1 Chronicles 11 Cross References - Great

¹ Then all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron sayenge: Behold, we be thy bones and thy flesshe. ² And moreouer in tyme past, euen when Saul was kynge, thou leddest Israel out & in. And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto the: thou shalt fede my people Israel, and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel. ³ Therfore came all the elders of Israel to the kynge, to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron, before the Lorde. And they annoynted Dauid kynge ouer Israel, accordyng to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel. ⁴ And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem, which is Iebus: where as were the Iebusytes, the enhabiters of the lande. ⁵ And the enhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid: thou commest not here. Neuerthelesse, Dauid wanne the castell of Syon, which is called the cytie of Dauid. ⁶ And Dauid: sayde, whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusytes fyrst, shalbe the principall captayne and a Lorde. So, Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went fyrst vp, and was made the chefe captayne. ⁷ And Dauid dwelt in the castell Syon, and therfore they called it the cytie of Dauid. ⁸ And he buylt the cytie on euery syde, euen from Millo rounde about, and Ioab repared the rest of the cytie. ⁹ And Dauid prospered, and waxed greate, and the Lorde of Hostes was with hym. ¹⁰ These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had, and that claue to hym in hys kyngdome with all Israel, to make hym kynge, accordynge to the worde of the Lorde vnto Israel. ¹¹ And this is the nombre of the myghtye men whom Dauid had: Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chefe amonge thirtye: he lyfte vp hys spere agaynst, thre hundred, and wounded them at one tyme. ¹² After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite, which was one of the thre myghtyest. ¹³ He was with Dauid at Pasdammin, & there the Philistines were gathered together to battell. And there was there a parsell of grounde full of barleye, and the people fled before the Philistines. ¹⁴ And they, the thre afore sayde, stept forth into the middes of the felde, and saued it from burnynge and slue the Philistines. And the Lorde gaue a great victorye. ¹⁵ And the thre of the thyrtye chefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid, into the caue Adullam. And the Hoste of the Philistines abode in the valey of Rephaim. ¹⁶ And whan Dauid was in the holde, the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same time. ¹⁷ And Dauid longed, & sayde: Oh that one wolde geue me dryncke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem. ¹⁸ And the thre brake thorowe the Host of the Philistines, and drewe water out of the well, that was by the gate at Bethlehem & toke it, and brought it to Dauid. Neuerthelesse, Dauid wolde not drynke of it, but rather offered it to the Lorde, ¹⁹ and sayde: my God forbyd it me, that I shulde do thys thynge. Shall I dryncke the bloude of these men, that haue put theyr lyues in Ieopardye: (for with the Ieopardye of theyr lyues they brought it) therfore he wolde not drincke it. And this did these thre myghtyest. ²⁰ And Abisai the brother of Ioab: he also was captayne amonge thre: for he lyfte vp hys spere agaynst thre hundred, & wounded them, and had a name amonge the thre: ²¹ Yee amonge thre, he was more honorable then the two, for he was their captayne. Howbeit, he attayned not vnto the thre. ²² Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a very stronge man) dyd greater actes then Cabzeel: for he slue two strong lyons of Moab, and went downe, and slue a Lyon in a pyt in time of snowe. ²³ And he slue an Egipcian, whose stature was euen fyue cubytes longe, & in the Egypcians hande was a speare lyke a weauers beame. And the other went downe to hym with a waster, and plucked the speare out of the Egypcians hande, and slue him wt his awne speare. ²⁴ Soche thynges dyd Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name amonge the thre myghtyest, ²⁵ & was honorable among thirtie: but attayned not vnto the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell. ²⁶ The other men of armes were these: Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan hys vncles sonne of Bethlehem. ²⁷ Sammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite: ²⁸ Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite, Abieser the Anatothite: ²⁹ Sibacai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite: ³⁰ Maharai the Nethophathite, Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophatite. ³¹ Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayneth to the children of Beniamin: Benaia the Phirathonite: ³² Hurai of the ryuers of Gaas, Abiel the Arbathite: ³³ Azmaneth the Baharumite, Elihaba the Saalbonite. ³⁴ The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite, Ionathan the sonne of Sage, an Haraite. ³⁵ Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Haraite, Eliphal the sonne of Ur. ³⁶ Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahia the Pelonite: ³⁷ Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the sonne of Ezbai: ³⁸ Ioel the brother of Nathan: Mibhar the sonne of Hari: ³⁹ Zelegam the Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the bearer of the Harnesse of Ioab the sonne of Zeruia: ⁴⁰ Ira the Iithrite, & Gared a Iethrite. ⁴¹ Uria the Hethite, and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai. ⁴² Adina the sonne of Siza a Rubenite, a captayne of the Rubenites, and thyrtie wt him. ⁴³ Hanan the sonne of Maacah, and Iosaphat a Mithanite: ⁴⁴ Uzia an Astherathite: Sama and Iehiel the sonnes of Hothan an Aroerite: ⁴⁵ Iediel the sonne of Zimri, and Ioha hys brother an Hathizite. ⁴⁶ Eliel a Mahanyte, Ieribai & Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaam, and Iithma a Moabite. ⁴⁷ Eliel and Obed, and Iasiel a Mesobaite.

¹⁴ To whom Laban sayde: well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode wyth him the space of a moneth.

²² & they ascended vnto the south, and came vnto Hebron, where Ahiman was & Sesai & Thalmani, the sonnes of Enack. Hebron was buylt seuen yere before Zoan in Egipt.

¹⁵ Then thou shalt make hym kynge ouer the, whom the Lorde thy God shall chose: Euen one from amonge thy brethren shalt thou make kynge ouer the, and thou mayst not set a straunger ouer the, whych is not of thy brethren.

² saye I praye you, in the eares of all the enhabytoures of Sychem: whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierobaal (which are .lxx. personnes) raygne ouer you, ether that one raygne ouer you? Remember, that I am of youre bone, and of youre fleshe.

¹ After thys it fortuned, that Dauid asked councell at the Lorde, sayinge: shall I go vp into any of the cyties of Iuda? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: go. And Dauid sayde agayne: Whither shall I go? He answered: Unto Hebron.

