1 Chronicles — The Coverdale Bible (1535)

1 Chronicles retells sacred history from Adam through genealogies and then the reign of David. In Coverdale’s Bible of 1535 it stands in the second part of the Old Testament (Joshua to Esther) under the heading “The first boke of the Cronicles, called Paralipomenon”. Coverdale’s summary of the chapters stands before the text; the 1535 Bible has no verse numbers, so the text keeps its own paragraphs, in 30 chapters, with the marginal notes and references printed after each chapter.

What this boke conteyneth.

• Chap. I.II. A rehearsynge of the generacions.
• Chap. III. Of Dauid and his sonnes.
• Chap. IIII. A register of the children of Iuda.
• Chap. V. A register of the childrē of Simeō.
• Chap. VI. A register of the Rubenites.
• Chap. VII. A register of the children of Leui.
• Chap. VIII. Of the children of Isachar & Ben Iamin.
• Chap. IX. Of the trybe of Ben Iamin.
• Chap. X. The nombre of the Israelites, that were caried awaye vnto Babilon.
• Chap. XI. The battayll of the Philistynes agaynst Saul and his sonnes.
• Chap. XII. How Dauid was anoynted kynge, and of his kyngdome.
• Chap. XIII. Of Dauids worthy men of warre, which came vnto him out of all the trybes.
• Chap. XIIII. How the other trybes were called, and how they fetched awaye the Arke.
• Chap. XV. Hiram sendeth tymber vnto Dauid. Of Dauids wyues. He ouercommeth the Philistynes.
• Chap. XVI. Dauid appoynteth the Leuites to beare the Arke.
• Chap. XVII. The Arke is set in the Tabernacle, with sacrifice and thankesgeuynge.
• Chap. XVIII. God forbyddeth Dauid to buylde the temple.
• Chap. XIX. Dauid subdueth the enemies on euery syde.
• Chap. XX. Hanun the kynge of Amon dealeth shamefully with Dauid seruaūtes, that come to comforte him.
• Chap. XXI. Of certaine batels which Dauid winneth with worshipe.
• Chap. XXII. Dauid nombreth the people, and displeaseth the LORDE, which punysheth the people for his sake.
• Chap. XXIII. Dauid prepareth tymber and stone, golde & syluer for the buyldinge of the tēple.
• Chap. XXIIII.XXV. Dauid in his age before his death, appoynteth the offices in the house of God.
• Chap. XXVI. The office of the children of Asaph, Heman, and Iedithun.
• Chap. XXVII The office of the porters.
• Chap. XXVIII. The office of the captaynes amonge the trybes.
• Chap. XXIX. The wordes of Dauid to the captaynes, to the people and to Salomon.
• Chap. XXX. How Dauid talketh of buyldīge the temple, and what the prynces geue ther to.

Chapter 1

[A] ADam, Seth, Enos, Kenan,⁽¹⁾ Mahalaleel, Iared, Henoch, Mathusalah, Lamech, Noe, Sem, Ham & Iaphet.

⁽²⁾ The childrē of Iaphet are these: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech and Thiras. The children of Gomer are these: Ascenas, Riphat Togarma. The children of Iauan are these: Elisa, Tharsisa, Chitim and Dodanim.

The childrē of Ham are these: Chus, Misraim, Phut & Canaan. The children of Chus are these: Seba, Heuila, Sabtha, Reyma & Sabthecha. The childrē of Reyma are these: Sheba & Dedan. Chus, begat Nemrod, yᵗ beganne to be mighty vpon earthe. Misraim begat Ludim, Enanim, Lehabim, Napthuhim, Pathrusim, and Casluhim: of whom came the Philistynes and Caphthorims. Canaan begat Sidon his first sonne: Heth, Iebusi, Amori, Girgosi, Heui, Arki, Sim, Aruadi, Zemari and Hemathi.

[B] The childrē of Sem are these: Elam, Assur, Arphachsad, Lud, Aram, Vz, Hul, Gether & Masech. Arphachsad begat Salah. Salah begat Eber. Vnto Eber there were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his brothers name was Iaketan. And Iaketā begat Almodad, Saleph, Hazarmaphet, Iarah, Hadorā, Vsal, Dikela, Ebal, Abimael, Seba, Ophir, Heuila and Iobab. These all are the children of Iakethan.

⁽³⁾ Sem, Arphachsad, Salah, Eber, Peleg, Regu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram, that is Abraham. The children of Abraham are these: Isaac and Ismael. This is their generacion: ⁽⁴⁾ The first sonne of Ismael: Nebaioth, Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsam, Misma, Duma, Masa, Hadad, Thema, Iethur, Naphis & Kedma. These are the children of Ismael.

[C] The children which Ketura Abrahams cōcubyne bare, are these: Simram, Iaksan Medan, Midian, Ieszbak and Suah. The children of Iaksan are these: Seba and Dedan. And the childrē of Midian are: Epha Epher, Henoch, Abida and Eldaa. All thee are the childrē of Ketura. Abraham begat Isaac. The children of Isaac are: Esau and Israel. * The children of Esau are: Eliph⟨illegible⟩ Reguel, Ieus, Iaelam, Korah. The children of Eliphas are, Theman, Omar, Zep⟨illegible⟩ Gaethan, Kenas, Thimna & Amalek. The children of Reguel are: Nahath, Serah, Samma and Misa.

⁽⁵⁾ The children of Seir are: Lothan, Sobal, Zibeon, Ana, Dison, Ezer, Disan. The children of Lothan are: Hori and Hom⟨illegible⟩ and Thimna was the sister of Lothan. The children of Sobalare: Aluan, Manahath▪ Ebal, Sephi, Onam. The children of Zibeon are: Aia and Ana. The childrē of Ana, Dison. The children of Dison are: Hamran, Eszban, Iethran and Charan. The children of Ezer are: Bilhan, Se⟨illegible⟩uan & Acan. The children of Disan are: Vz and Aran.

These are the kynges which reigned is the lōde of Edom, or euer there reigned eny kynge amonge the children of Israel: Bela the sonne of Beor, and the name of his cite was Dinhaba. And whan Bela dyed, Iobab the sonne of Serah of Bosra was kynge in his steade. And whan Iobab dyed, Husam out of yᵉ londe of the Themanites was kynge in his steade.

Whan Husam dyed, Hadad the sonne of Bedad (which smote the Madianites in the felde of yᵉ Moabites) was kynge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Auith. Whan Hadad dyed, Samla of Masrek was kynge in his steade. Whan Samla dyed, Saul of Rehobeth by the water syde, was kynge in his steade. Whan Saul dyed, Baal Hauan the sonne of Achbor was kynge in his steade. Whan Baal Hauan dyed, Hadad was kynge in his steade, and the name of his cite was Pagi, & his wyues name was Mehetabeel the doughter of Matred, & doughter of Mesahab.

But whan Hadad dyed, there were prynces at Edom: Prynce Thimnah, prynce Alua, prynce Ietheth, prynce Ahalibama, prynce Ela, prynce Pinon, prynce Kenas▪ prynce Theman, prynce Mibzar, prynce Magdiel, prynce Iram. These are the prynces of Edom.

Notes to Chapter 1

⁽¹⁾ Gene 5. a

⁽²⁾ Gen 10. a

⁽³⁾ Gene▪ 11. b

⁽⁴⁾ Gen. 25. b

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Chapter 2

THese are the children of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon, Dan, Ioseph, Bē Iamin, Nephtali, Gad & Aser. ⁽¹⁾ The childrē of Iuda: Er, Onan & Sela: these thre were borne vnto him of yᵉ doughter Sua yᵉ Cananitisse. Howbeit yᵉ first sonne of Iuda was wicked before yᵉ LORDE, & therfore he slewe him. But ⁽²⁾ Thamar his sonnes wife bare him Phares & Zarah, so yᵗ all yᵉ childrē of Iuda were fyue.

⁽³⁾ The childrē of Phares are, Hesrom and Hamuel. The childrē of Zarah are, Simri, Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Dara, which all are fyue in nombre. The childrē of Charmi are, ⁽⁴⁾ Achan, which troubled Israel, whā he synned in the thinge that was damned. The children of Ethan: Asaria.

The children which were borne vnto Hesrom, are: Raia, Thalubai. ⁽⁵⁾ Ram begat Aminadab. Aminadab begat Naasson the prynce of the children of Iuda. Naasson begat Salmon. Salmon begat Boos. Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai.⁽⁶⁾ Isai begat Eliab his first sonne, Abinadab the seconde, Samma the thirde, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai yᵉ fifth, Ozem yᵉ sixte, Dauid yᵉ vij. And their sisters were Zeruia & Abigail.

[B] The childrē of Zeruia are these thre: Abisai, Ioab & Asahel. Abigail begat Amasa. ⁽⁷⁾The father of Amasa was Iether an Ismaelite.

Caleb the sonne of Hesrom begat Asuba yᵉ woman, & Ierigoth. And these are the same womans childrē: Ieser, Sobab, and Ardon. But whā Asuba dyed, Caleb toke Ephrat, which bare him Hur. ⁽⁸⁾ Hur begat Vri. Vri begat Bezaleel.

Afterwarde laye Hesrom with yᵉ doughter of Machir the father of Gilead, & he toke her whā he was thre score yeare olde, and she bare him Segub. Segub begat Iair, which had thre & twentye cities in the londe of Gilead. And he toke out of the same Iesur and Aram the townes of Iair, and Kenath with the vyllages therof, thre score cities. All these are the children of Machir yᵉ father of Gilead. After yᵉ death of Hesrom in Caleb Ephrata, lefte Hesrom his wife vnto Abia: which (wife) bare him ⁽⁹⁾ Ashur yᵉ father of Thecoa.

Ierahmeel the first sonne of Hesrom had children: the first Ram, Buna, Oren and Ozem and Ahia. And Ierahmeel had yet another wife, whose name was Athara, she is yᵉ mother of Onam. The childrē of Ram the first sonne of Ierahmeel are, Maaz, Iamin and Eker.

[C] Onam had children: Samai and Iada. The children of Samai are, Nadab & Abisur. Abisurs wife was called Abihail, which bare him Ahban and Molid. The childrē of Nadab are, Seled and Appaim. And Seled dyed without children. The children of Appaim: Iesei. The children of Iesei: Sesan. The childrē of Sesan: Ahelai. The childrē of Iada yᵉ brother of Samai are, Iether & Ionathan. But Iether dyed without childrē. The children of Ionathan are, Peleth and Sasa: These are the children of Ierahmeel. As for Sesan, he had no sones, but a doughter. And Sesan had a seruaūt an Egipcian, whose name was Iatha. And Sesan gaue his doughter vnto Iatha his seruaūt to wife, which bare him Athai. Athai begat Nathan. Nathan begat Sabad. Sabad begat Ephal. Ephal begat Obed. Obed begat Iehu. Iehu begat Asaria. Asaria begat Halez. Halez begat Elleasa. Elleasa begat Sissemai. Sissemai begat Sallum. Sallum begat Iekamia. Iekamia begat Elisama.

The children of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel are, Mesa his first sonne, which is the father of ⁽¹⁰⁾ Siph, and of the children of Maresa the father of Hebron.

The children of Hebron are, Corah, Thapuah,[D] Rekem, & Sama. Sama begat Raham yᵉ father of Iarkaam. Rekem begat Samai. The sonne of Samai was called Maon, & Maon was yᵉ father of Bethzur.

Epha Calebs concubyne bare Haram, Mosa & Gases. Haram begat Gases. The childrē of Iahdai are, Rekem, Iotham, Gesan, Pelet, Epha and Saaph. Maecha Calebs concubyne bare Seber and Thirhena. And she bare Saaph also yᵉ father of Madmanna, and Scheua the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea. But ⁽¹¹⁾ Achsa was Calebs doughter.

These were the children of Caleb: Hur yᵉ first sonne of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Kiriath Iearim, Salma yᵉ father of Bethleem, Hareph yᵉ father of Beth Sader. And Sobal the father of Kiriath Iearim had sonnes, namely the halfe kynred of Manuhoth.

The kynreds at Kiriath Iearim were yᵉ Iethites, Puthites, Sumathites & Misraites. From these came forth the Zaregathites & Esthaolites. The children of Salma are Bethleem & the Netophathites the crowne of the house of Ioab, and the halfe of the Manahites of the Zareite. And yᵉ kynreds of the scrybes which dwelt at Iabes, are yᵉ Thireathites, Simeathites, Suchothites, ⁽¹²⁾ these are the Kenites, yᵗ came of Hamath the father of Beth Rechab.

Notes to Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

[A] THese are the childrē of Dauid, which were borne vnto him in Hebron.⁽¹⁾ The first sonne, Amnon of Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse: the seconde, Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitisse: the thirde, Absalom yᵉ sonne of Maecha yᵉ doughter of Thalmai kynge of Gesur: the fourth, Adonias the sonne of Hagith: the fifth, Saphathia of Abital: the sixte, Iethream of his wife Egla. These sixe were borne vnto him at Hebron, for he reigned there vij. yeare & sixe monethes. But at Ierusalē reigned he thre & thirtie yeare.

⁽²⁾And these were borne vnto him at Ierusalem: Simea, Sobab, Nathan, ⁽³⁾ Salomō: these foure of Bethseba yᵉ doughter of Ammiel. And Iebear, Elisama, Eliphalet, Noga, Nepheg, Iapia, Elisama, Eliada, Eliphelet, these nyne. These all are yᵉ children of Dauid, besyde those yᵗ were the childrē of yᵉ cōcubynes. ⁽⁴⁾ And Thamar was their sister.

[B] Salomons sonne was Roboam, whose sonne was Abia,⁽⁵⁾ whose sonne was Asa, who sonne was Iosaphat, whose sonne was Ioram, whose sonne was Ahasia, whose sonne was Ioas, whose sonne was Amasias, whose sonne was Asaria, whose sonne was Iotham, whose sonne was Achas, whose sonne was Ezechias, whose sonne was Manasses, whose sonne was Amon, whose sonne was Iosias. The sonnes of Iosias were: yᵉ first, Iohanna: the seconde, Ioachim: the thirde, Sedechias: the fourth, Sallum. The childrē of Ioachim were, Iechonias, whose sonne was Sedechias.

