1 Chronicles 21 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then the accuser stood up, against Israel,––and moved David, to number Israel. ² And David said unto Joab and unto the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel, from Beer–sheba even unto Dan,––and bring [the report] unto me, that I may know the number of them. ³ Then said Joab, May Yahweh add unto his people, as many as they are, a hundred times, but are they not, my lord O king, all of them my lord’s, as servants? wherefore should my lord seek this? wherefore should it become guilt to Israel? ⁴ But, the word of the king, prevailed against Joab,––and Joab departed, and went to and fro throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. ⁵ And Joab delivered the sum of the number of the people, unto David,––and all Israel was found to be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men, who drew sword, and Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men, who drew sword. ⁶ But, Levi and Benjamin, counted he not among them,––for detestable was the word of the king unto Joab.
⁷ And it was displeasing in the eyes of God, concerning this thing,––therefore smote he Israel. ⁸ And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing,––but, now, I beseech thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have shown myself very foolish. ⁹ Then spake Yahweh unto Gad, the seer of David saying: ¹⁰ Go––and thou shalt speak unto David, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee,––choose thee one from among them, that I may do it unto thee. ¹¹ So Gad came unto David,––and said to him, Thus, saith Yahweh, ¹² Choose thee:––Whether, for three years, [there be] famine, Or, for three months, that thou flee before thine adversaries, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, Or, for three days, the sword of Yahweh, and pestilence be in the land, with, the messenger of Yahweh, laying waste throughout all the boundary of Israel,––Now, therefore, see, what, answer, I shall return unto him that sent me. ¹³ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait,––Oh let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for abounding are his compassions, exceedingly, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall. ¹⁴ So Yahweh laid pestilence, upon Israel,––and there fell, of Israel, seventy thousand men. ¹⁵ And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ¹⁶ And, when David lifted up his eyes, and saw the messenger of Yahweh, standing, between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn, in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, then fell David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, upon their faces. ¹⁷ And David said unto God, Was it not, I, who gave word to number the people? Yea, I, it was who sinned and did the great wrong, what then had, these sheep, done? O Yahweh, my God, let thy hand, I beseech thee, be against me, and against the house of my father, but not against, thy people, that they should be plagued!
¹⁸ And, the messenger of Yahweh, commanded Gad, to say unto David,––that David should go up, to rear an altar unto Yahweh, in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ¹⁹ So David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he spake in the name of Yahweh. ²⁰ And Ornan turned, and saw the messenger, but, his four sons with him, were hiding themselves,––now, Ornan, had been threshing wheat. ²¹ Then came David unto Ornan,––and Ornan looked, and saw David, and went forth out of the threshing–floor, and bowed himself unto David, with his face to the ground. ²² And David said unto Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing–floor, that I may build thereon an altar, unto Yahweh,––for silver in full, shalt thou grant it me, that the plague may be stayed from off the people. ²³ And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do what is good in his own eyes,––see! I have given the oxen for ascending–sacrifices, and, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for a meal–offering,––the whole, have I given. ²⁴ Then said King David to Ornan, Nay! but I will, surely buy, it for silver in full,––for I will not take that which is thine for Yahweh, nor offer an ascending–sacrifice that hath cost me nothing. ²⁵ So David gave to Ornan, for the place,––shekels of gold, by weight, six hundred. ²⁶ And David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices, and peace–offerings,––and called unto Yahweh, and he responded to him, by fire, out of the heavens, upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice. ²⁷ And Yahweh gave word to tile messenger, and he put back his sword into its sheath. ²⁸ At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. ²⁹ But, the habitation of Yahweh, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of ascending–sacrifice, were, at that time, in the high place at Gibeon; ³⁰ and David could not go before it, to seek God,––for he had been terrified, because of the sword of the messenger of Yahweh.

²⁴ So he expelled the man,––and caused to dwell––in front of the garden of Eden––cherubim, and a brandishing sword––flame, to keep the way to the tree of life.

⁶ and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth,––and he took sorrow unto his heart.

²³ That, not from a thread even unto a sandal–thong,––will I take, anything, that is thine,––Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and wherein had I sinned against thee, that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom, a sin so great? Deeds which should not be done, hast thou done with me.

⁴ A sojourner and settler, am I with you,––Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me. ⁵ And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him: ⁶ Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead,––Not, a man from among us, his buryingplace, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.

¹³ and spake unto Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,––I have given the silver of the field, Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.

⁷ Now, the sons of Jacob, came in from the field, as soon as they heard, and the men were grieved, and it was vexing to them exceedingly,––for, a disgraceful deed, had he done with Israel, in lying with Jacob’s daughter, seeing that, so, it should not be done.

³³ Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant remain instead of the lad, as servant to my lord,––but, as for the lad, let him go up with his brethren.

¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them,––but suffered the male children to live.

²⁸ Make ye request unto Yahweh, and it shall be enough, without there being any more thunderings of God, and hail,––and I must a let you go, and not again shall ye delay.

²³ And Yahweh will pass along to plague the Egyptians, and, when he beholdeth the blood upon the upper beam, and upon the two door–posts, then will Yahweh pass over the entrance, and not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses, to inflict on you the plague.

³⁰ Then rose up Pharaoh by night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there arose a great outcry throughout Egypt,––for there was not a house, where there was not one dead.

¹⁹ And the messenger of God who was going on before the camp of Israel, removed, and came on behind them,––and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them; ²⁰ so it came in between the camp of the Egyptians, and the camp of Israel, so it became a cloud and darkness, and yet lighted up the night,––so that the one came not near unto the other, all the night.

⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me;

²⁴ An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending–sacrifices, and thy peace–offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee, and will bless thee. ²⁵ But, if, an altar of stones, thou wilt make to me, thou shalt not build them hewn,––for, as soon as thou hast lifted, thy sharp tool, thereupon, thou hast profaned it;

⁴ Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain,––and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel; ⁵ and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending–sacrifices,––and slew peace–offerings to Yahweh, of oxen.

¹⁴ So then Yahweh was grieved,––over the calamity,––which he had spoken of inflicting on his people.

²¹ And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee,––that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?

³² Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, . . . but, if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book, which thou hast written. ³³ And Yahweh said unto Moses,––Him who hath sinned against me, must I blot out of my book.

⁶ So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,––Yahweh, Yahweh, A GOD of compassion, and favour,––Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness: ⁷ Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers Upon sons, And upon sons’ sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.

¹ Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses, saying–– ² On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting; ³ and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony,––and shalt screen the ark, with the veil; ⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon,––and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof; ⁵ and thou shalt place the altar of gold, for incense, before the ark of the testimony,––and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation; ⁶ and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending–sacrifice,––before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting; ⁷ and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar,––and shalt put, therein, water, ⁸ And thou shalt put up the court, round about,––and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. ⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the habitation, and all that is therein,––and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof, so shall it be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils,––and hallow the altar, so shall the altar, be most holy: ¹¹ and thou shalt anoint the laver, and its stand,––and shalt hallow it. ¹² And thou shalt bring near Aaron, and his sons, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,––and shalt bathe them in the water; ¹³ and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments,––and shalt anoint, him and hallow him, so shall he minister as priest unto me. ¹⁴ His sons also, shalt thou bring near,––and shalt clothe them with tunics; ¹⁵ and shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me,––so shall their anointing remain to them, for an age–abiding priesthood, to their generations.
¹⁶ And Moses did,––according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so, did he. ¹⁷ Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared. ¹⁸ Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars,––and reared its pillars. ¹⁹ Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ²⁰ And he took and placed the testimony, within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark,––and placed the propitiatory upon the ark, above; ²¹ and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening, veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ²² And he placed the table, in the tent of meeting,––on the side of the habitation northward,––outside the veil; ²³ and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread, before Yahweh,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ²⁴ And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table,––on the side of the habitation, southward; ²⁵ and mounted the lamps, before Yahweh,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ²⁶ And he put the altar of gold, in the tent of meeting,––before the veil; ²⁷ and burned thereupon the fragrant incense,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ²⁸ And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation; ²⁹ and, the altar of ascending–sacrifice, put he at the entrance of the habitation of the tent of meeting,––and he caused to ascend thereupon, the ascending–sacrifice, and the meal–offering,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ³⁰ And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar,––and put therein water, for bathing; ³¹ and Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, thenceforth bathed thereat,––their hands and their feet; ³² when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ³³ And he reared the court, round about, to the habitation and to the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court,––and Moses finished the work.
³⁴ Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting,––and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation; ³⁵ and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon,––and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation. ³⁶ And, whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward,––in all their journeyings; ³⁷ but, if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forward––until the day when it did ascend. ³⁸ For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation, by day, and, a fire, came to be, by night, therein,––in the sight of all the house of Israel, in all their journeyings.

²⁴ yea, there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed, upon the altar, the ascending–sacrifice, and the portions of fat,––and all the people beheld, and shouted, and fell down upon their faces.

¹⁰ And ye shall eat old store, well seasoned,––And, the old from before the new, shall ye put forth.

¹⁷ And I will set my face against you, And ye shall be smitten before your foes,––And be trodden down by them who hate you, And shall flee, when no one is pursuing you.

²⁵ And will bring in upon you a sword, that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,––Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy. ²⁶ When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,––And ye shall eat, and not be filled. ²⁷ And, if, with this, ye will not hearken to me,––But will go in opposition to me, ²⁸ Then will I go in a rage of opposition to you,––And I, even I, will correct you seven times, for your sins; ²⁹ And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons,––Yea, even the flesh of your daughters, shall ye eat.

³⁶ And, as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,––So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing; ³⁷ And they shall stumble one upon another, as from before a sword, when, pursuer, there is none; And ye shall not have wherewith to stand before your foes;

⁴⁷ But, the Levites, by the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered in their midst. ⁴⁸ For Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ⁴⁹ Only, the tribe of Levi, shalt thou not number, nor, the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up,––in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁵ Then did Moses and Aaron fall upon their faces,––before all the convocation of the assembly of the sons of Israel.

²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.

⁴⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron––Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory–covering over them,––for wrath hath gone forth, from before Yahweh, the plague, hath begun. ⁴⁷ Then took Aaron, as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the convocation, and lo! the plague, had begun, among the people,––so he placed the incense, and put a propitiatory–covering over the people: ⁴⁸ thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,––and the plague, was restrained.

⁴⁸ thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,––and the plague, was restrained. ⁴⁹ And so it was, that they who died in the plague were fourteen thousand, and seven hundred,––besides them who died over the matter of Korah.

¹² Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them.

³¹ Then did Yahweh unveil the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road, with his sword drawn, in his hand,––so he bent his head and bowed down before him.

⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

⁹ and they went up as far as the ravine of Eschol, and viewed the land, and then dissuaded the heart of the sons of Israel from entering into the land, which Yahweh, had given them. ¹⁰ Then was the anger of Yahweh kindled, on that day,––and he sware, saying:

¹¹ Yahweh, the God of your fathers, be adding unto you the like of you, a thousand times,––and bless you, as he hath spoken unto you!

