2 Kings, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The book that Protestant Bibles call 2 Kings and the Douay calls the Fourth Book of Kings: the kings of Israel and Juda down to the Babylonian captivity. This is 2 Kings as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the Annotations.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF KINGES.

THIS fourth booke proſecuteth the hiſtorie of the two Kingdomes of Iuda and Iſrael, to the ſeueral captiuities of them both. Shewing manie ſpecial vertues and heroical actes of good Kinges, Prophetes, and other godlie perſons: and diuers crimes of the wicked. For in Iuda were ſome good kinges, [Margin: The kingdom of Iuda conſerued in Dauids ſeede.] highly commended; ſome euil, whom God ſpared in this world for Dauids ſake. So that in both ſortes King Dauids ſeede continued in his throne, and royal ſtate (first in the twelue tribes, afterward in two) nere foure hundred fourſcore yeares. And after the captiuitie (as wil appeare in the age enſuing) it was conſerued in honour and eſtimation, til Christ our Sauiour. But in the [Margin: Many royal families begūne and deſtroyed in the kingdom of Iſrael.] Kingdome of Iſrael (or tenne tribes) which ſtood about two hundred fiftie yeares, was great change, by rayſing and extirpating royal families. Al their kinges were bad, yet partly were ſet vp by God himſelf, partly ſuffered to reigne; and in both Kingdomes, were true and falſe prophetes, God vſing the miniſterie of al, to his owne glorie, the good of his Church, and punishment of others, and ſometimes of themſelues. So this booke may be diuided into two [Margin: This booke diuided into two partes.] partes. In the ſeuentene former chapters, are recorded ioyntly and mixtly the principal thinges donne in both kingdomes, til the captiuitie of the tenne tribes. The other eight chapters conteine other thinges donne in Iuda, vntil their captiuitie in Babylon.

THE FOVRT BOOKE OF KINGES: ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWES, THE SECOND OF MALACHIM.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. Ochozias King of Iſrael conſulting Beelzebub, for his ſicknes, is blamed by Elias, and fortold, that he shal die. 9. Fire from heauen deuoureth two capitaines with ech of them fiftie men. 13. The third by his more modeſtie eſcapeth the like danger, 15. With him Elias cometh to the King. 17. The ſame King dieth, and his brother Ioram ſuccedeth.

1 AND Moab moued warre agaynſt Iſrael, after that ⟨illegible⟩chab was dead.

2 And Ochozias fel through the ⟨illegible⟩anchions of his vpper chamber which he had in Samaria, and was ſicke: and he ſent meſſengers, ſaying to them: Goe, conſult Beelzebub the god of Accaron, whether I may liue of this my infirmitie.

3 And an Angel of our Lord ſpake to Elias the Theſbite, ſaying: Ariſe, and goe vp to meete the meſſengers of the king of Samaria, and thou shal ſay to them: What is there not a God in Iſrael, that ye goe to conſult Beelzebub the god of Accaron▪

4 Wherfore thus ſaith our Lord: From the bed on which thou art aſcended, thou shalt not goe downe, but dying thou ſhalt die. And Elias went away.

5 And the meſſengers returned to Ochozias. Who ſaid to them: Why are you returned?

6 But they anſwered him: A man mette vs: and ſayd to vs: Goe, and returne to the king, that ſent you, and you ſhal ſay to him: Thus ſaith our Lord: Doeſt thou therfore ſend to conſult Beelzebub the god of Accaron, becauſe there was no God in Iſrael? Therfore from the bed, which thou art vpon, thou ſhalt not goe downe, but dying thou shalt dye.

7 Who ſaid to them: What shape and habite had that man, which mette you, and ſpake theſe wordes?

8 But they ſaid: A hearie man, and girded about his raines with a girdle of lether: Who ſaid: [::] It is Elias the Thesbite.

9 And he ſent vnto him a captaine of fiftie men, and the fiftie that were vnder him. Who went vp and ſayd to him ſitting in the toppe of the mount: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come downe.

10 And Elias anſwering, ſayd to the captaine of fiftie men: If I be a man of God, [::] let fyre come downe from heauen, and deuoure thee, and thy fiftie. Fyre therfore came downe from heauen, and deuoured him and the fiftie men that were with him.

11 And he ſent againe vnto him an other captaine of fiftie men, and his fiftie with him. Who ſpake to him: Man of God, Thus ſaith the king: Make haſt, come downe.

12 Elias anſwering ſaid: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen, and deuoure thee, and thy fiftie. Fyre therfore came downe from heauen, and deuoured him, and his fiftie.

13 Agayne he ſent a third captaine of fiftie men, and the fiftie that were with him. Who when he was come, bowed his knees toward Elias, and prayed him and ſayd: Man of God deſpiſe not my life and the liues of thy ſeruantes that are with me.

14 Behold fyre came downe from heauen, and hath deuoured the two firſt captaynes of fiftie men, and the fifties, that were with them: but now I beſech the that thou haue mercie on my life.

15 And an Angel of our Lord ſpake to Elias, ſaying: Goe downe with him, feare not. He therfore aroſe, and went downe with him to the king,

16 and ſpake to him: Thus ſaith our Lord: Becauſe thou haſt ſent meſſengers to conſult Beelzebub the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Iſrael, of whom thou mighteſt aske the word, therfore from the bed, which thou art aſcended vpon, thou shalt not deſcend, but dying thou shalt die.

17 He died therfore according to the word of our Lord which Elias ſpake, & Ioram his brother reigned for him, in the ſecond yeare of Ioram the ſonne of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda: for he had no ſonne.

18 But the reſt of the wordes of Ochozias, which he wrought, are not theſe written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 The firſt part. Of thinges donne in both kingdomes, with the declination and ⟨illegible⟩ine of Iſrael.
• 8 [::] Elias was knowen by his much hayre, and diſtinct habite, from ordinary men.
• 10 [::] In zele of iuſtice Elias procured fire from heauen to burne theſe proud capitaines and their men, as he procured fire to burne the holocauſt, and then ⟨illegible⟩lew the falſprophetes. 3. Reg. 18. apud. Aug. li. 2. c. 20. de mirabil. ⟨illegible⟩. Script.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Eliſeus wil not part from Elias. 7. Fiftie diſciples folow them to Iordan. 8. The water is diuided by Elias cloke, and they two paſse the drie chanel, 9. Elias is aſsumpted in a firie chariote, and his duble ſpirite is geuen to Eliſeus, 13. Who returning by like miraculous meanes ouer Iordan, the diſciples receiue and honour him as their religious Superiour. 16. They ſeeke Elias, but find him not. 19. Eliſeus amendeth the waters by caſting in ſalt. 23. Boyes are torne by bear⟨illegible⟩s for mocking Eliſeus.

1 AND it came to paſſe, when our Lord would take vp Elias by a hurle winde into [*] heauen, Elias and Eliſeus went from Galgal.

2 And Elias ſayd to Eliſeus: Sitte here, becauſe our Lord hath ſent me as far as Bethel. To whom Eliſeus ſayd: Our Lord liueth, and thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. And when he was come downe to Bethel,

3 the children of the prophetes, that were in Bethel, went forth to Eliſeus, and ſayd to him: Doeſt thou know, that this day our Lord wil take thy maiſter from thee? Who anſwered: I alſo know it: hold your peace.

4 And Elias ſayd to Eliſeus: Sitte here, becauſe our Lord hath ſent me into Iericho. And he ſayd: Our Lord liueth, & thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. And when they were come to Iericho,

5 the children of the prophetes, that were in Iericho, came to Eliſeus, and ſayd to him: Doeſt thou know that this day our Lord wil take away thy maiſter from thee? And he ſayd: I alſo know it, hold your peace.

6 And Elias ſayd to him: Sitte here, becauſe our Lord hath ſent me as farre as Iordan. Who ſayd: Our Lord liueth, and thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee: They went therfore both together,

7 & fiftie men of the children of the prophetes folowed them, who alſo ſtood ouer agaynſt them, farre of: but they two ſtood vpon Iordan.

8 And Elias tooke his mantel, and folded it together, and ſmote the waters, which were diuided into two partes, and they both paſſed ouer by the drie land.

9 And when they were ouer, Elias ſayd to Eliſeus: Aske what thou wilt haue me to doe for thee, before I be taken from thee. And Eliſeus ſayd: I beſech thee that in me may be [::] thy duble ſpirit.

10 who anſwered: Thou haſt asked a hard thing: Neuertheleſſe if thou ſee me, when I ſhal be taken from thee, thou ſhalt haue that thou haſt asked: but if thou ſee me not, thou shalt not haue it.

11 And when they went forward, and going talked together, behold a fyrie chariote, and fyrie horſes parted them two aſunder: and Elias aſcended by a hurle winde into heauen.

12 And Eliſeus ſaw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariote of Iſrael, and the guider therof. And he ſaw him no more: and he tooke his garmentes, and rent them in two peeces.

13 And he tooke vp the mantel of Elias, that was fallen to him: and returning he ſtood vpon the banke of Iordan,

14 and with the mantel of Elias, that fel downe to him, he ſmote the waters, and they were not diuided. And he ſayd: Where is the God of Elias, now alſo? and he ſmote the waters, and they were diuided this way and that way, and Eliſeus paſſed ouer.

15 And the children of the prophetes, that were in Iericho, ouer agaynſt him ſeing him, ſayd: The ſpirit of Elias hath reſted vpon Eliſeus. And coming to meete him, [::] adored him flatte to the ground,

16 and they ſayd to him: Behold, there are with thy ſeruantes fiftie ſtrong men, that can goe, and ſeeke thy maiſter, leſt perhaps the ſpirit of our Lord hath taken him, and caſt him vpon one of the mountaines, or into one of the valleis. Who ſayd: Send not.

17 And they forced him, til he agreed, and ſayd: Send. And they ſent fiftie men Who when they had ſought three daies, found not.

18 And they returned to him: but he dwelt in Iericho, and he ſayd to them: Did I not ſay to you: Send not?

19 The men alſo of the citie ſayd to Eliſeus: Behold the habitation of this citie is verie good, as thy ſelfe my lord perceiueſt: but the waters are very il, and the ground barren.

20 But he ſayd: Fetch me a new veſſel, and put ſalt into it. Which when they had brought,

21 going out to the fountayne of the waters, he caſt ſalt into it, and ſayd: Thus ſayth our Lord: I haue amended theſe waters, and death ſhal no more be in them, nor barrenneſſe.

22 The waters therfore were amended vntil this day, according to the word of Eliſeus, which he ſpake.

23 And from thence he went vp into Bethel: & when he went vp by the way, little laddes came forth out of the citie, and mocked him, ſaying: Come vp baldhead, come vp baldhead.

24 Who when he had looked backe, he ſaw them, & curſed them in the name of our Lord: and two beares came forth out of the foreſt, & tore of them two and fourtie boyes.

25 and from thence he went into the mount of Carmel, and from thence he turned into Samaria.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [*] ayre or lovver heauen.
• 2 :: VVhither Elias was carried being taken vp into the ayre, is vncertain: but certaine that he yet liueth, and muſt dye As S. Auguſtin teacheth. li. 9. c. 6. de Gen. ad lit. See Annot. in Gen. 6 & Apocalip. 11.
• 9 [::] He deſired not duble ſpirite to his maſter, but the duble ſpirite of prophecying, and of working miracles, which Elias had. v. ⟨illegible⟩5.
• 15 [::] They adored him for his ho lines, and becauſe God had geuen him the ſpirit of ſo great a prophete, not for wordlie, but ſpiritual excel lencie, & therfore not with ciuil but religious honour.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. Ioram king of Iſrael accompianed with the kinges of Iuda & Edom, fighteth againſt the king of Moab, for not paying tribute according to their league. 9. wanting waters. 16. Eliſeus procureth ſufficient without raine: and prophecieth victorie. 21. The king of Moab deceiued by a viſion is ouerthrowne in the fielde. 26. then being beſiged immolateth his firſt begotten ſonne: and the Iſraelites leaue the ſiege.

1 AND Ioram the ſonne of Achab reigned ouer Iſrael in Samaria :: the eightenth yeare of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda. And he reigned twelue yeares.

2 And he did euil before our Lord, but not as his father and mother: for he tooke away the ſtatues of Baal, which his father had made.

3 Neuertheles in the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne, he ſtucke faſt, and departed not from them.

4 Moreouer Meſa the king of Moab, nouriſhed manie sheepe, and he payed to the king of Iſrael an hundred thouſand lambes, and a hundred thouſand rammes with their fleeces.

5 And when Achab was dead, he brake the league, which he had made with the king of Iſrael.

6 Therfore king Ioram went forth that day out of Samaria, and muſtered al Iſrael.

7 And he ſent to Ioſaphat the king of Iuda, ſaying: The king of Moab is reuolted from me, come with me againſt him to battel. Who anſwered: I wil come vp: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: & my horſes thy horſes.

8 And he ſaid: What way shal we goe vp? but he anſwered: By the deſert of Idumea.

9 Therfore the king of Iſrael, and the king of Iuda, and the king of Edom went forward, and compaſſed ſeuen daies iourney, neither was there water for the armie, and the beaſtes, that folowed them.

10 And the king of Iſrael ſaid: Alas alas alas, our Lord hath gathered vs three kinges together, that he might deliuer vs into the handes of Moab.

11 And Ioſaphat ſaid: Is there not here a prophet of our Lord, that we may beſech our Lord by him? And one of the ſeruantes of the king of Iſrael anſwered: Here is Eliſeus the ſonne of Saphat, which powred water vpon the handes of Elias.

12 And Ioſaphat ſayd: The word of our Lord is with him. And the king of Iſrael went downe to him, and Ioſaphat the king of Iuda, and the king of Edom.

13 And Eliſeus ſaid to the king of Iſrael: What is to me and thee? goe to the prophetes of thy father, and thy mother. And the king of Iſrael ſaid to him: Why hath our Lord gathered together theſe three kinges, that he might deliuer them into the handes of Moab?

14 And Eliſeus ſaid to him: The Lord of hoſtes liueth, in whoſe ſight I ſtand, If I did not reuerence the face of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda, I would not certes haue harkened to thee, nor looked on thee.

15 But now bring me hither a plaier on inſtrumentes. And when the player ſang, the hand of our Lord came vpon him, and he ſaid:

16 Thus ſaith our Lord: Make the chanel of this torrent diches and diches.

17 For thus ſaith our Lord: You shal not ſee winde, nor raine: and this chanel shal be filled with waters, & you shal drinke, and your families, & your beaſtes.

18 And this is a ſmal thing in the ſight of our Lord: moreouer he wil deliuer alſo Moab into your handes.

19 And you ſhal ſtrike euerie fenſed citie, and euerie principal citie, and [::] shal cut downe al fruiteful trees, and shal ſtoppe vp al fountaines of waters, and euerie goodlie field you shal couer with ſtones.

20 It came to paſſe therfore in the morning, when they vſed to offer the ſacrifice, and behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the ground was filled with waters.

21 But al the Moabites hearing that the kinges were come vp to fight againſt them, they called together al that were girded with a belt vpon them, and they ſtoode in the borders.

22 And ryſing early in the morning, and the ſunne being now riſen ouer againſt the waters, the Moabites ſaw the waters ouer againſt them red, as it were bloud,

23 and ſaid: It is the bloud of the ſword: the kinges haue fought among them ſelues, and are ſlaine one of an other: now goe on forward to the pray, Moab.

24 And they went forward into the campe of Iſrael: Moreouer Iſrael ryſing vp, ſtroke Moab: but they fled before them. They therfore that had ouercome, came and ſtroke Moab,

25 and deſtroyed the cities: & euerie principal field they filled euerie man caſting ſtones: and they ſtopt vp al the fountaines of waters: and cut downe al trees that bare fruite, ſo that there remained onlie brike walles: and the citie was beſette of the ſlingers, and for a great part therof was ſtrooken.

26 Which when the king of Moab had ſeene, to witte, that the enemies had preuayled, he tooke with him ſeuen hundred men that drew ſword, to breake in vpon the king of Edom: and they could not.

27 And taking his firſt begotten ſonne, that should haue reigned for him, he offered him an holocauſt vpon the wal: and there was great indignation in Iſrael, and forthwith they retyred from him, and returned into their countrie.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 19 [::] It was forbi⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Deut. 20. to cut downe fruict trees in the land of Chanaan, which the Iſraelite ſhould poſſeſſe, but the land of Moab perteyned not to them and ⟨illegible⟩o⟨illegible⟩ was ⟨illegible⟩ot prohibited to an⟨illegible⟩y that countrie vpon iuſt offence.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Eliſeus ſo multiplieth a poore widowes oyle, that she payeth her debtes, and liueth of the reſt. 8. By his prayers a Sunamite Woman hath a ſonne. 18. which dying he rayſeth to life. 38. He taketh away the bitternes of coloquintida, which by chance was put in the potte, 42. and feedeth manie with few loaues.

1 AND a certayne woman of the wiues of the prophetes cried to Eliſeus, ſaying: Thy ſeruant my huſband is dead, and thou knoweſt that thy ſeruant was one that feared God, & behold the creditour is come to take away my two ſonnes to ſerue him.

2 To whom Eliſeus ſayd: What wilt thou that I doe for thee? Tel me, what haſt thou in thy houſe? But she anſwered: I thy handmaid haue nothing in my houſe, but a litle oyle, to anoynt me withal.

3 To whom he ſayd: Goe, borrow of al thy neighbours emptie veſſels not a few.

4 And goe in, and shut thy doore, when thou art within, thou and thy ſonnes: and powre therof into al theſe veſſels: and when they shal be ful, thou ſhalt take them away.

5 The woman therfore went, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her ſonnes: they brought her veſſels, and she powred in.

6 And when the veſſels were ful, she ſayd to her ſonne: Bring me yet a veſſel. And he anſwered: I haue none. And the oile ſtood.

7 And she came, and told the man of God. And he ſayde, Goe, ſel the oyle, and pay thy creditour: and thou and thy ſonnes liue of the reſt:

8 And there came a certayne day, and Eliſeus paſſed by Sunam: and there was there a great woman, which held him to eate bread: and when he paſſed often that way, he turned in to her to eate bread.

9 Who ſayd to her huſband: I perceiue that this is a holie man of God, which paſſeth by vs often.

10 bet vs therfore make him a litle chamber, and ſette him a litle bed in it, and a table, and a ſtoole, and a candleſticke, that when he cometh to vs he may tarie there.

