1 Kings 4 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ Thus was Salomon kynge ouer all Israel. ² And these were his prynces: Asaria the sonne of Sadoc the prest: ³ Elihoreph, and Ahi Ia the sonnes of Sisa, were prestes: Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was chaunceler: ⁴ Benaia ye sonne of Ioiada was the chefe captayne: Sadoc and Abiathar were prestes: ⁵ Asaria the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers: Sabud the sonne of Nathan the prest was the kynges frende: ⁶ Ahisar was stewarde: Adoniram the sonne of Abda was rent gatherer. ⁷ And Salomon had twolue offycers ouer all Israel, which made prouysion of fode for the kynge and his house: One had a moneth longe in ye yeare to make prouysion: ⁸ The sonne of Hur vpon mount Ephraim. ⁹ The sonne of Deber at Macaz and at Saalbaim, & at Bethsames, and at Elon, and BethHana. ¹⁰ The sonne of Hased at Aruboth, and had therto Socho and all the londe of Hepher. ¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab all ye lordshippe at Dor: & had Taphat Salomos doughter to wife. ¹² Baena ye sonne of Ahilud at Thaenach & at Magiddo, & ouer all BethSean, which lyeth besyde Zarthana vnder Iesrael from BethSean vnto the playne of Mehelo, tyll the other syde of Iakmeam. ¹³ The sonne of Geber at Ramoth in Gilead: he had the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse in Gilead, and had ye coastes of Argob which lyeth in Basan, euen thre score greate walled cities, and with brasen barres. ¹⁴ Ahinadab ye sonne of Iddo at Mahanaim. ¹⁵ Ahimaas in Nephtali: and he also toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife. ¹⁶ Baena the sonne of Husai in Asser and at Aloth. ¹⁷ Iosaphat the sonne of Paruha in Isachar. ¹⁸ Semei the sonne of Ela in BenIamin. ¹⁹ Geber the sonne of Vri in the londe of Gilead, in the londe of Sihon kynge of the Amorites, and of Og the kynge in Basan. One officer was in the same londe. ²⁰ As for Iuda and Israel, they were in nombre as the sonde of the see, and ate and dronke, and were mery. ²¹ Thus was Salomo lorde ouer all the kyngdomes (from the water of the londe of the Philistynes, vnto the border of Egipte) which broughte him giftes, and serued him as longe as he lyued. ²² And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles thirtye quarters of fyne meel, threscore quarters of other meel, ²³ ten fat oxen, and twety small catell, and an hundreth shepe, beside hartes and Roes, and wilde goates, and fat capons, and foules. ²⁴ For he had the lordshippe of all the londe on this syde the water, fro Tiphsa vnto Gasa, and ouer all ye kynges on this syde ye water: & had peace of all his subiectes rounde aboute, ²⁵ so that Iuda and Israel dwelt safe, euery one vnder his vyne, and vnder his figge tre, from Dan vnto Berseba, as longe as Salomon lyued. ²⁶ And Salomo had fortye thousande cart horses and twolue thousande horsmen. ²⁷ And the officers prouyded the kynge Salomon with vytayles: and whatsoeuer belonged to the kynges table, that brought euery man in his moneth, and myssed not: ²⁸ Barlye also & strawe for the horses and coursers, & broughte them vnto the place where ye kynge was, euery one after his charge. ²⁹ And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wy?dome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon ye See shore: ³⁰ so that the wy?dome of Salomon was greater then the wy?dome of all the children towarde the south and of all ye Egipcians. ³¹ And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol: and had a greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery syde. ³² And he spake thre thousande prouerbes, & his songes were a thousande & fyue. ³³ And he spake of trees, from ye Ceder of Libanus vnto the Isope yt groweth out of ye wall: he talked also of catell, of foules, of wormes, of fishes. ³⁴ And there came of all nacions to heare ye wy?dome of Salomon, and there came of all the kynges of ye earth, which had herde of his wy?dome.

²⁰ And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen. ²¹ And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good, ²² and blessed them, sayenge: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sees, and let the foules multiplie vpon the earth. ²³ Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fifth daye. ²⁴ And God sayde: let ye earth brynge forth lyuynge soules, euery one after his kynde: catell, wormes & what as hath life vpon earth, euery one after his kynde. And so it came to passe. ²⁵ And God made ye beastes of the earth euery one after his kynde, and catell after their kynde, and all maner wormes of the earth after their kynde. And God sawe that it was good.

¹⁹ And ye Coastes of ye Cananites were fro Sido forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, & vnto Lasa.

¹⁶ and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth, he shall nombre thy sede also.

⁵ And he bad him go forth, and sayde: Loke vp vnto heauen, and tell ye starres: Canst thou nombre them? And he sayde vnto him: Euen so shal thy sede be.

¹⁸ The same daye made the LORDE a couenaut with Abram, and sayde: Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lode, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates:

¹⁷ I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the sonde vpon the see shore. And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies:

⁶ As for the children that he had of the concubynes, he gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, eastwarde in to the east countre.

² And whan he sawe them, he sayde: It is Gods hoost, & called the same place Mahanaim.

¹² Thou saydest: I wyll do the good, and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of ye see, which can not be nombred for multitude.

⁴⁹ So Ioseph layed vp the corne in stoare, and that moch aboue measure, as the sonde of the see: in so moch yt he left of nombrynge of it, for it coude not be nombred.

²² and take a bunch of ysope, and dyppe it in the bloude in the basen, and stryke it vpon the vpperposte and vpon the two syde postes, and none of you go out at the dore of his house vntyll ye mornynge,

²¹ But loke out amonge all the people, for honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, & hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten,

³¹ And I wil set the borders of thy londe, euen from the reed see vnto ye see of the Philistynes, & from the wyldernes vnto the water. For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande, yt thou shalt dryue them out before the.

¹⁸ and a cleane man shall take ysope, & dyppe it in the water, and sprenkle it vpon the tente, and vpon all the vessels, and all the soules that are therin. Likewyse also vpon him, yt hath touched a deed mans bone, or a slayne personne, or a deed body, or a graue.

