Nehemiah 3 Cross References - Great

¹ And Eliasib the hie preast gat him vp with hys brethren the preastes, & they buylded the Shepegate. They repayred it, & set vp that dores of it: euen vnto the tower Mea repayred they it, and vnto the tower of Hananeel. ² Nexte vnto him also buylded the men of Iericho. And besyde him buylded Sachur the sonne of Amri. ³ But the fyshe porte dyd the chyldren of Sanaa buyld, which also layed the beames therof, an set on the dores, lockes and barres of it. ⁴ And nexte vnto him builded Meremoth the sonne of Uria, the sonne of Hakoz: and nexte vnto them buylded Zadoc the sonne of Baana. ⁵ And nexte vnto him buylded they of Thekoa. But the great men that were amonge them, put not theyr neckes to the worcke of their Lorde. ⁶ The Oldegate buylded Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Mesulam the sonne of Besodia, they layde the beames therof, and set on the dores, lockes and barres of it. ⁷ Nexte vnto them, buylded Malatiah of Gibeon, and Iadon of Merano, men of Gibeon, and of Mispa, where he that was captayne of this syde the water had a mansion. ⁸ Nexte vnto him buylded Usiel the sonne of Harhaiah the goldsmyth. Nexte vnto him also builded Hananiah the sonne of Harakahim, and they repayred Ierusalem vnto the brode wall. ⁹ Nexte vnto them buylded Raphaiah the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalem. ¹⁰ Nexte vnto hym buylded Iedata the sonne of Harumaph ouer agaynst his house: and nexte vnto him buylded Hatus the sonne of Hasabnia. ¹¹ But Melchia the sonne of Harim and Hasub the sonne of the captayne of Moab buylded the other pece, and the tower besyde the fornaces. ¹² Nexte vnto him buylded Sallum a syngers sonne, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalem, he and his daughters. ¹³ The valley gate buylded Hanum, & the cytesyns of Zanoa. They buylded it, and set on the dores, lockes and barres therof, and a thousande cubites on the wall, vnto the Donge porte. ¹⁴ But the Donge porte buylded Melchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth parte of Bethcharem: he repayred it, and set on the dores, lockes and barres therof. ¹⁵ But the wellgate repayred Sallum the sonne of Cholhosah, the ruler of the fourth parte of Mispa. He buylded it, and layed the beames, and set on the dores, lockes, and barres therof, and the wall vnto the pole of Siloah by the kynges garden, and vnto the steppes that go downe from the cytie of Dauid. ¹⁶ After him buylded Nehemiah the sonne of Afbok, the ruler of the halfe parte of Bethzur, vntyll the other syde ouer agaynst the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the pole that was repayred, and vnto the house of the myghtie. ¹⁷ After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani: and nexte vnto him buylded Hasabia the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah in hys quarter. ¹⁸ After hym buylded theyr brethren. Bauai the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah: ¹⁹ and after hym buylded Ezer the sonne of Iesua the ruler of Mispa the other pece, harde ouer agaynst the goynge vp to the house of ordinaunce that was in the corner. ²⁰ Agayne, after hym brake forth Baruch the sonne of Zachai of indignacyon, and repayred the other pece from the turnyng corner vnto the dore of the house of Eliasib the hye prest. ²¹ After hym also buylded Merimoth the sonne of Uria the sonne of Hacos the other pece, from the dore of the house of Eliasib, euen as longe as the house of Eliasib extended. ²² After hym buylded the preastes, the men of the playne. ²³ After hym buylded BenIamin and Hasub ouer agaynst theyr house: and after hym wrought Asaria the sonne of Maasia the sonne of Anania nexte vnto hys house. ²⁴ After hym also buylded Benui the sonne of Hanadad the other pece, from the house of Asaria vnto the turnynge of the wall, and vnto the corner. ²⁵ After hym buylded Pala the sonne of Usai ouer agaynst the corner and the hye tower, which lyeth out ouer from the kynges house, that was besyde the courte of the preson. After hym Phedaia the sonne of Pharhos ²⁶ (as for the Nethinims they dwelt in the strong holde vnto the watergate, towarde the east, and to the tower that lyeth out.) ²⁷ After hym buylded they of Thekua the other pece ouer agaynst the greate tower, that lyeth outwarde, vnto the wall of the stronge holde. ²⁸ But from aboue the Horsgate forth, buylded the preastes, euery one ouer agaynst his house. ²⁹ And after them buylded Zadok the sonne of Immer ouer agaynst his house. After hym buylded also Semeia the sonne of Sechania the keper of the Eastgate. ³⁰ After him buylded Hanania the sonne of Selemia, and Hanun the sonne of Zalaph the syxte, the other peace. And after him buylded Mesulam the sonne of Barachia ouer agaynst his store house. ³¹ After him buylded Malachia the goldsmythes sonne, vntyll the house of Nithinims, and of the merchauntes ouer agaynst the gate of Mephkad, and to the parler in the corner. ³² And betwene the parlour of the corner vnto the Shepegate buylded the goldsmytes and the merchauntes.

