1 Chronicles 28 Cross References - Great

¹ And Dauid geathered togeather all the Lordes of Israel: the Lordes of the trybes, the Lordes of the companyes that ministred to the kyng by course, the captaynes ouer the thousandes & ouer the hundredes & the Lordes that had the ouersyght ouer all the substaunce and possessyon of Dauid, hys sonnes, wyth the chambrelaynes: all the myghtye and valeaunt and all actiue men vnto Ierusalem. ² And kynge Dauid stode vp vpon hys fete, and sayde. Heare me my brethren & my people. I had in myne hert to buylde an house of rest for the Arcke of the couenaunt of the Lord, & for the fote stole of oure God, & had made redye, for the buylding. ³ But God sayd vnto me: thou shalt not buylde an house for my name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed bloud. ⁴ Moreouer, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be kinge ouer Israel for euer, for in Iuda wold he chose a captayne: & of the housholde of Iuda is the house of my father, & amonge the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me, to make me king ouer all Israell. ⁵ And of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath geuen me manye sonnes) he hath chosen Salomon my sonne, to sytt vpon the seat of the kyngdom of the Lord in Israel. ⁶ And he sayde vnto me: Salomon thy sonne, he shall buyld me an house & courtes, I haue chosen hym to be my sonne, & I wilbe his father. ⁷ I will stablyshe his kingdome for euer, If he will be strong to do my commaundmentes, & my lawes, as it goeth this daye. ⁸ Now therfore, in the syght of all Israel the congregacyon of the Lorde, & in the audience of oure God: kepe & seke for all the commaundmentes of the Lord yor God, that ye maye enioye a good land, & leaue inheritaunce for yor children after you for euer. ⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and wyth a swete courage. For the Lorde sercheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacyons of thoughtes. And yf thou seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But yf thou forsake hym, he wyll cast the of for euer. ¹⁰ Take hede nowe, for the Lorde hath chosen the, to buylde hym an house of a Sanctuarie. Be stronge therfore, and playe the man. ¹¹ And Dauid gaue Salomon his sonne the paterne of the porche & of the houses that longed therto, of the store houses, upper chambres, ynner parloures, & of the house of the mercyeseate: ¹² & the example of all that he had in hys mynde, for the courtes of the house of the Lorde, & for all the celles rounde about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedycate thynges, ¹³ & for the diuisyons of the preastes and Leuites that wayted by course, & for all the workemanshyp, that shulde serue for the house of the Lorde, & for all the vesselles that shulde serue in the house of the Lorde. ¹⁴ For golde & for the wayght of golde, for all vesselles of sondrye ministracions: for all maner of vesselles of syluer in weyght, & for all vesselles, whatsoeuer purpose they serued vnto. ¹⁵ The wayght of golde for the candelstyckes, and the golde for their lampes, with the wayght for euery candelstycke, & for the lampes therof. And for the candelstyckes of syluer by wayght, both for the candelstycke and also for her lampes accordinge to the diuersite of the vse of euery candelstyck. ¹⁶ And by wayght golde for the tables of shewe breed, euen for euery table: and lyke wyse syluer for the tables of syluer. ¹⁷ And golde for fleshehokes, cuppes and drynckyng pottes: And pute golde in wayght for basens, euen for euery basen. And lykewyse syluer by wayght, for euery basen of syluer. ¹⁸ And for the aulter of incense, pure golde by wayght. And gold for the paterne of the charett of the Cherubes that stretched out their wynges, and couered the Arcke of the couenaunt of the Lord. ¹⁹ All (sayde Dauid) was geuen me by wrytynge of the hande of the Lorde, whych made me vnderstande all the workmanshyp of the paterne. ²⁰ And Dauid sayde to Salomon hys sonne: Be stronge, and do manfully, feare not, nor be faynt harted. For the Lorde God, euen my God, is wyth the, and he shall not fayle the, nor forsake the, vntyll thou hast fynysshed all the worke that must serue for the house of the Lord. ²¹ Beholde, the preastes and Leuites are deuided in companyes, for all maner of seruyce that pertayneth to the house of God: they are wyth the for all maner of workmanshyp, and so are all that excell in wysedome for any maner of seruyce. Thou hast also the Lordes and all the people for euery thynge that thou hast nede of.

² And Iosua called for all Israel, and for their elders, their heades their Iudges and officers, and sayde vnto them: I am olde and stryken in age.

¹ And Iosua geathered all the trybes of Israell to Sichem, and called for the elders of Israell, and for theyr heades, Iudges and officers, and they presented them selues before God.

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.

² And then he geathered togeather all the Lordes of Israel wyth the preastes and the Leuites.

¹ The chyldren of Israel: after the nombre of them, the auncient heedes & captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, & their offycers that serued the kyng by diuerse courses which came in & went out, moneth by moneth, thorow out all the monethes of the yere. And in euery course were .xxiiii. thousande. ² Ouer the fyrst course for the fyrst moneth, was Iasoboan the sonne of Zabdiel. And in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ³ And the chefest of all the captaynes of the host for the fyrst moneth, was of the children of Pharez. 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. 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. 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. ⁸ The fyfte capytayne for the fyfte moneth was Samhut the Iezrahite: & in hys course were .xxiiii. thousand. ⁹ The syxte capytayne for the syxte moneth was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Theckutte: & in hys course were .xxiiii. thousande. ¹⁰ The seuenth captayne for the seuenth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite, of the chyldren of Ephraim & in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ¹¹ The eyght captayne for the eyght moneth, was Sibechai an Husathite of the kynne of Zarhi: & in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ¹² The nynth capitayne for the nynth moneth, was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemim: and in hys course were .xxiiij. thousand. ¹³ The tenth capitayne for the tenth moneth, was Mahari the Netophathite of the Zarahites: and in hys course were .xxiiij. thousande. ¹⁴ The leuenth for the eleuenth moneth, was Banaia the Pirathonite of the chyldren of Ephraim: and in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ¹⁵ The twelueth captayne for the twelueth moneth, was Heldai the Netophathite wt Othoniel, and in his course were .xxiiii. thousand. ¹⁶ And the rulers ouer the trybes of Israel were these: Amonge the Rubenites was Eliezer the sonne of Zichri. Among the Simeonites also was Saphatiahu the sonne of Maacha. ¹⁷ Amonge the Leuites: Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel. Amonge the Haromites: Zadock. ¹⁸ Among them of Iuda: Elihu of the brethren of Dauid. Amonge them of Isachar. Omri the sonne of Michael. ¹⁹ Amonge them of Zabulon: Iesinaiahu the sonne of Obadiahu. Among them of Nephthali: Ierimoth the sonne of Azriel. ²⁰ Amonge, the chyldren of Ephraim: Hosea the sonne of Azartahu. In the halfe trybe also of Manasse: Ioel the sonne of Phedaiahu. ²¹ Of the halfe trybe of Manasse in Gilead: Iido the sonne of Zachariahu. Amonge them of BenIamin: Iaasiel the sonne of Abner. ²² Amonge them of Dan: Azarel the sonne of Ieroham. These are the Lordes of the trybes of Israel. ²³ But Dauid toke not the nombre of them vnder .xx. yere: because the Lord sayd he wold encrease Israel lyke vnto the starres of the skye. ²⁴ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia beganne to nombre: but he fynisshed it not, because that there fell wrath for it against Israel: neither was the nombre put in to the chronycles of kynge Dauid. ²⁵ Ouer the kynges treasures was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel. And ouer the treasures of the feldes, in the cyties & villages & castelles, was Iehonathan, the sonne of Uziahu. ²⁶ And ouer the worckmen in the feldes that tylled the ground, was Ezri the sonne of Chelub. ²⁷ And the ouersyght of the vineyardes had Semei the Ramathite. Ouer the increase also of the vineyardes, & ouer the winesellers was Sabdi the Hasiphunite. ²⁸ And ouer the oliuetrees & mulberytrees that were in the valeyes, was Baal Hanan the Gederite. And ouer the treasure of oyle, was Ioas: ²⁹ ouer the oxen that fed in Saron, was Setari the Saronite. And ouer the oxen that were in the valeyes was Saphat the sonne of Adlai. ³⁰ Ouer the camelles, Obil the Ismaelyte. And ouer the Asses was Iohadtahu the Meronothite. ³¹ Ouer the shepe, was Iazis the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance of kynge Dauid. ³² And Iehonathan Dauids vncle, a man of councell, and of vnderstondyng was a scrybe, and Ichiel the sonne of Hachmoni was wyth the kynges sonnes enstructinge them. ³³ And Ahitophel was of the kynges counsell. And Husai the Arachite was the kynges companyon. ³⁴ And next to Ahitophel was Iehoiada the sonne of Banaiahu, & Abiathar. And the captayne of the kynges warre, was Ioab.

² Then was it sayd vnto Iacob: beholde, thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto hym, & satt vp on the bedd,

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.

²⁰ and that hys hert aryse not aboue hys brethren, & that he turne not from the commaundement: to the ryght hande or to the lefte, but that he maye prolonge hys dayes in hys kyngdome: he, and hys chyldren in Israel.

¹ It fortuned, that as the kyng satt in his house (after that the Lord had geuen hym rest rounde about from all his enemyes) ² he sayde vnto Nathan the prophet: behold, I dwell now in an house of Cedar trees, but the Arcke of God dwelleth within the curtayne.

⁴⁷ And moreouer the kynges seruauntes came to blesse oure Lorde kinge Dauid, sayinge: thy God make the name of Salomon more honorable then thy name, and make hys seate greater then thy seate. And the kynge bowed hym selfe vpon the bedd.

¹⁷ And it was in the herte of Dauid my father to builde an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁸ And the Lord sayd vnto Dauid my father. Where as it was thyne herte to buylde an house vnto my name, thou diddest well, that thou was so mynded.

³¹ And these be they, whom Dauid set for to singe in the house of the Lorde, after that the Arcke had reste.

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.

¹ And it fortuned that whan Dauid dwelt in hys house, he sayde to Nathan the prophete: lo, I dwell in an house of Cedar tree: but the Arcke of the Lordes couenaunt remayneth vnder curtaynes. ² And Nathan sayd to Dauid: do all that is in thyne herte, for God is with the.

⁷ And Dauid toke the shyldes of golde that were on the seruauntes of Hadadezer, and brought them to Ierusalem. ⁸ And from Tebhath & from Chun (cyties of Hadarezer) brought Dauid exceadynge moche brasse. Wher wt Salomon made the brasen lauatorye, the pillers, & the vesselles of brasse. ⁹ And when Tou Kynge of Hemath, heard how Dauid had beaten all the strength of Hadarezer kynge of Zoba, ¹⁰ he sent Haduran his sonne to kynge Dauid, to make peace wt hym & to blesse hym, because he had fought agaynst Hadarezer, & beaten him (for Tou had warre wt Hadarezer) & Dauid brought, all maner of Iewelles of golde, syluer and brasse wt hym. ¹¹ And kynge Dauid dedicated them vnto the Lorde, with the syluer & gold that he brought from all nacyons, from Edom, from Moab, from the chyldren of Ammon, from the Philistines, & from Amalec.

² And Dauid commaunded togeather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel, and he sett masons to hewe fre stone, for the buylding of the house of God. ³ And Dauid prepared plentie of yron for nayles and dores of the gates, and to ioyne with all, and aboundance of brasse without wayght, ⁴ and Cedar trees wythout nombre. For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought moch Cedar wood to Dauid. ⁵ And Dauid sayde. Salomon my sonne is younge and tender, and the house that is to be buylt for the Lorde, must exceade in greatnesse, that it maye be spoken of and praysed in all landes. I wyll therfore make ordinaunce for it. And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his deeth.