[C] The childrē of Iechonias which were takē presoners, were ⁽⁶⁾ Selathiel, Malchiram, Phadaia, Semeazar, Iekamia, Hosanna, Nedabia. The childrē of Phadaia were: Zorobabel & Simei. The childrē of Zorobabel were: Mesullam & Hanania, & their sister Selomith, and Hasuba, Ohel, Barachias, Hasadia, Iusab Hases, these fyue. The children of Hanania were: Platia & Iesaia, whose sonne was Rephaia, whose sonne was Arnan, whose sonne was Obedia, whose sonne was Sachania. The children of Sachania were: Semaia. The children of Semaia were: Hatus, Iegeal, Bariah, Nearia, Saphat & Sesa, these sixe. The children of Nearia were: Elioenai, Ezechias & Asrikā, these thre. The childrē of Elioenai were: Hodaia, Eliasib, Platia, Akub, Iohanna, Delaia and Anani, these seuen.

Notes to Chapter 3

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⁽²⁾ Reg. ⟨illegible⟩. c

⁽³⁾ Re. 12. c

⁽⁴⁾ Re. 13. a

⁽⁵⁾ Iat. 1. a

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Chapter 4

[A] THe children of Iuda were: Phares, Hesrom,⁽¹⁾ Charmi, Hur & Sobal. Rehoia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath. Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the kynreds of the Zaregathites, Elle yᵉ father of Ethā, Iesreel, Iesma, Iedbas and their sister was called Hazelelponi: and Penuel the father of Gedor, & Eser the father of Husa. These are the children of Hur the first sonne of Ephrata yᵉ father of Bethleem.

⁽²⁾ Ashur yᵉ father of Thecoa had two wyues, Hellea & Naera: and Naera bare Ahusam, Hepher, Thennu, & Ahastari: these are the childrē of Naera. The childrē of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan. Chos begat Anub and Hazobeba, and the kynred of Aharhel the sonne of Harum. Iaebes was more honorable then his brethrē, and his mother called him Iaebes, for she sayde: I haue borne him with trouble.

And Iaebes called vpon the God of Israel, & sayde: ⁽³⁾ Yf thou wilt blesse me, and increase the borders of my londe, & yf thy hande be with me, & thou delyuer me from euell, yᵗ it trouble me not. And God caused it for to come that he axed.

Chalub the brother of Suah begat Mehir:[B] he is the father of Esthon. Esthon begat Bethrapha, Passeah, and Thehinna yᵉ father of the cite of Nahas: these are the men of Recha. The children of Kenas were: Athniel and Saraia. The childrē of Athniel were, Hathath.

And Meonothai begat Aphra. And Saraia begat Ioab the father of Geharasim: for they were carpenters. The childrē of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were: Iru, Ela & Naam. The children of Ela were: Kenas. The children of Iehaleleel were: Siph, Sipha, Thiria, & Asarieel. The childrē of Esra were: Iether, Mered, Epher & Ialon, & Thahar with Miriam, Samai, Ieszbah the father of Esthemoa, & his wife Iudi Ia bare Iered the father of Geder, Heber the father of Socho, Iekuthiel yᵉ father of Sanoah: these are the children of Bithia the doughter of Pharao, which Mar⟨illegible⟩d toke.

The childrē of the wife Hodia the sister of [C] Naham yᵉ father of Regila, were, Hagarmi & Esthomoa the Maechathite.

The children of Simon were: Amnon, Rimna & Benhanan, Thiflon. The children of Iesei were: Soheth, and Ben Soheth.

The childrē of Sela yᵉ sonne of Iuda were: Er, yᵉ father of Lecha. Laeda the father of Maresa, & the kynred of yᵉ lynnen weuers in yᵉ house of Aszbea: & Iokim, & the men of Cosebo, Ioas & Seraph, which were housholders in Moab, and dwelt at Lahem and Hadebarim Athikim. These were potmakers, and dwelt amōge plantes and hedges, besyde the kynge in his busynes, and came & dwelt there.

Notes to Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

[A] THe children of Simeon were Nemuel,⁽¹⁾ Iamin, Iarib, Serah, Saul: whose sonne was Sallum, whose sonne was Mipsam, whose sōne was Misma. The childrē of Misma were, Hamuel, whose sonne was Sachur, whose sonne was Simei. Simei had sixtene sonnes and sixe doughters, and his brethren had not many childrē. And all their kynred multiplied not as the children of Iuda. But ⁽²⁾ they dwelt at Berseba, Molada, Hazar Sual, Bilha, Ezem, Tholad, Bethuel, Harma, Ziclag, Beth Marchaboth, Hazarsussim, Beth Birei, and Saraim: these were their cities vntyll yᵉ tyme of kynge Dauid. And their townes, Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, Asan, these fyue cities, & all the vyllages that were aboute these cities, vntyll Baal, this is their habitacion and their kynred amonge them.

[B] And Mesobab, Iamlech, Iosa the sonne of Amasia, Ioel, Iehu the sonne of Ieschibia, the sonne of Seraia, the sonne of Asiel, Elioenai, Iaecoba, Iesohaia, Asaia, Adiel, Ismael and Benaia. Sisa the sonne of Siphei, yᵉ sonne of Alon, the sonne of Iedaia, the sonne of Simri, the sonne of Semaia. These were famous prynces in their kynreds of the house of their fathers, and multiplied in nombre.

And they wente forth, that they might come vnto Gedor to the east syde of the valley, to seke pasture for their shepe. And founde fat and good pasture, and a londe large on both the sydes, quyete and riche: for they of Ham dwelt there afore tyme.

[C] And these that are now descrybed by name, came in the tyme of Ezechias the kynge of Iuda, and smote the tentes and dwellinges of those that were founde there, and damned them vnto this daye, and dwelt in their steade, for there had they pasture for their shepe.

There wente of them also (of the children of Simeon) fyue hundreth men vnto mount Seir, with their rulers: Platia, Nearia, Rephaia and Vsiel, the children of Iesei, and smote the remnaunt of the Amalechites (which were escaped) and dwelt there vnto this daye.

Notes to Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

[A] THe children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel: for he was the first sonne, but⁽¹⁾ because he defyled his fathers bed, therfore was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, & he was not rekened to yᵉ first byrthrighte: for vnto Iuda which was mightie amonge his brethren, was geuen the pryncipalite before him, and the first byrthrighte vnto Ioseph. The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi.

The childrē of Iohel were, Semaia, whose sonne was Gog, whose sonne was Semei, whose sonne was Micha, whose sonne was Reaia, whose sonne was Baal, whose sonne was Beera, ⁽²⁾ whom Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria caried awaye presoner. He was a prynce amonge the Rubenites. But his brethren amonge his kynreds (whā they were rekened amonge their generacion) had Ieiel and Sacharia to their heades.

And Bela the sonne of Asan the sonne of Sema, the sonne of Ioel, ⁽³⁾ dwelt at Aroer, and vntyll Nebo & Baal Meon. And dwelt towarde yᵉ East, as one cōmeth to the wyldernes by yᵉ water Euphrates: ⁽⁴⁾ for their catell were many in the londe of Gilead.

And in yᵉ tyme of Saul they foughte agaynst [B] yᵉ Agarites, which fell thorow their hande, and they dwelt in their tentes towarde all the East parte of Gilead.

But the children of Gad dwelt ouer agaynst them in yᵉ countre of Basan, vntyll Salcha. Ioel the chefest, and Sapham the secōde, Iaenai and Saphat at Basan. And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, Mesullam, Seba, Iorai, Iaecan, Sia and Eber, these seuen.

These are the children of Abihail the sonne of Huri, the sonne of Iaroah, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Michael, the sonne of Iesisai, yᵉ sonne of Iahdo, the sonne of Bus. Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni was a ruler in yᵉ house of their fathers, and they dwelt at Gilead in Basan, and in yᵉ vyllages therof, and in all the suburbes of Saron, vnto the vttemost partes therof. All these were rekened in the tyme of Iotham the kynge of Iuda, and of Ieroboam the kynge of Israel.

The children of Ruben, the Gaddites & [C] the halfe trybe of Manasses (of soch as were fightinge men, which wayre shylde & swerde, and coulde bende the bowe, and were men of armes) were foure and fortye thousande and seuen hundreth and thre score, that wente forth to yᵉ warre. And whan they foughte agaynst yᵉ Agarites, Ietur, Naphes and Nodab helped them, and delyuered yᵉ Agarites in to their handes, and all that was wᵗ them: for they cried vnto God in yᵉ batayll. And he herde them, because they put their trust in him. And they caried awaie their catell, fyue thousande Camels, two hundreth & fyftie thousande shepe, two thousande Asses, and an hūdreth thousande soules of men. For there were many wounded, for why? the battayll was of God. And they dwelt in their steade, vntyll the tyme that they were caried awaye presoners.

[D] The childrē of the halfe trybe of Manasses dwelt in yᵉ londe ⁽⁵⁾ from Basan forth vntyll Baal Hermon & Seuir, and mount Hermon: for they were many. And these were yᵉ heades of the house of their fathers, Epher, Iesei, Eliel, Asriel, Ieremia, Hodaneia, Iahdiel, mightie valeaunt men, & awncient heades in the house of their fathers.

⁽⁶⁾ And whā they synned agaynst yᵉ God of their fathers, and wente awhorynge after the goddes of the people of the londe, (whom God had destroyed before them) the God of Israel stered vp the sprete of Phul the kynge of Assiria, and the sprete of Teglatphalassar the kynge of Assiria, and led awaye the Rubenites, Gaddites, and yᵉ halfe trybe of Manasses, and broughte thē vn Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the water of Gosan vnto this daye.

Notes to Chapter 6

⁽¹⁾ Gen. 49. Exo. 6. b Nu. 26. a

⁽²⁾ 4. Re. 15

⁽³⁾ Iosu. 13. c

⁽⁴⁾ Nu. 32. a

⁽⁵⁾ Iosu. 1⟨illegible⟩. d

⁽⁶⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. Re. 1⟨illegible⟩. d

Chapter 7

[A] THe children of Leui were, Gerson, Kahath and Merari.⁽¹⁾ The childrē of Kahath were, Amram, Iezeher, Hebron and Vsiel. The children of Amram were, Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The children of Aarō were, Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. Eleasar begat Phineas. Phineas begat Abisua. Abisua begat Buki. Buki begat Vsi. Vsi begat Serahia. Serahia begat Meraioth. Meraioth begat Amaria. Amaria begat Achitob. Achitob begat Sadoc. Sadoc begat Ahimaas. Ahimaas begat Asaria. Asaria begat Iohanan. Iohanā begat ⁽²⁾ Asaria: for he was prest in the house yᵗ Salomon buylded at Ierusalem. Asaria begat Amaria. Amaria begat Achitob. Achitob begat Zadock. Zadock begat Sallum. Sallum begat ⁽³⁾ Helchias. Helchias begat Asaria. Asaria begat ⁽⁴⁾ Seraia. Seraia begat Iosedec. But Iosedec was caried awaie whā the LORDE caused Iuda & Ierusalē to be led awaye captyue by Nabuchodonosor.

The children of Leui are these: Gerson, Kahath and Merari. These are the names of the children of Gerson: Libni and Semei. The names of the childrē of Kahat are these: Amram, Iezohar, Hebron and Vsiel. The names of the children of Merari are: Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites amonge their housholdes.

Gersons sonne was Libni, whose sonne [B] was Iahath, whose sonne was Sima, whose sonne was Ioah, whose sonne was Iddo, whose sonne was Serah, whose sonne was Ieathrai. Kahats sonne was Aminadab, whose sonne was Corah, whose sonne was Assir, whose sonne was Elcana, whose sonne was Abiasaph, whose sonne was Assir, whose sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Vriel, whose sonne was Vsia, whose sonne was

The childrē of Elkana were, Ama (Saul. sai & Ahimoth, whose sonne was Elkana, whose sonne was Elkana of Zuph, whose sonne was Nahath, whose sonne was Eliab, whose sonne was Ieroham, whose sonne was Elkana, whose sonne was Samuel. Whose first borne sonnes were Seni and Abija.

Meraris sonne was Maheli, whose sonne was Libni, whose sonne was Simei, whose sonne was Vsa, whose sōne was Simea, whose sōne was Haggia, whose sōne was Asaia.

These are they whom Dauid appoynted to synge in the house of the LORDE, where the Arke rested, & they mynistred before the habitacion of the Tabernacle of witnes wᵗ synginge, vntyll Salomon had buylded the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem, and they stode after their maner in their office. And these are they yᵗ stode & their children. Of yᵉ children of Kahath was Heman yᵉ synger, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel, the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, yᵉ sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Thoah, the sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai, the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Iohel, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Sophonias, the sonne of Thahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Abijasaph, the sonne of Corah, the sonne of Iezehar, the sonne of Kahath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel.

And his brother Assaph stode at his righte [C] hande, and Assaph was the sonne of Barachia, the sonne of Simea, the sonne of Michael, yᵉ sonne of Maeseia, the sonne of Malchija, the sonne of Athin, yᵉ sonne of Serah, the sonne of Adaia, the sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Sima, the sonne of Simei, the sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gerson, the sonne of Leui.

Their brethren the childrē of Merari, stode on the lefte hande, namely, Ethan the sonne of Kusi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch, the sonne of Hasabia, the sonne of Amazia, the sonne of Helchia, yᵉ sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Samer, the sonne of Maheli, the sonne of Musi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

As for their brethrē the Leuites, they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE: but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burnt offerynges, and vpon the altare of incense, and to all the busynes in the most holy, and to make attonement for the people, acordinge as Moses yᵉ seruaunt of God commaunded.

These are the children of Aaron: Eleasar his sonne, whose sonne was Phineas, whose sonne was Abisua, whose sonne was Buki, whose sonne was Vsi, whose sonne was Serahia, whose sonne was Meraioth, whose sonne was Amaria, whose sonne was Achitob, whose sonne was Sadoc, whose sonne was Ahimaas.