¹³ and, thy herd and thy flock, increase, and, silver and gold, increase unto thee,––and, all that thou hast, increase; ¹⁴ and so thy heart be lifted up,––and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants; ¹⁵ who caused thee to journey through the great and terrible desert, of fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty wastes, where was no water,––who brought forth for thee water out of the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,––that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter, ¹⁷ and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart,––Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.

¹² Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,––but to revere Yahweh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

¹⁶ Three times in the year, shall each one of thy males see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, at the festival of unleavened cakes, and at the festival of weeks, and at the festival of booths,––and none shall see the face of Yahweh empty–handed: ¹⁷ every man, according as his hand can give,––according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God, which he hath bestowed upon thee.

¹⁵ But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding thee, today, then shall come in upon thee all these curses, and shall reach thee:––

²² Yahweh, will smite thee, with consumption and with fever, and with inflammation and with violent heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew,––and they shall pursue thee, until thou perish.

²⁵ Yahweh, will give thee up to be routed before thine enemies, one way, shalt thou go out against them, and, seven ways, shalt thou flee before them,––and thou shalt become a terror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

²⁷ Yahweh, will smite thee, with the burning sores of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with scab, and with itch,––of which thou canst not be healed.

³⁵ Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not be healed,––from the sole of thy foot, even unto the crown of thy head.

⁵¹ then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground, until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,––until he hath caused thee to perish. ⁵² And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land,––yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which, Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee.

¹³ And it came to pass, while Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a man standing over against him, with his sword drawn, in his hand,––so Joshua went unto him, and said to him, For us, art thou, or for our adversaries? ¹⁴ And he said––Nay, but, I, as prince of the host of Yahweh, have, now, come. So Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said unto him, What is my lord speaking unto his servant?

¹ But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,––for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel.

⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty–six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope,––so that the heart of the people melted and became as water.

¹³ Up! hallow the people, and thou shalt say, Hallow yourselves by tomorrow,––for, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: A devoted thing, is in the midst of thee O Israel, Thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye have put away the devoted thing out of your midst.

¹⁶ Thus, say all the assembly of Yahweh––What is this act of treachery which ye have committed against the God of Israel, that ye should turn back, today, from following Yahweh,––in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel, today, against Yahweh? ¹⁷ Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,––although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh; ¹⁸ but that, ye, must turn back today from following Yahweh,––though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel today against Yahweh, then, tomorrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth?

¹⁸ but that, ye, must turn back today from following Yahweh,––though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel today against Yahweh, then, tomorrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth? ¹⁹ Howbeit, if, unclean, be the land of your possession, do ye on your part come over into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where abideth the habitation of Yahweh, and take your possession in our midst,––but, against Yahweh, do not rebel, nor, against us, rebel, by building yourselves an altar apart from the altar of Yahweh our God. ²⁰ Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath,––so that not, he––one man alone, died in his iniquity.
²¹ Then responded the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh,––and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel: ²² El–Elohim–Yahweh, El–Elohim–Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know,––if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day: ²³ that we should build for ourselves an altar, to turn back from following Yahweh,––or, if that we might cause to go up thereon ascending–sacrifice or meal–offering, or if that we might offer thereon peace–offerings, let Yahweh himself require it; ²⁴ if, indeed, we have not, rather, out of anxiety and of purpose, done this thing, saying,––. In time to come, your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have ye to do with Yahweh, God of Israel; ²⁵ seeing that, a boundary, hath Yahweh put between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and ye sons of Gad––even the Jordan, ye have no portion in Yahweh,––so might your sons cause our sons, to cease from revering Yahweh. ²⁶ We said, therefore, Let us prepare, we pray you, to build us an altar,––not for ascending–offering, nor for sacrifice;

¹⁵ But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, today, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling,––but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.

¹⁸ And, when Yahweh raised them up judges, then was Yahweh with the judges, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies, all the days of the judge,––for Yahweh was grieved at their outcry, because of them who oppressed them, and ill–treated them.

¹¹ Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites;

²¹ Then the messenger of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff, that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the cakes,––and there came up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh, and the cakes, and, the messenger of Yahweh, had departed out of his sight.

¹⁶ And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,––and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

²⁰ And it came to pass, when the flame ascended from off the altar, towards the heavens, that the messenger of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar,––while Manoah and his wife were looking on. Then fell they on their faces, to the earth.

¹ Then went forth all the sons of Israel, and the assembly came together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba with the land of Gilead,––unto Yahweh at Mizpah.

²⁴ Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh.

²⁰ So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know,––that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh.

¹⁴ And, the waggon, entered into the field of Joshua, a man of Beth–shemesh, and stood still, there, where also, was a great stone,––so they clave into pieces the planks of the waggon, and, the kine, offered they up as an ascending–sacrifice, unto Yahweh.

¹⁹ And, when he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea smote of the people seventy men [and] fifty thousand men, the people mourned, for that Yahweh had smitten the people with a great smiting.

⁸ And the sons of Israel said unto Samuel, Do not turn in silence from us, from making outcry unto Yahweh our God,––that he would save us out of the hand of the Philistines. ⁹ So Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it up, as an entire ascending–sacrifice unto Yahweh,––and Samuel made outcry unto Yahweh, for Israel, and Yahweh answered him.

⁹ Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer,––for, the prophet of today, used to be called, beforetime, the seer.

¹³ And Samuel said unto Saul––Thou hast shewn thyself foolish,––thou hast not kept the commandment of Yahweh thy God, which he commanded thee, for, now, would Yahweh have established thy kingdom unto Israel until times age–abiding;

²³ And, when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from off her ass,––and fell down before David upon her face, and prostrated herself on the ground;

²¹ Then said Saul––I have sinned, Return, my son David, for I will harm thee no more, because my life was precious in thine eyes, this day,––lo! I have acted foolishly and, greatly, erred.