¹⁴ Beholde, in myne aduersyte haue I also prepared for the house of the Lord, an hundred thousande talentes of golde, & a thousande thousande talentes of syluer, & as for brasse & yron it cannot be nombred, for it is very moche. And I haue prepared tymbre and stone, and thou mayest prouide more therto.

²² I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren: in the myddest of the congregacion wyll I prayse the.

⁵ O magnifye the Lorde oure God, and fall downe before his fote stole, for he is holy.

³ I wyll not come wythin the tabernacle of my house, nor clyme vp in to my bedd. ⁴ I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe, nor myne eye lyddes to slomber. ⁵ Untill I fynde out a place for the temple of the Lorde, an habitacion for the myghtye God of Iacob. ⁶ Lo, we hearde of the same at Ephrata, and founde it in the wood. ⁷ We wyll go in to hys tabernacle, and fall lowe on oure knees before hys fote stole. ⁸ Aryse, O Lord, into thy restynge place, thou and the arcke of thy strength.

¹⁴ For the Lord hath chosen Sion, to be an habitacion for him selfe hath he longed for her.

¹ Thus sayeth the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, & the earth is my fote stole. Where shall nowe the house stande, that ye wyll buylde vnto me? And where shall be the place, that I wyll dwell in?

¹ Alas, howe hath the Lorde darckened the daughter of Syon so sore in hys wrath? As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe from heauen vnto the erth. Howe happeneth it, that he remembred not his awne fote stole when he was angre?

⁴⁹ heauen is my seate, and earth is my fote stole. What house wyll ye bylde for me, sayth the Lorde? or which is the place of my rest:

¹¹ For both he that sanctifyeth and they which are sanctyfyed, are all of one. For whych causes sake he is not a shamed to call them brethren, ¹² sayinge: I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren, in the myddes of the congregacyon wyll I prayse the.

⁵ go and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayth the Lorde: shalt thou bylde me an house to dwelle in? ⁶ For I haue not dwelt in any house, sence the tyme that I brought the children of Israel out of Egipt, vnto this daye: 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? ⁸ Now therfore, so saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes. I toke the from the shepe cote (as thou wast folowyng shepe) that thou myghtest be ruler ouer my people Israel. ⁹ And I was with the in all that thou wentest to, & haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syght, and haue made the a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the worlde. ¹⁰ And therfore, I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and wyll plant it, that they maye dwell in a place of their awne, and moue no moare, nether shall wyckyd people trouble them any more, as they did at the beginnyng: ¹¹ sence the tyme that I sett Iudges ouer my people Israel. And I will geue the rest from all thine enemyes. And the Lord telleth the, that he wyll make the an howse. ¹² And when thy dayes he fulfilled, thou shalt slepe wyth thy fathers, and I wyll set vp thy seede after the, which shall procead out of thy bodye, & will stablyshe his kyngdome. ¹³ He shall bylde an house for my name, & I wyll stablyshe the seate of his kyngdome for euer.

³ thou knowest how that Dauid my father coulde not builde an house vnto the name of the Lorde hys God, for the warres which were aboute him on euery side, vntyll the Lorde putt them vnder the soles of hys fete.

⁴ go and tell Dauid my seruaunt, thus sayth the Lorde, thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in.

⁸ But the worde of the Lorde came to me, saying: thou hast shed moch bloude, and hast made greate battelles: thou shalt therfore not buyld an house vnto my name, for thou hast shed moch bloude vpon the erth in my syght.

⁸ the Lord sayd to Dauid my father: for as moch as it was in thyne herte to buylde an house for my name, thou dydest well that thou so thoughtest in thyne hert. ⁹ Notwithstandynge, thou shalt not buylde the house, but thy sonne which is proceaded out of thy loynes, he shall builde an house for my name.

⁸ Iuda thou art he, whom thy brethren shall prayse. Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thyne enymies, thy fathers chyldren shall stoupe before the. ⁹ Iuda is a lyons whelpe, From thy spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye. He layde hym downe and couched hym selfe as a lyon, and as a lionesse. Who wyll stere hym vp? ¹⁰ The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda, and a lawgeuer from betwene hys fete, vntyll. Sylocome. And vnto hym shall the gatherynge of the people be.

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.

⁶ And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & sayde: Surely the Lordes anoynted is before hym. ⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashyon, or on the heyght of hys stature, because I haue refused hym: for God seyth not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outwarde apperaunce but God beholdeth the harte. ⁸ Then Isai called Abinadab, and made him come before Samuel. And he sayde: nether hath the Lorde chosen thys. ⁹ Then Isai made Samma come, and he sayde: nether yet hath the Lorde chosen him. ¹⁰ Agayne, Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel. And Samuel sayde vnto Isai: the Lorde hath chosen none of these. ¹¹ And Samuel sayde vnto Isai: are here all thy chyldren? He sayde: there is yet a lytle one behynde, that kepeth the shepe. And Samuel sayd vnto Isai: sende and fette him, for we will not sytte downe, tyll he be come hyther. 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.

¹ The Ziphites came vnto Saul to Gibea, saying: Doth not Dauid hyde hym self in the hill of Hachila which is before Iesimon?

⁸ Now therfore, so saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes. I toke the from the shepe cote (as thou wast folowyng shepe) that thou myghtest be ruler ouer my people Israel. ⁹ And I was with the in all that thou wentest to, & haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syght, and haue made the a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the worlde. ¹⁰ And therfore, I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and wyll plant it, that they maye dwell in a place of their awne, and moue no moare, nether shall wyckyd people trouble them any more, as they did at the beginnyng: ¹¹ sence the tyme that I sett Iudges ouer my people Israel. And I will geue the rest from all thine enemyes. And the Lord telleth the, that he wyll make the an howse. ¹² And when thy dayes he fulfilled, thou shalt slepe wyth thy fathers, and I wyll set vp thy seede after the, which shall procead out of thy bodye, & will stablyshe his kyngdome. ¹³ He shall bylde an house for my name, & I wyll stablyshe the seate of his kyngdome for euer. ¹⁴ I wylbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne: yf he synne, I wyll chasten hym wyth soche a rodde as men be chastened wt, & wt soche plages as the children of men be plaged wt. ¹⁵ But my mercie shal not depart awaye from him, as I toke it from Saul, whom I put downe before the. ¹⁶ And thyne house and thy kyngdome shall endure wt out ende after the, and thy seate shalbe stablyshed foreuer.

² For Iuda, he preuayled aboue hys brethren, and of this trybe came the chefe, and the byrthryght was geuen to Ioseph.

²³ Therfore nowe Lorde, let the thynge that thou hast spoken concernynge thy seruaunt and hys house, be true for euer, that thou do as thou hast sayde: let it come to passe,

²⁷ Nowe therfore, let it be thy pleasure to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it maye contynue before the for euer. For whom thou blessest (O Lorde) the same is blessed for euer.

¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a place of liberty: he brought me forth, euen because he had a fauoure vnto me.

⁷ Gilead is myne, and Manasses is myne: Ephraim also is the strength of my head, Iuda is my lawe geuer.

⁶⁸ He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim. ⁶⁹ But chose the trybe of Iuda, euen the hyll of Sion which he loued. ⁷⁰ And there he buylded hys temple on hye, and layed the foundacion of it lyke the grounde, whych he hath made continually. ⁷¹ He chose Dauid also his seruaunt, and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes. ⁷² As he was folowinge the ewes greate with yonge ones, he toke hym, that he myght fede Iacob hys people, and Israel his enheritaunce. So he fed them with a faythfull and true hert, & ruled them prudently withall his power.

¹⁶ Blessed is the people (O Lorde) that can reioyse in the: they shall walke in the lyght of thy countenaunce. ¹⁷ Theyr delyte shalbe daylye in thy name, & in thy ryghteousnesse shall they make theyr boast. ¹⁸ For thou art the glory of theyr strength, & in thy louynge kyndnesse thou shalt lyft vp oure hornes. ¹⁹ For the Lord is oure defence, The holy one of Israel is oure kynge. ²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in vysyons vnto thy saynctes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is myghty, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people. ²¹ I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him. ²² My hand shall holde hym fast, and myne arme shall strengthen hym: ²³ The enemye shall not be able to do hym violence, the sonne of wickednesse shall not hurte hym. ²⁴ I shall smyte downe hys foes before hys face, and plage them that hate hym. ²⁵ My trueth also and my mercy shalbe wyth hym, and in my name shall hys horne be exalted. ²⁶ I wyll set hys dominion also in the see, and hys ryght hande in the floudes. ²⁷ He shall call me: thou art my father, my God, & my stronge saluacion.

⁸ Gilead is myne, and Manasses is myne, Ephraim also is the strength of my head,

¹⁰ He hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse, nether delyteth he in any mans legges. ¹¹ But the Lordes delyte is in them that feare hym, and put their trust in hys mercy.

¹⁴ For it is euident that oure Lorde spronge of the trybe of Iuda, of whych trybe spake Moses nothinge concerninge presthod.

¹ These were the sonnes of Dauid which were borne vnto hym in Hebron the eldest, Ammon of Ahinoam the Israelitesse. The seconde Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitesse. ² The thyrde Absalom the sonne of Maacha daughter of Thalmai kinge of Gesur. The fourth Adonia the sonne of Haggith. ³ The fyft Sephatia of Abital. The syxte Iethream by Egla hys wyfe. ⁴ These .vi. were borne vnto him in Ebron, & there he raygned .vii. yeare & syxe monethes. And in Ierusalem he raygned .xxxiij. yeare. ⁵ And these were borne vnto hym in Ierusalem: Simeia, Sobab, Nathan & Salomon .iiij. of Bathsua the daughter of Ammiel, ⁶ Ibhar also & Elisama, Elipalet, ⁷ Noga, Nepheg, & Iaphia, ⁸ Elisama, Eliada, and Eliphelet: nyne in nomber. ⁹ These are all the sonnes of Dauid, besyde the sonnes of the concubynes, and Thamar was ther syster.

³ And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem, and begat mo sonnes and daughters. ⁴ These are the names of hys chyldren, which were borne vnto him at Ierusalem: Samua, Sobab, Nathan and Salomon: ⁵ Iibhar, Elisua and Elipalet, ⁶ Noga, Nepheg and Iaphia, ⁷ Elisama, Beeliada and Eliphalet.

¹⁴ But I wyll sett hym in myne house and in my kyngdome for euer, and hys seate shalbe sure for euermore

⁹ Beholde, a sonne is borne to the, & he shalbe a man of reste, for I wyll geue him rest from all hys enemyes round about. For his name is Salomon: and I wyll sende rest and peace vpon Israel in hys dayes. ¹⁰ He shall buylde an house for my name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wylbe his father, & wyll prepare the seate of his kyngdome vpon Israel for euer.

¹ So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon hys sonne kynge ouer Israel.

¹ And Dauid the kynge sayde vnto all the congregacyon: God hath speciallye chosen Salomon my sonne whych is yet younge & tender, & the worcke is greate, for the house shall not be for man, but for the Lorde God.

²³ And Salomon sate on the seate of the Lorde, and was kyng in steade of Dauid his father, & prospered, and all they of Israel obeyed him.

⁸ And Salomon sayde vnto God: thou hast shewed great mercye vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to raygne in his steade. ⁹ Nowe therfore O Lorde God, let thy promyse which thou madest vnto Dauid my father, be true. For thou hast made me kynge ouer a people: which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude.

