1 Chronicles, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The book called 1 Chronicles in Protestant Bibles and the First Book of Paralipomenon (“things left out”) in the Douay: genealogies from Adam and the reign of David. This is 1 Chronicles 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 PARALIPOMENON.

PARALIPOMENON, that is, A ſupplement of thinges ommitted, called by the Hebrewes Dibre haiamim, The wordes of the [Margin: The ſignification of the name; and the contents of this booke.] dayes, or Chronicle, is an Abridgement briefly shewing, beſides diuers other genealogies, from the beginning of the world, the faith and religion both of the progenitors, and ofspiring of the Patriarch Iacob, whoſe progenie God choſe and made his peculiar people; and in that nation more particularly recounting the Actes of king Dauid, and other kinges of his line, til they were led captiue into Babylon. A booke of ſuch and ſo great importance (ſayeth S. Hierom.) as whoſoeuer without it arrogateth the knowledge [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulin.] of Scriptures, may mocke himſelfe. The author is vncertaine, but probably it ſemeth to be gathered by Eſdras, out of other bookes and traditions, for the perfecting of the old Teſtament: and is vndoubtedly canonical Scripture. In hebrew it is al one booke, but being large, is with the [Margin: Diuided into two bookes.] Greekes and Latines parted into two. And the firſt booke may be diuided into three principal partes. The firſt nine chapters conteyne diuers genealogies; firſt by the only right line from Adam to Noe, then by diuers lines of Noes [Margin: The firſt booke into three partes▪] progenie, but moſt ſpecially of Iacobs twelue ſonnes. In the tenth chapter the reiection, and death of king Saul is repeted. The other ninetene chapters are al of Dauid; to wit, of his election to be king, and inunction, his vertues, his faultes alſo, and his ſpecial actes, concerning Gods ſeruice, gouernment of the people; and prouiſion made for building Gods Temple.

THE FIRST BOOKE OF PARALIPOMENON. IN HEBREW, DIBRE HAIAMIM.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. The genealogie of Adam in the right line to Noe, and his three ſonnes, Sem, [Margin: The firſt part. Genealogies partly of other progenies of Adam, but ſpecially of Iacobs iſſue.] Cham, and Iaphet. 5. The generations of Iaphet, 8. of Cham, 17. and of Sem. 24. The right line of Sem to Abraham. 26. Abrahams generations by the line of Iſmael, 32. by the ſonnes of Cetura, 34. and by the line of Iſaac; and his ſonne Eſau; 43. with their kinges, 51. and dukes.

1 ADAM, [::] Seth, Enos,

2 Cainan, Malaleel, lared,

3 Henoch, Mathuſale, Lamech,

4 Noe, Sem; Cham, and Iapheth.

5 The ſonnes of Iapheth: Gomer, and Magog, & Madai, and Iauan, Thubal, Moſoch, Thrias.

6 Moreouer the ſonnes of Gomer: Aſcenez, and Riphath, and Thogorma.

7 And the ſonnes of Iauan: Eliſa and Tharſis, Cethim and Dodanim.

8 The ſonnes of Cham: Chus, and Meſraim, and Phut, & Chanaan.

9 And the ſonnes of Chus: Saba, and Heuila, Sabatha, & Regma, and Sabathaca. Moreouer the ſonnes of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.

10 And Chus begat Nemrod: this begane to be mightie in the earth.

11 But Meſraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, & Nephtuim,

12 Phetruſim alſo, and Caſluim: from whom came Philiſthijm, & Caphthorim.

13 But Chanaan begat Sidon his firſtborne, the Hetheite alſo,

14 and the Iebuſeite, and the Amorrheite, & the Gergeſeite,

15 & the Heueite, and the Araceite, and the Sineite.

16 The Aradium alſo, and the Samareite, and the Hamatheite.

17 The ſonnes of Sem: Aelam, and Aſſur, and Arphaxad, & Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Moſoch.

18 And Arphaxad begat Sale, who alſo begat Heber.

19 Moreouer to Heber were borne two ſonnes, the name of one was Phaleg, becauſe in his daies the earth was diuided; and the name of his brother Iectan.

20 And Iectan begat Elmodad, and Saleph, & Aſarmoth, and Iare,

21 Adoram alſo, and Vſal, and Decla,

22 Hebal alſo, and Abimael, and Saba, moreouer

23 alſo Ophir, and Heuila, and Iobab. Al theſe are the ſonnes of Iactan: † [::] Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,

24 Heber Phaleg, Ragau, † Serug, Nachor, Thare,

25 Abram, this is [::] Abraham.

26 And the ſonnes of Abraham, Iſaac & Iſmael.

27 And theſe are the generations of them. The firſtbegoten of Iſmael, Nabaioth, and Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabſam,

28 and Maſma, and Duma, Maſſa, Hadad, and Thema,

29 Ietur, Naphis, Cedma. theſe are the ſonnes of Iſmahel.

30–32 And the ſonnes of Cetura Abrahams concubine, which ſhe bare: Zamran, Iecſan, Madan, Madian, Ieſboc, and Sue. Moreouer the ſonnes of Iecſan: Saba, and Dadan. And the ſonnes of Dadan: Aſſurim, and Latuſſim, and Laomim.

33 And the ſonnes of Madian: Epha, and Epher and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. Al theſe the ſonnes of Cetura.

34 And Abraham begat Iſaac: whoſe ſonnes were Eſau, & Iſrael.

35 The ſonnes of Eſau: Eliphaz, Rahuel, Iehus, Ihelom, and Core.

36 The ſonnes of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, Thamna, Amalec.

37 The ſonnes of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara, Samma, Meza.

38 The ſonnes of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Sebeon, Ana, Diſon, Eſer, Diſan.

39 The ſonnes of Lotan: Hori, Homam. And the ſiſter of Lotan was Thamna.

40 The ſonnes of Sobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Sephi, & Onam. The ſonnes of Sebeon: Ais & Ana. The ſonnes of Ana: Diſon.

41 The ſonnes of Diſon: Hamram, and Eſeban, and Iethran, and Charan.

42 The ſonnes of Eſer: Balaan, and Zauan, and Iacan. The ſonnes of Diſan: Hus and Aran.

43 Theſe be the kinges, that reigned in the Land of Edom, before there was a king ouer the chidren of Iſrael: Bale the ſonne of Beor: and the name of his citie, Deneba.

44 And Bale died, and Iobab the ſonne of Zare of Boſra, reigned for him.

45 And when Iobab alſo was dead, Huſam of the Land of the Themanes reigned for him.

46 And Huſam alſo died, and Adad the ſonne of Badad reigned for him, who ſtroke Madian in the Land of Moab: and the name of his citie was Auith.

47 And when Adad alſo was dead, Semla of Maſreca reigned for him.

48 But Semla alſo died, and there reigned for him Saul of Rohoboth, which is ſituate beſides the riuer.

49 Saul alſo being dead, Balanan, the ſonne of Achobor reigned for him.

50 But this alſo died, and Adad reigned for him: whoſe cities name was Phau, and his wife was called Meetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezaab.

51 And Adad being dead, there began to be dukes in Edom for kinges: duke Thamna, duke Alua, duke Ietheth,

52 duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,

53 duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabſar,

54 duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. theſe be the dukes of Edom.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 [::] Adam had two other ſonnes before Seth, but Cains race was vtterly extinguiſhed by the flood, and Abel had no children.
• 23 [::] As before the right line of Adam to Noe ſo here from his ſonne Sem to Abram.
• 25 [::] For myſterie ſake God changed his name to Abraham. Gen. 17.

ANNOTATIONS.

BECAVSE in diuers holie Scriptures, and eſpecialy in theſe bookes of Paralipomenon, manie difficulties occurre concerning diuers perſons, and places; as alſo [Margin: Differences of names, numbers, & times, found in holie ſcriptures, make them hard to be vnderſtood.] differences of numbers, and times; in reconciling wherof the holie Fathers and Doctors haue much laboured, making ſometimes large commentaries to ſatisfie them ſelues, and other diligent ſearchers of the truth, & to remoue the obloquies of detractors from the authoritie of holie Scripture, whoſe learned explications of ſuch obſcurities if we ſhould cite, it would be ouer long, and contratie to our purpoſe of brief Annotations; here once for often, we wil preſent to the vulgar reader, certaine cleare and ordinarie rules, by which the learned Diuines do reconcile ſuch apparent contradictions.

Firſt, it is euident by ſundrie examples, that manie perſons, places, and ſome [Margin: Diuers meanes to reconcile ſeming contradictions in holie ſcriptures.] other thinges had diuers names, & ſo are ſometimes called by one name, ſometimes by an other. Secondly (which is more common) manie were called by the ſame names, and ſo muſt be diſtinguiſhed by the differences of times, places, qualities, or other circumſtances. Thirdly, in genealogies and other hiſtories, children are not alwaies called the ſonnes, or daughters of their natural [Margin: 1.] parentes, but ſometimes of legal fathers; and ſometimes alſo of thoſe that [Margin: 2.] [Margin: Luc. 3.] adopted them for their children; and ſometimes of their grandfathers, or [Margin: 3.] former progenitors. Fourthly, ſometime for myſterie ſake, an other number [Margin: 4.] is expreſſed, being true in the myſtical ſenſe, differing from the preciſe number according to the hiſtorie. As in the genealogie of Chriſt the Euangeliſt [Margin: Mat. ⟨illegible⟩.] counteth thriſe fourtene generations from Abraham to our Sauiour, differing from the hiſtorie of the old Teſtament. Fiftly; euen in the hiſtorie it [Margin: 5.] ſelf, ſometimes holie Scripture counteth only the greater numbers, ommitting [Margin: 6.] the leſſer, and in ſome other addeth alſo the odde numbers▪ Sixtly, the Scriptures ſpeake often by ▪tropes, as mentioning part for the whole, or the whole for the part; ſo by the figure Synechdoche, Chriſt is ſaid to haue bene three dayes dead, that is, one whole day and part of other two. And ſome king liuing or reigning ſo manie yeares and part of an other, and his ſucceſſour reigning the other part, ech part is countend to each of them for a whole yeare, and ſo a yeare is added, more then is in the preciſe number. Seuenthly, ſometimes the [Margin: 7] ſonnes reigned together with their fathers, as Ioathan reigned his father Ozias yet liuing. 4. Reg. 15. & ſo both their reignes are ſometimes counted, ſometimes their ſeueral yeares, as euerie one reigned alone. Eightly. the times of vacances, [Margin: 8.] in the gouernment of the Iudges, reignes of kinges, and the like, are ſometimes omitted in calculation, ſometimes adioyned to the predeceſſor, or ſucceſſor. Ninthly, ſometimes the holy Scripture mentioneth the only time that [Margin: 9.] one liued or reigned wel. as it were blotting out the reſt with obliuion. So Saul is ſayd to haue reigned two yeares (1. Reg 13.) VVho wel and euil reigned much longer. Tenthly, by error in writing, wordes, names, and eſpecially numbers [Margin: 10.] may eaſely▪ be changed, and can not eaſely be corrected. By theſe or other like meanes, al the holie Scriptures may be defended, though none ought to preſume by his priuate ſpirit, to vnderſtand and expound al Sciptures; which are [Margin: Not priuate but publique ſpirit of the Church expounder of holie Scripture.] hard not only by reaſon of their profound ſenſe, ſurpaſſing mans natural capacitie, but alſo for that in outward apparence, ſometimes there ſeeme to be contradictions, but in dede neither are, nor can be vttered by the Holie Ghoſt, the Spirit of truth, Inditer of the whole ſacred Bible. And therfore we muſt relie [Margin: 2. Pet. 1. v. 20.] vpon Gods Spirit, ſpeaking in his ſpouſe the Church, commended vnto vs by thoſe Scriptures, wherof we are ſufficiently aſſured.