11 There came therfore a certayne day, and coming he turned in to the chamber, and reſted there.

12 And he ſayd to Giezi his ſeruant: Call this Sunamite. Who when he had called her, and she ſtoode before him,

13 he ſayd to his ſeruant: Speake to her: Behold thou haſt diligently miniſtred to vs in al thinges, what wilt thou that I doe for thee? haſt thou any buſines, and wilt thou that I ſpeake to the king, or the general of the warrefare? Who anſwered: I dwel in the middes of myne owne people.

14 And he ſayd: What wil she then that I doe for her? And Giezi ſayd: Aske not: for she hath no ſonne, and her huſband is old.

15 He therfore cōmanded him to cal her: who when she was called, and ſtoode before the doore,

16 he ſayd to her: At this tyme, this ſelf ſame houre, if life accompanie, thou shalt haue a ſonne in thy wombe. But she anſwered: Doe not I beſech thee my lord, man of God, doe not lie to thy handmayd.

17 And the woman conceiued, and brought forth a ſonne in that time, and in the ſelf ſame houre, that Eliſeus had ſayd.

18 And the childe grewe. And vpon a certaine day, when going forth he went to his father, vnto the reapers,

19 he ſayd to his father: My head aketh, my head aketh. But he ſaid to his ſeruant, take him, and bring him to his mother,

20 who when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she ſette him vpon her knees vntil noone, and he dyed.

21 And she went vp, and laid him vpon the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore: and going forth

22 called her husband, and ſayd: Send with me, I beſech thee, one of the ſeruantes, and an aſſe, that I may runne to the man of God, and returne.

23 Who ſayd to her: For what cauſe doeſt thou goe to him? The Calendes be not to day, nor the Sabbath. Who anſwered: I wil goe.

24 And she ſadled the aſſe, and commanded her ſeruant: driue, and make haſt, make no ſtay in going. And doe that which I command thee.

25 She therfore went forward, and came to the man of God into mount Carmel: and when the man of God ſaw her ouer againſt him, he ſaid to Giezi his ſeruant: Behold that Sunamite.

26 Goe therfore to meete her, and ſay to her: Is al wel about thee, and about thy husband, and about thy ſonne? Who anſwered: Wel.

27 And when she was come to the man of God into the mount, she caught his feet: and Giezi came to remoue her. And the man of God ſaid: Let her alone, for her ſoule is in anguish, and our Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

28 Who ſaid to him: Did I aske a ſonne of my Lord? Did I not ſay to thee: Mocke me not?

29 And he ſaid to Giezi: Girde thy loynes, and take my ſtaffe in thy hand, & goe. If a man meete thee, ſalute him not: and if any man ſalute thee, anſwer him not: and thou ſhalt put my ſtaffe vpon the face of the childe.

30 Moreouer the mother of the childe ſaid: Our Lord liueth, and thy ſoul liueth, I wil not leaue thee. He aroſe therfore, and folowed her.

31 But Giezi was gone before them, and had put the ſtaffe vpon the face of the childe, & there was not voice, nor ſenſe: and he returned to meete him, and told him, ſaying: [::] The childe is not riſen.

32 Eliſeus therfore went into the houſe, and behold the childe lay dead on his bed:

33 and going in he shut the doore vpon him, & vpon the childe & prayed to our Lord.

34 And he went vp, and lay vpon the childe: and he put his mouth vpon his mouth, & his eies vpon his eies & his handes vpon his handes: and he bowed him ſelf ouer him, and the childes fleſh was warmed

35 But he returning, walked vp and downe in the houſe, once hither & thither: & he went vp and lay vpon him: and the childe gaped ſeuen tymes, and opened his eies.

36 And he called Gierzi, & ſaid to him: Call this Sunamite. Who being called, went in vnto him: Who ſaid: Take thy ſonne.

37 She came, and fel at his feete, and adored vpon the ground: and tooke her ſonne, and went out,

38 and Eliſeus returned into Galgal And there was a famine in the land, and the children of the prophetes dwelt before him; and he ſayd to one of his ſeruantes: Sette on a greate potte, and ſeeth broth for the children of the prophetes.

39 And one went out into the field to gather wilde herbes: and he found as it were a wilde vine, and gathered of it the colocynthides of the field, and filled his mantel, and returning cut it into the potte of broth, for he knew not what it was.

40 They therfore powred it to their felowes, to eate: and when they had taſted of the broth, they cried, ſaying: Death is in the potte, man of God. And they could not eate.

41 But he ſayd: Bring meale, and when they had brought it, he caſt it into the potte, and ſaid: powere in for the multitude, that they may eate. And there was no more anie bitterneſſe in the potte.

42 And a certaine man came from Baa⟨illegible⟩ſah⟨illegible⟩a bringing to the man of God loaues of the firſt fruites, twentie barley loaues, and new wheate in his ſcrippe. But he ſaid: Geue to the people, that they may eate.

43 And his ſeruant anſwered him: How much is this, that I ſhould ſette it before an hundred men? Agayne he ſaid: Geue to the people, that they may eate: for thus ſaith our Lord: They ſhal eate, and there shal be leaft.

44 He therfore ſette it before them: who did eate, and there was leaft according to the word of our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 1 The Epiſtle on Teuſday in the third weke of Lent.
• 24 The Epiſtle on Thurſday in the 4. weke of Lent.
• 31 [::] God ſent his law by his ſeruant, and it auailed not to mankinde dead in ſinnes. But he coming & accommodating himſelf to our infirmitie, participating our death we are quicned So S Auguſting myſtically applieth this figuratiue miracle to Chriſt and his Church li. 1⟨illegible⟩. c. ⟨illegible⟩5. cont. Faſt. Manich and manielike thinges of the old Teſtament he ſheweth to be figures of the new.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Naaman the general captaine of Syria is clenſed of deproſie, by washing him ſelf as Eliſeus appointeth him ſeuen times in ⟨illegible⟩oraan. 15. profeſseth his bel of in one God promiſing to ſerue him. 20. Giezi taketh giftes of Naaman, 25. and is ſtricken with leproſie.

1 NAAMAN the General of the warfare of the king of Syria, was a great man with his lord, and honorable: for by him our Lord gaue health to Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper.

2 Moreouer out of Syria there were come forth robbers, and had led away captiue out of the Land of Iſrael a litle girle, which wayted vpon the wife of Naaman.

3 Who ſaid to her maiſtreſſe: I would my lord had bene with the prophete, that is in Samaria: ſurely he would haue cured him from the leproſie, which he hath

4 Naaman therfore went into his lord, and told him ſaying: Thus and thus hath the wench of the Land of Iſrael ſpoken.

5 And the king of Syria ſayd to him: Goe, & I wil ſend letters to the king of Iſrael Who when he was ſette forward, and had taken with him ten talentes of ſiluer, and ſix thouſand peces of gold, and ten change of rayment,

6 he brought the letters to the king of Iſrael, in theſe wordes: when thou shalt receiue this letter, know that I haue ſent to thee Naaman my ſeruant, that thou mayeſt cure him of his leproſie.

7 And when the king of Iſrael had read the letters, he rent his garmentes, and ſaid: Am I God, that I can kil, and geue life, becauſe this man hath ſent to me, that I should cure a man of his leproſie? marke, and ſee that he ſeeketh occaſions againſt me.

8 Which when Eliſeus the man of God had heard, to witte, that the king of Iſrael had rent his garmentes, he ſent to him, ſaying: Why haſt thou rent thy garmentes? let him come to me and let him know that there is a prophet in Iſrael.

9 Naaman therfore came with horſes and chariotes, and ſtood at the doore of the houſe of Eliſeus:

10 and Eliſeus ſent a meſſenger to him, ſaying: Goe and be washed ſeuen times in Iordan, and thy flesh shal receiue health, and thou shalt be cleane.

11 Naaman being angrie departed, ſaying: I thought he would come out to me, and ſtanding would inuocate the name of the Lord his God, and touch with his hand the place of the leproſie, and cure me.

12 What are not Abana, and Pharphar the riuers of Damaſcus, better then al the waters of Iſrael, that I may be washed in them, and be made cleane? Therfore when he had turned him ſelf, and went away with indignation,

13 his ſeruantes came vnto him, & ſpake to him: Father, & if the prophet had ſayd a great thing to thee, certes, thou shouldeſt haue done it: how much more wheras now he ſayd vnto thee: Be washed, and thou shalt be cleane?

14 He went downe, & washed in Iordan ſeuen times according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was reſtored, as the flesh of a litle childe, & he was made cleane.

15 And returning to the man of God with al his trayne, he came, and ſtood before him, & ſayd: In very deede I know that there is no other God in al the earth, but only in Iſrael. I beſech the therfore to take a benediction of thy ſeruant.

16 But he anſwered: Our Lord liueth, before whom I ſtand, I wil not take it. And when he would haue forced him, he did in nowiſe agree.

17 And Naaman ſayd: As thou wilt, but I beſech thee: graunt vnto me thy ſeruant, that I may take of [::] the earth the burden of two mules: for thy ſeruant wil no more make holocauſt, or victimes to ſtrange goddes, but to the Lord.

18 But this onlie is it, for which thou shalt beſech the Lord for thy ſeruant, when my maiſter shal goe into the temple of Remmon, to adore: and he leaning vpon my hand, if I shal adore in the temple of Remmon, he adoring in the ſame place, that the Lord pardon me thy ſeruant for this thing.

19 Who ſayd to him: “ Goe in peace. He therfore went from him in the ſpring time of the earth.

20 And [::] Giezi the ſeruant of the man of God ſayd: My maiſter hath ſpared Naaman this Syrian, that he tooke not of him the things which he brought: Our Lord liueth, I wil runne after him, and wil take ſome thing of him.

21 And Giezi folowed at the backe of Naaman: whom when he ſaw running toward him, he lept downe from his chariote to mete him, and ſaid: Are al thinges wel?

22 And he ſaid: Wel. my maiſter hath ſent me to thee, ſaying: Euen now there are come to me two yong men from mount Ephraim, of the children of the prophetes: geue them a talent of ſiluer, and two change of rayment.

23 And Naaman ſayd: It is better that thou take two talentes. And he forced him, & bound the two talentes of ſiluer in two bagges, and the duble rayment, & layd it vpon two of his ſeruantes, who alſo caried it before him.

24 And when he was come now in the euening, he tooke it out of their hand, & layd it vp in the houſe, & diſmiſſed the men, and they departed.

25 And himſelf going in, ſtood before his maiſter. And Eliſeus ſaid: From whence comeſt thou Giezi? Who anſwered: Thy ſeruant hath not gone any whither.

26 But he ſayd: Was not my hart preſent, when the man returned out of his chariote to meete thee? Now therfore thou haſt receiued ſiluer, and taken rayment, to bye oliuetes, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and ſeruantes, and handmaides.

27 But the leproſie alſo of Naaman shal cleaue to thee, and to thy ſeede, for euer. And he went out from him a leper as it were ſnow.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 The Epiſtle on Munday in the 3▪ weke of Lent.
• 17 [::] In reſpect of Gods ſpecial electing and ſāctifying the land of Chanaan, by his true religion, Naaman rightly eſtemed that earth fitter for an altar then the earth of his owne countrie.
• 20 [::] Giezi prefigured Iudas the falſe Apoſtle of Chriſt▪ and al thoſe that buy or ſel ſpiritual thinges for money who by their auarice loſe Gods grace, and gaine infamie in this world, and eternal damnation in the next. S. Aug. ſer. 208. de tempore.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. V.

19 Goe in peace.] Shciſmatiques, as they are commonly (but improperly) now called in England, which being in mind and iudgement Catholiques, goe [Margin: The caſe of going to heretical ſeruice, and Naamans going to the temple of an idol differ in diuers reſpectes. Difference of times.] ſometimes to Proteſtantes common prayers, or ⟨illegible⟩mons, draw an excuſe of their fact, from this warrant of the Prophet, permitting a Nobleman of Syria to goe and ſerue his king in the temple, when he adored an Idol. But whoſoeuer wil duly conſider this example, ſhal find great difference in reſpect of the times, places, perſons, and of the very doubtes propoſed, betwen this mans caſe and ours. For before Chriſts Goſpel was promulgate, neither al Articles of faith were ſo expreſly taught, nor the external profeſſion therof ſo ſtrictly commanded, as now they are in time of more grace, which geueth more ayde to mans weaknes, wherin alſo more perfection is required, and therfore our Sauiour exacteth of al to confeſſe him, and his Religion, before men: els he vvil denie them before his Father. Likewiſe in the place▪ where this Nobleman dwelt, his [Margin: Mat. 10.] preſence in the temple, and ſeruice to the king, could not be accounted a reuolt from true religion, which was neuer profeſſed there, nor be ſcandalous to anie [Margin: Of places.] man being al Infidels: but in a chriſtian countrie; where al beare the name of Chriſtians, eſpecially where men are at controuerſie about the true Chriſtian religion, al that frequent, or repaire to the ſame aſſemblies, for publique ſeruice of God, are reputed to be of the ſame religion; or els diſſemblers, as it were to haue no care of religion, knowing God, and not glorifying him as God. [Margin: Rom. 1. 2. Pet. 1.] and reuolting from the truth which they had lerned. The difference alſo of perſons [Margin: Of perſons.] is great. For this Nobleman hauing before his conuerſion ſerued his king, in the office of ſuſtayning him, when he bowed to the Idol, if he ſhould haue refuſed to do the ſame, it would rather haue bene ſuppoſed, that he diſdained his Maiſter, or ſhewed diſloyaltie, then thought, that he refrayned for religion: wheras in our caſe, verie few do ſuch temporal ſeruice, about the king in the church: and ſuch as doe carrie the ſword, ſcepter, or the like, are accounted of that religion, which is there practiſed; except they manifeſt the contrarie, as this man did, and our men commonly do not. Yea if anie do ſay they are Catholiques, and yet goe to the Proteſtantes church, they are counted of that rank, S. Paul ſpeaketh of, which confeſse they knovv God, but denie him in their deedes. [Margin: Tit. ⟨illegible⟩.] And thoſe which refuſe ſuch an office, can not be iudged diſloyal, becauſe it [Margin: The thinges demanded differ much.] is ſufficiently knowne, that Catholiques refuſe of mere conſcience. An other moſt eſpecial difference is in the thinges demanded. This Syrian promiſing expreſly before the Prophet, and his owne great trayne, that he would neuer againe ſerue falſe goddes, and that he would ſerue the onlie true God, and for that purpoſe caried earth with him, to make an Altar for Sacrifice, and returning home preached the miracle wrought in himſelf, deſired not to doe anie thing, wherby he might ſeme to ſerue an Idol: but that when the king leaning vpon [Margin: D. ⟨illegible⟩iſtous Motiuo. 23.] him, ſhould adore Remmon, he might bow with his maiſter, not adoring the Idol, for he reſolued and promiſed the contrarie, but adoring God Almightie, in whom now he beleued. And this the Prophet approued, in that time, place, and perſon to be lawful. But thoſe that now in England goe to Proteſtants [Margin: Perſonal preſence at heretical ſeruice in England, a diſtinctiue ſigne of conformity to hereſie.] ſeruice, or ſermons, do neither publikly renounce al hereſies, not profeſſe to frequent Maſſe, the true Sacrifice of the Chriſtian Church, nor auouch the erecting of an Altar, but goe to church, to ſhew them ſelues obedient to the Parlament law, which abandoned the true Diuine Seruice, and in place therof appointed & commanded al to be preſent, at a new forme of common prayer, thereby making it a diſtinctiue ſigne of conformitie, and participation in that religion, which theſe diſſemblers in their conſciences know to be falſe.

This example therfore doth in no ſorte warrant their going to the heretical church: but contrariwiſe admoniſheth al to take reſolution in our caſe (as Naaman did in his) of our Eliſeus, or ſpiritual Superior, and if he should ſay: Goe in peace, then might they pleade an excuſe, but he ſayth: None can goe without incurring greuous ſinne, and eternal damnation The caſe being ſo much different from Naamans. It is in deede more like to that of Eleazatus, and other Machabees, who were commanded by eating ſvvines flesh, to depart from the lavv of [Margin: A caſe very like to ours] [Margin: 2. Machab. ⟨illegible⟩. 7.] God, and their fathers. VVhich by no meanes was lawful to doe, nor to make ſhew of doing it, but rather to dye, as they did moſt gloriouſly.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. Eliſeus maketh iron to ſwimme vpon the water: 8. leadeth the king of Syria his men (ſent to apprehend him) blindly into Samaria. 20. vvhere their eyes being opened, they are curtouſly intertained, and freely diſmiſsed. 24. The Syrians beſiege Samaria. 26. For extreme famine a mother eateth her child. 31. And the king commandeth to kil Eliſeus.

1 AND the children of the prophetes ſayd to Eliſeus: Behold the place, wherin we dwel before thee is ſtreite for vs.

2 Let vs goe as far as Iotdan, and take out of the wood euerie man ſome timber, that we may build there a place to dwel in. Who ſaid: Goe.

3 And one of them ſayd: Come therfore thou alſo with thy ſeruantes. He anſwered: I wil come.

4 And he went with them. And when they were come to Iordan they cut wood.

5 And it chanced, that when one had cut downe timber, the head of the axe fel into the water: and he cried out, and ſaid: Alas alas alas my lord, this ſame alſo I [::] did borow.

6 And the man of God ſayd: where ⟨illegible⟩el it? and he ſhewed him the place: he therfore cut of a pece of wood, and caſt it thither: and the yron did ſwimme,

7 and he ſaid: Take it vp. Who ſtretched forth his hand, and tooke it.

8 And the king of Syria fought againſt Iſrael, and tooke counſel with his ſeruantes, ſaying: In that and that place let vs lay embuſhementes.

9 Therfore the man of God ſent to the king of Iſrael, ſaying: Beware thou paſſe not into ſuch a place: becauſe the Syrians are there in embushementes.

10 The king of Iſrael therfore ſent to the place, which the man of God had told him, and preuented him, and looked wel to himſelf there not once or twiſe.

11 And the hart of the king of Syria was trubled for this thing. And calling together his ſeruantes, he ſayd: Why doe you not tel me who is the betraier of me to the king of Iſrael?

12 And one of his ſeruantes ſayd: Not ſo my lord king, but Eliſeus the prophet, which is in Iſrael, telleth the king of Iſrael al wordes, whatſoeuer thou ſhalt ſpeake in thy priuy chamber.