¹ For Salomon. Geue the kynge thy iudgementes (O God) and thy righteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. ² Then shall he iudge thy people accordinge vnto right, and defende the poore. ³ The mountaynes also shall brynge peace, and the lytle hilles righteousnesse vnto the people. ⁴ He shall kepe the symple folke by their ryght, defende the chyldren of the poore, and punish the wronge doer. ⁵ They shall feare the as long as the sonne and mone endureth, from one generacion to another. ⁶ He shall come downe like the rayne into a flese of wolle, euen as the droppes that water the earth. ⁷ In his tyme shall the ryghteous florish, yee, and aboundaunce of peace, so longe as the mone endureth, ⁸ His dominion shalbe also from the one see to the other, and from the floud vnto the worldes ende. ⁹ They that dwell in the wildernes shall knele before him, his enemies shall licke the dust. ¹⁰ The kynges of Tharsis and of the Iles shall geue presentes, the kynges of Araby and Saba shall bring gyftes. ¹¹ All kinges shal fall downe before him: all nacions shall do him seruice. ¹² For he shall delyuer the poore when he cryeth: the neady also and him that hath no helper. ¹³ He shalbe fauorable to the simple and neady: and shall preserue the soules of the poore. ¹⁴ He shall delyuer their soules from falshede and wronge, and deare shall theyr bloud be in his syght. ¹⁵ He shall lyue, & vnto him shalbe geuen of the golde of Arabia: Prayer shalbe made euer vnto him, and daylie shall he be praysed. ¹⁶ There shalbe an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hylles, his frute shall shake lyke Libanus, and shalbe grene in the cite, like grasse vpon the earth. ¹⁷ His name shall endure for euer, his name shall remayne vnder the sunne amonge the posterites, which shalbe blessed thorow him, and all the Heathen shall prayse him ¹⁸ Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israell which onely doth wonderous thinges. ¹⁹ And blessed be the name of hys maiesty for euer, and all the erth shalbe filled with his maiestye. Amen, Amen. ²⁰ Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Isai.

⁶ For vnto vs a chylde is borne, & vnto vs a sonne is geuen. Upon hys shoulder doth the kyngdome lye, and he is called wt hys awne name: wonderfull. The geuer of councell, the myghtye God, the euerlasting father, the prince of peace, 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.

¹³ He shall bylde an house for my name, & I wyll stablyshe the seate of his kyngdome for euer. ¹⁴ I wylbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne: yf he synne, I wyll chasten hym wyth soche a rodde as men be chastened wt, & wt soche plages as the children of men be plaged wt.

¹¹ Thys also shall come to passe: when thy dayes be expired, that thou must go vnto thy fathers, I wyll rayse vp thy sead after the which shalbe of thy sonnes, and I wyll prepare for hym the kyngdome. ¹² He shall buylde me an house, and I wyll stablishe his seate for euer ¹³ I wylbe hys father, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wyll not take my mercy awaye from hym, as I toke it from hym that was before the. ¹⁴ But I wyll sett hym in myne house and in my kyngdome for euer, and hys seate shalbe sure for euermore

⁹ Nowe therfore O Lorde God, let thy promyse which thou madest vnto Dauid my father, be true. For thou hast made me kynge ouer a people: which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude.

¹² & speake vnto hym. Thus sayth the Lorde of hoostes. Behold, the man whose name is the braunche: & he that shall sprynge vp after him, shall buylde vp the temple of the Lorde, ¹³ yee, euen he shal buylde vp the temple of the Lorde. He shall beare the prayse, he shal syt vpon the Lordes trone, & haue the dominacyon. A preste shal he be also vpon his trone, & a peaceable councel shalbe betwixte them both.

³ For loke howe moche honoure he (that hath buylded a house) hath more then the house it selfe, so moch honour is he counted worthy of more then Moses.

⁶ But Christ as a sonne, hath rule ouer the house, whose house are we, yf we holde fast the confydence and the reioysynge of that hope, vnto the ende.

⁵ And in thys place agayne: They shall not enter into my rest.

⁶ Be strong therfore and bolde: for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde the lande which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them. ⁷ Onely be thou strong & as bolde as thou canst, that thou mayest obserue & do according to all the lawe, which Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Tourne therfrom nether to the right hand, nor to the lefte: that thou mayste do wysely in all thou takest in hande:

² I go the waye of all the worlde, be thou stronge therfore, and shewe thy selfe a man. ³ Kepe thou the watch of the Lorde thy God, that thou walke in hys wayes, and kepe his statutes, and his preceptes, hys iudgementes, and hys testimonyes, euen as it is wrytten in the lawe of Moses: that thou mayest prospere in all that thou doest, and in euery thynge that thou medlest withall. ⁴ That the Lorde also maye make good hys worde which he spake vnto me, sayinge: yf thy chyldren take heade to theyr waye, that they walke before me in truethe, with all their hertes, and with all their soules, then shalt thou not be without a man on the seat of Israell.

¹² concernynge the house which thou arte in buyldynge, yf thou wylt walke in myne ordinaunces, and execute my lawes, and kepe my commaundementes, to walke in them: then wyll I make good vnto the my promes, which I promysed Dauid thy father. ¹³ And I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

⁶¹ Let youre herte therfore be perfecte with the Lord oure God, that ye walke in hys statutes, and kepe hys commaundementes, as thys daye.

⁴ And yf thou wylt walcke before me (as Dauid thy father walcked, in purenesse of herte and in ryghteousnesse) to do all that I haue commaunded the, and wylt kepe my statutes, & my lawes, ⁵ then wyll I stablysshe the seate of thy kyngdome vpon Israel for euer, as I promysed to Dauid thy father sayinge. Thou shalt not be without a man vpon the seate of Israel.

⁴ For it came to passe, when Salomon was olde, hys wyues turned his herte after other Gods: and his herte was not perfecte with the Lord his God, as was the herte of Dauid his father:

⁹ And the Lorde was angrye with Salomon, because hys hert was turned from the Lorde God of Israel which had appeared vnto him twyse, ¹⁰ and gaue him a charge (concerninge this thinge) that he shuld not folowe other gods. But he kepte not that, which the Lorde commaunded him, ¹¹ wherfore the Lord sayde vnto Salomon: for as moch as this is done of the, and thou hast not kepte myne appoyntment, and my statutes (which I commaunded the) I wyll rent the kyngdome from the, and wyll geue it to thy seruaunt. ¹² Notwithstandynge in thy dayes I will not do it because of Dauid thy father but will take it from the hande of thy sonne. ¹³ Howbeit, I will not take awaye all the kyngdome: but will geue one trybe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruaunt, and because of Ierusalem which I haue chosen.

¹³ For then thou shalt prospere: euen whan thou takest hede & fulfyllest the statutes & lawes whych the Lorde charged Moses with, for Israel. Plucke vp thyne hert therfore, & be stronge, dread not, nor be discouraged.

¹⁰ Take hede nowe, for the Lorde hath chosen the, to buylde hym an house of a Sanctuarie. Be stronge therfore, and playe the man.

²⁸ And I wyll make hym my fyrst borne, hyer then the kynges of the earth. ²⁹ My mercy wyll I kepe for hym for euermore, & my couenaunt shall stande fast wyth hym. ³⁰ Hys sede also wyll I make to endure for euer, and hys trone as the dayes of heauen. ³¹ But yf hys chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgementes. ³² If they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes. ³³ I wyll vyset theyr offences with the rod and theyr synne wyth scourges. ³⁴ Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse will I not vtterly take from hym, ner suffre my trueth to fayle. ³⁵ My couenaunt wyll I not breake, nor alter the thinge that is gone out of my lyppes. ³⁶ I haue sworne once by my holynesse, that I wyll not fayle Dauid. ³⁷ Hys sede shall endure for euer, and hys seate is lyke as the sunne before me.

¹² Of the frute of thy body shall I set vpon thy seate.

⁴⁴ In the dayes of these kynges, shall the God of heauen set vp an euerlasting kyngdome whych shall not perish, & his kyngdome shal not be geuen ouer to another people: yee, the same shall breake & destroye all these kyngdomes, but it shall endure for euer.

¹ And now herken O Israel vnto the ordinaunces and lawes which I teache you, for to do them, that so ye maye lyue & go in and conquere the lande, which the Lord God of youre fathers geueth you.

⁶ Kepe them therfore and do them, for that is youre wysdome & vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons: that they maye heare all these ordinaunces, and saye: Surely it is a wyse and vnderstandynge people: it is a greate nacyon.

²⁶ I call heauen and erth to recorde agaynst you thys daye, that ye shall shortely perish from of the lande, whether ye go ouer Iordan to possesse it: ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin, but shall vtterly be destroyed

³² Take hede therfore, that ye do in dede as the Lorde youre God hath commaunded you, & turne not asyde: ether to the ryghte hande or to the lefte:

¹⁰ Ye stande thys daye euery one of you before the Lorde your God: youre captaynes, youre trybes, your elders, youre offycers, and all the men of Israel:

¹⁵ but both wyth hym that standeth here wyth vs this daye before the Lord oure God, and also wyth hym that is not here with vs this daye.

¹² Therfore shall ye not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, ner seke their peace & welth for euer, that ye maye be strong, & enioye the good in the land, & that ye & youre chyldren maye haue the enheritaunce of it for euermore.

⁴ Thou hast charged that we shall diligently kepe thy commaundementes.

¹⁰ Wyth my whole herte haue I sought the. O let me not go wronge out of thy commaundementes. ¹¹ Thy wordes haue I hyd wythin my herte, that I shulde not synne agaynst the.

²⁷ Make me to vnderstande the waye of thy commaundementes, and so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes.

³³ Teach me O Lorde the waye of thy statutes, and I shal kepe it vnto the ende. ³⁴ Geue me vnderstandynge, and I shall kepe thy lawe, yee I shall kepe it wyth my whole herte.

⁴⁴ So shall I alwaye kepe thy lawe, yee for euer & euer.

¹ My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my commaundementes by the, ² that thou wylt enclyne thyne eare vnto wysdome, applye thyne hert then to vnderstandynge. ³ For yf thou cryest after wisdome, and callest for knowledge: ⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure, ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lorde, and fynde the knowledge of God.

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes.

²² He that is vertuous, leaueth an enheritaunce vnto hys chylders children and the ryches of the synner is layed vp for the iust.

¹⁶ Seke thorow the scripture of the Lorde and reade it. There shall none of these thynges be lefte out, there shall not one, ner soche lyke, fayle. For what his mouth commaundeth that same doeth his sprete gather together, or fulfylleth.

¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A cytie that is set on an hyll cannot be hyd, ¹⁵ nether do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell, but on a candelstyck, and it geueth light vnto all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shyne before men. That they maye se your good worckes, & gloryfy your father, which is in heauen.

³³ Then sent I for the immediatly, & thou hast well downe, that thou art come. Nowe therfore are we all here present before God, to heare all thinges that are commaunded vnto the of God.

¹¹ These were the noblest of byrth amonge them of Thessalonia, which receaued the word with all dilygence of mynde, and searched the scryptures dayly, whether those thynges were euen so.

¹⁵ that ye maye be soche as no man came complayne on: and vnfayned sonnes of God without rebuke, in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nacyon: amonge whom se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde, ¹⁶ holdynge faste the worde of lyfe, that I maye reioyce in the daye of Chryst, howe that I haue not runne in vayne, nether haue laboured in vayne.

¹ Wherfore, let vs also (seyng that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses) laye awaye all that presseth doune, and the synne that hangeth so fast on, let vs runne with pacience vnto the battayle that is set before vs, ² lookyng vnto Iesus the captayne & finissher of our fayth, which (for the ioye that was set before him) abode the crosse, & despised the shame, & is set downe on the ryghte hande of the throne of God.

⁵ But God sawe that the malyce of man was greate in the erth, and all the ymaginacyon of the thoughtes of hys hert was onely euell euery daye.

