all the children of the captiv- ity, that they should gather them- selves together unto JAru-sa-lem ; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be ^forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 H Then all the men of Ju-dah and Ben -3 a-min gathered themselves to- gether unto Je-ru-sa-lem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month ; and "'all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling be- cause of this matter, and for '' the great rain. 10 And EzHa the priest stood up, and said unto them. Ye have trans- gressed, and ®have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of IsHa-el. i 1 Now therefore '‘^make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure : and ^ separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 1 2 Then all the congregation an- swered and said with a loud voice. As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, nei- ther is this a work of one day or two : for ^ we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in oui* cities come at appointed times, The names of those NEHEMIAH, 1 . who had strange wives. and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until “the fierce wrath of our God ^for this matter be turned from us. 15 11 Only J6n-a-than the son of A-sa-h6l and Ja-ha-zi-ah the son of B.C. 456. ‘'2Chr. 30. 8. 1 or, till this matter be dispatched. Tik-vah “^were employed about this matter : and Me-shul-lam and Shab- b6-thai the Le-vite helped them. 16 And the children of the cap- tivity did so. And Ez-ra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and ftll of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18 H And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives : namely, of the sons of JSsh-u-a the son of JOz'a- dak, and his brethren ; Ma-a-se-iah, and E-li-e-zer, and Ja-rib, and (xed- a-h-ah. 1 9 And they ^gave their hands that they would put away their wives ; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. 20 And of the sons of Im-mer; Ha-na-ni, and Zeb-a-di-ah. 21 And of the sons of Ha-rim; 2 Heb. stood. b 2 Ki. 10. 15. 2 Chr, 30. 8. ” Lev. 6. 4, 6. Ma-a-se-iah, and E-li-jah, and She- ma-iah, and Je-hi-el, and tTz-zi-ah^ 22 And of the sons of Pash-ur ; E- h-o-e-nai, Ma-a-se-iah, Ish-ma-el,Ne- than-Ael, J5z-a-bad, and El-a-s^h. 23 Also of the Le-vites: _J6z-a-bad, and Shim-6-i, and Ke-la-mh, (the same is Kel-i-ta,) Peth-a-hi-ah, Ju- dah, and E-li-e-zer. 24 Of the singers also; E-li-a-shib : and of the porters ; Shal-liim, and Ted6m, and U-ri. 25 Moreover 9 f I§-ra-el : of the sons of Pa-r5sh; Ra-mi-ah, and JAzi-ah, and Mal-ebi-ah, and Ml-a-min, and E-le-a-zar, and Mal-ehi-jah, ana Bo- Pa-iah. 3 or, Mab- nadebai, according to some copies. 26 And of the sons of Edam ; Mat- ta-ni-ah, Z6eh-a-rl-ah, and Je-hi-6l, and Ab-di, and Jer-e-m6th, and E- li-ah. 27 And of the sons of Zat-tu ; E- li-o-e-nai. E-h-a-shib, Mat-ta-ni-ah, and J6r-6-m5th, and Za-bad, and A-zi-za. 28 Of the sons also of Be-bai; Je-ho-ha-nan, Han-a-ni-ah, Zab-bai, and Athdai. 29 And of the sons of Ba-ni* Me-ghuldam, Maldueh, and A-da- iah, Jash-ub, and She-al, and Ba- m5th. 30 And of the sons of Pa-hath- mo-ab ; Ad-na, and -Ghedal, BAna- iah, Ma-a-sedah, Mat-ta-ni-ah, Be- zal-A6l, and Bin-nu-i, and Ma-nas- seh. 31 And of the sons of Hadim ; E-li-e-zer, Ish-i^ah, Mal-ehi-ah, ShAmadah, Shim-e-5n, 32 BenGa-min, Mal-lueh, and Shem-a-ri-ah. 33 Of the sons of Ha-shiim ; Mat- tAnai, Matda-thah, Za-bad, E-liph- e-let, Jer-6-mai, Ma-nas-s6h, aTid Shim-e-I. 34 Of the sons of Ba-ni ; MAa-dai, Amdam, and U-el, 35 BAnadah, Be-dedah, -Ghelduh, 36 Va-ni-ah, Mer-e-m5th, E-li-a- shib, 37 Mat-ta-ni-ah, Mat-te-nai, and Ja-a-sau, i 38 And Ba-ni, and Bin-nu-i, Shimd-i, 39 And Shel-e-mi-ah, and NAthan, and A-da-jah, 40 ^ Maeh-na-de-bai, Shadhai, Sha-rai, 41 A-zar-e-6l, and Shel-e-mi-ah, Sh6m-a-ri-ah, ^ 42 Shaldum, Am-a-ri-ah, and Jo- seph. 43 Of the sons of Ne-b6 ; JAi-el, Mat-ti-thi-ah, Za-b^d, Ze-bi-na, JA dau, and Jodi, BAnAifth. 44 All these had taken strange wives : and some of them had wives by whom they had children. THE BOOK OF KE-HE-MMH. CHAPTER 1. 1 Nehemlah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jeru- salem, moumeth, fasteth, andprayeth. 5 Uis prayer. T he words of “ISTe-he-mi-ah the son of Haeh-a-h-ah. And it came to pass in the month Chis- leu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shudhan the palace, 2 That Ha-na-ni, one of my breth- B.C. 446. “ch. 10. 1. b ok. 2. 17. 47Q ren, came, he and certain men of Ju-dah; and I asked them concern- ing the J^s that had escajied, which were left of the captivity, and concerning JAruda-dm. 3 And they said unto me. The remnant that are left of the cap- tivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach : ^the Artaxerxes sendeth NEHEMIAH, 2. Nehemiah to Jerusalem. wall of Jo-ru-sa-lem also broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 U And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that 1 sat down and wept, and mourned certain day.s and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, Lord God of heaven, the great and ter- rible God, ^ that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments ; 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and ^ thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy serv- ant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Is-ra-el thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Is-ra-6l, which we have sinned against thee : both I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 * We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have ^not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Mo-s6s. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Mo^es, saying, ye trans- gress, I will scatter you abroad a- mong the nations : 9 ”But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them ; ^ though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 ^Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed oy thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 110 Lord, I beseech thee, Ret now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who ^desire to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s * cupbearer. CHAPTER 2. 1 Artaxerxes tendeth J>fehemiah with letters cmd commis- sion to Jerusalem. 9 Nehemiah arriveth there. 12 He vicweth secretly the ruins of the walls. 17 He inciteth the Jews to build in despite of the enemies. AN’D it came to pass in the month Ni-san, in the twentieth year of *Ar-tax-erx-e.? the king, that wine wets before him : and took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been heforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me. Why is thy countenance sad. B.C. 446. “ 2 Ki. 25. 10. b Prov. 15. 13. 1 Ki. 1. 31. Dau. 2. 4. & 5. 10. & 6 . 6 , 21 . dch. 1. 3. ‘ Dan. 9. 4. / Ex. 20. 6. 3 1 Ki. 8. 28, 29. 2 Chr. 6. 40. Dan. 9. 17, 18. h Dan. 9. 20. 1 Heb. wife. i ch. 5. 14. & 13. 6. * Ps. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5. I Dent. 28. 15. «»Lev. 26. 33. Dent. 4. 25-27. & 28. 64. ” Lev. 26. 39, &c. Dent. 4. 29-31. & 30. 2. " ch. 3. 7. P Deut. 30. 4 ? ver. 18. Ezra 5. 5. & 7. 6, 9. 28. ■ Dent. 9. 29. Dan. 9. 15. t Is. 26. 8. Heb. 13. 18. “ Ezra 8. 32. 2^2 Chr. 26. ch. 3. 13. * Ezra 7. 1. “ch. 1. 11. b\er. 17. & ch. 1. 3. ch. 3. 15. 471 seeing thou art not sickl this is nothing else but ^sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, ‘’Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when ‘^the city, the place of my fathers’ se- pulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire % 4 Then the king said unto me. For what dost thou make request % So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it E lease the king, and if thy servant ave found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Ju-dah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepul- chres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the ^ queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be % and when wilt thou return 1 So it pleased the king to send me ; and i set him *a time. 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Ju-dah ; 8 And a letter unto A-saph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which ap- pertained "to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, ^according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 H Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When San-bMdat the Hdr-o- nlte, and T6-bi-ah the servant, the Am-m5n-ite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Is-ra^el. 11 So I “came to Je-ru-sAlgm, and was there three days. 12 H And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; nei- ther told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Je-ru- sa-lem : neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night ^by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of JAru- s4-l6m, which were * broken down, and the gates thereof were con- sumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the ‘’gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool; The names and ' NEHEMIAH, 3. order of them that but there was no place for the beast that ivas under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 1 6 And the rulers knew not whi- ther I went, or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 ^ Then said I unto them. Ye see the distress that we are in, how JAru-sa-lem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire : come, and let us build up the wall of JAru-sa-lem, that we be no more ^a reproach. 18 Then I told them of -^the hand of my God which was good upon me ; as also the king’s words tnat he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they '"strengthened their hands for this good ivork. 19 But when San-balTat the H5r- o-nite, and T6-bi-ah the servant, the Am-m5n-ite, and Ge-shem the A-ra-bi-an, heard it, they Taughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do^ '=will ye rebel against the king? 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them. The God of heaven, he will prosper us ; therefore we his servants will arise and build : ”"but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in JAru-sa-lem. B.C. 445. “ Judg. 6. 23. b ch. 12. 39. 2 Sam. 15. 2 Jer. 31. 40. d ch. 2. 8. <'cl.. 1. 3. Ps. 44. 13. & 79. 4. Jer. 24. 9. Ezek. 5. 14. 15. & 22. 4. / ver. 8. 1 or, left Jeru- salem unto the broad wall. 3 ch. 12. 38. h 2 Sam. 2. 7. 1 Ps. 44. 13. & 79. 4. & 80. 6. 2 Heb. second measure. k ch. 6. 6. I ch. 12. 38. Ezra 4. 3. ” ch. 2. 13. CHAPTER 3. The names and order of them that builded the wall. rilHEN ‘’E-h-a-shib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, ^and they builded the sheep gate ; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; ’'even unto the tower of Me- ah they sanctified it, unto the tower of *Ha-nan-e-el. 2 And ^next unto him builded 'the men of Jer-i-eho. And next to them builded Zae-eur the son of ImYi. 3 ""But the fish gate did the sons of Has-se-na-ah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and ''set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Mer-e-m6th the son of U-ri-j^, the son of K5z. And next unto them repaired Me-shtil-lam the son of Ber-e-ehl-ah, the son of MAshez-a- beel. And next unto them repaired Za-d5k the son of Ba-a-na. 5 And next unto them the Te-ko- ites repaired ; but their nobles put « ch. 12. 10. V ch. 2. 13. 3 John 5. 2. « Jer. 31. 38. Zech. 14. 10. 3 Heb. at his hand, t Ezra 2. 34. *2Chr. 33. 14. ch. 12. 39. Zeph. 1. 10. 2^ Seech. 6. 1. & 7. 1. ^ John 9. 7. “ 2 Ki. 20. 20. Is. 22. 11. not their necks to “the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover '’the old ^te repaired Je-hoi-a-da the son of ra-se-ah, and MAshiil-lam the son of Bes-6-de- iah ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Mel-a-ti-ah the Gib-e-5n-ite, and J a- d5n the MAr5n-6-thite, the men of Gib-e-6n, and of Miz-pah, unto the ‘'throne of the governor on this side the river. ^ w 8 Next unto him repaired Uz-zi-el the son of Har-ha-iah, of the gold- smiths. Next unto him also re- paired Han-a-ni-ah the son of one of the anothecaries, and they Mortified Je-rAsa-lem unto the abroad wa;ll. 9 And next unto them repaired Re-pha-iah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Je-ru-sa-lem, 10 And next unto them repaired Je-da-iah the son of Ha-ru-maph. even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hat-tiish the son of Hash-ab-nTah. 1 1 Mal-ehi-iah the son of HaMim, and Ha-shiib the son of Pa-hath- mo-ab, repaired the ^ other piece, 'and the tower of the furnaces. 12 Amd next unto him repaired Shal-lum the son of Ha-lo-hesh, the ruler of the half part of Jg-ru-sa- lem, he and his daughters. 13 ’’The valley gate repaired Ha^ ntin, and the inhabitants of Za-no- ah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thou- sand cubits on the wall unto '"the dung gate. 14 But the dung gate repaired Mal-ehi-ah the son of Re^h^, the ruler of jjart of Beth-hae-Qe-rem ; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But “the gate of the fountain repaired Shal-lun the son of ■Ggl- ho-zeh, the ruler of part of Miz- pah ; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of ^Si-lo-ah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of DaWid. . , i / 16 After him repaired Ne-he-mi- ah the son of AzTiuk, the ruler of the half part of Bgth'-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of Da-vid, and to the ‘’pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. 472 builded the wall. 17 After him repaired the Le-vites, Re-hiim the son of Ba-ni, Next unto him repaired Hash-a-bi-ah, the ruler of the half part of Kei- lah, in his part. , , . , , 18 After him repaired their breth- ren, Ba-vai the son of Hen-a^dad, the ruler of the half part of Keidah. 1 9 And next to him repaired E-zer the son of Jesh-u^a, the ruler of Miz-pah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the * turning of the wall. 20 After him Baduch the son of ^Zab-bai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of E-li-a- shib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Mer-e-m5th the son of U-ri-jah the son of K5z another piece, from the door of the house of E-li-a-shib even to the end of the house of E-li-a-shib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 23 After him repaired B6n-ja-min and Ha-shub over against their house. After him repaired Az-a- ri-ah the son of Ma-a-se-iah the son of An-a-ni-ah by his house. 24 After him repaired Bin-nu-i the son of H6n-a-dad another piece, from the house of Az-a-ri-ah unto ''the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. 25 Padal the son of U-zai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the '^court of the prison. After him Pe-dadah the son of Pa-r5sh. 26 Moreover Hhe Nethd-nims ®dwelt in ^O-phel,® unto the 'place over against Hhe water gate to- ward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27 After them the Tg-kodtes re- paired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of 0-phgl. 28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. 29 After them repaired Za-d5k the son of Im-mer over against his house. After him repaired also She-madah the son of Shech-a-ni- ah, the keeper of the east gate. 30 After him repaired Han-a-nl-Mi the son of Shel-g-mi-ah, and Ha-nun the sixth son of Zadaph, another f )iece. After him repaired Me-shul- am the son of Ber-g-ehi-ah over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Mal-ehl-ah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Ngthd-nims, and of the mer- 4. The enemies scoff. chants, over against the gate Miph- kad, and to the Agoing up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAPTER 4. 1 While the enemies scoff, JVehemiah prayeth and eon- tinaeth the work. 7 He setteth a watch. 13 Be armeth the labourers, 19 and giveth military precepts. B ut it came to pass, “that when San-baldat heard that we build- ed the wall, he was wroth, and took g£eat indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his breth- ren and the army of Sa-madi-a, and said. What do these feeble Je'wsi will they ^fortify them- selves'? will they sacrifice? wdl they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 3 Now ®T6-bi-ah the Am-m5n-ite ivas by him, and he said. Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 ‘^Hear, O our God; for we are ■^despised : and ®turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity : 5 And ^ cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall ; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof : for the people had a mind to work. 7 51 But it came to pass, that ’^when San-bal-lat, and To-bl-ah, and the A-ra-bi-ans, and the Am-mgn-Ites, and the Ash-dcd-ites, heard that the walls of Je-ru-sa-lem "were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And '’conspired all of them^ to- gether to come and to fight against Je-ru-sa-lem, and ®to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless ^we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Ju-dah said. The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish ; so that we are not able to build the wall. 1 1 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. B.C. 445. 1 or, corner chamber. “ ch. 2. 10, 19. b 2 Chr. 26. 9. 2 or, Zaecai. 3 Heb. leave to themselves. « ch. 2. 10, 19. Heb. he changed her. h ver. 10. « ver. 20. § eople nor her kindred : for M6r- e-eai had charged her that she should not shew it. 11 And M6r-de-eai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, ^to know how Es-ther did, and what should become of her. 1 2 H Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king A-has-U- e-rus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil or myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the puri- fying of the women ;) 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king ; whatsoever she de- 2 or, Bigthana, oh. 6. 2. 3 Heb. to know the peace. 4 Heb. the threshold. k ch. 6. 2. I ch. 6. 1 . sired 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 Sha-ash-gaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king de- lighted in her, and that she were called by name. 15 51 Now when the turn of Es- ther, “the daughter of Ab-i-ha-il the uncle of M6r-d6-eai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what He%ai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the wo- men, appointed. And Es-ther ob- tained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Es-ther was taken unto king A-has-a-e-rus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Te-beth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Es-ther above all the women, and she ob- tained grace and ® favour Hn his sight more than all the virgins ; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen in- stead of Vash-ti. 18 Then the king ®made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Es-ther’s feast; and he made a ® 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 M6r-de-Bai sat ^in the king’s gate. ^ 20 ^Es-ther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people ; as M6r-de-eai had charged her: for Es^ther did the commandment of M6r-de-eai, like as when she was brought up with him. 21 IT In those days, while Mbr-de- eai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, ‘^BigHhan and Te-rgsh, of those which kept ^the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king A-has-fi-e-rus. 22 And the thing was known to M6r-d6-eai, *who told it unto Es- ther the queen ; and Es-ther certi- fied the king thereof in Mor-de-eai’s name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out ; therefore they were both hanged on a tree : and it was written in *the book of the chronicles before the king. 487 CHAPTER 3. 1 Baman seeketh revenge upon all the Jews. 8 Be obtaineth a decree to put the Jews to death. AFTER, these things did king A- has-a-e-riis promote^ Ha-man the son of Ham-med-a-tha the *'A- gag-Ite, 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 Ha-man : for the king had so commanded concern- ing him. But M6r-de-eai -^bowed not, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto M6r-de-eai, Why transgressest thou the * king’s commandment 1 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he heark- ened not unto them, that they told Ha-man, to see whether M6r-d6-eai’s matters would stand : for he had told them that he_ was a J ew. 5 And when Ha-man saw that M6r-de-eai ""bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Ha-man "full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on M6r-d6-eai alone ; for they had shewed him the people of M6r-de-eai : wherefore Ha-man ^sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of A-has-h-e-riis, even the people of M6r-de-eai. 7 U In the first month, that is, the month Nl-san, in the twelfth year of king A-has-fi-e-rus, «they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Ha-man from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the montli A-dar. 8 11 And Ha-man said unto king A-has-ii-e-rus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dis- persed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom ; and “their laws are diverse from all g eople ; neither keej) they the ing’s laws : therefore it is not ^for the king’s profit to suffer them. 9 If it please the king, let it be written ^that they may be destroyed : and I will ^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 gave it unto Ha-man the son of Ham-med-a-tha the A^ag-Ite, the Jews’ ’enemy. ^ 11 And the king said unto Ha- man, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. B.C. 510. “ch. 8. 9. I or, secretaries. b Num. 24. 7. 1 Sam. 15. 8. ^ ch. 1. 22. & & 9. dch. 2. 19. « 1 Ki. 21. 8. ch. 8. 8. 10. f ver. 5. Ps. 15. 4. h ch. 8. 12, &c. * ver. 2. "ver. 2. ch. 5. 9. 0 See ch. 8. 15. Prov. 29. 2. P Ps. 83. 4. ’•2 Sam. 1. 