[D] And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders, namely of Aarons children of the kynred of yᵉ Kahathites: for this lot fell vnto them. ⁽⁵⁾ And they gaue thē Hebron in the londe of Iuda, & the suburbes of the same rounde aboute. But the felde of yᵉ cite & the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune. Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities, Hebron & Libna with their suburbes, Iather, & Esthemoa, Hilen, Debir, Asan and Bethsemes, with their suburbes. And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin, Geba, Alemeth and Anathot wᵗ their suburbes, so yᵗ all the cities in their kinred were thirtene. The other childrē of Kahath of their kynred, had out of yᵉ halfe trybe of Manasses, ten cities by lot. The children of Gerson of their kynred, had out of yᵉ trybe of Isachar, & out of the trybe of Asser, & out of the trybe of Nephtali, & out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan, thirtene cities. The childrē of Merari of their kynred, had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben, & out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twolue cities.

And vnto yᵉ Leuites gaue the childrē of Israel cities with their suburbes, namely by lot, out the trybe of the children of Iuda, & out of the trybe of the childrē of Simeon, & out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin, euen those cities, which they appoynted [E] by name. ⁽⁶⁾ But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim.

So gaue they now vnto thē (namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath) yᵉ fre cities, Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, Geser, Iakmeam, Bethoron, Aialon, and Gath Rimon with their suburbes. And out of yᵉ halfe trybe of Manasses, Aner and Bileam with their suburbes. But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses, Golā in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of Isachar, Kedes, Dabrath Ramoth, and Anem with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of Asser, Masal, Abdō, Hikoh and Sehob, with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of Nephtali, Kedes in Galile, Hāmon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes. Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon, Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes. And beyōde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben, Bezer in the wildernes, Iahza, Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes.

Notes to Chapter 7

⁽¹⁾ ⟨illegible⟩en. 46. b

⁽²⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. Par. 26. c

⁽³⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. Re. 22. b

⁽⁴⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. Re. 25. c

⁽⁵⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. 14. d ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ ⟨illegible⟩1. b

⁽⁶⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩1. c

Chapter 8

THe children of Isachar were, Thola,[A] Pua, Iasub and Simrom, these foure. The children of Thola were, Vsi, Rephaia, Ieriel, Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel, heades in the house of their fathers of Thola, & mightie men in their kynred, ⁽¹⁾ in nombre in the tyme of Dauid, two and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth. The children of Vsi were, Iesrahia. The children of Iesrahia were, Michael, and Obedia, Ioel and Iesia: all these fyue were heades. And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll, sixe and thirtie thousande: for they had many wiues and children. And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar, were seuē and foure score thousande, and were all nombred.

The children of Ben Iamin, were, Bela,[B] Becher, and Iedieel, these thre. The children of Bela, were, Ezbon, Vsi, Vsiel, Ieremoth & Iri, these fyue, heades in yᵉ house of their fathers, mightie men: and were nombred two & twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie.

The childrē of Becher were, Semira, Ioas Elieser, Elioenai, Amri, Ieremoth, Abia, Anathot & Alameh, all these were the children of Becher, and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers, valeaunt men, twentie thousande, and two hundreth. The children of Iedieel were Bilhan. The childrē of Bilhan were, Ieus, Ben Iamin, Ehud, Cnaena, Sethan, Tharsis and Ahisahar, all these were the children of Iedieel, heades of the fathers, valeaunt men, euen seuentene thousande, which wente forth to the warre for to fighte. And Supim and Hupim were the childrē of Ir. But Husim were the children of Aher.

The children of Nephtali were: Iahziel, Guni, Iezer and Sallum, ⁽²⁾ the children of Bilha.

The children of Manasses are these: Esriel, whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare. ⁽³⁾ But (first) begat he Machir the father of Gilead. And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim & Supim, & their sisters name was Maecha. His secōde sonnes name was Zelaphehad. ⁽⁴⁾ And Zelaphehad had doughters. And Maecha yᵉ wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares, & his brothers name was Sares, and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem. Vlams sonne was Bedam. These are the children of Gilead yᵉ sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses. And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud, Abieser and Mahela. And Semida had these children: Ahean, Sichem, Likhi and Aniam.

[C] The children of Ephraim were these: Suthelah, whose sonne was Bered, whose sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Eleada, whose sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Sabad, whose sonne was Suthelah, whose sonne was Eser and Elead. And the men of Gath, that dwelt in the londe, slewe them, because they were gone downe to take their catell. And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season, and his brethren came to comforte him.

And he wente in to his wife, which conceaued, and bare a sonne, whom he called Bria, because of the aduersite that was in his house. His doughter was Seera, which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron, & Vsen Serea. Whose sonne was Rephad & Reseph, whose sonne was Thelah, whose sonne was Thahan, whose sonne was Laedan, whose sonne was Ammihud, whose sonne was Elisama, whose sonne was Nun, whose sonne was Iosua.

And their substaunce & dwellynge was, Bethel and the vyllages therof, and towarde the East syde of Naeran, and towarde the westparte of Geser and yᵉ vyllages therof. Sechem and hir vyllages vnto Aia and hir vyllages. And by the children of Manasses, Bethsean and yᵉ vyllages therof, That nach and the vyllages therof, Dor and the vyllages therof. In these dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.

The children of Asser were these: Iemna, Iesua, Iesui, Bria and Serah their sister. The children of Bria were, Heber and Malchiel, this is yᵉ father of Birsauith. Heber begat Iaphet, Somor, Hothan, and Sua their sister. The childrē of Iaphlet were, Passach, Bimehal and Asuath, these were the childrē of Iaphlet. The childrē of Somer were Ahi, Rahag, Iehuba, and Aram. And the children of his brother Helē were, Zophah, Iemna, Seles and Amal. The children of Zophah were, Suah, Harnepher, Sual, Beri, Iemra, Bezer, Hod, Sama, Silsa, Iethran and Beera. The children of Iether were, Iephune, Phispa and Ara. The children of Vlla were Arah, Haniel and Rizia.

All these were the children of Asser, heades in the house of their fathers, chosen out, valeaunt men, and heades amonge the prynces, and were mustered to the warre for to fight, in their nombre, sixe and twentye thousande men.

Notes to Chapter 8

⁽¹⁾ 2. Re. ⟨illegible⟩.

⁽²⁾ Gen. 30. b

⁽³⁾ ⟨illegible⟩osu. 17. a

⁽⁴⁾ Num. 26 d ⟨illegible⟩7. a. 36. a

Chapter 9

BEn Iamin begat Bela his fyrst sonne, Aszbal the secōde, Ahrah yᵉ thirde, Noah the fourth, Rapha the fyfth. And Bela had children: Gera, Abihud, Abisua, Neman, Ahoah, Gera, Sphuphan and Huram.

These are Ehuds children, which were heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns at Geba, and wēte awaye vnto Manahath, namely Naeman, Ahia and Gera, the same caryed them awaye, and begat Vsa and Ahihud. And Seharaim (whan he had sent thē awaye) begat children in the londe of Moab of Husim and Baera his wyues. And of Hodes his wyfe begat he Iobab, Zibea, Mesa, Malcham, Ieus, Sachia, and Mirma, these are his children, heades of the fathers.

Of Husim begat he Ahitob and Elpaal. The childrē of Elpaal were: Eber, Miseam and Samed. The same buylded Ono & Lod and the vyllages therof. And Bria and Sama were heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns at Aialon. These chaced awaye thē of Gath. His brethrē Sasak, Ieremoth, Sebadia, Arad, Ader, Michael, Iespa and Ioha, these are the children of Bria. Sebadia Mesullam, Ezechi, Heber, Iesmerai, Ieslia, Ioab, these are yᵉ childrē of Elpaal. Iakim Sichri, Sabdi, Eloenai, Zilthai, Eliel, Adaia, Braia and Simrath, these are the childrē of Semei. Iespan, Eber, Eliel, Abdon, Sichri, Hanan, Hanania, Elan, Enthothia, Iephdeia and Penuel, these are the children of Sasak. Samserai, Seharia, Athalia, Iaeresia, Elia and Sichri, these are, the children of Ieroham. These are the heades of the fathers of their kynreds, which dwelt at Ierusalem.

⁽¹⁾ But at Gibeon dwelt, the father of Gibeon, & his wyues name was Maecha, and his first sonne was Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio and Secher. Mikloth [C] begat Simea. And they dwelt ouer agaynst their brethrē at Ierusalem with theirs. Ner begat Cis. ⁽²⁾ Cis begat Saul. Saul begat Ionathas, Melchisua, Abinadab and Esbaal. The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal. Meribaal begat Micha. The children of Micha were: Pithon, Melech, Thaerea and Ahas. Ahas begat Ioadda. Ioadda begat Alemeth, Asmaneth and Simri. Simri begat Moza. Moza begat Binea, whose sonne was Rapha, whose sonne was Eleasa, whose sonne was Azel. Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names were: Esricam, Bochru, Iesmael, Searia, Abadia, Hanan, all these were the sonnes of Azel.

The children of Esek his brother were: Vlam his first sonne, Ieus the seconde, Elipelet the thirde. The children of Vlam were valeaunt men, and coulde handell bowes, and had many sonnes, and sonnes sonnes an hundreth and fiftye. All these are of the children of Ben Iamin.

Notes to Chapter 9

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Chapter 10

[A] ANd all Israel were nombred: and beholde, they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda, and now are they caried awaie vnto Babilō for their synne, euen they yᵗ afore dwelt in their possessions and cities, namely Israel, yᵉ prestes, Leuites and Nethinim. But at Ierusalem dwelt certayne of the children of Iuda, some of the children of Ben Iamin, some of the children of Ephraim and of Manasses. ⁽¹⁾ Namely of the children of Phares of the sonne of Iuda, was Vthai the sonne of Ammihud the sonne of Amri, the sonne of Imri, the sonne of Bani. Of Soloni, Asaia yᵉ first sonne, and his other sonnes. Of the children of Serah, Ieguel and his brethren, sixe hundreth, foure score and ten.

⁽²⁾Of the children of Ben Iamin, Sallu yᵉ sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Hodauia, yᵉ sonne of Hasnua. And Iebneia the sonne of Ieroham. And Ela the sonne of Vsi the sonne of Michri. And Mesullam the sonne of Sephatia the sonne of Reguel the sonne of Iebneia. And their brethren in their kinreds nyne hundreth and syxe and fyftye. All these were heades of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

Of the prestes: Iedaia, Ioiarib, Iachim,[B] And Asaria the sonne of Helchia, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Sadoc,⁽³⁾ the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Achitob, prynce in the house of God. And Adaia the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Pashur, the sonne of Malchia. And Maesai the sonne of Adiel the sonne of Iachsera, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Messylemeth, the sonne of Immer. And their brethren heades in the house of their fathers a thousande, seuen hundreth and thre score valeaunt men in executynge the offyce in the house of God.

Of the Leuites of the children of Merari, Semaia the sonne of Hasub,⁽⁴⁾ the sonne of Asrikam, the sonne of Hasabia. And Bakbakar the carpenter and Galal. And Mathania yᵉ sonne of Micha yᵉ sonne of Sichri, the sonne of Assaph. And Obadia the sonne of Semaia, the sonne of Galal, yᵉ sonne of Elkana, which dwelt in the vyllages of the Netophatites.

The porters were: Sallum, Acub, Talmon, Ahiman, with their brethren, and Sallum [C] the chefest:⁽⁵⁾ for hither to had the children of Leui kepte the watch at the eastsyde of the kinges gate by armies. And Sallum the sonne of Core, the sonne of Abiassaph, the sonne of Corah, and his brethren of his fathers house.

The Corahytes were in the worke of the seruyce, to kepe the thresholdes of the Tabernacle: and their fathers in the hoost of the LORDE, to kepe the intraunce. Phineas the sonne of Eleasar was the prynce ouer them, because the LORDE had bene with him before. Sacharia the sonne of Meselemia was keper at the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse.

All these were chosen out to be kepers of the thresholdes euen two hundreth and twolue. These were nombred in their vyllages. And Dauid and Samuel the Seer foūded them thorow their faith, that they and their children shulde kepe the house of the LORDE, namely to kepe the watch of yᵉ house of the Tabernacle.

These dorekepers were appointed towarde the foure wyndes, towarde the East, towarde [D] the West, towarde the North,⁽⁶⁾ towarde yᵉ South. But their brethrē were in their vyllages, that they might come allwaye on the seuenth daye to be with them: for vnto these foure maner of chefe dorrkepers were the Leuites committed. And they had the ouersight of the chestes and treasures in yᵉ house of God.

In the nighte season also remayned they aboute the house of God: for their dewtye was to geue attendaunce to open euery mornynge. And some of them had the ouersight of the mynistrynge vessell: for they bare the vessell out and in. And some of thē were appoynted ouer the vessell, and ouer all the holy vessell, ouer the fine wheate floure, ouer yᵉ wyne, ouer the oile, ouer the frankencense, ouer the swete odoures: but some of yᵉ prestes children made the,⁽⁷⁾ incense.

Vnto Mathithia one of the Leuites the fyrst sonne of Sallum the Corahite, were yᵉ pannes cōmytted. And certayne of the Kahathites their brethren were appointed ouer the shewbred, to prepare it euery Sabbath daye.

[E] These are the heades of the singers amōge the fathers of the Leuites chosen out ouer the chestes: for daye and night were they in worke withall. These are the heades of yᵉ fathers amonge yᵉ Leuites in their kinreds. These dwelt at Ierusalem.

⁽⁸⁾At Gibeon dwelt Ieiel the father of Gibeon, his wiues name was Maecha, and his fyrst sonne Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahaio, Sacharia, Mikloth. Mikloth begat Simeam. And they dwelt also aboute their brethren at Ierusalem amonge theirs. Ner begat Cis, Cis begat Saul, Saul begat Ionathas, Malchisua, Abinadab, Esbaal. The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal. Meribaal begat Micha. The children of Micha were, Pithon, Melech and Thaherea. Ahas begat Iaera, Iaera begat Alemeth, Asmaueth and Simri. Simri begat Moza. Moza begat Binea, whose sonne was Raphaia, whose sonne was Eleasa, whose sonne was Azel. Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names were: Asrikam, Bochru, Iesmael, Searia, Obadia, Hanan. These are the children of Azel.