²¹ And the Lorde smelled a swete (or quyete) sauoure. And the Lorde sayde in his herte: I wyll not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake, for the ymagynacyon of mans hert is euel euen from hys youth. Neyther wyl I adde to smite any more euery thynge liuynge, as I haue done,

¹³ yce and God stode vpon it, and sayde. I am the Lorde God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isahac: The lande whyche thou slepest vpon wyll I geue the and thy seed.

¹⁶ Goo and gather the elders of Israel to gether, and thou shalt saye vnto them: the Lorde God of youre fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob apeared vnto me, and sayde: In visitynge haue I visited you, and knowe that which is done to you in Egypte

² The Lord is my strength and prayse, and he is become my saluacion. He is my God, and I wyll glorify hym: my fathers God, & I wyll exalte hym.

³⁵ Unto the it was shewed, that thou myghtest knowe, howe that the Lorde he is God, and that there is none other but he.

¹⁶ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: beholde, thou shalt slepe wyth thy fathers, and thys people wyll ryse vp, and go a whorynge after straunge goddes of the lande (whether they go) and will forsake me, and breake the appoyntment, whych I haue made wyth them. ¹⁷ And then my wrath wyll waxe whote agaynst them, and I wyll forsake them, and wyll hyde my face from them, & they shalbe consumed. And moch aduersyte and tribulacyons shall come vpon them, so that then they wyll saye: Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not wyth me?

²¹ And then when moch myschefe and tribulacyon is come vpon them, thys songe shall answere them, as a wytnesse. For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouthes of theyr seed: for I knowe theyr imaginacyon, whych they goo about euen nowe, before I haue broughte them into the lande which I sware.

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashyon, or on the heyght of hys stature, because I haue refused hym: for God seyth not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outwarde apperaunce but God beholdeth the harte.

⁶ And Salomon sayde: thou haste shewed vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father great mercy, when he walked before the in trueth, in ryghtewesnes, & in playnesse of hert with the. And thou hast kepte for hym this greate mercy, that thou hast geuen hym a sonne, to sytt on hys seate: as it is come to passe thys daye.

³⁹ heare thou then in heauen, euen in thy dwellynge place, and be mercyfull, and worke, and geue euery man accordinge to all hys wayes (euen as thou that only knowest his hert, for thou onely knowest the hertes of all the chyldren of men:)

⁴³ Therfore, heare thou in heauen thy dwellynge place, and do all that the straunger calleth to the for: that all nacions of the erth maye knowe thy name and feare the, as do thy people Israel: and that they maye knowe that thy name is called vpon in thys house whych I haue buylte.

⁶ But and yf ye and youre chyldren turne awaye from me, and wyll not kepe my commaundementes and my statutes (whyche I haue set before you) but go and serue other Goddes, and worshyppe them: ⁷ then wyll I wede Israel oute of the lande, whych I haue geuen them. And thys house whych I haue halowed for my name, wyll I cast oute of my syght. And Israel shalbe a prouerbe and a fable amonge all nacyons. ⁸ And thys house shalbe taken awaye: so that euery one that passeth by it, shalbe astonyed, and shall hysse, and they shall saye: why hath the Lorde done thus vnto thys lande and to thys house? ⁹ And they shall answere: because they forsoke the Lorde theyr God, whyche brought theyr fathers out of the lande of Egypt, and haue taken holde vpon other Goddes, and haue worshipped them, and serued them, therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all thys euell.

³ I beseche the nowe, O Lorde, remembre howe I haue walked before the in trueth and with a perfecte herte, and haue done that which is good in thy syght, and Hezekia wepte sore.

² He dyd that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde, and walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed nether to the ryght hande or to the lefte.

⁹ And the people reioysed, whan they were so wyllynge to geue their goodes, and wyth a perfecte hert they offred vnto the Lorde. And Dauid the kynge reioysed wyth great gladnesse.

¹⁷ (I wote also my God) that thou tryest the hertes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse. And in the unfaynednesse of myne herte. I haue willinglye offred all these thinges. And nowe haue I sene thy people which are founde here, to offer vnto the willyngly and wyth gladnesse. ¹⁸ O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, & of Israel oure fathers, kepe this for euer, as the begynnynge of the thoughtes of the herte of thy people, and prepare their hertes vnto the. ¹⁹ And geue vnto Salomon my sonne, a perfecte herte, to kepe thy commaundementes, thy testymonies and thy statutes, and to do all, & to buylde the house for the which I haue made prouision for.

² And he went out to mete Asa, & sayde vnto him: heare me Asa, and all Iuda, Beniamin. The Lorde is with you, whyle ye be with hym, and when ye seke hym, he wyll be founde of you: and agayne, when ye forsake hym, he also wyll forsake you.

²² For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe vs agaynst the enemy in the waye: but we sayd vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnes, and hys violence and wrath is agaynst all them that forsake him.

¹¹ If they now wyll take hede and serue him, they shall were out theyr dayes in prosperite, and theyr yeares in pleasure and ioye. ¹² But yf they wyll not herken, they shall go thorow the swearde, and perysh or euer they be aware.

⁹ Oh let the wyckednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but guyd thou the iust.

¹⁰ And they that knowe thy name, wyll put their trust in the: for thou (Lorde) hast neuer fayled them, that seke the.

² I will call vpon the Lord, which is worthy to be praysed, so shall I be safe fro myne enemyes.

²⁶ I wyll set hys dominion also in the see, and hys ryght hande in the floudes.

² O let me haue vnderstandynge in the waye of godlynesse: Whan wylt thou come vnto me? I wyll walcke in my house with a perfecte herte.

² Thou knowest my downe syttinge and myne vprysing: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes longe before.

¹ My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my commaundementes by the, ² that thou wylt enclyne thyne eare vnto wysdome, applye thyne hert then to vnderstandynge. ³ For yf thou cryest after wisdome, and callest for knowledge: ⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure, ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lorde, and fynde the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge.

³ Lyke as syluer is tryed in the fyre, and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes.

²⁸ For the transgressours & vngodly, and soch as are be come vnfaythfull vnto the Lord, must altogether be vtterly destroyed.

¹⁹ I haue not spoken secretly, nether in darcke places of the earth. It is not for naught, that I sayde vnto the sede of Iacob: seke me. I am the Lorde, which when I speake, declareth the thing that is righteous & true:

⁶ Seke the Lorde, whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, & the vnryghtuous hys owne ymagynacyons, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde: so shall he be mercyfull vnto hym: and to oure God, for he is very ready to forgeue.

²⁴ But who so will reioyse, let hym reioyse in this, that he vnderstandeth, & knoweth me: for I am the Lorde, which do mercy, equyte and ryghteousnesse vpon the earth. Therfore, haue I pleasure in soch thynges, sayeth the Lorde.

²⁰ Therfore, I will beseche the now (O Lord of hoostes) thou ryghteous iudge, thou that tryest the reynes & the hertes: lett me se the auenged of them, for vnto the haue I committed my cause.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

¹² And now, O Lorde of Hostes, thou ryghteous searcher (which knowest the reynes and the very hertes:) let me se them punished, for vnto the I commytte my cause.

¹⁶ Yee, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came thys, but onely because he had me before hys eyes, sayeth the Lorde?

⁷ And I wyll geue them an herte, to knowe how that I am the Lorde. They shalbe my people, & I will be their God, for they shall returne vnto me with their whole herte.

¹³ Ye shall seke me and fynde me. Yee, yf so be that ye seke me with your whole hert,

³⁴ And from thens forth, shall no man teach his neyghbour or his brother, & saye: knowe the Lorde. But they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, sayth the Lorde. For I will forgeue their mysdedes, and will neuer remembre their synnes eny more.

¹⁰ Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lord God: At the same tyme shal many thinges come into thy mynde, so that thou shalt ymagyn myschefe,

¹ Heare the worde of the Lord, O ye chyldren of Israel. For the Lorde must punysh, them that dwell in the lande. And why? There is no trewthe, there is no mercie, there is no knowledge of God in the lande:

⁶ my people perish, because they haue no knowledg. Seinge then that thou hast refused vnderstanding, therfore wyll I refuse the also: so that thou shalt nomore be my preste. And for so moche as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I wyll also forget thy chyldren.

⁷ Aske, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, & ye shall fynde: Knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. ⁸ For whosoeuer asketh, receaueth: and whosoeuer seketh, fyndeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, & sayeth of him: Beholde a ryght Israelyte, in whom is no gyle.

²⁵ and neded not, that eny man shuld testifye of him. For he knewe what was in man.

²⁴ God is a sprete: and they that worshyppe hym, must worshyppe hym in sprete and in the treuth.

⁵⁵ & yet ye haue not knowen hym: but I knowe him. And yf I saye, I knowe him not, I shalbe a lyar lyke vnto you. But I knowe him, and kepe his sayinge.

³ This is lyfe eternal, that they might knowe the, the onely true God, & Iesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

¹⁷ He sayde vnto him the thyrde tyme: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thyrde tyme: louest thou me, and he sayde vnto hym: Lord, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest that I loue the, Iesus saieth vnto him: fede my shepe.

²⁴ And whan they prayed they sayde: thou Lorde, which knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen:

²³ For as I passed by, and behelde the maner how ye worshyp youre goddes, I founde an aulter wherin was writen: vnto the vnknowen God. Whom ye then ignorantly worshyppe, hym shew I vnto you.

³⁰ And the tyme of this ignoraunce God regarded not. But now biddeth all men euery where repen

²⁸ And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vp vnto a lewde mynde, that they shulde do those thynges whych were not comly, ²⁹ beyng full of all vnryghteousnesse, fornicacyon, wyckednes, coueteousnes, malicyousnes, full of enuye morther, debate, disceyte, euyll condicyoned, whysperers,

³⁴ Awake truely out of slepe, and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God: I speake this to youre shame.

⁶ For it is God, that commaunded the lyght to shyne out of darcknes, which hath shyned in oure hertes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Iesus Christ.

¹² For yf there be fyrst a wyllynge mynde, it is accepted accordynge to that a man hath, and not accordynge to that he hath not.

⁷ And let euery man do, accordinge as he hath purposed in hys herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessyte. For God loueth a chearfull geuer.

¹³ nether is ther eny creature that is not manifest in the syght of him: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

³⁸ But the iust shall lyue by faith. And yf he withdrawe him selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. ³⁹ It is not we that withdrawe our selues vnto dampnacion, but we partayne vnto fayth, to the wynnynge of the soule.

²⁸ Wherefore, yf we receaue the kyngdome which can not be moued, we haue grace, wherby we maye so serue God, and that we maye please hym with reuerence and godly feare.

⁸ Drawe nye to God, and he will drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye siners, & pourge your hertes ye waueryng mynded. ⁹ Suffre afflictions & mourne, & wepe. Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, & youre ioye to heuynes. ¹⁰ Humble youre selues in the sight of the lord, & he shal lyft you vp. ¹¹ Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, & he that iudgeth hys brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But & yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge.

² Fede ye Christes flocke, asmoch as lyeth in you, takynge the ouersyght of them, not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly: not for the desyre of fylthy lucre: but of a good mynde,

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.

¹⁶ And of golde, syluer, brasse and yron, there is no nombre. Up therfore, and be doynge, & the Lorde shalbe wyth the. ¹⁷ And Dauid commaunded all the lordes of Israel, to helpe Salomon his sonne, saying: ¹⁸ Is not the Lord yor God wt you? & hath he not geuen you rest on euery syde? for he hath geuen the enhabitoures of the lande into my hande, & the lande is subdued before the Lord & before his people. ¹⁹ Nowe therfore set youre hertes & yor soules, to seke the Lord youre God. Up, and buylde ye the temple of the Lorde God, to bryng the Arcke of the couenaunt of the Lord and the holy vesselles of God, into the house so buylt for the name of the Lorde.