Chapter 2

CHAP II. The names of Iſraels twelue ſonnes. 3. The geneologie of Iuda, firſt in the right line to Dauid, the ſeuenth ſonne of Iſai: 16. then other genealogies of the ſame Iuda.

1 AND the chidren of [::] Iſrael: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Iſſachar, and Zabulon,

2 Dan, Ioſeph, Beniamin, Nephthali, Gad, and Aſer.

3 The ſonnes of Iuda: Her, Onan, and Sela. theſe three were borne to him of the Chananite the daughter of Sue. And Her the firſtbegotten of Iuda, was euil before our Lord, and he ſlewe him.

4 And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Phares and Zara. † Therfore al the ſonnes of Iuda, were fiue.

5 And the ſonnes of Phares, Heſron and Hamul.

6 The ſonnes alſo of Zara: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, Chalcal alſo, and Dara, together fiue.

7 And the ſonnes of Charmi: [::] Achar, who trubled Iſrael, & ſinned in the theft of the anathema.

8 The ſonnes of Ethan: Azarias.

9 And the ſonnes of Heſron that were borne to him: Ierameel, and Ram, and Calubi.

10 Moreouer Ram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab, begat Nahaſſon, the prince of the children of Iuda.

11 Nahaſſon alſo begat Salma, of whom was borne Booz.

12 But Booz begat Obed, who alſo begat Iſai.

13 And Iſai. begat the firſtbegotten Eliab, the ſecond Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

14 the fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,

15 the ſixt Aſom, the ſeuenth Dauid.

16 Whoſe ſiſters were Saruia, and Abigail. The ſonnes of Saruia: Abiſai, Ioab, and Aſael, three.

17 And Abigail beare Amaſa, whoſe father was Iether the Iſmaelite.

18 But [::] Caleb the ſonne of Heſron tooke a wife named Azuba, of whom he begat Ierioth: and her ſonnes were Iaſer, and Sobab, and Ardon.

19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb tooke to wife Ephratha▪ who bare him Hur.

20 Moreouer Hur begat Vri: and Vri begat Bezeleel.

21 After theſe thinges Heſron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and tooke her, when he was three ſcore yeares old: who bare him Segub.

22 But Segub alſo begat Iair, & poſſeſſed three and twentie cities in the Land of Galaad.

23 And he tooke Geſſur, and Aram the townes of Iair, and Canath, and the villages therof, threeſcore cities, al theſe are [::] the ſonnes of Machir the father of Galaad.

24 And when Heſron was dead: Caleb went in to Ephrata. Heſron alſo had to wife Abia who bare him Aſhur the father of Thecua.

25 And there were borne ſonnes to Ierameel the firſtbegotten Heſron, Ram his firſtborne, and Buna, and Aram, and Aſom, and Achia.

26 Ierameel maried alſo an other wife, named Atara, which was the mother of Onam.

27–28 But the ſonnes alſo of Ram the firſtbegotten of Ierameel, were Moos, Iamin, and Acar. And Onam had ſonnes Semei, and Iada. And the ſonnes of Semei: Nadab, and Abiſur.

29 But the name of Abiſurs wife, was Abihail, who bare him Ahobban, and Molid.

30 And the ſonne of Nadab were Saled, & Apphaim. And Saled died without children.

31 But the ſonne of Apphaim, Ieſi: which Ieſi begat Seſan. Moreouer Seſan begat Oholai.

32 And the ſonnes of Iada the brother of Semei: Iether, and Ionathan. But Iether alſo died without children.

33 Moreouer Ionathan begat Phaleth, and Ziza. Theſe were the ſonnes of Ierameel.

34 And Seſan had noe ſonnes, but daughters: and a ſeruant an Aegyptian, named Ieraa.

35 And he gaue him his daughter to wife: who bare him Ethei.

36 And Ethei begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

37 Zabad alſo begat Ophlal, & Ophlal begat Obed,

38 Obed begat Iehu, Iehu begat Azarias,

39 Azarias begat Helles, and Helles begat Elaſa,

40 Ealaſa begat Siſamoi, Siſamoi begat Sellum,

41 Sellum begat Icamiam, and Icamia begat Eliſama.

42 And the ſonnes of Caleb the brother of Ierameel: Meſa his firſtbegotten, he is the father of Ziph: and the ſonnes of Mareſa the father of Hebron.

43 Moreouer the ſonnes of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma.

44 And Samma begat Raham, the father of Iercaam, and Recem begat Sammai.

45 The ſonne of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethſur.

46 And Epha the concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moſa, and Gezez. Moreouer Haran begat Gezez.

47 And the ſonnes of Iahaddai, Regom, and Ioathan, and Geſan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph.

48 The concubine of Caleb Maacha bare Saber, and Tharana.

49 And Saaph the father of Madmena begat Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. But the daughter of Caleb, was Achſa.

50 Theſe were the ſonnes of Caleb, the ſonne of Hur the firſtbegotten of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim.

51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader.

52 And there were ſonnes of Sobal the father of Chariathiarim, he that ſaw the halfe of the [*] reſtinges.

53 and of the kinred of Cariatharim, the Iethreites, and Aphutheites, and Sematheites, and Maſeretes. Out of theſe iſſued the Saraites, and Eſthaolites.

54 The ſonnes of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the [::] Crownes of the houſe of Ioab, and the Halfe of the reſting of Sarai,

55 The kinredes alſo of the ſcribes dwelling in Iabes, ſinging and ſounding, and abyding in tabernacles. Theſe are the Cineites, which came from heate of the father of the houſe of Rechab.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [::] This patriarch firſt called Iacob ſignifying ſupp⟨illegible⟩ater was afterward called Iſrael, that is, S⟨illegible⟩ng God, or valient vvith God. Gen 35.
• 7 [::] Either this man had two names, or there is error in the laſt letter, here, or Ioſue. 7.
• 18 [::] Otherwiſe called Cal⟨illegible⟩bi. v. 9.
• 23 [::] By ſonnes as often elſewhere, are vnſtood nephewes and other of spring.
• 52 [*] dvvellings, or reſting places.
• 54 [::] Valient men by whoſe help Ioab got victories and triumphant crownes.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. The ſonnes of King Dauid. 10. The line of the Kinges of Iuda from Salomon to Ioſias. 15. with diuers generations of the ſame Ioſias.

1 BVT Dauid had theſe ſonnes, which were borne to him in Hebron: the firſtbegotten Ammon of Achinoam the Ieſraelite, the ſecond Daniel of Abigail the Carmelite,

2 the third Abſolom the ſonne of Maacha the daughier of Tolmui the king of Geſſur, the fourth Adonias the ſonne of Aggith,

3 the fift Saphatias of Abital, the ſixth Iethraham of Egla his wife.

4 Six ſonnes therfore were borne to him in Hebron, where he reigned ſeuen yeares and ſix monethes. And in Ieruſalem he reiged three and thirtie yeares.

5 Moreouer in Ieruſalem ſonnes were borne to him, Simmaa, and Sobab, and Nathan, & Salomon, foure of Bethſabea the daughter of Ammiel,

6 Iebaar alſo and Eliſama,

7 and Eliphaleth, and Noge, and Nepheg, and Iaphia,

8 moreouer Eliſanna, and Eliada, and Elipheleth, nine:

9 al theſe the ſonnes of Dauid, beſide the ſonnes of his concubines: and they had a ſiſter Thamar.

10 And the ſonne of Salomon, Roboam: whoſe ſonne Abia begat Aſa. Of this alſo was borne Ioſaphat,

11 the father of Ioram: which Ioram begat Ochozias, of whom roſe Ioas:

12 and his ſonne Amaſias begat Azarias. Moreouer Azarias the ſonne of Ioathan

13 begat Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom was borne Manaſſes.

14 But Manaſſes alſo begat Amon the father of Ioſias.

15 And the ſonnes of Ioſias were, the firſtbegotten Iohanam, the ſecond [::] Ioakim, the third Sedecias, the fourth Sellum.

16 Of Ioakim was borne Iechonias, and Sedecias.

17 The ſonnes of Iechonias were Aſir, Salathiel,

18 Melchiram, Phadaia, Senneſer & Iecemia, Sam⟨illegible⟩, and Nadabia.

19 Of Phadaia were borne Zorobabel and Semei. Zorobabel begat Moſollom, Hananias, and Salomith their ſiſter:

20 Haſaba alſo, and Ohol, and Barachias, and Haſadias, Iaſabheſed, fiue.

21 And the ſonne of Hananias, Phaltias the father of Ieſeias, whoſe ſonne was Raphaia. This mans ſonne alſo Arnan, of whom was borne Obdia, whoſe ſonne was Sechenias.

22 The ſonne of Sechenias: Semeia, whoſe ſonnes were Hattus, and Iegaal, and Baria, and Naaria, and Saphat, [::] ſix in number.

23 The ſonnes of Naaria, Elioenai, & Ezechias, and Ezricam, three.

24 The ſonnes of Elioenai, Oduia, and Eliaſub, and Pheleia, and Accub, and Iohanan, and Dalaia, and Anani, ſeuen.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 15 [::] S. Matthew omitteth this Ioakim, and counteth Iechonias as the ſonne of Ioſias. The ſame Ieconias was alſo otherwiſe called Ioachin. 4 Reg. 24. v. 6. & 25. v. 27. S. Hierom. li. 1. in Matth.
• 22 [::] Semeia with his fiue ſonnes are counted ſix ſonnes of Sechenias, though Semeia only was his proper ſonne, the other his nephewes. See annotation. ch. 1. num. 3.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Other genealogies of Iuda: 24. and of Simeon, 29. by whom the progenie of Cham, 42. and reliques of Amelacites are ſubdued.