¹⁰ by turning over the kingdom from the house of Saul,––and establishing the throne of David, over Israel and over Judah, from Dan, even unto Beer–sheba.

²⁷ So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly,––and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.

⁹ And David was afraid of Yahweh, on that day,––and said, How can the ark of Yahweh come unto me?

⁸ Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock,––to become leader over my people, over Israel;

¹⁵ and he wrote in the letter, saying,––Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he be smitten and die. ¹⁶ So it came to pass, when Joab was laying siege to the city, that he put Uriah in the place where he knew that the men of valour, were. ¹⁷ And forth sallied the men of the city, and fought with Joab, and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David,––then died also, Uriah the Hittite. ¹⁸ So Joab sent and told David all the news of the battle; ¹⁹ and he charged the messenger saying,––When thou hast ended all the news of the battle, in speaking unto the king, ²⁰ then shall it be, if the king’s anger arise, and he say unto thee, Why came ye near unto the city, to fight? Knew ye not, that they would shoot from off the wall? ²¹ Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbaal? Did not, a woman, cast on him an upper millstone from off the wall, that he died, in Thebez? Wherefore came ye near unto the wall? Then shalt thou say––Moreover, thy servant, Uriah the Hittite, died.

²⁷ And, when the time of mourning had passed, David sent and received her into his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing which David had done was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun. ¹² For, thou, didst it, in secret,––but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun. ¹³ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Yahweh. Then said Nathan unto David,––Yahweh also, hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die!

¹³ And, I,––whither could I take my reproach? Thou, too, wouldest be as one of the vile fellows, in Israel. Now, therefore, speak, I pray thee, unto the king, for he would not withhold me from thee.

¹¹ Therefore I counsel––that there be a general gathering together unto thee of all Israel, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude,––and that, thine own presence, be going on in their midst.

⁹ Then said Joab unto Amasa, Art thou, well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand, to kiss him. ¹⁰ Amasa not heeding the sword that was in the hand of Joab, he smote him therewith in the belly, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and [struck] him not again, and he died. So, Joab and Abishai his brother, pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

¹ And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,––and Yahweh said––It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

¹⁴ so they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the grave of Kish his father, thus did they all that the king commanded,––and God suffered himself to be entreated for the land, after this.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah. ² The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him––Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer –sheba, and number ye the people,––so shall I know the sum of the people.

² The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him––Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer –sheba, and number ye the people,––so shall I know the sum of the people. ³ Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?

³ Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?

³ Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing? ⁴ Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,––so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people––Israel.

⁴ Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,––so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people––Israel.

⁴ Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,––so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people––Israel. ⁵ And they passed over the Jordan,––and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city, that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, even towards Jazer.

⁵ And they passed over the Jordan,––and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city, that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, even towards Jazer. ⁶ Thus came they to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim–hodshi,––and came to Dan–jaan, and round about Zidon;

⁶ Thus came they to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim–hodshi,––and came to Dan–jaan, and round about Zidon; ⁷ and entered the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites,––and they went out to the South of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

⁷ and entered the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites,––and they went out to the South of Judah, even to Beer–sheba. ⁸ So, when they had gone to and fro throughout all the land, they came, at the end of nine months and twenty days, unto Jerusalem.

⁸ So, when they had gone to and fro throughout all the land, they came, at the end of nine months and twenty days, unto Jerusalem. ⁹ And Joab delivered up the sum of the number of the people, unto the king,––and there were found to be, in Israel, eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing the sword,––and, the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.

⁹ And Joab delivered up the sum of the number of the people, unto the king,––and there were found to be, in Israel, eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing the sword,––and, the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.
¹⁰ And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people,––and David said unto Yahweh––I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

¹⁰ And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people,––and David said unto Yahweh––I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly. ¹¹ And, when David arose in the morning, the word of Yahweh, had come unto Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying:

¹¹ And, when David arose in the morning, the word of Yahweh, had come unto Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying: ¹² Go and speak unto David––Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee,––choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. ¹³ So Gad came in unto David, and told him,––and said to him: Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? Or, for three months, wilt thou flee before thine enemies while, they, pursue thee? Or shall there be, for three days, pestilence in thy land? Now, consider and see, what, answer, I shall return to him that sent me.

¹³ So Gad came in unto David, and told him,––and said to him: Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? Or, for three months, wilt thou flee before thine enemies while, they, pursue thee? Or shall there be, for three days, pestilence in thy land? Now, consider and see, what, answer, I shall return to him that sent me. ¹⁴ And David said unto Gad––I am in a great strait,––let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for, manifold, are, his compassions, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall.

¹⁴ And David said unto Gad––I am in a great strait,––let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for, manifold, are, his compassions, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall. ¹⁵ So Yahweh sent forth a pestilence throughout Israel, from the morning even unto the time appointed,––and there died of the people, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba, seventy thousand men.

¹⁵ So Yahweh sent forth a pestilence throughout Israel, from the morning even unto the time appointed,––and there died of the people, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba, seventy thousand men. ¹⁶ But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people––Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁶ But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people––Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁷ Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said––Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!

¹⁷ Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said––Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!
¹⁸ And Gad came unto David, on that day,––and said unto him––Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁸ And Gad came unto David, on that day,––and said unto him––Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁸ And Gad came unto David, on that day,––and said unto him––Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁹ So David went up, according to the word of Gad, as Yahweh had commanded.

¹⁹ So David went up, according to the word of Gad, as Yahweh had commanded. ²⁰ And Araunah looked out, and saw the king, and his servants, passing over unto him––so Araunah went forth, and did homage unto the king, with his face to the ground.