⁵ And let the offycers speake vnto the people, sayinge: If any man haue bylt a newe house, and haue not dedicate it, let hym go & returne to hys house, lest he dye in the battell, and another man dedicate it.

²⁰ Agayne, after hym brake forth Baruch the sonne of Zachai of indignacyon, and repayred the other pece from the turnyng corner vnto the dore of the house of Eliasib the hye prest.

³² And betwene the parlour of the corner vnto the Shepegate buylded the goldsmytes and the merchauntes.

¹ And when Sanabalat, Tobiah, & Gesem the Arabian, and the other of our enemyes heard that I had buylded the wall: and that ther were no mo gappes therin (howbeit at the same tyme had I not hanged the dores vpon the gates)

¹ Now when the wall was buylded, I hanged on the dores also, and the porters, syngers & leuites were appoynted.

¹⁰ Iesua begat Ioakim. Ioakim also begat Eliasib, & Eliasib begat Ioiada.

³⁰ And the preastes and Leuites were purifyed, and clensed the people, and the gates and the wall.

³⁹ and beyonde the porte of Ephraim, & beyonde the Oldgate, beyonde the fyshgate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Mea, vntyll the Shepegate. And they stode styll in the presongate,

²⁸ And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye preast, had made a contracte with Sanabalat the Horonite: but I chaced him from me.

¹ A Psalme and songe of the dedicacyon of the house of Dauid. I Wyll magnifye the, O lorde, for thou hast set me vp, & not made my fooes to triumphe ouer me.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges.

⁹ Honoure the Lord wt thy substaunce: and with thy firstlinges of all thyne encrease

³⁸ Beholde, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that the citye of the Lorde shalbe enlarged from the towre of Hananeel, vnto the gate of the corner wall:

¹⁰ Men shall go about the whole erth, as vpon a felde: from Gibea to Rennon, & from the south to Ierusalem. She shalbe set vp, & inhabited in her place: from BenIamyns porte, vnto the place of the fyrst porte, & vnto the corner porte: & from the tower of Hananeell, vnto the kinges wyne presses.

² And ther is at Ierusalem, by the slaughterhouse, a pole (which is called in the Ebrue tonge, Bethseda) hauing fyue porches,

³⁴ the chyldren of Iericho, thre hundred, and fyue and fourtye:

³⁶ the chyldren of Iericho: thre hundred & fyue and fortye:

¹² Sachur, Serebia, Sabania,

¹⁴ After this he built a wal without the cytie of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon in the valley as they come to the fish gate, & round about Ophel, and brought it vp of a very great heygth, and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cyties of Iuda.

⁸ and letters vnto Asaph the Lord of the kinges wood, that he maye geue me tymber to make beames for the gates of the palace (which is harde by the house) & for the walles of the cytie, and for the house that I shall entre into. And the kynge gaue me accordinge to the hande of my God, which was good vpon me.

⁶ The Oldegate buylded Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Mesulam the sonne of Besodia, they layde the beames therof, and set on the dores, lockes and barres of it.

¹⁰ At the same tyme (sayeth the Lorde) there shalbe herde a greate crye from the fysh porte and an howlinge from the other porte, and a greate murthur from the hylles.

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.

²¹ After hym also buylded Merimoth the sonne of Uria the sonne of Hacos the other pece, from the dore of the house of Eliasib, euen as longe as the house of Eliasib extended.

⁷ Mesulam, Abia, and Miamin,

¹⁵ Boni, Asgad, Bebai,

²³ Curse ye the cite of Meros (sayd the angell of the Lord) cursse the inhabitours therof, because they came not to helpe the Lorde, to helpe the Lorde with the myghtie.

² & he sent to Thekoa, and fett thence a wyse woman, and sayde vnto her: fayne thy selfe to be a mourner, and put on mournynge apparell. And anoynt not thy self with oyle. but be as a woman that had longe tyme mourned for some deed bodye.

²⁷ After hym buylded they of Thekua the other pece ouer agaynst the greate tower, that lyeth outwarde, vnto the wall of the stronge holde.