¹ Then cam all the trybes of Israel to Dauid, vnto Hebron and sayd, Beholde, we are of thy bone, and of thy fleshe. ² And in tyme past when Saul was oure kynge, thou leddest Israel in and oute. And the Lorde hath sayd to the: thou shalt fede my people Israell, and thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel. ³ And so all the elders of Israel came to the kynge to Hebron. And kyng Dauid made a couenaunt wyth them in Hebron before the Lord. And they annoynted Dauid kyng ouer Israell. ⁴ Dauid was thirtye yere olde, when he began to raygne, and he raygned fourtye yere. ⁵ In Hebron he raygned ouer Iuda seuen yere, and syxe monethes: And in Ierusalem he raygned thirtye and thre yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda. ⁶ The kyng also and his men went to Ierusalem, vnto the Iebusites, the enhabiters of the land. Which spake vnto Dauid sayeng: except thou take awaye the blynde and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither. For they sayd: Thou art not able to come in hither. ⁷ Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong holde of Sion. The same is the citie of Dauid. ⁸ And Dauid sayd the same daye: Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites, & getteth vp to the gutters of the houses, & smyteth the lame & the blynd that hate Dauids soule? Wherfore: they sayd, the blynd and the lame shall not come into the house. ⁹ And so Dauid dwelt in the towre, & called it in the citye of Dauid, & buylt round about it from Millo inwarde. ¹⁰ And Dauid prospered & grew, and the Lord God of hostes was with him ¹¹ And Hiram kyng of Tire sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, and carpenters & Masons for walles: and they builte Dauid an house. ¹² And Dauid perceaued, that the Lord had stablissshed hym kynge ouer Israel, & that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israels sake. ¹³ And Dauid toke him mo concubyues and wyues out of Ierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes, & daughters were yet borne to Dauid. ¹⁴ And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto hym in Ierusalem: Sammua, Sobab, Nathan, & Salomon, ¹⁵ Iibhar also and Elisua, Nepheg, & Iaphia, ¹⁶ Elisama Eliada, and Eliaphelet.

¹⁰ But Absalom sent spyes thorowe out all the tribes of Israel sayenge: as sone as ye heare the voyce of the trompet blowe, ye shall saye: Absalom raigneth kynge in Hebron.

¹² Ye are my brethren, my bones & my fleshe: wherfore then are ye the last that bringe the kynge home agayne? ¹³ And saye ye to Amasa: art thou not of my bone & of my fleshe? God do so and so to me, yf thou be not captayne of the host to me for euer in the roume of Ioab.

¹¹ And the dayes which Dauid raygned vpon Israel, were fourtye yeares: seuen yeares raygned he in Hebron: and thirtye and thre yeares raygned he in Ierusalem.

²³ And this is the nombre of the chefe captaynes that were prepared to battell, and came to Dauid to Hebron, to turne the kyngdome of Saul to hym, accordynge to the worde of the Lorde. ²⁴ The chyldren of Iuda that bare shylde & speare, were syxe thousande and eyght hundred ready prepared to the warre. ²⁵ Of the chyldren of Simeon, men of myght to warre, seuen thousande and one hundred. ²⁶ Of the chyldren of Leui, foure thousande and syxe hundred. ²⁷ And Iehoiada was the chefe of them of Aaron, and with him thre thousande and seuen hundred. ²⁸ And Zadock a younge man strong and valeaunt & of his fathers housholde .xxii. captaynes. ²⁹ And of the children of Beniamin the brethren of Saul, thre thousande. And a greate parte of them dyd (vnto that tyme) folowe the house of Saul. ³⁰ And of the children of Ephraim .xx. thousande & eyght hundred mightye men of warre and famous men in the housholde of their fathers. ³¹ And of the halfe trybe of Manasseh .xviii. thousande, which were appoynted by name to come and make Dauid kynge. ³² And of the chyldren of Isacar, which were men that had understandynge in the ryght tyme, to knowe what Israel ought to do. The heedes of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their wyll. ³³ And of Zabulon that went out to the battayll and proceded forth to the warre, wt all maner of instrumentes of warre, fyftye thousand that were prepared to the warre, without anye dublenesse of hart. ³⁴ And of Nephthali a thousande captaynes, and with them (with shyld & speare) .xxxvii. thousande. ³⁵ And of Dan prepared to battel .xxviii. thousande & syxe hundred. ³⁶ And of Asser that went out to the warre & kepte the forefront of the batell, fourtye thousand. ³⁷ And of the other syde of Iordan, of the Rubenites, and Gaddites & of the halfe tribe of Manasse, with all maner of instrumentes of warre, an hundred & twentye thousande. ³⁸ All these were men of warre, kepynge the forefront of the batell with perfect hart, and came to Hebron to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde, to make Dauid king. ³⁹ And there they were with Dauid thre dayes, eatynge and drincking: for theyr brethren had prepared for them. ⁴⁰ Moreouer they that were nye them, vntyll Isacar, Zabulon and Nephtali, brought breade on Asses, Camels, Mules, & oxen, and meate: floure, fygges, reasyngs, wyne and oyle, oxen, and shepe aboundantlie. For there was ioye in Israel.

³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of hys bones.

¹⁷ which maye go out and in before them, and leade them out and in: that the congregacyon of the Lorde be not as shepe which haue not a shepherde.

¹ The Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Howe longe wylt thou mourne for Saul, seynge I haue cast hym awaye from raygnynge ouer Israel? Fyll thyne horne with oyntment, and come, that I maye sende the to Isai the Bethlehemite, for I haue prouided me a kynge amonge hys sonnes.

¹³ Therfore Samuel toke the horne wyth the oyntment, & anoynted him in the myddes of hys brethren. And the sprete of the Lorde came vpon Dauid, from that daye forwarde. And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.

¹³ Therfore Saul put him from hym, and made him a captayne ouer a thousand, and he went out & in before the people.

² And in tyme past when Saul was oure kynge, thou leddest Israel in and oute. And the Lorde hath sayd to the: thou shalt fede my people Israell, and thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel.

⁷ but haue walked, in a tent and tabernacle. In all the places where in I haue walked with al the children of Israel, spake I one word wt any of the tribes of Israel (sens I commaunded the iudges to fede my people Israel) sayeng: why bylde ye not me an house of Cedar trees?

⁹ Geue therfore vnto thy seruaunt an vnderstandynge hert, to iudge thy people, that I maye decerne betwene good and bad. For who is able to iudge thys, thy so myghtye a people?

⁷ Go, tell Ieroboam, thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel. It repenteth me for as moche as I exalted the from amonge the people, and made the prynce ouer my people Israel.

⁷¹ He chose Dauid also his seruaunt, and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes.

¹¹ He shall fede his flock lyke an herdman. He shall gather the lambes together with hys arme, and carye them in his bosome, & shall kyndely intreate those that beare yonge.

⁴ Beholde, I gaue him for a wytnesse among the folke, for a Prynce and captayne vnto the people.