Notes to Chapter 10

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⁽²⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. 11. b

⁽³⁾ 2. Esd. 11. c

⁽⁴⁾ 2. Esd. 11. c

⁽⁵⁾ 2. Esd. 11. c

⁽⁶⁾ Num. 3. ⟨illegible⟩

⁽⁷⁾ Exo. 30. d

⁽⁸⁾ 1. Par. 9. d

Chapter 11

[A] THe Philistynes foughte agaynst Israel.⁽¹⁾ And they of Israel fled before the Philistynes, and yᵉ wounded fell vpon mount Gilboa. And the Philistynes folowed vpon Saul and his sonnes, and smote Ionathas, Abinadab and Malchisua yᵉ sonnes of Saul. And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul. And the archers came vpon him, so that he was wounded of the archers Then sayde Saul vnto his weapenbearer: Drawe out thy swerde, and thrust it thorow me, that these vncircumcysed come not, and deale shamefully with me. Neuertheles his weapenbearer wolde not, for he was sore afrayed. Then toke Saul his swerde, and fell therin. Whan his weapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed, he fell vpon his swerde also, and dyed.

Thus died Saul and his thre sonnes, and all his housholde together. And whan the men of Israel which were in yᵉ valley, sawe, that Saul and his sonnes were deed, they lefte their cities and fled: and the Philistynes came and dwelt therin.

On the morowe came the Philistynes to spoyle the slayne, and founde Saul,⁽²⁾ and his sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa, and stryped him out, and toke his heade, and his harnesse, and sent it aboute in to yᵉ londe of the Philistynes, and caused it to be shewed before their Idoles and the people. And his weapens layed they in the house of their god, and styckte vp his heade vpon the house of Dagon.

But whan all they of Iabes in Gilead herde of euery thinge, that the Philistynes had done vnto Saul, they gat them vp (as many as were men of armes) and toke the body of Saul and of his sonnes, and broughte them vnto Iabes, and buryed their bones vnder the Oke at Iabes, and fasted seuen dayes.

Thus dyed Saul in his trespace which he commytted agaynst the LORDE, because ⁽³⁾ he kepte not the worde of the LORDE: ⁽⁴⁾ & because he axed councell at the soythsayer, and axed not at the LORDE, therfore slewe he him, & turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid.

Notes to Chapter 11

⁽¹⁾ 1. Re. 31. a

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Chapter 12

ANd all Israel resorted to Dauid vnto Hebron, and sayde: Beholde,⁽¹⁾ we are yᵉ bone and thy flesh. And afore tyme whan Saul reigned, thou leddest Israel out and in. So the LORDE thy God hath sayde vnto the: Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel, and thou shalt be the prynce ouer my people of Israel. And all the Elders of Israel came to the kynge vnto Hebron. And Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before the LORDE. And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel ⁽²⁾ acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Samuel.

And Dauid and all Israel wēte vnto Ierusalem, that is Iebus: for the Iebusites dwelt in the lōde. And the citesyns of Iebus saide vnto Dauid: Thou shalt not come in hither. Howbeit Dauid wāne yᵉ castell of Siō. which is yᵉ cite of Dauid. And Dauid sayde: ⁽³⁾who so euer smyteth yᵉ Iebusites first, shal be a prynce & captayne. Thē Ioab yᵉ sonne of Zer⟨illegible⟩ia clymmed vp first, & was made captayne. [B] So Dauid dwelt in yᵉ castell, therfore was it called yᵉ cite of Dauid. And he buylded yᵉ cite roūde aboute, fro Millo forth on euery syde. As for yᵉ remnaunt of yᵉ cite, Ioab buylded it, & repayred it. And Dauid wēte forth & grewe, & the LORDE Zebaoth was wᵗ him.

These are yᵉ chefe amōge yᵉ mightie mē of Dauid, which dealt valeauntly wᵗ him in his kyngdome wᵗ all Israel, to make him kynge, acordinge to the worde of yᵉ LORDE ouer Israel. And this is yᵉ nombre of Dauids mightie men: Iesabeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amōge thirtie. He lifte vp his speare, & smote thre C. at one tyme.

After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, and he was amōge the thre mightie. This man was wᵗ Dauid whā they blasphemed, & the Philistynes gathered thē selues there to yᵉ batayll. And euē ther▪ was there a pece of londe full of barly, & the people fled before the Philistynes. And they stode in the myddes of the londe, and rescued it, and smote the Philistynes. And the LORDE gaue a greate health.

[C] And thre of the chefest thirtie wēte downe to the rocke vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam.⁽⁴⁾ But the Philistynes hoost laye in the valley of Rephain. As for Dauid, he was in the castell. And the Philistynes people were then at Bethleem. And Dauid was desyrous, and sayde: O that some wolde geue me to drynke of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate. Thē brake those thre in to the Philistynes hoost, and drue of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate, and caried it, and broughte it vnto Dauid. Neuertheles he wolde not drynke it, but poured it vnto the LORDE, and sayde: God let this be farre fro me, yᵗ I shulde do it, and drynke the bloude of these men in yᵉ parell of their life: for with the parell of their life haue they broughte it: therfore wolde he not drynke it. This dyd the thre Worthies.

Abisai the brother of Ioab, he was the chefest amonge thre. And he lifte vp his speare, and smote thre hundreth. And he was famous amonge thre, and before the thirde, more honorable then the two, yet came he not vnto the thre.

Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of [D] Ishail of Cabzeel,⁽⁵⁾ was a man of greate actes. He smote two lyons of the Moabites. And he wente downe, and smote a lyon in the myddes of a well in the tyme of snowe. He smote a man of Egipte also, which was fyue cubites greate of stature, and had in his hande a speare like a weuers lome. Yet wente he downe to him with a staffe, and toke the speare out of his hande, and slewe him with his awne speare, This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and was a famous man amonge thre Worthies, and most awncient amonge thirtie. But vnto the thre came he not. Howbeit Dauid made him of his secrete councell.

The valeaunt Worthies are these: Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanam his Vncles sonne of Bethleem, Samoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite, Ira the sonne of Ekes the Thecoite, Abraser the Anathothite, Sibechai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite, Matheraithe Netophatite, Heled yᵉ sonne of Baena yᵉ Netophatite, Ithai yᵉ sonne of Ribai of Gibeath of the childrē of Ben Ianim, Benaia the Pirgathonite, Hura of the broke of Gaas. Abiel the arbathite, Asmaneth the Baherunite, Eliahba the Saalbonite. The children of Hasem yᵉ Gisonite, Ionathas the sonne of Sage the Hararite, Ahiam the sonne of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr, Hepher the Macherathite, Ahia the Pelointe, Hezro of Carmel,[E] Naerai the sonne of Aszbai, Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibehar the sonne of Hagri, Zeleg the Ammonite, Naherai the Berothithe the wapenbearer of Ioab the sonne of Zernia, Ira the Iethrite, Gareb the Iethrite, Vrias the Hethite, Sabad the sonne of Ahalai, Adina the sonne of Sisa the Rubenite, a captayne of the Rubenites, and there were thirtie vnder him: Hanam yᵉ sonne of Maecha, Iosaphat the Mathonite, Vsia yᵉ Astharathite, Sama and Iaiel, the sonnes of Hotham the Aroerite, Iediael the sonne of Simri, Ioha his brother the Thirzite, Eliel the Mahenite, Ieribai and Iosua the sonnes of Elnaan, Iethma the Moabite, Eliel, Obed, Iaesiel of Mizobaia.

Notes to Chapter 12

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Chapter 13

Tha XIII. Chapter.

THese also came to Dauid vnto Siclag whan he was yet kepte asyde be [A] cause of Saul the sonne of Cis▪ ⁽¹⁾ And they were like wyse amonge the worthies yᵉ helped in the battayll, and coulde handle bowes with both their handes, & coulde cast stones, and shute arowes with the bowe.

Of Sauls brethren which were of Ben Iamin: The chefest Ahieser and Ioas yᵉ children of Samaa the Gibeathite. Iesiel and Pelet the children of Asmaueth. Baracha & and Iehu the Anthothite. Iesmaia the Gibeonite, valeaunt amonge thirtie and ouer thirtie. Ieremia, Iahasiel, Iohanan, Iosabad the Gederathite. Eleusai, Ierimoth, Bealia, Samaria, Saphatia the Harophite, Elkana, Iesiia, Asareel, Iasabeam yᵉ Korahyte, Ioela and Sabadia the children of Ieroham of Gedor.

Of the Gaddites resorted there vnto Dauid to the castell in the wyldernesse, mightie Worthies and men of armes, which hādled speares and swerdes, and had faces like liōs, & were as swifte as the Roes vpon yᵉ mountaynes. [B] The fyrst Eser, the seconde Obadia, the thyrde Eliab, the fourth Masmanna, yᵉ fyfth Ieremia, the sixte Athai, the seuēth Eliel, the eight Iohanna, the nyenth Elsabad the tenth Ieremia, yᵉ eleuenth Machbanai. These were of the children of Gad, heades in the hoost, the leest ouer an hundreth, and yᵉ greatest ouer a thousande. These are they which in the fyrst moneth wente ouer Iordane, whan it was full on both the shores, so that all the valleys were eauen both towarde the East and towarde the West.

There came of the children of Ben Iamin also and of Iuda vnto the castell of Dauid. But Dauid wente forth vnto them, and answered and sayde vnto them: Yf ye come to me in peace, and to helpe me, my hert shal be with you. But yf ye come vpō disceate, and to be mine aduersaries (where as there is yet no vnrighte in me) the God of oure fathers loke vpon it, and rebuke it. Neuertheles the sprete endued Amasai the captayne amonge [C] thirtie, and he sayde: We are thine O Dauid, and holde with the thou sonne of Isai. Peace, peace be with the, peace be with thy helpers, for thy God helpeth the. Then Dauid receaued them, and made them captaynes ouer the men of warre.

And of Manasses there fell certaine vnto Dauid, whan he came to the battayll with the Philistynes agaynst Saul, and helped them not, ⁽²⁾ for the prynces of yᵉ Philistynes counceled to let him go from them, and sayde: Yf he fell vnto his lorde Saul, it mighte cost vs oure neckes. Now whā he departed vnto Siclag, there fell vnto him of Manasses, Adna, Iosabad, Iediael, Michael, Iosabad, Elihu, Zilthai, heades ouer thousandes in Manasses. And they helped Dauid against the men of warre: for they were all valeaunt Worthies, and were captaynes ouer the hoost. And euery daye came there some to Dauid, to helpe him, till there was a greate hoost as an hoost of God.

And this is the nombre of the heades harnessed vnto the warre, which came to Dauid vnto Hebron, for to turne the kyngdome of Saul vnto him, acordynge to the worde of the LORDE.

The childrē of Iuda, which handled speares and swerdes, were sixe thousande, & eight [D] hundreth ready harnessed vnto yᵉ warre. Of the children of Simeon noble men of armes for the battayll, seuen thousande and an hūdreth. Of the children of Leui foure thousande and sixe hundreth. And Ioiada the prynce amonge them of Aaron with thre thousande and seuen hundreth. Sadoc the yonge valeaunt man of armes with his fathers house, two and twentye rulers. Of the children of Ben Iamin Sauls brother, thre thousande: for vnto that time helde many of thē yet with the house of Saul.

Of yᵉ children of Ephraim, twentie thousande and eighte hundreth valeaunt men of armes, and famous in the house of their fathers. Of the halfe trybe of Manasses, eightene thousande, named by name, to come and make Dauid kynge. Of the children of Isachar (which were men of vnderstondynge, whan nede requyred to knowe what Israel shulde do) two hundreth captaynes, and all their brethren folowed their worde. Of Sabulon, soch as wente forth in the hoost to yᵉ warre, ready with all maner of weapens for the battayll, fyftye thousande, beynge of one mynde to kepe them selues in ordre.

Of Nephtali, a thousande captaynes, & with them soch as handled shylde and speare, seuen and thyrtie thousande. Of Dan, ready harnessed to the battayll, eight and twentye thousande, and sixe hundreth. Of Asser, soch as wente forth in yᵉ hoost, ready harnessed to the battayll, fortye thousande. From beyonde Iordane, of the Rubenites, Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasses, with all maner of weapens to the battayll, an hūdreth and twentye thousande.

All these men of warre, ready harnessed to the battayll, came with a whole hert vnto Hebron, to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. And all Israel besyde were of one hert, that Dauid shulde be made kynge. And there were they with Dauid thre dayes, eatynge and drynkynge: for their brethren had prepared for them. And soch neghbours as were aboute them vntyll Isachar, Zabulon and Nephtali, brought bred vpon Asses, Camels, Mules and oxen to eate: meel, fyges, rasens, wyne, oyle, oxen, shepe, very many: for there was ioye in Israel.

Notes to Chapter 13

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Chapter 14

[A] ANd Dauid helde a councell with the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds,⁽¹⁾ and with all the prynces, and sayde vnto all the congregacion of Israel: Yf it lyke you, and yf it be of the LORDE oure God, let vs sende forth on euery syde to oure other brethren in all the countrees of Israel, and to the prestes and Leuites in the cities where they haue suburbes, yᵗ they maye be gathered together vnto vs, and let vs fetch the Arke of oure God agayne vnto vs: for by Sauls tyme we axed after it. Thē sayde the whole cōgregacion, that the same shulde be done, for it pleased all the people well.

So Dauid gathered all Israel together from Sihor of Egipte, tyll a man come vnto Hemath, to fetch the Arke of God from Kiriath Iearim. And Dauid wente vp wᵗ all Israel to Kiriath Iearim, which lieth in Iuda, to brynge from thence the Arke of God the LORDE, that sytteth vpō the Cherubins, where the name is named: and they caused the Arke of God to be caried vpō a new cart from the house of Abinadab.

[B] Vsa and his brethren droue the cart. As for Dauid and all Israel, they played with all their strength before God, with songes, with harpes, with psalteries, with tabrettes, with Cymbales and trompes.