1 THE ſonnes of Iuda: Phares, Heſron, and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.

2 But Raia the ſonne of Sobal begat Iahath, of whom were borne Ahumai, and Laad. theſe be the kinredes of Sarathi.

3 This allo is the ſtocke of Etam: Iezrahel, and Ieſema, and Iedebos. And the name of their ſiſter Aſalelphuni.

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hoſa, theſe are the ſonnes of Hur the firſt begotten of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

5 But Aſſur the father of Thecua had two wiues, Halaa, & Naara.

6 And Naara bare him Oozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahaſthari. theſe are the ſonnes of Naara.

7 Moreouer the ſonnes of Halaa, Sereth, Iſaar, and Ethnan.

8 And Cos begat Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharchel the ſonne of Arum.

9 And Iabes was honorable aboue his brethren, and his mother called his name Iabes, ſaynig: Becauſe I bare him in ſorow.

10 But [::] Iabes inuocated the God of Iſrael, ſaying: If bleſſing thou wilt bleſſe me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou wilt make that I be not oppreſſed by malice. And God granted the thinges that he prayed for.

11 And Caleb the brother of Sua begat Mahir, who was the father of Eſthon.

12 Moreouer Eſthon begat Bethrapha, and Pheſſe, and Tehinna the father of the citie of Naas: theſe are the men of Recha.

13 And the ſonnes of Cenez, Othoniel, and Saraia. Moreouer the ſonnes of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi,

14 Maonathi begat Ophra, & Saraia begat Ioab [::] the father of the Vale of Artificers: for there were artificers.

15 And the ſonnes of Caleb the ſonne of Iephone, Hir, and Ela, and Naham. The ſonnes alſo of Ela: Cenez.

16 The ſonnes alſo Ialeleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and Aſrael.

17 And the ſonnes of Eſra, Iether, and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon, and he begat Mariam, and and Sammai, and Ieſba the father of Eſthamo.

18 Alſo his wife Iudaia, bare Iared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icu⟨illegible⟩hiel the father of Zanoe. and theſe are the ſonnes of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered tooke.

19 And the ſonnes of the wiſe of Odaia the ſiſter of Naham the father of Ceila, Garmi, and Eſthamo, which was of Macathi.

20 The ſonnes alſo Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the ſonne of Hanan, and Thilon. And the ſonnes of Ieſi, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21 The ſonnes of Sela the ſonne of Iuda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Mareſa, and the kinredes of their houſe that worke ſilke in the Houſe of oath.

22 And he that made the Sunne to ſtand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, which were princes in Moab, and which returned into Lahem. and theſe are old wordes.

23 Theſe are potters, dwelling in Plantinges, and in Hedges, with the king in his workes, and they abode there.

24 The ſonnes of Simeon: Namuel, and Iamin, Iarib, Zara, Saul:

25 Sellum his ſonne, Mapſam his ſonne, Maſma his ſonne.

26 The ſonnes of Maſma: Hamuel his ſonne, Zachur his ſonne, Semei his ſonne.

27 The ſonnes of Semei ſixtene, and ſix daughters: but his brethren had not manie ſonnes, and the whole kinred could not reach to the ſumme of the children of Iuda.

28 And they dwelt in Berſabee, and Molada, and Haſarſuhal,

29 and in Bala, and in Aſom, and in Tholad,

30 and in Bathuel, and in Hormi, and in Siceleg,

31 and in Bethmarcaboth, and in Haſarſuſim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. theſe were their cities vntil king Dauid.

32 Their townes alſo: Etam, and Aen, Rhemmon, and Thochen, and Aſan, fiue cities.

33 And al their villages round about theſe cities vnto Baal. this is their habitation, and the diſtribution of their dwellinges.

34 Moſabab alſo and Iemlech, and Ioſa the ſonne of Amaſias,

35 and Ioel, and Iehu the ſonne of Ioſabia the ſonne of Saraia, the ſonne of A⟨illegible⟩iel,

36 and Elioenai, and Iacoba, and Iſuhaia, and Aſaia, and Adiel, and Iſmiel, and Banaia,

37 Ziza alſo the ſonne of Zephei the ſonne of Allon the ſonne of Idaia the ſonne of Semri the ſonne of Samaia.

38 Theſe renowmed princes in their kinredes, & in the houſe of their affinities they were multiplied excedingly.

39 And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as the Eaſt ſide of the valley, and to ſeeke paſtures for their flockes.

40 And they found fatte paſtures, and very good, and a countrie very large and quiet and fruiteful, in the which before had dwelt the ſtocke of Cham.

41 Theſe therfore, whom before we deſcribed by name, came in the dayes of Ezechias the king of Iuda: and they ſtroke their tabernacles, and the inhabitantes that were found there, & cleane deſtroyed them vntil this preſent day: and they dwelt for them, becauſe they found there moſt fatte paſtures.

42 Alſo of the children of Simeon there went into mount Seir fiue hundred men, hauing their princes Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the ſonnes of Ieſi:

43 and they ſtroke the remnant of the Amalecites, which were able to eſcape, and they dwelt there for them vntil this day.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 10 [::] In ioyning a vow to his prayer he imitated holie Iacob. Gen. 28. And they both deſired temporal thinges for the better ſeruing of God, & aduancing his glorie; eſpecially that they might be aſſiſted with grace not to ye⟨illegible⟩d to tentatious, nor ſinne of malice.
• 14 [::] Chieflo⟨illegible⟩d of the va⟨illegible⟩y; where the ⟨illegible⟩ dwelt that ma⟨illegible⟩e the Temple.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Genealogies of Ruben, whoſe birthright, concerning duble portion, is tranſlated to Ioſeph, the principalitie to Iuda, with their ſpecial actes. 11. Alſo of Gad. 18. who with Ruben, and half tribe of Manaſſes, ſubdue the Agarenes: 25. but for their ſinnes are led captiue into Aſſyria.

1 ALSO the ſonnes of Ruben the firſt begotten of Iſrael (for he was his firſt begotten: [::] but when he had violated his fathers bed, his firſtbirthright was giuen to the ſonnes of Ioſeph the ſonne of Iſrael, and he was not reputed for the firſtbegotten.

2 Moreouer Iudas, which was the ſtrongeſt among his brethren, of his ſtocke ſprang the princes: but the firſtbirthright was reputed to Ioſeph.)

3 The ſonnes then of Ruben the firſtbegotten of Iſrael: Enoch, & Phallu, Eſron, and Charmi.

4 The ſonnes of Ioel: Samia his ſonne, Gog his ſonne, Semei his ſonne,

5 Micha his ſonne, Reia his ſonne, Baal his ſonne,

6 Beera his ſonne, whom Theglathphalnaſar the king of the Aſſyrians led away captiue, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

7 And his brethren, and al his kinred, when they were numbred by their families, had theſe princes Iehiel, and Zacharias.

8 Moreouer Bala the ſonne of Azaz, the ſonne of Samma, the ſonne of Ioel, he dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

9 Agaynſt the eaſt quarter alſo he dwelt vnto the entrance of the deſert, and the riuer Euphrates. For they poſſeſſed a great number of cattel in the land of Galaad.

10 And in the daies of Saul they fought agaynſt the Agarenes, and ſlewe them, and dwelt for them in their tabernacles, in al the quarter, that looketh to the Eaſt of Galaad.

11 But the children of Gad dwelt ouer agaynſt them in the land of Baſan, as far as Selcha:

12 Iohel the head, and Sapham the ſecond: and Ianai, and Saphat in Baſan.

13 And their brethren according to the houſes of their kinredes, Michael, and Moſollam, and Sebe, and Iorai, and Iacan, and Zi⟨illegible⟩, and Heber, ſeuen.

14 Theſe are the ſonnes of Abihail, the ſonnes of Huri, the ſonne of Iara, the ſonne of Galaad, the ſonne of Michael, the ſonne of Ieſeſi, the ſonne of Ieddo, the ſonne of Buz.

15 Alſo the brethren of the ſonne of Abdiel, the ſonne of Guni, prince of the houſe in their families.

16 And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Baſan, and in the townes therof, and in al the ſuburbes of Saron, vnto the borders.

17 Al theſe were numbred in the daies of Ioatham the king of Iuda, and in the daies of Ieroboam the king of Iſrael.

18 The children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, men of warre, carying ſheildes, & ſwordes, and bending the bow, and taught to battels, foure and fourtie thouſand, and ſeuen hundred threeſcore going forth to fight.

19 They fought agaynſt the Agarenes: but the Itureians, and Naphis, and Nodab

20 gaue them ayde. And the Agarenes were deliuered into their handes, and al that were with them, becauſe they called vpon God when they fought: and he heard them, [::] becauſe they beleued in him.

21 And they tooke al that they poſſeſſed, Camels fiftie thouſand, and ſheepe two hundred fiftie thouſand, and aſſes two thouſand, and of men an hundred thouſand ſoules.

22 And manie fel downe wounded: for it was the battel of our Lord. And they dwelt for them vntil the tranſmigration.

23 Alſo the children of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes poſſeſſed the land, from the coſtes of Baſan vnto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for the number was great.

24 And theſe were the princes of the houſe of their kinred, Epher, and Ieſi, and Eliel, and Eſriel, and Ieremia, and Odoia, and Iediel, moſt valiant men and mightie, and renowned princes in their families.

25 But they forſooke the God of their fathers, and fornicated after the goddes of the peoples of the land, whom God tooke away before them.

26 And the God of Iſrael rayſed vp the ſpirit of Phul king of the Aſſyrians, and the ſpirit of Thelgathphalnaſar king of Aſſur: and he tranſported Ruben, and Gad, and the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, and brought them into Lahela, and into Habor, and to Ara, and to the riuer of Gozan, vntil this day.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 [::] See annotations; Gen. 49. nu. 4.
• 20 [::] Of theſe and the like, S Paul ſayth. By ſaith they ouer came kingdomes, Heb; 11.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. The genealogies of Leui, 4. with the right line of Aaron by Eleazar to Ioſadech, high prieſt in the captiuitie of Babylon, 16. other progenies of his three ſonnes; Gerſon, Caath, and Merari, 31. with their offices in the temple: 49. only Aarons ſounes admitted to prieſthood. 54. Particular poſſeſsions of the Leuites dwelling amongſt the other tribes.

1 THE ſonnes of Leui: Gerſon, Caath, and Merari.

2 The ſonnes of Caath: Amram, Iſaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moyſes, and Maria. The ſonnes of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 [::] Eleazar begat Phinees, and Phinees begat Abiſue,

5 and Abiſue begat Bocci, & Bocci begat Ozi.

6 Ozi begat Zaraias, and Zaraias begat Maraioth.

7 Moreouer Meraioth begat aMARIAS, and Amarias begat Achitob.

8 Achitob begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achimaas,

9 Achimaas begat Azarias, Azarias begat Iohanan,

10 Iohanan begat Azarias. the ſame is he that executed the prieſtlie office in the houſe, which Salomon built in Ieruſalem.