13 And he ſayd to them: Goe, and ſee where he is: that I may ſend, and take him. And they told him, ſaying: Behold in Dothan.

14 He therfore ſent thither horſes and chariotes, and the force of his armie: who when they were come in the night, they beſette the citie.

15 And the ſeruant of the man of God riſing early, went out, and ſaw an armie round about the citie, and horſes and chariotes: and he told him, ſaying: Alas alas alas my lord, what shal we doe.

16 But he anſwered: Feare not: for there are more with vs then with them.

17 And when Eliſeus had prayed, he ſayd: Lord open the eies of this man, that he may ſee. And our Lord opened the eies of the ſeruant, and [::] he behold: and loe the mountaine ful of horſes, and of firie chariotes round about Eliſeus.

18 But the enemies went downe to him: moreouer Eliſeus prayed to our Lord, ſaying: Strike, I beſech thee, this people with blindeneſſe. And our Lord ſmote them, that they ſaw not, according to the word of Eliſeus.

19 And Eliſeus ſayd to them: This is not the way neither is this the citie: folow me, & I wil shew you the man, whom you ſeeke. He therfore led them into Samaria:

20 and when they were entered into Samaria, Eliſeus ſaid: Lord open the eies of theſe men, that they may ſee. And our Lord opened their eies, and they ſaw them ſelues to be in the middes of Samaria.

21 And the king of Iſrael ſaid to Eliſeus, when he had ſene them: Shal I ſtrike them, my father?

22 And he ſaid: Thou shalt not ſtrike them: for thou didſt not take them with thy ſword, and thy bow, that thou mayſt ſtrike them: but [::] ſet bread and water before them, that they may eate and drinke, and goe to their maiſter.

23 And a great preparation of meates was ſette before them, and they did eate and drinke, and he diſmiſſed them, and they went away to their maiſter, and the robbers of Syria came no more into the Land▪ of Iſrael.

24 And it came to paſſe after theſe thinges, Benadad the king of Syria gathered together al his armie, and went vp, and beſieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and ſo long it was beſieged, til the head of an aſſe was ſold for foure ſcore ſiluer peeces, & the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons dung, for fiue ſiluer peeces.

26 And when the king of Iſrael paſſed by the wall, a certayne woman cried out to him, ſaying: Saue me my lord king.

27 Who ſayd: No, our Lord ſaue thee: how can I ſaue thee? of the floore, or of the preſſe? And the king ſayd to her: What ayleth thee? Who anſwered:

28 This woman ſayd to me: Geue thy ſonne, that we may eate him to day, & my ſonne we wil eate to morrow.

29 We therfore boyled my ſonne, and did eate him. And I ſayd to her the next day: Geue thy ſonne, that we may eate him. Who hath hid her ſonne.

30 Which when the king had heard, he rent his garmentes, and paſſed by the wal. And al the people ſaw the hearecloth, which he ware next vpon his flesh.

31 And the king ſayd: Theſe thinges doe God to me, and theſe adde he, if the head of Eliſeus the ſonne of Saphat shal ſtand vpon him this day.

32 But Eliſeus ſate in his houſe, and the ancientes ſate with him. He therfore ſent a man before: and before that meſſenger came, he ſayd to the ancientes: Doe you know that this murderers ſonne hath ſent to cut of my head? See therfore, when the meſſenger shal come, ſhut the doore, and ſuffer him not to enter in: for behold the ſound of his maiſters feete is behinde him.

33 Whiles he was yet ſpeaking to them, the meſſenger appeared, which came to him. And he ſayd: Behold, this ſo great euil is of our Lord: what shal I looke for more of our Lord?

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 5 [::] His grief was g⟨illegible⟩ it, becauſe he ha⟨illegible⟩ not meanes to recompence the loſſe to the owne⟨illegible⟩.
• 17 [::] A huſband▪ man, in yorkſhire called Ketle had the gift to ſee euil ſpirites, wherby he often detected & ⟨illegible⟩red their ⟨illegible⟩ad purpoſes. ⟨illegible⟩. brig. li. ⟨illegible⟩. c. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Rer. Anglic.
• 22 [::] By bread and water is vnderſtood ordinarie meate and drinck. v. 2⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Eliſeus prophecieth plentie of corne the next day, and death to a chief man that wil not beleue it. 3. Foure Lepers going to yeld themſelues to the Syrians, 6. who by Gods prouidence are frighted and fled away, 9. bring newes therof to Samaria, 12. which by trial is found true, 16. And ſo there is plentie of corne, and the incredulous nobleman is trod to death, with preſſe of multitude in the gate, as the prophet fortold.

1 AND Eliſeus ſayd: Heare ye the word of our Lord: Thus ſayth our Lord: At this time to morow a bushel of floure shal be at one ſtater, and two bushels of barley at one ſtater, in the gate of Samaria.

2 One of the Dukes, vpon whoſe hand the king leaned, anſwearing the man of God, ſayd: If our Lord shal make fludgates in heauen, [::] can that poſſibly be which thou ſpeakeſt? Who ſayd: Thou ſhalt ſee it with thine eies, and shalt not eate therof.

3 There were therfore▪ foure men lepers, beſide the entrance of the gate: who ſayd one to an other: What meane we to be here til we die?

4 Whether we enter into the citie, we shal die for famine: or whether we tarie here, die we muſt: come therfore, and let vs runne away to the campe of Syria. If they ſpare vs, we shal liue: but if they wil kil vs, we shal die neuertheleſſe.

5 They aroſe therfore in the euening, to come to the campe of Syria. And when they were come to the beginning of the campe of Syria, they found no man there.

6 For our Lord had made them in the campe of Syria to heare the ſound of chariotes, and horſes, and of a verie great armie: and they ſayd one to an other: Behold the king of Iſrael hath for wages hyred agaynſt vs the kinges of the Hetheites, and of the Aegyptians, and they are come vpon vs.

7 They aroſe therfore, and fled in the darke, and leaft their tentes, and their horſes and aſſes in the campe, and fled deſirous to ſaue their liues only.

8 Therfore when theſe lepers were come to the beginning of the campe, they entered into one tabernacle, and did eate and drinke: and they tooke thence ſiluer, and gold, and rayment, and went, and hid it: againe they returned to an other tabernacle, and from thence likewiſe taking away they hid it.

9 And they ſaid one to an other: We doe not wel: for this is a day of good tydinges. If we ſhal hold our peace, and wil not tel vntil morning, we ſhal be blamed of a heinous offence: Come, let vs goe, and make report in the kinges court.

10 And when they were come to the gate of the citie, they told them ſaying: We went to the campe of Syria, and found no man there, but horſes, and aſſes tyed, and the tentes pitched.

11 The porters therfore went, and told it to the king within his palace.

12 Who aroſe in the night, & ſayd to his ſeruants: I tel you what the Syrians haue done to vs: They know that we ſuffer great famine, and therfore they are gone out of the campe and lie hid in the fieldes, ſaying: When they ſhal come forth out of the citie, we wil take them aliue, and then we may enter into the citie.

13 But one of his ſeruantes anſwered: Let vs take fiue horſes that are remaining in the citie (becauſe they onlie are in the whole multitude of Iſrael for the other are conſumed) and ſending, we may trie.

14 They brought therfore two horſes, and the king ſent into the campe of the Syrians, ſaying, Goe ye, and ſee.

15 Who went after them as far as Iordan: and behold al the way was ful of rayment, and veſſels, which the Syrians had caſt away, when they were amaſed, and the meſſengers returning told the king.

16 And the people going forth ſpoyled the campe of Syria: and a buſhel of floure became at one ſtater, and two buſhels of barley at one ſtater, according to the word of our Lord.

17 Moreouer the king appoynted that duke on whoſe hand he leaned, to ſtand at the gate: whom the multitude trode in the entrance of the gate, & he died, according as the man of God had ſpoken, when the king came downe to him

18 And it came to paſſe according to the word of the man of God, which he ſpake to the king, when he ſayd: Two bushels of barley shal be at one ſtater, and a bushel of floure at one ſtater, this verie tyme to morow it the gate of Samaria:

19 when that duke anſwered the man of God, and ſayd: Although our Lord would make fludgates in the heauen, can this be done which thou ſpeakeſt? And he ſaid to him: Thou shalt ſee with thine eies, and shal not eate therof.

20 It chanced therfore to him as it was foretold, and the people trode him in the gate, and he died.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 2 [::] Diſcourſe of mans reaſon can not reach to the powre of God, who can do al that he wil, and wil doe al that he ſaith: therfore the incredulous are iuſtly puniſhed. v. 20.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. After ſeuen yeares famine fortold by Eliſeus, the Sumanite Woman returning home, recouereth her landes and reuenewes. 7. Eliſeus forsheweth the death of Benadad king of Syria, and cruel reigne of Hazael. 16. Ioram reigning in Iuda, the Idumeans reuolt from him. alſo Lobna. 23. He dieth, and his ſonne Ochozias ſucceedeth.

1 AND Eliſeus ſpake to the woman, whoſe ſonne he reſtored to life, ſaying: Ariſe, goe thou and thy houſe, and ſoiourne wherſoeuer thou ſhalt finde: for our Lord hath called a famine, and it ſhal come vpon the land ſeuen yeares.

2 Who aroſe, & did according to the word of the man of God: & going with her houſhould, ſhe ſoiourned in the land of the Philiſtijms many dayes.

3 And when the ſeuen yeares were ended, the woman returned out of the Land of the Philiſthijms: and ſhe went forth to ſpeake to the king for her houſe, and for her landes.

4 And the king ſpake with Giezi the ſeruant of the man of God, ſaying: Tel me al the meruelous thinges that Eliſeus hath done.

5 And when he had told the king how he had rayſed a dead man, the woman appeared, whoſe ſonne he had reuiued, crying to the king for her houſe, and her landes. And Giezi ſayd: My lord king, this is the woman, and this is her ſonne, whom Eliſeus rayſed.

6 And the king asked the woman: who told him. And the king gaue her an eunuch, ſaying: Reſtore her al thinges that are hers, and al the reuenewes of the landes, from the day, that ſhe leaft the land vntil this preſent.

7 Eliſeus alſo came to Damaſcus, and Benadad the king of Syria was ſicke: and they told him, ſaying: The man of God cometh hither.

8 And the king ſayd to Hazael: Take with thee preſentes, and goe to meete the man of God, and conſult the Lord by him, ſaying: Can I eſcape of this myne infirmitie?

9 Hazael therfore went to meete him, hauing with him preſentes, and al good thinges of Damaſcus, the lodes of fourtie camels. And when he ſtood before him, he ſayd: Thy ſonne Benadad the king of Syria hath ſent me to thee, ſaying: Can I recouer of this mine infirmitie?

10 And Eliſeus ſayd to him: Goe, tel him: [::] Thou ſhalt be healed: but our Lord hath ſhewed me that dying he shal die.

11 And he ſtood with him, and was trubled ſo far that he blushed: and the man of God wept.

12 To whom Hazael ſayd: Why doeth my lord weepe? But he ſayd: Becauſe I know what euils thou wilt doe to the children of Iſrael. Their fenſed cities thou wilt burne with fyre, and their yongmen thou wilt kil with the ſword, and their litle ones thou wilt dash in peeces, and wemen with childe thou wilt diuide.

13 And Hazael ſayd: What am I thy ſeruant a dog, that I should doe this great thing? And Eliſeus ſayd: Our Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king of Syria.

14 Who when he was departed from Eliſeus, came to his maiſter, who ſayd to him: What ſayd Eliſeus to thee? But he anſwered: He told me: Thou shalt recouer health.

15 And when the next day was come, he tooke a couerlette, and powred water theron, and ſpred it vpon his face: who being dead, Hazael reigned for him.

16 In the fifth yeare of Ioram the ſonne of Achab the king of Iſrael, and of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda, reigned Ioram the ſonne of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda.

17 He was two and thirtie yeares old when he began to reigne, and he reigned eight yeares in Ieruſalem.

18 And he walked in the waies of the kinges of Iſrael, as the houſe of Achab had walked: for [::] the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which is euil in the ſight of our Lord.

19 But our Lord would not deſtroy Iuda, for Dauid his ſeruant, as he had promiſed him, to geue him a lampe to him, and to his children alwaies.

20 In his daies reuolted Edom, from being vnder Iuda, and made to it ſelf a king.

21 And Ioram came to Seira, and al the chariotes with him: and he aroſe in the night, and ſtroke the Idumeans, that had beſet him, and the captaynes of the chariotes, and the people fled into their tabernacles.

22 Edom therfore reuolted from being vnder Iuda, vntil this day. Then Lobna alſo reuolted at that time.

23 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioram, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the kinges of Iuda?

24 And Ioram ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the Citie of Dauid, and Ochozias his ſonne reigned for him.

25 In the twelfth yeare of Ioram the ſonne of Achab the king of Iſrael, reigned Ochozias the ſonne of Ioram the king of Iuda.

26 Two and twentie yeares old was Ochozias when he began to reigne, and he reigned one yeare in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri the king of Iſrael:

27 And he walked in the waies of the houſe of Achab: and he did that which is euil before our Lord, as the houſe of Achab: for he was the ſonne in lawe of the houſe of Achab.

28 He went alſo with Ioram the ſonne of Achab, to fight agaynſt Hazael the king of Syria in Ramoth Galaad, and the Syrians wounded Ioram:

29 Who returned to be cured, in Iezrahel: becauſe the Syrians wounded him in Ramoth fighting agaynſt Hazael the king of Syria. Moreouer Ochozias the ſonne of Ioram the king of Iuda, went downe to viſite Ioram the ſonne of Achab into Iezrahel, becauſe he was ſicke there.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 10 [::] This was true in ſome ſenſe, ſicknes ending when death came.
• 18 [::] Athalia v. 26. is called the daughter of Amri. VVherfore it ſemeth that either ſhe was the adopted daughter of her brother Achab, or is there called the daughter of her grandfather.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. Iehu is anointed king of Iſrael, 7. to deſtroy the houſe of Athab and Iezabel. 14. He preſently killeth Ioram king of Iſrael, 27. Likewiſe Ochozias king of Iuda. 30. alſo Iezabel, who is eaten by dogges.

1 AND Eliſeus the prophete called one of the children of the prophetes, and ſayd to him: Girde thy loynes, and take this litle boxe of oyle in thy hand, and goe into Ramoth Galaad.

2 And when thou ſhalt come thither, thou ſhalt ſee Iehu the ſonne of Ioſaphat the ſonne of Namſi: and going in thou ſhalt rayſe him out of the middes of his brethren, and shalt bring him into an innter chamber.

3 And holding the litle boxe of oyle, thou shalt powre vpon his head, and shalt ſay: Thus ſayth our Lord: I haue anoynted thee king ouer Iſrael. And thou shalt open the doore, and flee, and shalt not ſtay there.

4 The yongman therfore the childe of a prophete went into Ramoth Galaad,

5 and entered in thither: and behold the captaynes of the armie ſate, and he ſayd: I haue a word to thee o prince: And Iehu ſayd: to whom of vs al? But he ſayd: To thee o prince.

6 And he aroſe, and went into the chamber: but he powred oyle vpon his head, and ſayd: Thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: I haue anoynted thee king ouer the people of the Lord of Iſrael,

7 and thou shalt ſtrike the houſe of Achab thy maiſter, and I wil reuenge the bloud of my ſeruantes the prophetes, and the bloud of al the ſeruantes of the Lord of the hand of Iezabel

8 And I wil deſtroy al the houſe of Achab, and wil kil of Achab him that piſſeth agaynſt a wal, and the shut vp, and the meaneſt in Iſrael.

9 And I wil make the houſe of Achab, as the houſe of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, and as the houſe of Baaſa the ſonne of Ahias.

10 Iezabel alſo the dogges ſhal eate in the field of Iezrahel, neither shal there be anie to burie her. And he opened the doore, and fled.

11 And Iehu went forth to his maiſters ſeruantes. Who ſaid to him: Are al thinges wel? Why came this madde man to thee? Who ſayd to them: You know the man, and what he ſpake.

12 But they anſwered: It is falſe, but rather doe thou tel vs. Who ſayd to them: Thus and thus he ſpake to me: and he ſayd: Thus ſayth our Lord, I haue anoynted thee king ouer Iſrael.

13 They therfore made haſt, and euerie man taking his mantel layd it vnder his feete, after the ſimilitude of a iudgement ſeate, & they ſounded the trumpet, and ſayd: Iehu hath the kingdom.

14 Iehu therfore the ſonne of Ioſaphat the ſonne of Namſi conſpired agaynſt Ioram: Moreouer Ioram had beſieged Ramoth Galaad, he, and al Iſrael agaynſt Hazael the king of Syria:

15 and was returned to be cuted in Iezrael of the woundes, for the Syrians had wounded him, fighting againſt Hazael the king of Syria. And Iehu ſayd: If it pleaſe you, let no man goe forth fugitiue out of the citie, le⟨illegible⟩t he goe, and tel in Iezrahel.

16 And he mounted, and went into Iezrahel: for Ioram was ſicke there, and Ochozias the king of Iuda was come downe to viſite Ioram.

17 The watchman therfore, that ſtood vpon the toure of Iezrahel, ſaw the troupe of Iehu coming, & ſaid: I ſee a troupe. And Ioram ſaid: Take a Chariote, and ſend to meete them, and let him that goeth ſay: Are al thinges wel?

18 He went therfore, that was gotten vp into the chariote, to meete him, and ſayd: Thus ſaith the king: Are al thinges peaceable? And Iehu ſayd: What haſt thou to doe with peace? paſſe, and folow me. The watchman alſo told, ſaying: The meſſenger came to them, & returneth not.

19 He ſent alſo the ſecond chariote of horſes: and he came to them, and ſaid: Thus ſayth the king: Is there peace? And Iehu ſayd: What haſt thou to doe with peace? paſſe, and folow me.

20 And the watchman told, ſaying: He is come as far as they, & returneth not: and it is the pace as it were the pace of Iehu the ſonne of Namſi, for he goeth amayne.

21 And Ioram ſayd: Make readie the chariote. And they made readie his chariote, and Ioram the king of Iſrael went forth, and Ochozias the king of Iuda, ech in their chariotes, and they went forth to meete Iehu, and found him in the field of Naboth the Iezrahelite.