But whan they came to the barne floore of Chidon, Vsa stretched out his hande to holde the Arke: for the oxen wente out asyde. Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer Vsa, & smote him, because he stretched out his hāde to the Arke, so yᵗ he dyed there before God. Thē was Dauid sory, because yᵉ LORDE had made soch a rente vpō Vsa, and called the place Perez Vsa, vnto this daye. And Dauid stode in feare of God the same daye, & sayde: How shal I brynge yᵉ Arke of God vnto me? Therfore wolde he not let yᵉ Arke of God be broughte vnto him in to yᵉ cite of Dauid, but caried it in to yᵉ house of Obed Edom the Gathite. So the Arke of God abode with Obed Edom in his house thre monethes. And yᵉ LORDE blessed Obed Edoms house and all that he had.

Notes to Chapter 14

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Chapter 15

[A] ANd Hiram yᵉ kynge of Tyre sent messaungers ⁽¹⁾vnto Dauid and Cedre tymber, and masons and carpenters, to buylde him an house. And Dauid perceaued, that the LORDE had confirmed him kynge ouer Israel: for his kyngdome increased for his people of Israels sake. And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem, & begat yet mo sonnes & doughters. And the names of them yᵗ were borne vnto him at Ierusalem, are these: Sammua, Sobab, Nathan, Salomon, Iebehar, Elisua, Elipalet, Noga, Nepheg, Iaphia, Elisamma, Baal Iada, Eliphalet.

And whan the Philistynes herde that [B] Dauid was anoynted kynge ouer all Israel, they wente vp all to seke Dauid. Whan Dauid herde that, he wente forth agaynst them. And the Philistynes came, and scatered thē selues beneth in yᵉ valley of Rephaim. And Dauid axed councell at God, & sayde: Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes? and wilt thou delyuer them in to my hande? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go vp, and I wil delyuer them into thy hande. And whan they were gone vp to Baal Prasim, Dauid smote them there. And Dauid sayde: God hath deuyded myne enemies thorow my hande, euen as the water parteth asunder: therfore called they the place Baal Prasim. And there lefte they their goddes. Then ⁽²⁾ commaunded Dauid to burne them with fyre.

But the Philistynes gat them thither agayne,[C] ⁽³⁾ and scatered them selues beneth in yᵉ valley. And Dauid axed councell at God agayne. And God sayde vnto him: Thou shalt not go vp behynde them, but turne the from them, that thou mayest come vpon thē ouer agaynst the Peertrees. So whan thou hearest aboue vpon the Peertrees the noyse of the goynge, go thou forth then to the batayll: for God is gone forth then before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistynes. And Dauid dyd as God commaunded him. And they smote the hoost of the Philistynes from Gibeon forth vnto Gaser. And Dauids name was noysed out in all londes. And the LORDE caused yᵉ feare of him to come vpō all the Heythen.

Notes to Chapter 15

⁽¹⁾ Reg. 5. c

⁽²⁾ Deut. 7

⁽³⁾ 2. Reg. 5.

Chapter 16

ANd he buylded him houses in the cite [A] of Dauid, & made ready a place for yᵉ Arke of God, & pitched a Tabernacle for it. At that tyme sayde Dauid: The Arke of God is not to be borne, but onely of yᵉ Leuites: ⁽¹⁾ for them hath the LORDE chosen to beare the Arke of the LORDE, and to mynister vnto him for euer. Therfore gathered Dauid all Israel together vnto Ierusalem, to brynge vp the Arke of the LORDE vnto the place which he had prepared for it.

And Dauid broughte the children of Aaron & the Leuites together. Of the children of Kahath: Vriel the chefe wᵗ his brethren, an C. and twentye. Of the children of Merari: Asaia the chefe wᵗ his brethrē, two C. and twentye. Of the childrē of Gerson: Ioel the chefe wᵗ his brethren, an C. and thirtie. Of yᵉ childrē of Elizaphan: Semaia the chefe wᵗ his brethren, two hundreth. Of the childrē of Hebron: Eliel the chefe, with his brethrē, foure score. Of the children of Vsiel: Amminadab the chefe, with his brethren, an hūdreth and twolue.

[B] And Dauid called Sadoc and Abiathar the prestes, and the Leuites, namely Vriel, Asaia, Ioeli, Semaia, Eliel, Aminadab, and sayde vnto them: Ye are the heades of yᵉ fathers amonge the Leuites: sanctifye yoʳ selues therfore & youre brethrē, yᵗ ye maye brynge vp the Arke of the LORDE God of Israel, to the place yᵗ I haue prepared for it. ⁽²⁾ For afore whan ye were not there, the LORDE oure God made a rent amonge vs, because we soughte him not, as we shulde haue done. So yᵉ prestes & the Leuites halowed thēselues, yᵗ they mighte brynge vp the Arke of the LORDE God of Israel. And the children of Leui bare the Arke of God the LORDE vpon their shulders with the staues theron, ⁽³⁾ as Moses cōmaunded acordinge to yᵉ worde of the LORDE.

And Dauid spake vnto yᵉ rulers of yᵉ Leuites, that they shulde ordeyne some of their brethren to be syngers with psalteries, harpes and loude instrumentes, and Cimbales, to synge loude with ioye.

[C] Then the Leuites appoynted Heman yᵉ sonne of Ioel: and of his brethren Assaph the sonne of Barachias: and of the children of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Cusaia: and with them their brethren of the seconde course, namely Zacharias, Iaesiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Vnni, Eliab, Benaia, Maeseia, Mathithia, Elipheleia, Mikneia, Obed Edom, Ieiel, the dore kepers. For Heman, Assaph and Ethan were syngers, with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse: but Zacharias, Iaesiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Vnni, Eliab, Maeseia & Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth: Mathithia, Elipheleia, Mikneia, Obed Edom, Ieiel & Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them on hye. Chenania the ruler of the Leuites was the master of Musick to teach them for to synge, for he was a man of vnderstondinge.

And Barachias and Elcana were the dorekepers of the Arke. But Sachamia, Iosaphat, Nathaneel, Amasai, Zacharias, Benaia, Elieser the prestes, blewe the trompettes before yᵉ Arke of God. And Obed Edom and Iehia were dorekepers of the Arke.

So Dauid and the Elders of Israel, and [D] the captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the house of Obed Edom wᵗ ioye. And whan God had helped the Leuites yᵗ bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, there were offred seuen bullockes & seuen rāmes, And Dauid had a lynnē garment vpō him, and so had all the Leuites yᵗ bare the Arke, and yᵉ syngers, and Chenania the master of Musick wᵗ the syngers. Dauid had an ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also.

Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth, with trompettes, tabrettes, & loude Cymbales, with psalteries and harpes. Now whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid, Michol yᵉ doughter of Saul loked out at awyndowe: & whā she sawe kynge Dauid daunsynge & playenge, she despysed him in hir hert.

Notes to Chapter 16

⁽¹⁾ Num. 4.

⁽²⁾ Pa⟨illegible⟩. 4. b

⁽³⁾ ⟨illegible⟩xo 25 b

Chapter 17

ANd whā they brought in the Arke of [A] God, they set it in yᵉ Tabernacle,⁽¹⁾ that Dauid had pitched for it, and offred burnt offerynges & thank offerynges before God. And whā Dauid had ended the burnt offerynges and thank offerynges, he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE, & distributed vnto euery man in Israel (both vnto man and woman) a cake of bred, and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage.

And he appoynted before the Arke of yᵉ LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister, that they shulde geue prayse, thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel: namely Assaph the first, Zacharias the seconde, Ieiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Mathithia, Eliab, Benaia, Obed Edom and Iehiel, with psalteries and harpes. But Assaph with loude Cymbales. Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes, allwaye before the Arke of yᵉ couenaunt of God.

At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of [B] all to geue thākes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren.

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, ⁽²⁾ call vpon his name, tell the people what thinges he hath done.

O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes.

Geue his holy name a good reporte: let yᵉ hert of them reioyce, that seke the LORDE.

O seke the LORDE and his strength, seke his face euermore.

Remēbre his maruelous workes that he hath done, his wonders, and the iudgmētes of his mouth.

Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen.

He is the LORDE oure God, his iudgmētes are in all londes.

[C] Be myndefull euer of his couenaūt what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions.

⁽³⁾ Which he made with Abraham, & ⁽⁴⁾ his ooth vnto Isaac.

And he ⁽⁵⁾ comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt.

And sayde: Vnto the wyl I geue yᵉ londe of Canaan, yᵉ metelyne of yoʳ inheritaunce.

Whā they were yet but small & fewe in nōbre, and straungers in the same londe.

And they wente from one nacion to another, & from one realme to another people.

He suffred no man to hurte them, and reproued euen kynges for their sakes.

⁽⁶⁾Touch not myne anoynted, & do my prophetes no harme.

⁽⁷⁾O synge vnto yᵉ LORDE, let all yᵉ earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye.

Declare his holynes amōge the Heythē, & his wonderous workes amonge yᵉ people.

For the LORDE is greate, and can not worthely be praysed, and more to he had in awe then all goddes.

As for all the goddes of the Heythē, they are but Idols: ⁽⁸⁾ but it is the LORDE that made the heauens.

[D] Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him, strength and ioye is in his place.

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions: ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength.

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name: brynge presentes, and come before him, and worshipe yᵉ LORDE in yᵉ bewtye of holynes.

Let the whole earth stōde in awe of him: he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast, that it can not be moued.

Let the heauens reioyse, and let the earth be glad: and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen, that the LORDE reigneth.

Let the See make a noyse, and the fulnesse therof: let the felde be ioyfull, and all that therin is.

Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE, for he commeth to iudge the earth.

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for euer.

And saye: Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure, and gather vs together, and delyuer vs from the Heythen, that we maye geue thankes vnto yᵉ holy name, and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes.

Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge: and let all people saye, Amen, And: Prayse be vnto the LORDE.

So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there [E] before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE, to mynister allwaye before the Arke, euery daye his daye worke. But Obed Edom and their brethren, eight and threscore, and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun, and Hossa, to be dore kepers. And Sadoc yᵉ prest, & his brethrē the prestes, lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at Gibeō, to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt offerynges in the mornynge & in the euenynge, as it is wrytten in the ⁽⁹⁾ lawe of the LORDE, which he cōmaunded vnto Israel. And with them Heman & Iedithun, and yᵉ other chosen, which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE, because his mercy endureth for euer. And with them Heman & Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales, and the musicall instrumentes of God. As for the childrē of Iedithun, he made them dorekepers. So all the people departed, euery one to his house: and Dauid returned also to blesse his house.

Notes to Chapter 17

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Chapter 18

IT fortuned whā Dauid dwelt in his [A] house,⁽¹⁾ he sayde vnto yᵉ prophet Nathan: Beholde, I dwell in a house of Ceder, and the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is amonge the curtaynes.

Nathan saide vnto Dauid: Whatsoeuer is in thine hert, that do: for God is with yᵉ. But the same night came yᵉ worde of God vnto Nathan, and sayde: Go and speake to Dauid my seruaunt: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Thou shalt not buylde me an house to be an habitaciō: for I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte forth the children of Israel, vnto this daye: But where the Tabernacle and habitacion hath bene, there haue I bene where so euer I haue walked in all Israel. Spake I euer to eny of the Iudges in Israel (whom I commaunded to kepe my people) and sayde: Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Cedre tymber?

[B] So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid: Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth: I toke the from the pasture behynde the shepe, that thou shuldest be the prynce ouer my people, and haue bene with the whither so euer thou wētest, and haue roted out all thine enemies before the, and haue made the a name, acordinge to the name of the greate men that are vpō earth. And for my people of Israel, I wyll appoynte them a place, and wyl plante them, that they maye dwell there, and nomore to be remoued. And the childrē of wickednes shal oppresse them nomore, like as afore tyme, whan I cōmaunded the Iudges ouer my people of Israel. And I wyl subdue all thine enemies, and do declare vnto the, that the LORDE wyl buylde the an house.

⁽²⁾ But whan thy dayes are fulfilled, that thou departest hence with yᵉ fathers, I wyl after the rayse vp yᵉ sede, which shall be euē one of thy sonnes: his kyngdome wyl I stabliszshe, he shal buylde me an house, & I wyl make his seate sure for euer. I wyl be his father, and he shal be my sonne. And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him, as I haue withdrawen it frō him that was before the: But I wyll set him in my house and in my kyngdome for euer, so that his seate shalbe sure for euermore.

[C] And whā Nathan had spoken vnto Dauid acordinge to all these wordes & all this vision, kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE God, who am I? and what is my house, yᵗ thou hast broughte me thus farre? And this (O God) hast thou thoughte yet to litle, but hast spoken of thy seruauntes house yet longe for to come. And thou LORDE God hast loked downe vpon me from aboue, euen as one man loketh vpon another. What more shal Dauid saye vnto the, yᵗ thou bryngest yᵉ seruaunt to soch honoure? Thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE, for thy seruauntes sake and acordinge to thy hert hast thou done all these greate thinges, that thou mightest shewe all greate thinges vnto thy seruaunt. LORDE, ⁽³⁾ there is none lykel the, and there is no God but thou, of whom we haue herde with oure eares. And ⁽⁴⁾ where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel, where God wente to delyuer him a people, and to make him selfe a name thorow greate & terrible thinges, to cast out the Heythen before thy people, whom thou hast delyuered out of Egipte? and yᵉ people of Israel hast thou made yᵉ people for euer, and thou LORDE art become their God.

Now LORDE, let the worde be verified [D] for euer, that thou hast spoken ouer thy seruaunt and ouer his house, & do as thou hast spoken: and let thy name endure and be magnified for euer, that it maye sayde: The LORDE Zebaoth, the God of Israel is the God in Israel, and that the house of thy seruaunt Dauid maye be stablyszshed before the: for thou LORDE hast opened the eare of yᵉ seruaunt, that thou wilt buylde him an house. Therfore hath thy seruaunt founde (confydence) to make his prayer before the. Now LORDE, thou art God, and hast promysed soch good vnto thy seruaunt. Begynne now to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it maye be euermore before the: for loke what thou blessest (O LORDE) the same is blessed for euer.