11. » .Tosh. 7. 6. Ezek. 27. 30. t Geu. 27. 34. * Ezra 4. 13. Acts 16. 20. 2 Heb. meet, or, equal. 3 Heb. to destrog them. T Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid V itder many. Is. 58. 5. Daii. 9. 3. b Heb. weigh. 6 Heb. eunuchs. * Gen. 41. 42. y ch. 8. 2, 8. I Heb. whom he had set before her, 488 12 “Then were the king’s ^scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Ha-man had commanded unto the king’s lieu- tenants, 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 language ; ® in the name of king A-has-fi-e-riis 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 J^s, both young and old, little children and women, '"in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month A-dar, 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 has- tened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shu- shan the palace. And the king and Ha-man sat down to drink ; but ‘"the city Shu-shan was per- plexed. CHAPTER 4. 1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews. 4 Es- ther, understanding it, sendeth to Mordecai, who sheweth the cause, and adviseth her to undertake the suit. 10 She, excusing herself, is threatened by Mordecai. 15 She, appointing a fast, uvd^taketh the suit. W HEN M6r-de-cai perceived all that was done, M6r-de-eai "rent his clothes, and put on sack- cloth «with ashes, and went out in- to 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 sack- cloth. 3 And in every province, whither- soever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wail- ing; and ^many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 H So Es-ther’s maids and her ® chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved ; and she sent raiment to clothe M6r-de-eai, and to take away his sackcloth from him : but he re- ceived it not. .. „ ^ , 5 Then called Es-ther for Ha-taeh, one of the king’s chamberlains, ^whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a com- Esther inviteth the king ESTHER, 5. and Haman to a banquet* mandment to M6r-de-€ai, to know what it was, and why it was. 6 So Ha-ta€h went forth to M6r- de-eai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate. 7 And M6r-de-eai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of *the sum of the money that Ha-man had promised to pa^^to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him ‘^the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shu-shan to destroy them, to shew it unto Es-ther, and to de- clare 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 Ha-tach came and told Es- ther the words of M6r-de-cai. 10 U Again Es-ther spake unto Ha- tach, and gave him commandment unto M6r-de-cai ; 1 1 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 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 M6r-de-cai Es-ther’s words. 13 Then M6r-de-cai commanded to answer Es-ther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in th^ king’s house, more than all the J^s. 14 For if thou altogether boldest thy peace at this time, then shall there ^enlargement and deliverance arise to the J^s from another E lace; but thou and thy father’s ouse shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this 1 15 U Then Es^ther bade them re- turn Mor-dg-cai this answer, 1 6 Go, gather together all the J ^s that are ^present in Shu-shan, and fast ye for me. and neither eat nor drink ® three days, night or day : I also and my maidens will fast like- wise : ^ and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : « and if I perish, I perish. 17 So M6r-d6-cai ®went his way, and did according to all that Es- ther had commanded him. B.C. 610. “ See ch. 4. 16. b ch. 3. 9. ® See ch. 4. 11. & ch. 6. 4. d ch. 3. 14, 15. ^ Prov. 21. 1. / ch. 4. 11. Si 8. 4. ^ So Mark 6. 23. Ach. 6. 1. i Dan. 2. 9. * ch. 5. 2. &8. 4. I ch. 7. 2. "•ch. 9. 12. * Heb. respira- tion. Job 9. 18. 2 Heb. to do. ”ch. 3. 5. 3 Heb. found. 0 See ch. 5. 1. J’ So 2 Sam. 13. 22 . ^ Heb. caused to come. 1 See Gen. 43. 14. »• ch. 9. V, &c. * Hob. passed. CHAPTER 5. 1 Esther obtaineth the grace of the golden sceptre, and inviteth the kitig and Haman to a banquet. 6 She in- viteth them to another banquet the next day. 9 Human, proud of his advancement, repineth at the contempt •/ Mordecai. 14 By the counsel of Zeresh he buildeth a gallows for him. OW it came to pass ®on the third l\ day, that Es-ther put on her royal apparel, and stood in ®the inner 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 Es-ther the queen standing in the court, that ^she obtained favour in his sight : and •''the king held out to Es-ther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Es-ther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her. What wilt thou, queen Es-ther? and what is thy request? ''it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. 4 And Es-ther answered. If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Ha-man come this day unto the ban- quet that I have prepared for him. 5 Then the king said. Cause Ha- man to make haste, that he may do as Es-tber hath said. So the king and Ha-man came to the banquet that Es-ther had prepared. 6 H 'And the king said unto Es- ther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy re- quest ? even to the half of the king- dom it shall be performed. 7 Then answered Es-ther, 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 ^ to perform my request, let the king ancT Ha-man come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. 9 ^ Then went Ha-man forth that day joyful and with a glad heart ; but when Ha-man saw Mor-dg-eai in the king’s gate, ”that he stood not upj nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against M6r-d6-eai. 10 Nevertheless Ha-man^ refrained himself : and when he came home, he sent and ^called for his friends, and Ze-r6sh_his wife. 11 And Ha-man told them of the glory of his riches, and ’’the mul- titude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had pro- moted him, and how he had *ad- * ch. 3. 1. 489 Mordecai is honoured ESTHER, 6, 7. for former services. vanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Ha-man said moreover, Yea, Es-ther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 1 3 Yet all this availeth nie nothing, so long as I see M6r-de-eai the J ew sitting at the king’s gate. 14 H Then said ZeYesh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a * gallows'^ be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow ® speak thou unto the king that M6r-de-eai may be hanged thereon : then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Ha-man; and he caused ‘^the gal- lows to be made. B.C. 610. Heb. cause Mm to ride. ‘Gen. 41. 43. b ch. 7. 9. 2 Heb. tree. ch. 6. 4. 3 Heb. suffer not a whit to fall. CHAPTER 6. 1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mordecai, taketh care for his reward. 4 Haman •unawares giveth counsel that he might do him honour. 12 His friends tell him of his final destiny. O H that night ^ could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring s' the book of records of the chronicles ; and they were read be- fore the king. 2 And it was found written, that Mor-de-cai had told of ®BigYha-na and TeYesh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the ®door,^ who sought to lay hand on the king A-has-h-eYus. 3 And the king said. What hon- our and dignity hath been done to M6r-de-cai for this 1 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him. There is nothing done for him. 4 H And the king said. Who is in the court % Now Ha-man was come into Yhe outward court of the king’s house, ^to speak unto the king to hang Mor-de-cai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king’s servants said un- to him. Behold, Ha-man standeth in the court. And the king said. Let him come in. 6 So Ha-man came in. And the king said unto him. What shall be done unto the man ®whom the king delighteth to^ honour'? Now Ha- man thought in his heart. To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself ? 7 And Ha-man answered the king, For the man ^whom the king de- lighteth to honour, 8 ^ Let the royal apparel be brought ^ which the king useth to wear, and ”the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 4 Heb. the king's sleep Jied away. f 2 Cbr. 26. 20. / 2 Sam. 1.5. 30. Jer. 14. 3, 4. 5 ch. 2. 23. •’> or, Bigthan, ch. 2. 21 C Heb. threshold. ftch. 5. 8. i See eh. 5. 1. k ch. 5. 14. I Heb. to drink. i ch. 5. 6. 8 Heb. in whose honou/r the king delighteth. 9 Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth. 1 Heb. Let them bring the. royal apparel. "‘ch. 3. 9. & 4. 7. 2 Heb. where- with the king clotheth himself. 3 Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish. “IKi. 1. 33. 9 And let this apparel and hors© 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 hon- our, and ^ bring him on horseback through the street of the city, “and E reclaim before him. Thus shall it e done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king said to Ha-man, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast_ said, ai]^ do even so to Mor-de-cai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: ^let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 1 1 Then took Ha-man the apparel and the horse, and arrayed M6r-d6- cai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him. Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 1 2 H And Mor-de-cai came again to the king’s gate. But Ha-man ® hasted to his house mourning, •^and having his head covered. 13 And Ha-man told ZeYesh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and ZeYesh his wife unto him. If M^r-de-cai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 1 4 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamber- lains, and hasted to bring Ha-man unto ^ the banquet that Es-ther had prepared. CHAPTER 7. 1 Esther maketh suit for her own life and her people's. ■ 5 She accuseth Haman. 7 The king causeth Haman to be hariged on his own gallows. S O the king and Ha-man came ’to banquet with Es-ther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Es-ther on the second day *at the banquet of wine, What is thy peti- tion, queen Es-ther % and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy re- quest'? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Es-ther the queen answered and said. If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request : 4 For we are "‘sold, I and my peo- ple, ^to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the 490 Esther accuseth Haman. ESTHER, 8. Haman^s letters reversed. enemy could not countervail the king’s damage. ^ . 5 ^ Then the king A-has-u-e-riis answered and said unto Es-ther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, 2 that durst presume in his heart to do sol ^ 6 And Es-ther said, ^ The adversary and enemy is this wicked Ha-man. Then Ha-man was afraid ^before the king and the queen. 7 H And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Ha- man stood up to make request for his life to Es-ther the queen ; for he saw that there was evil deter- mined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Ha-man was fallen upon ‘'the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king. Will he force the queen also "^be- fore me in the house 1 As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they ''covered Ha-man’s face. 9 And ^Har-bo-nah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, Hhe ® gallows fifty cu- bits high, which Ha-man had made for M6r-de-cai, who had spoken g ood for the king, standeth in the ouse of Ha-man. Then the king said. Hang him thereon. 10 So Hhey hanged Ha-man on the gallows that he had prepared for M6r-d6-eai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified. CHAPTER 8. 1 llordecai is advanced. 3 Esther maketh suit to the king to reverse Hainan's letters. 7 Ahasuerus granteth to the Jews to defend themselves. 15 Mordecai’s honour, and the Jews’ joy. O N that day did the king A-has- a-e-rus_give the house of Hu- man the J^s’ enemy unto Es-ther the queen. And M6r-de-eai came before the king; for Es-ther had told ”what he was unto her. 2 And the king took off "his ring, which he had taken from Ha-man, and gave it unto M6r-d6-eai. And Es-ther set M6r-de--eai over the house of Ha-man. 3 H Ajid Es-ther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, ® and besought him _ with tears to put away the mischief of Ha-man the A%ag-ite, and his de- vice that he had devised against the J^s. 4 Then ^the king held out the golden sceptre toward Es-ther. So Es-ther arose, and stood before the king, 5 And said, If it please the king. B.C. 610. 1 Heo. the device. 2 Heb. whose heart hath filled him. 3 or, who wrote. 4 Heb. The man adversary. 5 or, at the presence of. 6 Heb. he able that 1 may see. “ Neh. 2. 3. eh. 7. 4. b ver. 1. Prov. 13. 22. 1 Heb. with me. d See ch. 1. 19. Dan. 6. 8, 12, 15. « .Tob 9. 24. / ch. 3. 12. 9 ch. 1. 10. h ch. 5. 14. Ps. 7. 16. Prov. 11. 5, 6. 8 Heb. tree. i Ps. 37. 35, 36. Dan. 6. 24. kch. 1 . 1 . « ch. 1. 22. & 3. 12. “1 Ki. 21. 8. ch. 3. 12, 13. ” ch. 2. 7. ® ch. 3. 10. I* Seech. 9. 10, 15, 16. 9 Heb. and she wept, and besought him. ? ch. 3. 13, &c. & 9. 1. '"ch. 4. 11. & 5. 2. * ch. 3. 14, 15. • Heb. revealed. 491 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 Hhe letters devised by Hu- man the son of Ham-med-a-tha the A%ag-ite, ^jwhich he wrote to de- stroy the J^s which are in all the king’s provinces : 6 For how can I ® endure to see “the evil that shall come unto my people 1 or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred 7 U Then the king A-has-a-e-riis said unto Es-ther the queen and to M6r-d6-eai the Jew, Behold, have given Es-ther the house of Ha-man, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, bemuse 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 Si-van, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written ac- cording to all that ]V^r-d6-Bai com- manded unto the J^s, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the proviiices which are '^from In-di-a unto B-thi-o-pi-a, an hundred twenty and seven prov- inces, unto every province ^accord- ing to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their lan- guage, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 ^And he wrote in the king A- has-h-eteiis’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young drome- daries : n Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and ^to take the spoil of them for a prey, 12 «Upon one day in all the provinces of king A-has-G-eteiis, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month A-dar. 13 *The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was ^ published unto all people, and that the Jew? should Tlte Jews, slay their enemies. be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14 /S'© 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 Shu-shan the palace. 15 U And M6r-d6-eai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of ^blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and ‘'the city of Shu-shan rejoiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, and glad- ness, and joy, and honour. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever 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 became Jews ; for '*the fear of the J^s fell upon them. CHAPTER 9. 1 ?7te Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Baman. 12 Ahasuerus granteth another day of slaughter. 20 The two days of Purim made festival. lyrOW 4n the twelfth month, that l\ is, the month A-dar, on the thirteenth day of the same, ”"when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in exe- cution, in the day that the enemies of the J^s hoped to have power over them, (though it was turi^d to the contrary, that the Jews ^'had rule over them that hated them ;) _ 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities through- out all the provinces of the king A-has-u-e-riis, 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 prov- inces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and_^ officers of the king, helped the Jews ; because the fear of M6r-d6-cai fell upon them. 4 For M6r-de-eai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces : for this man M6r-de-eai ^'waxed greater and greater. _ 5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruc- tion, and did ®what they would unto those that hated them. 6 _And in Shu-shan the palace the J^s slew and destroyed five hun- dred men. 7 And Par-shan-da-tha, and Dal- ph6n, and As-paHha, B.C. 610. « ch. 5. 11. Job 18. 19. & 27. 13-15. Ps. 21. 10. b See ch. 8. 11. ' or, violet. 2 Heb. came. ‘ See ch. 3. 15. Prov. 29. 2. d Ps. 97. 11. ' ch. 5. 6. & 7. 2. f 1 Sam. 25. 8. ch. 9. 19, 22. ^ Ps. 18. 43. h Gen. 35. 5. Ex. 15. 16. Ueut. 2. 25. & 11. 25. ch. 9. 2. ch. 8. n. 3 Heb. let men hang, k 2 Sam. 21. 6, J I ch. 8. 12. eh. 3. 13. " ver. 2. & ch. 8. 11. P 2 Sam. 22. 41. ? ver. 2. & ch. 8. 11. *■ ver. 16. & ch. 8. 11. * See ch. 8. 11. * Ps. 71. 13, 24. '‘ch. 8. 17. b Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king. *ver. 11, 15. P2Sam. 3. 1. 1 Chr. 11. 9. Prov. 4. 18. PHeb. according to their mil. ‘ Dent. 16. 11, 14. “ch. 8. 17. b ver. 22. Neh. 8. 10, 12. 8 And P5r-a-tha, and A-dadi-a, and A-rid-a-tha, 9 And Par-mash-ta, and A-ri-sai, and A-ri-dai, and Va-j^z^a-tha, 10 ‘*The ten sons of Ha-man the son of H^-med-a-tha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; *but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 1 1 On . that day the number of those that were slain in Shu-shan the palace ^was brought before the king. 12 ^ And the king ^id unto Es- ther the queen. The Jews have slain a,nd destroyed five hundred men in Shii-shan the palace, and the ten sons of Ha-man; what have they done in the rest of the king’s prov- inces'? 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 Es-ther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shu-shan to do to morrow also According unto this day’s decree, and ^let Ha-man’s ten sons *be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done : and the decree was given at Shu-shan ; and they hanged Ha-man’s ten ^ns. 15 For the Jews that were in Shu- shan “gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month A-dar, and slew three hun- dred men at Shu-shan ; ‘’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 sev- enty and five thousand, *but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month A-dar; and on the four- teenth day ^of the same rested they, and made it a day of feast- ing and gladness. 18 But the Jews that were at Shu- shan assembled together "'on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof ; and on the fif- teenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. _ 19 Therefore the Jews of the vil- lages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month A-dar ^a day of gladness and feasting, “and a good day, and of ^sending portions one to another. 20 H And M6r-de-cai wrote these thmgs, and sent letters unto all the J^s that were in all the provinces 492 ThedaysofPm-im JOB, 1. are yxmk festival. of the king A-has-h-e-rus, both nigh B.c. 509 . and far, , 21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the _ four- teenth day of the month A-diir, and the fifteenth day of the same, > Heb.i>a«s. yearly, . 1 t — 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 into a good day : that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of ‘^sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. _ 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mdr-de- eai had written unto them ; 24 Because Ha-man the son of Ham-med-a-tha, the A%ag-ite, the enemy of all the J^ws, -^had de- vised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to ^consume them, and to de- stroy them; 25 But '‘when® Es-.ther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device^ which he devised against the Jews, should *return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Wherefore they called these days Pu-rim after the name of ’Pur. Therefore for all the words of Hhis letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come un- to 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 ^fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their ap- pointed time every year ; ■i Heb. he ended. “ ch. 2. 15. b Ps. 30. 11. 3 Heb. all strength. See ch. 8. 10. & ver. 20. d ver. 19. Neh. 8. 10. « ch. 1. 1. / ch. 3. 6, 7. 4 Heb. for their souls. b Heb. crush. S'ch. 4. 3,16. h ver. 13. 14. ch. 7. 5, &c. & 8. 3, .&C. Heb. when she came, i cb. 7. 10. Ps. 7. 16. k Gen. 10. 5. Ps. 72. 10. Is. 24. 15. i.e. Lot. I ver. 20. "•ch. 8. 15. & 9. 4. 3 Heb. made him great. ”ch. 8. 17. Is. 56. 3, 6. Zech. 2. 11. 0 Gen. 41. 40. 2 Chr. 28. 7. 9 Heb. pass. P Neh. 2. 10. Ps. 122. 8, 9. 28 And that these days should be remembered and kept through- out every generation, every familj^ every province, and every city ; and that these days of Pu-rim_should not Hail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them ‘^perish from S0GCl 29 Then’ Esther the queen, “the daughter of Alo-i-ha41, and M6r-de- cai the J^, wrote with ®all autho- rity, to confirm this ‘’second letter of PuHim. 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to ®the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the king- dom of A-has-a-eHus, with words of peace and truth, 31 To confirm these days of Pu- rim in their times appointed, ac- cording as Mor-de-eai the Jew and Esther the q^ueen had enjoined them, and as tney had decreed Hor themselves and for their seed, the matters of ^the fastings and their cry. 32 And the decree of Es-ther con- firmed these matters of PuHim ; and it was written in the book. CHAPTER 10. 1 Ahasuerus's greatness. 