22 And when Ioram had ſeene Iehu, he ſayd: Is there peace Iehu? But he anſwered: What peace? The fornications of Iezabel thy mother, and her manie ſorceries are in their vigour.

23 And Ioram turned his hand, and fleing ſayd to Ochozias: Treaſon Ochozias.

24 Moreouer Iehu bent his bow with his hand, and ſtroke Ioram betwen the shoulders: and the arrow went out through his hart, and immediatly he fel in his chariote.

25 And Iehu ſayd to captaine Badacer: Take him, throwe him forth in the field of Naboth the Iezrahelite: for I remember when I and thou ſitting in a chariote did folow Achab this mans father, that our Lord lifted vp this burden vpon him, ſaying:

26 If not for the bloud of Naboth, and for the bloud of his children, which I ſaw yeſterday, ſayth our Lord, I requi⟨illegible⟩e thee not in this field ſayth our Lord. Now therfore take him, and throw him into the field according to the word of our Lord▪

27 But Ochozias the king of Iuda ſeing this, fled by the way of the houſe of the garden: and Iehu purſewed him, and ſaid: This man alſo ſtrike ye in his chariote. And they ſtroke him in the going vp of Ganer, which is beſide Ieblaam: who fled into Mageddo, and died there.

28 And his ſeruantes layd him vpon his chariote, and caried him into Ieruſalem: and they buried him there in his ſepu⟨illegible⟩chre with his fathers in the Citie of Dauid.

29 In the eleuenth yeare of Ioram the ſonne of Achab, reigned Ochozias ouer Iuda,

30 and Iehu came into Iezrahel. Moreouer Iezabel hearing of his entrance, paynted her face with ſtibicke ſtone, and decked her head, and beheld through the window

31 Iehu coming at the gate, and ſayd: Can there be peace to Zambri, that killed his maiſter?

32 And Iehu lifted vp his face to the window, and ſayd: What is she? And two or three eunuches bowed them ſelues to him.

33 But he ſayd to them: Caſt her downe headlong, & they threw her downe and the wal was ſprinkled with the bloud, and the hoofes of the horſes trode her.

34 And when he was entered in, to eate, and to drinke, he ſayd: Goe, and ſee that curſed woman, and burie her: becauſe she is a kinges daughter.

35 And when they went to burie her, they found nothing but the skul, and the feete, and the extreme partes of the handes.

36 And returning they told him. And Iehu ſayd: It is the word of our Lord, which he ſpake by his ſeruant Elias the Theſbite, ſaying: In the field of Iezrahel shal the dogges eate the flesh of Iezabel,

37 and the flesh of Iezabel shal be as dung vpon the face of the earth in the field of Iezrahel, ſo that they which paſſe by shal ſay: Is this that ſame Iezabel?

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 26 VVhen Naboth was falſly accuſed & vniuſtly ſtoned to death, as if he had bla⟨illegible⟩phe med God, and curſed the king, for his pretended crimes, his ſonnes were alſo ſlaine, and his landes and goodes con⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ate: which appea⟨illegible⟩eth by the kings preſent going to poſie⟨illegible⟩e the vinyard. 3. Reg⟨illegible⟩ 21.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. The Samaritanes fearing the force of Iehu, chooſe no other king, but offer him their ſeruice: 6. and by his commandment kil the late kings ſeuentie ſonnes. 12. Fourtie two brothers of Ochazias late king of Iuda are ſlaine. 15. Iehu making league with Ionadab, vtterly deſtroyeth Achabs houſe. 18. by a ſtratagem killeth al the worshippers of Baal, 26. burneth his ſtatua, & turneth his temple into a iakes: 28. but maintaineth Ieroboams golden calues. 32, The Aſyrians afflict Iſrael. 34. Ieh⟨illegible⟩ dieth, and his ſonne Ioachaz reigneth▪

1 AND Achab had ſeuentie ſonnes in Samaria: Iehu therfore wrote letters, and ſent into Samaria to the chiefe of the citie, and to the ancientes, and to them that brought vp Achabs children, ſaying:

2 As ſowne as you shal receiue theſe letters, ye that haue your maiſters ſonnes, and chariotes, and horſes, and fenſed cities, and armou⟨illegible⟩,

3 chooſe the better, and him that shal pleaſe you of your maiſters ſonnes, and ſet him vpon his fathers throne, and fight for the houſe of your lord.

4 They were ſore afrayd, and ſayd: Behold two kinges could not ſtand before him, and how ſhal we be able to reſiſt?

5 The ouerſeers therfore of the houſe, and the rulers of the citie, and the ancientes, and the tutors ſent to Iehu, ſaying: We are thy ſeruantes, whatſoeuer thou shalt command we wil doe, neither wil we make vs a king: Doe thou whatſoeuer pleaſeth thee.

6 And he wrote letters to them agayne, the ſecond tyme, ſaying: If you be mine, and obey me, take the heades of your maiſters ſonnes, and come to me this verie houre to morow into Iezrahel. Moreouer the kinges ſonnes, ſeuentie men were brought vp with the chiefe of the citie.

7 And when the letters were come to them, they tooke the kinges ſonnes, and ſlew ſeuentie men, and put their heades in baskets, and ſent them to him into Iezrahel.

8 And a meſſenger came▪ & told him, ſaying: They haue brought the heades of the kinges ſonnes. Who anſwered: Lay them in two heapes by the entrance of the gate vntil morning.

9 And when it was light, he went forth, and ſtanding ſayd to al the people: You are iuſt: If I haue conſpired agaynſt my maiſter, and haue ⟨illegible⟩ayne him, who hath ſtrooken al theſe?

10 See therfore now there hath not fallen of the wordes of our Lord on the ground, which our Lord ſpake vpon the houſe of Achab, and our Lord hath done that which he ſpake in the hand of his ſeruant Elias.

11 Iehu therfore ſmote al that were leaft of the houſe of Achab in Iezrahel, and al his nobles, and familiars, and prieſtes, til there remayned no reliques of him.

12 And he aroſe, and came into Samaria: and when he was come to the cabbin of the ⟨illegible⟩hepeheardes in the way,

13 he found the brethren of Ochozias the king of Iuda, and he ſayd to them: What are you? Who anſwered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come downe to ſalute the kinges ſonnes, and the queenesſonnes.

14 Who ſayd: Take them aliue. Whom when they had taken aliue, they killed them in a ceſterne beſide the cabbin, two and fourtie men, and he leaft not any of them.

15 And when he was gone thence, he found[::] Ionadab the ſonne of Rechab coming to meete him, and he bleſſed him. And he ſayd to him: Is thy hart right as my hart with thy hart? And Ionadab ſayd: It is. If it be ſo, quoth he, g⟨illegible⟩ue me thy hand. Who gaue him his hand. But he lifted him vp to him into the chariote,

16 and ſayd to him: Come with me, and ſee my zele for our Lord. And being ſette in his chariote,

17 he brought him into Samaria. And he ſtroke al that were leaft of Achab in Samaria, til there was not one, according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake by Elias.

18 Iehu therfore aſſembled al the people, and ſayd to them: Achab worshipped Baal a litle, but[::] I wil worshipe him more.

19 Now therfore cal to me al the prophetes of Baal, and al his ſeruantes, and al his prieſtes: let there be none but that he come, for I haue a great ſacrifice to Baal: He that ſhal be wanting shal not liue. Moreouer Iehu did this craftely, that he might deſtroy the worshippers of Baal.

20 And he ſayd: Sanctifie a ſolemne day to Baal. And he called

21 and ſent into al the borders of Iſrael, and al the ſeruantes of Baal came: there was leaft not one that came not. And they entered into the remple of Baal: and the houſe of Baal was filled, from one end to the other.

22 And he ſayd to them that were ouer the garmentes: Bring forth garmentes for al the ſeruantes of Baal. And they brought them forth garmentes.

23 And Iehu going in, and Ionadab the ſonne of Rechab into the temple of Baal, ſayd to the worshippers of Baal: Search, and ſee le⟨illegible⟩t perhaps there be any with you of the ſeruantes of the Lord, but that there be the ſeruantes of Baal onlie.

24 They therfore went in to make victimes and holocauſtes: but Iehu had prepared him without foureſcore men, and ſayd to them: Whoſoeuer shal eſcape of theſe men, whom I wil bring into your handes, his life shal be for the life of him.

25 And it came to paſſe, when the holo cauſte was ended, Iehu commanded his ſouldiars and captaynes: Goe in, and ſtrike them, let none eſcape. And the ſouldiars and captaynes ſtroke them in the edge of the ſword, and caſt them forth: and they went into the citie of the temple of Baal,

26 and brought forth the ſtatue out of Baals temple, and burnt it,

27 and brake it in peeces. They deſtroyed alſo the temple of Baal, and made a iakes for it vntil this day.

28 Iehu therfore deſtroyed Baal out of Iſrael:

29 but yet from the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne, he departed not, neither forſooke he the golden calues, that were in Bethel, and Dan.

30 And our Lord ſayd to Iehu: [::] Becauſe thou haſt diligently done that which was right, and that pleaſed in mine eies, and haſt done al thinges that were in my hart, againſt the houſe of Achab: thy children ſhal ſitte vpon the throne of Iſrael to the fourth generation.

31 Moreouer Iehu obſerued not to walke in the law of our Lord the God of Iſrael in al his hart: for he departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam, who had made Iſrael to ſinne.

32 In thoſe daies our Lord began to be wearie of Iſrael: and Hazael ſmote them in al the coſtes of Iſrael,

33 from Iordan agaynſt the Eaſt quarter, al the land of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manaſſes, from Aroer, which is vpon the Torrent Arnon, and Galaad, and Baſan.

34 But the reſt of the wordes of Iehu, & al that he did, and his ſtrength, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iſrael?

35 And Iehu ſlept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Ioachaz his ſonne reigned for him.

36 And the dayes which Iehu reigned ouer Iſrael, be eight and twentie yeares in Samaria.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 15 [::] This Ionadab inſtituted a peculiar rule of religious abſtinence: which his poſterity duly ob▪ ſerued. I⟨illegible⟩m. 35.
• 18 [::] Iehu ſinned in feaning, and cauſing others to ſacrifice to Baal, his zele wanting both diſeretion and equitie for euil muſt not be done that good may come therof. Rom. 3.
• 30 [::] ⟨illegible⟩oral good vvorkes done in ſtate of mortal ſinne not meriting eternal life, a⟨illegible⟩e often rewarded temporally. S. Aug. cont. ⟨illegible⟩en⟨illegible⟩. c. 2.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Athalia killing al the kinges progenie (except loas, who is ſaued by his aunt) vſurpeth the kingdome. 4. But the ſeuenth yeare Ioiada the high prieſt crowneth loas king. 13. cauſeth Athalia to be ſlaine, 17. and maketh couenant betwen God, the king, and the people.

1 BVT Athalia the mother of Ochozias ſeing her ſonne dead, aroſe, and [::] ſlew al the kinges ſeede.

2 But Ioſaba king Iorams daughter, the ſiſter of Ochozias, taking Ioas the ſonne of Ochozias, ſtole him out of the middes of the kinges children, that were ſlaine, and his nurce out of the bedchamber: and hid him from the face of Athalia, that he should not be ſlaine.

3 And he was with her ſixe yeares ſecretly in the houſe of our Lord. Moreouer Athalia reigned ouer the land.

4 And in the ſeuenth yeare [::] Ioiada ſent and taking the centurions, and the ſouldiars brought them in to him into the temple of our Lord, and made a couenant with them: and adiuring them in the houſe of our Lord, ſhewed them the kinges ſonne:

5 and commanded them, ſaying: This is the thing, which you muſt doe.

6 Let the third part of you goe in on the Sabbath, and keepe the watch of the kinges houſe. And let a third part be at the gate Sur: & let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shildebearers: and you shal keepe the watch of the houſe of Meſſa.

7 But let two partes of you al that goe forth on the Sabbath, keepe the watch of the houſe of our Lord about the king.

8 And you shal gard him round about, hauing weapons in your hands: & if anie man shal enter the precinct of the temple, let him be ſlaine: and you shal be with the king coming in & going out.

9 And the centurions did according to al thinges, that Ioiada the prieſt had commanded them: & euerie one taking their men, that went in on the Sabbath, with them that went out in the Sabbath, came to Ioiada the prieſt.

10 Who gaue them the ſpeares, & the weapons of king Dauid; which were in the houſe of our Lord.

11 And they ſtood euerie one hauing their weapons in their hand, on the right ſide of the temple, vnto the leaft ſide of the altar, & of the temple, about the king.

12 And he brought forth the kinges ſonne, and put vpon him the diademe, and the couenant: and they made him king, and anoynted him: and clapping with the hand, ſayd: God ſaue the king.

13 And Athalia heard the voice of people running: and she going in to the multitudes into the temple of our Lord,

14 ſaw the king ſtanding vpon the tribunal ſeate according to the maner, and the ſingers, and trumpettes nere him, and al the people of the land reioyſing, and ſounding the trumpettes: and she rent her garmentes, and cried: A conſpiracie, a conſpiracie.

15 But Ioiada commanded the centurions, that were ouer the armie, and ſayd to them: Lead her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whoſoeuer shal folow her, let him be ſtriken with the ſword. For the prieſt had ſayd: Let her [::] not be ſlaine in the temple of our Lord.

16 And they layd handes on her: and threw her by the way of the entrance of the horſes, beſide the palace, and she was ſlaine there.

17 Ioiada therfore made a couenant betwen our Lord, and the king, and betwen the people, that it should be the people of our Lord, and betwen the king and the people.

18 And al the people of the land entered into the temple of Baal, and deſtroyed his altars, and his images they brake in peces ſtoutly: Mathan alſo the prieſt of Baal they ſlew before the altar. And the prieſt ſette gardes in the houſe of our Lord.

19 And he tooke the centurious, and the legions of Cerethi and Phelethi, and al the people of the land, and they brought the king from the houſe of our Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shildebearers into the palace, and he ſate vpon the throne of the kinges.

20 And al the people of the land reioyſed, and the citie was quiet: but Athalia was ſlaine with the ſword in the kinges houſe.

21 And Ioas was ſeuen yeares old, when he began to reigne.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 [::] Ambition cauſe of much crueltie.
• 4 [::] Our Sauiour calleth this high prieſt, Zacharias; which ſignifieth bleſſed of our Lord, for the iuſtice which he did towards Athalia and Ioas. S. ⟨illegible⟩rom. li. 4. in Math. c. 23.
• 15 [::] Great reſpect is to be had of holie places. VVherof cometh the priuilege of Sanctuaries.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. Ioas vvilleth the prieſtes to repaire vvhat needeth in the temple, receiuing al the money offered there. 6. vvhich they not performing, the high priest prouideth that al is amended, 16. the prieſtes receiuing only the money due to themſelues. 17. Hazael king of Syria taking Geth, and threitning Ieruſalem is pacified vvith money. 19. Ioas is traitarouſly ſlaine by his ſeruantes, and his ſonne Amaſias reigneth.

1 IN the ſeuenth yeare of Iehu reigned Ioas: and he reigned fourtie yeares in Ieruſalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Berſabee.

2 And Ioas did right before our Lord al the daies, that Ioiada the prieſt taught him.

3 But yet the excelſes he tooke not away: for the people immolated & burnt incenſe in the excelſes.

4 And Ioas ſayd to the prieſtes: Al the money of the ſanctified thinges, which is brought into the temple of our Lord by the paſſengers, which is offered for the [::] price of a ſoule, and which of their owne accord, and of their owne free hart they bring into the temple of our Lord:

5 let the prieſtes take it according to their order, and maynteine reparations of the houſe, if they shal ſee any thing that needeth reparation.

6 Therfore vntil the three and twenteth yeare of king Ioas, the prieſtes did not make reparations of the temple.

7 And king Ioas called Ioiada the high prieſt and the prieſtes, ſaying to them: Why make you not the reparations of the temple? Take you therfore money no more according to your order, but render it to the reparation of the temple.

8 And the prieſtes were prohibited to take money anie more of the people, and to make the reparations of the temple.

9 And Ioiada the high prieſt tooke [*] a treaſurie, and opened a hole in the toppe, and ſette it by the altar at the right hand of them that goe into the houſe of our Lord, and the prieſtes that kept the doores, did caſt into it al the money, that was brought to the temple of our Lord.

10 And when they ſaw that there was very much money in the treaſurie, the kinges ſcribe, and the high prieſt went vp, and powred it out, and counted the money, that was found in the houſe of our Lord:

11 and they gaue it according to number and meaſure into their hand, which did ouerſee the maſons of the houſe of our Lord: who beſtowed it on carpenters, and on maſons, ſuch as wrought in the houſe of our Lord,

12 and made reparations: and on them that hewed ſtones, and that they should bye trees, and ſtones, that were hewed, ſo that the reparation of the houſe of our Lord was accomplished in al thinges, which had neede of coſt to vphold the houſe.

13 But yet there were not made of the ſame money the watter pottes of the temple of our Lord, and the fleshhookes, and cenſars, and trumpets, and euerie veſſel of gold and ſiluer, of the money, that was brought into the temple of our Lord.

14 For it was geuen them that did the worke, that the temple of our Lord might be repayred:

15 and there was no account made with thoſe men, that receiued the money to diſtribute it to the craftes men, but vpon their fidelitie they beſtowed it.

16 But the money for offence, & the money for ſinnes, they brought not into the temple of our Lord, becauſe it was the prieſtes.

17 Then Hazael the king of Syria went vp, and fought agaynſt Geth, and tooke it: and directed his face to goe vp to Ieruſalem.

18 For which cauſe Ioas the king of Iuda tooke al the ſanctified thinges, which Ioſaphat, and Ioram, and Ochozias his fathers the kinges of Iuda had [::] conſecrated, and which him ſelf had offered: and al the ſiluer, that could be found in the treaſures of the temple of our Lord, and in the kinges palace: and ſent it to Hazael the king of Syria, and he retyred from Ieruſalem.

19 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioas, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

20 And his ſeruantes aroſe, and conſpired among them ſelues, and ſtroke Ioas in the houſe of Mello in the deſcent of Sella.