Notes to Chapter 18

⁽¹⁾ 2. Re. 7. a

⁽²⁾ ⟨illegible⟩ Re. 7. c Psal. 111. b

⁽³⁾ Deut. 32. f

⁽⁴⁾ Deut. 4. a

Chapter 19

AFter this smote Dauid the Philistynes,[A] and subdued them,⁽¹⁾ and toke Gath & the vyllages therof out of the hande of the Philistynes. He smote the Moabites likewyse, so that the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid, and gaue him trybute. He smote Hadad Eser also yᵉ kynge of Zoba in Hemath, whan he wente to set vp his power by the water Euphrates.

And Dauid toke from him a thousande charettes, seuen thousande horsmen, and twētye thousande fote men. And Dauid lamed all the charettes, and kepte an hundreth charettes ouer. And the Syriās came from Damascon, to helpe Hadad Eser the kynge of Zoba. Howbeit Dauid smote two & twentie thousande of the same Syrians, and layed men of warre at Damascon in Syria, so that the Syrians were subdued vnto Dauid, and broughte him trybute. For the LORDE helped Dauid, whither so euer he wente.

And Dauid toke the shyldes of golde, yᵗ [B] Hadad Esers seruaūtes had, & broughte thē to Ierusalē. And out of Tibehath & Chun the cities of Hadad Eser, toke Dauid very moch brasse, ⁽²⁾ wherof Salomon made the brasen lauer, and pilers, and brasen vessels.

And whā Thogu the kynge of Hemath herde,⁽³⁾ yᵗ Dauid had smytten all yᵉ power of Hadad Eser, he sent his sonne Hadorā vnto kynge Dauid, to salute him & to blesse him, because he had foughtē wᵗ Hadad Eser, & smyttē hī (for Thogu had warre wᵗ Hadad Eser) and all the same vessels of golde, syluer and of brasse, dyd kynge Dauid consecrate vnto the LORDE, with the syluer and golde that he had taken from the Heythē, namely, from the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistynes, and Amalechites.

[C] And Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia smote eightene thousande of the Edomites in the Salt valley,⁽⁴⁾ and layed mē of warre in Edomea, so that all the Edomites were subdued vnto Dauid: for yᵉ LORDE helped Dauid, whither so euer he wente.

Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgment and righteousnes vnto all the people. Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler. Sadoc the sonne of Achitob, and Ahimelech yᵉ sonne of Abiathar, were prestes. Sauesa was Scrybe. Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chrethians & Plethians. ⁽⁵⁾ And Dauids sonnes were chefe at yᵉ kynges hande.

Notes to Chapter 19

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Chapter 20

[A] ANd after this dyed Nahas yᵉ kynge of the childrē of Ammon,⁽¹⁾ and his sonne was kynge in his steade. Then sayde Dauid: I wil do mercy vpon Hanun the sonne of Nahas, for his father dyd mercy vpon me: and so he sent messaungers to comforte him ouer his father. And whā Dauids seruauntes came in to the londe of the children of Ammon vnto Hanun to comforte him, the prynces of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun: Thinkest thou that Dauid honoureth thy father in thy sighte, that he hath sent cōforters vnto the? Yee his seruauntes are come vnto the, to search and to ouerthrowe, and to spye out the londe. Then toke Hanun the seruauntes of Dauid, and shoue them, & cut the halfe of their garmentes of, euē by the loynes, & so let thē go. And they wente their waye, & sent men to tell Dauid. [B] Neuertheles he sent to mete them (for yᵉ men were put to greate shame) and the kynge sayde: Abyde at Iericho, tyll youre beerdes be growne, and then come agayne.

Whan the childrē of Ammon sawe, that they stynked in yᵉ sighte of Dauid, both Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousande talētes of syluer, to hyre charettes and horsmen out of Mesopotamia, out of Maecha and out of Zoba: and hyred two and thirtie thousande charettes, & yᵉ kynge of Maecha with his people, which came & pitched their tentes before Medba. And the children of Ammon gathered them selues together out of their cities, and came to the battayll. Whan Dauid herde that, he sent Ioab thither with all the hoost of the men of armes. And the childrē of Ammon were gone forth, and prepared them selues to the battayll before the gate of the cite. But the kynges yᵗ were come, kepte them asyde in the felde.

Now whā Ioab sawe that the battayll [C] was agaynst him both before and behynde, he chose of all the best yonge men in Israel, and prepared him selfe agaynst yᵉ Syrians. As for yᵉ residue of the people, he put them vnder the hande of Abisai his brother, that they shulde prepare them selues agaynst the children of Ammon, and he sayde: Yf yᵉ Syriās be to mightie for me, helpe thou me: but yf the childrē of Ammon be to strōge for yᵉ, I shall helpe the: take a good corage vnto the, and let vs quyte oure selues manly for oure people and for the cities of oure God: neuertheles the LORDE do what pleaseth him. And Ioab made him forth with yᵉ people that was with him, to fighte agaynst yᵉ Syrians: & they fled before him. And whan the children of Ammon sawe yᵗ the Syrians fled, they fled also before Abisai his brother, and wente in to the cite. And Ioab came to Ierusalem.

But whan the Syrians sawe that they [D] were smyttē before Israel, they sent messaungers, and broughte forth yᵉ Syrians which were beyonde the water. And Sophach the chefe captayne of Hadad Eser wente before them. Whā this was tolde Dauid, he gathered all Israel together, and wente ouer Iordane. And whan he came at them, he set yᵉ battayll in araye agaynst them. And Dauid prepared him selfe to yᵉ battayll agaynst yᵉ Syrians, & they foughte with him: but yᵉ Syriās fled before Israel. And Dauid slewe of the Syrians seuen thousande charettes, & fortye thousande fote men. And Sophach the chefe captayne slewe he also. And whan Hadad Esers seruauntes sawe that they were smyttē before Israel, they made peace wᵗ Dauid & his seruauntes. And the Syrians wolde helpe the childrē of Ammon nomore.

Notes to Chapter 20

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Chapter 21

ANd whan yᵉ yeare came aboute, what [A] tyme as yᵉ kynges vse to go forth,⁽¹⁾ Ioab broughte the power of the hoost, & destroyed the londe of the children of Ammon, and came and layed sege vnto Rabba. But Dauid abode at Ierusalem. ⁽²⁾ And Ioab smote Rabba, and brake it downe. And Dauid toke their kynges crowne from his heade, and founde the weighte of a talent of golde theron, & precious stones. And it was set vpō Dauids heade. And very moch spoyle caried he out of the cite. As for the people that were therin, he broughte thē forth, & parted them in sunder wᵗ sawes, & hokes & betels of yron. Thus dyd Dauid vnto all yᵉ cities of the childrē of Ammon. And Dauid departed againe, with the people vnto Ierusalem.

[B] Afterwarde arose there warre at Gasar with the Philistynes. Then Sibechai yᵉ Husathire smote Sibai, which was one of the children of Rephaim, and he subdued him. And there arose warre agayne wᵗ the Philistynes. Thē Elhamah yᵉ sonne of Iair smote Lahemi yᵉ brother of Goliath yᵉ Gathite, whose speares staff was life a weeuers l⟨illegible⟩me. Afterwarde was there a battayll at Gath, where there was a man of a greate stature, yᵗ had sixe fyngers and sixe toes, which make foure and twentye. And he was borne also of Rapha, and spake despytefully vnto Israel. But Ionathas the sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him. These were the childrē of Rapha at Gath, & fell thorow yᵉ hande of Dauid, and of his seruauntes.

Notes to Chapter 21

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Chapter 22

[A] ANd Sathan stode agaynst Israel, & entysed Dauid to nombre Israel.⁽¹⁾ And Dauid sayde vnto Ioab & to yᵉ rulers of the people: Go yoʳ waye, nombre Israel from Berseba vnto Dan, and brynge me the nombre of thē, that I maye knowe it. Ioab sayde: The LORDE make his people an hundreth tymes mo then they are now. But my lorde O kynge, are they not all my lordes seruauntes? Why doth my lorde then axe therafter? Wherfore shal there a trespace come vpon Israel?

Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab. And Ioab wente forth, and walked thorow all Israel, and came to Ierusalem, and delyuered vnto Dauid yᵉ nombre of the people that was tolde. And of all Israel there were a thousande tymes a thousande, and an hundreth thousande men, that drue out the swerde: and of Iuda foure hundreth thousande and seuētye thousande men, which drue out the swerde. As for Leui and Ben Iamin, he nombred them not amonge these: for the kynges worde was abhominable vnto Ioab.

[B] But this displeased God righte sore: for he smote Israel. And Dauid sayde vnto God: I haue synned greuously, that I haue done this. But now take awaye the trespace of thy seruaunt: for I haue done very vnwysely. And the LORDE spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, & sayde: Go speake to Dauid, & saye: Thus saieth the LORDE: Thre thinges laye I before the, chose yᵉ one of them, yᵗ I maye do it vnto the. And whā Gad came to Dauid, he spake vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Chose yᵉ ether thre yeare derth, or thre monethes to flye before thine aduersaries, & before the swerde of thine enemies, yᵗ it maye ouertake the: or thre dayes yᵉ swerde of the LORDE, & pestilēce in the londe, yᵗ the angell of the LORDE maye destroye in all yᵉ coastes of Israel. Loke now what answere I shal geue vnto him yᵗ sent me. Dauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in greate trouble: yet wyl I rather fall in to yᵉ hande of the LORDE, for his mercy is exceadynge greate, & I wil not fall in to the handes of men.

Then dyd the LORDE cause pestilence to [C] come in to Israel, so that there fell of Israel thre score & ten thousande mē. And God sent the angell to Ierusalē for to destroye it. And euen in the destruccion the LORDE considered, and he repēted of the euell, and sayde vn to the angell yᵉ destroyer: It is ynough, holde now thy hande.

The angell of the LORDE stode besyde yᵉ barne of Arnan yᵉ Iebusite. And Dauid lifte vp his eyes, and sawe the angell of yᵉ LORDE stondinge betwene heauē and earth, and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem. Then Dauid and yᵉ Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth, fell vpō their faces. And Dauid sayde vnto God: Am not I he that caused the people to be nombred? I am he that hath synned and done euell: as for these shepe, what haue they done▪ LORDE my God, let thine hande be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house, and not agaynst thy people to plage them.

And the angell sayde vnto Gad, that he [D] shulde speake vnto Dauid, that Dauid shulde shulde go vp, & set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan the Iebusite. So Dauid wente vp acordinge to yᵉ worde of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORDE. But whā Arnan turned him, and sawe the angell (and his foure sonnes with him) they hyd thēselues: for Arnan throszshed wheate.

Now whan Dauid came to Arnan, Arnan loked, and was aware of Dauid, and wēte forth out of the barne, and worshipped Dauid with his face to the grounde. And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan: Geue me rowme in the barne, to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin: for yᵉ full money shalt thou geue it me, that the plage maye ceasse from the people.

But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid: Take it vnto the, and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth him. Beholde, that oxe geue I for a burnt offerynge, and those vessels to the oxe, and wheate for the meat offerynge, I geue it all. Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan: Not so, but for yᵉ full money wyl I bye it: for that which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE, and offre a burnt offerynge for naughte.

[E] So Dauid gaue Arnan for yᵉ rowme, sixe hundreth Sycles of golde in weight. And there buylded Dauid an altare vnto yᵉ LORDE, & offred burnt offerynges & slayn offerynges. And whan he called vpō the LORDE, he herde him thorow the fyre from heauē vpon yᵉ altare of the burnt offerynge. And yᵉ LORDE sayde vnto the angell, that he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth.

At the same tyme whā Dauid sawe, that the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne floore of Arnan yᵉ Iebusite, he dyd sacrifice there. For yᵉ habitacion of yᵉ LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes, and the altare of burnt offerynges, was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon. But Dauid coulde not go thitherto seke God before it, for he feared the swerde of the LORDES angell. And Dauid sayde: ⁽²⁾ Here shal be yᵉ house of God yᵉ LORDE, and this the altare of burnt offerynges fo⟨illegible⟩ Israel.

Notes to Chapter 22

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Chapter 23

[A] ANd Dauid cōmaunded to gather together the straungers that were in yᵉ londe of Israel, and appoynted masons to hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house of God. And Dauid prepared moch yron for nales in the dores of the portes, and for soch thinges as were to be naled together, and so moch brasse, that is was not to be weyed: and Cedre trees innumerable: for they of Zidon & Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre: for Dauid thoughte, Salomō my sonne is but a childe and tender: But the house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE, shal be greate, that his name & prayse maye be exalted in all londes, therfore wyl I prouyde for him. So Dauid made greate prouysion before his death.

[B] And he called Salomon his sonne, & commaunded him to buylde the house of LORDE God of Israel, and sayde vnto him: My sonne,⁽¹⁾ I was minded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God, but the worde of yᵉ LORDE came vnto me, and sayde: Thou hast shed moch bloude, and strycken many battayls, therfore shalt thou not buylde an house vnto my name, for as moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon the earth before me. Beholde, the sonne which shal be borne vnto the, shal be a quyete man: and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde, for his name shalbe Salomon: for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth. He shal buylde an house vnto my name. He shal be my sonne, and I wyll be his father. And I wyl stablyshe yᵉ seate of his kyngdome vpō Israel for euer.

Now my sonne, the LORDE shal be wyth [C] the, and thou shalt prospere, that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God, acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome & vnderstondynge, and shal commytte Israel vnto the, that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God. But then shal thou prospere, yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel. Be stronge, and take a good corage vnto the, feare not, and be not faynt harted. Beholde, I haue in my pouerte prouyded for the house of the LORDE, an hundreth thousande talentes of golde, and a thousande tymes a thousande talentes of syluer, and brasse and yron without nombre: for there is so moch of it.

And tymbre and stone haue I prepared, thou mayest get more therof. Thou hast many workmen also, mesons and carpenters in stone and tymber, and all maner of men that haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde, syluer, brasse, and yron without nombre. Yet get the vp, and be doynge, and the LORDE shal be with the.