²¹ And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siho the kynge of the Amorrites, & caused to saye vnto him: ²² Let me go thorow ye lande, we wyl not turne in to ye feldes ner in to the vynyardes: nether will we drynke the water of the welles, ye hye strete wil we go, till we be past the borders of thy countre. ²³ Howbeit Sihon wolde not geue the children of Israel licence to go thorow the coastes of his londe, but gathered all his people together, and wente out agaynst Israel in the wyldernesse. And whan he came to Iaheza, he fought agaynst Israel. ²⁴ Neuerthelesse Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde, and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock, and vnto the children of Ammon. For the borders of the children of Ammon were stroge. ²⁵ So Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of ye Amorites, namely at He?bon, and in the townes belonginge therto. ²⁶ For He?bon the cite was Sihons the kynge of the Amorites, and he had foughten before with the kynge of the Moabites, and conquered all his londe from him vntyll Arnon. ²⁷ Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe: Come vnto He?bon, let vs buylde and prepare ye cite of Sihon. ²⁸ For there is a fyre gone out of He?bon, and a flamme from the cite of Sihon, which hath consumed Ar of ye Moabites, and the citisens of ye toppe of Arnon. ²⁹ Wo vnto the Moab, thou people of Camos art vndone. His sonnes are put to flighte, & his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites. ³⁰ Their glory is come to naught from He?bon vnto Dibon: waisted are they vnto Nopha, which reacheth vnto Mediba. ³¹ Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of the Amorites. ³² And Moses sent out spyes vnto Iahesar, & they toke the townes belongynge therto, & coquered the Amorites yt were therin. ³³ And they turned, & wente vp the waye towarde Basan. Then Og the kynge of Basan wete out agaynst them wt all his people, to fight in Edrei. ³⁴ And ye LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Feare him not, for I haue geuen him wt his lande & people in to thy hande, & thou shalt do with him, as thou dyddest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which dwelt at He?bon. ³⁵ And they smote him, & his sonnes, & all his people (so yt there remayned none) & coquered the londe.

⁶ Euen as the brode valleys, as the gardens by the waters syde, as ye tentes which the LORDE hath plated, & as the Ceder trees vpon ye water.

⁴¹ Iair ye sonne of Manasse, wente and conquered the vyllagies therof, and called them Hauoth Iair.

²⁶ Then sent I messaungers from ye wyldernesse of the East vnto Sihon the kynge at Hesbon wt peaceble wordes, and caused to saye vnto him:

⁴ Then wanne we at the same tyme all his cities, & there was not one cite that we toke not from him, euen thre score cities, the whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of Og at Basan.

⁸ Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe out of the honde of the two kynges of the Amorites beyonde Iordane, from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon

¹³ but ye remnaunt of Gilead, & all Basan the kyngdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse. The whole region of Argob with all Basan was called the giauntes londe. ¹⁴ Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri and Maachati, and Basan called he Hauoth Iair after his awne name, vnto this daye:

⁴³ Bezer in ye wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites, & Ramoth in Gilead amoge ye Gaddites, & Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites.

²⁴ All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon, shalbe yours, from the wyldernes, and fro mount Libanus, and from the water Euphrates vnto ye vttemost see shal youre coastes be.

¹⁶ Onely let him not haue many horses, yt he brynge not ye people againe in to Egipte thorow ye multitude of horses, for as moch as ye LORDE hath sayde vnto you, that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne.

⁴ From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates: all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west, shal be youre border.

¹⁶ then the water that came downe fro aboue, stode straight vp vpon one heape, very farre from the cite of Adom, that lyeth on the syde of Zarthan: But the water that ranne downe to the see (euen to the salt see) fell awaye, and decreased. So ye people wente thorow ouer agaynst Iericho.

² and to the kynges that dwelt towarde the north vpon the mountaynes, and in the playne on the southsyde of Cineroth, and in the lowe countrees, and in the lordshippes of Dor by the see syde:

¹⁷ the kynge of Tapnah, the kynge of Hepher,

²³ the kynge in the lordshippes of Dor, the kynge of the Heithen at Gilgall,

⁹ from Aroer which lieth vp by the water syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of the water, & all the coastes of Medba vnto Dibon, ¹⁰ and all the cities of Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which, dwelt at Hesbon, vnto the border of the children of Ammon: ¹¹ and Gilead and ye border of Gessuri and Maachati, and all mout Hermon, and all Basan vnto Salcha: ¹² all ye kyngdome of Og at Basan, which dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei, that remained yet ouer of Raphaim. But Moses smote them and droue them out.

²⁶ and from Hesbon vnto Ramath Mispe & Betomim: and fro Mahanaim vnto the border of Debir.

³⁵ Iarmoth, Adullam, Socho, Aseka,

² It fell also vnto the other children of Manasse, namely vnto ye childre of Abieser, the children of Helek, the children of Asriel, the children of Sechem, the children of Hepher, and the children of Semida: These are the childre of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, males, amonge their kynreds.

¹¹ So (amoge Isachar and Asser) Manasses had Beth Sean and the townes therof, and Ieblaam and the townes therof, and them of Dor and their townes, and them of En Dor and their townes, & them of Taanach and their townes, and them of Mageddo and their townes, and the thirde parte of (the cite) Nophet.

²⁰ But Iordane shal be the ende of the east quarter. This is the enheritaunce of ye children of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute, amonge their kynreds. ²¹ The cities of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin amoge their kynreds are these: Iericho, Beth Hagla, Emek Rezig, ²² Betharaba, Zemaraim, Bethel, ²³ Auim, Haphar, Aphra, ²⁴ Caphar Amonai, Aphni, Gaba: these are twolue cities and their vyllages. ²⁵ Gibeon, Rama, Beeroth, ²⁶ Mispa, Caphira, Moza, ²⁷ Rekem, Ieerpeel, Thareala, ²⁸ Zela, Eleph, and the Iebusites, that is Ierusalem, Gibeath, Kiriath: these are fourtene cities and their vyllages. This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds.

¹⁷ The fourth lot fell vpo the childre of Isachar after their kynreds, ¹⁸ & their border was Iesraela, Chessulloth, Sunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Sion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Raabith, Rision, Abez, ²¹ Kemeth, En Ganim, Enhada, Beth Pazez, ²² & bordreth vpon Thabor, Sahazima, Beth Semes, and ye outgoinge of it was at Iordane. These are sixtene cities and their vyllages. ²³ This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds, cities and vyllages. ²⁴ The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser, after their kynreds. ²⁵ And their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achsaph, ²⁶ Alamelech, Amead, Miseal, and borderth on Carmel vnto the see, and on Sihor, and Libnath, ²⁷ and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon, and bordreth on Zabulon, and on the valley of Iephtael, and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel: & commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde ²⁸ of Ebron, Rehob, Hamon and Cana, vnto greate Sidon. ²⁹ And turneth towarde Rama, vnto the stronge cite of Zor, and turneth towarde Hossa, and goeth out vnto the see, after ye meetlyne towarde Achsib, ³⁰ Vma, Aphek, Rehob. These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages. ³¹ This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages. ³² The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds. ³³ And their border was fro Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim, Adai Nekeb, Iabne El vnto Lakum, and goeth out vnto Iordane, ³⁴ and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor, and cometh out from thence vnto Hukok, and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south, and on Asser towarde the west, and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east: ³⁵ and hath stronge cities, Zidimzer, Hamath Rakath, Chinnaret, ³⁶ Adama, Rama, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedes, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ Iereon, Migdal Elhare, Beth Anath, Beth Sames. These are nyentene cities and their vyllages. ³⁹ This is the enheritaunce of ye trybe of the children of Nephtali in their kynreds, cities, and vyllages.

⁴² Saalabin, Aialon, Iethla,

⁸ And beyode Iordane on the east syde of Iericho, they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad, and Golan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasse.

¹⁶ Ain and the suburbes therof, Iuta and the suburbes therof, Beth Semes and the suburbes therof, euen nyne cities of these two trybes.

³⁸ Of the trybe of Gad foure cities, the fre cite for the deedsleyer, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

³³ Eleasar the sonne of Aaron died also, and they buried him at Gibeath, which was Phineas his sonnes, that was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim.

²⁷ And Manasses droue not out Beth Sean wt the vyllages therof, ner Thaenah with the vyllages therof, ner the inhabiters of Dor with the vyllages therof: ner the inbiters of Iebleam wt the vyllages therof, ner the inhabiters of Mageddo wt the vyllages therof, and ye Cananites beganne to dwell in the same londe.

³⁵ And the Amorites beganne to dwell vpo mount Heres at Aiolon and at Saalbim. Howbeit ye hande of ye house of Ioseph was to sore for them, and they became tributaries.

¹⁹ The kynges came & foughte, then foughte ye kynges of the Cananites at Thaanah by the water of Megiddo, but spoyle of money broughte they not there from.

¹² And ye Madianites and Amalechites, and all the children of the south, had layed them selues beneth in the valley, as a multitude of greshoppers, and their Camels were not to be nombred for multitude, eue as the sonde on ye see shore.

¹ Samson wente vnto Gasa, & there he sawe an harlot, & laye with her.

¹ There was a man vpo mount Ephraim, named Micha

¹ At the same tyme was there no kynge in Israel, and there was a man of Leui, which was a strauger besyde mout Ephraim, and had taken him a cocubine of Bethleem Iuda to wife.

¹ Then wente the children of Israel out and gathered a congregacion together as one man, fro Dan vntill Bersaba, and from the londe of Gilead vnto the LORDE to Mispa:

¹² And the kyne wente straight waye vnto BethSemes vpon one hye strete, and wente on bleatynge, and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte. And the prynces of the Philistynes wente after them vnto ye coast of BethSemes.

²⁰ And the men at BethSemes sayde: Who maye stode before the LORDE so holy a God? And to who shal he go fro vs?

²⁷ But the childre of Belial sayde: What shal this felowe helpe vs, and despysed him, & broughte him no presente. But he made him as though he herde it not.

¹⁸ Neuertheles Dauid answered Saul: Who am I? & what is my life & the kynred of my father in Israel, that I shulde mary the kinges doughter?

¹⁶ And he broughte the downe, and beholde, they were scatred vpon all ye grounde, eatinge and drynkynge, and kepynge holy daye, and were makinge mery chere, because of all the greate spoyles that they had taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and of Iuda.

¹⁰ & layed his harnesse in ye house of Astaroth: but his body hanged they vp vpo the wall of Bethsan.

¹² they gat them vp, as many as were men of armes, and wente all the nighte, and toke ye body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes from ye wall of Bethsan, broughte the to Iabes, and brent them there,

⁸ But Abner the sonne of Ner, which was Sauls chefe captayne, toke Isboseth the sonne of Saul, and broughte him thorow the hoost,

⁵ At Hebron raigned he seue yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda: but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda.

² he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan: Beholde, I dwell in a house of Cedre, and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes.

⁴ And of them toke Dauid a thousande & seuen hundreth horsmen, and twenty thousande fote men, and lamed all the charettes, saue an hundreth which he kepte behynde.

¹⁵ Thus was Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And he executed iudgmente and righteousnes vnto all ye people. ¹⁶ Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler.

¹⁶ Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler. ¹⁷ Zadok the sonne of Achitob, & Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were prestes. Seraia was Scrybe. ¹⁸ Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer ye Chrethians & Plethians. And the sonnes of Dauid were prestes.

¹⁸ Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer ye Chrethians & Plethians. And the sonnes of Dauid were prestes.

¹ And the LORDE sent Nathan vnto Dauid. Whan he came to him, he tolde him: There were two men in one cite, the one riche, the other poore. ² The riche man had very many shepe and oxen: ³ but the poore man had nothinge saue one litle shepe, which he had boughte, and norished it, so that it grewe vp with him and his children together. It ate of his bred, and dranke of his cuppe, and slepte in his lappe, and he helde it as a doughter. ⁴ But whan there came a straunger vnto the riche man, he spared to take of his awne shepe & oxen (to prepare oughte for the straunger that was come vnto him) and toke the poore mans shepe, and prepared it for the man that was come vnto him. ⁵ The was Dauid wroth with greate displeasure agaynst that man, and sayde vnto Nathan: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, the man that hath done this, is the childe of death. ⁶ The shepe also shal he make good foure folde, because he hath done soch a thinge, and not spared it. ⁷ Then sayde Nathan vnto Dauid: Thou art euen the man. Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel, and delyuered the out of the hande of Saul, ⁸ and haue geuen the yi lordes house, and his wyues into thy lappe, and the house of Israel and Iuda haue I geuen the: and yf that be to litle, I wyl yet do this and that for the also. ⁹ Wherfore hast thou then despysed the worde of the LORDE, to do soch euell in his sighte? Vrias the Hethite hast thou slayne with the swerde: His wife hast thou taken to be thy wyfe, but him hast thou slayne with ye swerde of the children of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therfore shal not ye swerde departe from thy house for ouer, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wife of Vrias the Hithite, to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, I wyll rayse vp euell of thyne awne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and wyl geue them vnto thy neghboure, so that he shall lye with thy wyues by Sonnelighte. ¹² For thou hast done it secretly, but I wyl do this in the sighte of all Israel, and by Sonne lighte. ¹³ Then sayde Dauid vnto Nathan I haue synned vnto the LORDE. Nathan sayde vnto Dauid: So hath the LORDE also taken awaye thy synne, thou shalt not dye. ¹⁴ But for so moch as thou thorow this dede hast caused the enemies of the LORDE to blaspheme, ye sonne that is borne vnto the, shall dye the death. ¹⁵ And Nathan wente home. As for the childe which Vrias wife bare vnto Dauid, the LORDE smote it, so that it was deedsicke.

²⁵ And he put him vnder the hade of Nathan ye prophet, which called him Iedidia because of the LORDE.

²⁷ And the kynge saide vnto Sadoc ye prest: O thou Seer, turne agayne to ye cite with peace, and Ahimaas thy sonne with the and Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar:

³² And whan Dauid came vp to the toppe of the mount, where the vse was to worshippe God, Chusai the Arachite met him with his cote rent, and earth vpon his heade.

³⁷ So Chusai Dauids frende came in to the cite. And Absalom came to Ierusalem.

¹⁶ Whan Chusai the Arachite Dauids frende came into Absalom, he sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the kynge God saue the kynge.

¹¹ But this is my coucell, that thou gather together all Israel from Dan vnto Berseba in nombre as the sonde of the See, and go thou thine owne person amonge them,

²⁴ And Dauid came to Mahanaim, and Absalom wente ouer Iordane, & all the men of Israel wt him.

²⁷ Whan Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Nahas of Rabbath of the childre of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barsillai a Gileadite of Roglim

³⁷ Let thy seruaunt turne backe agayne, that I maye dye in my cite besyde my father and my mothers graue. Beholde, there is thy seruaunt Chimeam, let him go ouer with my lorde the kynge, and do vnto him what pleaseth the. ³⁸ The kynge sayde: Chimeam shal go ouer with me, and I wyll do for him what liketh the: and what so euer thou desyrest of me, that wyll I do for the also.

²³ Ioab was captayne ouer all the hoost of Israel: Benaia ye sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chrethians and Plethians: ²⁴ Adoram was rent gatherer: Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler:

²⁴ Adoram was rent gatherer: Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler:

²⁴ Adoram was rent gatherer: Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler: ²⁵ Seia was the scrybe: Sadoc and Abiathar were the prestes:

²⁵ Seia was the scrybe: Sadoc and Abiathar were the prestes: ²⁶ Ira also ye Iairite was Dauids prest.

²⁶ Ira also ye Iairite was Dauids prest.

¹⁵ So the LORDE sent pestilece in to Israel from the morow vnto the tyme appoynted, so that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto Berseba, thre score and ten thousande men.

⁸ But Sadoc the prest, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and Nathan the prest and Semei and Rei, and Dauids Worthies were not with Adonias.

¹⁰ But the prophet Nathan and Benaia, and the Worthies, and his brother Salomon called he not. ¹¹ Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother: Hast thou not herde yt Adonias is kynge, and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof? ¹² Come now therfore, I wyll geue the councell, that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon. ¹³ Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him: Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden: Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me, and he shall sytt vpon my seate? Why is then Adonias made kynge? ¹⁴ Beholde, while thou art yet there, and talkest with the kynge, I wyll come in after the, and tell forth thy tayle. ¹⁵ And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to ye chamber. And the kynge was very olde. And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge. ¹⁶ And Bethseba bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge.The kynge sayde: What wilt thou? ¹⁷ She sayde vnto him: My lorde, Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God: Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate. ¹⁸ But now lo, Adonias is kynge, and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not. ¹⁹ He hath offred oxen and fat catell, and many shepe, and hath called all the kynges sonnes, and Abiathar the prest, and Ioab the chefe captayne. But thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not bydden. ²⁰ Neuertheles thou my lorde art kynge, the eyes of all Israel loke vnto the., that thou shuldest shewe them who shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after the. ²¹ And wha my lorde the kynge slepeth with his fathers then shal I and my sonne Salomon be fayne to be synners. ²² But whyle she yet spake to the kynge, the prophet Nathan came, ²³ and she tolde ye kinge: beholde, there is the prophet Nathan. And whan he came in before the kynge, he worshipped the kynge vpon his face to the grounde, ²⁴ and sayde My lorde O kynge, hast thou saide: Adonias shal be kinge after me, & syt vpo my seate? ²⁵ For he is gone downe this daye, and hath offred oxen, and fat catell, & hath called all the kynges sonnes, and the captaynes, and the prest Abiathar. And beholde, they eate and drynke before him, and saye: God saue the kynge Adonias. ²⁶ But me thy seruaunt, and Sadoc the prest, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not called. ²⁷ Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this, and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him? ²⁸ The kinge answered and saide: Call Bethseba vnto me. And she came in before the kinge. And whan she stode before the kynge, ²⁹ the kynge sware and sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth (which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble,) ³⁰ I wyl do vnto the this daye, euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE the God of Israel, so that Salomon thy sonne shalbe kynge after me, and he shal sit pon my seate in my steade. ³¹ Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde, and thanked the kynge and sayde: God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore. ³² And the kynge sayde: Call me the prest Sadoc & the prophet Nathan, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada.And whan they came in before the kynge, ³³ the kynge sayde vnto them: Take youre lordes seruauntes with you, and set my sonne Salomon vpon my Mule, and cary him downe to Gihon: ³⁴ and let Sadoc ye prest and the prophet Nathan, anoynte him there to be kynge ouer Israel, and blowe the trompe, and saye: God saue kynge Salomon, ³⁵ and go ye vp after him: and whan he commeth, he shal syt vpo my seate, and be kynge in my steade: for I haue ordeyned him to be prynce ouer Israel and Iuda. ³⁶ Then answered Benaia the sonne of Ioiada vnto the kynge, & sayde: Amen. The LORDE God of my lorde the kynge saye thus also. ³⁷ As the LORDE hath bene with my lorde the kynge, so be he with Salomon also, that his seate maye be greater then the seate of my lorde kynge Dauid. ³⁸ Then wente they downe, the prest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and the Chrethians, & Plethians, & set Salomon vpon kynge Dauids Mule, & broughte him to Gihon. ³⁹ And Sadoc the prest toke the oyle horne out of the Tabernacle, and anoynted Salomon. And they blewe the trompe: And all ye people sayde: God saue kynge Salomon. ⁴⁰ And all the people wente vp after him, and the people pyped with pypes, and was very ioyfull, so that the earth range at the noyse of them. ⁴¹ And Adonias herde it, and all they whom he had called, which were wt him, and they had new eaten. And whan Ioab herde the noyse of the trompe, he sayde: What meaneth this noyse of the cite and this busynes? ⁴² But whyle he yet spake, beholde, Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar ye prest came.And Adonias sayde: Come in, for thou art a valeaunt man, and bryngest good tydinges. ⁴³ Ionathas answered and sayde vnto Adonias: Alas, or lorde kynge Dauid hath made Salomon kynge, ⁴⁴ and hath sent with him Sadoc the prest, and the propheth Nathan, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and the Chrethians and Plethians, and they haue set him vpon the kynges Mule: ⁴⁵ and Sadoc ye prest with the prophet Nathan hath anoynted him kynge at Gihon, and from thece are they gone vp with ioye, that the cite range with all: that is the noyse that ye haue herde. ⁴⁶ Salomon also sytteth vpo the kynges seate, ⁴⁷ and the kynges seruauntes are gone in to wysh good lucke vnto ouer lorde kynge Dauid, and haue sayde: Thy God make Salomon a better name then thy name is, and make his seate greater then thy seate. And they haue wy?shed the kynge good lucke vpon the bed. ⁴⁸ Morouer ye kynge hath sayde thus: Praysed be ye LORDE God of Israel, which this daye hath made one to syt vpon my seate, that myne eyes haue sene it. ⁴⁹ Then were they afrayed, and gatt them vp all that were called by Adonias, and so they departed euery man his waye. ⁵⁰ But Adonias was afrayed of Salomon, and gat him vp, and wete his waye, & toke holde of ye hornes of ye altare. ⁵¹ And it was tolde Salomon: beholde, Adonias feareth kynge Salomo, & beholde, he taketh holde of the hornes of ye altare, & sayeth: Let kige Salomo sweare vnto me this daye, that he shall not slaye his seruaunt with the swerde. ⁵² Salomon sayde: Yf he wil be an honest man, there shall not one heer fall from him vpon the earth: but yf there be euell founde in him, he shall dye. ⁵³ And kinge Salomo sent, and caused him to be fetched from the altare. And whan he came, he fell downe before kynge Salomon. But Salomon sayde vnto him: Go yi waye in to thy house.