¹⁵ and wyll geue you herdmen after myne awne mynde, which shall fede you with learnynge and wysdome.

² And thou Bethleem Ephrata, art lytle amonge the thou sandes of Iuda, Out of the shal come vnto me, which shal be the gouernoure in Israel: whose out goynge hath bene from the begynning, & from euerlastynge.

⁴ He shall stande fast, and geue fode in the strength of the Lord, and in the victory of the name of the Lord his God: and when they be conuerted, he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde.

⁶ And thou Bethleem in the lande of Iuda, art not the leest among the princes of Iuda. For oute of the shal there come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel.

⁴ And when he hath sent forth his awne shepe, he goeth before them, and the shepe folow him: for they knowe his voyce.

¹¹ Then Iephthah went wyth the elders of Gilead. And the people made hym heed and ruler ouer them. And Iephthah rehearsed all hys wordes before the Lorde in Mizpa.

¹⁵ And all the people went to Gilgal, & made Saul kyng there, before the Lorde in Gilgal. And there they offered peaceofferynges before the Lorde. And there Saul and all the men of Israel reioysed excedyngly.

²⁸ And Samuel sayde vnto hym: the Lorde hath rent the kyngdome of Israel from the this daye, & hath geuen it to a neyghboure of thyne, that is better then thou.

³ And call Isai to the offerynge, and I wyll shewe the, what thou shalt do: And thou shalt anoynt hym whom I name vnto the.

¹² And he sent, & brought hym in. And he was browne, and of an excellent bewtye, & well fauored in syght. And the Lorde sayde: Aryse, and anoynt him, for this is he. ¹³ Therfore Samuel toke the horne wyth the oyntment, & anoynted him in the myddes of hys brethren. And the sprete of the Lorde came vpon Dauid, from that daye forwarde. And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.

¹⁸ And they made abonde both of them togeather before the Lorde. And Dauid taryed styll in the thickett, and Ionathas went to his house.

¹⁷ Truly the Lord hath done for hym selfe, euen as he spake by my hand. For the Lorde hath rent the kingdome out of thyne hande, & geuen it thy neyboure Dauid.

⁴ And the men of Iuda came, and there they anoynted Dauid kynge, ouer the house of Iuda. And they tolde Dauid sayinge: It is the men of Iabes in Gilead that buryed Saul.

³ And so all the elders of Israel came to the kynge to Hebron. And kyng Dauid made a couenaunt wyth them in Hebron before the Lord. And they annoynted Dauid kyng ouer Israell.

¹⁷ And Iehoiada made a bonde betwene the Lorde and the kinge, and the people, that they shuld be the Lordes people, and also betwene the kynge and the people.

³⁰ And hys seruauntes caryed hym deed from Magiddo, and brought hym to Ierusalem & buryed hym in hys awne sepulchre. And the people of the lande toke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosia, and anoynted hym, and made hym kynge in hys fathers steade.

³ And all the congregacyon made a bonde with the kynge in the house of God. And he sayd vnto them: beholde, the kynges sonne must raygne, as the Lorde hath sayde of the chyldren of Dauid.

¹⁶ & Iebusi, and Emori, & Girgosi.

²¹ the Amorytes also, & the Canaanites, the Gergesytes and the Iebusytes.

¹⁷ And I haue sayde, I wyll brynge you out of the tribulacyon of Egypte vnto the lande of the Canauytes, and Hethites, and Amorytes, and Pherezytes, and Heuytes, and Iebusytes: euen vnto a lande that floweth wyth mylcke and hony.

⁸ And then went vp to the valeye of the sonne of Hennom, euen vnto the southe syde of Iebusi: the same is Ierusalem. And then went vp to the toppe of the hille that lyeth before the valeye of Hennon, westwarde, and by the edge of the valeye of the Giauntes northwarde:

⁶³ Neuertheles, the Iebusites that were the enhabiters of Ierusalem, coulde not the children of Iuda cast out. But the Iebusites dwell with the children of Iuda vnto this daye.

²⁸ Zela, Eleph, and Iebusi, which is Ierusalem, Gibeath, and kiriath, fourtene cyties with their villages. This is the enheritaunce of the children of Beniamin thorowe out their kynredes,

²¹ And the children of Beniamin dyd not cast out the Iebusites, that enhabited Ierusalem, but the Iebusites dwell wyth the chyldren of BenIamin in Ierusalem vnto this daye.

¹⁰ Neuerthelater the man wolde not tary, but arose and departed, and came as ferre as Iebus, (which is Ierusalem) and his two asses laden, and his concubine and his ladd with him. ¹¹ And when they were fast by Iebus the daye was sore spent, and the younge man sayd vnto his master: come I praye the and let vs turne in, into this cytie of the Iebusites and lodge all night there. ¹² His master answered him: we will not turne into a straunge cytie that are not of the chyldren of Israel: we wyll go forth to Gibea.

⁶ The kyng also and his men went to Ierusalem, vnto the Iebusites, the enhabiters of the land. Which spake vnto Dauid sayeng: except thou take awaye the blynde and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither. For they sayd: Thou art not able to come in hither. ⁷ Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong holde of Sion. The same is the citie of Dauid. ⁸ And Dauid sayd the same daye: Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites, & getteth vp to the gutters of the houses, & smyteth the lame & the blynd that hate Dauids soule? Wherfore: they sayd, the blynd and the lame shall not come into the house. ⁹ And so Dauid dwelt in the towre, & called it in the citye of Dauid, & buylt round about it from Millo inwarde. ¹⁰ And Dauid prospered & grew, and the Lord God of hostes was with him

⁵ And the enhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid: thou commest not here. Neuerthelesse, Dauid wanne the castell of Syon, which is called the cytie of Dauid.

⁹ And yf he be able to fyght with me, & to beate me, then will we be youre seruauntes. But yf I can ouercome him and beate him, then shall ye be oure seruauntes, & serue vs. ¹⁰ And the Philistine sayde: I defye the host of Israel this daye, geue me a man, that we maye fight together:

²⁶ And Dauid spake to the men that stode by, and sayde: What shalbe done to the man that beateth this Philistine, & taketh awaye the shame from Israel? And what is thys vncircumcised Philistine, that he shulde reuyle the hoste of the lyuinge God?

³⁶ And so thy seruaunt slue the Lyon & the beare (also) hath thy seruaunt slayne. And truly thys vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them seynge he hath rayled on the hoste of the lyuing God.

⁹ And so Dauid dwelt in the towre, & called it in the citye of Dauid, & buylt round about it from Millo inwarde.