11 And Azarias begat Amarias, and Amarias begat Achitob,

12 and Achitob begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Sellum,

13 Sellum begat Helcias, and Helcias begat Azarias,

14 Azarias begat Saraias, and Saraias begat Ioſedec.

15 Moreouer Ioſedec went forth, when our Lord tranſported Iuda, and Ieruſalem by the handes of Nabuchodonoſor.

16 The ſonne then of Leui: Gerſon, Caath, and Merari.

17 And theſe be the names of the ſonnes of Gerſon: Lobni and Semei.

18 The ſonnes of Caath: Amram, and Iſaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

19 The ſonnes of Merari: Moholi and Muſi. And theſe are the kinredes of Leui according to their families.

20 Gerſon, Lobni his ſonne, Iahath his ſonne, Zamma his ſonne,

21 Ioah his ſonne, Addo his ſonne, Zara his ſonne, Iethrai his ſonne.

22 The ſonnes of Caath, Aminadab his ſonne, Core his ſonne, Aſir his ſonne,

23 Elcana his ſonne, Abiaſaph his ſonne, Aſir his ſonne.

24 Thahath his ſonne, Vriel his ſonne, Ozias his ſonne, Saul his ſonne.

25 The ſonnes of Elcana: Amaſai, and Achimoth,

26 and Elcana: The ſonnes of Elcana: Sophai his ſonne, Nahath his ſonne,

27 Eliab his ſonne, Ieroham his ſonne, Elcana his ſonne.

28 The ſonnes of Samuel: the firſt begotten Vaſteni, and Abia.

29 And the ſonnes of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his ſonne, Semei his ſonne, Oza his ſonne,

30 Sammaa his ſonne, Haggia his ſonne, Aſaia his ſonne.

31 Theſe are they, whom Dauid appointed ouer the ſinging men of the houſe of our Lord, ſince the Arke was placed:

32 and they miniſtred before the tabernacle of teſtimonie, ſinging vntil Salomon built the houſe of our Lord in Ieruſalem: and they ſtood according to their order in the miniſterie.

33 And theſe are they, which aſliſted with their ſonnes, of the ſonnes of Caath, Hemam ſinging man, the ſonne of Ioel, the ſonne of Samuel,

34 the ſonne of Elcana, the ſonne of Ieroham, the ſonne of Eliel, the ſonne of Thohu,

35 the ſonne of Suph, the ſonne of Elcana, the ſonne of Mahath, the ſonne of Amaſai,

36 the ſonne of Elcana, the ſonne of Iohel, the ſonne of Azaries, the ſonne of Sophonias,

37 the ſonne of Thahath, the ſonne of Aſir, the ſonne of Abiaſaph, the ſonne of C'ore,

38 the ſonne of Iſaar, the ſonne of Caath, the ſonne of Leui, the ſonne of Iſrael.

39 And his brother Aſaph, who ſtood on his right hand, Aſaph the ſonne of Barachias, the ſonne of Samaa,

40 the ſonne of Michael, the ſonne of Baſaia, the ſonne of Melchia,

41 the ſonne of Athanai, the ſonne of Zara, the ſonne of Adaia,

42 the ſonne of Ethan, the ſonne of Zamma, the ſonne of Semei.

43 the ſonne of Ieth, the ſonne of Gerſon, the ſonne of Leui.

44 And the children of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the ſonne of Cuſi, the ſonne of Abdi, the ſonne of Maloch,

45 the ſonne of Haſabia, the ſonne of Amaſia, the ſonne of Helcias,

46 the ſonne of Amaſai, the ſonne of Boni, the ſonne of Somer,

47 the ſonne of Moholi, the ſonne of Moſi, the ſonne of Merari, the ſonne of Leui

48 Their brethren alſo the Leuites, which were ordained for al the miniſterie of the tabernacle of the houſe of our Lord.

49 But Aaron, and his ſonnes burnt incenſe vpon the altar of holocauſt, and vpon the altar of incenſe, for euerie worke of Sancta Sanctorum: and to pray for Iſrael according to al thinges, which Moyſes the ſeruant of God had commanded.

50 And theſe are the ſonnes of Aaron: Eleazar his ſonne, Phinees his ſonne, Abiſue his ſonne

51 Bocci his ſonne, Ozi his ſonne, Zarahia his ſonne,

52 Meraioth his ſonne, Amarias his ſonne, Achitob his ſonne,

53 [::] Sadoc his ſonne, Achimaas his ſonne.

54 And theſe are their habitations by the townes and confines, to witte, of the ſonnes of Aaron, according to the kinredes of the Caathites: for they were fallen to them by lotte.

55 They gaue therfore to them Hebron in the Land of Iuda, and the ſuburbes therof round about:

56 but the fieldes of the citie, and the townes to Caleb the ſonne of Iephone.

57 Moreouer to the ſonnes of Aaron they gaue cities, to flee vnto, Hebron, and Lobna, and the ſuburbes therof,

58 Iether alſo and Eſthemo with the ſuburbes therof, yea & Helon, and Dabir with their ſuburbes:

59 Aſan alſo & Bethſemes, & their ſuburbes.

60 And of the tribe of Beniamin: Gabee and the ſuburbes therof, Almath with the ſuburbes therof, Anothoth alſo with the ſuburbes therof. al the cities, thirtene, by their kinredes.

61 And to the children of Caath the reſidue of their kinred they gaue of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes in poſſeſſion ten cities.

62 Moreouer to the children of Gerſon by their kinredes of the tribe of Iſſachar, & of the tribe of Aſer, and of the tribe of Nephthali, and of the tribe of Manaſſes in Baſan, thirtene cities.

63 And to the ſonnes of Merari by their kinredes of the tribe of Ruben, and of the tribe of Gad, and of the tribe of Zabulon, they gaue by lot twelue cities.

64 Alſo the children of Iſrael gaue to the Leuites cities, and their ſuburbes:

65 and they gaue by lot, of the tribe of the children of Iuda, & of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, theſe cities, which they called by their names,

66 and to them, that were of the kinred of the ſonnes of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 They therfore gaue them cities, to flee vnto, Sichem with the ſuburbes therof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with the ſuburbes therof,

68 Iecmaan alſo with the ſuburbes therof, and Bethhoron in like maner,

69 moreouer Helon alſo with the ſuburbes therof, and Gethremmon in like maner.

70 Moreouer of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, Aner & the ſuburbes therof, Balaam and the ſuburbes therof: to witte, to them, which were leaft of the kinred of the ſonnes of Caath.

71 And to the ſonnes of Gerſom of the kinred of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, Gaulon in Baſan, and the ſuburbes therof, and Aſtaroth with the ſuburbes therof.

72 Of the tribe of Iſſachar, Cedes and the ſuburbes therof, and Dabereth with the ſuburbes therof,

73 Ramoth alſo and the ſuburbes therof, and Anem with the ſuburbes therof.

74 And of the tribe of Aſer: Maſal with the ſuburbes therof, & Abdon in like mamer,

75 Hucac alſo and the ſuburbes therof, and Rohob with the ſuburbes therof.

76 Moreouer of the tribe of Nephthali, Cedes in Galilee and the ſuburbes therof, Hamon with the ſuburbes therof, and Cariathaim, and the ſuburbes therof.

77 And to the reſt of the ſonnes of Merari: of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono and the ſuburbes therof, and Thabor with the ſuburbes therof:

78 beyond Iordan alſo ouer agaynſt Iericho, agaynſt the Eaſt of Iordan, of the tribe of Ruben, Boſor in the wilderneſſe with the ſuburbes therof, and Iaſſa with the ſuburbes therof,

79 Cademoth alſo and the ſuburbes therof, and Mephaath with the ſuburbes thereof.

80 Moreouer alſo of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and the ſuburbes therof, and Manaim with the ſuburbes therof,

81 yea and Heſebon with the ſuburbes therof, and Iezer with the ſuburbes therof.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 4 [::] The lineal ſucceſſion of Hiegh prieſtes from Aaron to the captiuitie in Babylon. Nicephorus counteth ſome others among theſe. li. 2. c. 4. Ioſephus alſo differeth from this cata. logue. li. 10. c. 11.
• 10 2. Paral. 26.
• 53 [::] In Sadoc (3. Reg 2.) the high prieſthood was reduced to the line of Eleazar which by Gods ordinance was tranſlated to Heli of Ithamars line but ſtil continued in the line of Aaron. The reſt of Sadochs line by Achimaas &c. to Ioſedech in the captiuitie appeareth before. v. 9. ad 15.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Genealogies of Iſſachar, 6. Beniamin, 13. Nephthali, 44 Manaſſes, 20. Ephraim, 30. and Aſer.

1 MOREOVER the ſonnes of Iſſachar: Thola, and Phua, Iaſub and Simeron, foure.

2 The ſonnes of Thola: Ozi and Raphaia, and Ieriel, and Iemai, and Iebſem, and Samuel, princes by the houſes of their kinredes. Of the ſtocke of Thola were numbred moſt valiant men in the daies of Dauid, two and twentie thouſand ſix hundred.

3 The ſonnes of Ozi: Izrahia, of whom were borne Michael, and Obadia, and Ioel, and Ieſia, fiue, al princes.

4 And with them by their families and peoples, readie girded to battel, moſt valiant men, ſix and thirtie thouſand: for they had many wiues, and children.

5 Their brethren alſo through al the kinred of Iſſachar, moſt ſtrong to fight, were numbred foure ſcore and ſeuen thouſand.

6 The ſonnes of Beniamin: Bela, and Bechor, & [::] Iadihel, three.

7 The ſonnes of Bela: Eſbon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Ierimoth, and Vrai, fiue princes of their families, and moſt ſtrong to fight, and their number was twentie two thouſand and thirtie foure.

8 Moreouer the ſonnes of Bechor: Zamira, and Ioas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amri, and Ierimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almath al theſe: the ſonnes of Bechor.

9 And there were numbred by their families princes of their kinredes moſt valiant vnto battel, twentie thouſand and two hundred.

10 Moreouer the ſonnes of Iadihel: Balon. And the ſonnes of Balan: Iehus, and Beniamin, and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan, and Tharſis, Ahiſahar.

11 al theſe the ſonnes of Iadihel, princes of their kinredes, moſt valiant men, ſeuentene thouſand, and two hundred going forth to battel.

12 Sepham alſo, and Hapham the ſonnes of Hir: and Haſim the ſonnes of Aher.

13 And the ſonnes of Nephthali: Iaſiel, and Guni, and lezer, and Sellum, the ſonnes of Bala.

14 Moreouer the ſonne of Manaſſes, Ezriel: and his concubine the Syrian bare Machit the father of Galaad.

15 And Machir tooke wiues for his ſonnes Happhim, and Saphan: and he had a ſiſter named Maacha: the name of the ſecond Salphaad, and to Salphaad were borne daughters.

16 And Maacha the wife of Machir bare a ſonne, and ſhe called his name Phares: moreouer the name of his brother, was Sares: and his ſonnes, Vlam, and Recen.