3 Mordecai’s advancement. AND the king A-has-h-eHus 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 declara- tion of the greatness of M6r-d6-eai, "‘whereunto the king ® advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Me-di-a and Per-si-a 1 _ 3 For M6r-de-eai the Jew was "next unto king jWhas-a-eHus, and great among the Jews, 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. CHAPTER 1. 1 The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his children. 6 Satan, apjwaring before God, obtaineth leave to tempt Job. 20 Job in his mourning blesseth God. T here was a man “in the land of TTz, whose name was '’Job; and that man was ‘’perfect and up- right, and one that ‘'feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His ® substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand B.C. 1520. 1 or, husbandry/. ®1 Chr. 1. 17. 2 Heb. so>M of the east. b Ezek. 14. 14. Jas. 5. 11. « Gen. 17. 1. d Prov. 16. 6. 3 or, cattle. 493 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 ^men 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, anq rose up early in the morning, “and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for J ob said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and ^cursed God in their hearts. Thus did J ob ^continually. 6 ^ Now there was a day ‘^when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ^Sa-tan came also ^among them. 7 And the Lord said unto SaHan, Whence comest thoul Then Sa- tan answered the Lord, and said. From Agoing to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Sa-tan, ®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 es- cheweth evil 1 9 Then Sa-tan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought 1 10 '"Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every sidel "thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his ® substance is increased in the land. 11 ® But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, ^and he will curse thee to thy face. 12 And the Lord said unto Sa-tan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy ^ power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Sa-tan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 13 H And 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 plowing, and the asses feeding be- side them : 15 And the Sa-be-ans 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 was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, ^The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and con- sumed them; and I only am es- caped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said. The -Ghal-de-ans made out three bands, and ®fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the B.C. 1520. ® ch. 42. 8. b 1 Ki. 21. 10. ® ver. 4, 13. 1 Heb. all the days. d 1 Ki. 22. 19. 2 Heb. from aside, &c. 3 Heb. the A dversary. 4 Heb. in the midst of them. « 1 Pet. 5. 8. / Geu. 37. 29. Ezra 9. 3. 5 or, robe. 9 1 Pet. 5. 6. 6 Heb. Hast thou set thy heart on. h Ps. 49. 17. • Eccl. 5. 15. 1 Tim. 6. 7. i Eccl. 5. 19. Jas. 1. 17. 'tGeii. 31. 16. I Eph. 5. 20. 1 Thes. 5. 18. ™ch. 2. 10. or, attributed folly to God. " Ps. 34. 7. Is. 5. 2. “ Ps. 128. 1, 2. Prov. 10. 22. 8 or, cattle. P ch. 1. 6. ?ch. 2. 5. & 19. 21. 0 Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face. Is. 8. 21. Mai. 3. 13, 14. * Heb. hand, Geu. 16. 6. * ch. 1. 7. t Eccl. 9. 12. “ch. 1. 1, 8. ®ch. 27. 5, 6. ^ch. 9. 17. 2 Heb. to him up. * ch. 1. 11. “ ch. 19. 20. 3 or, A great fire, b ch. 1. 12. ^ or, only. 3 Heb. rushed, d 2 Sam. 13. 19. ch. 42. 6. Ezek. 27. 30. Mat. 11. 21. 494 edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped 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 ^from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the 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 Lord "gave, and the Lord hath * taken av/ay ; * blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 “In all this Job sinned not, nor ’^charged God foolishly. CHAPTER 2. 1 Satan appearing again before God obtaineth further leave to tempt Job. 7 He smiteth him with sore boils. 9 Job reproveth his wife. 11 His three' friends condole with him in silence. AGAIN ^ there was a day when the sons of God came to pre- sent themselves before the Lord, and Sadan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said unto Sa-tan. From whence comest thou? And * Sa-tan answered the Lord, and said. From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 And the Lord said unto Sa-tan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like hirn in the earth, “a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and es- cheweth evil*? and still he ^hold- eth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, ^to^ de- stroy him without cause. 4 And Sa-tan answered the Lord, 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 Lord said unto Sa-tan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; ^but save his life. 7 ^ So went Sa-tan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils Hrom 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 U Then said his wife unto him. Job curseth the JOB, 3, 4. day of his birth. “Dost thou still * retain thine in- tegrity*? curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her. Thou speakest as one of the foolish wom- en 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. 1 1 ^ Now when Job’s three '‘friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place ; El-i-phaz the *Te-man-ite, and Bil-dad the *Shu- hite, and Zo-phar the Na-a-rna-thite : for they had made an appointment together to come ’‘‘to mourn with him and to comfort him. 1 2 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 "sprinkled 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. B.C. 1620 . b ver. 3. “ Geu. 30. 3. rfch. 1. 21. Heb. 12. 6. Jas. 5. 10. 11. « ch. 1. 22. / Ps. 39. 1. 9 ch. 15. 28. h Prov. 17. 17. i Gen. 36. 11. Jer. 49. 7. * Gen. 25. 2. I Ps. 58. 8. ”*ch. 42. 11. Rom. 12. 15. 1 Heb. wearied in strength. «ch. 39. 7. » Neh. 9. 1. Lam. 2. 10. Ezek. 27. 30. P Gen. 50. 10. ? Jer. 20. 18. »• 2 Ki. 4. 27. ® Rev. 9. 6. 2 Heb. wait. CHAPTER 3. t Prov. 2. 4. 1 Job curseth the day and services of his birth. 13 The ease of death. 20 lie complaineth of life. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his ‘day. 2 And Job ^ 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, nei- ther let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and ^the shadow of death ® stain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; ''let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it ; ^let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, ^who are ready to raise up Hheir mourning. 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark ; let it look for light, but have none ; neither let it see ^the dawning of the day : 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 11 "Why died I not from the womb ? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 3 Heb. answered. “ Lam. 3. 7. * Jer. 20. 14. 4 Heb. before my meat. 5 Heb. I feared a fear, and it ca')ne upon me. y ch. 10. 21. Jer. 13. 16. Amos 5. 8. 6 or, challenge it. 1 or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day, Amos 8. 10. 8 or, let it not rejoice among the days. 9 Heb. a word. ^ Jer. 9. 17. 1 or, a leviathan. 2 Heb. who can refrain from words t , “ Is. 35. 3. 3 Hel). the eyelids of the morning. b Is. 35. 3. •» Heb. the bowing knees, Heb. i2. 12. « ch. 10. 18. 12 "Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept : then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which ^ built desolate places for themselves; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver : 16 Or 'as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the ^ weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest toge- ther; ’‘they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 1 9 The small and great are there ; and the servant is free from his master. 20 '^Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the ’’bitter in soul ; 21 Which dong‘^ for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than 'for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave ? ^ 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, “and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my sighing cometh ^before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For ®the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. CHAPTER 4. 1 Eliphaz repyroveth Job for want of religion. 7 Be teach- eth God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12 Bis fearful vision, to humble the excel- lency of creatures before God. T hen El-i-phaz the Te-man-Ite answered and said, 2 If we assay ® to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but ^ who can withhold himself from speaking ? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou “hast strength- ened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou '’hast strengthened ‘‘the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest ; it toueneth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confi- 495 Eliphaz relateth his vision. dence, thy hope, and the upright- ness of thy waysl 7 Eemember, I prajr thee, “who ever perished, being innocent] or where were the righteous cut off] 8 Even as I have seen, Hhey that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and ^by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and ®the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 ‘^The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. 12 Now a thing was ® secretly brought to me, and mine ear re- ceived a little thereof. 1 3 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear ^came upon me, and trembling, which made ^all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, ‘Sphere was si- lence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God] shall a man be more pure than his maker] 18 Behold, he 'put no trust in his servants ; ®and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foun- dation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth] 20 sThey are f destroyed from morning to evening : they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21 Doth not their excellency which in them go away] they die, even without wisdom. CHAPTER 5. 1 The harm, of imconsideration. 3 The end of the wicked it misery. 6 Ood is to be regarded in affliction. IV The happy end of God’s correction. C ALL now, if there be any that will answer thee ; and to which of the saints wilt thou ®turn ] 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and ^envy slayeth the silly one. 3 “I have seen the foolish taking root : but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 ^His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the JOB, 5. Happy end of God’s correction. B.C. 1620. “ Ps. 37. 25. 1 or, iniquity. b Prov. 22. 8. 2 or, labour. 3 Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly. 4 i.e. by his anger: as Is. 30. 33. 5 Heb. and there is no search. 6 Heb. till there be no number. « Ps. 58. 6. 1 Heb. out- places. d Ps. 34. 10. « Ps. 113. 7. 8 Heb. by stealth. /Neh. 4. 15. 9 or, cannot perform any thing. 1 Heb. met me. 2 or, run into. S Hab. 3. 16. 3 Heb. the multitude of my bones. h Ps. 35. 10. i 1 Sara. 2. 8. or, / heard a still voice. k Ps. 94. 12. I ch. 15. 15. “1 Sam. 2. 6. 5 or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light. « Ps. 34. 19. P Ps. 33. 19. 1 Ps. 90. 5, 6. 8 Heb. beaten in pieces. thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 6 Although ^ aflhction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trou- ble spring out of the ground ; 7 Yet man is born unto ^trouble, as ^the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause : 9 Which doeth great things ®and unsearchable ; marvellous things ® without number : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the ’fields : 11 ®To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 -^He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands ^cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They ‘‘'meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noon- day as in the night. 15 But '‘he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 * So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 17 * Behold, happy is the man whom ’God correcteth : therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : 18 "‘For he maketh sore, and bind- eth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 "He shall deliver thee in six troubles : yea, in seven “ there shall no evil touch thee. 20 ^In famine he shall redeem thee from death : and in war ’ from the power of the sword. 21 "Thou shalt be hid ®from the ^ scourge of the tongue : neither shalt ’•ps. 31 . 20 . thou be afraid of destruction when 8 or, when the tongue scourgeth. 0 Is. 11. 9. t Ps. 91. 12. 9 or, look f 1 or, that peace is thy tabernacle. 2 or, indig- nation. “Jer. 12. 2,3. 3 or, err. * Ps. 112. 2. 1 or, much. S'Ps. 127. 5. * Ps. 72. 16. “ Prov, 10. 27. 5 Heb. ascendeth. b Ps. 111. 2. it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh : * neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 'For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know Hhat thy tabernacle shall be in peace ; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not ^sin. 25 Thou shalt know also that "^th^ seed shall be ^ great, and thine off- spring 'as the grass of the earth. 26 “Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn ® cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have ''searched it, 496 Job’s reply to Eliphaz. JOB, 6, 7. Job desireth death. so it is ; hear it, and know thou it ^for thy good. CHAPTER 6. 1 Job shewc-th that his complaints are not causeless. 8 He wishcth for death, wliereiu he is assured of comfort. 14 He reproveth his friends of unkindness. ' B ut Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calam- ity ■■^laid in the balances together ! 3 For now it would be heavier *than the sand of the sea: therefore ®my words are swallowed up, 4 ‘"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : ‘^the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray ®when he hath grass ^ or loweth the ox over his fodder”? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt ? or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my re- quest; and that God would grant me ^the thing that I long for ! 9 Even ^ that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have com- fort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for * I have not concealed the words of ^the Holy One. 1 1 What is my strength, that I should h(me? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life ? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones ”? or is my flesh ^of brass ”? 13 Is not my help in me”? and is wisdom driven quite from mel 14 ”To^ him that is afflicted pity should he shewed from his friend ; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 ^My brethren have dealt de- ceitfully as a brook, and «as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time thejr wax warm, ®they vanish : '^when it is hot, they are ^consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of *_Te-ma looked, the companies of ^'She-ba waited for them. 20 They were ^confounded be- cause they had hoped ; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 ^For now ‘^ye are ^no thing; 25-32. B.C. 1520. 1 Heb. /or thyself. 2 Heb. lifted up. b Prov. 27. 3. 3 i.e. / want words to express my yrief. Ps. 38. 2. dPs. 88. 15. ^ Heb. ye cause to fall upon. 5 Heb. at grass. ‘ Ps. 57. 6. 3 Heb. before your face. f ch. 17. 10. 1 i.e. in this matter. 8 Heb. my palate. 9 Heb. my expectation. 3 1 Ki. 19. 4. h ch. 14. 5. ye see my casting down, and “are afraid. 22 Did I say. Bring unto me”? or. Give a reward for me of your sub- stance ”? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”? or. Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue : and cause me to under- stand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words 1 but what doth your arguing re- prove ? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is des- perate, which are as wind % 27 Yea, '‘ye overwhelm the fa- therless, and ye ®dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me ; for it is ^ evident unto you if I lie. 29 -^Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is "^in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue % cannot ®my taste discern perverse things ? CHAPTER 7. * or, a warfare. 1 Acts 20. 20. h Lev. 19. 2. Is. 57. 15. 2 Heb. gapeth after. I ch. 29. 2. 3 Heb. brasen t "*Deut. 28. 67. 4 Heb. the eveniivj be measured .« ” Prov. 17. 17. 5 Heb. To him that melteth. ® Is. 14. 11. P Ps. 38. 11. ? Jer. 15. 18. ’■ch. 9. 25. * Ps. 78. 39. « Heb. shall not return. 1 to see, i.e. to enjoy. 8 Heb. they are cut off. 9 Heb. in the heat thereof. t ch. 20. 9. » Heb. extinguished. 2 i.e. / ccvn live no longer. “2 Sam. 12. 23. ®Gen. 25. 15. y Ps. 72. 10. ^ Jer. 14. 3. “ch. 8. 18. 3 or, For now ye are like to them. Heb. to it. 'ch. 13. 4. 1 Heb. not. 497 1 Job excuseth his desire of death. 12 His own restless- ness, 17 and God’s watchfulness. / S there not '"an^ appointed time to man upon earth % are not his days also like the days of an hire- ling? 2 As a servant ^earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling look- eth for the reward of his work : 3 So am I made to possess ^months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 ""When I lie down, I say. When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is "clothed with worms and clods of dust ; my skin is bro- ken, and become loathsome. 6 ""My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that *my life is wind : mine eye ® shall no more ’see good. 8 *The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and ^ I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away : so "he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, “neither shall his place know him any more. 1 1 Therefore I will *not refrain my mouth ; I will speak in the anguish Bildad sheweth of spirit; I will * complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me^ 13 ^When 1 say. My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; . 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth stran- gling, and death rather ^than my life. 16 M loathe it: I would not live alway: -^let me alone ; for ^my days are vanity. , i i 1 7 A What IS man, that thou should- est magnify himl and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him'? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment'? 1 9 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle'? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, *0 thou preserver of men '? why ""hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself 1 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity'? for now shall sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. CHAPTER 8. 1 Bildad sheweth God's justice in dealing toith men accord- ing to their works. 8 He allegeth antiquity to prove the destruction of the hypocrite. 20 He applieth God’s Just dealing to Job. T hen answered Bil-dad the Shu- hite, and said 2 How Ion things .? JOB, 8, 9. God^sjust dealing ^ B.C. 1520. anc ‘ 1 Sam. 1. 10. Heb. not. Ps. 129. 6. Jer. 17. 6. 2 Heb. than my bones. rfch. 11. 20. Prov. 10. 28. ch. 10. 1. / ch. 14. 6. Ps. 62. 9. 3 Heb. a spider’s house, Is. 59. 5, 6. h Ps. 8. 4. t ch. 27. 18. h Ps. 36. 6. I ch. 7. 10. Ps. 37. 36. "■Ps. 21. 12. Lam. 3. 12. 4 Heb. take the ungodly by the hand. 5 Heb. shouting for joy. 0 Ps. 35. 26. & 109. 29. 6 Heb. shall not be. wilt thou speak these . how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind % 3 ^Doth God pervert ]udgment ? or doth the Almighty pervert jus- tice '? 4 If ’'thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away ®for their transgression ; 5 Hf thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty ; 6 If thou wert pure and upright ; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly iiicr0£isG« 8 ^For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : 9 IFor *we are but of yesterday. ? Ps. 143. 2. Rom. 3. 20 or, before ch. 1. 5, 18. 8 Heb. in the hand of their transgression. « ch. 11. 13. f ch. 36. 5. “Is. 2. 19, 21. Hag. 2. 6. Heb. 12. 26. ®ch. 26. 11. y Deut. 4. .32. * Gen. 47. 9. 1 Chr. 29. 15. ch. 7. 6. Ps. 39. 5. & 102 . 11 . “Gen. 1. 6. Ps. 104. 2, 3. 498 and know ^nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart '? 1 1 Can the rush grow up without mire*? can the flag grow without water '? 12 ‘'Whilst it is yet in his green- ness, and not cut down, it wither- eth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the ** hypocrite’s hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be ^a spider’s web. . 15 *He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand : he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18 Gf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, say- ing, I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and ’’out of the earth shall others grow. 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he ^help the evil doers : . , 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with ^re- ^22 They that hate thee shall be ’’ clothed with shame ; and the dwelling place of the wicked ® shall come to nought. CHAPTER 9. 1 Job, acknowledging God’s justice, sheweth there is no contending with him. 22 Man’s innocency is not to be condemned by afflictions. T hen Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should «man be just ’ with God '? 1 . 1 1 • 1 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thou- sand. 1 • 1 - 4 *He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : who hath hardened himself against him, and hath pros- pered*? , , 5 Which removeth the mpuntains, and they know not : which over- turneth them in his anger. 