⁴ Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so symple and foolysshe, that they vnderstand nothing of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of our God. ⁵ Therfore, wyll I go vnto theyr heedes & rulers, & talke with them: yf they knowe the waye of the Lord and the iudgementes of oure God. But these (in lyke maner) haue broken the yocke, and burst the bondes in sondre.

² Make the bondes and chaynes, and put them about thy necke,

⁸ Moreouer, that people and kyngdome, which wyll not serue Nabuchodonosor, and that wyll not putt theyr neckes vnder the yocke of the kyng of Babilon: the same people wyll I vyset with the swearde, with honger, with pestilence, vntyll I haue consumed them in hys handes, sayeth the Lorde.

¹² All these thynges tolde I Zedekiah the king of Iuda, and sayde: Put your neckes vnder the yocke of the king of Babilon, and serue him and his people, that ye maye lyue.

⁸ For in that daye, sayth the Lorde, I will take his yocke from of thy neck, & breake thy bondes: And strangers shall nomore serue hym: ⁹ but they shall do seruice vnto God theyr Lorde, and to Dauid theyr kynge, whom I wyll rayse vp vnto them.

¹ These are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos, (which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua) vpon Israell, in the tyme of Osiah kinge of Iuda, and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioah kynge of Israel, two yeare before the earth quake.

²⁹ Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke & lowly in herte: and ye shall fynde rest vnto youre soules.

¹⁰ Now therfore, why tempte ye God, to put on the disciples neckes the yoke which nether our fathers nor we were able to beare,

²⁶ Brethren, ye se your callynge, how that not many wyse men after the flesshe, not many myghty, not many of hye degre, are called:

¹⁷ Charge them which are ryche in this world, that they be not hye mynded, ner trust in vncertayne ryches, but in the lyuinge God (which geueth vs aboundauntly all thynges to enioye them) ¹⁸ that they do good: that they be riche in good workes: that they be redy to geue & gladly to distribute,

³ And the enhabitoures of Gibeon heard what Iosua had done vnto Iericho, and to Hai: ⁴ And they did worke wylylye, & went, and made them selues ambasadoures, and toke olde sackes vpon their Asses, and wyne bottelles olde, and rent and worne, ⁵ and olde clouted shoes vpon their fete, and their rayment was olde, and all their prouysion of bread was dyred vp, and hored, ⁶ And they came vnto Iosua into the hoste, to Gilgall, and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israell: we be come from a farre contreye, and now make ye agrement with vs. ⁷ And the men of Israell sayde vnto the Heuite: paraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs, and then howe can I make peace wyth the? ⁸ And they sayde vnto Iosua: we are thy seruauntes. And Iosua sayde vnto them agayne: what are ye? and whence come ye? ⁹ They answered him: From a verye farre contrye thy seruauntes are come, for the name of the Lorde thy God: for we haue heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypte, ¹⁰ and all that he dyd to the two kynges of the Amorites that were beyonde Iordan, Sehon kynge of Hesbon, and Og kyng of Basan, which was at Astharoth. ¹¹ Wherfore oure elders and all the enhabytoures of oure contrey spake to vs, sayinge: take vitayles wt you to serue by the waye, & go mete them, and saye vnto them: we are youre seruauntes. And now make ye a couenant of peace with vs. ¹² Thys oure foode of bread, we toke with vs oute of oure houses whotte, the daye we departed to come vnto you. And now behold, it is dyred vp, and hored. ¹³ And these bottelles of wyne which we filled, were newe: and se, they be rent. And these oure garmentes and shoes are worne for oldnesse, by the reason of the exceadyng long Iourneye. ¹⁴ And the men toke of their vitayles, and counceled not with the mouthe of the Lord. ¹⁵ And Iosua made peace wyth them, and made a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be suffred to lyue: & the Lordes of the congregacyon sware vnto them. ¹⁶ And it fortuned, that thre dayes after they had made peace wyth them, they hearde that they were their neyboures, & that they dwelte amonge them. ¹⁷ And the chyldren of Israel toke their Iourney, and came vnto their cyties the thyrde daye: and their cyties were Gibeon, & Caphira, Beeroth and kariat Iarim. ¹⁸ And the children of Israell slewe them not, because the Lordes of the congregacyon had sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israell. And all the multitude murmured against the Lordes. ¹⁹ But all the Lordes sayde vnto all the congregacyon: we haue sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel, & therfore we maye not hurte them. ²⁰ But this we wyll do to them: We will lett them lyue, lest wrath be vpon vs, because of the othe which we sware vnto them. ²¹ And the Lordes sayd vnto them agayne: Let them lyue, and hewe wodd, and drawe water vnto all the congregacion, and they did as the Lordes sayde vnto them. ²² And Iosua sent for them, & talked wyth them, and sayde: wherfore haue ye begyled vs, sayeng: We dwell farre from you, whan ye dwell amonge vs? ²³ and now are you curssed, & there shall not cease to be of you, bond men and hewers of wodd & drawers of water for the house of my God. ²⁴ And they aunswered Iosua and sayde: it was tolde thy seruauntes, how that the Lord thy God had commaunded his seruaunt Moses to geue you all the lande, and to destroye all the enhabytoures therof oute of youre syght, & therfore we were exceadyng sore afrayed for oure lyues at the presence of you, & haue done this thinge, ²⁵ & beholde we are in thine hande, as it semeth good & ryght in thyne eyes to do vnto vs, so do. ²⁶ And euen so dyd he vnto them, and ridde them oute of the hande of the children of Israel, and they slewe them not. ²⁷ And Iosua made them that same daye hewers of wodd, & drawers of water for the congregacyon and for the aulter of God vnto thys daye, in the place which God shulde chose.