⁶ And he sayde vnto me: Salomon thy sonne, he shall buyld me an house & courtes, I haue chosen hym to be my sonne, & I wilbe his father.

¹⁶ Take hede vnto thy selfe, and vnto learnynge, and continue therin. For yf thou shalt so do, thou shalt saue thy selfe, & them that heare the.

¹⁷ And thou shalt make a mercyseate of pure golde .ii. cubytes and an halfe longe and a cubite & a halfe brode. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make .ii. cherubins of golde: Euen of a whole worke shalt thou make them in the two endes of the mercyseate: ¹⁹ and the one cherub shalt thou make on the one ende, and the other on the other ende. Euen of the same mercyseate shall ye make Cherubins in the two endes therof. ²⁰ And the Cherubins shall stretch theyr wynges abrode ouer an hye, coueringe the mercy seate with theyr wynges, and theyr faces shall loke one to another: euen to the mercyseate warde, shall the faces of the cherubins be. ²¹ And thou shalt put the mercyseate aboue vpon the arke, and in the arke thou shalt put the witnesse which I wyll geue the. ²² And from thence I wyll testifye vnto the and wyll comon with the from vpon the mercyseate: from betwene the two Cherubins which are vpon the arke of witnesse, of all thynge which I wyll geue the in commaundement vnto the chyldren of Israel.

⁴⁰ Loke therfore that thou make them after the facyon that was shewed the in the mounte.

³⁰ And thou shalt rere vp the habitacyon accordynge to the facion therof, as it was shewed the in the mount.

⁴² accordinge to all that the Lorde commaunded Moses: euen so the chyldren of Israel made all the worke. ⁴³ And Moses behelde all the worcke, and se, they had done it euen as the Lorde commaunded: euen so had they done, and Moses blessed them.

²⁰ And he toke the testimonye, and put it in the arcke, & set the barres to the arcke, & put the mercyseate an hye vpon the arcke, ²¹ & brought the arcke into the habitacyon, & hanged vp the vayle, & couered the arcke of witnesse, as the Lorde commaunded Moses.

³ And he made a porche before the body of the temple, which was .xx. cubytes long after the bredth of the house, and .x. cubites broade, euen in the forefront of the house.

⁵ And in the wall of the house, he made chambers rounde about, (euen in the walles of the house) rounde about the temple & the queer: and made sydes rounde about. ⁶ The nethermost chamber was fyue cubytes broad, and the myddle was syxe cubytes broade, & the thyrd was seuen cubites broad. For without in the wall of the house he layed beames round about, that the beames of the chambers shuld not be fastened in the walles of the house.

¹⁰ And then he buylt chambers to all the temple, of fyue cubytes heygth, and they were ioyned to the house with beames of Cedar.

¹⁶ And he syled .xx. cubytes in the sydes of the queer of the temple, both floore & walles with bordes of Cedar, & dressed it within in the secrete place of the temple, euen in the moost holye. ¹⁷ And the fyrst house, that is to saye, the body of the temple without, was fourtye cubites longe. ¹⁸ And the Cedar of the house within, was kerued with knoppes, & grauen with floures, and all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was sene. ¹⁹ And the queer that was within the temple, he prepared, to set there the arcke of the appoyntement of the Lorde: ²⁰ And the queer before was twentye cubites longe, and twenty cubites in bredth, and twentye cubytes in heygth. And he syled it with pure golde, and borded the aultare with Cedar.

²⁶ For the Leuites (which had the ouersyght of the vestryes & treasures of the house of God) were vnder the custody of foure notable porters: ²⁷ & they laye rounde aboute the house of God: because the kepynge therof pertayned to them, and they had the keyes to open euery mornynge. ²⁸ And certen of them had the rule of the mynistringe vessels, & brought them in and out by tale. ²⁹ Some of them were appoynted to ouerse the vesselles, and all the ornamentes of the Sanctuary, and the floure, wine, oyle, frankincense and swete odoures.

²⁰ And of the Leuites, Ahiah had the ouersyght of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicat thynges. ²¹ As concernyng the sonnes of Laadan whych were the chyldren of the Gersonites. Of Laadan came auncient fathers, Euen of Laadan there came Gersuni & Iehieli. ²² The sonnes of Iehieli: Zethan & Ioel hys brother, which were ouer the treasures of the house of the Lorde. ²³ Of the Amramites also & Izaharites, Hebronites & Ozielites, ²⁴ was Subuel the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Moses, a ruler ouer the treasures. ²⁵ And of his brethren the sonnes of Eliezer, was Rahabiahu, whose sonne was Isaiahu, whose sonne was Ioram, whose sonne was Zichri, whose sonne was Selomith, ²⁶ whych Selomith and hys brethren were ouer all the treasures of the dedycate thynges, which Dauid the kynge, & the auncient fathers, the capitaynes ouer thousandes & hundredes, & the captaynes of the hoste, ²⁷ had dedicated out of the spoyles wonne in battels: they dyd dedicate them to mainteyne the house of the Lorde:

¹⁹ All (sayde Dauid) was geuen me by wrytynge of the hande of the Lorde, whych made me vnderstande all the workmanshyp of the paterne.

³ And these are the paternes wherby Salomon was instructe to buylde the house of God. The length was thre skore cubytes after the olde measure, and the bredthe .xx. cubytes. ⁴ The porche, that was in bredth as large as the temple, had .xx. cubytes: and the heygth was an hundred & .xx. cubytes. And he ouerlayed it on the ynner syde with pure golde. ⁵ And the greater house he syled with fyrre tree, which he ouerlayde with the best gold, and graued therto palmetrees and cheynes. ⁶ And he ouerlayed the house with precyouse stone bewtyfully. And the golde was golde of Paruaim. ⁷ The house (I saye) the beames, postes, walles and dores therof, ouerlayed he with gold, and made grauen worke vpon the walles. ⁸ And he made the house moost holye, whose length was .xx. cubytes lyke to the bredthe of the house, and the bredthe therof was also .xx. cubytes. And he ouerlayde it wyth good golde, euen with .vj. hundred talentes. ⁹ And the waight of the nayles of gold was fyftie sycles. And he ouerlayde the vpper chambres with golde. ¹⁰ And in the house most holy, he made two Cherubyns of ymage worke, lyke chyldren, and ouerlayde them with gold.

⁷ And the preastes brought the Arcke of the appoyntement of the Lorde vnto his place, euen into the quere of the temple within the place most holye, and set it vnder the wynges of the cherubs,

³⁸ And the preast the sonne of Aaron shall wyth the Leuites haue also of the tithes of the Leuites, so that the Leuites shal brynge vp the tythes of theyr tithes vnto the house of oure God, to the store houses and to the treasure houses. ³⁹ For the chyldren of Israel & the chyldren of Leui shall brynge vp the heueofferynges of the corne, wyne and oyle vnto the store houses, there as are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the preastes that minister, & the porters and syngers, that we forsake not the house of oure God.

⁵ & had made him a great chambre, & there had they afore tyme layed the offeringes, frankencense, vessell, & the tythes of corne, and wyne and oyle (accordyng to the commaundement geuen to the Leuites, syngers and porters) and the heueofferynges of the preastes:

² Go vnto the house of the Rechabites, & call them out, and bringe them to the house of the Lorde into some commodyous place, and geue then wyne to dryncke.

⁸ He measured also the porche of the ynnermer dore, which conteyned a meterodde. ⁹ Then measured he the entrye of the dore, that conteyned eyght cubytes, & his pylers two cubytes: and this entrye stode inwarde.

¹⁵ Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre of the ynnermer dore, were .L. cubytes.

⁴⁸ And he brought me to the fore entrye of the house, and measured the walles by the entry dore: which were .v. cubites longe on eyther syde. The thycknes also of the dore on eyther syde was thre cubites. ⁴⁹ The length of the porche was .xx. cubites, the bredth .xi. cubites, and vpon steppes went men vp to it: by the walles also were pyllers on eyther syde one.

⁶ and one stode harde vpon another, wherof ther were .xxxiij. ther stode postes beneth by the walles rounde about the house, to beare them vp: but in the wall of the house, they were not fastened. ⁷ The syde chambres were, the hyer the wyder, & had steppes thorowe them rounde about the house. Thus was it wyder aboue, that from the lowest men myght go to the hyest by the mydd chambres. ⁸ I sawe also that the house was very hye rounde aboute. The foundacyon of the syde chambres was a meterodde, that is .vi. cubites broade. ⁹ The thicknes of the syde wall without, conteined .v. cubites, and so dyd the outwall of the chambres in the house. ¹⁰ Betwene the chambres was the wydenes .xx. cubites rounde about the house. ¹¹ The chambre dores stode ouer agaynst the outwall, the one dore was toward the north, the other towarde the south: and the thycknesse of the outwall was .v. cubites rounde about

¹³ So he measured the house which was an .C. cubytes longe, and the separated buylding with the wall were an .C. cubytes longe also. ¹⁴ The wydenes before the house, and of it that was separated towarde the east, was an .C. cubytes. ¹⁵ And he measured the length of the buylding before and behynde with the chambres vpon both the sydes: and it conteyned an .C. cubytes. The ynnermer temple, the porch of the fore court, ¹⁶ the syde postes, these thre had syde wyndowes and pyllers rounde about ouer agaynst the postes, from the grounde vp to the wyndowes. The wyndowes them selues were syled ouer with bordes: ¹⁷ and thus was it aboue the dore vnto the ynmost house: and without also. Yee, the whole wall on euery syde both within and without was silled ouer with great borders.

¹⁰ Therfore, O thou sonne of man, shewe thou the housholde of Israel a temple, that they maye be ashamed of their wickednes, & measure them selues an example therat. ¹¹ And when they be ashamed of all theyr worckes, then shewe them the fourme & fashyon of the temple, the comming in, the goynge out, all the maner and descripcyon therof: yee, all the vses & ordinaunces of it, that they maye kepe and fulfyll all the fashyons and customes therof.

¹ As he behelde, he sawe the ryche men, whych cast in their offeringes into the treasury.

⁵ offer gyftes whych serue vnto the ensample, and shadowe of heauenly thynges: euen as the answere of God was geuen vnto Moses, when he was about to fynyssh the tabernacle. Take hede (sayde he) that thou make all thinges accordinge to the patrone which is shewed to the in the mount.

² For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherin was the lyght, and the table, and the shewe breed, whych hys called holy. ³ But within the seconde vayle was there a tabernacle, whych is called holyest of all, ⁴ whych had the golden senser, and the arcke of the testament ouerlayde round about with golde, wherin was the golden pot with Manna, and Aarons rodde, that spronge and the tables of the testament. ⁵ Ouer the arcke were the Cherubins of glory, shadowyng the seate of grace. Of which thynges we cannot now speake particularly. ⁶ When these thinges were thus ordeyned, the prestes went allwayes into the fyrst tabernacle, whych executed the seruice of the holy thinges. ⁷ But into the seconde, went the hye prest alone once euery yeare: not wyth out bloud which he offered for him selfe, and for the ignoraunces of the people. ⁸ Wherwith the holy goost thys signifyed, that the waye of holy thynges was not yet opened, whyll as yet the fyrst tabernacle was standyng.

² beholde, I haue called by name, Bezaleel the sonne of Ury, the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda.

²⁶ and toke awaye the treasures of the house of the Lorde, & the treasures of the kynges house, & spoyled all that was to be had. And he toke awaye the shyldes of golde which Salomon had made.

¹⁵ He brought in the holy vessels of his father, (& that he had dedicat) vnto the house of the Lorde: golde & syluer, & Iewelles.