6 Which “shaketh the earth out or her place, and “"the pillars thereof tremble. , , 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ; and sealeth up 8 “Which alone spreadeth out the God^s justice acknowledged. JOB, 10. Job expostulateth with God. heavens, and treadeth upon the ^ waves of the sea. .. 9 * Which maketh ^Are-tu-rus, 0-ri- 6n, and Ple-ia-des, and the chambers of the south. 10 ® Which doeth great things past finding out ; yea, and wonders with- out number. 11 ®Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not : he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 12 ^Behold, he taketh away, ®who can hinder him who will say unto him, What doest thou % If God will not withdraw his anger, *the proud helpers do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him'? 1 5 * Whom, though I were righteous. yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not be- lieve that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tem- pest, and multiplieth my wounds ” without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 1 9 If / speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead ? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me : if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 2 1 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul : I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, ’"He destroy eth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: ^he covereth the faces of the judges thereof ; if not, where, and who is he 1 25 Now *my days are swifter than a post : they flee away, they see no good. B.C. 1520. “ Jer. 2. 22. 1 Heb. heights. 6 Gen. 1. 16. Amos 5. 8. 2 Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah. « Ps. 71. 15. 3 or, mahe me to be abhorred. d Eccl. 6. 10. Is. 45. 9. Rom. 9. 20. « ch. 23. 8, 9. / 1 Sam. 2. 25. ^ Heb. one that should argue. 5 or, umpire. S Is. 45. 9. Jer. 18. 6. Rom. 9. 20. <> Heb. who can turn him away ! ch. 11. 10. fech. 13. 20. Ps. 39. 10. ' i ch. 26. 12. 1 Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength. 8 Heb. but I am not so with myself. h ch. 10. 15. I 1 Ki. 19. 4. Jonah 4. 3, 9 or, 1 . 10 . and is cut down : he fleeth also as ^ i 62 o. a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And “dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and *bringest me into judgment with theel , 4 ^Who “^can bring a clean thing out of an unclean 1 not one. 5 ‘^Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ; 6 ‘’Turn from him, that he may ^rest, till he shall accomplish, -^as an hireling, his day. 7 For there is hope of a tree, ii it be cut down, ^that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and ^wastetn away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he*? 1 1 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decay eth and drieth up : 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not : ”"till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. . 13 0 that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me ! 14 If a man die, shall he live again ? all the , days of my ap- pointed time “will I wait, ^Till my change come. 15 3 Thou shalt call, and I will an- swer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16 "For now thou numberest my fleps: dost thou not watch over my sinl . • n i 17 “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain fall- ing ®cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 1 9 The waters wear the stones : thou ® washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth ; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth : thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and ‘'he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 1 Heb. Who will give. ‘ Ps. 51. John, Rom.’ Eph. 2. i3. d ch. 7. 1. 2 Heb. knowl- edge of wind. « ch. 7. 16, 19. Ps. 39. 13. 3 Heb. cease, f ch. 7. 1. 3 ver. 14. 4 Heb. thou makest void. 5 or, speech. Heb. teacheth. ft Luke 19. 22. 7 Heb. is weakened, or, cut off. i Ps. 90. 2. Prov. 8. 25. ft Rom. 11. 34. 1 Cor. 2. 11. I ch. 13. 2. ™Ps. 102. 26. Is. 51. 6. Acts 3. 21. Rom. 8. 20. 2 Pet. 3. 7. Rev. 20. 11. & 21 . 1 . ”ch. 32. 6, 7. ch. 13. 15. P ver. 7. ? ch. 13. 22. ’•ch. 14. 4. Ps. 14. 3. Prov. 20. 9. Eccl. 7. 20. 1 John 1. 8, 10 . s ch. 10. 6, 14. Ps. 56. 8. & 139. 1-3. Prov. 5. 21. Jer. 32. 19. f ch. 4. 18. & 25. 5. “Deut. 32. 34. Hos. 13. 12. ch. 4. 19. Ps. 14. 3. & 53. 3. y ch. 34. 7. Prov. 19. 28. 8 Heb. fadeth. 9 Heb. over- flowest. * ch. 8. 8. “Joel 3. 17. b Ps. 90. 12. « Eccl. 9. 5. Is. 63. 16. 1 Heb. A sound of fears, d 1 Thes. 5. 3. 502 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. CHAPTER 15. 1 Eliphaz reproveth Job of impiety. 17 He proveth the unquietness of wicked men. T hen answered El-i-phaz the Te^ man-ite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter ^vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east windl 3 Should he reason with unprofit- able talk"? or with speeches where- with he can do no good 1 4 Yea, ^thou castest off fear, and restrainest Sprayer before God. 5 For thy mouth ®uttereth thine iniquity, and thou chooses t the tongue of the crafty. 6 '‘Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I : yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art tr.ou the first man that was borni 'or wast thou made before the hills 1 1 j p n 8 *Hast thou heard the secret ot God? and dost thou restrain wis dom to thyself? 9 'What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? 10 ”With us are both the gra;^ headed and very aged men, much elder than thy father. „ ^ j 11 Are the consolations ot God small with thee? is there any se- cret thing with thee? 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away ? and* what do thy eyes wink at, • -i. 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth ? , , i 14 ^’What is man, that he should be clean ? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ? 15 'Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. . 16 *How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drmketh iniquity like water? 17 I will shew thee, hear me ; and that which I have seen I will de- ^1^8 ^ich wise men have told 'from their fathers, and have not hid : 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and “no stranger passed among them.' -i i.i, 20 The wicked man travaileth witb pain all his days, "and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 ^ A dreadful sound is in his ears: Ain prosperity the destroyer shall I come upon him. Inquietude of the wicked. JOB, 16, 17. Job asserteth his innocence. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He “wandereth abroad for bread, saying. Where is it? he knoweth that *the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid ; they shall prevail a- f ainst him, as a king ready to the attle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thic^~ bosses of his bucklers : 27 '‘Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to be- come heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nei- ther shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness ; the flame shall dry up his branches, and 'by the breath of his mouth shall he go awaj^. 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity : for vanity shall be his recompence. 32 It shall be ^accomplished "be- fore his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. ^ 34 For the congregation of hypo- crites shall he desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 '■'They conceive mischief, and bring forth ® vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. B.C. 1520. 1 Heb. what goefh from me ! “ Ps. 59. 15. & 109. 10. i ch. 18. 12. <*ch. 13. 24. « Ps. 22. 13. / Lam. 3. 30. Mic. 5. 1. S Ps. 35. 15. h Ps. 17. 10. t ch. 1. 15, 17. 2 Heb. hath shut me up. *ch. 7. 20. I ch. 4. 9. ’"Is. 59. 4. ” ch. 30. 19. Ps. 7. 5. 3 or, cut off. 0 ch. 22. 16. Ps. 55. 23. P ch. 27. 9. Ps. 66. 18. ? Rom. 1. 9. »• Ps. 7. 14. Is. 59. 4. Hos. 10. 13. 4 Heb. in the high places. CHAPTEB 16. 1 Job reproveih his friends of ummerdfulness. 7 Be shew- eth the pitifuVness of his case. 17 He maintainefh his innocency. T hen J ob answered and said, 2 1 have heard many such things : “miserable^ comforters are ye all. 3 Shall ^vain words have an end*? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest '? 4 I also could speak as, ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and ^ shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. 6 Though I speak, my grief is not 3 or, iniquity. ® Heb. are my scorners. * ch. 31. 35. Bed. 6. 10. Is. 45. 9. Rom. 9. 20. 1 or, friend. 8 Heb. years of number. t Bed. 12. 5. “ch. 13. 4. 9 or, trouble- some. 1 Heb. words of wind. 2 or, spirit is spend. * Ps. 88. 3, 4. y Ps. 22. 7. & 109. 25. Lam. 2. 15. 3 Heb. lodge. * 1 Sam. 1. 6. asswaged: and though I forbear, ^what am I eased 1 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 "He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teeth ; ‘'mine enemy sharp- eneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have "gaped upon me with their mouth ; they •'have smit- ten me upon the cheek reproach- fully ; they have ^ gathered them- selves together against me. 11 God *hath^ delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder : he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and *set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asun- der, and doth not spare ; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. • 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and ’‘defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death ; 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands : also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and ^let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, ^^my witness is in heaven, and my record is ^on high. 20 My friends ®scorn me : hut mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 *0 that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his ''neighbour ! 22 When ®a few years are come, then I shall 'go the way whence I shall not return. CHAPTER 17. 1 Job appealefh from men to God. 6 The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous. 11 His hope is not in life, but in death. M y ^breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, *the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me'? and doth not mine eye ^continue in their ‘^iirovocation 3 Lay doww now, put me in a &03 Job a'ppealeth to God. JOB, 18, 19. Calamities of the ivicked. surety with thee ; who is he that ‘will strike hands with mel 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding : therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery_ to Us friends, even the eyes of his chil- dren shall fail. 6 He hath made me also ‘'a by- word of the people ; and ‘‘^aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 ‘'Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all ^my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath '‘clean hands ® shall be stronger and stronger. 10 But as for you all, *do ye re- turn, and come now : for I cannot find one wise man among you. 1 1 ^My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even ^the thoughts of my heart. . , . • ^ 12 They change the night into day : the light is ® short because oi darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave ^s_mine house : I have made my bed in the darkness. ' 141 have ^ said to corruption, Inou art my father : to the worm. Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope ? as for my hope, who shall see it I 16 They shall go down "to the bars of the pit, when our ^rest together is in the dust. CHAPTEB 18. 1 Bildad reproveth Job of presumption and impatieme. 5 The calamities of the wicked. T hen answered Bil-dad the Shu- hite, and said, , 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words'? mark, and after- wards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted ’'as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight'? _ . , . 4 ‘'He teareth ® himself in his an ger: shall the earth be forsakp for theel and shall the rock be removed out of his place 1 ^ 5 Yea, Hhe light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark or his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall, be dark m his tabernacle, ''and his ® candle shall be put out with him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and ^his own counsel shall cast him down. . 8 For "he is cast into a net by ms B.C. 1520. “ Prov. 17. 18. ■ Heb. hidden. c cb. 30. 9. dch. 20. 25. Jer. 6. 25. & 20. 3, 4. 2 or, before them. 3 Heb. scatter him. « Ps. 6. 7. & 31. 9. 4 or, my thoughts. f ch. 15. 23. 5 Heb. bars. S-ch. 11. 20. Ps. 112. 10. Prov. 10. 28. G Heb. shall add strength, i ch. 6. 29. * ch. 7. 6. I ch. 29. 19. Is. 5. 24. Amos 2. 9. Mai. 4. 1. •7 Heb. the “Ps. 34. 16. & 109. 13. Prov. 2. 22. & 10. 7. 8 Heb. near. 9 Heb. They shall drive him. Heb. cried, or, called. '■ Is. 14. 22. Jer. 22. 30. Jonah 2. 6. 2 or, lived with him. 3 Heb. laid hold on horror. /"ch. 3. 17-19. <1 Jer. 9. 3. 1 Thes. 4. 5. own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, Hhe robber shall prevail against him. , , . , „ 10 The snare is Hard for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall ^drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hunger- bitten, and ■''destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the ® strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 ^His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dv/ell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his : brimst9ne shall be scattered upon his habita- 16 ^His roots shall be dried up be- neath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 1 m • 1 17 ""His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. , 18 ®He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 ‘‘He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. , 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that 2 went before ®were affrighted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that ^knoweth not God. CHAPTEB 19. 1 Job complaineth of his friends' crudity. 21, 28 Be craveth pity. 23 Bis belief in resurrection. rpHEN Job answered and said. »• Ps. 73. 22. 4 or, harden yourselves against me. » ch. 13. 14. 5 Heb. hi.s soul. t Prov. 13. 9. Ps. 38. 16. =<=ch. 21. 17. Ps. 18. 28. 6 or, lamp. 7 or, violence, y ch. 5. 13. * ch. 22. 10. Ps. 9. 15. &35. 8. 504 i _ 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words '? . , 3 These ten times have ye re- proached me : ye are not ashamed that ye ^make yourselves strange ^4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with ”5^1! ^fndeed ye will “magnify your- selves against me, and plead against me my reproach : ^ , 6 Know now that God hath over- thrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. _ „ _ , , 7 Behold, I cry out of ’wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath fenced up my way that Job sheiveth his misery. JOB, 20. The portion of the wicked. I cannot pass, and he hath set dark- b.c. 1520 . ness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : and mine hope 1 Heb. my hath he removed like a tree. “ 1 1 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and “he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 Hie troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from ine, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten “ch. 13. 24. b Ps. 37. 35. 2 Heb. from near. Is. 14. 13, 14. Obad. 3, 4. 3 Heb. clovd. me. 1 5 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stran- ger : I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer ; I intreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of ^mine own body. 18 Yea, ® young ^ children despised me ; I arose, and they spake against me. 19 -^All ’^my inward friends ab- horred me : and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 *My bone cleaveth to my skin ®and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 2 1 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me^ 0 ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye ^persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh'? 23 ^Oh that my words were now written ! oh that they were printed in a book ! ^ 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : 26 ^And though^ after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not “another; ''‘though my reins be con- sumed “within me. 28 But ye should say. Why per- secute we him, ^seeing the root of the matter is found in me'? 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a ludgment. ‘iPs. 73 . 20 . 4 Heb. my belly. 5 or, the wicked. 6 or. The poor shall oppress his children. f Ps. 55. 13. 1 Heb. the men of my secret. ^ch. 13. 26. Ach. 21. 26. » Ps. 102. 5, 8 or, as. 9 Heb. in the midst of his palate. k Ps. 69. 26. J Heb. Who will give, &c. 1 Ps. 36. 8. Jer. 17. 8. 2 or, streaming brooks. 3 or. After I shall awake, though this body be de- stroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God. 4 Heb. accord- ing to the substance of his exchange. 3 Heb. crushed. 6 Heb. a stranger. 1 or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire [for that day.] 8 Heb. in my bosom. 9 or, and what root of matter is found in mef ®*Eccl. 6. 13. 1 Heb. know. 2 or. There shall be none left for his meat. CHAPTER 20. Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked. T hen answered Zo-phar the Na- a-ma-thite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this H make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my um derstanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 *'That the triumphing of the wicked is ^short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment % 6 ‘’Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the ^clouds ; 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say. Where is he'? 8 He shall fly away ‘^as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more ; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10 “His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 1 1 His bones are full of ^ the sin of his youth, ^ which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 1 3 Though he spare it, and forsake it not ; but keep it still ® within his mouth : 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 1 5 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again : God shall cast them out of his belly. 1 6 He shall suck the poison of asps : the viper’s tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see Hhe rivers, ^the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swal- low it down : ^according to his sub- stance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath “oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not ; 20 ™ Surely he shall not Heel quiet- ness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left ; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 505 Prosperity of the wiched. JOB, 21. Their future judgment. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the 1 wicked shall come upon 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 ‘^He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body ; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall : terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall he hid in his secret places: '^afire not blown shall consume him ; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his in- iquity ; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 ^This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage ® appointed unto him by God. CHAPTER 21. 1 Job sheweth he hath reaton to be grieved. 7 Sometimes the wicked prosper. 16 Sometimes their destruction is manifest. 22 The happy and unhappy are alike in death. 27 The judgment of the wicked is in another world. B ut Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and after that I have spoken, ”mock on. 4 As for mOj is my complaint to man 1 and if it were so, why should not my spirit be ® troubled | 5 ®Markme,and be astonished, ^and layj/owr hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. . , n 7 aWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power'? , T . 1 . 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses ^are safe from tear, ® neither is the rod of God upon them. , , , - 10 Their bull gendereth, and tail- eth not ; their cow calveth, and *casteth not her calf. 1 1 They send forth their ^ little ones like a flock, and their children 1 2 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. , , . 13 They spend their days ‘’in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. B.C. 1620 , 1 or, trouble- “Ex. 5.2. i Mai, 3. 14. ' Is. 24. 18. Amos 5. 19. dPs. 1. 1. Prov. 1. 10. 2 or, lamp. ‘ ch. 18. U. / L\ike 12. 46. 9 Ps. 1. 4 ftps. 21. 9. 3 Heb. stealeth away, i i.e. the punishment of his iniq- uity. i Ex. 20. 5. ft Ps. 75. 8. 5 Heb. of his decree from God. ™Is. 40.13. C Heb. in his very perfec- tion, or, in the strength of his per- fection. 1 or, milk pails. "ch. 16.10. ^ EccL 9. 2. 8 Heb. shortened f Heb. Look unto me. P Jndg. 18. 19. ch. 40. 4 1 Heb. the tent of the tabernacles of the wicked. 9 ch. 12. 6. Ps. 73. 3, 12. Jer. 12. 1. *■ Prov. 16. 4. 2 Heb. are peace from fear. 3 Heb. the day of wraths. « Ps. 73. 5. t Ex. 23. 26. 4 Heb. graves. 5 Heb. watch in the heap. »ch. 36. 11. 6 or, in mirth, 7 Heb. trans- gression t 506 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 “What is the Almighty, that we should serve him*? and *what profit should we have, if we pray unto him*? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: ‘^the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 17 How oft is the ^candle of the wicked put out ! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them ! God ■^distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 ‘'They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm ’^carrieth away. 19 God layeth up ^his iniquity ffor his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruc- tion, and *he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the num- ber of his months is cut off in the midst”? 