17 And the ſonne of Vlam, Badan. Theſe are the children of Galaad, the ſoone of Machir, the ſonne of Manaſſes.

18 And his ſiſter [::] Queene bare [::] Goodlieman, and Abiezer, and Mohola.

19 And the ſonnes of Semida were, Ahin, and Sechem, and Leci, and Anion.

20 And the ſonnes of Ephraim: Suthala, Bared his ſonne, Thahath his ſonne, Elada his ſonne, Thahath his ſonne, and this mans ſonne Zabad,

21 and this mans ſonne Suthala, and this mans ſonne Ezer, and Elad: and the men of Geth borne in the land ſlewe them, becauſe they came downe to inuade their poſſeſſions.

22 Eghraim therfore their father mourned many daies, and his brethern came to comfort him.

23 And he went in vnto his wife: who conceiued and bare a ſonne, and he called his name Beria, for that he was borne in the euils of his houſe:

24 and his daughter was Sara, who built Bethhoron, the nether and the vpper, and Ozenſara.

25 Moreouer his ſonne Rapha, and Reſeph, and Thale, of whom was borne Thaan,

26 who begat Laadan: this mans ſonne alſo was Ammiud, who begat Eliſama,

27 of whom was borne Nun, who had Ioſue his ſonne.

28 And their poſſeſſion and habitation, was Bethel with her daughters, and agaynſt the eaſt of Noran, and on the weſt quarter of Gazer and her daughters, Sichem alſo with her daughters, as farre as Aſa with her daughters.

29 Alſo neere the children of Manaſſes Bethſan and her daughters, Thanach & her daughters, Mageddo and her daughters: Dor and her daughters: in theſe dwelt the children of Ioſeph, the ſonne of Iſrael.

30 The children of Aſer: Iemna, and Ieſua, and Ieſſui, and Baria, and Sara their ſiſter.

31 And the ſonnes of Baria: Heber, and Melchiel: he is the father of Barſaith.

32 And Heber begat I⟨illegible⟩phlat, and Somer, and Hotham, and Suaa their ſiſter.

33 The ſonnes of Iephlat: Phoſech, and Chamaal, and Aſoth: theſe be the ſonnes of Iephlat.

34 Moreouer the ſonnes of Somer: Ahi, and Roaga, and Haba, and Aram.

35 And the ſonnes of H⟨illegible⟩lem his brother: Supha, and Iemna, and Selles, and Amal.

36 The ſonnes of Supha: Sue Harnapher, and Sual, and Be⟨illegible⟩i, and Iamra,

37 Boſor, and hod, and Sanuma, and Saluſa, and Iethran, and Bera.

38 The ſonnes of Iether: Iephone, and Phaſpha, and Ara.

39 And the ſonnes of Olla: Aree, and hanicl and Reſia.

40 Al theſe be the ſonnes of Aſer, princes of their kinredes, the choſen and moſt valiant dukes of dukes: and their number of the age that was fitte for battel, was ſix and twentie thouſand.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 6 [::] Gen. 46. this third ſonne is called As bel: & ſeuen more are there recited. And ſo in the reſt is much difference: but al may be reconciled by ſuch rules as are noted. chap. 1.
• 18 [::] ⟨illegible⟩cheth: Regiaa Queene.
• 18 [::] Ishod, V⟨illegible⟩ram decorum. that is, A comelic perſonable or goodlie maa. So we leaue the hebrew ⟨illegible⟩ in this place becauſe ⟨illegible⟩. ſerom, and the whole Church doth ſo in the latin text which we tranſlate.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. The progenie of Beniamin is further recited vnto Saul: 33. and his Iſſue.

1 AND Beniamin begat Bale his firſt begotten, Asbel the ſecond, Ahara the third,

2 Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 And the ſonnes of Bale were: Addar, and Gera, and Abiud,

4 Abiſue alſo, and Naaman, and Ahoe,

5 and alſo Gera, and Sephuphan, and Huram.

6 Theſe a⟨illegible⟩e the ſonnes of Ahod, princes of their kinredes that dwelt in Gabaa, which were tranſported into Manahath.

7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he tranſported them, and begat Oza, and Ahiud.

8 Moreouer he begat Saharaim in the countrie of Moab, after he diſmiſſed Huſim and Bara his wiues.

9 And of Hodes his wife he begat Iobab, and Sebia, and Moſa, and Molchom,

10 Iehus alſo, and Sechia, and Marma. theſe are his ſonnes princes in their families.

11 And Mehuſim begat Abitob, and Elphaal.

12 Moreouer the ſonnes of Elphaal Heber, and Miſaam, and Samad: this man built Ono, and Lod, and her daughters.

13 And Baria, and Sama princes of their kinredes that dweltin Aialon: theſe droue away the inhabitantes of Geth.

14 And Ahio, and Seſac, and Ierimoth,

15 and Sabadia, and Arod, and Heder,

16 Michael alſo, and Ieſpha, and Ioha the ſonnes of Baria.

17 And Zabadia, and Moſollam, and Hezeci, and Heber,

18 and Ieſamari, and Iezlia, and Iobab ſonnes of Elphaal,

19 and Iacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi, † and Elioenai, and Selethai, and Eliel,

20 and Adaia, and Baraia, and Samarath the ſonnes of Semei.

21 And Ieſpham, and Heber, and Eliel,

22 and Abdon, and Zechri, and Hanan, † and Hanania, and Aelam, and Anathothia,

23 and Iephdaia, and Phanuel the ſonnes of Seſac.

24 and Samſari, and Sohoria and Otholia,

25 and Ierſia, and Elia, and Zechri, the ſonnes of Ieroham.

26 theſe be the patriaches, and princes of their kinredes, which dwelt in Ieruſalem.

27 And in Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife Maacha:

28–29 And his firſt begotten ſonne Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Nadab.

30 Gedor alſo, and Ahio, and Zacher, and Macelloth:

31 and Macelloth begat Samaa: and they dwelt ouer agaynſt their brethren in Ieruſalem with their brethren.

32–33 And Ner begat Cis, and Cis begat Saul. Moreouer Saul begat Ionathas, and Melchiſua, and Abinadab, and Eſbaal.

34 And the ſonne of Ionathas, Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micha.

35 The ſonnes of Micha, Phithon, and Melech, & Tharaa, and Ahaz.

36 And Ahaz begat Ioada: and Ioada begat Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri: moreouer Zamri begat Moſa,

37 and Moſa begat Banaa, whoſe ſonne was Rapha, of whom was borne Elaſa, who begat Aſel.

38 Moreouer Aſel had ſix ſonnes of theſe names, Ezricam, Bochru, Iſmahel, Saria, Obdia, and Hanan. al theſe the ſonnes of Aſel.

39 And the ſonnes of Eſec his brother, Vlam the firſt begotten, and Iehus the ſecond, and Eliphalet the third.

40 And the ſonnes of Vlam were moſt ſtrong men, and archers of great force: and hauing many ſonnes and nephewes, vnto an hundred fiftie. Al theſe the children of Beniamin.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. VVho of Iſrael (after the captiuitie) firſt inhabited Ieruſalem. 10. VVho exerciſed the offices of Prieſtes, 14. and Leuites, 35. with repetition of part of Sauls progenie.

1 AL Iſrael therfore [::] was numbred: and the ſumme of them was written in the Booke of the kinges of Iſrael, and Iuda: and they were tranſported into Babylon for their ſinne.

2 And they that dwelt firſt in their poſſeſſions and in their cities: Iſrael, and the Prieſtes, and the Leuites, and the Nathineans.

3 There dwelt in Ieruſalem of the children of Iuda, and of the children of Beniamin, alſo of the children of Ephraim, and Manaſſes.

4 Othei the ſonne of Ammiud, the ſonne of Amri, the ſonne of Omrai, the ſonne of Bonni, of the ſonnes of Phares the ſonne of Iuda.

5 And of Siloni: Aſaia the firſt begotten, and his ſonnes.

6 And of the ſonnes of Zara: Iehuel, and their brethren, ſix hundred ninetie.

7 Moreouer of the ſonnes of Beniamin: Salo the ſonne of Moſollam, the ſonne of Odiua the ſonne of Aſana:

8 and Iobania the ſonne of Ieroham: and Ela the ſonne of Ozi, the ſonne of Mochori: and Moſollam the ſonne of Saphatias, the ſonne of Rahuel, the ſonne of Iebania,

9 and their brethren by their families, nine hundred fiftie ſix. Al theſe princes of their kinredes by the houſes of their fathers.

10 And of the prieſtes: Iedaia, Ioiarib, and Iachin:

11 Azarias alſo the ſonne of Helcias, the ſonne of Moſollam, the ſonne of Sadoc, the ſonne of Maraioth, the ſonne of Achitob, high prieſt of the houſe of God.

12 Moreouer Adaias the ſonne of Ieroham, the ſonne of Phaſſur, the ſonne of Melchias: and Maaſai the ſonne of Adiel, the ſonne of Iezra, the ſonne of Moſollam, the ſonne of Moſollamith, the ſonne of Emmer.

13 their brethren alſo princes by their families a thouſand ſeuen hundred three ſcore, moſt able men of ſtrength to the worke of the miniſterie in the houſe of God.

14 And of the Leuites: Semeia the ſonne of Haſſub the ſonne of Ezricam, the ſonne of Haſebia of the ſonnes of Merari.

15 Bacbacar alſo a carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the ſonne of Micha, the ſonne of Zechri the ſonne of Aſaph:

16 and Obdia the ſonne of Semeia, the ſonne of Galal, the ſonne of Idithun: and Barachia the ſonne of Aſa, the ſonne of Elcana, who dwelt in the courtes of Netophati.

17 And the porters: Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahimam: and their brother Sellum the prince,

18 vntil that time, in the kinges gate toward the eaſt, wayted by their courſes of the children of Leui.

19 But Sellum the ſonne of Core the ſonne of Abiaſaph, the ſonne of Core, with his brethren, and his fathers houſe, theſe are the Corites ouer the workes of the miniſterie, keepers of the entrances of the tabernacle: and their families in courſe keeping the entrance of the campe of our Lord.

20 And Phinees the ſonne of Eleaſar, was their prince before our Lord.

21 Moreouer Zacharias the ſonne of Moſollamia, porter of the gate of the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

22 Al theſe choſen men for porters, at euerie gate, two hundred twelue: and appointed out in their proper townes: Whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer appointed, vpon their fidelitie.

23 as wel them as their ſonnes. in the doores of the houſe of our Lord, and in the tabernacle by their courſes.

24 By the foure windes were the porters: that is to ſay, toward the Eaſt, and toward the Weſt, and toward the North, and toward the South.

25 And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came vpon their Sabbathes from time to time.

26 To theſe four Leuites was committed al the number of porters, and they were ouer the chambers, and treaſures of the houſe of our Lord.

27 Alſo round about the temple of our Lord they abode in their watches: that when it was time, they in the morning might open the doores.

28 Of theſe mens ſtocke there were alſo ouer the veſſels of the miniſterie: for by number the veſſels were both brought in and caried out.

29 Of them alſo they that had the implements of the ſancturie committed vnto them, did ouerſee the floure, and wine, and oile, and frankincenſe, and ſpices.