² And the kynge called the Gibaonites, & sayde vnto them (Nowe the Gibaonites were, not of the chyldren of Israel, but a remnaunt of the Ammorites, and the chyldren of Israel sware vnto them: And Saul sought to sley them, for a zele that he had to the children of Israel and of Iuda.)

⁶ And then Asa the kyng toke all Iuda, and caryed awaye the stones and tymbre of Rama, wherwith Baasa was a buyldyng, and he buylt therwith Geba and Mizpa.

⁷ & sayde vnto the kyng: yf it please the kyng, let him geue me letters to the captaynes which are beyonde the water, that they maye conuaye me ouer, tyll I come into Iuda: ⁸ and letters vnto Asaph the Lord of the kinges wood, that he maye geue me tymber to make beames for the gates of the palace (which is harde by the house) & for the walles of the cytie, and for the house that I shall entre into. And the kynge gaue me accordinge to the hande of my God, which was good vpon me.

¹⁹ and after hym buylded Ezer the sonne of Iesua the ruler of Mispa the other pece, harde ouer agaynst the goynge vp to the house of ordinaunce that was in the corner.

² And Ioseph commaunded hys seruauntes the Phisicyons, to embawme hys father, and the Phisicyons embawmed Israel

²⁵ And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment, euen an oyntment compounde after the crafte of the apoticarye.

³¹ After him buylded Malachia the goldsmythes sonne, vntyll the house of Nithinims, and of the merchauntes ouer agaynst the gate of Mephkad, and to the parler in the corner. ³² And betwene the parlour of the corner vnto the Shepegate buylded the goldsmytes and the merchauntes.

³⁸ The other queer of them that gaue thankes, went ouer agaynst them, and I after them, and the halfe parte of the people vpon the wall, beyonde the fornacegate, vntyll the brode wall,

¹ A Deed flye doth corrupt swete oyntement & maketh it to stynk: Euen so oft tymes he that is made for wysdome & honour, is abhorred because of a lytle foolishnes.

⁶ Ye fooles (no doute) wyll take out syluer & golde oute of youre purses, and wepe it, & hyre a goldsmyth to make a God of it, that men maye knele downe and worshyppe it.

¹² Nexte vnto him buylded Sallum a syngers sonne, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalem, he and his daughters.

¹⁷ After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani: and nexte vnto him buylded Hasabia the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah in hys quarter.

²³ After hym buylded BenIamin and Hasub ouer agaynst theyr house: and after hym wrought Asaria the sonne of Maasia the sonne of Anania nexte vnto hys house.

²⁸ But from aboue the Horsgate forth, buylded the preastes, euery one ouer agaynst his house. ²⁹ And after them buylded Zadok the sonne of Immer ouer agaynst his house. After hym buylded also Semeia the sonne of Sechania the keper of the Eastgate. ³⁰ After him buylded Hanania the sonne of Selemia, and Hanun the sonne of Zalaph the syxte, the other peace. And after him buylded Mesulam the sonne of Barachia ouer agaynst his store house.

⁴ Hatus, Sebaniah, Malluch,

⁶ the chyldren of the captayne of Moab among the chyldren of Iesua and Ioab, two thousande, eyght hundred and twelue:

⁴ Of the chyldren of the captayne of Moab, Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia, and with him two hundred men.

¹¹ the chyldren of the captayne of Moab amonge the chyldren of Iesua & Ioab, two thousande, eyght hundred, and eyghtene:

⁵ Harim, Merimoth, and Obadia,

¹⁴ The heades of the people were: Phares, the captayne of Moab, Elam, Zathu, and Bani,

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.