And Dauid commaunded all the rulers [D] of Israel, to helpe Salomon his sonne, and sayde: Is not the LORDE youre God with you, and hath geuen you rest on euery syde? for he hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in to youre handes, and the londe is subdued before the LORDE and before his people. Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre soule, to seke the LORDE youre God, and get you vp, and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the LORDE God, that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God, maye be brought in to the house, which shalbe buylded vnto the name of the LORDE. So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel, whan he himselfe was olde, and had lyued ynough.

Notes to Chapter 23

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Chapter 24

[A] ANd Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together, and the prestes & Leuites, to nombre yᵉ Leuites from thirtie yeare olde & aboue. And yᵉ nombre of thē (which were strōge men) frō heade to heade, was eight and thirtie thousande: of whom there were foure & twentie thousande, which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer yᵉ house of the LORDE, and sixe thousande officers and Iudges, and foure thousande porters, & foure thousande that songe prayses vnto yᵉ LORDE with instrumentes, which he had made to synge prayse with all.

And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui, namely amōge Gerson, Kahath & Merari. The Gersonites were: Laedan and Simei. The children of Laedan: the first, Iehiel, Sethan, and Ioel, these thre.

The children of Simei were: Salomith, Hasiel and Haran, these thre. These were the chefe amonge the fathers of Laedan. These also were the children of Simei: Iahath, Sina, Ieus and Bria, these foure were Simeis children also. Iahath was the first, Sina the seconde. As for Ieus and Bria, they had not many childrē, therfore were they coūted but for one fathers house.

[B] ⁽¹⁾ The childrē of Kahath were: Amram, Iezehar, Hebron and Vsiel, these foure. The childrē of Amram were: Aaron and Moses. ⁽²⁾ As for Aaron, he was separated, to be sanctified for the Most holy, he & his sonnes for euer, to burne incense before the LORDE, & to mynister and blesse in yᵉ name of the LORDE for euermore. And the children of Moses the man of God were named amonge yᵉ trybe of the Leuites. ⁽³⁾ The childrē of Moses were Gerson and Elieser.

The children of Gerson, the fyrst was Sebuel. The children of Elieser, the fyrst was Rehabia & Elieser had none other children. But yᵉ childrē of Rehabia were many ther ouer. The children of Iezehar were: Salomith the fyrst. The children of Hebron were: Ieria the fyrst, Amaria the seconde, Iahasiel the thirde and Iakmeam yᵉ fourth. The children of Vsiel were: Micha the fyrst and Iesia the seconde.

[C] The children of Merari were: Maheli & Musi. The children of Maheli were: Eleasar and Cis. And Eleasar dyed, and had no sonnes but doughters. And the children of Cis their brethren toke them. The children of Musi were: Maheli, Eder and Ieremoth, these thre. These are the children of Leui amonge their fathers houses, and the chefest of the fathers, which were counted after the nombre of yᵉ names heade by heade: which executed the worke of the offices in the house of the LORDE ⁽⁴⁾ from thirtie yeare olde & aboue. For Dauid sayde: The LORDE God of Israel hath geuen his people rest, & shall dwell at Ierusalem for euer.

Amonge yᵉ Leuites also were the childrē [D] of Leui nombred from thirtie yeare olde and aboue, ⁽⁵⁾ that they neded not to beare yᵉ Habitacion with all the vessels of their office, but acordinge to yᵉ last wordes of Dauid, yᵗ they shulde stonde vnder the hande of the children of Aaron, to mynister in the house of the LORDE in the courte, and to the chestes, and for purifyenge, and to all maner of sanctifyenge, and to euery worke of the office in the house of God. And for yᵉ shewbred, for the fyne floure, for the meat offrynge, for the vnleuended wafers, for the pannes, for yᵉ fryenge, and for all maner of weight and measure. And in the mornynge to stonde for to geue thankes and to prayse the LORDE, and in the euenynge likewyse. And vpon all Sabbathes, Newmones and feastes to offre all the burnt offerynges vnto the LOROE, acordinge to the nombre and ordre, allwaye before the LORDE: to wayte vpon the Tabernacle of witnesse and of the Sāctuary, and vpon their brethrē the children of Aaron, to mynister in the house of the LORDE.

Notes to Chapter 24

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Chapter 25

THis was yᵉ ordinaunce of the childrē [A] of Aaron. ⁽¹⁾ The children of Aaron were, Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu dyed before their fathers, and had no children. And Eleasar and Ithamar were prestes. And Dauid ordred them after his maner: Sadoc out of the children of Eleasar, and Ahimelech out of the children of Ithamar, acordinge to their nombre and office. And there were mo chefe stronge men founde amonge the children of Eleasar, then the children of Ithamar. And he ordeyned them after this maner: namely, sixtene out of yᵉ childrē of Eleasar to be rulers thorow out their fathers house: & eight of the children of Ithamar thorow out their fathers house. Neuertheles he ordeyned them by lot, because that both the pryncipall of the children of Eleasar and of Ithamar were in yᵉ Sanctuary, and chefe before God. And the Scrybe Semeia the sonne of Nethaneel one of the Leuites, wrote them vp before yᵉ kynge and before the rulers, and before Sadoc the prest, & before Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, & before the chefe of the fathers amonge the prestes & Leuites: namely one fathers house for Eleasar, and the other for Ithamar.

[B] And the first lot fell vpon Ioiarib, the seconde vpon Iedana, the thirde vpō Harim, the fourth vpon Seorim, the fifth vpō Malchia, the sixte vpon Meiamin, the seuenth vpon Hakoz, the eight vpon ⁽²⁾ Abia, the nyenth vpon Iesua, the tenth vpon Sechania, the eleuenth vpon Eliasib, the twolueth vpon Iakim, the thirtenth vpon Hupa, the fourtenth vpon Iesebeab, the fiftenth vpon Bilga, the sixtenth vpon Immer, the seuententh vpon Hesir, the eightenth vpon Hapizez, the nyententh vpon Pethahia, the twentieth vpon Ieheszkel, the one and twentieth vpon Iachin, the two & twentieth vpon Samul, the thre & twentieth vpō Dalaia, yᵉ foure and twentieth vpō Maasia. This is their course after their office, to go in to the house of the LORDE, acordinge to their maner vnder their father Aaron, as the LORDE God of Israel commaunded him.

Of the children of Leui amonge the children of Amram, was Subael. Amonge the [C] children of Subael, was Iohdea. Amonge the children of Rehabia, was yᵉ first Iesia. Amonge the Iezeharites was Selomoth. Amonge the children of Selomoth was Iahath. The children of Hebron were: Ieria yᵉ first, Amaria the seconde, Iehasiel the thirde, Iakneam the fourth.

The children of Vsiel were: Micha. Amōge the children of Micha was Samir. The brother of Micha was Iesia. Amonge the children of Iesia was Zacharias. The children of Merari were: Maheli & Musi, whose sonne was Iaesia. The childrē of Merari of his sonne Iaesia were: Soham, Sacur & Ibri. Maheli had Eleasar: for he had no sonnes. Of Cis, the children of Cis were: Ierahmeel and Musi. The children of Musi were, Maheli, Eder and Ieremoth. These are the childrē of yᵉ Leuites thorow out yᵉ house of their fathers. And the lot was cast for them also besyde their brethren the children of Aaron, in the presence of kynge Dauid and Sadoc and Ahimelech, and before the chefe fathers amonge the prestes & Leuites, as well for the leest brother as for the chefest amonge the fathers.

Notes to Chapter 25

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Chapter 26

[A] ANd Dauid with the chefe captaynes sundered to the offices amonge yᵉ childrē of Assaph, Heman & Iedithun yᵉ prophetes with harpes, psalteries & Cymbales, and they were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to their offyce. Amonge the childrē of Assaph was Sakur, Ioseph, Nethania, Asarela, childrē of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed besyde yᵉ kynge. Of Iedithun: The children of Iedithun were, Gedalia, Zori, Iesaia, Hasabia, Mathithia (Simei) these sixe vnder their father Iedithun wᵗ harpes, whose prophecienge was to geue thankes and to praise the LORDE. Of Heman: The children of Heman were Bukia, Mathania, Vsiel, Sebuel, Ierimoth, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gilthi, Remamthieser, Iaszbaksa, Mallothi, Hothir and Mehesioth. All these were the children of Hemā the kynges Seer in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne: for God gaue Heman fourtene sonnes & thre daughters.

All these were vnder their fathers Assaph [B] Iedithun and Heman, to synge in the house of the LORDE with Cymbales, Psalteries & harpes, acordynge to the office in the house of God besyde the kynge. And their nombre with their brethren, which were taughte in the songe of the LORDE (euery one hauynge vnderstondinge) was two hundreth & eight and foure score. And they cast the ⁽¹⁾ lottes ouer their offyce, for the leest as for the greatest, for the master as for the scolar.

And the first Lot fell vpō Ioseph which was of Assaph: the seconde vpō Gedolia wᵗ his brethrē and sonnes, of whom there were twolue. The thirde vpō Sacur with his sonnes & brethrē, of whō there were twolue. The fourth vpon Iezri with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The fyfth vpō Nethania with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The syxte [C] vpon Bukia with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The seuenth vpon Iesreela with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The eighte vpon Iesaia with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The nyenth vpon Mathania with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The tenth vpon Simei with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The eleuenth vpon Asraeel with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The twolueth vpon Hasabia with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The thirtenth vpon Subael with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue. The fourtenth vpon Mathithia with his sonnes & brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The fyftenth vpō Ieremoth with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The syxtenth [D] vpon Anania with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue. The seuentēth vpon Iaszbekasa with his sonnes & brethren of whom there were twolue. The eightenth vpon Hanani with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The nyententh vpon Mallothi with his sonnes & brethren, of whom there were twolue. The twentieth vpon Eliatha with his sonnes and brethrē, of whom there were twolue. The one & twētieth vpon Hothir with his sonnes & brethrē of whom there were twolue. The two and twentieth vpon Gidalthi with his sonnes & brethren, of whom there were twolue. The thre and twentieth vpon Mehesioth with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue. The foure and twētyeth vpon Romamthieser with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.

Notes to Chapter 26

⁽¹⁾ Pro. 16. d

Chapter 27

[A] OF the ordinaūces of the dorekepers Amonge the Korahytes was Meselemia of the children of Assaph. The children of Meselemia were these: the fyrstborne Zacharias, the seconde Iediael, yᵉ thirde Sebadia, the fourth Iathniel, yᵉ fifth Elam, the sixte Iohanan, the seuenth Elidenai. The children of Obed Edom were these: the firstborne Semaia, the seconde Iosabad the thirde Ioah, the fourth Sachur, yᵉ fyfth Nethaneel, the sixte Ammiel, the seuenth Isachar, the eight Pegulthai: for God had blessed him. And vnto Semaia his sonne there were sonnes borne also, which bare rule in the house of their fathers: for they were mightie valeaunt men. The children of Semaia were, Athni, Rephael, Obed and Elsabad, whose brethren were valeaunt men, Elihu and Semachia: all these were of the children of Obed Edom▪ Meselemia had children and brethren which were stronge men, euen eightene.

[B] Hossa of the children of Merari had children, Simri the chefest: for yᵉ fyrstborne was not there, therfore dyd his father appoynte him to be chefest, the secōde Helchias, yᵉ thirde Tebalia, yᵉ fourth Zacharias. All the children and brethren of Hossa were thirtene.

This is the ordinaunce of the dorekepers amonge the heades of the valeaunt men in the offyce besyde their brethren, to mynister in the house of the LORDE. And the lot was cast for the small as for yᵉ greate thorow out the house of their fathers at euery dore. The lot towarde the East fell vpon Meselemia. And the lot was cast for Zacharias his sonne, which was a man of prudent councell, & vnto him it fell towarde the North: But vnto Obed Edom towarde the South, and to his sonnes besyde the house of Esupim. And vnto Supim and Hossa towarde the West by the gate of Salechet in the strete of the burnt offeringes, where the tabernacles stonde together.

Towarde the East were there sixe of the [C] Leuites. Towarde the north foure on yᵉ daie tyme. Towarde the south foure on the daye season likewyse. Besyde Esupim two & two. By Parbar westwarde were there foure in in the strete, and two besyde Parbar. These are the ordinaunces of the dorekepers amonge the children of the Korahites, and the children of Merari. Of the Leuites, was Ahia ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures that were sanctifyed.

Of the children of Laedan, the childrē of the Gersonites. Of Laedan were these the heades of the fathers, namely yᵉ Iehielites. The children of the Iehielites were, Sethā and his brother Ioel ouer the treasures of the house of the LORDE. Amonge the A⟨illegible⟩amites, Iezeharites, Hebronites and Vsielites, was Sebuel the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Moses, prynce ouer the treasures. His brother Elieser had a sonne Rehabia, whose sonne was Iesaia, whose sonne was Iorā, whose sonne was Sichri, whose sonne was Selomith: the same Selomith and his brethren were ouer all the treasures of the thinges that were halowed, which kinge Dauid halowed, and the pryncipall of the fathers amonge the rulers ouer thousandes & ouer hundreds, and rulers in the hoost (of warres and spoyles had they halowed it, to repayre [D] the house of the LORDE) and ouer all yᵗ Samuel the Seer, and Saul the sonne of Cis, & Abner the sonne of Ner, and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia had halowed: whatsoeuer was sanctifyed, it was vnder the hande of Selomith and his brethren. Amonge the Iezeharites was Chenaia with his sonnes for the worke without ouer Israel, offycers & Iudges. Amonge the Hebronites was Hasabia & his brethren, valeaunt men, a thousande and seuen hundreth, ouer the offyces of Israel on this syde Iordane westwarde for all maner worke of the LORDE, and to serue the kinge.

But amonge the Hebronites was Ieria the chefest amonge the Hebronites of his kinred amōge the fathers. And search was made amonge them, and in the fortieth yeare of kynge Dauid there were founde valeaūt men at Iaeser in Gilead, and their brethren mightie men, two thousande and seuen hundreth pryncipall fathers, and Dauid set thē ouer the Rubenites, Gaddites, and ouer the halfe trybe of Manasses, for all soch busynes as belonged vnto God and the kynge.