30 And the ſonnes of prieſtes made oyntementes of the ſpices.

31 And Mathathias a Leuite the firſtbegotten of Sellum the Corite, was ouerſeer of thoſe thinges, which were fryed in the ſrying panne.

32 Moreouer of the children of Caath their brethren, there were ouer the loaues of propoſition, to prepare alwaies new euerie Sabbath.

33 Theſe are the chief of the ſinging men by the families of the Leuites, which abode in the chambers, that they might day and night continually ſerue in their miniſterie.

34 The heades of the Leuites, princes in their families, taried in Ieruſalem.

35 And in Gabaon abode Iehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of his wiſe Maacha.

36 His firſt begotten ſonne Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

37 Gedor alſo, and Ahio, and Zacharias, and Macelloth.

38 Moreouer Macelloth begat Samaan: theſe dwelt ouer agaynſt their brethren in Ieruſalem, with their brethren.

39 And Ner bagat Cis: and Cis begat Saul: end Saul begat Ionathas, and Melchiſua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

40 And the ſonne of Ionathas, Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micha.

41 Moreouer the ſonnes of Micha, Phithon, and Molech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz

42 And Ahaz begat Iara, and Iara begat Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri. And Zamri begat Moſa.

43 And Moſa begat Banaa: whoſe ſonne Raphaia bepat Elaſa: of whom was borne Aſel.

44 Moreouer Aſel had ſix ſonnes of theſe names, Ezricam, Bochru, Iſmael, Saria, ⟨illegible⟩bdi⟨illegible⟩, Hanan, theſe are the ſonnes of Aſel.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 1 [::] The genealogies of al Iſrael being hitherto recited before their captiuitie, others are now added which firſt returned to Ieruſalem after their releaſe.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. King Saul with his three ſonnes are ſlaine by the Philiſtians. 8. who ſpoi⟨illegible⟩e the armie and carie ⟨illegible⟩ ay Souls head. 11. The men of Iabes Galaad ⟨illegible⟩rie his bodie and his ſonnes, faſting for them ſeuen daies. And the kingdom is tranſlated to Dauid.

1 AMD the Philiſtijms fought agaynſt Iſrael, and the men of Iſrael fled from the Paleſthines, and they fel wounded in mount Gelboe.

2 And when the Philiſthians were come nere purſewing Saul, and his ſonnes, they ſtroke Ionathas, and Abinadab, and Melchiſua the ſonnes of Saul.

3 And the battel grewc ſore agaynſt Saul, and the archers found him, and wounded him with arrowes.

4 And Saul ſayd to his eſquyer: Draw thy ſwoord, and kil me: leſt perhaps theſe vncircumciſed come, and deride me. But his harnes bearer would not, being frighted with feare: Saul therfore caught his ſword, and fel vpon it.

5 Which when his harnes bearer had ſeene, to witte, that Saul was dead, him ſelf alſo fel vpon his ſword, and died.

6 Saul therfore died, and his three ſonnes, and al his houſe fel together.

7 Which when the men of Iſrael had ſene, that dwelt in the ch⟨illegible⟩inpayne, they fled: and Saul and his ſonnes being dead, they forſooke their cities, and were diſperſed hither and thither: and the Philiſthijms came, and dwelt in them.

8 The next day therfore the Philiſthijms taking away the ſpoiles of them that were ſtayne, found Saul and his ſonnes lying on mount Gelboe.

9 And when they had ſpoyled him, and cut of his head, and ſtripped him of his armour, they ſent into their land, that it ſhould be caried about, and ſhould be ſhewed in the temples of the Idols, and to the people:

10 and his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and the head they nailed vp in the temple of Dagon.

11 When the men of Iabes Galaad had heard this, to witte, al thinges that the Philiſtijms had done vpon Saul,

12 euerie one of the valiant men aroſe, and tooke the bodies of Saul and of his ſonnes, and brought them into Iabes, and buried their bones vnder an oke, that was in Iabes, and they faſted ſeuen daies.

13 Saul therfore died for his iniquities, for that he [::] tranſgreſſed the commandement of our Lord which he had commanded, and kept it not: yea and beſides alſo conſulted the Pythoneſſe,

14 and truſted not in our Lord: for the which he ſlewe him, and transferred his kingdome to Dauid the ſonne of Iſai.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 1 :: The ſecond part. King Saul and al his familie ouerthrowne.
• 13 [::] He offered Sanctifice on an Altar withut warranto. 1. Reg. 13. And deſtroyed not the Amal⟨illegible⟩ cites, as he was commanded. 1. Reg. 1⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Dauid is elected and annointed king. 5. He ouerthroweth the Iebuſites taking the towre of Sion in Ieruſalem, and proſpereth. 10. His valiant men, and their heroical actes are recited. 17. He deſiring water from the ciſterne of Bethleem, wil not drink it, but offereth it in ſacrifice, becauſe it is brought with danger of his valiant mens liues. 20. Other valiant men of the ſecond order, are likewiſe recited.

1 AL Iſrael therfore was gathered together to Dauid in Hebron, ſaying: We are thy bone, and thy fleſh.

2 Yeſterday alſo, and the day before when Saul as yet reigned, thou waſt he that didſt leade out and leade in Iſrael: for to thee our Lord thy God ſayd: Thou ſhalt feede my people Iſrael, and thou ſhalt be prince ouer it.

3 Al the ancientes therfore of Iſrael came to the king into Hebron, and Dauid entred into a league with them before our Lord: and they annoynted him king ouer Iſrael, according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake in the hand of Samuel.

4 Dauid alſo went, and al Iſrael into Ieruſalem▪ this is Iebus, where the Iebuſeites were the inhabiters of the land.

5 And they that dwelt in Iebus, ſayd to Dauid: Thou ſhalt not come in here. Moreouer Dauid tooke the towre of Sion, which is the Citie of Dauid,

6 and he ſayd: Euerie one that ſhal among the firſt ſtrike the Iebuſeite, ſhal be the prince and chiefe captayne. Ioab therfore the ſonne of Saruia went vp firſt, and was made the prince.

7 And Dauid dwelt in the towre, and therfore it was called the Citie of Dauid.

8 And he built the citie round about from Mello vnto a round compaſſe, and Ioab built the reſt of the citie.

9 And dauid ptoſpered going and increaſing, and the Lord of hoſtes was with him.

10 Theſe are the princes of the valiant men of Dauid, which holpe him to be made king ouer al Iſrael according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake to Iſrael.

11 And this is the number of dauids ſtrong ones: Iesbaam the ſonne of Hachamoni prince among thirtie: this man lifted vp his ſpeare vpon three hundred wounded at one time.

12 And after him Eleazar his vncles ſonne an Ahohite, who was among the three mighties.

13 This was with Dauid in Pheſdomim, when the Philiſthijms were gathered to that place into battel: and the field of that countrie was ful of barley, and the people was fled from the face of the Philiſthimes.

14 Theſe ſtood in the middes of the fielde, and defended him: and when they had ſtriken the Philiſtheans, our Lord gaue great health to his people.

15 And there went downe three of the thirtie princes to a rocke, wherin Dauid was, to the caue of Odollam, when the Philiſthijms had camped in the Vale raphaim.

16 Moreouer dauid was in a hold, and the ward of the Pheliſthimes in Bethlehem.

17 Dauid therfore deſired and ſayd: O that ſome man would giue me water of the ceſterne of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

18 Theſe three therfore went forward through the middes of the campe of the Philiſthimes, and drewe water of the ceſterne of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to Dauid to drinke: who would not, but tather offered it to our Lord,

19 ſaying: God forbid that in the ſight of my God I ſhould doe this, and ſhould drinke the bloud of theſe men: becauſe in the peril of their liues they haue brought me the water. And for this cauſe he would not drinke. Theſe thinges did the three moſt valiantes.

20 Abiſai alſo the brother of Ioab he was prince of three, and he lifted vp his ſpeare agaynſt three hundred wounded, and he was among three moſt renowned,

21 and among the ſecond three he the noble one, and prince of them: but yet vnto the three firſt he taught not.

22 Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada a moſt valiant man, of Cabſeel: who had done manie factes, he ſtroke the [::] two ariel of Moab: and he went downe, and ſlewe the lion in the middes of the ciſterne in the time of ſnow.

23 And he ſtorke the Aegyptian, whoſe ſtature was of fiue cubites, and which had a ſpeare as the weauers beame: he therfore went downe to him with a rod, and by force tooke away the ſpeare, that he held in his hand, and ſlewe him with his owne ſpeare.

24 Theſe thinges did Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, who was among the three valiantes moſt renowned,

25 the firſt among thirtie, but yet the three he raught not: and Dauid made him of his counſel.

26 Moreouer the moſt valiant men in the armie, Aſahel the brother of Ioab, and Elchanan the ſonne of his vncle of Bethlehem,

27 Sammoth an Arortie, Helles a Phalonite,

28 Ira the the ſonne of Acces a Thecaite, Abiezer an Anathothite,

29 Sobbochai an Huſathite, Ilai an Ahohite,

30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the ſonne of Baana a Netophathite,

31 Ethai the ſonne of Ribai of Gabaath the children of Beniamin, Banaia a Pharatonite,

32 Hurai of the Torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite.

33 The ſonnes of Aſſem a Gezonite, Ionathan the ſonne of Sage an Ararite,

34 Ahiam the ſonne of Sachar an Ararite, † Eliphal the ſonne of Vr,

35 Hepher a Mecherathi⟨illegible⟩e, Ahia Phelonite,

36 Heſro a Carmelite, Naarai the ſonne of Azbai,

37 Ioel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the ſonne of Agarai.

38 Selet an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite the armour bearer of Ioab the ſonne of Saruia,

39 Ira a Iethreite, Gareb a Iethreite,

40 Vrias the Hetheite, Zabad the ſonne of Oholi,

41 Adina the ſonne of Sizaa Rubenite the prince of the Rubenites, & with him thirtie:

42 Hanan the ſonne of Maacha, and Ioſaphat a Mathanite,

43 Ozia an Aſtarothite, Samma, and Iehiel the ſonnes of Hotham an Arorite,

44 Iedihel the ſonne of Zamri, and Ioha his brother a Thoſaite,

45–46 Eliel a Mahumite, and Ieribai, and Ioſaia the ſonnes of Elnaim, and Iethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Iaſiel of Maſobia.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 The third part. King Dauids reigne and his ſpecial actes.
• 22 [::] Two ſtout men of Moab, as if they had benne lions. 2. Reg. 23. v. 20.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. VVho folowed dauid when he fled from Saul. 23. And who came into Hebron to make him king.

1 THESE alſo came to dauid into Siceleg, when as yet he fled from Saul the ſonne of Cis, the which were moſt valiant and excellent warriers,

2 drawing the bowe, and hurling with both handes ſtones in ſlinges, and ſhooting arrowes directly: of the brethren of Saul of Beniamin.

3 The prince Ahiezer, and Ioas the ſonnes of Sammaa a Gabaathite, and Iaziel, and Phallet the ſonnes of Azmoth, and Beracha, and Iehu an Anothothite.