⁹ Nexte vnto them buylded Raphaiah the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalem.

¹⁴ But the Donge porte buylded Melchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth parte of Bethcharem: he repayred it, and set on the dores, lockes and barres therof. ¹⁵ But the wellgate repayred Sallum the sonne of Cholhosah, the ruler of the fourth parte of Mispa. He buylded it, and layed the beames, and set on the dores, lockes, and barres therof, and the wall vnto the pole of Siloah by the kynges garden, and vnto the steppes that go downe from the cytie of Dauid. ¹⁶ After him buylded Nehemiah the sonne of Afbok, the ruler of the halfe parte of Bethzur, vntyll the other syde ouer agaynst the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the pole that was repayred, and vnto the house of the myghtie. ¹⁷ After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani: and nexte vnto him buylded Hasabia the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah in hys quarter. ¹⁸ After hym buylded theyr brethren. Bauai the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah:

⁸ The nexte daye, we that were of Pauls company departed, and came vnto Cesarea. And we entred into the house of Philip the Euangelist, which was one of the seuen, & abode wt hym. ⁹ The same man had fower daughters virgens, which dyd prophesy.

³ Yee and I beseche the faythfull yockefelowe, helpe the wemen which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my laboure felowes whose names are in the boke of lyfe.

³⁴ Zoneah, Enganim, Thaphuah & Enam:

⁵⁶ Iesraell, Iukadan, and Sanoch:

¹⁸ And hys wyfe Iehudia bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Ieruthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sonnes of Bithiah the daughter of Pharao, whych Mered toke.

⁹ Moreouer Uzia buylt towres in Ierusalem by the corner gate, & by the valeye gate, and at the turninge of the wall, and made them stronge.

¹³ And I departed in the nyghte by the valley porte, before the Dragon well, & to the Donge porte, and considered the walles of Ierusalem, how they were broken downe, and the portes therof consumed with the fyre.

³⁰ Zonoa, Odollam and in theyr vyllages: At Lachis, and in the feldes therof: At Aseka, & in the villages therof: and they dwelt from Bersabe vnto the valley of Hinnon.

¹² Nexte vnto him buylded Sallum a syngers sonne, the ruler of the halfe parte of Ierusalem, he and his daughters. ¹³ The valley gate buylded Hanum, & the cytesyns of Zanoa. They buylded it, and set on the dores, lockes and barres therof, and a thousande cubites on the wall, vnto the Donge porte.

³¹ And I brought the princes of Iuda vp vpon the wall, and appoynted two greate queers of men to geue thankes, whych wente on the ryghte hande of the wall towarde the Donggate,

¹ Come out of Ierusalem, ye stronge chyldren of BenIamin: blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuytes, set vp a token vnto Bethcaran, for a plage and a greate myserye appeareth out from the North.

¹ Then all the chyldren of Israel went out: and the congregacyon was gathered togeather as it had bene but one man, euen from Dan to Berseba and vnto the lande of Gilead, vnto the Lorde in Mizpa,

³ And whan the chyldren of BenIamin hearde that the chyldren of Israell were gone vp to Mizpa, and had sayde. O ye chyldren of Israell, tell vs how this wickednesse happened.

⁶ The kyng also and his men went to Ierusalem, vnto the Iebusites, the enhabiters of the land. Which spake vnto Dauid sayeng: except thou take awaye the blynde and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither. For they sayd: Thou art not able to come in hither. ⁷ Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong holde of Sion. The same is the citie of Dauid.

⁴ And the citye was broken vp: and all the men of armes fledd by nyght, by a waye thorowe a gate which is betwene two walles, by the kynges garden: the Chaldees lyinge about the citye. And the kynge went the waye towarde the playne.

³⁰ This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water sprynges of Gihon, and brought them downe to the west syde of the cyte of Dauid. And Hezekia prospered in all hys worckes.

¹⁴ And I went ouer vnto the wellporte, and to the kynges condyte, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me, to passe.

⁷ Nexte vnto them, buylded Malatiah of Gibeon, and Iadon of Merano, men of Gibeon, and of Mispa, where he that was captayne of this syde the water had a mansion.

¹⁴ But the Donge porte buylded Melchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth parte of Bethcharem: he repayred it, and set on the dores, lockes and barres therof.

³⁷ and besyde the wellgate, they wente vp ouer agaynst them vpon the steppes of the cytye of Dauid at the goynge vp of the wall beyonde the house of Dauid, vnto the Watergate Eastwarde.