¹⁸ Then Asa toke all the syluer & golde, that was lefte in the treasures of the house of the Lorde, & the treasures of the kynges house, and delyuered them vnto the handes of hys seruauntes, & Asa sent them to Benhadad the sonne of Tabrimon the sonne of Hezion kynge of Siria, (that dwelt at Damasco,) sayenge:

⁸ And Ahaz toke the syluer and the golde that was founde in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the kinges house, and sent a rewarde to the kyng of Assiria.

¹⁵ And Hezekia gaue him all the syluer that was founde in the house of the Lorde, & in the treasures of the kynges house.

²⁰ And of the Leuites, Ahiah had the ouersyght of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicat thynges.

²⁶ whych Selomith and hys brethren were ouer all the treasures of the dedycate thynges, which Dauid the kynge, & the auncient fathers, the capitaynes ouer thousandes & hundredes, & the captaynes of the hoste, ²⁷ had dedicated out of the spoyles wonne in battels: they dyd dedicate them to mainteyne the house of the Lorde: ²⁸ & all that Samuel the sear, and Saul the sonne of Cis, and Abner the sonne of Ner, and Ioab the sonne of Zarnia had dedicated, & whosoeuer had dedicate anye thynge, it was vnder the hande of Selomith and of hys brethren.

¹ But Salomon was buyldyng his awne house thirtene yere, & finysshed it all. ² And he buylt the house in the wodd of Libanon, an hundred cubytes longe, and fyftye cubytes broad, & .xxx. cubytes hye. And it stode vpon foure rowes of Cedar pyllars, and Cedar beames were layed vpon the pyllers. ³ And the rouffe was Cedar aboue vpon the beames, that laye on the pyllers: euen fyue and fourtye beames in fyftene rowes. ⁴ And there were wyndowes in thre rowes: and the wyndowes were one agaynst another thre folde. ⁵ And the dores with the syde postes, and the vpperposte were fouresquare, and had windowes one agaynst another thre folde. ⁶ And he made a porch by the pillars, that bare vp the house .l. cubites longe, and .xxx. cubites broad: & that porch was before those & the other pillers. For there was a thick tree set before them. ⁷ Then he made a porche to syt a iudge in, syled with Cedar thorowout all the pauementes. ⁸ And hys awne house (that he kept residence in: & that was in another courte without the porch) was made of that same worcke. And then Salomon made an house for Pharaos daughter whom he had taken to wyfe, lyke vnto the fasshion of that porche. ⁹ And all these were of the best stones, hewed after a measure, and sawed wt sawes within and without, from the foundacion vnto the beames that laye aboue, after the measure, & euen so on the outsyde towarde the great court. ¹⁰ And the foundacyon was layed vpon rych stones & the very great stones: wherof some were .x. cubites, & some .viij. cubites. ¹¹ And aboue were good stones squared after a certayn rule, & couered wt Cedar. ¹² And the great court round about was wt thre rowes of hewed stone, & one rowe of Cedar planckes, after the maner of the ynner court of the house of the Lorde, & of the porch of the temple. ¹³ And kyng Salomon sent and fett one Hiram out of Tire, ¹⁴ a wedowes sonne of the tribe of Nephtalim, his father beyng a man of Tire. Which Hiram was a craftes man in brasse full of wysdome, vnderstandynge and connynge: to worke all maner of worcke in brasse. And he came to king Salomon, & wrought all his worcke. ¹⁵ For he cast two pillers of brasse of .xviij. cubites hye a pece, & a stringe of .xij. cubites dyd compasse ether them about. ¹⁶ And he made .ij. heed peces of molten brasse (after the fasshion of a crowne) to sett on the toppes of the pyllers. The heigth of the one heed pece conteined .v. cubites, & the heigth of the other heed pece conteyned .v. cubites also: ¹⁷ he made also net worck & garlandes of cheyne worcke, vpon the heed peces that were on the top of the pyllers, euen seuen rowes vpon the one heed pece, and seuen vpon the other. ¹⁸ And so he made the pyllers, and two rowes round about, in the one wrethen worcke, to couer the heed peces that were vpon the pomgranates. And thus dyd he also for the other heed pece. ¹⁹ And the heed peces that were on the toppes of the pillers, couered he aboue with a curyous worke of roses: towarde the palace by the space of .iiij. cubytes. ²⁰ Likewyse, vnder the heed peces in those .ij. pillers beneth, oueragainst the middes & before the net worke. And vpon the seconde heed pece were ther .ij.C. pomgranates in two rowes round about. ²¹ And he set vp the pillers in the porch of the temple. And when he had set vp the rightpiller, he called the name therof Ioachim: & whan he had set vp the left piller, he called the name therof Boaz. ²² And in the toppe of the pyllers was a worke of roses, and so was the workmanshyp of the pyllers finyshed. ²³ And he made a molten lauatory, ten cubytes wyde from brym to brym, round in compasse, & .v. cubytes hye. And a stryng of thirtye cubytes dyd compasse it about: ²⁴ and vnder the brym of it, there were knoppes round about, ten in one cubite: and they compassed the lauatory round about. And the knoppes were cast wt it, in two rowes, when it was caste. ²⁵ And it stode on twelue oxen: of which thre loked toward the north .iij. towarde the west .iij. towarde the south, & .iij. toward the east. and the lauatory stode vpon them, & all theyr hinderpartes were inward. ²⁶ It was an hand breadeth thycke, & the brym wrought lyke the brim of a cup wt floures of lylies. And it conteyned two thousande bates. ²⁷ And he made .x. sokettes of brasse .iiij. cubites longe, and .iiij. cubites broade a pece, & .iij. cubites hye. ²⁸ And the worke of the sokettes was on this maner. They had sides, and the sydes were betwene the ledges. ²⁹ And on the sydes that were betwene the ledges, were lyons, oxen and cherubs. And lykewyse, vpon the ledges that were aboue: and beneth the lyons and oxen were certayne addicions made of thynne worke. ³⁰ And vnder euery soket, were foure brasen wheles, and bordes of brasse. And in the foure corners therof, were vndersetters vnder the lauatorye, cast eche oueragaynst hys felowe. ³¹ And the stalke of the lauatory was in the myddle of it, one cubite hye, and a cubite and an halfe rounde: and in the heigth of it were grauen workes, whose sydes were made foursquare, and not rounde. ³² And vnder the sydes were .iiij. wheles: and the axeltrees ioyned fast to the bottome. And the heygth of euery whele was a cubyte and an halfe. ³³ And the workmanshyp of the wheles was lyke the worke of a charret whele. And the axeltrees, the nauelles, spokes and shaftes were all molten: ³⁴ And there were foure vndersetters in the .iiij. corners of one socket: and the vndersetters were of the very bottome selfe. ³⁵ And in the heygth of the bottome was there round compasse of a cubite hye: and in that heygth of the bottome, there proceaded both ledges & sydes out of the same. ³⁶ For in the bordes of the ledges, and on the sydes, he had grauen pyctures of cherubins, lyons and palmetrees, one by an other rounde aboute. ³⁷ Thus made he the ten sockettes after this maner. And they had all one fashion of castyng: one measure, and one sise. ³⁸ Then made he .x. lauers of brasse, one lauer conteyning .xl. bates: and one lauer was foure cubytes, and vpon euery one of the ten sockettes, he put one lauer. ³⁹ And he put fyue of those sockettes on the right side of the house and other fyue on the lefte. And he set the lauatorye on the ryght syde of the house eastwarde and towarde the south. ⁴⁰ And Hiram made pottes, shouels and basens, and so finyshed all the worke that he made kyng Salomon for the house of the Lorde: ⁴¹ that is to saye, two pillers, two round heed peces, that were to be sett on the toppes of the two pillers .ii. net workes to couer the two round heed peces set vpon the toppes of the pyllers, ⁴² and .iiij.C. pomgranates for the two net workes, euen two rowes of pomgranates in one net worke, to couer the two heed peces that were to be sett on the toppes of the pyllers. ⁴³ And the ten sockettes, and ten lauers on the sockettes. ⁴⁴ The lauatory and .xij. oxen vnder it: ⁴⁵ and pottes, shouelles and basens. And all these vessels which Hiram made to kyng Salomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brasse. ⁴⁶ In the playne of Iordan did the king cast them: euen in the thycke claye betwene Sococh and Zarthan. ⁴⁷ And Salomon left all the vessels vnwayed, because they were so exceadyng many, neyther founde they oute the weyght of the brasse. ⁴⁸ And so Salomon made all the vessels that pertayned vnto the house of the Lorde: the golden aulter and the golden table, wheron the shewe bread was. ⁴⁹ And fyue candelstyckes, for the ryght syde, and fyue for the lefte before the queer of pure golde: with floures, ⁵⁰ lampes, and snoffers of golde: & boules, flat peces, basons, spones and masoures of pure golde: and hindges made he of golde for the dores of the queer, the place moost holy, and for the dores of the temple also. ⁵¹ And so was ended all the worke that kyng Salomon made for the house of the Lorde. And Salomon brought in the thinges which Dauid his father had dedicated: euen the siluer, golde, & vessels: and layed them vp amonge the treasures of the house of the Lorde.

²⁹ Some of them were appoynted to ouerse the vesselles, and all the ornamentes of the Sanctuary, and the floure, wine, oyle, frankincense and swete odoures.

⁶ And so Dauid put an ordre among them deuidinge them in partes. Of the children of Leui? Gerson, Cahath & Merari:

¹ These are the deuisyons of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. ² Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father, & had no chyldren. But Eleazar and Ithamar executed the prestes offyce. ³ And Dauid ordered them on this maner: Zadock of the sonnes of Eleazar, & Abimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar were according to theyr offyces in theyr ministracyon. ⁴ And there were mo auncient men founde amonge the sonnes of Eleazar, then the sonnes of Ithamar. And thus were they ordred together: Amonge the sonnes of Eleazar there were syxtene rulers, accordynge to the housholde of their fathers: & eyght among the sonnes of Ithamar according to the houshold of theyr fathers. ⁵ And thus were they put in order by lott, the one sorte from the other, & so were there rulers in the Sanctuarye & Lordes before God, as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar. ⁶ And Simeia the sonne of Nathaneel the Scribe, of the kynred of the Leuites wrote them before the kyng and the Lordes, & before Zadock the preast and Abimeleck the sonne of Abiathar, and before the auncient fathers, before the preastes & the Leuites: one principall houshold beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. ⁷ And the fyrst lot fell to Iehoiarib, & the seconde to Iedaia. ⁸ The thirde to Harim, & the fourth to Schorim. ⁹ The fyfte to Melchia, & the syxte to Miamin. ¹⁰ The seuenth to Hakos, & the eyght to Abia. ¹¹ The nynthe to Iesua, & the tenth to Secamahu. ¹² The leuenth to Eliasib, & the twelueth to Iakim. ¹³ The thirtenth to Hupa, & the fourtenth to Iesebeab. ¹⁴ The fiftenth to Bisga, & the syxtenth to Immer. ¹⁵ The seuententh to Hezir, & the eyghtenth to Hapzez. ¹⁶ The nynetenth to Pathahia, and the twentieth to Ieheskel. ¹⁷ The twentieth & one to Iachin and the .xxij. to Gamul. ¹⁸ The .xxiij. to Delaiahu, and the .xxiiij. to Maasiahu. ¹⁹ These are the ordinaunces of them in their offices, whan they came into the house of the Lorde, accordyng to their maner vnder Aaron their father, as the Lorde God of Israel had commaunded hym.