4 Samaias alſo a Gabaonite the moſt valiant amongſt the thirtie and aboue the thirtie. Ieremias, and Ieheziel, and Iohanan, and Iezabad a Gaderothite.

5 And Eluzai, and Ierimuth, and Baalia, and Samaria, and Saphatia an Haruphite.

6 Elcana, and Ieſia, and Azareel, and Ioezer, & Ieſbaam of Carehim:

7 Ioela alſo, and Zabadia the ſonnes of Ieroham of Gedor.

8 Yea and of Gaddi alſo there fled to Dauid, when he lay hid in the deſert moſt valiant men, and the beſt warriers, holding ſheild and ſpeare: their faces as the faces of a lion, nd ſwift as the roebuck⟨illegible⟩s on the mountaynes:

9 Ezer the prince, Obdias the ſecond, Eliab the third,

10 Maſmana the fourth, Ieremias the fifth,

11 Ethi the ſixth, Eliel the ſeuenth,

12 Iohanan the eight, Elzebad the ninth,

13 Ieremias the tenth, Machbanai the eleuenth,

14 theſe of the children of Gad were the princes of his armie: the meaneſt was captayne ouer an hundred ſouldiars, and the greateſt, ouer a thouſand.

15 Theſe are they which paſſed Iordan the firſt moneth, when it vſed to flow ouer his bankes: and they chaſed away al that dwelt in the valleis toward the eaſt quarter and the weſt.

16 And there came alſo of Beniamin, and of Iuda to the hold, wherin Dauid abode.

17 And Dauid went out to mete them, and ſayd: If you be come peaceably to me for to helpe me, my hart be ioyned to you, but if you lye in wayte againſt me for my aduerſaries, whereas I haue no iniquitie in my handes, the God of our fathers ſee, and iudge.

18 But the ſpirit came on Amaſai the prince among thirtie, and he ſayd: We are thine ô Dauid, and with thee ô ſonne of Iſai: peace, peace be to thee, & peace to thy helpers. for thy God helpeth thee. Dauid therfore receiued them, and appoynted them princes of the band.

19 Moreouer of Manaſſes there fled to Dauid, when he came with the Philiſthijms agaynſt Saul, to fight and he fought not with them: becauſe the princes of the Philiſthimes taking counſel ſent him backe, ſaying: with the peril of our head wil he returne to his lord Saul.

20 Therfore when he returned into Siceleg, there fled to him of Manaſſes, Ednas, and Iozabab, and Iedihel, and Michael, and Ednas, & Iozabad, and Eliu, and Salathi, the princes of a thouſand in Manaſſes.

21 Theſe did ayde Dauid agaynſt the rouers: for they were al moſt valiant men, and were made commanders in the armie.

22 Yea and there came euerie day to Dauid to helpe him, til it became a great number, as it were [::] the armie of God.

23 This alſo is the number of the commanders of the armie, which came to Dauid, when he was in Hebron, to transferre the kingdom of Saul to him▪ according to the word of our Lord.

24 The children of Iuda bearing ſhield and ſpeare, ſix thouſand eight hundred wel appoynted to battel.

25 Of the children of Simeon valient men to ⟨illegible⟩ight, ſeuen thouſand one hundred.

26 Of the children of Leui, foure thouſand ſix hundred.

27 Ioiada alſo prince of the ſtocke of Aaron, and with him three thouſand ſeuen hundred.

28 Sadoc alſo a young man of goodlie towardenes, and the houſe of his father, princes twentie two

29 And of the children of Beniamin the brethren of Saul, three thouſand: for a great part of them as yet folowed the houſe of Saul.

30 Moreouer of the children of Ephraim twentie thouſand eight hundred, valiant of ſtrength, men renowmed in their kinredes.

31 And of the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, eightene thouſand, euerie one by their names, came to make Dauid king.

32 Alſo of the children of Iſſachar men of vnderſtanding, that knewe al times to command what Iſrael ſhould doe, princes two hundred: and al the reſt of the tribe did folow their counſel.

33 Moreouer of Zabulon ſuch as went forth to battel, & ſtood in aray wel appoynted with armour of warre, there came fiftie thouſand to ayde, not in a duble hart.

34 And of Nepthali, commanders a thouſand: and with them furniſhed with ſhield and ſpeare, ſeuen and thirtie thouſand.

35 Of Dan alſo prepared to battel, twentie eight thouſand ſix hundred.

36 And of Aſer going forth to fight, and prouoking in batttel, fourtie thouſand.

37 And beyond Iordan of the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the halfe part of the tribe of Manaſſes furniſhed with armour of warre an hundred twentie thouſand.

38 Al theſe men of warre wel appoynted to fight, with perfect hart came into Hebron, to make Dauid King ouer al Iſrael: yea and al the reſt of Iſrael, were of one hart, that Dauid ſhould be made king.

39 And they were there with Dauid three daies eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

40 Yea and they that were neere them as farre as Iſſachar, & Zabulon, and Nephthali, brought loaues on Aſſes, and on camels, and on mules, and vpon oxen, to eate: meale, figges, reyſens, wine oile, beeues, muttons, in al abundance, for there was ioy in Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 22 [::] An armie of ⟨illegible⟩ o⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩, is ⟨illegible⟩ to ⟨illegible⟩s ⟨illegible⟩Soan⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. The Arke is brought from Abinadabs houſe, 8. Dauid and others dancing before it. 9. Oza for touching it is ſtrooken dead. 13. VVherupon Dauid fearing to bring it to Ieruſalem, ⟨illegible⟩ remayneth three monethes in the houſe of Obededom.

1 AND Dauid tooke counſel with the tribunes, and centurions, and al the commanders▪

2 and he ſayd to al the aſſemblie of Iſrael: If it pleaſe you: and if the word which I ſpeake procede from our Lord God, let vs ſend to the reſt of our brethren into al the countries of Iſrael, & to the Prieſtes, and Leuires, that dwel in the ſuburbes of the cities, that they may be gathered together vnto vs,

3 and we may bring agayne vnto vs the Arke of our God: for we ſought it not in the daies of Saul.

4 And the whole multitude anſwered that it ſhould be ſoe done: for the word had pleaſed al the people.

5 Dauid therfore aſſembled al Iſrael from Sihor of Aegypt, til thou enter into Emath, to bring the Arke of God from Caria Thiarim.

6 And Dauid went vp, and euerie man of Iſrael to the hil of Caria Thiarim which is in Iuda, to fetch thence the Arke of our Lord God ſitting vpon the Cherubim, where his name is inuocated.

7 And they layd the Arke of God vpon a new wayne, out of the houſe of Abinadab. And Oza and his brother did driue the wayne.

8 Moreouer Dauid, and al Iſrael playd before our Lord with al their might in ſongues, and on harpes, and pſalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpettes.

9 And when they were come to the Floore of Chidon. Oza ſtretched forth his hand, to hold vp the Arke: for the oxe being wantone had made it leane a litle a ſide.

10 Our Lord therfore was angrie agaynſt Oza, and ſtroke him, for that he had touched the Arke: and he died there before our Lord.

11 And Dauid was ſtrooken ſad, becauſe our Lord had diuided Oza: and he called that place, the Diuiſion of Oza vntil this preſent day.

12 And he feared God at that time, ſaying: How may I bring in the Arke of God vnto me?

13 And for this cauſe he brought it not vnto himſelfe, that is, into the citie of Dauid, but turned it away into the houſe of [::] Obededom the [::] Getheite.

14 Therfore the Arke of God remayned in the houſe of Obededom three monethes: & our Lord bleſſed his houſe, and al thinges that he had.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 13 [::] Obededom was a Leuite, (c. 15. v. 18.) and therfore more mete to kepe the arke:
• 13 [::] Called a Getheite becauſe he had dwelt in the towne of Geth.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. King Dauid prouideth timber, and workmen to build his owne houſe. 3. marieth more wiues, and hath manie children; 8. ouerthroweth the Philiſtians, 13. twiſe,

1 HIRAM alſo the king of Tyre ſent meſſengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, and artificers for walles, and timber: to build him a houſe.

2 And Dauid knew that our Lord had eſtabliſhed him to be king ouer Iſrael, and that his kingdom was exalted ouer his people Iſrael.

3 Dauid alſo tooke other wiues in Ieruſalem: and he begat ſonnes, and daughters.

4 And theſe be their names, that were borne to him in Ieruſalem: Samua, and Sobad, Nathan, and Salomon,

5 Iebahar, and Eliſua, and Eliphalet,

6 Noga alſo, and Napheg, and Iaphia,

7 Eliſama, and Baalaida, and Eliphalet.

8 And the Philiſthijms hearing that Dauid was annoynted for king ouer al Iſrael, they went vp al to ſeeke him: which when Dauid had heard, he went out to meete them.

9 Moreouer the Philiſthijms coming, were ſpred abrode in the Vale Raphaim.

10 And Dauid conſulted our Lord, ſaying: Shal I goe vp to the Philiſteans, and wilt thou deliuer them into my hand? And our Lord ſayd to him: Goe vp, and I wil deliuer them into thy hand.

11 And when they were come vp into Baalpharaſim, Dauid ſtroke them there, and ſayd: God hath diuided myn enemies by my hand, as waters are diuided: and therfore the name of that place was called Baal Pharaſim.

12 And they leaſt there their goddes, which Dauid commanded to be burnt.

13 An other time alſo the Philiſthijms invaded, and were diſperſed in the Vale.

14 And Dauid conſulted God agayne, and God ſayd to him: Goe not vp after them, retyre from them, and thou ſhalt come agaynſt them ouer agaynſt the pearetrees.

15 And when thou ſhalt heare the ſound of one going in the toppe of the pearetrees, then ſhalt thou yſſue forth to battel. For God is gone forth before thee, to ſtrike the campe of the Philiſthijms.

16 Dauid therfore did as God had commanded him, and ſtroke the campe of the Philiſthianes from Gabaon vnto Gazera.

17 And the name of Dauid was bruited in al countries, and our Lord gaue the dreade of him ouer al nations.

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. VVith ſol⟨illegible⟩nnitie the Arke is brought into Ieruſalem, caried by the Prieſtes and Leuites, 16. With muſick of diuers ſortes, 26. Sacrifice of thankeſgeuing is offered. 29. Michel derideth Dauids deuotion.

1 HE made alſo houſes for him ſelfe in the citie of Dauid: and built a place for the Arke of God, & pitcht a tabernacle for it.

2 Then ſayd Dauid: It is vnlawful that the Arke of God be caried of any man, but of the Leuites: whom our Lord choſe to carie it, and to miniſter vnto himſelf for euer.

3 And he gathered together al Iſrael into Ieruſalem, that the Arke of God might be brought into his place, which he had prepared for it.