21 For Ioſachar the ſonne of Semaath, and Iozabad the ſonne of Somer his ſeruantes, ſtroke him, and he died: and they buried him with his fathers in [::] the citie of Dauid, and Amaſias his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 4 [::] That is, the ordinarie ob lation for ech particular perſon. Exod. 30.
• 9 [*] a cheſt or alm⟨illegible⟩s box⟨illegible⟩.
• 18 [::] Dedicated to helie vſe.
• 21 [::] He was buried in the citie but not in the ſepulcher of the kinges. 2 Paral. 24. for his impietie in the latter part of his life.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. Ioachaz King of Iſrael is afflicted by the Syrians, 4. and deliuered. 6. Yet deſtroyeth not idolatrie. 8. dieth, and his ſonne Ioas foloweth his euil ſteppes. ⟨illegible⟩4. Eliſeus being ſicke willeth the king to shoote, 18. and to ſtrike the earth, who ſtriking thriſe, is told that he shal thriſe ſtrike the Syrians. 20. Eliſeus dieth, and a dead men is reuiued touching his bones. 22. Ioas recouereth that which the Syrians ⟨illegible⟩ad taken from Iſrael.

1 IN the three and twenteth yeare of Ioas the ſonne of Ochozias the king of Iuda, reigned Ioachaz the ſonne of Iehu ouer Iſrael in Samaria, ſeuentene yeares.

2 And he did euil before our Lord, and folowed the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne, and declined not from them.

3 And the furie of our Lord was wrath agaynſt Iſrael, and he deliuered them into the hand of Hazael the king of Syria, and into the hand of Benadad the ſonne of Hazael, alwaies.

4 But Ioachaz beſought the face of our Lord, and our Lord heard him▪ for he ſaw the diſtreſſe of Iſrael, that the king of Syria had broken them:

5 and our Lord gaue a ſauiour to Iſrael, and they were deliuered out of the hand of the king of Syria: and the children of Iſrael dwelt in their tabernacles as yeſterday and the day before.

6 But yet they departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam who made Iſrael to ſinne, but they walked in them: for the grone alſo remayned in Samaria.

7 And there were leaft to Ioachaz of the people but fiftie horſemen, and ten chariotes, and ten thouſand footmen: for the king of Syria had ſlaine them, and had brought them as duſt by threshing in the barne floore.

8 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioachaz, and al that he did, and his ſtrength, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

9 And Ioachaz ſlept with his fathers, & they buried him in Samaria: and Ioas his ſonne reigned for him.

10 In the ſeuen and thirteth yeare of Ioas the king of Iuda reigned Ioas the ſonne of Ioachaz ouer Iſrael in Samaria ſixtene yeares,

11 and he did that which is euil in the ſight of our Lord, he declined not from al the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne, but he walked in them.

12 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioas, and al that he did, and his ſtrength, how he fought agaynſt Amaſias the king of Iuda, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iſrael?

13 And Ioas ſlept with his fathers: but Ieroboam ſate vpon his throne. Moreouer Ioas, was buried in Samaria with the kinges of Iſrael.

14 And Eliſeus was ſicke of an infirmitie, wherof alſo he died: and Ioas the king of Iſrael went downe to him, and wept before him, and ſayd: My father, my father, the chariote of Iſrael and the garder therof.

15 And Eliſeus ſayd to him: fetch a bow and arrowes. And when he had brought him a bow, and arrowes,

16 he ſayd to the king of Iſrael: Put thy hand vpon the bow. And when he had put his hand, Eliſeus put his handes ouer the kinges handes,

17 and ſayd: Open the eaſt window. And when he had opened it, Eliſeus ſayd: Shote an arrow. And he shot. And Eliſeus ſayd: The arrow of the ſaluation of our Lord, and the arrow of ſaluation agaynſt Syria: and thou shalt ſtrike Syria in Aphec, til thou conſume it.

18 And he ſayd: Take vp the arrowes. Who when he had taken them agayne, he ſayd to him: Strike the earth with a iauelin. And when he had ſtriken three times, and ſtood ſtil,

19 the man of God was angrie with him, & ſayd: [::] If thou hadſt ſtriken fiue or ſix or ſeuen times, thou hadſt ſtriken Syria euen to deſtruction: but now three times ſhalt thou ſtrike it.

20 Eliſeus therfore died, and they buried him. And the rouers of Moab came into the land the ſame yeare.

21 And certayne perſons burying a man, ſaw the rouers, and threw the bodie in the ſepulchre of Eliſeus. Which when it had touched the bones of Eliſeus, the man reuiued, and ſtood vpon his feete.

22 Hazael therfore the king of Syria afflicted Iſrael al the daies of Ioachaz:

23 and our Lord had mercie on them, and returned to them for his couenant, which he had with Abraham, and Iſaac, and Iacob: and he would not deſtroy them, nor vtterly caſt them away, vntil this preſent time.

24 And Hazael the king of Syria died, and Benadad his ſonne reigned for him.

25 Moreouer Ioas the ſonne of Ioachaz, tooke the cities out of the hand of Benadad the ſonne of Hazael, which he had taken out of the hand of Ioachaz his father by the right of warre, three times did Ioas ſtrike him, and he deliuered the cities to Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 19 [::] It was reueiled to the prophet that ſo often as the king ſhould ſtrike the earth, ſo often he ſhould haue victories againſt the Syrians, but not how often he would ſtrike on the▪ earth.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Amaſias king of Iudakilleth thoſe that had ſlaine his father; 7. and ſtriketh Edom. 8. Prouoking Ioas king of Iſrael to warre, receiueth a contemtible anſwer: 11. prouoking againe is beaten in battle, and Ieruſalem is ranſact. 15. Ioas dieth and his ſonne Ieroboam foloweth the bad ſteppes of the firſt Ieroboam; yet recouereth manie places loſt before▪ and dying his ſonne Zacharias reigneth.

1 IN the ſecond yeare of Ioas the ſonne of Ioachaz the king of Iſrael reigned Amaſias the ſonne of Ioas the king of Iuda.

2 Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne: and nine and twentie yeares he reigned in Ieruſalem, the name of his mother was Ioadan of Ieruſalem.

3 And he did right before our Lord, but yet not as Dauid his father. He did according to al thinges, which Ioas his father did:

4 but this onlie that he tooke not away the excelſes: for yet the people immolated, and burnt incenſe in the excelſes.

5 And when he obtayned the kingdom, he ſmote his ſeruantes, which had ſlaine the king his father:

6 but their children that killed him, he did not put to death, according to that which is written in the booke of the law of Moyſes, as our Lord commanded, ſaying: The fathers ſhal not die for the children, neither shal the children die for the fathers: but euerie one shal die in his owne ſinne.

7 He ſmote Edom in the Vail of Salt pittes ten thouſand, and tooke the rocke in battel, and called the name therof, Iectehel vntil this preſent daye.

8 Then Amaſias ſent meſſengers to Ioas the ſonne of Ioachaz, the ſonne of Iehu the king of Iſrael, ſaying: Come, [::] let vs ſee one an other.

9 And Ioas the king of Iſrael ſent agayne to Amaſias the king of Iuda ſaying: A thiſtle of Libanus ſent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, ſaying: Geue thy daughter to my ſonne to wife. And the beaſtes of the foreſt, that are in Libanus▪ paſſed and trode the thiſtle.

10 Thou ſtriking haſt preuayled ouer Edom, and thy hart hath puffed thee vp: be content with the glorie, and ſit in thy houſe: Why prouokeſt thou euil, that thou mayſt fal and Iuda with thee.

11 And Amaſias agreed not. And Ioas the king of Iſrael went vp, and they ſaw eche other, he and Amaſias the king of Iuda in Bethſames a towne of Iuda.

12 And Iuda was ſtrooken before Iſrael, and euerie man fled into their tabernacles.

13 But Ioas the king of Iſrael did take Amaſias the king of Iuda the ſonne of Ioas, the ſonne of Ochozias, in Bethſames, and brought him into Ieruſalem: and he brake downe the wal of Ieruſalem, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the gate of the corner, fowre hundred cubites.

14 And he tooke al the gold, and ſiluer, and al the veſſel, that were found in the houſe of our Lord, and in the kinges treaſures, and hoſtages, and returned into Samaria.

15 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioas which he did, and his ſtrength, wherwith he fought againſt Amaſias the king of Iuda, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

16 And Ioas ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kinges of Iſrael: & Ieroboam his ſonne reigned for him.

17 And Amaſias the ſonne of Ioas the king of Iuda liued, after that Ioas the ſonne of Ioachaz the king of Iſrael was dead, fifetene yeares.

18 But the reſt of the wordes of Amaſias, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

19 And there was a conſpiracie made againſt him in Ieruſalem: but he fled into Lachis. And they ſent after him into Lachis, and killed him there.

20 And they caried him away vpon horſes, and he was buried in Ieruſalem with his fathers in the Citie of Dauid.

21 And al the people of Iuda tooke Azarias ſixtene yeares old, and made him king for his father Amaſias.

22 He built Aelath, and reſtored it to Iuda, after that the king ſlept with his fathers.

23 In the fiftenth yeare of Amaſias the ſonne of Ioas the king of Iuda, reigned Ieroboam the ſonne of Ioas the king of Iſrael in Samaria, one and fourtie yeares:

24 and he did that which is euil before our Lord. He departed not from al the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne.

25 He reſtored the borders of Iſrael from the entrance of Emath, vnto the Sea of the wilderneſſe, according to the word of our Lord the God of Iſrael, which he ſpake by his ſeruāt Ionas the ſonne of Amathi, the prophete▪ who was of Geth, which is in Opher.

26 For our Lord ſaw the afliction of Iſrael exceding bitter, and that they were conſumed vnto the impriſoned & meaneſt perſons, and that there was none to helpe Iſrael.

27 Neither did our Lord determine that he would deſtroy the name of Iſrael from vnder heauen, but he ſ⟨illegible⟩ued them in the hand of Ieroboam the ſonne of Ioas.

28 But the reſt of the wordes of Ieroboam, and al that he did, and his ſtrength, wherwith he fought, and how he reſtored Damaſcus, and Emath to Iuda in Iſrael, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

29 And Ieroboam ſlept with his fathers the kinges of Iſrael, and Zacharias his ſonne, reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 6 Deut. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪
• 8 [::] Amongſt kinges being at variance, Seing one an other importeth, as much as to fight a battle.
• 25 ⟨illegible⟩. 1.

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. Azarias beginneth wel, 4. afterward (for offering incenſe on the altar▪ 2▪ Paralip. 26.) is ſtrooken with leproſie, caſt out of the temple, and from conuerſation weth the people, his ſonne Ioathan ruling the kingdom. 8. Sellum killeth Zacharias king of Iſrael and reigneth in his place. 14. After one moneth Manahem killeth Sellum & reigneth alſo Wickedly. 19. Maketh league With the Syrians. 22. dieth and his ſonne Phaceia reigneth. 25. Phacee killeth him, and reigneth. 29. The Aſsyrians ſpoyle the countrie, and carie away manie captiues. 30. Oſee killeth Phacee and reigneth. 32. In the meane time Ioathan regning in Iuda is infested With enemies. 38. dieth, and his ſonne Achaz reigneth.

1 IN the ſeuen and twenteth yeare of Ieroboam the king of Iſrael reigned [::] Azarias the ſonne of Amaſias the king of Iuda.

2 He was ſixtene yeares old, when he began to reigne, and two and fiftie yeares he reigned in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Iechelia of Ieruſalem,

3 And he did that which was liked before our Lord, according to al thinges that his father Amaſias did.

4 But the excelſes he deſtroyed not: as yet the people ſacrificed, and burnt incenſe in the excelſes.

5 And our Lord ſtroke the king, and he was [::] a leper vntil the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free houſe a part: but Ioathan the kinges ſonne gouerned the palace, and iudged the people of the land.

6 But the reſt of the wordes of Azarias, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

7 And Azarias ſlept with his fathers: and they buried him with his ancetors [::] in the citie of Dauid, and Ioathan his ſonne reigned for him.

8 In the eight and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda, reigned Zacharias the ſonne of Ieroboam ouer Iſrael in Samaria ſixe monethes:

9 and he did that which is euil before our Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne.

10 And Sellum the ſonne of Iabes conſpired againſt him: and ſmote him openly, killed him, and reigned for him.

11 But the reſt of the wordes of Zacharias, are not theſe writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iſrael?

12 This is the word of our Lord, which he ſpake to Iehu, ſaying: Thy children ſhal ſit vnto the fourth generation vpon the throne of Iſrael. And ſo it came to paſſe.

13 Sellum the ſone of Iabes reigned the nine and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda: and reigned one moneth in Samaria.

14 And Manahem the ſonne of Gadi went vp from Therſa: and he came into Samaria, and ſmote Sellum the ſonne of Iabes in Samaria, and ſlew him, & reigned for him.

15 But the reſt of the wordes of Sellum, & his conſpiracie, wherwith he wrought treaſon, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iſrael?

16 Then Manahem ſtroke Thapſa and al that were in it and the borders therof from Therſa, for they would not open vn⟨illegible⟩o him: and he ſlew al wemen therof that were withchilde, and ripped them.

17 In the nine and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda, reigned Manahem the ſonne of Gadi ouer Iſrael ten yeares in Samaria.

18 And he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne al his dayes.

19 Phul alſo the king of the Aſſyrians came into the land, and Manahem gaue to Phul a thouſand ralentes of ſiluer, that he ſhould ayde him, & eſtabliſh his kingdom.

20 And Manahem put a taxe of ſiluer vpon Iſrael, on them that were mightie and riche to geue the king of the Aſſyrians, fiftie ſicles of ſiluer euerie man: and the king of the Aſſyrians returned, and taried not in the land.

21 But the reſt of the wordes of Manahem, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

22 And Manahem ſlept with his fathers: and Phaceia his ſonne reigned for him.

23 In the fifteth yeare of Azarias the king of Inda reigned Phaceia the ſonne of Manahem ouer Iſrael in Samria two yeares:

24 and he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne.

25 And Phacee the ſonne of Romelia, his captaine conſpired againſt him, and ſtoke him in Samaria, in the towre of the kinges houſe beſide, Argob and beſide Arie, and with him fiftie men of the children of the Galaadites, and he ſlewe him, and reigned for him.

26 But the reſt of the wordes of Phaceia & al that he did, are not theſe things written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kings of Iſrael.

27 In the two and fifteth yeares of Azarias the king of Iuda reigned Phacee the ſonne Romelia ouer Iſrael in Samaria twentie yeares.

28 And he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne.

29 In the daies of Phacee the king of Iſrael came Theglath phalaſar the king of Aſſur, & [::] tooke Aion, and Abel the houſe of Maachat and Ianoe, and Cedes, and Aſor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and al the land of Nepthali: and tranſported them vnto the Aſſyrians.

30 And Oſee the ſonne of Ela conſpired, and lay in wayte againſt Phacee the ſonne of Romelia, and ſtroke him, and ſlew him: and he reigned for him the twentith yeare of Ioatham the ſonne of[::] Ozias.

31 But the reſt of the wordes of Phacee, and al that he did, are not theſe things written in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kings of Iſrael?

32 In the ſecond yeare of Phacee the ſonne of Romelia the king of Iſrael, reigned Ioatham the ſonne of Ozias the king of Iuda.

33 Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne, and ſixtene yeares he reigned in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Ieruſa, the daughter of Sadoc.

34 And he did that which was liked before our Lord: according to al things, which Ozias his father had done, did he worke.

35 Howbeit the excelſes he tooke not away: as yet the people immolated, and burnt incenſe in the excelſes, he built the higheſt gate of the houſe of our Lord.

36 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioatham, and al that he did, are not theſe things written in the Booke of the words of the dayes of the kings of Iuda?

37 In thoſe dayes our Lord began to ſend into Iuda Raſin the king of Syria, and Phacee the ſonne of Romelia.

38 And Ioatham ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid his father, and Achaz his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 1 [::] Otherwiſe called Ozias. 2. Paral. 26. Mat. 1.
• 5 [::] This puniſhment was inflicted vpon him, for his preſumption to offer incēſe on the altar. 2. Paralip. 26.
• 7 [::] He was buried honorably in the citie of Dauid, that is, nere to the walles, but in the filde, becauſe he was a leper euen to his death. 2. Paral. 26.
• 29 [::] Some men of Ruben, Gad, Manaſſes, and Nepthali, were caried captiues into Aſſyria.
• 30 [::] Otherwiſe called Azarias. ⟨illegible⟩. 1.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. Achaz king of Iuda beſides other idolatrie, ſacrificeth his owne ſonne to idoles. 5 The kinges of Iſrael and Syria beſiegeing Ieruſalem, the Aſsyrians are hyred to releue it. 10. Achaz cauſeth Vrias to make an altar like to one in Damaſcus, 14. in place of Gods altar: 17. remoueth diuers other things perteyning to diuine ſeruice, 19. dieth, and his ſonne Ezechias reigneth.

1 IN the ſeuenteth yeare of Phacee the ſonne of Romelia reigned Achaz the ſonne of Ioatham king of Iuda.

2 Twentie yeares old was Achaz when he began to reigne, and he reigned ſixtene yeares in Ieruſalem: he did not that which was pleaſing in the ſight of our Lord his God, as Dauid his father.

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Iſrael: moreouer alſo he conſecrated his ſonne, making him paſſe through fire according to the idols of the Gentils: which our Lord deſtroyed before the children of Iſrael.

4 He immolated alſo victimes, and burnt incenſe in the excelſes, and on the hilles, and vnder euery tree full of greene leaues.

5 Then went vp Raſin the king of Syria, and Phacee the ſonne of Romelia the king of Iſrael into Ieruſalem to fight: & when they beſieged Achaz, they were not able to ouercome him.

6 At that time Raſin the king of Syria reſtored Aila to Syria, and threw out the Iewes out of Aila: and the Idumeians came into Aila, and dwelt there vnto this day.

7 And Achaz ſent meſſengers to Theglathphalaſar the king of the Aſſyrians, ſaying: I am thy ſeruant, and thy ſonne: come vp, and ſaue me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Iſrael, which are riſen together againſt me.

8 And when he had gathered together the ſiluer and gold, that could be founde in the houſe of our Lord, and in the kings treaſures, he ſent giftes to the king of the Aſſyrians.

9 Who alſo agreed to his wil: for the king of the Aſſyrians went vp into Damaſcus, and waſted it: and he transferred the inhabitants therof to Cyrene, but Raſin he ſlew.

10 And king Achaz went forth to meete Theglathphalaſar the king of the Aſſyrians into Damaſcus, and when he had ſeene the altar of Damaſcus, king Achaz ſent to Vrias the prieſt a paterne of it, and a ſimilitude according to al the worke therof.