¹ And so Dauid and the captaynes of the hoste appoynted out to do seruyce, the sonnes of Asaph Heman and Ieduthun, whan they dyd prophesye wyth harpes, psalteries and simbales. And there was a multitude of the men that were appoynted to the seruyce and mynistracyon. ² Of the sonnes of Asaph: Zaccur, Ioseph, Nathania and Aserela that wayted on Asaph, whych prophesyed by the kynge. ³ Of Ieduthun: the sonnes of Ieduthun: Gedeliahu, Zeri, Iesaiahu, Hasabiahu, and Mathithiahu syxe, vnder the handes of theyr father Ieduthun, whych prophesyed wyth a harpe, for to geue thankes & prayses vnto the lord. ⁴ Of Heman the sonnes of Heman: Buklahu, Mathaniahu, Uziel, Zebuel, Ierimoth, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gedalthi, Romanthi, Ezer, Iosbekasa, malothi. Hothir, & Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sonnes of Heman which was the kynges Sear in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne of the regall dignitie. And God gaue to Heman .xiiij. sonnes and the daughters. ⁶ All these also were at the hande of their father synging in the house of the Lorde wt simbales, psalteries & harpes, whan Asaph Ieduthun and Heman executed the seruyce in the house of God, at the kinges hande. ⁷ And the multitude of them wyth their brethren that were instructe in the songes of the Lord: euen all that were connyng, were two hundred foure skore & eyght. ⁸ And they cast Lottes among them selues howe they shulde wayte as well for the small as for the greate, for the scoler as well as for the skole master. ⁹ And the fyrst lot in Asaph fell to Ioseph. The seconde to Gedeliahu (wyth his brethren and sonnes) whych men were twelue. ¹⁰ The thirde fell to Zaccur wyth hys sonnes & brethren beyng twelue persones. ¹¹ The fourth to Izri with his sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹² The fyfte to Nathaniahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹³ The syxte to Bukiahu with hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁴ The seuenth to Iesarela with hys sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁵ The eyght to Iesaiahu with his sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁶ The nynth to Mathaniahu with hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁷ The tenth to Simei with his sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁸ The eleuenth to Azarael wyth hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ¹⁹ The twelueth to Hasabia wyth hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ²⁰ The thyrtenth to Subael wyth hys sonnes & brethren twelue personnes. ²¹ The fourtenth to Mathathiahu wt hys sonnes & brethren twelue personnes: ²² The fyftenth to Ieremoth wt his sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes. ²³ The syxtenth to Hananiahu wyth his sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ²⁴ The .xvii. to Iosbekasa wyth his sonnes, and brethren twelue personnes. ²⁵ The eyghtenth to Hanani with hys sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes. ²⁶ The nynetenth to Malothi with hys sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes. ²⁷ The twentyeth to Eliathath with hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ²⁸ The .xxi. to Hothir with hys sonnes & brethren twelue personnes. ²⁹ The .xxij. to Gidalthi with his sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ³⁰ The .xxiii. to Mahazioth wt hys sonnes and brethren, twelue personnes. ³¹ The .xxiiii. to Romanthi Azer with hys sonnes & brethren, twelue personnes.

²⁵ and weyed them the syluer and golde, & vessels that were appoynted for the house of oure God, which the kynge and his councellers and his Lordes, and all Israell that were there at hande, had geuen together. ²⁶ And I weyed vnto their hande sixe hundred & fyftie talentes of syluer, & in syluer vessel an hundred talentes, & in golde an hundred talentes: ²⁷ twentie basens of golde of a thousande peces, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde: ²⁸ and I sayde vnto them: Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde, lyke as the vessels are holy also, and the golde and syluer are geuen of a good wyll vnto the Lorde God of youre fathers. ²⁹ Watch ye, and kepe it: for ye shall weye it downe before the chefe preastes and Leuites, and auncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ Then toke the preastes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde and vessel, to bringe it to Ierusalem, vnto the house of oure God.

³³ But on the fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God, by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Uria the preaste, and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes, & with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites.

³¹ And thou shalt make a candelstycke of pure golde euen of a whole worke shall the candelstycke be made with his shaft, braunches, bolles, knoppes and floures proceadinge there out. ³² Syxe braunches also shall procede out of the sydes of it: thre braunches of the candelstycke out of the one syde and thre out of the other. ³³ Thre cuppes lyke vnto almondes with knoppes & floures in one braunche. And thre cuppes lyke almondes in the other braunche, with knoppes and floures. And euen so thorowe out the syxe braunches that procede out of the candelstycke: ³⁴ and in the candelstycke selfe foure cuppes lyke vnto almondes with theyr knoppes and floures: ³⁵ and there shall be a knoppe vnder euery two braunches. Of the syxe that procede out of the candelstyck. ³⁶ And the knoppes and the braunches shalbe of it. And it shalbe one worke euen of pure golde. ³⁷ And thou shalt make the seuen lampes of it: and the seuen lampes therof, shalt thou put an hye there on, to geue lyghte vnto the other syde that is ouer against it. ³⁸ The tongges and snoffers therof shalbe of pure golde. ³⁹ Of an hundred pounde weyghte of fyne golde shalt thou make it with all the apparell.

¹⁹ And the heed peces that were on the toppes of the pillers, couered he aboue with a curyous worke of roses: towarde the palace by the space of .iiij. cubytes.

⁷ And he made ten candelstyckes of golde (accordinge to the paterne that was geuen of them) and put them in the temple: fyue on the ryght hande and fyue on the lefte.

² & sayd vnto me: what seyst thou? And I sayde I haue loked, and beholde: a candelstycke al of golde with a boule vpon it, & his seuen lampes therin, and vpon euery lampe seuen stalkes. ³ And two olyue trees therby, one vpon the ryght syde of the boule, and the other vpon the lyftesyde.

¹¹ Then answered I, and sayd vnto him, what are these two olyue trees vpon the ryght and lefte syde of the candelstick? ¹² I spake moreouer, and sayd vnto him what be these two olyue braunches (whych thorow the two golden pypes) emptie them selues into the gold? ¹³ He answered me & sayd knowest thou not, what these be? And I sayde, no, my Lorde. ¹⁴ Then sayd he. These are the two olyue braunches, that stande before the ruler of the whole earth.

¹² And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me. And when I was turned: I sawe seuen golden candelstickes, ¹³ & in the myddes of the candelstickes, one lyke vnto the sonne of man, clothed with a lynnen garment downe to the fete, and gyrd about the pappes wt a golden gyrdle.

²⁰ the mistery of the .vii. starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande, and the .vii. golden candelstickes. The .vii. starres are the messengers of the .vii. congregacions, And the seuen candelstickes which thou sawest, are the seuen congregacyons.

²³ Thou shalt also make a table of sethim wodd of two cubytes longe, and one cubytt brode, and a cubytt and an halfe hye. ²⁴ And thou shalt couer it with pure golde, and make there to a crowne of golde rounde aboute. ²⁵ And make vnto that an whope of foure fyngers brode, rounde aboute. And make a golden crowne also to the whope rounde aboute. ²⁶ And make for it foure rynges of gold, and put the rynges in the corners that are on the foure fete therof: ²⁷ euen ouer against the whope shall the rynges be, to put in barres, to bere the table with all. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the barres of Sethim wodd, and ouerlaye them with gold, that the table maye be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make hys disshes, and spones, flatpeces, and pottes to powre oute withall: Euen of fyne golde shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt sett vpon the table, shewbreed before me alwaye.

⁴⁸ And so Salomon made all the vessels that pertayned vnto the house of the Lorde: the golden aulter and the golden table, wheron the shewe bread was.

⁸ And he made also ten tables, and put them in the temple: fyue on the ryght syde, and fyue on the lefte. And he made an hundred basens of golde.

¹⁹ And Salomon made all the vesselles that were for the house of God: the golden aulter also & the tables to sett the shewbred vpon

¹³ And hys offerynge was a syluer charger, of an hundred and .xxx. sycles: a syluer boule of .lxx. sycles after the weyght of the Sanctuary: and they were both full of fyne wheten floure, myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge: ¹⁴ a spone of ten sycles of golde, full of cens:

¹³ And the Preastes made a lawe for the people, that whensoeuer any man offered any offerynge, the Preastes ladd came, while the fleshe was in sething, & a fleshoke wyth thre tethe in his hand, ¹⁴ and thrust it into the panne: ketle, caldren, or potte. And all that the fleshe hoke brought vp, that the Preaste toke awaye. And so they did vnto all the Israelites, that came thyther to Silo.

⁴⁸ And so Salomon made all the vessels that pertayned vnto the house of the Lorde: the golden aulter and the golden table, wheron the shewe bread was. ⁴⁹ And fyue candelstyckes, for the ryght syde, and fyue for the lefte before the queer of pure golde: with floures, ⁵⁰ lampes, and snoffers of golde: & boules, flat peces, basons, spones and masoures of pure golde: and hindges made he of golde for the dores of the queer, the place moost holy, and for the dores of the temple also.

²¹ And all kynge Salomons drynckynge vesselles were of golde, & lykewyse al the vesselles of the house of the wood of Libanon were of pure gold. And as for syluer, it was nothing worth in the dayes of Salomon,

²⁰ Moreouer, the candelstickes with their lampes (to burne after the maner before the quere) and that of precious golde: ²¹ and the floures and the lampes, and the snoffers made he of golde, and that perfecte golde: ²² and the dressynge knyues, basens, spones and censers of pure golde. And the dore of the temple, and the ynner dores within the place moost holye, and the ynner dores of the temple, were gylted. And so was all the worcke that Salomon made for the house of the Lorde fynisshed.

¹ And thou shalt make an alter to burne incense: of sethim wodde shalt thou make it, ² a cubite long and a cubite broade: euen foure square shall it be and two cubites hye: the hornes ther of shall procede out of it, ³ and thou shalt ouerlaye it with fyne golde, both the roffe and the walles round about, and hys hornes also, & shalt make vnto it a crowne of golde round about ⁴ and two golden rynges on eyther syde: euen vnder the crowne, that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withall. ⁵ And thou shalt make the barres of sethim wodd, and couer them with golde. ⁶ And thou shalt putt it before the vayle, that is by the arcke of witnesse, before the mercy seate that is vpon the witnes, where I wyll mete the. ⁷ And Aaron shall burne theron swete incense euery mornynge, when he dresseth the lampes, ⁸ euen then shall he burne it: and lykewyse at euen, when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense: and thys incensynge shalbe perpetually before the Lorde thorow out youre generacyons. ⁹ Ye shall putt no straunge incense theron, burnt sacrifyce or meateofferynge, neyther powre any drinckofferinge theron. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall reconcile vpon the hornes of it once in a yeare: wt the bloude of the synneofferynge of reconcylynge: euen once in the yeare shall he reconcyle it thorow your generacions. It is most holy vnto the Lord.

⁴ And so the people sent to Silo, & fet from thens the arcke of the appoyntment of the Lord of Hoostes, which dwelleth betwene the cherubins. And there were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, & Phinehes with the arcke of the appoyntment of God.

²³ And within the queer he made .ij. Cherubins of olyue tree, ten cubytes hye. ²⁴ Fyue cubytes longe was a wynge of the one Cherub, and fyue cubites longe was a winge of the other Cherub: so that from the vttermost parte of one wyng vnto the vttermost part of the other, were ten cubites. ²⁵ And the other Cherub was ten cubites hye also, so that both the Cherubes were of one measure & one syse. ²⁶ For the heigth of the one Cherub was ten cubites, and so was it of the other. And he put the Cherubes within the ynner house. ²⁷ And the Cherubes stretched out their winges, so that the one winge of the one touched the one wall, and the one winge of the other touched the other wall. And the other two winges of them touched one another in the myddes of the house. ²⁸ And he ouerlayed the Cherubs with golde. ²⁹ And in all the walles of the house round about, he made fygures of carued and syled worke: as namely, pictures of Cherubs and Palmetrees and grauen floures, both within in the queer, & without in the temple. ³⁰ And the floure of the house he couered with golde both within in the queer and also without in the temple.