²⁰ And Araunah looked out, and saw the king, and his servants, passing over unto him––so Araunah went forth, and did homage unto the king, with his face to the ground. ²¹ Then said Araunah, Wherefore, hath my lord the king come unto his servant? And David said––To buy of thee the threshing–floor, to build an altar unto Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.

²¹ Then said Araunah, Wherefore, hath my lord the king come unto his servant? And David said––To buy of thee the threshing–floor, to build an altar unto Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from off the people. ²² Then said Araunah unto David, Let my lord the king accept it and cause to ascend what is good in his own eyes,––see! the oxen for the ascending–sacrifice, and the threshing–sledges and ox–yokes for wood.

²² Then said Araunah unto David, Let my lord the king accept it and cause to ascend what is good in his own eyes,––see! the oxen for the ascending–sacrifice, and the threshing–sledges and ox–yokes for wood. ²³ The whole, did Araunah give, as a king to a king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yahweh thy God, accept thee!

²³ The whole, did Araunah give, as a king to a king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yahweh thy God, accept thee! ²⁴ But the king said unto Araunah––Nay! but I will, buy, it of thee, for a price, and will not cause to ascend unto Yahweh my God, offerings that have cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing–floor, and the oxen, for fifty shekels of silver; ²⁵ and David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and peace–offerings,––then was Yahweh entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

⁴ So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place,––a thousand ascending–sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.
⁵ In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,––and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee. ⁶ Then said Solomon––Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee, in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart, with thee,––and thou hast kept, for him, this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father,––and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in. ⁸ And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,––a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude. ⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,––that Solomon had asked this thing; ¹¹ And God said unto him––Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee. ¹³ Moreover also, what thou hast not asked, have I given unto thee, both riches and honour,––so that there hath been none, like thee, among the kings, all thy days. ¹⁴ And, if thou wilt walk in my ways, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out thy days. ¹⁵ And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and offered peace–offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig–tree, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba,––all the days of Solomon.

²¹ and he cried out unto the man of God who had come in out of Judah, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Forasmuch as thou hast rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, and hast not kept the commandment which Yahweh thy God commanded thee; ²² but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water, in the place of which he said unto thee, Thou mayest neither eat bread nor drink water: thy dead body shall not enter the burying–place of thy fathers.

¹⁶ That he may deliver up Israel,––on account of the sin of Jeroboam, which he committed, and which he caused, Israel, to commit.

⁵ because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,––and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him, all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

¹ Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain,––save at the bidding of my word.

²⁴ Then shall ye call on the name of your god, and, I, will call on the name of Yahweh, and it shall be, the God that respondeth by fire, he, is GOD. And all the people responded––Well spoken!

³⁸ Then fell fire from Yahweh, and consumed the ascending–sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust,––even the water that was in the trench, it licked up.

⁴ But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day’s journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub,––and asked for his life, that he might die, and said––Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.

²¹ So he turned back from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and sacrificed them, and, with the implements of the oxen, boiled their flesh, and gave unto the people, and they did eat,––then he arose, and followed Elijah, and ministered unto him.

² Ahab, therefore, spake unto Naboth, saying––Come! give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for, the same, is near by my house, and let me give thee, instead thereof, a vineyard better than it,––if it be good in thine eyes, I will give thee silver to the value of this.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted,––and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

¹⁷ And he said––I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd,––so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

²⁰ And Yahweh said, Who will persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall, at Ramoth–gilead? And, one, said in this manner, and, another, said in that manner. ²¹ Then came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said––I, will persuade him. ²² And Yahweh said unto him––Wherewith? And he said––I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets,––So he said,––Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so.

¹⁰ and Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,––Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, so shall thy flesh come back to thee, and be thou clean. ¹¹ But Naaman was wroth, and went away,––and said––Lo! I thought, Unto me, will he, come right out, and take his stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand towards the spot, and so set free the leper. ¹² Are not, Abanah and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not bathe, in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage. ¹³ Then drew near his servants, and spake unto him, and said––My father! if, some great thing, the prophet had commanded thee, wouldst thou not have done it? then, how much rather, when he hath said unto thee, Bathe and be clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dipped himself in the Jordan, seven times, according to the word of the man of God: and his flesh came back, as the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

¹⁵ And, when the attendant of the man of God arose early and went forth, lo! a force surrounding the city, with horses and chariots. Then said his young man unto him––Alas! my lord, what shall we do?

¹⁷ Then prayed Elisha, and said, O Yahweh! open, I beseech thee, his eyes, that he may see. And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and lo! the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha.

⁴ If we say––Let us enter into the city, Then, the famine, is in the city, and we shall die there, and, if we remain here, then shall we die. Now, therefore, let us fall away unto the camp of the Syrians, if they save us alive, we shall live, and, if they put us to death, we shall die.

¹ Now, Elisha, had spoken unto the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying––Arise, and take thy journey, thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn, for Yahweh hath called for a famine, moreover also, it is coming upon the land seven years.

¹ And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard, that he rent his clothes,––and covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh;

³⁵ And it came to pass, during that night, that the messenger of Yahweh went forth, and smote, in the camp of the Assyrians, a hundred and eighty–five thousand. And, when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

¹² And David was afraid of God, on that day, saying,––How can I bring unto me, the ark of God?

³⁹ and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the habitation of Yahweh,––in the high place that was in Gibeon:

¹³ Be strong, and let us put forth our strength, for the sake of our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God,––and let, Yahweh, do, what is good in his own eyes.

⁸ And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing,––but, now, I beseech thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have shown myself very foolish.

¹¹ So Gad came unto David,––and said to him, Thus, saith Yahweh, ¹² Choose thee:––Whether, for three years, [there be] famine, Or, for three months, that thou flee before thine adversaries, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, Or, for three days, the sword of Yahweh, and pestilence be in the land, with, the messenger of Yahweh, laying waste throughout all the boundary of Israel,––Now, therefore, see, what, answer, I shall return unto him that sent me.

¹⁴ So Yahweh laid pestilence, upon Israel,––and there fell, of Israel, seventy thousand men. ¹⁵ And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

¹⁵ And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ¹⁶ And, when David lifted up his eyes, and saw the messenger of Yahweh, standing, between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn, in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, then fell David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, upon their faces.

¹⁶ And, when David lifted up his eyes, and saw the messenger of Yahweh, standing, between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn, in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, then fell David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, upon their faces.

²⁰ And Ornan turned, and saw the messenger, but, his four sons with him, were hiding themselves,––now, Ornan, had been threshing wheat.

²³ But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,––because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

²³ But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,––because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,––neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,––neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

²⁹ Now, the acts of David the king, first and last, behold them! written in the records of Samuel the seer, and in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the records of Gad the seer:

³ and Solomon, and all the convocation with him, went to the high place that was in Gibeon,––for, there, was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh made in the desert.

¹³ And Solomon came from the high place that was in Gibeon unto Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting,––and reigned over Israel.

¹ Then began Solomon, to build the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where he had appeared unto David his father,––in the place which David had prepared, in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

¹ Now, when Solomon had made an end of praying, Fire, came down out of the heavens, and consumed the ascending–offering and the sacrifices,––and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the house;

⁹ And he said unto them, What do, ye, counsel that we should return as answer, unto this people,––who have spoken unto me saying, Lighten thou somewhat the yoke, which thy father put upon us?

⁹ But, in that place, was a prophet unto Yahweh, Oded his name, so he went out to meet the host that was coming unto Samaria, and said unto them, Lo! in the wrath of Yahweh, God of your fathers, against Judah, hath he delivered them into your hand,––and ye have slain them in a rage, until, to the heavens, it hath reached.

⁵ So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even unto Dan, that they should come in to keep a passover unto Yahweh the God of Israel, in Jerusalem,––for, not for a long time, had they kept it as written.

²⁵ But, not according to the benefit done unto him, did Hezekiah make return, for uplifted was his heart,––and so there came upon him, wrath, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ Then Hezekiah humbled himself, for the uplifting of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,––so that the wrath of Yahweh came not upon them, in the days of Hezekiah.

¹¹ All the servants of the king, and the people of the provinces of the king, do know, that, whatsoever man or woman shall go in unto the king––into the inter court––who hath not been called, one, is his law, to put him to death, saving any to whom the king may hold out the golden sceptre, who then shall live,––but, I, have not been called to go in unto the king, these thirty days.

¹⁶ Go! gather ye together all the Jews who are to be found in Shusan, and fast ye for me––and neither eat nor drink––three days, night nor day, and, I and my maidens, will fast so,––and, in this manner, will I go in unto the king, though it is not according to the law, and, when I have perished, I have perished!

⁶ Now there came a certain day, when the sons of God entered in to present themselves unto Yahweh,––so the accuser also entered, in their midst. ⁷ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and wandering about therein. ⁸ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil? ⁹ And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Is it, for nought, that Job revereth God? ¹⁰ Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land. ¹¹ But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee. ¹² And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

¹ And there came a certain day when the sons of God entered in, to present themselves unto Yahweh––so the accuser also entered in their midst, to present himself unto Yahweh.

⁴ Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life. ⁵ In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee. ⁶ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand,––only, his life, preserve thou!

²¹ Thy hand––from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!

⁶ When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering:––

¹⁵ For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

⁷ But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee:

¹¹ For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is.

⁵ My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.]

¹³ But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return: ¹⁴ Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.

¹¹ Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. When Nathan the Prophet had come to him, after he had gone in unto Bath–sheba.]
Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. When Nathan the Prophet had come to him, after he had gone in unto Bath–sheba.]
Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions; ² Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;

² Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure; ³ For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually: ⁴ Against thee––against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness––in thine eyes, have I done,––That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,––Be clear when thou judgest.

¹⁴ Rescue me from shed–blood, O God, the God of my salvation, My tongue should shout thy righteousness; ¹⁵ O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise.

¹³ But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me:

¹ [An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s.]
Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?

³⁸ Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and not destroy,––Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.

⁵ For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.

¹⁵ But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

¹³ Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;

⁶ Of the pestilence that, in darkness, doth walk, Of the plague that layeth waste at noonday.

¹⁵ He shall call me, and I will answer him, With him, will, I, be, in distress, I will rescue him, and will honour him;

⁹ Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down towards his holy mountain, For, holy, is Yahweh our God.

⁸ Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,––Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.

²⁰ Bless Yahweh, ye messengers of his,––Heroes of vigour, doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word;

⁷ Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea––at the Red Sea.

¹⁴ Yahweh multiply you, You, and your children.

¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

⁴ But, with thee, is forgiveness, that thou mayest be revered.

⁷ Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh,––for, with Yahweh, is lovingkindness, and there aboundeth with him––redemption.

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose; ³⁰ Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke, ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.

¹² For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.

¹⁰ A righteous man, regardeth the desire of his beast, but, the compassions of the lawless, are cruel.

²⁸ In the multitude of a people, is the majesty of the king, but, in the ceasing of population, is the ruin of the prince.

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

²⁰ Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after–life.

²³ The loftiness of a man, layeth him low,––but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.

⁴ Where the word of a king is, there is power,––who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?

¹⁵ Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation, thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.

²⁷ For, not with a sledge, must, black coriander, be threshed, Nor must, the wheel of a cart, on cummin, be turned, But, with a staff, must, fennel, be beaten, And, cummin, with a rod: ²⁸ Bread–corn, must be crushed,––Yet would he not be evermore, threshing, it, So he hasteneth over it the wheel of his cart, with his horsemen, He crusheth it not!

⁷ And, of thy sons who shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away,––and they shall become eunuchs, in the palace of the king of Babylon. ⁸ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, Good, is the word of Yahweh, which thou hast spoken. And he said, Surely, there shall be peace and stability in my days.

⁷ They carry him about on the shoulder, They bear the burden of him––and set him in his place, that he may stand,––Out of his place, will he not move,––Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of one’s trouble, he will not save him.

⁶ I had been provoked with my people, Had profaned mine inheritance, And given them into thy hand, . . . Thou shewedst them no compassion, Upon the elder, madest thou very heavy, thy yoke.

¹⁹ Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof,––Neither cut off nor destroyed, had been his name from before me.

⁷ Let the lawless forsake, his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,––And let him return unto Yahweh, That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.

⁷ The lovingkindness of Yahweh, will I recall, the praises of Yahweh, According to all that Yahweh, hath bestowed upon us,––Even the abundance of goodness to the house of Israel, Which he bestowed upon them––According to his compassions, and, According to the abundance of his lovingkindness.

¹⁵ Look thou down, out of the heavens, and see, Out of the high abode of thy holiness and of thy majesty,––Where, are thy jealousy, and thy mighty deeds? The resounding of thy yearning affection, and thy compassions towards me, are they restrained?

²⁴ And it shall come to pass–That, before they call, I, will answer, And, while yet they, are speaking, I, will hear.

¹⁶ For, by fire, will Yahweh enter into judgment, And by his sword, with all flesh,––And many, shall be the slain of Yahweh.

¹³ Only, acknowledge thine iniquity, that, against Yahweh thy God, hast thou transgressed,––and hast gone hither and thither unto foreigners under every green tree, and, unto my voice, ye have not hearkened, Declareth Yahweh.

²² Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And, because of me, will ye not be pained? In that, though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age–abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,––When they would toss themselves, Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar, Then should they not pass beyond it,

¹² For go, I pray you, unto my place which was in Shiloh, Where I made my Name to dwell, at first,––And see what I did to it, because of the wickedness of my people Israel!

⁷ Who, would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as, among all the wise men of the nations, And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is, like unto thee.

¹² On all the bare heights in the wilderness, have come despoilers, For, the sword of Yahweh, hath devoured from one end of the land unto the other,––There is peace, for no, flesh!

⁷ The moment I speak, concerning a nation, or concerning a kingdom,––to pull up and to break down, and to destroy; ⁸ and that nation return, from its wickedness, against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity, which I had devised to bring upon it. ⁹ And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation, or concerning a kingdom,––to build, and to plant; ¹⁰ and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.

⁹ Why, hast thou prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, Like Shiloh, shall this house become, And, this city, shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people, were gathered together, unto Jeremiah, in the house of Yahweh.

¹⁸ Micah the Morashtite, was prophesying, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,––and he spake unto all the people of Judah, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Zion, as a field, shall be plowed, And, Jerusalem, into heaps of ruins, shall be turned, And, the mountain of the house, [be] like mounds in a jungle,

⁸ So Hanameel son of mine uncle, came unto me, according to the word of Yahweh, into the guard–court, and said unto me, Buy, I pray thee, my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for, thine, is the right of inheritance, and, thine, the redemption,––buy it for thyself. So I knew, that, the word of Yahweh, it was.

³ Call unto me, that I may answer thee,––and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

¹⁶ then shall it come to pass that, the sword which ye, are fearing, shall, there, overtake you, in the land of Egypt,––and, the famine which ye, are dreading, shall, there, lay fast hold of you, in Egypt, and, there, shall ye die.

⁶ Ah! thou sword of Yahweh, How long, wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, Rest thyself, and be still.

³² Surely, though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses;

⁹ Better are the slain of the sword, than the slain of the famine,––for, these, pine away, stricken through, wanting the produce of the field.

¹⁹ Or, pestilence, I should send into that land,––and should pour out mine indignation thereon in blood, to cut off therefrom, man and beast, ²⁰ Were Noah, Daniel and Job in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely neither, son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness, should deliver [only] their own lives. ²¹ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, How much less [should they avail] when, my four calamitous judgments, sword, and, famine, and, mischievous wild beast, and, pestilence, I have sent against Jerusalem,––to cut off therefrom, man and beast?

⁶³ To the end thou mayest remember, and turn pale, and there be to thee, no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,––In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee, as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

³⁰ Put it back into its sheath! In the place where thou wast created, In the land of thy nativity, will I judge, thee

¹⁸ But, if not, be it known to thee, O king,––that, thy god, will we not serve, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, will we not adore.

² Take with you words, and return to Yahweh: say unto him––Wholly, shalt thou take away iniquity, Accept, then, with favour, and we will make good the boldness of our lips!

⁶ And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him,––and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes. ⁷ And he caused an outcry to be made––and said––throughout Nineveh, By decree of the king and of his great men, Be it known:––Man and beast, herd and flock, Let them taste, nothing, let them not feed, and, water, let them not drink: ⁸ Let both man and beast, cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them cry unto God, mightily,––Yea let them turn, every man from his wicked way, and from the violence which is in their hands: ⁹ Who knoweth whether God himself––may turn and grieve,––and turn away from the glow of his anger, that we perish not?

² So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said––Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish,––because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity.

¹⁸ Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity––and passing over the transgression––of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!

² O Yahweh, I have heard tidings of thee, I am afraid. O Yahweh! Thy work––in the midst of the years, O revive it, in the midst of the years, wilt thou make known? In trouble, wilt thou remember, compassion?

¹ And he shewed me, Joshua the high priest, standing before the messenger of Yahweh,––and, the Accuser, standing at his right hand, to accuse him.

¹² But ye are profaning me,–– in that ye say, As for the table of the Lord, polluted it is, and, as for his produce, contemptible is his food. ¹³ And ye have said, Lo! what a weariness! And ye have snuffed at Me, saith Yahweh of hosts, and have brought in the torn and the lame and the sick, thus have ye brought the present,–– Could I accept it at your hand? saith Yahweh. ¹⁴ But accursed is he that defraudeth, who, when there is in his flock a male, yet voweth and sacrificeth a corrupt thing to the Lord, for, a great king, am I, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, my Name, is revered among the nations.

³ And, coming near, the tempter said to him,––If thou art God’s, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.

⁴⁹ So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous; ⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there, will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that have been sent unto her,––how often, would I have gathered thy children, like as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,––and ye would not! ³⁸ Lo! your house is left to you;

⁵² Then, Jesus saith unto him––Put back thy sword into its place, for, all they who take a sword, by a sword, shall perish.

⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them––Ye are sleeping the remaining time and taking your rest:––It is enough! the hour hath come! Lo! the Son of Man is being delivered up into the hands of sinners.

²⁵ And, of a truth, I say unto you––Many widows, were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine upon all the land;

⁵³ And, when, from thence, he came out, the Scribes and the Pharisees began, with vehemence, to be hemming him in, and trying to make him speak off–hand concerning many things,––

¹⁸ I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him––Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: ¹⁹ No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine,––Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father.

³¹ Simon! Simon! lo! Satan, hath claimed you, to sift as wheat;

²⁹ On the morrow, he beholdeth Jesus, coming unto him, and saith––See! the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.

⁵ His mother saith unto them who are ministering––Whatsoever he may say to you, do!

¹¹ I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep. ¹² The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth,––and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth,––

²⁷ Now, is my soul troubled,––and what can I say? Father! save me from this hour? But, on this account, came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name!

² And, supper, being in progress, the adversary, having already thrust into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, that he should deliver him up,––

¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto Peter––Thrust the sword into its sheath:––The cup which the Father hath given me, shall I in anywise not drink it?

³ But Peter said––Ananias! wherefore did Satan fill thy heart, that thou shouldst deal falsely with the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the field?

²⁹ But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said––It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto men:––

²⁶ And, a messenger of the Lord, spake unto Philip, saying––Arise, and be journeying along southward, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,––the same, is desert. ²⁷ And, arising, he journeyed. And lo! a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, one in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure [who] had come to worship in Jerusalem; ²⁸ And was returning, and, sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said unto Philip––Go near, and join thyself unto this chariot! ³⁰ And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said––Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading? ³¹ And, he, said––How indeed should be able––unless someone shall guide me? And he called upon Philip, to come up and sit with him. ³² Now, the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was, this:––As a sheep, unto slaughter, was he led, and, as a lamb, before him that sheareth it, is dumb, so, he openeth not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away,––his generation, who shall describe? because, his life, is taken away from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch, making answer unto Philip, said––I pray thee! Of whom, is the prophet saying this? of himself, or, of some different person? ³⁵ And Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, told him the glad tidings of Jesus. ³⁶ And, as they were journeying along the way, they came unto a certain water,––and the eunuch saith––Lo! water! What doth hinder my being immersed? ³⁷ <> ³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down, both, into the water, both Philip and the eunuch,––and he immersed him. ³⁹ But, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he was going on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ Now Philip was found at Azotus; and, passing through, he was telling the glad tidings unto all the cities, until he came unto Caesarea.

⁶ But rise up, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

²³ And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm–eaten, he expired.

³ For I could have wished to be accursed, even I myself, from the Christ, in behalf of my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh; ––

¹⁷ Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men:

⁷ Wherefore, lest I should be unduly lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me,––lest I should be unduly lifted up.

²³ I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two,––having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!

¹⁴ Are they not, all, spirits, doing public service,––for ministry, sent forth, for the sake of them who are about to inherit salvation?

²⁴ And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works,––

³¹ A fearful thing [it is] to fall into the hands of a Living God!

²⁸ Wherefore, seeing that, of a kingdom not to be shaken, we are receiving possession, let us have gratitude––whereby we may be rendering divine service well–pleasingly unto God, with reverence and awe; ²⁹ For, even our God, is a consuming fire.

¹³ Let, no one, while tempted, be saying––From God, am I tempted,––for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;

⁹ If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous––that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁶ Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down.

¹⁷ And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying––Do not fear! I, am the First, and the Last,

¹⁹ I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.

¹ After this, I saw four messengers, standing at the four corners of the earth, holding fast the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow upon the land, or upon the sea, or upon any tree. ² And I saw another messenger, ascending from the rising of the sun, holding the seal of the Living God; and he cried out with a loud voice unto the four messengers unto whom it had been given to injure the land and the sea, ³ saying––Do not injure the land, or the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.

¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying––Now, hath come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren hath been cast out, who was accusing them before our God day and night;

⁴ Who shall in anywise not be put in fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name,––because, alone, full of lovingkindness; because, all the nations, will have come, and will do homage before thee, because, thy righteous deeds, were made manifest?