⁶ for so moch as thys people refuseth the still rennynge water of Sylo, and put theyr delyte in Razin & Romelies sonne:

⁶ Then wente Ieremy vnto Godoliah the sonne of Ahikam to Mizpa, and dwelt there with hym among the people that were left in the lande.

⁴ Or those .xviij. vpon which the toure in Syloe fell, and slewe them, thynke ye, that they were synners aboue all men that dwelt in Ierusalem?

⁷ & sayd vnto him: Go, wesshe the in the pole of Siloe, which (by interpretacion) is asmoche to saye as, sent. He went his waye therfore, and wasshed, & came agayne, seinge:

⁵⁸ Halhull Bethzur and Gedor:

²⁷ In whose steade kynge Rehoboam made brasen shyldes, and committed them vnto the handes of the kepynge of the captaines of the garde, which wayted at the dore of the kynges house. ²⁸ And whan the kynge went into the house of the Lord, they of the garde bare them, and brought them agayne into the garde chambre.

²⁰ The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia, and all hys power, and howe he made a pole and a conduyte, and brought water into the cytie, are they not written in the boke of the Chronicles of the kynges of Iuda?

⁴⁵ The sonne of Sammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Bethzur.

⁷ Bethzur, Socho and Adullam:

¹⁰ In steade of which, kynge Rehoboam made shyldes of brasse, and commytted them to the handes of the captaynes which had the ouersyght of the fotemen, and that kept the entraunce of the kynges house. ¹¹ And it came to passe, that when the kynge entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde came & fet them, and brought them agayne vnto the garde chambre.

¹⁴ And they buryed hym in his awne sepulchre, which he had made for hym selfe in the cytye of Dauid, and layed hym in the bed which he had fylled with dyuerse kyndes of spices & swete odours, made by the craft of the potecaryes. And they burnt very moch spyce about him.

⁷ Beholde, aboute Salomons bedstede ther stande .lx. valeaunt men of the most myghtie in Israel.

³ Then sayde God vnto Esay: go mete Ahaz (thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub) at the head of the ouer pole, in the fote path by the fullers grounde,

¹¹ A pytt also haue ye made betwene the two walles, for the waters of the olde pole, and haue not regarded the maker therof, nether had respecte vnto him that toke it in hande.

²⁹ Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid: For he is both deed and buryed, and hys sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this daye.

⁴⁴ keilah, kahezip and Maresah: nyne cyties wyth theyr vyllages.

¹ Then they told Dauid saying: Behold the Philistines fight agaynst keilah, and spoyle the barnes. ² Therfore Dauid asked the Lords aduyse, saying: shall I goo and smyte these Philistines? And the Lorde answered vnto Dauid: go and smyte the Philistines, and saue keilah. ³ And Dauids men that were with him, sayd vnto him: se, we be afrayed here in Iuda: how much more then yf we come to keila agaynst the host of the Philistynes? ⁴ Then Dauid asked the Lorde agayne. And the Lord answered him and sayde: Aryse, & go downe to keila, for I will delyuer the Philistines in to thyne hande. ⁵ And so Dauid and his men went to keila, and fought with the Philistynes, & droue awaye their catell, and smote them with a great slaughter. And so Dauid saued the enhabiters of keila. ⁶ And it chaunced, when Abiathar the sonne of Ahimelech fled to Dauid to keila, that he brought an Ephod with him in his hande. ⁷ And it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was come to keila. And Saul sayde: God hath delyuered him into myne hand. For he is shut in now that he is come into a towne that hath gates & barres. ⁸ And Saul called all the people together to warre, for to go downe to keila, and to besege Dauid & his men. ⁹ And Dauid hauing knowlege that Saul imagened myschef against him, sayd, to Abiathar the preast: Bryng the Ephod. ¹⁰ Then sayde Dauid: O Lord God of Israel, thi seruaunt hath heard, that Saul is about to come against keila to destroye the cytie for my sake: ¹¹ Wyll the men of keyla delyuer me into hys hande? And will Saul come downe, as thy seruaunt hath heard saye? O Lord God of Israel, tell they seruaunt. And the Lorde sayde: he will come downe. ¹² Then sayd Dauid: will the men of keila delyuer me and the men that are with me into the hand of Saul? & the Lord sayde: they will betraye you. ¹³ Then dauid & his men which were vpon a syxe hundred, arose & departed out of keila & went whether they could. And it was told Saul, that Dauid was fled from keila, & he let the iourney a lone.

⁴ Of which .xxiiij. thousande were set to further the worcke of the house of the Lorde. And syxe thousande were offycers & Iudges.

¹⁶ After him buylded Nehemiah the sonne of Afbok, the ruler of the halfe parte of Bethzur, vntyll the other syde ouer agaynst the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the pole that was repayred, and vnto the house of the myghtie.