¹⁰ And so Dauid wolde not bryng the Arcke of the Lorde vnto him into the citye of Dauid. But Dauid caried it into the house of Obeth Edom a Gethite.

¹² And one tolde kynge Dauid, how that the Lorde had blessed the house of Obeth Edom, and all that pertayned vnto hym, because of the Arcke of God. And Dauid went and brought the Arck of God from the house of Obeth Edom, into the citye of Dauid wyth gladnes.

¹ Then Salomon gathred together the elders of Israel, all the heades of the tribes, and them that were captaynes among the father of the children of Israel, vnto him in Ierusalem, that they might bryng vp the arck of the appointement of the Lorde out of the citye of Dauid, which is Syon.

⁷ And Dauid dwelt in the castell Syon, and therfore they called it the cytie of Dauid.

² Then Salomon gathered the elders of Israel togeather and all the heedes of the trybes, and auncient fathers of the chyldren of Israel, vnto Ierusalem: to bringe the Arcke of the couenaunt of the Lorde out of the cycie of Dauid which is Zion.

⁶ Yet haue I set my kynge vpon my holy hyll of Syon.

¹¹ O prayse the Lord, which dwelleth in Syon, shewe the people of hys doinges.

² The hyll of Sion is a fayre place, & the ioye of the whole earth: vpon the north syde lyeth the cytie of the great kyng.

¹² Walke about Sion, and go round about her, and tell the towres therof. ¹³ Marcke well her bulworkes, set vp her houses, that ye maye tell them that come after.

⁶⁸ He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim.

² Uery excellent thynges are spoken of the, thou cyte of God. Selah.

⁵ And of Syon it shalbe reported, that he was borne in her, and the moost hyest shall stablish her.

⁵ For there is the seate of iudgement, euen the seate of the house of Dauid.

¹ A songe of the steares. They that put their trust in the Lorde, shalbe euen as the mount Syon, which maye not be remoued, but standeth fast for euer. ² The hylles stande about Ierusalem, euen so standeth the Lorde rounde about hys people, from thys tyme forth for euermore.

¹³ If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt, and my testimonyes that I shall lerne them: theyr chyldren also shall syt vpon thy seate for euermore.

¹¹ The Lorde hath perfourmed hys heuy wrath: he hath poured oute the furiousnes of hys displeasure. He hath kyndled a fyre in Syon, which hath consumed the foundacyons therof. ¹² Nether the kynges of the earth, ner all the inhabitours of the worlde, wolde haue beleued that the enemy and aduersary shuld haue come in at the gates of the cytie of Ierusalem.

³³ As it is wrytten: Behold, I put in Syon a stomblynge stone, & a rocke that men shalbe offended at. And whosoeuer beleueth on hym, shall not be confounded.

²² But ye are come vnto the mount Syon, and to the citye of the liuynge God, the celestiall Ierusalem: and to an innumerable syght of angels,

¹ And I loked, and lo, a lambe stode on the mount Syon, & with hym an .C. & .xliiii. thousande hauynge his fathers name written in theyr forheddes.

¹⁶ And Caleb sayde: he that smyteth kariath sepher, & taketh it: to hym wyll I geue Acsah my daughter to wyfe. ¹⁷ And Othniel, the sonne of kenes, the brother of Caleb toke it. And he gaue hym Acsah hys daughter to wyfe.

²⁵ And euery man of Israel sayde: Sawe ye thys man come forth? euen to reuyle Israel is he come. And to hym that beateth hym, wyll the kynge geue great ryches, and will geue him his daughter therto: yee & make his fathers house fre in Israel.

¹⁸ And there were thre sonnes of Zaruiah there: Ioab, Abisai and Asahel. And Asahel was as lyght of fote as a wylde Roo,

²⁷ And when Abner was come agayne to Hebron, Ioab toke hym a syde in the gate to speake with him secretly, & smote him vnder the short rybbes that he dyed, for the bloud of Asahel his brother.

¹⁶ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruiah was ouer the host, and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.

²³ Ioab was ouer all the hoste of Israel. And Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Crethites & Phelethites.

⁷ Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong holde of Sion. The same is the citie of Dauid.

⁶ And all the men of Sichem gathered together, and all the house of Mello, & came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne, where the great stone was by Sichem.

²⁰ But yf you haue not dealt trulye, then I praye God a fyre maye come out of Abimelech, and consume the men of Sichem and the house of Mello. And that there maye come a fyre from among the men of Sichem, and out of the house of Mello, and consume Abimelech.

¹⁵ And thys is the summe, which kynge Salomon raysed for a trybute whan he buylded the house of the Lorde and hys awne house, and Millo, and the wall of Ierusalem, and Hazoer, and Megeddo, and Gazer.

²⁷ But this was the cause, that he lyfte vp his hande agaynst the kyng. Salomon buylte Mello, & mended the broken places of the cytie of Dauid his father.

²⁰ And hys awne seruauntes arose, and wrought treason, and slue Iehoas in the house Millo, whan he came downe to Silla.

² and sayde before his brethren & the souldyers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? wyll the hethen suffre them? shall they offre? shall they perfourme it in one daye? shal they make the stones whole agayne that are brought to dust, and brent?

¹ There was longe warre betwene the howse of Saul, and the howse of Dauid. But Dauid waxed stronger and stronger, & the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

¹⁰ And Dauid prospered & grew, and the Lord God of hostes was with him

²⁰ And Phinces the sonne of Eleazar was their foregyde, and the Lorde was with him.

⁴ For Mardocheus was greate in the kynges house, and the reporte of him was noysed in all landes, how he increased and grewe.

⁹ The righteous also will kepe hys waye, and he that hath cleane handes, wyll euer be stronger and stronger.

⁷ The Lord of Hostes is wt vs, the God of Iacob is oure refuge. Sela.

¹¹ The Lorde of Hostes is wyth vs, the God of Iacob is oure defence. Sela.

⁹ Breake downe (o ye peple of Assur) and ye shall be, broken downe: herken to all ye of farre countrees. Muster you, and you shalbe broken downe, prepare you to batell and you shall be torne in peces: ¹⁰ take your councell together, yet must your councel come to naught: go in hande withall, yet shall it not prospere: for God is with vs.

⁷ he shall make no ende to encrease the kyngdome & peace, & shall syt vpon the seate of Dauid & in his kyngdome, to set vp the same, & to stablish it wt equyte and ryghteousnesse, from hence forth for euermore. Thys shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hostes brynge to passe.

¹⁰ be not afrayed, for I am wt the. Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God, to strength the, helpe the, & to kepe the wt this ryght hande of myne.

¹⁴ Be not afrayde thou lytle worme Iacob, & thou despysed Israel: for I wyll helpe the, sayeth the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thyne auenger.

³¹ What shall we then saye to these thinges? yf God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs?

¹² And he sent, & brought hym in. And he was browne, and of an excellent bewtye, & well fauored in syght. And the Lorde sayde: Aryse, and anoynt him, for this is he. ¹³ Therfore Samuel toke the horne wyth the oyntment, & anoynted him in the myddes of hys brethren. And the sprete of the Lorde came vpon Dauid, from that daye forwarde. And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama. ¹⁴ But the sprete of the Lorde departed from Saul, and an euell sprete sent of the Lorde vexed him.

¹⁷ And Abner had communicacyon with the elders of Israel, sayeng: ye sought for Dauid in tymes past, that he might be your kyng. ¹⁸ Now then do it: for the Lorde hath sayd of Dauid: By the hand of my seruaunt Dauid, I will saue my people Israel, out of the handes of the Philistines, and out of the hande of all their enemyes.

²¹ And Abner sayde vnto Dauid: I wyll vp, and go geather all Israell vnto my Lorde the kyng, that they maye make an appoyntment wyth the, and that thou mayst commaunde all, as thyne hart desyreth. And whan Dauid had lett Abner departe, he went in peace.

⁸ These be the names of the myghtye men whom Dauid had: one that satt in the seat of wisdome, beinge chefest amonge thre, pleasaunt was he and stronge: he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. ⁹ After him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre worthies wt Dauid, which defyed the Phylistines that were there geathered together to battell: whan the men of Israel were gone vp. ¹⁰ He arose & layed on the Philistines, vntyll hys hande was werye, and claue vnto the swerde. And the Lorde gaue great victorye the same daye. And the people returned, and went after him to runne to the spoyle. ¹¹ After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite: and the Philistines geathered together besyde a towne. (Where was a parcell of lande full of ryce) and the people fled from the Philistines. ¹² But he stode in the myddes of the grounde, and defended it, and slue the Philistines. And the the Lorde gaue great victorye. ¹³ These thre (which were of the thirtye chefe captaynes) went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam, & the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valeye of Geauntes. ¹⁴ And Dauid was then in an holde. And the Soudioures of the Philistines were in Bethlehem. ¹⁵ And Dauid longed and sayde. Oh, that I had of the water that is in the well by the gate of Bethlehem, for to drincke. ¹⁶ And the thre myghtie brake thorowe the Host of the Philistines, & fett water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and toke and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse he wolde not dryncke therof, but offered it vnto the Lorde, ¹⁷ and sayde: the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so. Is not this the bloude of the men that wente in ieopardye of their lyues? and therfore he wolde not dryncke it. And these thinges dyd these thre myghtie men. ¹⁸ Abisai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Saruiah, was chefe amonge the thre, and he lyfte vp hys speare agaynst thre hundred, & slue them, and had the name amonge the thre. ¹⁹ For he was nobler man then the thre and was their captayne. Howbeit he attayned not vnto thre. ²⁰ And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a myghtie man) valyant in actes, of kabzeel, slue two stronge lyons, euen lyons of Moab. He went downe also, & slue a lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe. ²¹ And he slue an Egypcyan, a goodly bygge man, which had a speare in his hande. But he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egypcians hande, and slue him wt hys awne speare. ²² These thynges did Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name amonge the thre worthies. ²³ He was honorable amonge thirtye, but he attayned not to the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell. ²⁴ Asahel the brother of Ioab also was one of the thirtye. Then Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem: ²⁵ Samma the haronite: Elica the Harodite: ²⁶ Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Akes the Thekoite: ²⁷ Abiezer of Anathoth: Meobnai the Husathite: ²⁸ Zelmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophatite: ²⁹ Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite: Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of an hill of the chyldren of Beniamin: ³⁰ Banaiahu the Phiratonite: Hedai, of the ryuer of Gaas: ³¹ Abialbon the Arbathite: Asmaueth a Barhumite: ³² Elihaba a Saalbonite: and the sonnes of Iasen, Ionathas. ³³ Samma the Hararite. Ahiam the sonne of Sarar an Hararite: ³⁴ Eliphelet the sonne of Aasbai the sonne of a Maachathite: Eliam the sonne of Aithophel the Gilonite: ³⁵ Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: ³⁶ Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba: Bani the Gadite: ³⁷ Zelec an Amonite: Naharai a Berothyte, which was the harnesberer of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia. ³⁸ Ira the Iethrite: Gareb the Iethrite ³⁹ Uria the Hethite, thirtye & seuen in all.

³ Therfore came all the elders of Israel to the kynge, to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron, before the Lorde. And they annoynted Dauid kynge ouer Israel, accordyng to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel.

³⁸ All these were men of warre, kepynge the forefront of the batell with perfect hart, and came to Hebron to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde, to make Dauid king.

⁸ These be the names of the myghtye men whom Dauid had: one that satt in the seat of wisdome, beinge chefest amonge thre, pleasaunt was he and stronge: he slue eyght hundred at one tyme.

¹⁸ And the spiryte came vpon Amasai which was the chefe amonge thyrtye, and he sayde, thyne are we Dauid, and on thy syde thou sonne of Iesai: Peace, peace be vnto the, and peace be to thyne helpers, for thy God is thine helpe. Then Dauid receaued them, and made them heedes of companyes of the men of warre.

² Ouer the fyrst course for the fyrst moneth, was Iasoboan the sonne of Zabdiel. And in his course were .xxiiii. thousand.

⁹ After him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre worthies wt Dauid, which defyed the Phylistines that were there geathered together to battell: whan the men of Israel were gone vp.

¹⁷ and sayde: the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so. Is not this the bloude of the men that wente in ieopardye of their lyues? and therfore he wolde not dryncke it. And these thinges dyd these thre myghtie men. ¹⁸ Abisai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Saruiah, was chefe amonge the thre, and he lyfte vp hys speare agaynst thre hundred, & slue them, and had the name amonge the thre. ¹⁹ For he was nobler man then the thre and was their captayne. Howbeit he attayned not vnto thre.

²³ He was honorable amonge thirtye, but he attayned not to the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell.

⁴ Abisna, Naaman, and Ahoha,

¹⁹ and sayde: my God forbyd it me, that I shulde do thys thynge. Shall I dryncke the bloude of these men, that haue put theyr lyues in Ieopardye: (for with the Ieopardye of theyr lyues they brought it) therfore he wolde not drincke it. And this did these thre myghtyest.

²¹ Yee amonge thre, he was more honorable then the two, for he was their captayne. Howbeit, he attayned not vnto the thre.

⁴ Ouer the course of the seconde moneth was Dodai an Ahohite & in his course was Mikloth a ruler: (his helper) And in that course were .xxiiii. thousande.

¹ The Philistines geathered their hoste to battel, and came together to Socoth which is in Iuda, and pitched betwene Sococh & Azekah, in the coast of Dammin.

¹¹ After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite: and the Philistines geathered together besyde a towne. (Where was a parcell of lande full of ryce) and the people fled from the Philistines. ¹² But he stode in the myddes of the grounde, and defended it, and slue the Philistines. And the the Lorde gaue great victorye.

²³ And so God holpe Israel that daye. And the battell continued vnto Bethauen.

⁵ For he dyd put hys lyfe in hys hande, and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde brought to passe a greate health for all Israel. Thou sawest it, and thou reioysedest, wherfore then wilt thou synne against innocent bloude, and slaye Dauid without a cause?

¹⁰ He arose & layed on the Philistines, vntyll hys hande was werye, and claue vnto the swerde. And the Lorde gaue great victorye the same daye. And the people returned, and went after him to runne to the spoyle.

¹ Naaman, captayne of the Hoste of the kynge of Siria, was a greate man, and honorable in the syght of his master: because that by him the Lorde had geuen health vnto Siria. He was also a myghtie man, and experte in warre, but he was a leper.

⁵⁰ For this cause I will geue thankes vnto the, O Lorde, amonge the Gentyles, and synge prayses vnto thy name. Greate prosperite geueth he vnto his kinge: and sheweth louyng kyndnesse vnto Dauid hys anoynted, & vnto hys seede for euermore.

¹⁰ Thou that geuest victory vnto kinges, and hast delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde.

³¹ The horsse is prepared agaynst the daye of battayll: but the Lorde geueth the victorye.

¹⁵ The kinge of Libna: one. The kynge of Adullam: one.

¹ Dauid therfore departed thence, and escaped, and came vnto the caue Odollam. When his brethren also and all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to hym.

¹⁸ And whan the Philistines cam, they layde them a long in the valeye of Raphaim.

²² And the Philistines cam yet agayne, and layd them selues in the valeye of Rephaim.

⁹ And the Philistines came in, & praunsed thorowe the valey of Rephaim.

⁵ And he shalbe as one that gathereth vp corne in haruest, euen lyke him whose arme reapeth the eares of corne. He shalbe also lyke hym that gathereth eares of corne in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁵ And as for the (O thou that dwellest at Morassa) I shal bring a possessioner vpon the, & the plage of Israel shal reach vnto Odolla.

⁵ After that shalt thou come to the hyll of God, where the Philistines kepe their watche. And when thou art come thyther to the cytie, thou shalt mete a companye of prophetes comminge downe from the hill, wt a psalter, a tymbrell, a pype, & a harpe before them, & they shall prophesye.

⁴ And all Israel hearde saye, howe that Saul had destroyed an holde of the Philystines, wherfore Israel stancke before the Philystines. And the people gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

²³ And the watch of the Philistines came out, to go ouer vnto Michmas.

²⁵ Saul also and his men wente to seke: and they tolde Dauid. Wherfore he went vnto a Rocke, and abode in the wildernesse of Maon.

¹ The instruccyon of Dauid, a prayer whan he was in the caue. I Cryed vnto the Lorde wt my voyce: yee, euen vnto the Lorde dyd I make my supplicacyon. I powred out my complayntes before hym, and shewed hym of my trouble.

⁴ And the rascall people that was amonge them, fell a lustyng, and turned them selues and wepte (euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel) and sayde: who shall geue vs flesh to eate? ⁵ we remembre the fyshe which we dyd eate in Egipt for naught, & the Cucumbers, and melons, lekes, onyons & garleke.

¹⁵ And Dauid longed and sayde. Oh, that I had of the water that is in the well by the gate of Bethlehem, for to drincke. ¹⁶ And the thre myghtie brake thorowe the Host of the Philistines, & fett water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and toke and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse he wolde not dryncke therof, but offered it vnto the Lorde,

¹ To the chaunter, a monicyon of the sonnes of Corath. Like as the hert desyreth the water brookes, so longeth my soule after the (O God.) My soule is a thurste for God, yee, euen for the lyuyng God: when shall I come, to appeare before the presence of God? ² My teares haue bene my meate daye & night, whyle they daylie saye vnto me: where is now thy God?

¹ A psalme of Dauid, when he was in the wildernes of Iuda. O God, thou art my God, early wil I seke the.

⁶ I streach forth myne handes vnto the: my soule gaspeth vnto the as a thyrsty lande. Selah.

³ Therfore with ioye shall ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure,

¹⁰ Iesus answered and sayde vnto hyr: yf thou knewest the gyfte of God, and who it is that sayeth to the geue me drincke, thou woldest haue asked of him, & he wolde haue geuen the water of lyfe.

¹⁴ But whosoeuer drincketh of the water that I shall geue him, shall neuer bemore a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngynge vp into euerlastinge lyfe.

⁶ And they gathred together to Mizpa, and drewe water: and powred it out before the Lorde, & fasted the same daye and sayde there: we haue synned against the Lorde. And Samuel iudged the chyldren of Israel in Mizpa.

⁶ O set me as a seale vpon thine herte, and as a seale vpon thyne arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, & gelousy as the hel. Her coales are of fyre, & a very flamme of the Lorde:

²⁴ But none of these thinges moue me nether is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, that I might fulfyll my course with ioye, and the ministracyon which I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul answered, & sayde: what do ye wepynge & veryng myne herte? I am ready, not to be bounde onely, but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.

¹⁴ For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all deed, ¹⁵ and he dyed for all: that they whych lyue, shuld not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him whych dyed for them, & rose agayne.

¹⁰ And whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you, that eateth any maner of bloude, I will sett my face agaynst that soule that eateth bloude, and will destroye hym from amonge hys people:

¹⁸ But the people of Zabulon haue ieoperde their lyues euen vnto the dethe, lyke as did Nephthalim in the hye places of the felde.

¹⁷ For euen he (my father) fought for you, and aduentured his lyfe, and rydde you out of the hande of Madian.

¹⁷ and sayde: the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so. Is not this the bloude of the men that wente in ieopardye of their lyues? and therfore he wolde not dryncke it. And these thinges dyd these thre myghtie men.

³ And Naboth sayde to Ahab: the Lorde forbyd the from me, that I shulde geue the enheritaunce of my father vnto the.

³¹ Dyd not the men of myne awne houshold saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of his fleshe?

¹⁴ He shall delyuer their soules from falshede and wronge, and deare shall theyr bloud be in his syght.

²⁴ and he sayde vnto them: This is my bloude of the newe Testament, whych is shedd for many.

⁵⁵ For my fleshe is meate in dede: and my bloude is drincke in dede.

¹ What shall we saye then? Shall we contynue in synne, that there maye be aboundance of grace? ² God forbyd. How shall we that are deed as touchyng synne, lyue eny lenger therin?

⁴ whych haue for my lyfe layde downe their awne neckes. Unto whom not I onely geue thankes, but also all the congregacions of the Gentyls.

³⁰ Yee and why stonde we all waye then in ieoperdy?

⁶ Then answered Dauid and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite, & to Abisai the sonne of Zaruia and brother to Ioab, saying: who will go downe with me to Saul to the hoste? And Abisai saide: I will go downe with the.

³⁰ And the cause why Ioab and Abisai slue Abner was, that Abner had slayne their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battell.

² And Dauid sent forth the thirde parte of the people vnder the hande of Ioab, and another parte vnder the hande of Abisai the sonne of Zeruia Ioabs brother, and the other thyrde parte vnder the hande of Ithai the Gethite. And the kynge sayde vnto the people: I wyll go with you also.

⁶ And Dauid sayde to Abisai: nowe shall Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme, then dyd Absalom. Take thou therfore thy Lordes seruauntes, & folowe after him: lest he gett him walled cyties, and escape vs.

¹⁷ But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia succoured hym, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto him, sayinge: Thou shalt go no moare out with vs to battell, that thou quench not the lyght of Israel.

¹⁶ Whose systers were Zeruia and Abigail. The sonnes of Zeruia: Abisai, Ioab, & Azahel, thre.

⁸ But some fell into good ground, & brought forth frute: some an hundred folde, some syxtie folde, some thyrtie folde.

⁴¹ Ther is one maner glory of the sonne, and another glory of the moone, & another glory of the sterres. For one starre differeth from another in glory

²¹ And the vttmost cyties of the tribe of the children of Iuda, towarde the coastes of Edom southwarde, were: Kabzel, Eder & Iagur:

⁵ Then went Samson and hys father and his mother downe to Thamnath, and came to the vyne yardes of Thamnath. And behold a yonge lyon roared vpon hym. ⁶ And the sprete of the Lorde came vpon hym. And he tare hym, as he wolde haue rent a kydde, and yet had nothynge in hys hande, neyther tolde hys father & mother what he had done.

³⁴ Dauid answered vnto Saul. Thy seruaunt kept his fathers shepe, & there came a Lyon and lykewise a Beare, & toke a shepe out of the flocke. ³⁵ And I went out after him, and smote hym, and toke it out of his mouth. And when he arose agaynst me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote hym, & slue hym. ³⁶ And so thy seruaunt slue the Lyon & the beare (also) hath thy seruaunt slayne. And truly thys vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them seynge he hath rayled on the hoste of the lyuing God.

²³ Saul and Ionathas were louely & pleasaunt in their lyues, and in their deathes they were not deuided: They were swifter then Egles, and stronger then Lyons.

¹⁸ And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Crethites and the Phelethites: & Dauids sonnes were chefe rulars.

²⁰ And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a myghtie man) valyant in actes, of kabzeel, slue two stronge lyons, euen lyons of Moab. He went downe also, & slue a lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe. ²¹ And he slue an Egypcyan, a goodly bygge man, which had a speare in his hande. But he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egypcians hande, and slue him wt hys awne speare. ²² These thynges did Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name amonge the thre worthies. ²³ He was honorable amonge thirtye, but he attayned not to the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell.

⁸ But Sabock the preast, Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Semei and Rei, and all the men of myght which were with Dauid, fauoured not Adonia.

³⁸ And so Sadock the preast, and Nathan the prophet, & Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada, & the Crethites and Phelethites went downe, & sett Salomon vpon kynge Dauids Mule, and brought him to Gihon.

³⁰ And Banaiahu came into the tabernacle of the Lord, and sayde vnto hym, Thus sayeth the kynge: come out. And he sayde: naye, but I will dye euen here. And Banaiahu brought the kynge worde agayne, saying: thus sayd Ioab, and thus he answered me.

³⁴ So Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote hym, and slue hym, and buryed hym in hys awne house in the wyldernesse. ³⁵ And the kynge put Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada in hys rowme ouer the hoost and put Sadock the preste in the rowme of Abiathar.

⁸ And of the Gadites there separated them selues, some vnto Dauid into the holde of the wyldernesse, men of myghte, and men apte for warre, & that coulde handle shylde and speare, whose faces were lyke the faces of Lions, and they were as swyfte as the Rooes in the mountaynes:

⁵ The chefe captayne of the thirde host for the thirde moneth, was Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada the hye preaste: And in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ⁶ This is that Banaiahu, which was most myghtie amonge .xxx. & aboue .xxx. And in his parte was Amizadad his sonne.

¹¹ For onely Og kynge of Basan remayned of the remnaunt of the gyauntes, whose bed was a bed of yron. And is it not yet at Rabah amonge the chyldren of Ammon? .ix. cubytes doth the length therof conteyne, and foure cubytes the breadth of it, after the cubite of a man.

⁴ And there came a man betwene them both, out of the tentes of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath syxe cubytes and an handbredth longe,

⁷ And the shafte of his spere was like a weuers beame. And his speare heed weyed .vj. hundred sikles of yron. And one bearynge a shylde went before hym.

⁵¹ But Dauid ranne, and stode vpon the Philistine, & toke hys swerde, and drue it out of hys sheth, and slue hym, & cutte of hys heed therwith. And when the Philistines sawe, that theyr champyon was deed they fled.

⁵ And there was battell agayne with the Philistines, and Elhanan the sonne of Iair, slue Lahemi the brother of Goliath the Gethite, whose speare was lyke a weauers beame.

¹⁸ And there were thre sonnes of Zaruiah there: Ioab, Abisai and Asahel. And Asahel was as lyght of fote as a wylde Roo, ¹⁹ and Asahel folowed after Abner, and turned nether to the ryght hand nor to the lefte, from Abner. ²⁰ Then Abner loked behynde hym, and sayde: art thou Asahel? He answered: yee that I am. ²¹ Abner sayde: turne the ether to the ryghthand or to the lefte and catche one of the younge men, and take the his weapons. But Asahel wolde not depart from hym. ²² And Abner sayde agayne to Asahel departe fro me. Wherfore shulde I smyte the to the grounde, and not be able to holde vp my face to Ioab, thy brother? ²³ Howbeit, whan he wolde in no wyse departe, Abner with the hynder ende of the speare smote hym vnder the short rybbes, that the speare cam out behynde hym: that he fell downe in the same place, and dyed there. And as many as cam to the place where Asahel fell downe and dyed, stode still.

¹⁹ And there was yet another battell in Nob with the Philistines, where Elhanam the sonne of Iaere Orgim, a Bethlemite slue one Goliath a Gethite: the staffe of whose speare was as great as a weuers cloth beame.

²⁴ Asahel the brother of Ioab also was one of the thirtye. Then Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem:

⁷ The fourth captayne for the fourth moneth, was Asael the brother of Ioab, and Zabadia his sonne after him. And in his course were .xxiiii. thousande.

²⁵ Samma the haronite: Elica the Harodite: ²⁶ Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Akes the Thekoite: ²⁷ Abiezer of Anathoth: Meobnai the Husathite:

⁹ The syxte capytayne for the syxte moneth was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Theckutte: & in hys course were .xxiiii. thousande.

¹² The nynth capitayne for the nynth moneth, was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemim: and in hys course were .xxiiij. thousand.

²⁷ Abiezer of Anathoth: Meobnai the Husathite: ²⁸ Zelmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophatite:

¹¹ The eyght captayne for the eyght moneth, was Sibechai an Husathite of the kynne of Zarhi: & in his course were .xxiiii. thousand.

²⁹ Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite: Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of an hill of the chyldren of Beniamin:

¹³ The tenth capitayne for the tenth moneth, was Mahari the Netophathite of the Zarahites: and in hys course were .xxiiij. thousande.

¹⁵ The twelueth captayne for the twelueth moneth, was Heldai the Netophathite wt Othoniel, and in his course were .xxiiii. thousand.

³⁰ Banaiahu the Phiratonite: Hedai, of the ryuer of Gaas: ³¹ Abialbon the Arbathite: Asmaueth a Barhumite: ³² Elihaba a Saalbonite: and the sonnes of Iasen, Ionathas. ³³ Samma the Hararite. Ahiam the sonne of Sarar an Hararite:

³³ Samma the Hararite. Ahiam the sonne of Sarar an Hararite: ³⁴ Eliphelet the sonne of Aasbai the sonne of a Maachathite: Eliam the sonne of Aithophel the Gilonite: ³⁵ Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: ³⁶ Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba: Bani the Gadite:

²⁶ And Ira the Iairite was Dauids preast.

⁶ And Dauid sent to Ioab, (sayenge:) sende me Urias the hethite. And Ioab sent Urias to Dauid. ⁷ And when Urias was come vnto hym. Dauid demaunded of him: howe Ioab dyd, and howe the people fared, and howe the men of warre prospered. ⁸ And Dauid sayd to Urias: go downe to thyne house, and washe thy fete. And Urias departed out of the kynges palace, and there folowed hym a seruyce from the kinges table. ⁹ But Urias slept at the dore of the kynges palace wythall the seruauntes of hys Lorde, and went not downe to hys house. ¹⁰ Which when they had tolde Dauid (sayenge: Urias went not downe into hys house.) Dauid sayde vnto Urias: Camest thou not from thy iorney? why dyddest thou not go downe then vnto thyne house? ¹¹ Urias answered Dauid. The arcke & Israel and Iuda dwell in pauylyons: and my Lorde Ioab and the seruauntes of my Lorde lye vpon the flatt erthe: and shall I then go into myne house, to eate, and to dryncke, and lye wyth my wyfe? By thy lyfe and by the lyfe of thy soule, I wyll not do thys thynge. ¹² And Dauid sayde vnto Urias: tarye here this daye also, and tomorowe I wyll lett the depart. And so Urias abode in Ierusalem that daye, and the morowe. ¹³ And whan Dauid had called hym, he dyd eate and dryncke before hym, and he made hym droncke. And at euen he went out to lye on hys couche wyth the seruauntes of his Lord, but went not downe to hys house. ¹⁴ On the morow Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hande of Urias. ¹⁵ And he wrote thus in the letter, sayeng: put Urias in the forefront of the sharper battell, and come ye backe from hym, that he maye be smytten and dye. ¹⁶ So whan Ioab beseged the cytie, he assygned Urias vnto a place, where he wyst that stronge men were. ¹⁷ And the men of the cytie cam out, and fought wyth Ioab. And there were certen ouerthrowen of the people, and of the seruauntes of Dauid, and Urias the Hethite dyed also. ¹⁸ Then Ioab sent, and tolde Dauid all the thynges concernynge the warre, ¹⁹ and charged the messenger, sayenge: when thou hast made an ende of tellynge the matters of the warre vnto the kynge, ²⁰ yf he begynne to fume, and saye vnto the: wherfore approched ye so nye vnto the cytie, whan ye dyd fyght? wyst ye not that they wolde hurle and shote from the wall? ²¹ who smote Abimelech sonne of Iereboseth? dyd not a woman cast a pece of a mylstone vpon hym from of the wall, and he dyed in Thebes? why went ye nye the wall? then saye thou? thy seruaunt Urias the Hethite is deed also. ²² So the messenger went, and came, and shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent hym for, ²³ and the messaunger sayd vnto Dauid: the men preuayled agaynst vs, and cam out vnto vs into the felde, & we stacke vnto them, euen vnto the enteryng of the gate. ²⁴ And the shoters shotte from the walles, vpon thy seruauntes, and some of the kinges seruauntes be deed. And thy seruaunt Urias the Hethite is deed also. ²⁵ And Dauid sayde vnto the messenger: thus shalt thou saye vnto Ioab: let not that thynge trouble the. For the swerde deuoureth one as well as another: make thy battell more stronge agaynst the cytye to ouerthrowe it, & se that thou courage Ioab. ²⁶ And when the wyfe of Urias heard that her husbande was deed, she mourned for hym. ²⁷ And whan the mournynge was past, Dauid sent and fett her to hys house, and she became hys wyfe, and bare hym a sonne. But this thynge that Dauid dyd, displeased the Lorde.

³⁹ Uria the Hethite, thirtye & seuen in all.

³⁶ And Athai begat Nathan. And Nathan begat Zabad.