Chapter 28

[A] THe children of Israel acordinge to their nombre, were heades of the fathers, and ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, & officers waytinge vpon the kynge, to go of & on after their course euery moneth one, in all yᵉ monethes of yᵉ yeare. Euery course had foure & twentye thousande.

Ouer the first course of the first moneth, was Iasebeam yᵉ sonne of Sabdiel, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. Of the children of Phares was the pryncipall amonge all the chefe captaynes in the first moneth.

Ouer the course of the seconde moneth was Dodaithe Ahohite, and Mikloth was the prynce ouer his course. And vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The thirde pryncipall captayne of the thirde moneth, was Benaia the sonne of Ioiada yᵉ prest, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande. ⁽¹⁾ This is yᵗ Benaia the Worthie amonge thirtie and aboue thirtie, And his course was vnder his sonne Ammi Sabad.

The fourth in yᵉ fourth moneth was Asahel the brother of Ioab, and Sabadia his sonne after him, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

[B] The fifth in the fifth moneth was Samehuth the Iesrahite, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The sixte in the sixte moneth, was Ira yᵉ sonne of Ickes the Thec⟨illegible⟩ite, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The seuenth in the seuenth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim, and vnder his course were foure and twētye thousande.

The eight in the eight moneth, was Sibechai the Husathite of yᵉ Sarehites, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The nyenth in the nyenth moneth, was Abieser the Anthothite of the childrē of Iemini, & vnder his course were foure and twētye thousande.

The tenth in the tenth moneth, was Maherai the Netophatite of the Serahites, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The eleuenth in the eleuēth moneth, was Benaia the Pirgathonite of the children of Ephraim, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

The twolueth in the twolueth moneth was Heldai yᵉ Netophatite of Athniel, and vnder his course were foure and twentye thousande.

Ouer the trybes of Israel were these: Amonge [C] the Rubenites was Prynce Elieser the sonne of Sichri. Amonge the Simeoninites was Sephatia the sonne of Maecha. Amonge the Leuites was Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel. Amonge the Aaronites was Sadoc. Amōge Iuda was Elihu one of Dauids brethren. Amonge Isachar was Amri the sonne of Michael. Amonge Zabulō was Iesmaia the sonne of Obadia. Amonge Nephtali was Ieremoth the sonne of Asriel. Amonge the children of Ephraim was Hosea the sonne of Asasia. Amonge the halfe trybe of Manasses was Ioel the sonne of Pedaia. Amonge the halfe trybe of Manasses in Gilead was Ieddo the sonne of Zacharias. Amonge Ben Iamin was Iaesiel the sonne of Abner. Amonge Dan was Asareel the sonne of Ieroham. These are the princes of the trybes of Israel.

But Dauid toke not the nombre of them that were twentye yeare olde and there vnder: for the LORDE had promysed to multiplye Israel as the starres of the szkie. ⁽²⁾ Howbeit Ioab the sonne of Zeruia had begonne to nombre them, and perfourmed it not: for there came wrath vpon Israel for the same cause, therfore came not the nombre in to yᵉ Cronicles of kynge Dauid.

Ouer the kynges treasures was Asmaueth [D] the sonne of Adiel. And ouer the treasures in the lōde, in the cities, vyllages and castels was Ionathan the sonne of Vsia. Ouer the huszbandmen to tyll the londe was Esri the sonne of Chelub. Ouer the vynyardes was Simei the Ramathite. Ouer the wyne Cellers and treasures of wyne was Sabdi the Siphimite. Ouer the oyle gardens and Molberytrees in the lowe feldes, was Baal Hanan the Gaderite. Ouer the treasure of the oyle was Ioas. Ouer yᵉ oxen of the pasture at Saron was Sitari the Saronite. Ouer the oxen in the valleys was Saphath the sonne of Adlai.

Ouer the Camels was Obil the Ismaelite. Ouer the asses was Iehethia the Meronothite. Ouer the shepe was Iasis the Hagarite. All these were rulers ouer kynge Dauids goodes. Ionathan Dauids vncle was of the councell a wyse man and a scrybe. And Iehiel▪ the sonne of Hachmoni was with the kynges children.⁽³⁾ Achitophel also was of the kynges councell. Husai the Arachite was the kinges frende. After Achitophel was Ioiada yᵉ sonne of Benaia and Abiathar. As for Ioab, he was the kynges chefe captayne of warre.

Notes to Chapter 28

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⁽³⁾ 1. Re. ⟨illegible⟩6. d

Chapter 29

[A] ANd Dauid gathered vnto Ierusalem all the rulers of Israel, namely yᵉ prynces of the trybes, the rulers ouer the courses, which wayted vpon the kynge, the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, the rulers ouer the goodes and catell of the kynge and of his sonnes, with the chāberlaines, warryers and valeaunt men. And Dauid the kynge stode vp vpon his fete, and saide: Heare me my brethren and my people: ⁽¹⁾I was mynded to buylde an house, where the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE shulde rest, and a fote stole for the fete of oure God, and prepared my selfe for to buylde,⁽²⁾ But God sayde vnto me: Thou shalt not buylde an house vnto my name, for thou art a man of warre, and hast shed bloude.

[B] ⁽³⁾ Now hath the LORDE God of Israel chosen me out of all my fathers house, yᵗ I shulde be kynge ouer Israel: for ⁽⁴⁾ Iuda hath he chosen to be the Prynce, and in the house of Iuda amonge my fathers children hath he had pleasure vnto me, to make me kynge ouer all Israel: and amōge all my sonnes (for the LORDE hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Salomon my sonne, to syt vpon the seate of the kyngdome of the LORDE ouer Israel, and hath sayde vnto me:⁽⁵⁾ Salomon thy sonne shall buylde me an house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, & I wil be his father, & wyll stablishe his kyngdome for euer, yf he be constant to do after my commaundementes and lawes, as it is this daye. Now in the sight of all Israel the congregacion of the LORDE, and in the eares of oure God, se that ye obserue and seke all the commaundemētes of the LORDE yo God, that ye maye possesse this good londe and that ye and youre children maie haue yᵉ inheritaunce therof for euer.

[C] And thou my sonne Salomō, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer. Take hede now, for the LORDE hath chosen the, to buylde an house to be the Sāctuary: be stronge, and make it.

And Dauid gaue Salomon his sonne ⟨illegible⟩ patrone of the Porche, and of his house, and of the celles and perlers and ynnermer chābers, and of the house of the Mercyseate, & of all that he had in his mynde, namely of the courte of the LORDES house, and of all the oratories rounde aboute the treasures in yᵉ house of God, and of the treasures of soch thinges as were halowed, of the ordinaunces of the prestes, and Leuites, and of all yᵉ busynesse of the offyces in the house of the LORDE.

Golde (gaue he him) after yᵉ golde weight for all maner of vessels of euery offyce, and all siluer ornamentes after the weight for all maner of vessell of euery offyce: and weigh⟨illegible⟩ for the golden candilstickes and golden lampes, for euery candilstycke and his lampes his weight: likewyse for the siluer candilstickes gaue he the weight to the candilsticke & his lampes, acordynge as was requyred for euery candilstycke. He gaue golde also for yᵉ tables of the shewbred, for euery table his weight▪ and syluer lykewise for the syluer tables. And pure golde for the fleshokes, basens and censors: and for the golden cuppes, vnto euery cuppe his weight: and for the s⟨illegible⟩uer cuppes, vnto euery cuppe his weighte and for the altare of incense his weighte, of the most pure golde.

And a patrone of the charett of the golden Cherubins, that they mighte sprede out them selues, and couer the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE. All this is geuen me in wrytinge of the hande of the LORDE, to make me vnderstonde all the workes of the patrone.

And Dauid sayde vnto Salomō his sonne: Be thou manly and stronge, and make it, feare not, and be not fayntharted, the LORDE God my God shal be with the, and shall not withdrawe his hande, ner fayle the, tyll thou haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the house of the LORDE. Beholde, the courses of the prestes and Leuites to all the offyces in the house of God are with the in euery worke, and are willinge, and haue wisdome to all the offyces: and so haue the prynces and all the people for euery thinge that thou hast to do.

Notes to Chapter 29

⁽¹⁾ ⟨illegible⟩ Re. 7. a

⁽²⁾ 1. Par. 23. b

⁽³⁾ 1. Re. 16. a

⁽⁴⁾ Ge. 49. b 1. Pa⟨illegible⟩. 6. a

⁽⁵⁾ 1 Par. 18. b 2. Par. 6. b

Chapter 30

ANd kynge Dauid sayde vnto all the congregacion: God hath chosen Salomon one of my sonnes, which yet is yonge and tender. But the worke is greate: for it is not a mans palace, but the LORDE Gods. Yet haue I after all my abilite prepared vnto the house of God, golde for the vessels of golde, syluer for them of syluer, brasse for them of brasse, yron for thē of yron, wod for them of wod, Onix stones, set Rubyes, & stones of dyuerse coloures, & all precious stones, & Marble stones in multitude. Besydes this, for the good wyl yᵗ I haue to the house of God, I haue of myne awne proper good thre M. talētes of golde of Ophir, & seuen M. talētes of pure syluer, which I geue vnto the holy house of God, besyde all yᵗ I haue prepared, to ouerlaye yᵉ walles of the house, yᵗ the same which ought to be of golde, maye be of golde: & that it which ought to be of syluer, maye be of syluer: and for all maner of worke by the hande of the craftesmen. And who is now fre wyllinge, to fyll his hande this daye vnto the LORDE?

[B] Then were the prynces of the fathers, yᵉ prynces of the trybes of Israel, the captaynes ouer thousandes & ouer hundreds, the rulers ouer the kynges busynes, fre wyllinge, & gaue to yᵉ mynistracion in the house of God fyue M. talentes of golde, and ten M. guldens, and ten M. talentes of syluer, eightene M. talētes of brasse, and an hundred M. talētes of yron. And by whom so euer were foūde stones, they gaue them to the treasure of the house of the LORDE, vnder the hāde of Iehiel the Gersonite.

And yᵉ people were glad that they were fre wyllinge: for they gaue it wᵗ a good wyll (euen with all their hert) vnto the LORDE. And Dauid also yᵉ kynge reioysed greatly, and praysed God, and sayde before the whole congregacion: Praysed be thou O LORDE God of Israel oure father, vnto the belongeth worshippe and power, glory, victory & thankes: for all that is in heauen and earth, is thine: thine is yᵉ kyngdome, and thou art exalted aboue all prynces. Thine are riches and honoure before yᵉ, thou reignest ouer all, in thy hande consisteth power and might, in thy hāde is it to make euery man greate and stronge.

[C] Now thāke we the oure God, and prayse yᵉ name of thy glory: For who am I? What is my people? that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre, as this is done? For of the commeth all, and of thy hande haue we geuen it the: ⁽¹⁾ For we are but pilgrems & straūgers before the, as were all oure fathers. Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe, and here is no abydinge. O LORDE oure God, all this abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde the an house vnto thy name, came of thy hande, and is thine alltogether. I knowe my God, that thou tryest the hert, and that vnfaynednes is acceptable vnto the: therfore haue I geuē all this with an vnfayned hert, euē with a good wyll, and now haue I had ioye to se thy people (which here are present) offre with a fre wyll vnto the. O LORDE God of oure fathers Abraham, Isaac, & Israel, kepe thou euermore soch purposes and thoughtes in yᵉ hertes of thy people, & prepare thou their hertes vnto the. And graunte [D] my sonne Salomon a perfecte hert, that he maye kepe thy cōmaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, that he maye do all, & buylde this palace, which I haue prepared.

And Dauid sayde vnto the whole cōgregacion: O prayse the LORDE yoʳ God. And all the cōgregacion praysed yᵉ LORDE God of their fathers, & bowed them selues, & worshipped the LORDE & then the kynge, and offred sacrifices vnto the LORDE. And on yᵉ nexte morow offred they burnt offerynges, a M. bullockes, a M. rāmes, a M. lābes wᵗ their drynk offerynges, & plenteously offred they amonge all Israel. And they ate and dranke the same daie before the LORDE with greate ioye, and made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge yᵉ seconde tyme, and anoynted him to be yᵉ prynce for the LORDE, ⁽²⁾ & Sadoc to be the prest.

⁽³⁾Thus sat Salomon vpon the seate of yᵉ [E] LORDE, kynge in his fathers steade, & prospered. And all Israel obeyed him, & all yᵉ rulers & mightie men, & all kynge Dauids children submytted themselues vnto kynge Salomon. And yᵉ LORDE made Salomon excellent & greate in yᵉ sighte of all Israel, ⁽⁴⁾ and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome, as none had before him ouer Israel.

So had Dauid now bene kynge ouer all Israel. And yᵉ tyme that he was kynge ouer Israel, is fortye yeares: At Hebron reigned he seuen yeare, and at Ierusalem thre & thirtie yeare, & dyed in a good age, full of dayes, riches and honoure. And Salomon his sonne was kynge in his steade.

These actes of kynge Dauid (both yᵉ first and last) beholde, they are wrytten amonge the actes of Samuel the Seer, and amonge the actes of the prophet Nathan, and amōge the actes of Gad the Seer, with all his kyngdome, power and tymes which passed vnder him, both vpon Israel & vpon all the kyngdomes of the earth.

Notes to Chapter 30

⁽¹⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. 47. b ⟨illegible⟩. 11. c

⁽²⁾ ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩

⁽³⁾ 3. Re. 2. ⟨illegible⟩

⁽⁴⁾ 3. Re. 4

The ende of the first boke of the Cronicles.

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This page is an archival transcription of the printed text, not a Good Works Translation. Source: Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe (M.D.XXXV; STC 2063.3), translated by Myles Coverdale, the copy in Cambridge University Library, keyed and encoded by the Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP Phase I, text A10349, 2005) and released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication.

19 places illegible in the Cambridge copy were filled from Samuel Bagster’s 1838 page-for-page reprint of the edition (archive.org, holyscriptures00cove), only where the reprint’s reading is certain; each fill is listed on this room’s Supplied Readings page; 105 places are still marked ⟨illegible⟩ (13 in the text, 92 in the marginal notes).

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