2 Kings 6:13 Cross References - Coverdale

¹³ He sayde: Go youre waye the and loke where he is, that I maye sende, and cause him be fetched. And they shewed him and sayde: Beholde, he is at Dothan.

¹⁷ The man sayde: They are gone from hence, for I herde them saye: let vs go vnto Dothan. Then folowed Ioseph after his brethren, and founde them at Dothan.

²² Go youre waye now therfore, and be sure, that ye maye knowe and se in what place his fete haue bene, and who hath sene him there: for it is tolde me, that he is full of sotiltye. ²³ Loke well and spye out all the places, where he hydeth him, and come agayne to me, whan ye are sure, and I will go with you. Yf he be in the londe, I wyl enquere after him amonge all the thousandes in Iuda.

⁸ He lyeth waytinge secretly, as it were a lyon in his denne. He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore, ⁹ yee to rauish the poore, when he hath gotten him in to his nett. ¹⁰ Then smyteth he, then oppresseth he & casteth downe the poore with his auctorite.

¹² The vngodly layeth wayte for the iust, & gna?sheth vpon him wt his tethe. ¹³ But ye LORDE laugheth him to scorne, for he seith yt his daye is cominge. ¹⁴ The vngodly drawe out the swerde & bende their bowe, to cast downe ye symple & poore, and to slaye soch as go ye right waye.

³² The lawe of his God is in his hert, therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde. ³³ The vngodly seyth the rightuous, & goeth aboute to slaye him.

²⁶ but commaunded Ieramyhel the sonne off Amalech, Sarias the sonne of Esriel and Selamia ye sonne of Abdiel, to laye hondes vpon Baruch the scrybe, and vpon Ieremy the prophet: but the LORDE kepte them out of sight.

⁴ and he gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of ye people, & axed of them, where Christ shulde be borne. ⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet: ⁶ And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda. For out of ye shall come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel. ⁷ Then Herod preuely called the wyse men, and dyligently enquyred of them, what tyme the starre appered, ⁸ and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

⁴⁷ Then the hye prestes, and the pharises gathered a councell, and sayde: What do we? This man doth many tokens. ⁴⁸ Yf we let him go thus, all me wyl beleue in him: the shal the Romaynes come, and take awaye oure londe and people. ⁴⁹ But one of them, named Caiphas, which was hye prest that same yeare, sayde vnto them: Ye knowe nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at all. ⁵⁰ It is better for us that one ma dye for the people, then that all the people shulde perishe. ⁵¹ This spake he not of himself, but for so moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare, he prophecied. For Iesus was for to dye for the people, ⁵² and not for the people onely, but that he shulde gather together the children of God, which were scatered abrode: ⁵³ From that daye forth they toke coucell, how they might put him to death.

¹² Now whan it was daye, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they had kylled Paul. ¹³ They were mo then fortye, which had made this conspyracion. ¹⁴ These came to the hye prestes and Elders, and sayde: We haue bounde oure selues wt a vowe, that we wil eate nothinge, tyll we haue slayne Paul. ¹⁵ Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell, that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow, as though ye wolde heare him yet better: As for vs, we are ready to kyll him, or euer he come nye you. ¹⁶ But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layenge awayte, he came, and entred into the castell, and tolde Paul. ¹⁷ So Paul called vnto him one of ye vnder captaynes, and sayde: Brynge this yonge man to the vpper captayne, for he hath somewhat to saye to him. ¹⁸ He toke him, and broughte him to the vpper captayne, and sayde: Paul the presoner called me vnto him, and prayed me to brynge to the this yonge man, which hath somwhat to saye vnto the. ¹⁹ Then the hye captayne toke him by the hande, and wente asyde with him out of the waye, and axed him: What is it, that thou hast to saye vnto me? ²⁰ He sayde: The Iewes are agreed together, to desyre the, to let Paul be broughte forth tomorow before the councell, as though they wolde yet heare him better. ²¹ But folowe not thou their myndes, for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they haue slayne Paul: and euen now are they redye, and loke for thy promes. ²² Then the vpper captayne let the yonge man departe, and charged him to tell noman, that he had shewed him this. ²³ And he called vnto him two vndercaptaynes, and sayde: Make redye two hundreth soudyers, that they maye go to Cesarea, and thre score and ten horsmen, and two hundreth speare men at the thirde houre of the nighte, ²⁴ and delyuer the beastes, that they maye set Paul theron, and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte, ²⁵ and he wrote a letter on this maner: ²⁶ Claudius Lysias, vnto the most mightie Debyte Felix, gretynge. ²⁷ The Iewes had taken this man, and wolde haue slayne him, then came I with soudyers, and rescued him, and perceaued that he is a Romayne.