22 ’"Shall any teach God know- ledge”? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth ®in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. _ 24 His "^breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. i 25 And another dieth in the bit- terness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. . 26 They shall “lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. , , ^ 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say. Where is the house of the prince”? and where are HhQ dwelling places of the wicked 1 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ”? and do ye not know their tokens, ^ 30 ’•That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction 1 they shall be brought forth to Hhe day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face”? and who shall repay him ivhat he hath done ”? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the ^ grave, and shall ® remain in the 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and "every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth ^falsehood”? Eliphaz accuseth Job. JOB, 22, 23. Job exhorted to repent. CHAPTER 22. 1 Eliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profiteth not God. 5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 21 Be exkorteth him to repentance, with promises of mercy. “Ps. 119. 11. T hen El-i-phaz the Te-man-ite answered and said, 2 *Can a man be profitable unto God, ^as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself 1 3 Is it any pleasure to the Al- mighty, that thou art righteous 1 or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect ? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of theel will he enter with thee into judgment"? 5 Is not thy wickedness great"? and thine iniquities infinite"? 6 For thou hast •''taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and ® stripped the naked of their cloth- ing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou ^ hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth ; and the ® honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of Hhe fa- therless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear trou- bleth thee; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see ; and abundance of * waters cover thee. 12 /s not God in the height of heaven"? and behold ^the height of the stars, how high they are ! 13 And thou sayest, ^How^ doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not ; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ? 16 Which ’^were cut down out of time, ^ whose foundation was over- flown with a flood : 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us : and “ what can the Al- mighty do ®for thena? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things : but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 ^The righteous see it, and are glad : and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our '^substance is not cut down, but ®the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 Acquaint now thyself ®with him, and 'be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law b Ps. lo. 2. 1 or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success de- pend thereon ) 2 or, on the dust. 3 or, gold. i Heb. silver of strength. « Is. 58. 9. 5 Heb. stripped the clothes of the neiked. ^Deut. 15. 7. ftlPet. 5. 5. 6 Heb. him that hath low eyes. 1 Heb. the man of arm. 8 Heb. eminent, or, accepted for counte- nance. 8 or. The innocent shall de- liver the island. 1 Ezek. 22. 7. k Ps. 69. 1, 2. J Heb. my hand. 2 Heb. the head. I Ps. 73. 11. 3 or, What. “Is. 57. 16. ”ch. 15. 32. ^ Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation. 5 or, to them } P Ps. 58. 10. « Ps. 139. 1-3. 8 Heb. the way that is with me. 1 or, estate. ’•Ps. 17. 3. & 66 . 10 . Jas. 1. 12. 8 or, their excellency. » Ps. 44. 18. 9 i.e. with God. t Is. 27. 5. “John 4.32,34. 1 Heb. / have hid, or, laid up. from his mouth, and “lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou ‘’lay up gold ^as dust, and the 'gold of O-phir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy ^defence, and thou shalt have Aplenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy ‘' delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 ^Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee : and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say. There is lifting up ; and '‘he shall save ®the humble person. 30 ^He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. CHAPTER 23. 1 Job longeth to appear before God, 6 in confidence of his mercy. 8 God observeth our ways. 11 Job’s innocency. 13 God's decree is immutable. T hen Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter : ^ my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with argu- ments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and under- stand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dis- pute with him ; so should I be de- livered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I can- not perceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hidetb himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 1 0 But he ® knoweth ® the way that I take: when ^he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 'My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not de- clined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; “ I ' 607 Wickedness often unpunished. J OB, 24, 25, 26. Judgment for the wicked nave esteemed the words of his mouth more than ^ my necessary food. 13 But he is in one mind, and ®who can turn him'? and what ‘^his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is ® appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence : when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God f maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me : 17 Because I was not cut off be- fore the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAPTER 24. 1 Wickedness goefh often unjiunish^d. 17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked. W HY, seeing ^ times are not hid- den from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days ? 2 Some remove the ^landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and ^ feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they Hake the widow’s ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: ”*^the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work ; rising betimes for a prey : the wil- derness yieldeth food for them and for their children. 6 They reap every one his ®corn in the field : and ^ they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7 They "cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and ^embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry ; 11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. 13 They are of those that rebel against the light ; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 1 4 * The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. B.C. 1520. or, my portion, b Ps. 10. 11. 2 Heb. setteth his face in secret. « ch. 9. 12, 13. & 12. 14. Rom. 9. 19. dPs. 115. 3. « 1 Thes. 3. 3. /John 3. 20. ^'Ps. 22. 14. 3 Heb. violently take. h Acts 1. 7. * Prov. 10. 7. * Dent. 19. 14. & 27. 17. Prov. 22. 28. & 23. 10. Hos. 5. 10. 4 or, feed them. I Dent. 24. 6, 10, 12, 17. ch. 22. 6. 5 or, he trusteth not his own life. ™Prov. 28. 28. ”Ps. 11. 4. Prov. 15. 3. 6 Heb. are not. t Heb. closed up. 3 Heb. min- gled corn, or, dredge. 9 Heb. the wicked gather the vintage. 0 Ex. 22. 26. Dent. 24. 12, 13. ch. 22. 6. P Lam. 4. 5. 7 Jas. 1. 17. ’•ch. 4. 17, &c. & 15. 14, &c. Ps. 130. 3. & 143. 2. 15 ®The eye also of the adulterei waiteth for the twilight, ^saying, No eye shall see me : and ^disguis- eth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime : -^they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death : if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 18 He is swift as the waters ; their portion is cursed in the earth : he beholdeth not the way of the vine- yards. 1 9 Drought and heat ^consume the snow waters : so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more re- membered ; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power : he riseth up, ® and no man is sure of life. 23 Though it be given him to he in safety, whereon he resteth ; yet ” his eyes are upon their ways. 24 They are exalted for a little while, but ®are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth 1 CHAPTER 25. Bildad sheweth that man cannot be justified before God. rilHEN answered BiTdad the Shu- X hite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high 3 Is there any number of his armies'? and upon whom doth not « his light arise! 4 How then can man be justified with Cod'? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman 1 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is worm'? and the son of man, which is a worm % CHAPTER 26. 1 Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad, 5 ac- knowledgeth the power of God to be infinite and un- searchable. UT Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him B 608 God^s infinite power. JOB, 27, 28. The portion of the wicked. that is without power*? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom ? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is ? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words % and whose spirit came from thee ? 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, ^and the inhabit- ants thereof. 6 *Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 ‘^He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 ^He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He lioldeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 ^He hath compassed the waters with bounds, ^until the day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 12 ^He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through ^the proud. 1 3 'By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens-; his hand hath formed "the crooked serpent. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways : but how little a portion is heard of him ? but the thunder of his power who can understand % CHAPTER 27. 1 Job protesteth his sincerity. 8 The hypocrite is without hope. 11 The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses. M oreover Job “continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, ^who hath taken away my judgment ; and the Al- mighty, tvho hath ''vexed my soul ; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and '“^the spirit of God is in my nostrils ; 4 My lips shall not speak wicked- ness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you : till I die will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I ^hold fast, and will not let it go : ^'my heart shall not reproach me ^so long as I live. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 *For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 'Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? B.C. 1620. 1 or, being in the hatid, &c. “ch. 20. 29 2 or, loith the inhabitants, b Ps. 139. 8. Prov. 15. 11. Heb. 4. 13. « Deut. 28. 41. Esth. 9. 10. Hos. 9. 13. d ch. 9. 8. Ps. 24. 2. & 104. 2, &c. * Prov. 30. 4. / Ps. 78. 64. 9 ch. 38. 8. Ps. 33. 7. & 104. 9. Prov. 8. 29. Jer. 5. 22. h Prov. 28. 8. Eccl. 2. 26. 3 Heb. until the end of light with darkness. i Is. 1. 8. Lam. 2. 6. *Ex. 14. 21. Ps. 74. 13. Is. 51. 15. Jer. 31. 35. 4 Heb. pride. I Ps. 33. 6. “ch. 18. 11. «Is. 27. 1. 5 Heb. in fleeing he would flee. 6 Heb. added to take up. 0 ch. 34. 5. 1 Heb. made my soul bitter, Ruth 1. 20. 2 Ki. 4. 27. 8 or, a mine. 8 i.e. the breath which God gave him, Geu. 2. 7. > or, dust. P ch. 2. 9. & 13. 15. ? ch. 2. 3. Acts 24. 16. 2 Heb from my days. • Mat. 16. 26. Luke 12. 20. 3 or, gold m-e. t ch. .35. 12. P.s. 18. 41. & 109. 7. Prov. 1. 28. & 28. 9. Is. 1. 15. Jer. 14. 12. Ezek. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4. John 9. 31. Jas. 4. 3. 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty ? will he always call upon God? Ill will teach you ^by the hand of God : that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain ? 13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of ojppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14/ If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword : and his off- spring shall not be satisfied with bread. 1 5 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death : and •''his widows shall not weep. 16 Though ne heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but /the just shall put it on, and the inno- cent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and *as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered : he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth : and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare : ®he would fain fiee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. CHAPTER 28. 1 There is a knowledge of natural things. 12 But toisdom is an excellent gift of God. S URELY there is ®a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the 'earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection : the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgot- ten of the foot : they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires : and it hath ® dust of gold. 7 There is a path which no fowl 509 JOB, 29. JoUs former prosperity. The excellency of wisdom. knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen : 8 The lion’s whelps have not trod- den it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. . , 1 9 He putteth forth his hand up- on the frock ; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks ; and his eye seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth the floods ^froru overflowing ; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 12 ‘^But where shall wisdom be found'? and where is the place of understanding 1 13 Man knoweth not the f price thereof ; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 ^The depth saith. It is not in me : and the sea saith. It is not with me. 15 ®It *cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of O-phir, with the precious ony:3^ or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal can- not equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for ^jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of ^ coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of E-thi-o-pi-a shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 "Whence then cometh wisdom 1 and where is the place of under- standing ^ . 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the ^air. 22 ^Destruction and death say. We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God under standeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and 'seeth under the whole heaven ; 25 ^To make the weight for the winds ; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he “made a decree for the rain, and a way for the light ning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and ’de dare it: he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And unto man he said. Behold Hhe fear of the Lord, that is wis- dom ; and to depart from evil is understanding. i.C. 1520. 1 Heb. added to take up. “ See ch. 7. 3. 2 or, flint. 3 or, lamp, Ps. 18. 28. 4 Heb. from weeping. ' Ps. 25. 14. Prov. 3. 15. / Gen. 49. 11. Dent. 32. 13. ch. 20. 17. 9 Ps. 81. 16. 5 Heb. with me. h Rom. 11. 33. 'H.eh. Fine gold shall not be given for it. Prov. 3. 13-15. & 8. 10, 11, 19. & 16. 16. k ch. 21. 5. 1 Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid. I Ps. 137. 6. 8 or, vessels of fine gold. or, Ramoth. ’•Ps. 72. 12. Prov. 21. 13. & 24. 11. » Dent. 24. 13. Ps. 132. 9. Is. 59. 17. & 61. 10. Eph. 6. 14, &c, 1 Thes. 5. 8. 1 or, heaven. P Num. 10. 31. ? ver. 14. »• Prov. 29. 7. > Ps. 58. 6. Prov. 30. 14. 2 Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders. 3 Heb. cast. t Prov. 15. 3. “ Ps. 30. 6. Ps. 135. 7. y ch. 18. 16. 4 Heb. opened. * Ps. 1. 3. Jer. 17. 8. « ch. 38. 25. 5 Heb. new. b Gen. 49. 24. 3 Heb. changed. 1 or, number it. ‘ Dent. 4. 6. Ps. 111. 10, Prov. 1. 7. CHAPTER 29. Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour. M oreover Job ^continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were “as in months past, as in the days when God pre- served me ; 3 *When his ^candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when ‘'the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me ; 6 When -^I washed my steps with butter, and «'the rock poured ^me out rivers of oil; 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street ! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and *laid their hand on their mouth. 10 "^The nobles held their peace, and their Hongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : 12 Because "'I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. 14 ‘’I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was ^eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor: and ’’the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake *the^ jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, “I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 ^My root was ^spread out ^by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was Afresh in me, and ''my bow was ‘^renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my ; counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again ; and my speech dropped upon them. 510 job's honou7‘ is turned JOB, 30, 31. into extreme contempt. 23 And they waited for me as for B.c. 1520. the rain ; and they opened their mouth wide as for “the latter rain. «zech. 10. 1. 24 ^ I laughed on them, they be- lieved it not ; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. CHAPTER 30. ' 1 Job's 'honour is turned into extreme contempt: 15 h'ls prosperity into calamity. B ut now they that are * younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have dis- dained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands projit me, in whom old age was perished 1 3 For want and famine they were ® solitary ; fleeing into the wilder- ness ’in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men., (they cried after them as after a thief ;) 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in ® caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they brayed ; under the nettles they were gath- ered together. They were children of fools, yea, children of ^ base men : they were viler than the earth. 9 *And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, ^and spare not *to spit in my face. 11 Because he ^hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth- they push away my feet, and ”they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters : in the deso- lation they rolled themselves upon me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue ^my soul as the wind : and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 ^ And now my soul is poured out upon me ; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in 1 Heb. turned to be cruel. 2 Heb. the strength of thy hand. 5 Heb. of fewer days than 1. ^ or, wisdom. b Heb. 9. 27. b Heb. heap. ® or, dark as the night. 1 Heb. yester- night. ® Ps. 35. 13. Rom. 12. 15. * Heb. for him that was hard of day I dJer. 8. 15. Heb. holes. « Ps. 42. 9. / Ps. 102. 6. Mic. 1. 8. * or, ostriches. 2 Heb. men of no name. JVs. 119. 83. Lam. 4. 8. '^Ps. 102. 3. 1 ch. 17. 6. Ps. 35. 15. & 69. 12. Lam. 3. 14. 2 Heb. anA withhold not spittle from my face. b Num. 12. 14. Deut. 25. 9. Is. 50. 6. Mat. 26. 67. & 27. 30. I See ch. 12. 18. ’"Mat. 5. 28. "ch. 19. 12. ® ch. 20. 29. P2Chr. 16. 9. Prov. 5. 21. Jer. 32. 19. 4 Heb. my principal one. b Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice. 1 Ps. 42. 4. ’’See Num. 15. Eccl. 11. 9. Ezek. 6. 9. Mat. 5. 29. the night season : and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed : it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 1 9 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me : I stand up, and thou regardest me not. 21 Thou art ’become cruel to me: with ^thy strong hand thou oppos- est thyself against me. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind : thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my ^substance. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house *ap- pointed for all living. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the ® grave, though they cry in his destruction. 25 ®Did not I weep ®for him that was in trouble 1 was not my soul grieved for the poor? 26 ‘^When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came dark- ness. 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not : the days of affliction pre- vented me. 28 ® I went mourning without the sun : I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 29-^1 am a brother to dragons, and a companion to ’owls. 30 ^ My skin is black upon me, and '"my bones are burned with heat. 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. CHAPTER 31. Job maketh a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties. I MADE a covenant with mine *“eyes ; why then should I think upon a maid ? 