¹⁰ He rode vpon the cherubins, & dyd flye: he came flying vpon the wynges of the wynde.

¹⁷ The charettes of God are twentie thousande, euen thousandes of angels, and the Lord is amonge them as in the holy place of Sinai.

¹ To the chaunter vpon Sosanim, a testimonye and Psalme of Asaph. Heare O thou shepherde of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph lyke a shepe. shewe thy selfe also thou that syttest vpon the Cherubyns.

¹ The Lorde is kynge, be the people neuer so vnpacient: he sytteth betwene the Cherubins, be the earth neuer so vnquiet.

¹⁵ Now when I had well consydered the beastes, I saw a worcke of wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also nye vnto the beastes. ¹⁶ The fashyon and worcke of the wheles was lyke the see. The foure wheles were ioyned and made (to loke vpon) as it had bene one whele in another. ¹⁷ When one wente forwarde, they wente all foure, and turned them not about in theyr goinges. ¹⁸ They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon. Theyr backes were full of eyes rounde about them all foure. When the beastes wente, the wheles wente also with them. ¹⁹ And when the beastes lyfte them selues vp from the earth, the wheles were lyft vp also. ²⁰ Whithersoeuer the sprete wente, thyther went they also, and the wheles were lyfte vp, and folowed them: for the sprete of lyfe was in the wheles. ²¹ When the beastes wente forth, stode styll, or lyft them selues from the earth, then the wheles also wente, stode styll, and were lyfte vp, for the breth of lyfe was in the wheles. ²² Aboue, ouer the heades of the beastes there was a fyrmament, which was fashyoned as it had bene of the most pure Christall, and that was spred oute aboue vpon theyr heades: ²³ vnder the same fyrmament were theyr wynges layed abrode, one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beaste. ²⁴ And when they wente forth, I hearde the noyse of theyr wynges, lyke the noyse of greate waters, as it had bene the voyce of the greate God, and a russhynge together as it were of an hoost of men. And when they stode styll, they let downe theyr wynges.

² Then sayde he that sat therin, to him that had the lynen rayment vpon hym: Crepe in betwene the wheles that are vnder the Cherubyns, and take thyne hande full of hoate coales out from betwene the Cherubyns, and cast them ouer the cytie. And he crepte in, that I myght se. ³ Now the Cherubyns stode vpon the ryght syde of the house, when the man wente in, & the cloude fylled the inner courte. ⁴ But the glory of the Lorde remoued from the Cherubyns, and came vpon the thresholde of the house: so that the temple was full of cloudes, and the courte was full of the shyne of the Lordes glory. ⁵ Yee, and the sounde of the Cherubyns wynges was hearde into the fore courte, lyke as it had bene the voyce of the almyghtye God, when he speaketh. ⁶ Nowe when he had byden the man that was clothed in lynen, to go and take the hoate coales from the myddest of the wheles, whych were vnder the Cherubyns: he wente & stode besyde the wheles. ⁷ Then the one Cherub reached forth hys hande from vnder the Cherubyns, vnto the fyre that was betwene the Cherubyns, and toke therof, and gaue it vnto hym that had on the lynen rayment in his hande: which toke it, & went out. ⁸ And vnder the wynges of the Cherubyns, there appeared the lycknesse of a mans hande: ⁹ I sawe also foure wheles besyde the Cherubyns, so that by euery cherub there stode a whele. And the wheles were (to loke vpon) after the fashion of the precyous stone of Tharsys: ¹⁰ yet (vnto the syght) they were all .iiij. of one fashyon, as yf one whele had bene in another. ¹¹ When they wente forth, they wente all foure together, not turnynge aboute in their goinge: But where the fyrst wente, thyther wente they after also, so that they turned not aboute in their goyng. ¹² Their whole bodyes, their backes, theyr handes & wynges, yee, and the wheles also, were all full of eyes rounde aboute them all foure. ¹³ And I hearde hym call the wheles. ¹⁴ Euery one of them had foure faces: so that the one face was the face of a Cherub, the seconde of a man, the thyrde of a lyon, the fourth of an Aegle, ¹⁵ & they were lyfted vp aboue. This is the beast, that I sawe at the water of Cobar. ¹⁶ Nowe when the Cherubyns wente, the wheles wente wyth them, and when the Cherubyns shoke theyr wynges to lyft them selues vpwarde, the wheles remayned not behynde, but were wyth them also. ¹⁷ Shortly, when they stode, these stode also. And when they were lyft vp, the wheles were lyft vp also with them, for the sprete of lyfe was in the wheles. ¹⁸ Then the glory of the Lorde was lyft vp from the thresholde of the temple, and remayned vpon the Cherubyns: ¹⁹ And the Cherubyns flackred wyth theyr wynges, and lyfte them selues vp from the earth: so that I sawe when they went, and the wheles wt them. And they stode at the east syde of the porte that is in the house of the Lorde. So the glory of the Lorde was vpon them. ²⁰ Thys is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel, by the water of Cobar. And I perceaued, that it was the Cherubyns. ²¹ Euery one had foure faces, & euery one foure wynges, and vnder theyr wynges, as it were mens handes. ²² Nowe the fygure of theyr faces was, euen as I had sene them, by the water of Cobar, and so was the countenaunce of them: Euery one in hys goinge wente strayght forwarde.

⁵ Ouer the arcke were the Cherubins of glory, shadowyng the seate of grace. Of which thynges we cannot now speake particularly.

¹¹ And Dauid gaue Salomon his sonne the paterne of the porche & of the houses that longed therto, of the store houses, upper chambres, ynner parloures, & of the house of the mercyeseate: ¹² & the example of all that he had in hys mynde, for the courtes of the house of the Lorde, & for all the celles rounde about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedycate thynges,

³ At the same tyme came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ezechiel the sonne of Buzi the preste, in the lande of the Chaldees by the water of Cobar, where the hande of the Lorde came vpon hym.

¹⁴ Nowe when the sprete toke me vp, and caryed me awaye, I wente wyth an heuy & a sorowfull mynde, but the hande of the Lorde comforted me ryght soone.

²² And there came the hande of the Lorde vpon me, and he sayd vnto me: Stande vp, and go into the felde, that I may there talke wyth the.

⁷ And Moses called vnto Iosua, and sayde vnto hym in the syghte of all Israel: Be stronge & bolde, for thou must go with thys people vnto the lande, which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers, to geue them, & thou shalt geue it them to enheret. ⁸ And the Lorde he doth go before the: He shall not fayle the, neyther forsake the: feare not therfore, nor be discomforted.

⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstande that all the dayes of thy lyfe. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with the and will not fayll the, nor forsake the. ⁶ Be strong therfore and bolde: for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde the lande which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them. ⁷ Onely be thou strong & as bolde as thou canst, that thou mayest obserue & do according to all the lawe, which Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Tourne therfrom nether to the right hand, nor to the lefte: that thou mayste do wysely in all thou takest in hande: ⁸ let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouthe: But recorde therin daye & night that thou mayst obserue, & do according to all that is written therin. For then shalt thou make thy waye prosperouse, and then thou shalt do wysely. ⁹ Haue not I commaunded the, that thou shuldest be stronge & hardye & not feare ner be faynt harted? For I the Lord thy God am with the, whether soeuer thou goest.

¹ Of Dauid. The Lorde is my lyght and my saluacyon: whom then shall I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my lyfe: of whom then shall I be afrayed? ² When the wycked (euen myne enemyes and my foes) came vpon me, to eate vp my fleshe, they stombled & fell.

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.

¹³ For I thy Lorde and God will strengthen thy ryght hand. Euen I that saye vnto the. Feare not. I wyll helpe the

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

¹³ Watche ye, stonde fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be stronge.

⁵ Let your conuersacyon be without coueteousnes and be content with soch thynges as ye haue all ready. For he hath sayd: I will not fayle the, nether forsake the:

³ And I haue fylled hym wt sprete of God, in wysdome, & vnderstandynge, in knowledge & in all maner worke,

²⁵ And all the women that were wyse herted dyd spynne with theyr handes, and brought the sponne worke both of yelow sylke, purple, scarlet and whyte sylk.

¹⁷ And Dauid commaunded all the lordes of Israel, to helpe Salomon his sonne, saying: ¹⁸ Is not the Lord yor God wt you? & hath he not geuen you rest on euery syde? for he hath geuen the enhabitoures of the lande into my hande, & the lande is subdued before the Lord & before his people.

¹ These are the deuisyons of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. ² Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father, & had no chyldren. But Eleazar and Ithamar executed the prestes offyce. ³ And Dauid ordered them on this maner: Zadock of the sonnes of Eleazar, & Abimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar were according to theyr offyces in theyr ministracyon. ⁴ And there were mo auncient men founde amonge the sonnes of Eleazar, then the sonnes of Ithamar. And thus were they ordred together: Amonge the sonnes of Eleazar there were syxtene rulers, accordynge to the housholde of their fathers: & eyght among the sonnes of Ithamar according to the houshold of theyr fathers. ⁵ And thus were they put in order by lott, the one sorte from the other, & so were there rulers in the Sanctuarye & Lordes before God, as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar. ⁶ And Simeia the sonne of Nathaneel the Scribe, of the kynred of the Leuites wrote them before the kyng and the Lordes, & before Zadock the preast and Abimeleck the sonne of Abiathar, and before the auncient fathers, before the preastes & the Leuites: one principall houshold beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. ⁷ And the fyrst lot fell to Iehoiarib, & the seconde to Iedaia. ⁸ The thirde to Harim, & the fourth to Schorim. ⁹ The fyfte to Melchia, & the syxte to Miamin. ¹⁰ The seuenth to Hakos, & the eyght to Abia. ¹¹ The nynthe to Iesua, & the tenth to Secamahu. ¹² The leuenth to Eliasib, & the twelueth to Iakim. ¹³ The thirtenth to Hupa, & the fourtenth to Iesebeab. ¹⁴ The fiftenth to Bisga, & the syxtenth to Immer. ¹⁵ The seuententh to Hezir, & the eyghtenth to Hapzez. ¹⁶ The nynetenth to Pathahia, and the twentieth to Ieheskel. ¹⁷ The twentieth & one to Iachin and the .xxij. to Gamul. ¹⁸ The .xxiij. to Delaiahu, and the .xxiiij. to Maasiahu. ¹⁹ These are the ordinaunces of them in their offices, whan they came into the house of the Lorde, accordyng to their maner vnder Aaron their father, as the Lorde God of Israel had commaunded hym. ²⁰ The rest of the sonnes of Leui, are these: of the sonnes of Amram, Subael. Of the sonnes of Subael, Iehediahu. ²¹ Of the sonnes of Rehabia, the fyrst Iesia. ²² Of the Iezaharites, Selomoth. Of the sonnes also of Selomoth, Iahath. ²³ His sonnes Ieriahu the first Amariahu the seconde, Iahaziel the thirde, & Iekameam the fourth. ²⁴ Of the sonnes of Usiel, Micha. Of the sonnes of Micha, Samir. ²⁵ The brother of Micha was Iisia. Of the sonnes also of Iisia Zechariahu. ²⁶ The sonnes of Merari, were: Mahli & Musi. The sonnes of Iaaziahu, Beno.

¹³ & for the diuisyons of the preastes and Leuites that wayted by course, & for all the workemanshyp, that shulde serue for the house of the Lorde, & for all the vesselles that shulde serue in the house of the Lorde.

³ In the daye of thy power shall thy people offre the frewyll offrynges wt an holy worshippe, the dewe of thy byrth is of the wombe of the mornyng.

¹ Let euery soule submyt hym selfe vnto the auctoryte of the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God.

¹ Warne them that they submytte them selues to rule & power: that they obey the officers: that they be ready vnto euery good worke: