Nehemiah 4:13 Cross References - Coverdale

¹³ then set I the people after their kynreds with their swerdes, speares & bowes beneth in the lowe places behynde the wall,

¹³ And there he taried that night, and toke of soch as came to hande, a present vnto his brother Esau, ¹⁴ two hudreth she goates, twentye he goates, two hundreth shepe, twentye rammes ¹⁵ and thirtie mylck camels wt their foales, fourtye kyne, ten bullockes, twentye she Asses with ten foales, ¹⁶ and put them in the handes of his seruauntes, euery flock by them selues, & sayde vnto them: Go ye forth before me, & put a space betwixte one flocke after the other, ¹⁷ and commaunded the first and sayde: When my brother Esau meteth the, and axeth the: Whose art thou? & whyther goest thou? and whose are these that thou dryuest before the? ¹⁸ Thou shalt saye: They be thy seruaunt Iacobs, which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau, and commeth behynde vs him self. ¹⁹ Thus commaunded he the seconde also, and the thirde, and all them that folowed the flockes, and sayde: Like as I haue tolde you, so speake ye vnto Esau, whan ye mete him, ²⁰ and saye vnto him also: Beholde, yi seruaut Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought: I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me, after warde wyll I se him my self, peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace.

² And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came, and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem, ³ he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men, to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite, and they helped him: ⁴ and there gathered together a greate people, and couered all ye welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe, and sayde: Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water wha they come. ⁵ And he toke a corage vnto him, and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye, and made towres theron, and buylded yet another wall without, and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid. And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes, ⁶ and set captaynes of warre ouer the people.And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite, and spake hertely vnto them, and sayde: ⁷ Be stronge and bolde, feare not, and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur, ner all ye multitude that is with him: for there is one greater with vs then with him. ⁸ With him is a fleshly arme, but with vs is the LORDE oure God, to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And ye people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda.

¹⁷ which buylded on the wall, & bare burthes, from those that laded the. With one hande dyd they ye worke, and with the other helde they the weapen. ¹⁸ And euery one yt buylded, had his swerde girde by his side, & so builded they. And the trompetters stode beside me.

⁵ Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion.

⁷ Beholde, aboute Salomos bedsteade there stonde LX. valeauut men of the mightie in Israel. ⁸ They holde swerdes euery one, & are experte in warre. Euery man hath his swerde vpo his thee, because of feare in the night.

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you forth as shepe amoge wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and innocent as doues.

²⁰ Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte.

¹¹ put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell. ¹² For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen. ¹³ For this cause take ye the armoure of God, yt ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye, and stonde perfecte in all thinges. ¹⁴ Stonde therfore, and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth, hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes, ¹⁵ and shod vpo yor fete with the gospell of peace, that ye maye be prepared: ¹⁶ Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith, wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of saluacion, & the swerde of the sprete, which is the worde of God. ¹⁸ And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete, and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes ¹⁹ and for me, that the worde maye be geuen me, that I maye open my mouth boldly, to vtter the secretes of the Gospell, ²⁰ wherof I am a messaunger in bondes, that I maye speake therin frely, as it becommeth me to speake.