2 For what “portion of God is there from above? and what in- heritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 ^Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to de- ceit ; 6 ®Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and ’'mine heart walked 611 Joh solemnly jprotesteth his JOB, 32. integrity in several duties. after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands ; 8 Then *let me sow, and let an- other eat ; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door ; 10 Then let my wife grind unto ** another, and let others bow down upon her. 1 1 For this is an heinous crime ; yea, -^it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me ; 14 What then shall I do when *God riseth up % and when he visit- eth, what shall I answer him % 15 '^Did not he that made me in the womb make him*? and ^did not one fashion us in the womb % 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; 17 Or have eaten my morsel my- self alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof ; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as tvith a father, and I have guided ^her from my mother’s womb ;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor with- out covering ; 20 If his loins have not "blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep ; 21 If I have lifted up my hand ^’against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate : 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from ^ the bone. 23 For ^destruction /rom God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 24 * If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold. Thou art my confidence ; 25 Gf I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had ^gotten much ; . 26 ^If I beheld Hhe sun when it shined, or the moon walking brightness ; 27 And my heart hath been se- cretly enticed, or ^my mouth hath kissed my hand : 28 This also were ^an iniquity to be punished by the judge : for I should have denied the God that is above. B.C. 1620. “ Prov. 17. 5. b Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 30, 38, &c. « Mat. 5. 44. > Heb. my palate. d2 Sam. 12. 11. Jer. 8. 10. « Gen. 19. 2, 3. 2 or, to the way. f Gen. 38. 24. Lev. 20. 10. See ver. 28. i^Prov. 28. 13. 3 or, after the manner of men. A Ex. 23. 2. ■1 or, behold, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me. i Ps. 44. 21. *ch. .34. 19. 5 or, did he not fashion us m one womb .* 6 Heb. weep. I Jas. 5. 4. 1 Heb. the strength thereof. ™1 Ki. 21. 19. 3 Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out. 9 i.e. the widow. ” Gen. 3. 18. " Deut. 24. 13. f ch. 22. 9. 2 Heb. from answering. 3 or, the chanelbone. 1 1s. 18. 6. Gen. 22. 21. » Mark 10. 24. 4 Heb. his t Ps. 62. 10. 5 Heb. found much. “ Ezek. 8. 16. fi Heb. the ligM. 1 Heb. expected Job in words. 3 Heb. bright. 9 Heb. elder for days. 1 Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth. * ver. 11. 2 Heb. few of days. 512 29 “ If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : 30 "Neither have I suffered ^my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not. Oh that we had of his flesh ! we cannot be^ satisfied. 32 "The stranger did not lodge in the street : but I opened my doors ^to the traveller. 33 If I covered my transgressions s'as^ Ad-am, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom : 34 Did I fear a great ^ multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door % 35 Oh that one would hear me! ^behold, my desire is, that the Al- mighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof ® complain ; 3 9 If G have eaten ’ the fruits there- of without money, or ""have ^caused the owners thereof to lose their life : 40 Let "thistles grow instead of wheat, and ^cockle instead of bar- ley. The words of Job a-re ended. CHAPTER 32. 1 Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends. 6 Because wisdom cometh not from age, he excuseth the boldness of his youth. 11 Be reproveth them for mot satisfyhig Job. 16 Bis zeal to speak. O these three men ceased ^to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of E-li-hu the son of Bar-a-chel "the Buz-ite, of the kindred of Rani: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified ^himself rather than (Tod. . . . , 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. ^ 4 Now E-h-hu had ’waited till Job had spoken, because they were ^elder than he. _ , _ 5 When E-li-hu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. „ , 6 And E-li-hu the son of Bar-a7eh61 the Buz-ite answered and said, 1 am ^young, and ye are very old; S" Elihu reproveih Joh, JOB, 33. and reasoneth with him. wherefore I was afraid, and Murst not shew you mine opinion. 7 I said. Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man : and ®the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 ** Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said. Hearken to me ; I also will shew mine opinion. 1 1 Behold, I waited for your words ; I gave ear to youi ® reasons, whilst ye searched out ®what to say. 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced J ob, or that answered his words : 13 ^^Lest ye should say. We have found out wisdom : God thrusteth him down, not man. 14 Now he hath not "^directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. 15 They were amazed, they an- swered no more : ^ they left olf speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and an- swered no more;) 17 / said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. 18 For I am full of ^matter, ^the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which ® hath no vent ; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, '^that I may be refreshed : I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, ^accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. ^ 22 For I know not to give flatter- ing titles ; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. B.C. 1520. ' Heb. /earerf. “ch. 9. 32. 33. 2 Heb. accord- ing to thy mouth. 3 Heb. cut out of the clay. b ch. 9. 34. ' Prov. 2. 6. d 1 Cor. 1. 26. 4 Heb. in mine ears. « ch. 10. 7. 5 Heb. under- standings. ® Heb. words, f ch. 16. 9. ■ Jer. 9. 23. b Is. 45. 9. " or, ordered his words. 8 Heb. he an- swereth not. i Ps. 62. 11. 3 Heb. they removed speeches from themselves. b Num. 12. 6. I ch. 36. 10, 15. 1 Heb. he revealeth, or, uncover eth. 2 Heb. work. 3 Heb. words. 4 Heb. the siririt of my belly. 5 Heb. from 2 mssing by the sword. 6 Heb. is not opened. 1 Heb. that I may breathe. ™ Ps. 107. 18. ” Deut. 1. 17. 8 Heb. meat of desire. CHAPTER 33. 1 Elihu offereth himself to reason with Job. 8 Be excuseth God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness. 14 God calleth man to repentance by visions, 19 by afflictions, 23 and by his ministry, 31 He inciteth Job to attention. W HEBEFOBE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken ^in my mouth. 3 My words shall he of the upright- ness of my heart : and my lips shall atter knowledge clearly. 4 ®The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty nath given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set 25 -^ 9 or, am atone- ment. * Heb. than childhood. 2 Heb. in my palate. ® Gen. 2. 7. 3 or, Be shall look upon men, and say, I home sinned, &c. P2Satn. 12. 13. Prov. 28. 13. Luke 15. 21. 1 John 1. 9. 513 thy words in order before me, stand up. 6 “Behold, I am ^according to thy wish in God’s stead : I also am ^formed out of the clay. 7 * Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8 Surely thou hast spoken '‘in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 H am clean without transgres- sion, I ani innocent ; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, -^he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 1 2 Behold, in this thou art not just : I will answer thee, that (Jod is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou '^strive against him? for ®he giveth not account of any of his matters. 14 *For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 *In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; 16 *Then ^he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his ‘“^purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life ®from perishing by the sword. 1 9 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain : 20 "^So that his life abnorreth bread, and his soul ® dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen ; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith. Deliver him from going down to the pit : I have found ^a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher Hhan a child’s : he shall return to the days of his youth : 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: fw he will render unto man his righteousness. 27 ®He looketh upon men, and (^ny ^say, I have sinned, and per- Elihu accuseth Job for JOB, 34. charging God with injustice. verted that which was right, and it “profited me not ; 28 ^He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. . 29 Lo, all these things worketh God ® oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken un- to me : hold thy peace, and I will ' 32 If thou hast any thing t 9 say, answer me : speak, for I desire to justify thee. , , . 33 If not, '"hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. CHAPTER 34. 1 Elihu accuseth Job for charging God with injustice. 10 God cannot be unjust, 31 Man must humble himself unto God. 34 Elihu reproveth Job. F urthermore E-ii-ha an swered and said, 2 Hear my words, 0 ye wise men , and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 ""For the ear trieth words, as the ■'mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment : let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am right- eous : and ”God hath taken away my judgment. . . , , o 6 "Should I he against my right f ^my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, '^who drinketh up scorning like waters 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walk- eth with wicked men. 9 For *he hath said. It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye ®men of understanding: ‘far be it from God, that he should do wick- edness ; and from the Alrnighty , that he should commit iniquity. 11 2/ For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. , 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth % or who hath dis- posed ®the whole world'? 14 If he set his heart ''upon man, i/he "gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 16 If now thou hast understand- B.C. 1520. Ex. 12. 29. Heb. they shall talce away the mighty. ftps. 84. 11. i ch. 31. 4. ftps. 139. 12. Amos 9. 2, 3. Heb. 4. 13. 5 Heb. go. I Dan. 2. 21. G Heb. without searching out. ™ch. 6. 30. & 12 . 11 . 1 Heb. palate. 8 Heb. crushed. ” ch. 27. 2. 9 Heb. in the place of beholders. 1 Heb. from after him. ch. 9. 17. P Ps. 28. 6. Is. 5. 12. 2 Heb. mine a/rrow, ch. 6. 4. « Jas. 5. 4. ch. 15. 16. » Mai. 3. 14. 3 Heb. men of heart, t ch. 8. 3. 1 Ki. 12. 28, 30, *Dan. 9. 7-14. yps. 62. 12. Prov. 24. 12. Mat. 16. 27. i Heb. Should it be from with thee i 5 Heb. all of it ! C Heb. of heart. 1 Heb. upon him. ^ Ps. 104. 29. “ ch. 35. 16. 8 or, My father, let Job be tried. 514 ing, hear this : hearken to the voice of my words. , . , 17 "Shall even he that hateth right 2 govern'? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just ? 18 ^Is it fit to say to a king. Thou art wicked 1 and to princes. Ye a/re. ungodly'? 19 How much less to him that "ac- cepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor '? for -^they all are the work of his hands. , „ 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away : and the mighty shall be taken away with- out hand. 21 "For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 ^There is no darkness, nor shad- ow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right ; that he should ® enter into judgment with God. 24 ' He shall break in pieces mighty men®without number, and set others in their stead. , , . , . 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth t^m in the night, so that they are ® de- stroyed. , .11 26 He striketh them as wicked men ^in the open sight of others ; 27 Because they turned back Hrom him, and ^would not consider any of his ways: 28 So that they ^cause the cry ol the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble'? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him'? whether it he done against a nation, or against a man only: , , . 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest “the people be ensnared. , 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, *I have borne chastise- ment, I will not offend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me : if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 ^Should it be according, to thy mindl he will recompense it, whe- ther thou refuse, or whether thou choose ; and not I : therefore speak what thou knowest. 34 Let men ®of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken 35 “Job hath spoken without know- ledge, and his words were without wisdom. . , T T i, 36 ®My desire is that Job may be Elihu skeweth how JOB, 35, 36. tried unto the end because of his answers for v/icked men. 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us. and multiplieth his words against God. B.C. 1520. CHAPTER 35. 1 Comparison is not to be made with God. 9 Many ory in their afflictions, but are not heard. E -LRHU spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s '? 3 For ‘'thou saidst. What advant- age will it be unto thee'? and. What profit shall I have, if I he cleansed from my sin'? 4^1 will answer thee, and ^ thy com- panions with thee. 5 ^Look unto the heavens, and see ; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou 'against him'? or if thy transgres- sions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him'? 7 'If thou be righteous, what givest thou him'? or what receiveth he of thine hand '? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art * and thy righteousness may vrofit the son of man. 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry : they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, "Where is God my maker, ^who giveth songs in the night; II Who ^teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven *? 12 ^ There they cry, but none giv- eth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 “Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14 "=Although^ thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore ^ trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, ^he hath '’visited in his anger ; yet “he knoweth it not in great extremity : 16 ‘’Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain ; he multiplieth words without knowledge. CHAPTER 36. \ Elihu sheweth how God is jvM in his ways. 16 Mow Job’s sins hinder God's blessings. 24 God's works are to be magnified. E -LIHIU also proceeded, and said, 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee ®that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. 3 I will fetch my knowledge from 1 Heb. heart. 2 or, afflicted, b Ps. 33. 18. Ps. 113. 8. rfch. 21. 15. 3 or, by it more than by my sin } « Ps. 107. 10. 4 Heb. 7 wiU return to thee words. /eh. 34. 8. S'ch. 22. 12. h ch. 33. 16. i Prov. 8. 36. Jer. 7. 19. k ch. 21. 13. Is. 1. 19, 20. I Ps. 16. 2. Prov. 9. 12. 5 Heb. they shall pass away by the sword. ®®ch. 34. 28. ”Rom. 2. 5. 6 Heb. Their soul dieth. or, sodomites. ® Is. 51. 13. 8 or, afflicted. P Ps. 42. 8. Acts 16. 25. ? Ps. 94. 12. Prov. 1. 28. * Ps. 23. 5. 9 Heb. the rest of thy table. t Ps. 36. 8. “ Is. 1. 15. Jer. 11. 11. 1 or, judgment and justice should uphold thee. *ch. 9. 11. y Ps. 37. 5, 6. * Ps. 49. 7. 2 Heb. turn thee aside. 3 i.e. God. “ Prov. 11. 4. b Ps. 89. 32. 4 i.e. Job. « ch. 34. 35. d Ps. 66. 18. ' Heb. 11. 25. / Is. 40. 13. 1 Cor. 2. 16. y ch. 34. 13. b ch. 34. 10. 5 Heb. that there are yet words for God. i P.s. 92. 5. Rev. 15. 3. 615 God is just in his ways. afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in know- ledge is with thee. 5 Behold, God is mighty, and de- spiseth not any: ^he is mighty in strength and ^wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the ^poor. 7 ''He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : but ‘’with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And "if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of afflic- tion ; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 *He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall * spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleas- ures. 1 2 But if they obey not, ® they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. 13 But the hypocrites in heart “heap up wrath : they cry not when he bindeth them. 14 ®They die in youth, and their life is among the ’unclean. 15 He delivereth the ®poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness ; and *that^ which should be set on thy table should be full of 'fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked : ^judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrajh., beware lest he take thee away with his stroke : then ^a great ransom can- not ^deliver thee. 19 ‘'Will he esteem thy richest no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20 IJesire not the night, when people are cut off in their ;place. 2 1 Take heed, ‘'regard not iniquity : for "this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power : •''who teacheth like him % 23 fi'Who hath enjoined him his wayl or '‘who can say. Thou hast wrought iniquity? 24 Remember that thou 'magnify his work, which men behold. Of God’s great works JOB, 37, 38. and unsearchable wisdom. 25 Every man may see it ; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we ^know him not, ‘'neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he-''maketh small the drops of water : they pour down rain ac- cording to the vapour thereof : 28 '‘Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle'? 30 Behold, he ‘spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth ^the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them judgeth he the § eople; he giveth meat in abun- ance. 32 With clouds he covereth the light ; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 33 ^The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also con- cerning ^the vapour. CHAPTER 37. 1 Qod it to be feared because of his great works. 15 Bit wisdom, is unsearchable in them. AT this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 2 ®Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his ® lightning unto the ’ends of the -earth. 4 After it ^a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice ; ^great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; ® likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 ^Out of the south cometh the whirlwind : and cold out of the ® north. 10 *By the breath of God frost is given : and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud : he scattereth ®his bright cloud : 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels : that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them B.C. 1520. “Ex. 9. 18. b 1 Cor. 13. 12. « Ps. 90. 2. Heb. 1. 12. 1 Heb. a rod. Ex. 23. 13. 3 Heb. of my part. 4 Heb. The likeness of Mm (i.e. of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin. 5 Heb. sitting. 3 Heb. prevent his face. 1 or, by thy sword. 8 or. From men by thine hand. 9 or, their children are full. 1 Heb. dwell confidently. « Ps. 49. 15. me, frovi ^my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat : with their mouth they ® speak proudly. 1 1 They have now compassed us in our steps : they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 ^Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion ® lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Loed, ® disappoint him, cast him down : deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword : 14 e from men which are thy hand, O Loed, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: ®they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. rfMat. 7. 14. * Ps. 36, title. 1 2 Sam. 22. « Ps. 144. 1. 2 Heb. Justice. 3 Heb. without lips of deceit. 1 Heb. my rock. f Heb. 2. 13. i'Ps. 76. 4. ftps. 116. 3. < Job 23. 10. 5 Heb. Belial. 6 or, cords. ftps. 119. 133. " Heb. be not moved, t Ps. 116. 2. “Acts 4. 31. 8 or, that savest them which trust in tbee from those that rise up against thy right hand. 9 Heb. by hU. ” Ps. 144. 6. • Heb. that waste me. "Ps. 99 1. PSALM 18. David praiseth God for his manifold and marvelloujs blessings. To the chief Musician, A Psalm, of D^vld, *the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of tthis song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of S^ul : And he said, I « WILL love thee, O Loed, my strength. 2 The Loed is my rock, 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. 3 I will call upon the Loed, ^who is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 '"The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ^ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The ® sorrows of hell compassed me about : the snares of death pre- vented me. 6 In my distress I called i^on the Loed, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 ”*Then the earth shook and trem- bled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, be- cause he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke ®out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kin- dled by it. 9 ”He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. 10 "And he rode upon a ch6r-ub. 525 David praiseth God PSALMS. for his blessings. and did fly : yea, “he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 -^At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave * his voice ; hail stones and coals of fire. • 14 ""Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 ”Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 ®He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of ^ many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 19 «He brought me forth also into a large place ; he delivered me, be- cause he delighted in me. 20 ’’The Lord rewarded me ac- cording to my righteousness; ac- cording to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were be- fore me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 1 was also upright ® before him, and I kept myself from mine iniq- uity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord re- compensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands ® in his eye- sight. 25 ^With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; with an up- right man thou wilt shew thyself upright ; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and “with the froward thou wilt ® shew thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down *high looks. 28 ® For thou wilt light my ® candle : the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have ®run through * Deut. 32. 4. Dan. 4. 37. Rev. 15. 3. « P.S. 97. 2. d Ps. 12. 6. & 119. 140. Prov. 30. 5. ' or, refined. « Ps. 17. 7. / Ps. 97. a 9 Deut. 32. 31, 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. Ps. 86. 8. Is. 45. 5. h Ps. 91. 2. i Ps. 29. 3. *2 Sam. 2. 18. Hab. 3. 19. 1 Deut. 32. 13. a 33. 29. "‘Josh. 10. 10. Ps. 144. 6. Is. 30. 30. " Ex. 15. 8. Ps. 106. 9. 2 or, toith thy meekness thou hast multi- plied me. 0 Ps. 144. 7. 3 or, great waters. P Prov. 4. 12. 4 Heb. mine ancles. 9 Ps. 31. 8. & 118. 5. * Heb. caused to bow. ^ 1 Sam. 24. 19. » Job 27. 9. Prov. 1. 28. Jer. 11. 11. t Zech. 10. 5. 6 Heb. with. “ 2 Sam. 2. 9. * 2 Sam. 8. V 1 Sam. 26. 23. ’ Heb. At the hearing of the ear. 8 Heb. before his eyes. 9 Heb. the sons of the stranger. 1 or, yield feigned obedience. 2 Heb. lie. ma. 8. 32. "Lev. 26. 23,24, 27, 28. Prov. 3. 34. 3 or, wrestle. 1 Heb. giveth avengements for me. 5 or, destroyeth. b Ps. 101. 5. Prov. 6. 17. " Job 18. 6. 6 or, lamp. Job 29. 3. 9 Heb. man of violence. 8 or, broken. 9 or, confess. 626 a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, *his way is jierfect: ‘^the word of the Lord is Hried: he is a buckler ®to all those that trust in him. 31 ^For who is God save the LordI or who is a rock save our God % "^2 It is God that ‘girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way per- fect. 33 *He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and * setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and ^thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my^ steps under me, ^that^ my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them : neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise : they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : thou hast ® subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies ; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: ^even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did *cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 “Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people ; and *thou hast made me the head of the hea-then : a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 '^As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: ®the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The Lord liveth; and blessed he my rock ; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that ^avengeth me, and ®subdueth the people under me. ^ 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies : yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the "^violent man. 49 Therefore will I ®give thanks un- God’s gl ory and grace. to thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 “Great deliverance giveth he to his king ; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to Da-vid, and to his seed for evermore. PSALM 19. 1 The creatures shew God's glory. 7 The word his grace. 12 David prayeth for grace. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Darvid. T he * heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 ® Their® line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which w as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The ®law of the Lord is perfect, ^ converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the com- mandment of the Lord is pure, en- lightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are ^true and right- eous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and Hhe honeycomb. 1 1 Moreover by them is thy serv- ant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors'? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not nave dominion over me : then shall I be upright, and I shall be inno- cent from ®the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, ’my strength, and my ‘^redeemer. PSALM 2C. The church's confidence in God’s succour. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da^vId. T he Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Ja-ROb ^defend thee; PSALMS. Thanksgiving for victory. 1 Heb. thy help. 2 Heb. support thee. “ Ps. 144 10. 3 Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat. 1 Heb. from the heaven of his holiness. 5 Heb. by the strength of the salvation of his right hand. 6 or, without these their voice is heard. 1 Heb. without their voice heard. « Rom. 10. 18. 2 Send ^thee help from the sanc- tuary, and ^strengthen thee out of Zi-5n ; 3 Kemember all thy offerings, and ® accept thy burnt sacrifice; Sedah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners : the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord sav- eth his anointed ; he will hear him ^from his holy heaven ®with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chari 9 ts, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call. 8 or. Their rule, or, direction. PSALM 21. 1 A tTtanksgiving far victory. 7 Confidence of further success. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da-vid. 9 or, doctrine. 1 or, restoring. 2 Heb. truth. 3 Heb. set him to be blessings, Ps. 72. 17. 4 Heb. the dropping of honeycombs. 5 Heb. gladded him with joy. 6 or, much. 1 Heb. my rock, Pb. 18. 1. dis. 47. 4 8 Heb. set thee on an high place. 9 or, thou Shalt set them as a butt ; See Job 7. 20. T he king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord ; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he re- joice ! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Sedah.^ 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness : thou set- test a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salva- tion : honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast ®made him most blessed for ever : thou hast ®made him exceeding glad with thy coun- tenance. 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies : thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger : the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 1 1 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to 'perform. 12 Therefore ® shalt thou make 627 David prayeth in great distress. PSALMS. His confidence in God* s grace. them turn their ^back, when thou shalt make ready thine arroivs upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted. Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. PSALM 22. 1 David complaineth in great discouragement. 9 He prayeth in great distress. 22 Be praiseth God. To the chief Musician upon ^Ai-je-leth Sha-har, A Psalm of DaAvid. M y -^God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mel why art thou so far °from helping me, and from the words of my roaring*? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and ®am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, 0 thou that inhabitest the praises of Is-ra-el. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, and thou didst de- liver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered : they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 ^All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 ®He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, ^seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou Midst make me hope ivhen I was upon my mother’s breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: ^thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 1 1 Be not far from me ; for trouble is near : for there is ^none to help. 12 ^Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Ba-shan have beset me round. 13 /They ^ gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, “and all my b 9 nes are ^ out of joint: my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 ^'My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and “my tongue cleave th to my jaws ; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have in- closed me : ‘'they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: ^'they look and stare upon me. 18 '^They part my garments a- mong them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver rny soul from the sword ; “my ‘^ darling ^from the power of the dog. 2 1 * Save me from the lion’s mouth : ‘'for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22 ‘*1 will declare thy name unto ^my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 S' Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Ja-cOb, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Is-ra-el. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the af- flicted ; neither hath he hid his face from him ; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 *My praise shall he of thee in the great congregation: will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied : they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 "‘For the kingdom is the Lord’s : and he is the governor among the nations. 29 “All they that he fat upon earth shall eat and worship: ‘’all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him : and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him ; «it shall be.accounted to the Lord for a gen- eration. 31 “They shall come, and shall de- clare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. PSALM 23. David's confidence in God s grace A Psalm of DaWid. T he Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. 2 ''He maketh me to lie down in ® green pastures: *he leadeth me beside the ® still waters. 3 He restore th my soul : f he lead- eth me in the paths of righteous- ness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, /I will fear no evil : -^for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they com- fort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before * Heb. shoulder. <*Ps. 35. 17. 2 Heb. my only one. 3 Heb. from the hand. b 2 Tim. 4. 17. « Is. 34. 7. 1 or, the hind of themorning. dHeb. 2. 12. * Kom. 8. 29. / Mark 15. 34. 9 Ps. 135. 19. 5 Heb. from my salvation. 6 Heb. there is no silence to me. h Heb. 5. 7. < Ps. 35. 18. * EccL 5. 4. 1 Mat. 27. 39. 7 Heb. open. 8 Heb. He rolled himself on the Lord. “Mat. 6. 13. 9 or, if he delight in him. * or, keptest me in safety. " Ps. 45. 12. ® Is. 26. 19. Pis. 46. 3. ? Ps. 87. 6. 2 Heb. not a helper. »• Ps. 68. 30. » Ps. 78. 6. t Lam. 2. 16. 3 Heb. opened their mouths against me. “ Dan. 5. 6. ^ or, sundered. * Ezek. 34. 14. 9 Prov. 17. 22. 3 Heb. pastures of tender grass. * Rev. 7. 17. “John 19. 28. 8 Heb. waters of quietness. b Ps. 5. 8. « Mat. 27. 35. JJob 10. 21, 22. Ps. 44. 19. « Ps. 3. 6. / Is. 43. 2. 9 Luke 23. 27, 35. h Luke 23. 34, 528 David prayetn for me in the presence of mine ene- mies: thou ^anointest^ my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my hie : and I will dwell in the house oi the Lord ^for ever. PSALM 24. 1 Qod'$ lordship in the world. 3 The citizens of hU spir- itual kingdom. 1 An exhortation to receive him. A Psalm of Da^vld. T he earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof ; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath f 9 unded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. ^ , , ... 3 ^'Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord % or who shall stand in his holy place 1 , , i 4 ^He that hath clean hands, and pure heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor ” sworn deceitfully. , , , 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that ^seek thy face, ’O Ja-cdb. Sedah. 7 *Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; *and the King of glory shall come in. „ , « 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift tAem up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory ? Lord of hosts, he is the Kh glory. Sedah. PSALM 25. 1 David's confidence in prayer. 7 He prayeth for remis- sion of sins, 16 and for help in afitiction. A Psalm, of Da-vid. U NTO ^thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I “trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, ‘^let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 -^Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy trutln and teach me : for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O Lord, *thy ® tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 25 -^ 4 . <* Job 13. 26. Jer. 3. 25. b Ps. 92. 10. Heb. makest fat. • Ps. 51. 1. 2 Heb. to length of days. d Ex. 9. 29. Job 41. 11. Ps. 31. 3. & 79. 9. / Rom. 5. 20. The ing of s Ps. 15: 1. ftps. 37.23. i Prov. 19. 23. 3 Heb. shall lodge in goodness, i Heb. The clean of hands. ft Job 17. 9. 1 Tim. 2. 8. I Ps. 37. 11. ™Mat. 5. 8. ”Ps. 15. 4. 0 Prov. 3. 32. John 7. 17. 5 or, and his covenant to make them know it. P Ps. 141. 8. 6 Heb. bring forth. 9 Ps. 27. 8. »• Ps. 69. 16. 9 or, O God of Jacob. » Is. 26. 2. t Ps. 97. 6. Hag. 2. 7. Mill. 3. 1. “2 Sam. 16. 12. * Heb. hatred of violence. * Ps. 130. 8. y Ps. 86. 4. " Ps. 7. 8. « Ps. 34. 8. Is. 28. 16. b 2 Ki. 20. 3. Ps. 28. 7. Prov. 29. 25. d Ps. 13. 4. « Ps. 17. 3. / Ex. 33. 13. Ps. 5. 8. y2Ki.20. 3. ftps. 1. 1. » Ps. 31. 6. ft Ps. 103. 17. Is. 63. 15. 9 Heb. thy bowels. I I Ps. 1. 1. 7 Remember not “the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions : “ac- cording to thy mercy rememb^ thou me for thy goodness sake, O Lord. , . , t 8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. • i • • j 9 The meek will he guide in 3 ndg- ment : and the meek will he teach his way. , „ , ^ 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 ‘'For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; -^for it is ^12^ What man is he that feareth the Lord? '‘him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 *His soul ® shall dwell at ease; and ' his seed shall inherit the earth. „ , ^ 14 “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; ^and he will shew thfem his covenant. 15 ^Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall ®pluck my feet out of the net. 16 ^’Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged : 0 bring thou me out of my distresses. . 18 “Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies; tor they are many ; and they hate me with ®cruel hatred. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ; for I wait on thee. 22 * Redeem Is-ra-6l, O God, out of all his troubles. PSALM 26. David resorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity. A Psalm of Da-vId. J UDGE ^me, O Lord ; for I have * walked in mine integrity : “ I have trusted also in the Lord ; ther^ore I shall not slide. 2 ‘'Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and ^1 have walked in tliy truth. 4 '‘I have not sat with vain per- sons, neither will I go in with dis- S0rTll3l0I*S 5 I have ’hated the congregation of evil doers ; 'and will not sit with the wicked. 6 “‘I will wash mine hands in in- f'M 4 ;'::i f David^s faith in God. PSALMS. David hlesseth God, nocency: so will I compass thine altar, 0 Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord, “I have loved the habita- tion of thy house, and the place ® where thine honour dwelleth. 9 * Gather^ not my soul with sin- ners, nor my life with ®bloody men : 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is ®full of ‘^bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity : redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 foot standeth in an even place: ®'in the congregations wiU I bless the Lord. PSALM 27. 1 David tuftaineth his faith by the power ofOod, 4 by his love to the service of Ood, 9 by prayer. A Psalm, of Da-vid. T he Lord is *my light and ^my salvation ; whom shall I fearl ’"the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid 1 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, ^came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stum- bled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear : though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 ^One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house 9 f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold ®the\ beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. 5 For Gn the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion ; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me : therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices/ of joy ; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 ^When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my heart said unto thee. Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 9 "“Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy servant away in anger : thou hast been my help ; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 *When my father and my mo- ther forsake me, then the Lord ^will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way. O Lord, and lead me in ^a plain path, be- cause of ^mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies : for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as b»*eathe out cruelty. 13 / had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord ® in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. PSALM 28. 1 David prayeth earnestly against his enemies. 6 He blesseth God. 9 He prayeth for the people. A Psalm of Da-vid. U NTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be not silent "^to me : ^lest, ^/ thou be silent to me, I be- come like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplica- tions, when I cry unto thee, ^when I lift up my hands "toward® thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, "which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4 ^Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wicked- ness of their endeavours : give them after the work of their hands ; ren- der to them their desert. 5 Because ’‘they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the opera- tion of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I praise him. 8 The Lord Hheir strength, and he is the ^saving strength or his anointed. 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : ®feed them also, "and lift them up for ever. PSALM 29. David exhortefh princes to give glory to God. A Psalm of Da-vId. a lVE^' unto the Lord, O ’ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give unto the Lord ®the glory due unto his name ; worship the Lord ®in “the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : ^the God of glory thun- • Heb. a way of plainness. 2 Heb. those which observe me. “ Ps. 27. 4. 3 Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour. b Ps. 28. 3. 4 or, Take not away. <= Ezek. 26. 20. 5 Heb. men of blood. B Heb. filled with. d 1 Sam. 8. 3. « Ps. 40. 2. f Ps. 27. 11. 3 Ps. 111. 1. 1 Heb./romwte. h Ps. 88. 4. i Is. 60. 19. * Ex. 15. 2. I Ps. 5. 7. ®Ps. 62. 2. •” Ps. 138. 2. 8 or, toward the oracle of thy sanctuary. 9 Heb. apjjroached against me. 0 Ps. 12. 2. P Rev. 18. 6. ? Ps. 26. 8. Is. 5. 12. » Ps. 90. 17. 1 or, the delight, t Ps. 91. 1. 2 Heb. of shouting. 3 or, his strength. ^ Heb. strength of salvatiohis. 5 or, rule. “Ezra 1. 4. 8 or. My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face. * Ps. 69. 17. y\ Chr. 16. 28. 1 Heb. ye sons of the mighty. 8 Heb. the honour of his name. ^ Is. 49. 15. 9 or, in his glorious sanctuary. “2 Chr. 20. 21. 1 Heb. will gather me. i Job 37. 4, 5. 530 God's majesty and glory. PSALMS. David craveth God's help. dereth; the Loud is upon ^many waters. „ , -r • o 4 The voice of the Lord is power- ful ; the voice of the Lord is ^full of majesty. ^ 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh “the cedars of Leb-a-non. 6 *'He maketh them also to skip like a calf ; Leb-a-uOn and ®Sir4-dn like a young unicorn. , 7 The voice of the Lord ®divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of ®Ka-desh. 9 The voice of the Lord mak- eth the hinds Ho calve, and dis- covereth the forests : and in his temple ®doth every one speak of his glory. 10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; yea, *the Lord sitteth King for ever. 11 *The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 1 or, great waters. 2Heb. s i.e. my tongue, or, my soul: See Ps. 57. 8. 4 Heb. In majesty. “Is. 2. 13. b Ps. 114. 4. « Deut. 3. 9. 5 Heb. cwtteth out. Heb. wried. ft Ps. 35. 14. I Job 7. 6. “Job 16. 2a 26 He is ^ever merciful, and lend- eth ; and his seed is blessed. 27 ^Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loyeth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints ; they are preserved for ever: ‘’but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 ®The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 -^The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his ^ steps shall slide. 3*2 The wicked watcheth the right- eous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The Lord ^will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 "^Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 ‘’I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like ^a green bay tree. 36 Yet he ^passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect inan., and be- hold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. 38 ^But the transgressors shall be destroyed together : the end of the wicked shall oe cut off. 39 But *the salvation of the right- eous is of the Lord : he is their strength ^in the time of trouble. 40 And *the Lord shall help them, and deliver them : he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. PSALM 38. David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case. A Psalm of Da-vid, *to bring to remembrance. 0 *’LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath : neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger ; nei- ther is there any ®rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For /mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy Dur- den they are too '"heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are cor- rupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am ^ troubled ; * I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a 'loathsome disease .• and there is no soundness in my flesh. 635 The brevity and PSALMS. vanity of life^ 8 I am feeble and sore broken I have roared by reason of the dis- quietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also ®is gone from me. ^ ■ - 1 1 My lovers and my friends "stand aloof from my ^sor^ and ®my kinsmen ** stand afar on. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischiev- ous things, and ^imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; '‘and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that hear- eth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 1 5 For ®in thee, O Lord; ^do I hope : thou wilt ®hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said. Hear me, 'lest other- wise they should rejoice over me : when my foot slippeth, they ’‘mag- nify themselves against me. 17 For I am ready Ho halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will » declare mine iniq- uity; I will be ’’sorry for mj^ sin. 19 But mine enemies "^are lively, and they are strong : and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also Hhat render evil for f ood are mine adversaries ; because follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste ®to help me, O Lord my salvation. PSALM 39. 1 David's care of his thoughts. 4 Of the brevity and vanity of life. To the chief Musician, even to * Jg-du-thiin, A Psalm of Da^vld. I SAID, I will ®^ke heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep ® my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 ‘'I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even^ from good ; and my sorrow was ® stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know ^ how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily 2 Heb. an image. “ Luke 12. 20. 3 Heb. is not with me. b Luke 10. 31. 4 Heb. stroke. « Ps. 44. 13. 5 or, my neighbours. d Luke 23. 49. Lev. 10. 3. / Job 2. 10. a Ps. 35. 20. 6 Heb. conflict. APs. 39. 2, 9. 7 Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away. i Job 13. 28. 8 or, thee do 1 wait for. k Ps. 39. 7. 9 or, answer. I Ps. 13. 4 ’"Gen. 47. 9. ”,Ps. 35. 26. ® Job 10. 20. 1 Heb. for halting. PJob 14. 10. ? Prov. 28. 13. 2 Cor. 7. 9. 2 Heb. being living, are strong. » Ps. 35. 12. t Ps. 27. 14. 3 Heb. In waiting I i Heb. a pit “Ps. 69.2, 14 5 Heb. for my help. *Ps. 27. 6. a Ps. 33. 3. *lChr. 16. 41. Ps. 62, & 77, title. * Ps. 34. 8. “IKi. 2. 4. C Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth. b Job 9. 10. Is. 55. 8. d Ps. 38. 13. 7 or, none can order them unto thee. 8 'B.ch.troubled. 9 Heb. digged, Ex. 21. 6. 1 or, what time I have here. ' John 4. 34 536 every man ^at his best state is al- together vanity. Sedah. 6 Surely every man walketh in ^a vain shew: surely they are dis- quieted in vain: “he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now. Lord, what wait I fori my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my trans- gressions : make me not ‘'the re- proach of the foolish. 9 was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because ^ thou didst it. 10 Bemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the ®blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou mak- est ''his beauty Ho consume away like a moth : surely every man vanity. Sedah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojour- ner, ’’’as all my fathers were. 13 ®0 spare me, that I may re- cover strength, before I go hence, and ^be no more. PSALM 40. 1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obedience is the best sacrifice. 11 The sense of David’s evils infiameth his prayer. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaAvId. I 'WAITED* patiently for the Lord: and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of ^an horrible pit, out of “the miry clay, and *set my foot upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 2' And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 4 * Blessed is that man that mak- eth the Lord his trust, and re- specteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 "Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, ‘'and thy thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot be reck- oned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be num- bered. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou ® wened : burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 ‘'I delight to do thy will, O my God^s care of the poor. PSALMS. David's zeal to serve God God: yea, thy law is “within^ my heart. , , . , . 9*1 have preached righteousness in the great congregation: l^o, *=! have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteous- ness within my heart ; I have de- clared thy faithfulness and thy sal- vation : I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 1 1 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : ^let thy lovingkindness and thy truth con- tinually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: *mine iniq- uities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up : they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart ®faileth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me. 14 *Let them be ashamed and con- founded together that seek after my soul to destroy it ; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them be * desolate for a re ward of their shame that say unto me. Aha, aha. 16 ”Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation ^say con- tinually, The Lord be magnified. 17 ®But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. PSALM 41. 1 Ood’t care of the poor. 4 Damd complavneth of his enemies' treachery. 10 He fleeth to Qod for succour. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da^vld. B lessed is he that considereth ^ the poor : the Lord will de- liver him ^in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the earth : “ and ‘’thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : thou wilt ^make all his bed in his sick- ness. 4 I said. Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish 1 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity : his heart gather- “Ps. 37. 31. Jer. 31. 33. 1 Heb. in the midst of my bowels. b Ps. 22. 22. « Ps. 119. 13. 2 Heb. evil to me. 3 Heb. A thing of Belial. Acts 20. 20. « 2 Sam. 15. 12. Job 19. 19. Ps. 55. 12. 1 Heb. the man of my peace, f Obad. 7. John 13. 18. 5 Heb. 3 Ps. 43. 3. h Ps. 38. 4. i Job 36. 7. Ps. 34. 16. !Heb. forsaketh. k Ps. 35. 4. 1 or, A Psalm giving in- struction of the sons, &c. See 1 Chr. 6. 33. 8 Heb. brayeth. I Ps. 73. 19. “Ps. 6.3. 1. ” Ps. 70. 4. » Ps. 80. 5. P Ps. 35. 27. »• Job 30. 16. Is. 30. 29. t ver. 11. 9 Heb. bowed down. ' or, the weak, or, sick. 2 Heb. in the day of evil. 3 or, give thanks. 4 or, his presence is salvation. “Ps. 27. 12. 5 or, do not thou deliver. 6 or, the little hill, Ps. 133. 3. 'i Heb. turn. * Ps. 88. 7. V Job 36. 10. * Ps. 38. 6. eth iniquity to itself ; when he go- eth abroad, he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whisper to- gether against me : against me do they devise ‘^my hurt. 8 ^An evil disease, say they, cleav- eth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9 ®Yea, ^mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, •''which did eat of my bread, hath Mifted up his heel against me. 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, ana raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou fa- vourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and *settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Is-ra-6l from everlasting, and to everlasting. A-men', and A-m6n'. PSALM 42. David's zeal to serve God in the temple. To the chief Musician, 7 Mas^;hll, for the sons of Ko^rah. AS the hart ®panteth after the XX water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 ”*My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God 'f 3 "My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continu- ally say unto me. Where is thy Godl 4 When I remember these things, ’’I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, "1 went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 ‘Why art thou ^ cast down, O my soull and why art thou disquieted in mel hope thou in God: for I shall yet Upraise him ^ for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remem- ber thee from the land of Jdr-d^n, and of the Her-m6n-itcs, from ®the hill Mi-zar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: *all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and ^'in the night his song shall he with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou forgotten me*? ‘why 537 The churches complaint PSALMS. and fervent prayer. go I mourning because of the op- pression of the enemy/? 10 As with a ^ sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me ; ^ while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 ^Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou dis- quieted within me ? hope thou^ in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my counte- nance, and my God. “ Ps. 40. 14. 1 or, killing, b Joel 2. 17. Mic. 7. 10. « Ps. 34. 2. Jer. 9. 24. d Ps. -.3. 5. « Ps. 60. 1. / Lev. 26. 17. Deut. 28. 25. PSALM 43. 1 David, praying to he restored to the temple, promUeth to serve God joyfully. 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God. J UDGE* me, O God, and * plead my cause against an ^ungodly nation : O deliver me ®from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength : why dost thou cast me off? ”why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto ’'thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God ®my exceeding joy : yea, imon the harp will I praise thee, 0 God my God. 5 “Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope in God : ;^or I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM 44. 1 The church, in memory of former favours, 9 complaineth of present evils. 17 Professing her integrity, 23 she fer- vently prayeth for succour. 9 Kom. 8. 36. 2 Heb. as sheep of meat. h Deut. 28. 64. Ps. 60. 1. i Is. 52. 3, 4. Jer. 15. 13. 3 Heb. with- out riches. * Ps. 26. 1. I Ps. 35. 1. ■1 or, un- merciful, b Heb. from a man of deceit and iniquity. ’"Deut. 28. 37. “ Ps. 42. 9. ® Jer. 24. 9. P Job 16. 4. Ps. 22. 7. 9 Ps. 40. 11. & 57. 3. Ps. 3. 4. ® Heb. the gladness of my joy. » Ps. 8. 2. f Dan. 9. 13. ® Job 23. 11. 1 or, goings. y Is. 34. 13. * Ps. 23. 4. To the chief Musician for the sons of Ko^rah, Mas-«hil. W E have heard with our ears, O God, *’our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times 'of old. 2 How ‘^thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plant- edst them ; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For /they got not the land in possession by their own sword, nei- ther did their own arm save them ; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, * because thou hadst a favour unto them. 4 *Thou art my King, O God: com- mand deliverances for Ja^Ob. 5 Through thee “‘will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For “I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. ® Deut. 6. 14. Ps. 88. 9. b Ex. 12. 26. Ps. 78. 3. ^ Job 31. 14 Ps. 139. 1. d Ex. 1.5. 17. Deut. 7. 1. Ps. 80. 8. ‘ Eom. 8. 36. / Ps. 7. 6. i'Deut. 8. 17. Josh. 24. 12. A Job 13. 24. Ps. 13. 1. i Ps. 119. 25. b Deut. 7. 7, 8. I Ps. 74. 12. 8 Heb. a help for us. "•Dan. 8. 4. * Ps. 69, & 80, title. 8 or, of in- struction. " Ps. 3.3. 16. » Heb. hoileth, or, bubbieth up. 7 But thou hast saved us from oui enemies, and hast “put them to shame that hated us. 8 “In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Sedah. 9 But “thou hast cast off, and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to •''turn back from the enemy : and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 1 1 ^Thou hast given us ^like sheep appointed for meat ; and hast * scat- tered us among the heathen. 1 2 ‘/Thou sellest thy people ^ for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 “‘Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a de- rision to them that are round about us. 14 "Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, ^a shaking of the head among the people. 15 My confusion is continually be- fore me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16 For the voice of him that re- proacheth and blasphemeth ; * by reason of the enemy and avenger. 1 7 *A11 this is come upon us ; yet have we not forgotten thee, nei- ther have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way ; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in ^the place of dragons, and covered us *with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or “stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 “Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 “Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord ? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24 * Wherefore hides t thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For teur soul is bowed down to the dust : our belly cleaveth un- to the earth. 26 Arise ®for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. PSALM 45. The majesty and graeo of Christ's Tdixgdom,. To the chief Musician* upon Sho-sh3,n'nIm, for the sons of K5^ra.h, 8 MSs^hll, A Song of loves. M y heart 4s inditing a good matter : I speak of the things 538 Of Chrises kingdom. PSALMS. which I have made touching the king : my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. , i .1 2 Tnou art fairer than the chil- dren of men : ^ grace is poured into thy lips : therefore God Hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, *0 nwst mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. . 4 -And in thy majesty ^ride pros- perously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies ; where- by the people fall under thee. 6 ^Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the sceptre of thy king- dom is a right sceptre. 7 ”Thou lovest righteousness, and ha test wickedness : therefore ®God,® thy God, ^hath anointed thee with the oil ^'of gladness above thy fel- lows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women : *upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of O-phir. 10 Hearken, O dangler, and con- sider, and incline thine ear ; ^for- get also thine own people, and thy father’s house ; i 1 So shall the king greatly desire thy beaut 5^: ®for he is thy Lord and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall he there with a gift ; even ‘*the rich among the people shall intreat '^thy favour. 13 /The king’s daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 ‘She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought : they shall enter into the king’s palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, ”whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations : therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM 46. The confidence which the church hath in God. To the chief Musician ®for the sons of Ko^rih, •A Song upon t Al-a-m6th. ‘ Deut 4. 7. b Luke 4. 22. 1 Heb. heart of the seas. « Ps. 93. 3. 4. d Is. 49. 2. Heb. 4. 12. Rev. 1. 16. « Is. 9. 6. / Rev. 6. 2. 2 Heb. prosper thou, ride thou. 9 See Is. 8. 7. h Ps. 48. 1, 8. Is. 60. 14. i Is. 12. 6. Ezek. 43. 7. 3 Heb. when the morning appeareth. k Ps. 2. 1. I Ps. 93. 2. Heb. 1. 8. »«Josh. 2. 9. ”Ps. 33. 5. 4 Heb. an high place for us. ® Is. 61. 1. 5 or, 0 God. P 1 Ki. 1. 39. Ps. 79. 4. ? Ps. 66. 5. Ps. 21. 6. » Cant. 1. 3. t Is. 2. 4. “Ps. 76. 3. ® Ezek. 39. 9. J'Cant. 6. 8. ^ 1 Ki. 2. 19. “ Is. 2. 11, 17. h See Deut. 21. 13. « Ps. 95. 6. Is. 54. 5. 6 or, of. d Is. 49. 23. 7 Heb. thy face. « Is. 65. 12. / Is. 61. 10. 9 Deut. 7. 21. Ps. 76. 12. fcMal. 1. 14. i Cant. 1. 4. h Ps. 18. 47. I 1 Pet. 1. 4. «»Ps. 68. 33. ”1 Pet. 2. 9. Rev. 1. 6. & 20 . 6 . « Zecb. 14. 9. PI Cor. 14. 15. 8 or, every- one that hath under’ 71 Chr. 16. 31. Ps. 93. 1. Rev. 19. 6. 3 or, of. * Ps. 48, & 66. 1 1 Chr. 15. 20. 1 or, The volvmtary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham. 539 The chnrch!s confidence. a OD is our refuge and strength, “a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into ^the midst of the sea; 3 “ Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the moun- tains shake with the swelling there- of. Se-lah. 4 There is ^a river, the streapos whereof shall make glad ^the city of God, the holy 'place of the taber- nacles of the most High. 5 God is qn the midst of her ; she shall not be moved : God shall help her, ^and that right early. 6 *The heathen raged, the king- doms were moved : he uttered his voice, "‘the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Ja^6b is ^our refuge. Sedah. 8 ®Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. ■ 9 *He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth ; “he breaketh the bow, and cuttetH the spear in sunder ; "'he burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God : "I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 1 1 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Ja-c6b is our refuge. Sedah. PSALM 47. The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ. To the chief Musician, A Psalm sfor the sons of Ko^rSh. O ^CLAP your hands, all ye peo- ple ; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is ^ter^ rible; ^he is a great King over all the earth. 3 ^He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Ja-c5b whom he loved. Sedah. 5 ”*God is gone up with a shout, the, Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises ; sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 "For God is the King of all the earth : ^sing ye praises ® with under- standing. 8 ^'God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 ^The princes of the people are Privileges of the church. PSALMS. Of trusting in riches. gathered together, even the people of the God of A-bra-ham : “for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. PSALM 48. The ornamente and the privileget of the church. A Song and Psalm i for the sons of Ko^rih. G reat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised *in the city of our God, in the •''mountain of his holiness. 2 '"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zi-On, ^on the sides of the north, ' the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, ”the kings were assem- bled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they mar- velled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear ^took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou/breakest the ships of Tar- shish *with an east wind. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God will “establish it for ever. Sedah. 9 We have thought of ''thy loving- kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 10 According to “thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of righteousness. 1 1 Let mount Zi-5n rejoice, let the daughters of Ju-dah be glad, be- cause of thy judgments. 1 2 Walk about Zi-On, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof. 13 ®Mark ye well her bulwarks, ^consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM 49. An earnett persuasion to build the faith on God, To the chief Musician, A Psalm 3 for the sons of Ko^rah. H ear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world : 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wis- dom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4^1 will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark say- ing upon the harp. 6 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 6 They that '’trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multi- tude of their riches ; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor ®give to God a ransom for him : 8 (For/ the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever :) 9 That he should still live for ever, and ^not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that *wise men die, likewise the fool and the brut- ish person perish, ”"and leave their wealth to others. 1 1 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places ^to all generations ; they "call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not : he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their ®follj^: yet their posterity ® approve their sayings. Sedah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on thern; and 'the upright shall have dominion over them in the morn- ing; *and their ^beauty shall con- sume ® in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God *will redeem my soul ®from the power of ’the grave; for he shall receive me. Sedah. 1 6 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased ; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though ® while he lived ^he blessed his soul : and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 ^He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see "light. 20 Man that is in honour, and un- derstandeth not, ‘'is like the beasts that perish. PSALM 50. 1 The majesty of God in the church. 7 Uis pleasure is not in ceremonies, 14 but in sincere obedience, A Psalm ^of A-siph. T he ® might. V God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zi-5n, the perfection of beauty, •''God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : a fire shall de- vour before him, and it shall b® very tempestuous round about hirrL. “ Ps. 89. 18. > b Mark 10. 24. « Mat. 16. 26. 1 or, of. <