11 And Vrias the prieſt built an altar, according to al things, which king Achaz had commanded, from Damaſcus, ſo did the prieſt Vrias, whileſt king Achaz came from Damaſcus.

12 And when the king was come from Damaſcus, he ſaw the altar and worſhipped it: and went vp and immolated holocauſtes, and his ſacrifice,

13 and offered libamentes, and powred the bloud of the pacifiques, which he had offered vpon the altar.

14 Moreouer the altar of braſſe that was before our lord, he remoued from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of our Lord: and he ſett it at the ſide of the altar toward the North.

15 King Achaz alſo comanded Vrias the prieſt, ſaying: Vpon the greater altar offer the morning holocauſt, and the euening ſacrifice, and the kings holocauſt, and his ſacrifice, and the holocauſt of the whole people of the land, and their ſacrifices, and their libamentes: and al the bloud of the holocauſt, and al the bloud of the victime thou ſhalt powre out vpon it: but the altar of braſſe ſhalbe prepared readie at my pleaſure

16 Vrias therfore the prieſt did according to al things, which king Achaz had commanded him.

17 And king Achaz tooke the engrauen feete, and the lauatorie that was vpon them: and he tooke downe the [*] ſea from the oxen of braſſe, that held it vp, and put it vpon the pauement paued with ſtone.

18 The [*] Muſach alſo of the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple: and the entrie of the king outward he turned into the temple of our Lord becauſe of the king of the Aſſyrians.

19 But the reſt of the wordes of Achaz, which he did, are not theſe writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda?

20 And Achaz ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid, and Ezechias his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 17 [*] the great veſſel.
• 18 [*] the place vvhere the king offered.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. Salmanazar king of Aſsyrians maketh Oſee king of Iſrael tributarie, and perceuing his endeuour to be deliuered therof, impriſoneth him; after three yeares ſiege taketh Samaria, and carieth the people captiue into Aſsiria. 7. Al which God permitteth for diuers great ſinnes here recited. 25. The new inhabitantes of the countrie not knowing God, are deuoured by lions. VVherupon a true prieſt is ſent to inſtruct them. 29. but they lerning the rites of true religion do mixt the ſame with idolatrie.

1 IN the twelfth yeare of Achaz king of Iuda, reigned Oſee the ſonne of Ela in Samaria ouer Iſrael nine yeares.

2 And he did euil before our Lord: but not as the kinges of Iſrael, that had bene before him.

3 Againſt him came vp Salmanaſar king of the Aſſyrians, and Oſee was made ſeruant to him, and payd him tributes.

4 And when the king of the Aſſyrians had found, that Oſee endeuoring to rebel had ſent meſſengers to Sua the king of Aegypt, that he might not pay tributes to the king of the Aſſyrians, as euery yeare he was accuſtomed, he beſieged him, and caſt him blound into priſon.

5 And he ranged through al the land: and going vp to Samaria, he beſieged it three yeares.

6 And in the ninth yeare of Oſee, the king of Aſſyrians tooke Samaria, and transferred Iſrael vnto the Aſſyrians: and he put them in Hala, and in Habor beſide the riuer of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.

7 For it came to paſſe, when the children of Iſrael had ſinned to our Lord their God, which brought them out of the land of Aegypt, and out of the hand of Pharao the king of Aegypt, they worſhipped ſtrange goddes.

8 And they walked according to the rite of the Gentiles, which our Lord had conſumed in the ſight of the children of Iſrael, and of the kings of Iſrael: becauſe they had done in like maner.

9 And the children of Iſrael offended our Lord their God with wordes not right: & built them excelſes in al their cities from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fenſed citie.

10 And they made them ſtatues & groues on euerie high hil, and vnder euerie thicke woddie tree:

11 and burnt there incenſe vpon the altars after the maner of the Gentiles, which our Lord remoued from their face: and they did wicked things, prouoking our Lord.

12 And they worſhipped the filthes, wherof our Lord commanded them that thou ſhould not doe this thing.

13 And our Lord teſtified in Iſrael and in Iuda by the hand of al the Prophetes and Seers, ſaying: Returne from your moſt wicked wayes, and keepe my precepts, and ceremonies according to al the law, which I commanded your fathers: and as I haue ſent to you in the hand of my ſeruantes the Prophetes.

14 Who heard not, but hardened their necke according to the necke of their fathers, who would not obey our Lord their God.

15 And they caſt away his ordinances, and the couenant that he made with their fathers, and the teſtifications, wherwith he conteſted them: and they folowed vanities, and did vaynly: and they folowed the Gentiles, that were round about them, concerning which our Lord had commanded them, that they ſhould not doe as they did.

16 And they forſooke al the preceptes of our Lord their God: and made to them ſelues two molten calues, and groues, and adored al the hoſte of heauen: and they ſerued Baal,

17 and conſecrated their ſonnes, and their daughters through fyre: and they gaue themſelues to deuinations, and ſoothſayings: and they deliuered vp themſelues to doe euil before our Lord, [::] that they might prouoke him.

18 And our Lord was wrath with Iſrael vehemently, and tooke them away from his ſight, and there remayned but the tribe of Iuda onlie.

19 But neither Iuda it ſelf kept the commandementes of our Lord their God: but walked in the errours of Iſrael, which it had wrought.

20 And our Lord reiected al the ſeede of Iſrael, and afflicted them, & deliuered them into the hand of the ſpoylers, til he threwe them away from his face:

21 euen now from that time, when Iſrael was rent from the houſe of Dauid, and made Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat their king: for Ieroboam ſeperated Iſrael from our Lord, and made them ſinne a great ſinne.

22 And the children of Iſrael walked in al the ſinnes of Ieroboam, which he had done: and they departed not from them,

23 vntil our Lord tooke away Iſrael from his face, as he had ſpoken in the hand of al his ſeruantes the Prophetes: and Iſrael was tranſported out of their land vnto the Aſſyrians, vntil this day.

24 And the king of the Aſſyrians brought from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Auah, and from Emath, and from Sepharuaim: and placed them in the cities of Samaria for the children of Iſrael: who poſſeſſed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities therof.

25 And when they began to dwel there, they feared not our Lord: and our Lord ſent lions vpon them, which killed them.

26 And it was told the king of the Aſſyrians, and ſayd. The nations, which thou haſt transferred, and made to dwel in the cities of Samaria, know not the ordinances of the God of the land: and the Lord hath ſent lions vpon them: and behold they kil them, for that they know not the rite of the God of the land.

27 And the king of the Aſſyrians commanded, ſaying: Bring thither one of the prieſtes, which you brought thence captiue, and let him goe, and dwel with them: and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.

28 Therfore when one of thoſe prieſts, which were led captiue from Samaria, was come, he dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they ſhould worship our Lord.

29 And euerie Nation framed their owne god, and put them in the highe temples, which the Samaritanes had made, Nation and Nation in their cities, where they dwelt.

30 For the men of Babylon made Socoth benoth: and the Cutheites made Nergel: and the men of Emath made Aſima.

31 Moreouer the Heueites made Nebahaz & Tharthac. And they that were of Sepharuaim burnt their children in fyre, to Adramelech, and Anamelech the goddes of Sepharuaim.

32 and neuetheles they [::] worſhipped our Lord. And they made to themſelues of the vileſt perſones prieſtes of the excelſes, and they placed them in the highe temples.

33 And when they worſhipped our Lord, they ſerued alſo their owne goddes according to the cuſtome of the Nations out of the which they were tranſported to Samaria:

34 vntil this preſent day they folow the old maner: they feare not our Lord, neither keepe they his ceremonies, and iudgements, and law, and the commandemet, which our Lord commanded the children of Iacob, whom he ſurnamed Iſrael:

35 and he had made a couenant with them, & had commanded them, ſaying: Feare not ſtrange goddes, and adore them not, neither worſhip them, and immolate not to them.

36 But the Lord your God, which brought you out of the Land of Aegypt in great ſtrength, and a ſtretched out arme, him feare ye, and him adore, and to him doe ye immolate.

37 The ceremonies alſo, and iudgementes, and law, and the commandment, that he wrote you, kepe ye, that you may doe them alwaies: and feare not ſtrange goddes.

38 And the couenant, that he made with you, forget not: neither doe ye worſhip ſtrange goddes,

39 but feare our Lord your God, and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of al your enemies.

40 But they heard not, but did according to their old cuſtome.

41 Theſe Nations therfore were fearing of our Lord but neuertheleſſe ſeruing their idols alſo: for both their children and nephewes, as their fathers did, ſoe doe they vntil this preſent day.

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 17 [::] That is, conſequently they did prouoke him▪ as 3. R⟨illegible⟩g▪ 14. v. 9.
• 32 [::] Not truly worſhipped but made ſhew to worſhippe. For true worſhip of God admitteth not worſhip of anie falſe god. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ 34.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. Ezechias deſtroyeth al places of idolatrie in Iuda, breaking alſo the braſen ſerpent, made by Moyſes, becauſe the people offered incenſe to it. 9. The captiuitie of the ten tribes is repeted. 13. Ezechias not able to reſiſt the Aſſyrians payeth much money to them. 17. They neuertheles ſend forces againſt Ieruſalem, reproch the king, blaſpheme God, and terrifie the people.

1 IN the third yeare of Oſee the ſonne of Ela king of Iſrael, reigned Ezechias the ſonne of Achaz king of Iuda.

2 Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne: and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Abi the daughter of Zacharias.

3 And he did that which was good before our Lord, according to al thinges which Dauid his father had done.

4 He deſtroyed the excelſes, and brake the ſtatuees in peeces, and cut downe the groues, and brake the braſen ſerpent, which Moyſes had made: for vntil that time the children of Iſrael [::] burnt incenſe to it: and he called the name therof [*] Noheſtan.

5 He truſted in our Lord the God of Iſrael: therfore after him there was not the like to him in al the kings of Iuda, yea neither among them that were before him:

6 and he cleaued to our Lord, and departed not from his ſteppes, and he did his commandmentes, which our Lord commanded Moyſes.

7 Wherfore our Lord alſo was with him, and in al things, to the which he proceded, he behaued himſelfe wiſely. He rebelled alſo agaynſt the king of the Aſſyrians, and ſerued him not.

8 He ſtroke the Philiſthians as farre as Gaza, & al the borders, from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fenſed citie.

9 In the fourth yeare of king Ezechias, which was the ſeuenth yeare of Oſee the ſonne of Ela the king of Iſrael, came vp Salmanaſar the king of the Aſſyrians into Samaria, and aſſaulted it,

10 and tooke it. For after three yeares, in the ſixt yeare of Ezechias, that is, the ninth yeare of Oſee the king of Iſrael, Samaria was taken:

11 and the king of the Aſſyrians tranſported Iſrael vnto the Aſſyrians, and placed them in Hala, and in Habor riuers of Gozan in the cities of the Medes:

12 becauſe they heard not the voice of our Lord their God, but tranſgreſſed his couenant: al things, that Moyſes the ſeruant of our Lord commanded, they heard not, neither did they it.

13 In the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias, came vp Sennacherib the king of Aſſyrians to al the fenſed cities of Iuda: and tooke them.

14 Then ſent Ezechias the king of Iuda meſſengers to the king of the Aſſyrians into Lachis, ſaying: I haue ſinned, retyre from me: and al that thou ſhalt put vpon me, I will beare. Therfore the king of the Aſſyrians put a taxe vpon Ezechias the king of Iuda, three hundred talents of ſiluer, and thirtie talents of gold.

15 And Ezechias gaue al the ſiluer that was found in the houſe of our Lord, and in the kinges treaſures.

16 At that time Ezechias brake the doores of the temple of our Lord, and the plates of gold, which he had faſtened on them, and gaue them to the king of the Aſſyrians.

17 But the king of the Aſſyrias ſent Tharthan, and Rabſaris, and Rabſaces from Lachis to king Ezechias with a ſtrong powre to Ieruſalem: who when they were come vp they came to Ieruſalem, and ſtoode beſide the conduite of the vpper poole, which is in the way of the fullers field.

18 And they called the king: and there went out to them Eliacim the ſonne of Helcias gouernour of the houſe and Sobna the Scribe and Ioahe the ſonne of Aſaph, the [*] regiſter,

19 And Rabſaces ſayd to them: Speake to Ezechias: Thus ſayth the great king, the king of Aſſyrians: What is this confidence, that thou doeſt ſtay vpon?

20 Perhaps thou haſt taken counſel, to prepare thy ſelfe to battle. Wherin haſt thou confidence, that thou dareſt to rebel?

21 Doſt thou hope in Aegypt a ſtaffe of reede and broken, vpon which if a man leane, broken into ſplinters it wil enter into his hand, and pearce it? ſo is Pharao the king of Aegypt, to al that haue confidence in him.

22 But, if you wil ſay to me: We haue confidence in our Lord God: is not this he, whoſe excelſes and altars Ezechias hath taken away: and he commanded Iuda and Ieruſalem: Before this altar ſhal you adore in Ieruſalem?

23 Now therfore paſſe to my lord the king of the Aſſyrians, and I wil geue you two thouſand horſes, and ſee whether you be able to haue ryders for them.

24 And how can you reſiſte before one prince of the leaſt ſeruantes of my lord? Haſt thou confidence in Aegypt for the chariotes and horſemen?

25 Why am I come vp without the wil of the Lord to deſtroy it? The Lord ſayd to me: Goe vp to this land, [::] and deſtroy it.

26 And Eliacim the ſonne of Helcias, and Sobna, and Ioahe ſayd to Rabſaces: We pray thee that thou ſpeake to vs thy ſeruantes in Syryake: for we vnderſtand this tongue: and ſpeake not to vs in the Iewes language, the people hearing it, which is vpon the wal.

27 And Rabſaces anſwered them, ſaying: What did my lord ſend me to thee, that I ſhould ſpeake theſe wordes, and not rather to the men that ſit vpon the wal, that they may eate their owne dung, and drinke their v⟨illegible⟩ine with you?

28 Rabſaces therfore ſtood, and cryed out with a lowd voyce in the Iewes language, and ſayd: Hea⟨illegible⟩e ye the wordes of the great king, the king of the Aſſyrians.

29 Thus ſayth the king: Let not Ezechias ſeduce you: for he shal not be able to deliuer you out my hand.

30 Neither let him geue you confidence vpon the Lord, ſaying: Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs, and this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Aſſyrians.

31 Doe not heare Ezechias. For thus ſayth the king of the Aſſyrians: Doe with me that which is profitable for you, and come forth to me: and euery man ſhal eate of his vineyard, and of his figge tree: and you shal drinke waters of your owne ceſternes,

32 til I come, and tranſporte you into a land, that is like to your land, into a fruiteful land, and plentiful of wyne, a land of bread and of vineyardes, a land of oliuetes, and of oyle and honie, and you shal liue, and shal not die. Heare not Ezechias, who deceiueth you, ſaying: Our Lord wil deliuer vs.

33 [::] Did the goddes of Nations deliuer their land from the hand of the king of Aſſyrians?

34 Where is the God of Emath & Arphad? Where is the God of Sepharuaim, of Ana, and Aua? did they deliuer Samaria out of my hand?

35 What are they among al the goddes of nations, which haue deliuered their countrey out of my hand, that the Lord can deliuer Ieruſalem out of my hand?

36 The people therfore held their peace, and did not anſwer him any thing: for they had receiued the kings commandement that they should not anſwer him.

37 And Eliacim the ſonne of Helcias, gouernour of the houſe, and Sobna the ſcribe, and Ioahe the ſonne of Aſaph regiſter came to Ezeehias, their garments rent, and told him the wordes of Rabſaces.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 1 The ſecond part. Actes of other kinges til the captiuitie of Iuda.
• 4 [::] This image of a ſerpent not only when it wrought miraculous health, but alſo long after was worthely reſerued in memorie of the benefite: but when the people offered ſacrifice vnto it, which is proper to God only, good Ezechias did laudably breake it And to ſhew that there was no deitie in it: called it Noheſtan, that is, a peece of braſſe. And ſo in the Catholique Church when anie holie Relique or Image is abuſed, it is taken away, or theerrour otherwiſe corrected. See. S. Aug. li. 10. ⟨illegible⟩. 8. ciuit. Ser. 4 de verb. Apoſt. & 101. de temp.
• 4 [*] a peece of braſſe.
• 18 [*] or recorder.
• 25 [::] He ſaſly addeth of his owne that he should deſtroy it. For Iſaias prophecied the contrarie, that the Aſſyrians campe ſhould be deſtroyed▪ Iſa⟨illegible⟩e. 37. and ſo it came to paſſe. ch. 19. v. 35. 2. Pharal 32.
• 33 [::] Paganes and Heretikes are fooliſh & impudent to compare their falſe goddes and phancies with God almightie and Cathelique Religion.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. Ezechias in affliction requeſteth the prayers of Iſaias the prophet. 6. who aſſureth him of Gods helpe. 8. The king of the Aſsyrians ſtil threatneth and blaſphemeth. 15. Ezechias praieth, 20. and God hearing the prayers of the one, and blaſphemies of the other, 28. promiſeth to protect Ieruſalem. 35. An Angel in one night killeth an hundred fourſcore and fiue thouſand of the Aſsyrians campe, their king returneth to Niniue, is there ſlaine by two of his owne ſonnes, and an other ſonne reigneth in his place.

1 VVHICH thinges when Ezechias the king had heard, he rent his garmentes, and was couered with ſackcloth, and entered into the houſe of our Lord.

2 And he ſent Eliacim the gouernour of the houſe, and Sobna the ſcribe, and the ancientes of the prieſtes couered with ſackclothes, to Iſaias the prophete the ſonne of Amos.

3 Who ſayd to him: Thus ſaith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and rebuke, and of blaſphemie: the children are come to the birth, and the woman in trauel hath not ſtrength.

4 If perhaps our Lord thy God wil heare al the wordes of Rabſaces, whom the king of the Aſſyrians his maiſter hath ſent to vpbrayd the liuing God, and reproue with wordes, which our Lord thy God hath heard: and make thou prayer for the remnantes that are found.

5 The ſeruantes therfore of king Ezechias came to Iſaie.

6 And Iſaie ſayd to them: Thus shal you ſay to your maiſter: Thus ſayth our Lord: Feare not for the wordes, which thou haſt heard, with which the ſeruantes of the king of the Aſſyrians haue blaſphemed me.

7 Behold I wil ſend into him a ſpirit, and he shal here a meſſage, and ſhal returne into his country, and I wil ouerthrow him with the ſword in his country.

8 Rabſaces therfore returned, and found the king of Aſſyrians expugning Lobna: for he heard that he was departed from Lachis.

9 And when he had heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia, ſaying: Behold, he is come forth to fight agaynſt thee: and went agaynſt him, he ſent meſſengers to Ezechias, ſaying:

10 Say this to Ezechias the king of Iuda: Let not thy God ſeduce thee, in whom thou haſt confidence: neither ſay thou: Ieruſalem ſhal not be deliuered into the handes of the king of the Aſſyrians.

11 For thou thy ſelf haſt heard what the kinges of the Aſſyrians haue done to al the countries, how they haue ſpoyled them: canſt thou therfore onlie be deliuered?

12 Why haue the goddes of the Nations deliuered al thoſe, whom my fathers haue deſtroyed, to witte, Gozan, & Haran, and Reſeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelaſſar?

13 Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim, of Ana and Aua?

14 Therfore when Ezechias had receiued the letters of the hand of meſſengers, & had read them, he went vp into the houſe of our Lord, & layd them open [::] before our Lord,

15 & prayd in his ſight, ſaying: Lord God of Iſrael, which ſitteſt vpon the cherubins, thou art the only God of al the kinges of the earth: thou madeſt heauen and earth:

16 Incline thine eare, and heare: open Lord thine eies, and ſee: and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib, who hath ſent to vpbrayd vnto vs the liuing God.

17 In verie deede Lord, the kinges of the Aſſyrians haue deſtroyed Nations, and the countries of al.

18 And they haue caſt their goddes into fire: for they were not goddes, but the workes of mens handes of wood and ſtone, and they deſtroyed them.

19 Now therfore O Lord our God, ſaue vs from his hand, that al the kingdomes of the earth may know, that thou art the Lord the onlie God.

20 And Iſaie the ſonne of Amos ſent to Ezechias, ſaying: Thus ſaith our Lord the God of Iſrael: That which thou haſt beſought me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Aſſyrians, I haue heard.

21 This is the word, that our Lord hath ſpoken of him: The [::] virgine daughter of Sion hath diſpiſed thee, and ſcorned thee: Behinde thy backe hath the daughter of Ieruſalem wagged her head.

22 Whom haſt thou vpbrayded, and whom haſt thou blaſphemed? againſt whom haſt thou exalted thy voice, and lifted vp thine eies in high? againſt the holie one of Iſrael.

23 By the hand of thy ſeruantes thou haſt vpbrayded our Lord, and haſt ſayd: In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mouutaynes, in the toppe of Libanus, and haue cut downe high cedars therof, and the choſen ⟨illegible⟩irretrees of it. And I haue entered into the borders therof, & the forreſt of the [::] carmel therof

24 haue I cut downe. And I haue drunke ſtrange waters, and haue dried vp with the ſteppes of my feete al the waters in cloſed.

25 Why, haſt thou not heard what I haue done from the begining? From ancient daies I haue made that thing, and now I haue brought it to effect: and fenſed cities ſhal be into ruine of litle hilles bickering together.

26 And they that ſitte in them, weake of hand, they haue trembled and are confounded, they became as the graſſe of the field, and the greene herbe of the roofes of houſes, which withered before it came to ripeneſſe.

27 Thy habitation, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy waye I haue knowen before, & thy ſurie againſt me.

28 Thou haſt bene madde againſt me, & thy pride hath aſcended into myn eares: I therfore wil put a ring in thy noſtrels, and a bitte in thy lippes, and wil bring thee back into the way, by the which thou cameſt.

29 And to thee Ezechias this ſhal be a ſigne: Eate this yeare what thou ſhalt finde: & in the ſecond yeare, the things that growe of themſelues: moreouer in the third yeare ſawe ye and reape▪ plant ye vineyardes, and eate the fruite of them.

30 And whatſoeuer ſhal be leaft of the houſe of Iuda, ſhal take roote downeward, and beare fruit vpward.

31 For out of Ieruſalem there ſhal remmantes goe forth, and that which is to be ſaued from the mounte of Sion: the zeale of the Lord of hoſtes ſhal doe this

32 Wherfore thus ſayth our Lord of the king of the Aſſyrians: He ſhal not enter into this citie, nor ſhoote arrowe into it, neither ſhal ſhield occupie it, nor munition compaſſe it.

33 By the way, that he came, he ſhal returne: and into this citie he ſhal nos enter, ſayth our Lord

34 And I wil protect this citie, and wil ſaue it for my ſelf, and for Dauid my ſeruant.

35 It came to paſſe therfore in that night, an Angel of our Lord came, and ſtroke in the campe of the Aſſyrians an hundred eightie fiue thouſand. And when he was riſen early, he ſawe al the bodies of the dead,

36 and Sennacherib the king of the Aſſyrians departing went away, and taried in Niniue.

37 And when he adored in the temple of Neſroch his god, Adramelech and Saraſar his ſonnes ſtroke him with the ſword, and they fled into the land of the Armenians, and Aſarhaddon his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 14 [::] Before the Arke & Propitiatorie being the ſpecial place of prayer.
• 21 [::] Though manie in the kingdom of Iuda ſel to ido lattie, yet in reſpect of the reſt publikly profeſſing true faith and religion the Church is ſtil called a virgin and deſpiceth and idolaters blaſphemers, and falſe goddes.
• 23 [::] A pleaſant hill in the forreſt.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. Ezechias being ſick is told by Iſaias that he shal die: but praying to God obtayneth fiftenne yeares longer life, 8. and in confirmation therof receiueth a ſigne in Achaz dial, returning back tenne lines. 12. To the A⟨illegible⟩yrians bringing him preſents, he sheweth al his treaſures. 16. which Iſaias reprouing prophecieth the captiuitie of Iuda. 20. Ezechias dieth, and his ſonne Manaſses reigneth.

1 IN thoſe dayes Ezechias was ſick euen to death: and Iſaie the ſonne of Amos the prophete, came and ſayd to him: Thus ſayth our Lord God: Take order with thy houſe, for thou ſhalt die, and ſhalt not liue.

2 Who turned his face to the wal, and prayed our Lord, ſaying:

3 I beſech thee Lord, remember I pray thee how I haue walked before thee in truth, and in a perfect hart, and haue done that which is liked before thee. Ezechias therfore wept with great weeping.

4 And before Iſaie was gone out of the middes of the court, the word of our Lord came to him, ſaying:

5 Returne, and tel Ezechias the prince of my people: Thus ſayth our Lord the God of Dauid thy father: I haue heard thy prayer, and ſeene thy teares: and behold I haue healed thee, the third day thou shalt goe vp to the temple of the Lord.

6 And I wil adde to thy daies fiftene yeares: yea & out of the hand of the king of Aſſyrians I wil deliuer thee, and this citie, & I wil protect this citie for my ſake, and for Dauid my ſeruant.

7 And Iſaie ſaid: Fetch me a bunch of figges. Which when they had brought, and had layd it vpon his ſore, he was cured.

8 And Ezechias had ſayd to Iſaie: What ſigne shal there be, that our Lord wil heale me, and that I shal goe vp the third day to the temple of our Lord?

9 To whom Iſaie ſayd: This shal be the ſigne from our Lord, that our lord wil doe the word, which he hath ſpoken: Wilt thou that the shadow goe forward ten lines, or that it goe backe ſoe many degrees.

10 And Ezechias ſayd: It is an eaſie matter for the shadow to goe forward ten lines, neither wil I that this be done, but that it returne back ten degrees.

11 Iſaie therfore the prophet inuocated our Lord, and brought backe the ſhadow by [::] the lines, by the which it was now gone downe in the dial of Achaz, backward ten degrees.

12 In that time Berodach Baladan, the ſonne of Baladan, the king of the Babilonians ſent letters and giftes to Ezechias: for he had heard that Ezechias had bene ſicke.

13 And Ezechias reioyſed in their coming, and he shewed them the houſe of aromatical ſpices, and gold and ſiluer, and diuerſe precious, odours, oyntementes alſo, and the houſe of his veſſels, and al that he had in his treaſures. There was not any thing which Ezechias shewed them not in his houſe, and in al his powere.

14 And Iſaie the prophete came to king Ezechias, and ſayd to him: What ſayd theſe men? or from whence came they to thee? To whom Ezechias ſaid: From a far countrie they came to me out of Babylon.

15 But he anſwered: What ſaw they in thy houſe? Ezechias ſayd: They ſaw al things whatſoeuer are in my houſe: there is nothing that I haue not shewed them in my treaſures.

16 Iſaie therfore ſaid to Ezechias, heare the word of our Lord:

17 Behold the daies shal come, & al things shal be taken away, that are in thy houſe, and that thy fathers haue layd vp vntil this day, into Babylon: there shal not anie thing remayne, ſayth our Lord.

18 Yea of the children alſo that come forth of thee, whom thou shalt beget shalbe taken away, and they shal be eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.

19 Ezechias ſaid to Iſaie: The word of our Lord which thou haſt ſpoken is good: be there peace and truth in my daies.

20 But the reſt of the wordes of Ezechias, and al his ſtrength, and how he made a poole, and a conduite, and brought waters in to the citie, are not theſe things writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

21 And Ezechias ſlept with his fathers, and Manaſſes his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 11 [::] If theſe tenne lines importe ſo manie houſes, then the dial going forwardes againe, by like degrees, this day was increaſed by twentie houres, and ſoe was longer then that in which Ioſue procured ſtay of the ſunne the ſpace of one day, to witte of twelue houres. Ioſue. 10. as S. Dyoniſe thinketh. Epiſt: ad Pol⟨illegible⟩carp: See Gloſſa erd: in Ioſue.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. For the enormious impietie of Manaſſes, 10. God threatneth deſtruction of the kingdom. 16. He ſpilleth innocent bloud, 18. dieth, and his ſenne Amon reigneth alſo wickedly: 23. is ſlaine by his ſeruantes, and his ſonne Ioſias reigneth.

1 TWELVE yeares old was Manaſſes, when he began to reigne, & he reigned fiue and fiftie yeares in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was haphſiba.

2 And he did euil in the ſight of our Lord, acording to the idols of the Nations, which our Lord deſtroyed from the face of the children of Iſrael.

3 And he was turned, and built the excelſes, which Ezechias his father had deſtroyed: and he ſette vp altars to Baal, and made groues, as Achab the king of Iſrael had done: and he adored al the hoſt of heauen, and worshipped it.

4 And he built altars in the houſe of our Lord, of the which our Lord ſayd: In Ieruſalem I wil put my name.

5 And he built altars to al the hoſt of heauen in the two courtes of the temple of our Lord.

6 And he made his ſonne paſ⟨illegible⟩e through fyre: and he vſed ſooth ſaying, and obſerued diuinations, and made pithones, and multiplied inchanters, to doe euil before our Lord, and to prouoke him.

7 He ſette alſo the idol of the groue, which he had made in the temple of our Lord: concerning the which our Lord ſpake to Dauid, and to Salomon his ſonne: In this temple, and in Ieruſalem, which I haue choſen out of al the tribes of Iſrael, I wil put my name for euer.

8 And I wil noe more make the foote of Iſrael to be moued out of the land, which I gaue to their fathers: yet ſo if in worke they ſhal keepe al things, that I haue commanded them, al the law which my ſeruantes Moyſes commanded them.

9 But they heard not: but were ſeduced by Manaſſes, to doe euil [::] aboue the Nations, which our Lord deſtroyed before the face of the children of Iſrael.

10 And our Lord ſpake in the hand of his ſeruantes the prophetes, ſaying:

11 Becauſe Manaſſes the king of Iuda hath done theſe moſt wicked abominations, paſſing al thinges that the Amorrheites did before him, and hath made Iuda alſo to ſinne in his filthes:

12 therfore thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: Behold I wil bring in euils vpon Ieruſalem and Iuda: that whoſoeuer shal heare it, both his eares shal tingle.

13 And I wil ſtretch out vpon Ieruſalem the corde of Samaria, and the weight of the houſe of Achab: and I wil wipe out Ieruſalem, as tables are wont to be wiped out, and wyping out I wil turne it, and draw often the pencil vpon the face therof.

14 [::] But I wil leaue remnantes of mine inheritance, and wil deliuer them into the handes of their enemies: and they ſhalbe vnto waſte, and vnto ſpoile to al their aduerſaries:

15 becauſe they haue done euil before me, and haue continewed prouoking me, from the day that their fathers came out of Aegypt, vntil this day.

16 Moreouer Manaſſes shed alſo innocent bloud exceding much til he filled Ieruſalem euen to the mouth: beſide his ſinnes, wherin he made Iuda to ſinne, to doe euil before our Lord.

17 But the reſt of the wordes of Manaſſes, and al that he did, and his ſinne, which he ſinned, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda?

18 And Manaſſes ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his houſe, in the garden of Oza: and Amon his ſonne reigned for him.

19 Two and twentie yeares old was Amon when he began to reigne: two yeares alſo he reigned in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Meſſalemeth the daughter of Ieteba.

20 And he did euil in the ſight of our Lord, as Manaſſes his father had done.

21 And he walked in al the way, by the which his father had walked: and he ſerued the filthes, which his father had ſerued, and he adored them,

22 and forſooke our Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of our Lord.

23 And his ſeruantes lay in wayte agaynſt him, and ſlewe the king in his houſe.

24 But the people of the land ſtroke al them, that had conſpired agaynſt king Amon: and made Ioſias his ſonne their king for him.

25 But the reſt of the wordes of Amon which he did, are not theſe writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda?

26 And they buried him in his ſepulchre, in the garden of Oza: and Ioſias his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 9 [::] the Iewes ſinned more greuouſly reuolting from the Law of God and contemning the admonitions of holie prophetes, then the nations that had neither law nor prophetes to inſtruct them.
• 14 [::] God ſtil preſerued ſome in true religion, though they alſo ſuffered tribulations with the wicked for the general ſinnes of the king and people. Pſ⟨illegible⟩l. 88. v. 35. Yea this king Manaſſes in captiuitie became vertuous and recouered his kingdom. 2, Pacalip. 33.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. Ioſias repayreth the temple, and Diuine ſeruice. 8. The booke of law is found 11. wherupon they conſult our Lord, 15. and are foretold that much euil shal fal vpon them, 18. but the good king shal dye in peace.

1 EIGHT yeares old was Ioſias when he began to reigne, he reigned one and thirtie yeares in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia of Beſecath.

2 And he did that which was liked before our Lord, and walked in al the waies of Dauid his father: he declined not to the right hand, or to the lefte.

3 And in the eightenth yeare of king Ioſias, the king ſent Saphan the ſonne of Aſlia, the ſonne of Meſſulam, the ſcribe of the temple of our Lord, ſaying to him:

4 Goe to Helcias the high prieſt, that the money may be gathered into a ſumme, which hath beene brought into the temple of our Lord, which the porters of the temple haue gathered of the people,

5 and let it be geuen to the workemen by the ouerſeers of the houſe of our Lord: who alſo ſhal deſtribute it to them that worke in the temple of our Lord, to make the reparations of the temple:

6 that is, to the carpenters and maſons, and to them that mend broken places: and that timber may be bought, and ſtones out of the quarries to repayre the temple of our Lord.

7 Yet let not the money which they receiue be accounted to them, but let them haue it in their powre, and vpon their fidelitie.

8 And Helcias the highe prieſt ſayd to Saphan the ſcribe: I haue found the Booke of the law in the houſe of our Lord: and Helcias gaue the volume to Saphan, who alſo did reade it.

9 Saphan alſo the ſcribe came to the king, and reported vnto him that which he had commanded, and ſayd: Thy ſeruantes haue gathered into a ſumme the money, which is found in the houſe of our Lord: and they haue geuen it to be deſtributed to the workemen, by the ouerſeers of the workes of the temple of our Lord.

10 Saphan alſo the ſcribe told the king, ſaying: Helcias the prieſt hath geuen me a Booke. Which when Saphan had read before the king,

11 and the king had heard the wordes of the law of our Lord, he rent his garmentes.

12 And he willed Helcias the prieſt, and Ahicam the ſonne of Saphan, and Achobor the ſonne of Micha, and Saphan the Scribe, and Aſaia the kinges ſeruant, ſaying:

13 Goe and conſult our Lord for me, and for the people, and for al Iuda, concerning the wordes of this volume, which is found: for the great wrath of our Lord is kindled agaynſt vs: becauſe our fathers haue not heard the wordes of this Booke, to doe al that is writen for vs.

14 Helcias therfore the prieſt, and Ahicam, and Achabor, and Saphan, and Aſaia went to Holda a propheteſſe the wife of Sellum the ſonne of Thecua, the ſonne of Araas keeper of the garmentes, who dwelt in Ieruſalem in the[::] ſecond: and they ſpake to her.

15 And ſhe anſwered them: Thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: Tel the man, that ſent you to me:

16 Thus ſayth our Lord: Behold, I wil bring euils vpon this place, and vpon the inhabitantes therof, al the wordes of the law which the king of Iuda hath read:

17 becauſe they haue forſaken me, and haue ſacrificed to ſtrange goddes, prouoking me in al the workes of their handes: and my indignation ſhal be kindled in this place, and ſhal not be quenched.

18 But to the king of Iuda, that ſent you to conſult our lord, thus you ſhal ſay: Thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: For that thou haſt heard the wordes of the volume,

19 and thy hart is ſtriken with feare, and thou art humbled before the Lord, hearing the wordes agaynſt this place, and the inhabitantes therof, to witte that they ſhould become a wonder and a curſe: and haſt rent thy garmentes, and wept before me, and I haue heard it, ſayth our Lord:

20 therfore I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy ſepulchre in peace, that thy eies may not ſee al the euils, which I wil bring in vpon this place.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 14 [::] VVithin the ſecond wall the citie hauing three wals. 3. Reg. 3.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. Ioſias reading the law before the people, they al promiſe to ſerue God. 4. Al thinges belonging to Idolatrie are caſt forth of the temple, 8. and other places of Iuda. 15. He alſo deſtroyeth the altar in Bethel (not remouing the bones of a prophet) 19. and other altares in Samaria: killeth the falſe prieſtes. 21. And maketh a notorious great Paſch. 26. Yet God threatneth the captiuitie of Iuda for their ſinnes. 29. Ioſias is ſlaine in battle by the king of Aegypt: and his ſonne Ioachaz reigneth. VVho after three monethes is depoſed by the king of Aegypt, and his brother Eliacim, henceforth called Ioakim, made king.

1 AND they reported to the king that which ſhe had ſayd. Who ſent: and al the ancientes of Iuda and Ieruſalem were aſſembled to him.

2 And the king went vp to the temple of our Lord, and al the men of Iuda, and al that dwelt in Ieruſalem with him prieſtes and prophetes, and al the people from litle to great: and in hearing of al he read al the wordes of the Booke of the couenant, which was found in the houſe of our Lord.

3 And the king ſtood vpon the ſteppe: and made a couenant with our Lord, to walke after our Lord, & kepe his preceptes, and teſtimonies and ceremonies, with al their hart, and with al their ſoule, and to performe the wordes of this couenant, which were writen in that booke: & the people agreed to the couenant:

4 And the king willed Helcias the high prieſt, & the prieſtes of the ſecond order, & al the porters, that they ſhould caſt out of the temple of our Lord al the veſſels, that had bene made to Baal, and in the groue, and to al the hoſt of heauen: & he burnt them without Ieruſalem in the Valley cedron, and caried the duſt of them into Bethel.

5 And he deſtroyed the Southſayers, which the kinges of Iuda had appointed to ſacrifice in the excelſes in the cities of Iuda, and round about Ieruſalem: and them that burnt incenſe to Baal, and to the Sunne, and to the Moone, and to the twelue ſignes, and to al the hoſt of heauen.

6 And he cauſed the groue to be caried forth out of the houſe of our Lord without Ieruſalem in the Valley cedron, & he burnt it there, and brought it into duſt, and threw it vpon the ſepulchres of the common people.

7 He deſtroyed alſo the litle houſes of the effeminates, which were in the houſe of our Lord, for the which the wemen woue as it were litle houſes of the groue.

8 And he gathered together al the prieſtes of the cities of Iuda: and he contaminated the excelſes, where the prieſtes did ſacrifice from Gabaa vnto Berſabee: and he deſtroyed the altars of the gates in the entrance of the doore of Ioſue chief of the citie, which was on the left hand of the gate of the citie.

9 Howbeit the prieſtes [::] of the excelſes went not vp to the altar of our Lord in Ieruſalem: but only they did eate azimes in the middes of their brethren.

10 He contaminated alſo Topheth, which is in the Valley of the ſonne of Ennom: that no man ſhould conſecrate his ſonne or daughter by fyre to Moloch.

11 He tooke away alſo the horſes, which the kinges of Iuda had geuen to the Sunne, in the entrance of the temple of our Lord, beſide the chamber of Nathanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim: and the chariotes of the Sunne he burnt with fire.

12 The altars alſo that were vpon the roofes of the vpper chamber of Achaz, which the kinges of Iuda had made, and the altars which Manaſſes had made in the two courtes of the temple of our Lord, the king deſtroyed: and he ranne from thence, and ſprinkled the aſhes of them into the Torrent cedron.

13 The excelſes alſo that were in Ieruſalem on the right ſide of the Mount of offence, which Salomon the king of Iſrael had built to Aſtaroth the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the ſcandal of Moab, and to Melchom the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king deſtroyed.

14 And he brake in peces the ſtatues, and cut downe the groues: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.

15 Moreouer the altar alſo, that was in Bethel, and the excelſe, which Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat had made, who made Iſrael to ſinne: and that altar, and excelſe he deſtroyed, and burnt, and brake into powder, and the groue alſo he burnt.

16 And Ioſias turning, ſaw there ſepulchres, that were in the mount: and he ſent and tooke the bones out of the ſepulchres, and burnt them vpon the altar, and polluted it according to the word of our Lord, which the man of God ſpake, who had foretold theſe thinges.

17 And he ſayd: What title is that, which I ſee? And the citizens of that citie anſwered: It is the ſepulchre of the man of God, which came from Iuda, and foretold theſe thinges which thou haſt done vpon the altar of Bethel.

18 And he ſayd: Let him alone, let no man moue his bones. And his bones remayned vntouched with the bones of the prophet, that came out of Samaria.

19 Moreouer al the temples of the excelſes, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kinges of Iſrael had made to prouoke our Lord, Ioſias tooke away: and he did to them according to al the workes, which he had done in Bethel.

20 And he ſlew▪ al the prieſtes of the excelſes, that were there vpon the altars: and he burnt mens bones vpon them: & turned into Ieruſalem.

21 And he commanded al the people, ſaying: Make a Phaſe to our Lord your God, according as it is writen in the booke of this couenant.

22 For [::] there was not ſuch a Phaſe made from the daies of the Iudges, which iudged Iſrael, and of al the daies of the kinges of Iſrael, and of the kinges of Iuda,

23 as in the eightenth yeare of king Ioſias this Phaſe was made to our Lord in Ieruſalem.

24 Yea▪ and the Pythones, and Southſayers, and the images of idols, and the filthes, and the abominations, that had bene in the land of Iuda and Ieruſalem, Ioſias tooke away: that he might eſtabliſh the wordes of the law, that were writen in the Booke, which Helcias the prieſt found in the temple of our Lord.

25 There was no king before him like to him, that returned to our Lord in al his hart, & in al his ſoule, and in al his powre according to al the law of Moyſes: neither after him did there ariſe the like to him.

26 But yet our Lord was not auerted from the wrath of his great furie, wherwith his furie was wrath agaynſt Iuda: for the prouocations, wherwith [::] Manaſſes had prouoked him.

27 Our Lord therfore ſayd Iuda alſo▪ wil I take away from my face, as I haue taken away Iſrael: and I wil reiect this citie, which I choſe Ieruſalem, and the houſe, wherof I ſayd: My name ſhal be there.

28 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioſias, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

29 In his dayes came vp Pharao Nechao the king of Aegypt, agaynſt the king of Aſſyrians to the riuer Euphrates: and Ioſias the king went to meete him: and was ſlaine in Mageddo, when he had ſeene him.

30 And his ſeruantes caried him dead from Mageddo: & they brought him into Ieruſalem, and buried him in his ſepulchre. And the people of the land tooke Ioachaz the ſonne of Ioſias: and they anoynted him, and made him king for his father.

31 Three and twentie yeares old was Ioachaz when he began to reigne, and he reigned three ⟨illegible⟩ in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was A⟨illegible⟩ ▪ the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna.

32 And he did euil before our Lord, according to al thinges which his fathers had done.

33 And Pharao Nechao bound him in Rebla, which is in the land Emath, that he ſhould not reigne in Ieruſalem: and he lette a penaltie vpon the land, an hundred talentes of ſiluer, and a talent of gold.

34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim king the ſonne of Ioſias, for Ioſias his father: and turned his name Ioakim. Moreouer he tooke Ioachaz and brought him into Aegypt, and he died there.

35 And Ioakim gaue the ſiluer and the gold to Pharao, when he had taxed the land vpon euerie man, that it might be payd according to the precept of Pharao: and he exacted of euerie man according to his abilitie, as wel ſiluer as gold of the people of the land: to geue vnto Pharao Nechao.

36 Fiue and twentie yeares old was Ioakim, when he began to reigne: and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was zebida the daughter of Phadaia of Ruma.

37 And he did euil before our Lord according to al thinges, which his fathers had done.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

• 9 [::] Becauſe they had offered ſacrific to falſe goddes and in vnlawful places they were ſuſpended from offering anie more ſacrifice at al.
• 13 ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Reg. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 16 3. Reg: 13.
• 22 [::] Ioſephus writeth that this godlie king gaue thirtie thouſand lambes and kiddes to the poore people for their Paſch & three thouſand oxen for Holocauſtes. The prieſtes alſo & Leuites added more of their owne. li. 10. Antiq. c. 5.
• 26 [::] Albeit Manaſſes repented, and was reſtored to Gods fauour, & to his kingdome. 2. Paral. 3. Yet his ſinnes were temporally puniſhed, both in himſelf, and his poſteritie.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. Ioakim ſerueth the king of Babylon three yeares. 2. Manie rouers infeſt his countrie. 5. He dieth, and his ſonne Ioachim reigneth 10. The king of Babylon carieth king Ioachim, and al the chief perſones, and treaſures into Babylon, 17. appointing Matthanias, whom he nameth Sedecias, king of Iuda. 20. VVho reuol⟨illegible⟩eth from the king of Babylon.

1 IN his daies came vp Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon, and Ioakim was made his ſeruant three yeares: and he rebelled agaynſt him againe.

2 And our Lord ſenr in vpon him the rouers of the Chaldees, and the rouers of Syria, and the rouers of Moab, & the rouers of the children of Ammon: and he ſent them into Iuda, to deſtroy it, according to the word of our Lord, which he had ſpoken by his ſeruantes the prophetes.

3 And this by the word of our Lord was done againſt Iuda, to take it away before him for al the ſinnes of Manaſſes which he did,

4 and for the innocent bloud, that he had ſhed, & filled Ieruſalem with the bloud of innocentes: & for this thing God would not be made propitious.

5 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioakim, and al that he did, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda? And Ioakim [::] ſlept with his fathers:

6 and Ioachin his ſonne reigned for him.

7 And the king of Aegypt added no more to come out of his countrie: for the king of Babylon had taken al that had beene the kinges of Aegypt, from the riuer of Aegypt, vnto the riuer Euphrates.

8 Eightene yeares old was Ioachin when he began to reigne, and he reigned three monethes in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Noheſta the daughter of Elnathan of Ieruſalem.

9 And he did euil before our Lord, according to al thinges which his father had done.

10 At that time came vp the ſeruantes of Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon into Ieruſalem, and the citie was compaſſed with fortes.

11 And Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon came to the citie with his ſeruantes to aſſault it.

12 And Ioachin the king of Iuda went forth to the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his ſeruantes, and his nobles, and his eunuches: and the king of Babylon receiued him the eight yeare of his reigne.

13 And he brought forth from thence al the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord, and the treaſures of the kinges houſe: and he cut in peces al the golden veſſel, which Salomon the king of Iſrael had made in the temple of our Lord, according to the word of our Lord.

14 And he tranſported al Ieruſalem, and al the princes, and al the ſtrong men of the armie, ten thouſand into captiuitie: and euerie artificer and incloſer: and nothing was left, ſauing the poore ſorte of the people of the land.

15 He tranſported alſo Ioachin into Babylon, and the kinges mother, and the kinges wiues, and his eunuches: and the iudges of the land he led into captiuitie from Ieruſalem into Babylon.

16 And al the ſtrong men, ſeuen thouſand, and the artificers, and incloſers a thouſand, al valiant men and warries: and the king of Babylon led them captiues into Babylon.

17 And he appointed Matthanias his vncle for him: and called his name Sedecias.

18 One and twentie yeares old was Sedecias when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna,

19 And he did euil before our Lord, according to al thinges which Ioakim had done.

20 For our Lord was wrath againſt Ieruſalem and againſt Iuda, til he caſt them away from his ſace: and Sedecias [::] reuolted from the king of Babylon.

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

• 5 [::] Not dying in peace, for he was ſlaine by Nabuchodonoſor, Ioſephus li. 10. c. 8. Ant. And his bodie was caſt out of the citie, according as Ieremie prophecied c. 22. vvith the burial of an aſse shal he be buried▪ &c.
• 20 [::] In this he greuoſly offended hauing ſworne to ſerue him And therfore Ezechiel c. 1⟨illegible⟩. fortelleth the miſerie that wil fal vpon him. shal he that broke couenant eſcape? &c.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. Nabuchodonoſor king of Babylon beſeiging Ieruſalem two yeares, the ſouldiars preſsed with famine flee away. King Sedecias alſo fleeth, 5. is taken and brought before Nabuchodonoſor. 7. Al his ſonnes are ſlaine in his ſight: his eyes are put out, and he is caried into Babylon: the Temple, the kinges palace, and other houſes burned; the walles deſtroyed, the people caried captiue 12. except poore husbandmen. 13. Al veſsel of braſse, ſiluer, and gold broken and tranſported. 18. Saraias high prieſt, and other principal men are ſlaine▪ 22. Godolias made gouernernour, 25. is ſlaine by Iſmael. 27. Ioachin is deliuered from priſon, and exalted by a new king of Babylon.

1 AND it came to paſſe in the ninthe yeare of his reigne, the tenth moneth, the tenth day of the moneth, came Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon, himſelfe and al his armie vnto Ieruſalem, and they beſette it: and built rampires rond about it.

2 And the citie was ſhut vp & trenched about vntil the eleuenth yeare of king Sedecias,

3 the ninth day of the moneth: and there was a ſore famine in the citie, neither was there bread for the people of the land.

4 And a breach was made into the citie: and al the men of warre fled in the night by the way of the gate, which is betwen the duble wal toward the kinges garden (moreouer the Chaldees beſieged the citie round about) Sedecias therfore fled by the way, that leadeth to the champayne of the wildernes.

5 And the armie of the Chaldees purſewed the king, and ouertooke him in the plaine of Iericho: and al the warriers, that were with him, were diſperſed, and forſooke him.

6 They therfore hauing taken the king, brought him to the king of Babylon into Reblatha, who ſpake iudgement with him.

7 And he ſlewe the ſonnes of Sedecias before his face, and he [::] put out his eies, and bound him with cheynes, and [::] brought him into Babylon.

8 The fifth moneth, the ſeuenth day of the moneth, that is, the ninetenth yeare of the king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the General of the armie, the ſeruant of the king of Babylon into Ieruſalem.

9 And he burnt the houſe, of our Lord, the kings houſe, and the houſes of Ieruſalem, & euerie houſe he burnt with fyre.

10 And al the armie of the Chaldees, which was with the General of the ſouldiars, deſtroyed the walles of Ieruſalem round about.

11 And Nabuzardan the General of the armie, tranſported the remnant of the people that remained in the citie, and the fugitiues, that were fled to the king of Babylon, and the reſt of the comon people.

12 And of the poore of the land he leift dreſſers of vineyardes and huſbandmen.

13 And the braſen pillers, that were in the temple of our Lord, and the feete, and the ſea of braſſe, which was in the houſe of our Lord, the Chaldees brake, and tranſported al the braſſe into Babylon.

14 The pottes alſo of braſſe, and maſars, and forkes with three teeth, and cuppes, and litle mortars, and al the veſſel of braſſe, in the which they miniſtred, they tooke away.

15 Moreouer alſo the cenſars, and phials: thoſe that were of gold: and that were of ſiluer the General of the warfare tooke,

16 that is, two pillers, one ſea, and the feete which Salomon had made in the temple of our Lord: there was [::] no weight of the braſſe of al the veſſels.

17 One piller had eightene cubites in height: and the litle head of braſſe vpon it was three cubites in height: and the nette, and the pomegranates vpon the litle head of the piller, al of braſſe: the ſecond alſo had the like adorning.

18 Alſo the general of the armie tooke Saraias the chiefe prieſt, and Sophonias the ſecond prieſt, and three porters.

19 And of the citie one Eunuch, which was captayne ouer the men of warre: and fiue men of them, that wayted before the king, whom he found in the citie, and Sopher the captaine of the armie who proued the yong ſouldiars of the people of the land: and threeſcore men of the common people, which were found in the citie.

20 Whom Nabuzardan the General of the armie taking, brought them to the king of Babylon into Reblatha.

21 And the king of Babylon ſtroke them, and ⟨illegible⟩lew them in Reblatha in the land of Emath: and Iuda was tranſported out of their land.

22 And he made Godolias the ſonne of Ahicam the ſonne of Saphan Gouernour ouer the people, that was leift in the land of Iuda, which Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon had leift.

23 Which when al the captaynes of the ſouldiars had heard, they and the men that were with them, to witte, that the king of Babylon had appoynted Godolias, there came to Godolias into Maſp a ⟨illegible⟩ the ſonne of Mathanias, and Iohanan the ſonne of C⟨illegible⟩ée▪ and the Saraia the ſonne of Thanehumeth a Netophathi⟨illegible⟩e, and Iezonias the ſonne of Maachathi, they and their felowes.

24 And Godolias ſware to them and to their companions, ſaying: Be not afrayd to ſerue the Caldees: tarie in the countrie, and ſerue the king of Babylon, and it shal be wel with you

25 But it came to paſſe in the ſeuenth moneth, there came Iſmahel the ſonne of Nathanias, the ſonne of Eliſama of the kinges ſeede, and ten men with him: and ſtroke Godolias, who alſo died: yea the Iewes alſo & the Chaldees, that were with him in Maſpha.

26 And al the people ryſing vp from litle to great, & the captaynes of the ſouldiars, came into Aegypt fearing the Caldees.

27 But it came to paſſe in the ſeuen and thirteth yeare of the Tranſmigration of Ioachin the king of Iuda, in the twelfth moneth, the ſeuen and twenteth day of the moneth: Euilmerodach the king of Babylon, in the yeare, that he began to reigne, [::] lifted vp the head of Ioachin the king of Iuda out of priſon.

28 And he ſpake vnto him courteouſly: and he ſette his throne aboue the throne of the kinges, that were with him in Babylon.

29 And he changed his garmentes, which he had in the priſon, and he did eate bread alwayes in his ſight, al the dayes of his life.

30 A certayne prouiſion alſo he appointed for him without intermiſſion, which was alſo geuen him of the king day by day, al the daies of his life.

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

• 7 [::] Certaine falſprophetes perſwaded the king and the people not to beleue the prophetes, which forwarned them of theſe calamites, becauſe (ſayd they) they contradicte one an other, Ieremie ſaying ( ⟨illegible⟩h▪ 32. & 34.) the eyes of Sedecias should ſee the eyes of Nabuchodonoſor, and should be led into Babylon: and Ezechiel ſaying (c. 12. v. 13.) that he should not ſee Babylon.
• 7 [::] Both ſaying moſt truly: for he was caried thither after his eyes were put out. Ioſephus. li. 10. Antiq. c. 10.
• 16 [::] There was ſo exceding much, that they wel could not, or did not weigh it.
• 27 [::] By Gods ſpecial prouidence king Ioachin (other wiſe called Iechonias. 2. Par. 3. & Mat. 1.) is exalted, and ſet ouer al the Iewes; vnto whom others ſuccede in like authoritie. and ſo is fulfilled the prophecie of Iacob. Gen. 49. The ſcepter shal not be taken from Iuda, nor a duke of his thiegh til he come that is to be ſent.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (83 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

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