²⁶ And to the prest Abiathar sayde ye kynge: Go thy waye vnto Anathot to thy londe, for thou art a man of deeth. Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid, and hast suffred also where my father suffred. ²⁷ Thus Salomo put forth Abiathar, that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE, that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled, which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo.

³⁵ And ye kynge set Benaia ye sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost. And Sadoc ye prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar.

⁸ And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude.

¹² beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.

²⁸ And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen: and they feared the kynge, for they sawe that ye wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmet.

⁷ And Salomon had twolue offycers ouer all Israel, which made prouysion of fode for the kynge and his house: One had a moneth longe in ye yeare to make prouysion:

¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab all ye lordshippe at Dor: & had Taphat Salomos doughter to wife.

²⁰ As for Iuda and Israel, they were in nombre as the sonde of the see, and ate and dronke, and were mery. ²¹ Thus was Salomo lorde ouer all the kyngdomes (from the water of the londe of the Philistynes, vnto the border of Egipte) which broughte him giftes, and serued him as longe as he lyued.

²⁴ For he had the lordshippe of all the londe on this syde the water, fro Tiphsa vnto Gasa, and ouer all ye kynges on this syde ye water: & had peace of all his subiectes rounde aboute,

⁴ But now hath the LORDE my God geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is no aduersary ner euell hynderaunce:

⁷ Whan Hiram herde the wordes of Salomon, he was very glad, and sayde: Praysed be the LORDE this daye, which hath geuen Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this greate people.

¹³ And Salomon made an outchosynge (of workmen) thorow out all Israel. And ye outchosynge was thirtie thousande me, ¹⁴ and he sent the to mount Libanus euery two monethes ten thousande, so that they were one moneth vpon Libanus, and two monethes at home. And Adoniram was ouer the outchosynge.

⁴⁶ In the countre by Iordane, caused the kynge them to be molten in thicke earth, betwene Sucoth and Zarthan.

¹⁵ And the same is the summe of the taxe, that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, and his awne house, & Millo, and the walles of Ierusalem, and Hasor, and Megiddo, and Gaser.

¹ And whan kynge Salomons fame of the name of the LORDE came to the eares of the Quene of riche Arabia, she came to proue him with darke sentences.

⁶ but sayde vnto the kynge: It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behauoure and of thy wy?dome.

²³ Thus was kynge Salomon greater in riches and wy?dome, then all the kynges vpo earth: ²⁴ And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon, that they mighte heare the wy?dome which God gaue him in his hert. ²⁵ And they broughte him yearly euery man his present, vessels of syluer and golde, rayment and harnesse, spyces, horses and Mules. ²⁶ And Salomon broughte charettes and horsmen together, so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes, and twolue thousande horsmen: and those he put in ye charet cities, and with the kynge at Ierusalem.

¹³ Howbeit I wyl not plucke ye kyngdome cleane awaye. One trybe wyll I geue vnto thy sonne, for Dauid my seruauntes sake, and for Ierusalems sake which I haue chosen.

³⁵ From out of the hande of his sonne wyl I take the kyngdome, and wyl geue ten trybes vnto the, ³⁶ and one vnto his sonne, that Dauid my seruaunt maye allwaye haue a lanterne before me in the cite of Ierusalem, which I haue chosen, that I maye set my name there.

¹⁸ And whan kynge Roboam sent thither Adoram the rentgatherer, all Israel stoned him to death. But kynge Roboam strengthed himselfe, and gat him vp in to a charet, to fle vnto Ierusalem. ¹⁹ Thus departed Israel from the house of Dauid vnto this daye. ²⁰ Now whan all Israel herde, that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent for to call him to the whole congregacion, and made him kynge ouer all Israel. And no man folowed the house of Dauid, saue onely the tribe of Iuda.

⁴⁶ And the hade of ye LORDE came vpo Elias, and he gyrde his loynes, & ranne before Achab, tyll he came vnto Iesrael.

¹⁶ & Iehu the sonne of Nimsi kynge ouer Israel, & Eliseus ye sonne of Saphat of Abel Mehola to be prophet in yi steade.

³ And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes: Knowe ye not yt Ramoth in Gilead is oures? and we syt styll, and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria.

¹ Eliseus the prophet called one of the prophetes childre, & sayde vnto him: Girde vp yi loynes, and take this cruse of oyle with the, and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead:

¹⁴ So Iehu the sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi, made a confederacion agaynst Ioram. As for Iora he laye before Ramoth in Gilead with all Israel agaynst Hasael the kynge of Syria.

³ Agaynst him dyd Salmanasar ye kynge of Assiria come vp. And Oseas was subiecte vnto him, & gaue him trybutes.

³¹ Folowe not ye Ezechias, for thus sayeth the kynge of Assiria: Do me this blessynge, and come forth vnto me, so shal eueryman eate of his vyne and of his fygge tre, and drynke of his well,

²³ thou hast blasphemed ye LORDE by thy messaungers, and sayde: Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes, vpon the sydes of Libanus. I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees, and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it.

²⁹ In his tyme wete Pharao Necho ye kynge of Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by the water Euphrates. But kynge Iosias wente agaynst him, and dyed at Megiddo, wha he had sene him. ³⁰ And his seruauntes caried him deed fro Megiddo, & brought him to Ierusale, & buryed him in his graue. And the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias, and anoynted him, and made him kynge in his fathers steade.

⁶ The childre of Zarah are, Simri, Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Dara, which all are fyue in nombre.

⁸ Achitob begat Sadoc. Sadoc begat Ahimaas. ⁹ Ahimaas begat Asaria. Asaria begat Iohanan. ¹⁰ Iohana begat Asaria: for he was prest in the house yt Salomon buylded at Ierusalem.

³³ And these are they yt stode & their children. Of ye children of Kahath was Heman ye synger, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel,

⁶⁸ Iakmeam, Bethoron,

³⁸ All these men of warre, ready harnessed to the battayll, came with a whole hert vnto Hebron, to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And all Israel besyde were of one hert, that Dauid shulde be made kynge. ³⁹ And there were they with Dauid thre dayes, eatynge and drynkynge: for their brethren had prepared for them.

¹⁷ Then the Leuites appoynted Heman ye sonne of Ioel: and of his brethren Assaph the sonne of Barachias: and of the children of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Cusaia:

¹⁹ For Heman, Assaph and Ethan were syngers, with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse:

⁶ and layed men of warre at Damascon in Syria, so that the Syrians were subdued vnto Dauid, and broughte him trybute. For the LORDE helped Dauid, whither so euer he wente.

¹⁵ Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler.

⁹ Beholde, the sonne which shal be borne vnto the, shal be a quyete man: and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde, for his name shalbe Salomon: for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth.

¹ The children of Israel acordinge to their nombre, were heades of the fathers, and ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, & officers waytinge vpon the kynge, to go of & on after their course euery moneth one, in all ye monethes of ye yeare. Euery course had foure & twentye thousande. ² Ouer the first course of the first moneth, was Iasebeam ye sonne of Sabdiel, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ³ Of the children of Phares was the pryncipall amonge all the chefe captaynes in the first moneth. ⁴ Ouer the course of the seconde moneth was Dodai the Ahohite, and Mikloth was the prynce ouer his course. And vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ⁵ The thirde pryncipall captayne of the thirde moneth, was Benaia the sonne of Ioiada ye prest, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ⁶ This is yt Benaia the Worthie amonge thirtie and aboue thirtie, And his course was vnder his sonne Ammi Sabad. ⁷ The fourth in ye fourth moneth was Asahel the brother of Ioab, and Sabadia his sonne after him, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ⁸ The fifth in the fifth moneth was Samehuth the Iesrahite, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ⁹ The sixte in the sixte moneth, was Ira ye sonne of Ickes the Thecoite, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ¹⁰ The seuenth in the seuenth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim, and vnder his course were foure and twetye thousande. ¹¹ The eight in the eight moneth, was Sibechai the Husathite of ye Sarehites, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ¹² The nyenth in the nyenth moneth, was Abieser the Anthothite of the childre of Iemini, & vnder his course were foure and twetye thousande. ¹³ The tenth in the tenth moneth, was Maherai the Netophatite of the Serahites, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ¹⁴ The eleuenth in the eleueth moneth, was Benaia the Pirgathonite of the children of Ephraim, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ¹⁵ The twolueth in the twolueth moneth was Heldai ye Netophatite of Athniel, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

¹⁷ Amonge the Leuites was Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel. Amonge the Aaronites was Sadoc.

³³ Achitophel also was of the kynges councell. Husai the Arachite was the kinges frende.

¹⁰ Graunte me wy?dome therfore and knowlege, yt I maye go out and in before this people: for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine? ¹¹ Then sayde God vnto Salomon: For so moch as thou art so mynded, and hast not desyred riches ner good, ner honor, ner the soules of thine enemies, ner longe life, but hast requyred wy?dome and knowlege, to iudge my people, ouer whom I haue made the kynge, ¹² wy?dome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer, riches & good and honoure wyll I geue the, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoge the kynges, nether shal be after the.

¹⁴ And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen, so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes, & twolue thousande horsmen: and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities, and with the kynge at Ierusalem.

¹ And whan the quene of rich Arabia herde the fame of Salomon, she came with a very greate tryne to Ierusalem (with Camels that bare spyces and golde, and precious stones) to proue Salomon with darke sentences. And whan she came vnto Salomon, she spake vnto him all that she had deuysed in hir mynde.

²³ And all the kynges of ye earth desired (to se) Salomons face, and to heare his wysdome, which God had geuen him in his hert.

²⁵ And Salomon had foure thousande charethorses, and twolue thousande horsmen, and put them in the charetcities, and with the kynge at Ierusalem. ²⁶ And he was lorde ouer all the kynges from the water vnto the londe of the Philistynes, and to the coaste of Egipte. ²⁷ And the kynge brought it so to passe, that there was as moch syluer at Ierusalem as stones: and as many Ceders, as there were Molbery trees in the valleys. ²⁸ And there were horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte, and out of all countres. ²⁹ What more there is to saye of Salomon, both of his first and of his last, beholde, it is writte in the Cronicles of the prophet Nathan, and in the prophecies of Ahia of Silo, & in ye actes of Ieddi the Seer against Ieroboa ye sonne of Nebat. ³⁰ And Salomo reigned at Ierusale ouer all Israel fortie yeares.

³⁰ And Salomo reigned at Ierusale ouer all Israel fortie yeares. ³¹ And Salomon fell on slepe wt his fathers, & was buried in the cyte of Dauid his father. And Roboa his sonne was kige i his steade.

⁵ therfore dyd the LORDE stablyshe the kyngdome in his hade. And all Iuda gaue presentes vnto Iosaphat, & he had greate riches & worshippe.

²³ so yt many broughte presentes vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem, and Iewels vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda. And afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all Heythen.

²⁰ There haue bene mightie kynges also at Ierusale, which haue reigned ouer all that is beyonde the water, and toll, tribute and yearly custome was geuen vnto them.

¹⁷ Morouer there were at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers, which came vnto me, from amonge the Heythen, that are aboute vs. ¹⁸ And there was prepared me daylie an oxe, and sixe chosen shepe, and byrdes, and euer once in ten dayes a greate summe of wyne. Yet requyred not I the lyuynge of a Debyte for ye bondage was greuous vnto ye people.

¹⁰ And it was written in the kynge Ahasuerus name, and sealed with the kynges rynge. And by postes that rode vpon swyfte yonge Mules, sent he the wrytinges,

¹⁴ And the postes that rode vpon the Mules, made haistwith all spede, acordinge to the kynges worde: and the commaundement was deuysed in the castel of Susan.

³ His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre.

¹⁸ Whyle he was speakinge, there came yet another, ad sayde: Thy sonnes and doughters were eatinge ad drynkinge wyne in their eldest brothers house,

⁷ Some put their trust in charettes, & some in horses: but we wil remebre ye name of the LORDE oure God.

¹² Greate bulles are come aboute me, fatt oxen close me in on euery syde.

⁷ O reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene: wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe.

¹⁵ The hill of Basan is Gods hill, the hill of Basan is a pleteous hill.

²⁹ For thy teples sake at Ierusalem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the.

³ That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people.

³ That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people. ⁴ He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer. ⁵ Thou shalt be feared as longe as ye Sonne and the Moone endureth, from one generacion to another. ⁶ He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth. ⁷ In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish, yee and abundauce of peace, so longe as the Moone endureth.

⁷ In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish, yee and abundauce of peace, so longe as the Moone endureth. ⁸ His dominion shalbe from the one see to the other, and from the floude vnto the worldes ende.

⁸ His dominion shalbe from the one see to the other, and from the floude vnto the worldes ende. ⁹ They that dwell in the wildernes, shal knele before him, & his enemies shal licke the dust. ¹⁰ The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes, ye kinges of Araby & Saba shall offre giftes. ¹¹ All kynges shal worshipe him, & all Heithe shal do him seruyce.

¹¹ All kynges shal worshipe him, & all Heithe shal do him seruyce.

¹¹ Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God, se that kepe it, all ye that be roude aboute him: brynge presentes vnto him yt ought to be feared.

¹ O Lorde God my Sauyor, I crie daye & night before the: Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence, encline thine eare vnto my callynge.

¹ My songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE, wt my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse fro one generacion to another. ² For I haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens. ³ I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen, I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt. ⁴ Thy sede wil I stablish for euer, and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another. ⁵ Sela. O LORDE, the very heaues shal prayse thy wonderous workes, yee & thy faithfulnes in ye congregacion of the sayntes. ⁶ For who is he amonge the cloudes, that maye be copared vnto the LORDE? ⁷ Yee what is he amonge the goddes, that is like vnto the LORDE? ⁸ God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes, & to be had in reuerence of all the that are aboute him. ⁹ O LORDE God of hoostes, who is like vnto the in power? thy trueth is rounde aboute the. ¹⁰ Thou rulest the pryde of the see, thou stillest the wawes therof, whe they arise. ¹¹ Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme. ¹² The heaues are thine, the earth is thine: thou hast layed the foundacio of the roude worlde and all that therin is. ¹³ Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name. ¹⁴ Thou hast a mightie arme, stronge is thy hande, and hye is thy right hande. ¹⁵ Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth go before thy face. ¹⁶ Blessed is the people (o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce. ¹⁷ Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe, and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shalbe exalted. ¹⁸ For thou art the glory of their strength, & thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes. ¹⁹ The LORDE is oure defence, and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge. ²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in visios vnto thy sayntes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people. ²¹ I haue founde Dauid my seruaut, with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him. ²² My honde shal holde him fast, and my arme shal strength him. ²³ The enemie shal not ouercome him, and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him. ²⁴ I shal smyte downe his foes before his face, and plage them that hate him. ²⁵ My trueth also & my mercy shalbe with him, and in my name shal his horne be exalted. ²⁶ I wil set his honde in the see, and his right honde in the floudes. ²⁷ He shal call me: thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my saluacion. ²⁸ And I wil make him my firstborne, hyer then the kinges of the earth. ²⁹ My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore, and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him. ³⁰ His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen. ³¹ But yf his childre forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgmentes. ³² Yf they breake myne ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaundementes. ³³ I wil vyset their offences with the rodde, and their synnes with scourges. ³⁴ Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him, ner fuffre my trueth to fayle. ³⁵ My couenaunt wil I not breake, ner disanulle the thinge yt is gone out of my lippes. ³⁶ I haue sworne once by my holynesse, that I wil not fayle Dauid. ³⁷ His sede shal endure for euer, and his seate also like as the Sonne before me. ³⁸ He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone, and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen. ³⁹ Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted, and art displeased at him. ⁴⁰ Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt, and cast his crowne to the grounde. ⁴¹ Thou hast ouerthrowne all his hedges, and broke downe his stronge holdes. ⁴² Al they that go by, spoyle him, he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours. ⁴³ Thou settest vp the right hade of his enemies, and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse. ⁴⁴ Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde, and geuest him not victory in the battayll. ⁴⁵ Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his Trone downe to the grounde. ⁴⁶ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened, and couered him with dishonoure. ⁴⁷ Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre? ⁴⁸ O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught? ⁴⁹ What man is he that lyueth, and shal not se death? Maye a ma delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell? ⁵⁰ Sela. LORDE, where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth? ⁵¹ Remebre LORDE the rebuke that ye multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes, & how I haue borne it in my bosome. ⁵² Wher wt thine enemies blasphemethe, & slauder ye fotesteppes of yi anoynted. Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore: Amen, Amen.

¹² & myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked yt ryse vp agaynst me.

³⁴ O geue me vnderstondinge, and I shal kepe yi lawe, yee I shal kepe it with my whole herte.

¹ These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: ² to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence, ³ rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite. ⁴ That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge. ⁵ By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience, ⁶ he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same. ⁷ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure. ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother: ⁹ for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke. ¹⁰ My sonne, cosente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entyse the, and saye: come wyth us, let us laye wayte for bloude, & lurke preuely for the innocet wythout a cause: ¹² let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt. ¹³ So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lott amonge us, we shal haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou wt them, refrayne yi fote fro their wayes. ¹⁶ For their fete rune to euell, & are haistie to shed bloude. ¹⁷ But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes. ¹⁸ Yee they the selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude, and one of the wolde slaye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life. ²⁰ Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before ye congregacion in ye open gates, and sheweth hir wordes thorow ye cite, sayenge: ²² O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes. ²⁴ Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my honde, and no ma regarded it, ²⁵ but all my coucels haue ye despysed, and set my correccios at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shal I also laugh in yor destruccion, and mocke you, when ye thinge that ye feare cometh vpon you: ²⁷ euen whe ye thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, and yor misery like a tempest: yee wha trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me: ²⁹ And yt because they hated knowlege, and receaued not ye feare of ye LORDE, ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shal they eate ye frutes of their owne waye, and be fylled wt their owne councels:

⁶ For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

²⁸ The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.

¹¹ Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.

¹² I myself ye Preacher, beynge kynge of Israel & Ierusale,

¹⁶ I comoned wt myne owne herte, sayege: lo, I am come to a greate estate, and haue gotte more wy?dome, the all they yt haue bene before me in Ierusalem. Yee my hert had greate experiece of wy?dome & knowlege,

²⁴ Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:

²⁶ he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

⁹ The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables.

¹ Salomons Balettes, called Cantica Canticorum. ² O that thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse, for yi brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne, ³ & that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure. Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment, therfore do the maydens loue the: ⁴ yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre. We wil be glad & reioyce in the, we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne: well is them that loue the. ⁵ I am black (o ye doughters of Ierusale) like as the tentes of the Cedarenes, and as the hanginges of Salomon: ⁶ but yet am I faire & welfauoured withal. Maruell not at me yt I am so black, & why? ye Sonne hath shyned vpo me. For whan my mothers childre had euell wil at me, they made me ye keper of the vynyarde. Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde, which was not myne owne. ⁷ Tell me (o thou whom my soule loueth) where thou fedest, where thou restest at the noone daye: lest I go wronge, and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons, ⁸ Yf thou knowe not yi self (o thou fayrest amoge women) tha go yi waye forth after ye fotesteppes of the shepe, as though thou woldest fede yi goates besyde ye shepherdes tentes. ⁹ There wil I tary for the (my loue) wt myne hoost & with my charettes, which shalbe no fewer then Pharaos. ¹⁰ Then shal thy chekes & thy neck be made fayre, & hanged wt spages & goodly iewels: ¹¹ a neck bande of golde wil we make ye wt syluer bottons. ¹² When the kynge sytteth at the table, he shal smell my Nardus: ¹³ for a bodell of Myrre (o my beloued) lyeth betwixte my brestes. ¹⁴ A cluster of grapes of Cypers, or of the vynyardes of Engaddi, art thou vnto me, O my beloued. ¹⁵ O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes. ¹⁶ O how fayre art thou (my beloued) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures, ¹⁷ ye sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre, & oure balkes of Cypresse.

² It will be also in processe of tyme: That the hill where the the house of the LORDE is buylded, shal be ye chefe amoge hilles, and exalted aboue al litle hilles. And al heithe shal prease vnto him and the multitude of people shall go vnto him,

⁷ he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace, and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome, to set vp the same, to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse, from thence forth for euermore. This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe.

¹¹ Yee the vndiscrete prynces of Zoan, the councel of the wyse Senatours of Pharao, shal turne to foolishnesse: Those that darre boast & saye of Pharaos behalfe: I am come of wyse people. ¹² I am come of ye olde regall Progeny. But where are now thy wyse me? Let them tel the & shewe the, what the LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde agaynst Egypte.

¹³ But they to fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaugter oxe, they kyll shepe, they eate costly meate, & drynke wyne: let vs eate and drinke, tomorow we shal die.

⁵ When thou seist this, thou shalt maruel exceadingly, and thine hert shalbe opened: when the power of the see shalbe couerted vnto the (that is) whe the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the.

¹⁸ Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe, nether harme and destruction with in thy borders. Thy walles shalbe called health, & thy gates the prayse of God

⁶ I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the LORDE) that I wil rayse vp the rightuous braunch off Dauid, which shall beare rule, and discusse matters with wy?dome, and shall set vp equyte and rightuousnes agayne in the earth. ⁶ In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shal dwell with out feare. And this is the name that they shall call him: euen the LORDE oure rightuous maker.

¹⁵ In those daies and at the same tyme, I will bringe forth vnto Dauid, the braunch of rightuousnes, and he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the londe. ¹⁶ In those daies shall Iuda be helped, and Ierusalem shall dwell safe, and he that shall call her is euen God oure rightuous maker.

²² For like as the starres of heauen maye not be nombred, nether the sonde of the see measured: so will I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruaunt, and of the Leuites my ministers.

¹¹ and saye: I wil vp to yonder playne londe, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so safely (for they dwell all without eny walles, they haue nether barres nor dores)

²⁰ which in all wisdome and matters off vnderstodinge, that he enquered off them, founde them ten tymes better, the all the soythsayers and charmers, that were in all his realme.

⁷ So there came the soythsayers, charmers, Caldees and coniurers of deuels: to whom I tolde the dreame, but what it betokened, they coude not shewe me:

¹¹ For why: there is a man in ye kyngdome, that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him, as it was sene in thy fathers dayes. He hath vnderstondinge ad wysdome like the goddes. Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chefe of the soythsayers, charmers, Caldees and deuel coniurers: ¹² because that soch an abundaunt sprete, knowlege & wisdome (to expoude dreames, to open secretes, and to declare harde dowtes) was founde in him: yee euen in Daniel, whom the kynge named Balthasar. Let this same Daniel be sente for, and he shall tell, what it meaneth.

¹³ The greate noyse off the charettes shall feare them, that dwell at Lachis, which is an occasion of ye synne of ye doughter of Sion, for in the came vp the wickednesses of Israel.

⁴ but euery man shal syt vnder his vinyarde and vnder his fyge tre, and no man to fraye him awaye: for the mouth off ye LORDE of hoostes hath spoken it.

⁹ They come all to spoyle: out of them commeth an east wynde, which bloweth and gathereth their captyues, like as the sonde.

¹⁰ Then shall euery man call for his neghboure, vnder the vyne & vnder ye fyge tre, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.

²³ Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: In that tyme shal ten men (out of all maner of languages of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and saye: we wil go with you, for we haue herde, that God is amonge you.

¹⁵ The LORDE of hoostes shall defende the, they shall consume and deuoure, and subdue them with slynge stones. They shal drynke & rage, as it were thorow wyne. They shalbe fylled like ye basens, & as ye hornes of ye aulter.

¹³ The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: The kynred off the house of Leui the selues alone, and their wiues by them selues: The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues:

¹ When Iesus was borne at Bethlee in Iury, in the tyme of Herode the kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusale,

¹⁶ Then Herod perceauynge yt he was disceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes there of, as many as were two yere olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men.

²⁴ And his fame spred abrode through out all Siria. And they brought vnto hym all sick people, that were taken with diuers diseases and gripinges, and the yt were possessed with deuils, & those which were lunatyke, and those that had the palsie: & he healed the.

⁴² The quene of the south shal aryse in the last iudgmet with this generacion, and shal condene it: for she came from the vttemost partes of the earth, to heare ye wyssdome of Salomon: And lo, here is one greater then Salomon.

³⁵ yt the thinge might be fulfilled, which was spoke by ye prophet, sayenge: I wil open my mouth in parables, and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde.

¹⁴ Glory be vnto God an hye, & peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.

³¹ The quene of the south shal aryse at the iudgmet with the men of this generacion, and shall condempne them: for she came from the ende of the worlde, to heare the wyssdome of Salomon. And beholde, here is one more then Salomon.

²³ But there was one amoge his disciples, that leaned at the table on Iesus bosome, who Iesus loued:

¹⁴ Ye are my frendes, yf ye do that I commaunde you. ¹⁵ Hence forth call I you not seruauntes, for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth. But I haue sayde that ye are frendes: For all that I haue herde of my father, haue I shewed vnto you.

⁴⁶ And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, and brake bred in euery house: they toke their meate with ioye & synglenesse of hert,

²² And Moses was learned in all maner wyssdome of the Egipcians, and was mightie in dedes & wordes.

²⁸ And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion, first the Apostles, secodly prophetes, thirdly teachers, then doers of miracles, after that the giftes of healinge, helpers, gouerners, dyuerse tunges.

³ in whom are hyd all the treasures of wyssdome and knowlege.

¹ This Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beynge prest of the most hye God, met Abraham as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges, & blessed him, ² vnto whom Abraham also gaue tithes of all the goodes) first is by interpretacion kynge of righteousnes: after that is he kynge of Salem also (that is to saye, kynge of peace)

¹⁹ For whan all the commaundementes (acordinge to the lawe) were red of Moses vnto all the people, he toke ye bloude of calues and of goates, with water and purple woll and ysope, and sprenkled the boke and all the people,

⁵ Yf eny of you lacke wyssdome, let him axe of God, which geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geue him.

¹⁷ Euery good gifte, & euery parfait gift, is from aboue, and cometh downe from ye father of light, with whom is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes.

²³ & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God.

¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion: