2 Chronicles 8:14 Cross References - Wycliffe

¹⁴ And he ordeynede bi the ordynaunce of Dauid, his fadir, the officis of preestis in her seruyces, and the dekenes in her ordre, that thei schulden preise and mynystre bifor preestis bi the custom of ech dai; and he ordeynede porteris in her departyngis bi yate and yate. For Dauid, the man of God, hadde comaundid so;

¹ This is the blessing, bi which Moises, the man of God, blesside the sones of Israel bifor his deeth;

² The spiryt of the Lord spak bi me, and his word bi my tunge.

¹ And lo! a man of God cam fro Juda, bi the word of the Lord, in to Bethel, while Jeroboam stood on the auter, `and castide encence.

³¹ These it ben whiche Dauid ordeynede on the syngeris of the hows of the Lord, sithen the arke of the Lord was set; ³² and thei mynystriden bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng, and sungun, til Salomon bildide the hows of the Lord in Jerusalem; forsothe thei stoden bi her ordre in seruyce. ³³ Sotheli thes it ben that stoden nyy with her sones. Of the sones of Caath; Heman the chauntor, the sone of Joel, sone of Samuel, ³⁴ sone of Helcana, sone of Joroam, sone of Heliel, ³⁵ sone of Thou, sone of Suph, ³⁶ sone of Helcana, sone of Mabath, sone of Amasi, sone of Helcana, sone of Joel, sone of Azarie, sone of Sophonye, sone of Caath, ³⁷ sone of Asyr, sone of Abiasaph, ³⁸ sone of Chore, sone of Isaar, sone of Caath, sone of Leuy, sone of Israel. ³⁹ And hise britheren; Asaph, that stood at the riythalf of hym, Asaph, the sone of Barachie, ⁴⁰ sone of Samaa, sone of Mychael, sone of Basye, sone of Melchie, sone of Atthay, ⁴¹ sone of Zara, sone of Adala, ⁴² sone of Edan, sone of Zama, sone of Semey, ⁴³ sone of Geth, sone of Gerson, sone of Leuy. ⁴⁴ Forsothe the sones of Merary, the britheren of hem, weren at the leftside; Ethan, the sone of Chusi, sone of Abdi, sone of Moloch, sone of Asabie, ⁴⁵ sone of Amasie, sone of Helchie, ⁴⁶ sone of Amasay, sone of Bonny, sone of Soomer, ⁴⁷ sone of Moli, sone of Musi, sone of Merarie, sone of Leuy. ⁴⁸ And dekenes, the britheren of hem, that weren ordeyned in to al the seruyce of the tabernacle of the hows of the Lord.

¹⁷ Sotheli the porteris weren Sellum, and Achub, and Thelmon, and Achyman, and the britheren of hem; Sellum was the prince;

¹⁶ And Dauid seide to the princes of dekenes, that thei schulden ordeyne of her britheren syngeris in orguns of musikis, that is, in giternes, and harpis, and symbalis; that the sown of gladnesse schulde sowne an hiy. ¹⁷ And thei ordeyneden dekenes, Heman, the sone of Johel, and of hise britheren, Asaph, the sone of Barachie; sotheli of the sones of Merary, britheren of hem, thei ordeyneden Ethan, ¹⁸ the sone of Casaye, and the britheren of hem with hem; in the secunde ordre `thei ordeyneden Zacarie, and Ben, and Jazihel, and Semyramoth, and Jahiel, `and Am, Heliab, and Benaye, and Maasie, and Mathathie, and Eliphalu, and Mathenye, and Obededon, and Jehiel, porteris; ¹⁹ forsothe `thei ordeyneden the syngeris Eman, Asaph, and Ethan, sownynge in brasun cymbalis; <sup>20</sup> sotheli Zacarie, and Oziel, and Semyramoth, and Jahihel, and Ham, and Eliab, and Maasie, and Banaie, sungun pryuetees in giternes; forsothe Mathathie, <sup>21</sup> and Eliphalu, and Mathenye, and Obededom, and Jehiel, and Ozazym, sungen in harpis for the eiytithe, and epynychion, `that is, victorie `be to God ouercomere; ²² forsothe Chinonye, the prince of dekenes, and of profecie, was souereyn to biforsynge melodie, for he was ful wijs;

⁴ And he ordeynede bifor the arke of the Lord, of the Leuytis, that schulden mynystre, and haue mynde of the werkis of the Lord, and glorifie and preyse the Lord God of Israel; ⁵ `he ordeynede Asaph the prince, and Zacharie his secounde; forsothe `he ordeynede Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jahel, and Mathathie, and Eliab, and Banaye, and Obededom, and Jehiel, on the orguns, on the sautrie, and on the harpis; but he ordeynede Asaph to sowne with cymbalis; ⁶ sotheli he ordeynede Banaye and Aziel, preestis, bifor the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, for to trumpe contynueli.

⁴² Also he ordeynede Eman, and Idithum, trumpynge, and schakynge cymbalis, and alle orguns of musikis, for to synge to God; forsothe he made the sones of Idithum to be portours, `ether bereris.

¹ Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel. ² And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes; ³ and the dekenes weren noumbrid fro twenti yeer and aboue, and eiyte and thretti thousynde of men weren foundun. ⁴ And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde; ⁵ forsothe foure thousynde `porteris weren, and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whiche Dauid hadde maad for to synge. <sup>6</sup> And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary. <sup>7</sup> And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye. <sup>8</sup> The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel. <sup>9</sup> The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan. <sup>10</sup> Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei. <sup>11</sup> Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows. <sup>12</sup> The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel. <sup>13</sup> The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departid, that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thing of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, and to blesse his name with outen ende. <sup>14</sup> Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy. <sup>15</sup> The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser. <sup>16</sup> The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste. ¹⁷ Sotheli the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsothe the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche. ¹⁸ The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste. <sup>19</sup> The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.

¹ Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and Ythamar; ² but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadir, and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod. ³ And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, of the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, by her whiles and seruyce; ⁴ and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, than the sones of Ythamar. Forsothe he departide to hem, that is, to the sones of Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meynees; and to the sones of Ythamar eiyte prynces bi her meynees and howsis. ⁵ Sotheli he departide euer eithir meynees among hem silf bi lottis; for there weren princes of the seyntuarye, and princes of the hows of God, as wel of the sones of Eleazar as of the sones of Ithamar. ⁶ And Semeye, the sone of Nathanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuede hem bifore the king and pryncis, and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelech, the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meynees of the preestis and of the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the tother hows of Ithamar, that hadde othere vndir hym. ⁷ Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie, ⁸ the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym, ⁹ the fyuethe to Melchie, ¹⁰ the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos, ¹¹ the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib, ¹² the tweluethe to Jacyn, ¹³ the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal, ¹⁴ the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer, ¹⁵ the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye, ¹⁶ the twentithe to Jezechel, ¹⁷ the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam, ¹⁸ the foure and twentithe to Mazzian. ¹⁹ These weren the whilis of hem bi her mynysteries, that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her custom vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide.

¹ Therfor Dauid, and the magestratis of the oost, departiden in to the seruyce the sones of Asaph, and of Eman, and of Idithum, whiche schulden profecye in harpis, and sawtrees, and cymbalis, bi her noumbre, and serue the office halewid to hem. ² Of the sones of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela; sotheli the sones of Asaph vndir the hond of Asaph profesieden bisidis the kyng. ³ Forsothe the sones of Idithum weren these; Idithum, Godolie, Sori, Jesie, and Sabaie, and Mathatie, sixe; vndur the hond of hir fadir Idithum, that profesiede in an harpe on men knoulechynge and preysynge the Lord. ⁴ Also the sones of Heman weren Heman, Boccia, Mathanya, Oziel, Subuhel, and Jerymoth, Ananye, Anan, Elyatha, Gaeldothi, and Romenthi, Ezer, and Jesbacasi, Melothy, Othir, Mazioth; ⁵ alle these sones of Heman weren profetis of the kyng in the wordis of God, that he schulde enhaunse the horn. And God yaf to Heman fourtene sones, and thre douytris. ⁶ Alle vndur the hond of her fadir weren `delid, ethir asigned, to synge in the temple of the Lord, in cymbalis, and sawtrees, and harpis, in to the seruyces of the hows of the Lord nyy the kyng, that is to seie, Asaph, and Idithum, and Heman. <sup>7</sup> Sotheli the noumbre of hem with her britheren, that tauyten the songe of the Lord, alle the techeris, was twey hundrid `foure scoor and eiyte. ⁸ And thei senten lottis bi her whiles euenli, as wel the gretter as the lesse, also a wijs man and vnwijs. ⁹ And the firste lot yede out to Joseph, that was of Asaph; the secounde to Godolie, to hym, and hise sones and hise britheren twelue; ¹⁰ the thridde to Zaccur, to hise sones and hise bretheren twelue; ¹¹ the fourthe to Isary, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; the fyuethe to Nathanye, ¹² to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; ¹³ the sixte to Boccian, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; ¹⁴ the seuenthe to Israhela, to hise sones and britheren twelue; ¹⁵ the eiythe to Isaie, to his sones and britheren twelue; ¹⁶ the nynthe to Mathany, to his sones and britheren twelue; ¹⁷ the tenthe to Semei, to his sones and britheren twelue; ¹⁸ the elleuenthe to Ezrahel, to hise sones and britheren twelue; ¹⁹ the tweluethe to Asabie, to his sones and britheren twelue;

¹ Forsothe these weren the departingis of porteris; of the sones of Chore, Mellesemye was the sone of Chore, of the sones of Asaph. ² The sones of Mellesemie weren Zacharie the firste gendrid, Jedihel the secounde, Zabadie the thridde, Yathanyel the fourthe, ³ Aylam the fifthe, Johannan the sixte, Helioenay the seuenthe. ⁴ Forsothe the sones of Ebededom weren these; Semey the firste gendrid, Jozabab the secounde, Joaha the thridde, Seccar the fourthe, Nathanael the fyuethe, ⁵ Amyhel the sixte, Isachar the seuenthe, Pollathi the eiythe, for the Lord blesside hym. ⁶ Forsothe to Semeye, his sone, weren borun sones, souereyns of her meynees; for thei weren ful stronge men. ⁷ Therfor the sones of Semeye weren Othyn, and Raphael, and Obediel, and Zadab; and hise britheren, ful stronge men; also Helyu, and Samathie. ⁸ Alle these weren of the sones of Obededom; thei and her sones and britheren, ful stronge men for to serue, two and sixti of Obededom. ⁹ Sotheli of Mellesemeye, the sones and britheren, ful stronge, `weren eiytene. <sup>10</sup> Forsothe of Oza, that is, of the sones of Merarie, Sechri was prince; for he hadde no firste gendrid, and therfor his fadir settide hym in to prince; <sup>11</sup> and Elchias the secounde, Thebelias the thridde, Zacarie the fourthe; alle these threttene weren the sones and britheren of Osa. <sup>12</sup> These weren departid in to porteris, that euere the princes of kepyngis, as also her britheren, schulden mynystre in the hows of the Lord. <sup>13</sup> Therfor lottis weren sent euenly, bothe to the litle and to the grete, bi her meyneeis, in to ech of the yatis. <sup>14</sup> Therfor the lot of the eest bifelde to Semelie; forsothe the north coost bifelde bi lot to Zacarie, his sone, a ful prudent man and lernd; <sup>15</sup> sotheli to Obededom and hise sones at the southe, in which part of the hows the counsel of the eldre men was; <sup>16</sup> Sephyma and Thosa weren at the west, bisidis the yate that ledith to the weie of stiyng, kepyng ayens kepyng. <sup>17</sup> Sotheli at the eest weren sixe dekenes, and at the north weren foure bi dai; and at the south also weren foure at the myddai; and, where the counsel was, weren tweyne and tweyne. <sup>18</sup> And in the sellis, ethir `litle housis, of porteris at the west, weren foure in the weie, and tweyne bi the sellis. ¹⁹ These weren the departyngis of porteris, of the sones of Chore and of Merary.

¹⁹ Dauid seide, Alle thingis camen writun bi the hond of the Lord to me, that Y schulde vndirstonde alle the werkis of the saumpler.

¹¹ Forsothe the prestis yeden out of the seyntuarie, for alle preestis, that myyten be foundun there, weren halewid, and the whiles, and the ordre of seruyces among hem was not departid yit in that tyme;

⁴ Therfor this is the word, which ye schulen do.

² Forsothe Ezechie ordeynede cumpenyes of preestis and of dekenes bi her departyngis, ech man in his owne office, that is, as wel of preestis as of dekenes, to brent sacrifices and pesible sacrifices, that thei schulden mynystre, and knowleche, and synge in the yatis of the castels of the Lord.

¹⁰ And the seruyce was maad redi; and preestis stoden in her office, and dekenes in cumpenyes, bi comaundement of the kyng; and pask was offrid.

¹⁸ And thei ordeyneden preestis in her ordris, and dekenes in her whilis, on the werkis of God in Jerusalem, as it is writun in the book of Moises.

²⁴ `And the princes of dekenes weren Asebie, Serebie, and Jesue, the sone of Cedynyel; and the britheren of hem bi her whiles, that thei schulden herie and knowleche bi the comaundement of kyng Dauid, the man of God, and thei schulden kepe euenli bi ordre.

³⁶ And thei stieden ayens hem in the greis of the citee of Dauid, in the stiyng of the wal, on the hows of Dauid, and `til to the yate of watris at the eest.

⁵ In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.

⁸ And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in the ordre of his cours tofor God,

²² And whanne he was don awei, he reiside to hem Dauid king, to whom he bar witnessing, and seide, Y haue foundun Dauid, the sone of Jesse, a man aftir myn herte, which schal do alle my willis.

³⁶ But Dauid in his generacioun, whanne he hadde mynstrid to the wille of God, diede, and was leid with hise fadris, and say corrupcioun;