⁹ The Leuytes were: Iesua the sonne of Azania, Benui amonge the chyldren of Henadad and Cadmiel.

⁸ The Leuytes were these: Iesua, Bennui, Cadmil, Sarabia, Iuda and Mathania which was ouer the offyce of thankesgeuynge, he and hys brethren:

¹ And Eliasib the hie preast gat him vp with hys brethren the preastes, & they buylded the Shepegate. They repayred it, & set vp that dores of it: euen vnto the tower Mea repayred they it, and vnto the tower of Hananeel.

²² And in the tyme of Eliasib: Ioiada, Iohanan & Iadua, were the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites and the preastes, written vnder the raygne of Darius the Persian. ²³ The chyldren of Leui, the principall fathers were written in the Chronicles, vntill the tyme of Ionathan the sonne of Eliasib.

⁴ And before this had the preast Eliasib the ouer syght of the treasury of the house of oure God, & he was kynsman vnto Tobia:

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power, for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is nether worcke, councell, knowledge ner wysdome.

¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynes which ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues to the tyme.

⁶¹ And of the chyldren of the prestes. The chyldren of Hebaia, the chyldren of Hakoz, the chyldren of Berzilai, which toke one of the daughters of Berzilai the Gileadite to wyfe, and was called after theyr name:

⁶³ And of the preastes, the chyldren of Habaiah: the chyldren of Hacos, the chyldren of Bersilai, whych toke one of the daughters of Bersilai the Gileadite to wyfe, and was named after their name.

² Sanabalat & Gesem sent vnto me, sayenge: that we maye mete and take councell together in the villages that are in the playne of the cytie Ono. Neuerthelesse, they thought to do me euell.

²⁸ And the chyldren of the syngers geathered them selues together from euery syde out of the playne countre aboute Ierusalem, and from the vyllages of Netho phathi,

¹⁰ Nexte vnto hym buylded Iedata the sonne of Harumaph ouer agaynst his house: and nexte vnto him buylded Hatus the sonne of Hasabnia.

⁴ And Esdras the scrybe stode vpon an hye pulpit of wood, whych they had made for the preachinge, & besyde hym stode Mathathia, Sema, Anania, Uriah, Helkia, and Maaseia, on hys ryghte hande: and on hys lefte hande stode Pedaia, Misael, Malchia, Hasum, Hasebadana, Zachary, and Mesulam.

⁷ And Iesua, Baam, Serabiah, Iamin, Acub, Sebathai, Hadaia, Maasia, Celita, Azaria, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaia: and the Leuites caused the people to geue hede vnto the lawe, & the people stode in their place.

² Saraia, Asariah, and Ieremy,

¹¹ But Melchia the sonne of Harim and Hasub the sonne of the captayne of Moab buylded the other pece, and the tower besyde the fornaces.

³ The children of Phares, two thousand, an hundred, and two and seuentye:

⁸ The chyldren of Pharos were two thousand, an hundred & two & seuentye:

¹⁴ He thyncketh in him selfe. I wyll buylde me a wyde house, & gorgeous parlers. He causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the sylynges and ioystes maketh he of Cedre, and paynteth them with Synaper.

² what tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoost layed seage vnto Ierusalem. But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in the courte of the preson, which was in the king of Iudas house:

¹ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremy on thys maner, when he was yet bound in the court of the preson.

²¹ Then Zedekias the kynge commaunded to put Ieremy in the fore entrye of the preson, and dayly to be geuen hym a cake of bread out of the bakers streate vntyll all the bread in the cytie was eaten vp. Thus Ieremy remayned in the fore entry in the preson.

⁸ Moreouer, the Caldees brent vp the kynges palace, with the other houses of the people, and brake downe the walles of Ierusalem.

¹⁴ and caused hym to be fet out of the fore entrye of the preson, & committed him vnto Godoliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Saphan: that he shulde carye him home, and so he dwelt amonge the people. ¹⁵ Now whyle Ieremy laye yet bounde in the fore entrie of the preson, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, sayinge:

² Euen the olde enhabiters, that dwelt in their awne possessions & cyties, the Israelites, the preastes, Leuites & Nethenei.

³ He buylt the hye gate of the temple of the Lorde, and on the walle (where the house of ordinaunce was) he buylte moche.

⁴³ The Nethinims, the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabaoth, ⁴⁴ the children of Ceros, the children of Sicha, the children of Padon, ⁴⁵ the chyldren of Lebanaa, the children of Hagabh, the chyldren of Akub, ⁴⁶ the chyldren of Hagab, the chyldren of Samlai, the chyldren of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the children of Giddel, the chyldren of Gahar, the chyldren of Reaia, ⁴⁸ the chyldren of Razin, the chyldren of Necoda, the chyldren of Gasam, ⁴⁹ the chyldren of Usa, the chyldren of Passeah: the chyldren of Bessai, ⁵⁰ the chyldren of Asna, the chyldren of Mehunim, the chyldren of Nephussim, ⁵¹ the chyldren of Bacbuc, the chyldren of Hacuba, the chyldren of Harhur, ⁵² the chyldren of Bazluth, the children of Mehira, the chyldren of Harsa, ⁵³ the chyldren of Barcom, the chyldren of Sisara, the chyldren of Thamah, ⁵⁴ the chyldren of Neziah, the chyldren of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, the chyldren of Sotai, the chyldren of Sophereth, the chyldren of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the chyldren of Iaala, the children of Darcon, the chyldren of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the chyldren of Sephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazbaim, the chyldren of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the Nethinims and the chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, were all together, thre hundred and two and nyntye.

⁴⁶ The Nethinims. The chyldren of Ziha, the chyldren of Hasupha, the chyldren of Tebahoth, ⁴⁷ the chyldren of Ceros, the chyldren of Sia, the chyldren of Phadon, ⁴⁸ the chyldren of Lebanah, the chyldren of Hagaba, the chyldren of Salmat, ⁴⁹ the chyldren of Hanan, the chyldren of Gidel, the chyldren of Gaher, ⁵⁰ the chyldren of Reaia, the chyldren of Rezin, the chyldren of Necoda, ⁵¹ the chyldren of Gasam, the chyldren of Usa the chyldren of Phaseah, ⁵² the children of Besai, the chyldren of Meunim, the chyldren of Nephussim, ⁵³ the chyldren of Bachur, the chyldren of Hacupha, the chyldren of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the chyldren of Bazlith, the chyldren of Mehida, the chyldren of Harsa, ⁵⁵ the chyldren of Barcos, the chyldren of Sissera, the chyldren of Thamah, ⁵⁶ the chyldren of Neziah, the chyldren of Hatipha.

¹ And all the people geathered them selues together as one man in the strete that was before the watergate, and they sayde vnto Esdras the scrybe, that he shulde fetch the boke of the lawe of Moses, whych the Lorde commaunded to Israel.

³ and he red therin in the strete that was before the watergate (from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye) before men and wemen that dyd herken to it: and the eares of all the people were inclyned vnto the booke of the lawe.

¹⁶ And so the people went forth, and sett them, and made them bothes, euery one vpon the rofe of his house, & in theyr courtes, & in the courtes of the house of God, and in the strete by the watergate, and in the strete by porte Ephraim.

²⁸ And the other people, the preastes, Leuites, porters, syngers, Nethinims, & all they that had separated them selues from the people in the landes vnto the lawe of God, wt their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters, and as many as coulde vnderstonde,

²¹ And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziba and Gispa was set ouer the Nethinims.

⁵ And nexte vnto him buylded they of Thekoa. But the great men that were amonge them, put not theyr neckes to the worcke of their Lorde.

¹⁶ And they layde handes on her tyll she came into the waye, by the which the horses went into the kinges palace: & there was she slayne.

¹⁵ And they layde handes on her, tyll she was come to the entrynge of the horsgate besyde the kynges house and there they slue her.

⁴⁰ and the whole valley of the deed carkases, and of the ashes, and all the feldes vnto the broke of Cedron: and vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde the east, where as the sanctuary of the Lorde also shalbe set. And when it is nowe buylded, and set vp of thys fasshyon, it shall neuer be be broken, nor cast downe any more.

³⁷ the children of Immer, a thousand and two and fyfty:

² And Sechania the sonne of Iehiel one of the children of Elam, answered, and sayde vnto Esdras. We haue trespaced agaynst oure God, and haue taken straunge wyues of the people of the land. Now there is hope yet in Israel concerning this thyng:

⁴⁰ the chyldren of Immer, a thousande and two & fyftye:

² into the valley of the chyldren of Hennom, which lieth before the dore that is made of brycke, and shewe them there the wordes, that I shall tell the,

⁸ Nexte vnto him buylded Usiel the sonne of Harhaiah the goldsmyth. Nexte vnto him also builded Hananiah the sonne of Harakahim, and they repayred Ierusalem vnto the brode wall.

³¹ After him buylded Malachia the goldsmythes sonne, vntyll the house of Nithinims, and of the merchauntes ouer agaynst the gate of Mephkad, and to the parler in the corner.