4 Moreouer alſo the ſonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.

5 Of the children of Caath, Vriel was the prince, and his brethren an hundred twentie.

6 Of the ſonnes of Merari, Aſaia the prince: and his brethren two hundred twentie.

7 Of the ſonnes of Gerſom, Ioel the prince: and his brethren an hundred thirtie.

8 Of the ſonnes of Eliſaphan, Semeias the prince: and his brethren two hundred.

9 Of the ſonnes of Hebron; Eliel the prince: and his brethren eightie

10 Of the ſonnes of Oziel, Aminadab the prince: and his brethren and hundred twelue.

11 And Dauid called Sadoc, and Abiathar the Prieſtes, and the Leuites, Vriel, Aſaia, Ioel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadab:

12 and he ſayd to them: You that are the princes of the Leuitical families, be ſanctified with your brethren, and fetch the Arke of our Lord the God of Iſrael to the place, which is prepared for it:

13 leſt as from the beginning, becauſe yow were not preſent, our Lord ſtrike vs: ſo now alſo it come to paſſe, we doing ſome vnlawful thing.

14 The Prieſtes therfore▪ and the Leuites were ſanctified, to carie the Arke of our Lord the God of Iſrael.

15 And the ſonnes of Leui tooke the Arke of God, as Moyſes had commanded, according to the word of our Lord, vpon their ſhoulders, on barres.

16 And Dauid ſayd to the princes of the Leuites, that they ſhould appoynt of their brethren ſinging men on muſical inſtrumentes, to witte, on nables, & harpes, and cymbals, that the ſound of ioy might reſound on high.

17 And they appoynted Leuites: Hemam the ſonne of Ioel, and of his brethren Aſaph the ſonne of Barachias: and of the children of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the ſonne of Caſaia.

18 And with them their brethren: in the ſecond order, Zacharias, and Ben, and Iaziel, and Semiramoth, and Ia⟨illegible⟩iel, and Ani, Eliab, and Banaias, and Maaſias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Iehiel, porters.

19 Moreouer them that ſang, Heman, Aſaph, and Ethan: ſounding on braſen cymbals.

20 And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Iahiel, & Ani, and Eliab, and Maaſias, and Banaias vpon nables ſang myſteries.

21 Moreouer Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Iehiel, and Ozaziu, vpon harpes for the octaue ſang a triumphant ſong.

22 And Chonenias the prince of the Leuites, was chiefe ouer prophecie, to beginne the melodie: for he was verie coning.

23 And Barachias, and Elcana: doore keepers of the Arke.

24 Moreouer Sebenias, and Ioſaphat, and Nathanael, and Amaſai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer prieſtes, ſounded with trumpettes, before the Arke of God▪ and Obededom, and Iehias kept the doore of the Arke.

25 Therfore Dauid and al the ancientes of Iſrael, and the tribunes, went to fetch the Arke of the couenanr of our Lord, out of the houſe of Obededom with ioy.

26 And when God had holpen the Leuites, which caried the Arke of the couenant of our Lord, there were immolated ſeuen oxen, & ſeuen rammes.

27 Moreouer Dauid was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and al the Leuites that caried the Arke, and the ſinging men, and Chonenias the prince of prophecie among the ſingers: and Dauid alſo was clothed with an [::] Ephod of linen.

28 And al Iſrael brought the Arke of the couenant of our Lord in iubiley, and ſounding with the ſound of ſhaulme, and with trumpettes, and cymbals, and nables, and harpes.

29 And when the Arke of the couenant of our Lord was come vnto the citie of Dauid, Michol the daughter of Saul looking forth through a window, ſaw Dauid the king dancing and playing, and ſhe deſpiſed him in her hart.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 27 [::] An other linen garment vſed by prophetes, ſuch as Samuel did weare being a child 1. Reg. 2.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. The Arke is placed in a tabernacle. Sacrifice is offe⟨illegible⟩ed. Dauid bleſſeth the people, 4. diſpoſeth the offices of Leuites. 8. and maketh a Pſalme of praiſe to God.

1 THEY therfore brought the Arke of God, and ſet it in the middes of the tabernacle, which Dauid had pitched for it: and they offered holocauſtes, and pacifiques before God.

2 And when Dauid had finiſhed offering holocauſtes, and pacifiques, he [::] bleſſed the people in the name of our Lord.

3 And he duided to al through out euerie one, from man vnto woman a loafe of bread, and a peece of roſted beefe, and floure fryed with oile.

4 And he [::] appoynted before the Arke of our Lord of the Leuites, that ſhould miniſter, and ſhould remember his workes, & glorifie, and prayſe our Lord the God of Iſrael:

5 Aſaph the prince, and the ſecond after him Zacharias: moreouer Iahiel, and Semiramoth, and Iehiel, and Mathathias, and Eliab, and Banaias, & Obededom: and Iehiel ouer the inſtrumentes of pſalterie, and the harpes: & Aſaph to ſound vpon the cymbals:

6 but Banaias, and Iaziel prieſtes, to ſound the trumpet continually before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord.

7 In that day Dauid made Aſaph, prince to confeſſe to our Lord and his brethren.

8 Confeſſe ye to our Lord, and inuocate his name: make his inuentions knowen among the peoples.

9 Chaunt to him, and ſing to him: and tel ye al his meruelous thinges.

10 Prayſe ye his holie name: let the hart of them that reioyſe, ſeeke our Lord.

11 Seeke ye our Lord, and his powre: ſeeke ye his face alwayes.

12 Remember his meruelous thinges which he hath done: his ſignes, and the iudgementes of his mouth.

13 The ſeede of Iſrael his ſeruant: the children of Iacob his elect.

14 He is the Lord our God: in al the earth are his iudgementes.

15 Remember for euer his coueuant: the word, which he commanded vnto a thouſand generations.

16 Which he couenanted with Abraham: and his othe with Iſaac.

17 And he appoynted it to Iacob for a precept: and to Iſrael for an euer laſting couenant:

18 Saying: To thee wil I geue the Land of Chanaan: the corde of your inheritance.

19 When they were few in number: ſmal and ſoiourners therof.

20 And they paſſed from nation into nation: & from kingdom to an other people.

21 He ſuffered not any man to calumniate them: but rebuked kinges for their ſake.

22 Touch not my annoynted: and vnto my prophetes be not malicious.

23 Sing ye to our Lord al the earth: ſhew forth from day to day his ſaluation.

24 Tel his glorie among the gentiles: among al peoples his meruelous workes.

25 Becauſe our Lord is great, and laudable excedingly: and terrible ouer al goddes.

26 For al the goddes of the peoples, be idols: but our Lord made the heauens.

27 Confeſſion and magnificence before him: ſtrength and ioy in his place.

28 Bring to our Lord ye families of peoples: bring to our Lord glorie and impire.

29 Geue our Lord glorie, to his name, eleuate ſacrifice, and come ye in his ſight: and adore our Lord in holie honour.

30 Let al the earth be moued before his face: for he founded the world vnmoueable.

31 Let the heauens be glad, & the earth reioyſe and let them ſay among the nations, Our Lord hath reigned.

32 Let the ſea thunder, and the fulneſſe therof: let the fieldes▪ reioyſe, and al thinges that are in them.

33 Then ſhal the trees of the foreſt prayſe before our Lord: becauſe he is come to iudge the earth.

34 Confeſſe ye to our Lord, becauſe he is good: becauſe his mercie is for euer.

35 And ſay ye: Saue vs ô God our ſauiour: and gather vs together, & deliuer vs out of the nations, that we may confeſſe to thy holie name, and may reioyſe in thy ſongues.

36 Bleſſed be our Lord the God of Iſrael from eternitie vnto eternitie: and let al the people ſay: Amen, and hymne to God.

37 He therfore leaft Aſaph there before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord, and his brethren to miniſter in the preſence of the Arke continually day by day, and in their courſes.

38 Moreouer Obededom, and his brethren ſixtie eight: and Obededom the ſonne of Idithun, and Hoſa he appoynted for porters.

39 And Sadoc the prieſt, and his brethren prieſtes, before the tabernacle of our Lord in the excelſe, which was in Gabaon,

40 that they ſhould offer holocauſtes to our Lord vpon the altar of holocauſt continually, morning and euening, according to al thinges that are writen in the law of our Lord, which he commanded Iſrael.

41 And after him Heman, and Idithun, and the reſt of the choſen men, euerie one by his name to confeſſe vnto our Lord: Becauſe his mercie is for euer.

42 Heman alſo and Idithun ſounding the trumpet, and quauering on the cymbals, and al muſical inſtrumentes to ſing vnto God: and the ſonnes of Idithun he made porters.

43 And al the people returned into their houſe: and Dauid, to bleſſe alſo his houſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 2 [::] Not only king Dauid being a holie Prophet, but anie other Superior might bleſſe his ſubiectes.
• 4 [::] That he alſo diſpoſed certaine offices of Leuites was by ſpecial priuilege, which was no preiudice to the hiegh prieſts authoritie, for ſuperior powre is proued by Gods inſtitution, rather then by factes, either of good men, which do manie thinges by way of diſpenſation, o⟨illegible⟩ of euil v⟨illegible⟩u⟨illegible⟩ing whitho⟨illegible⟩t warrant, that to them perteyneth ⟨illegible⟩ot. For it is ⟨illegible⟩ie that God inſtituted ſupreme ſpiritual powre in the high prieſt. Deut. 17. And al kinges and temporal princes are to receiue the law at the prieſtes hand. ibidem. v. 18. Eleazar the high prieſt was appointed to conſult our Lord for Ioſue, Nu. 27. Finally by Gods ordinance, the lavy of truth vvas in the mouth of prieſtes▪ Mal⟨illegible⟩s. 2.
• 9 Pſal ⟨illegible⟩ 104.
• 23 Pſal. 95.
• 34 Pſal. ⟨illegible⟩05.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. Dauid determining to build a Temple, 11. is admonished by Nathan the prophet, that not he, but his ſonne, sbal build it; and be eſtablished in the kingdom. 16. Dauid extolleth Gods benignitie towards him, and the people.

1 AND when Dauid dwelt in his houſe, he ſayd to Nathan the prophete: Behold I dwel in a houſe of cedar: and the Arke of the couenant of our Lord is vnder skinnes.

2 And Nathan ſayd to Dauid: Al thinges, that are in thy hart doe: for God is with thee.

3 Therfore that night the word of God came to Nathan, ſaying:

4 Goe, and ſpeake to Dauid my ſeruant: Thus ſayth our Lord: Thou ſhalt not build me a houſe to dwel in.

5 For neither haue I remayned in houſe from the time, that I brought out Iſrael, vntil this day: but I haue bene alwaies changing places of tabernacle, and in tent

6 abyding with al Iſrael. Did I ſpeake to one, at the leaſt, of al the iudges of Iſrael, whom I commanded to feede my people, and did I ſay: Why haue you not built me a houſe of cedar?

7 Now therfore ſo ſhalt thou ſpeake to my ſeruant Dauid: Thus ſayeth the Lord of hoſtes: I tooke thee, when in the paſt⟨illegible⟩res thou did⟨illegible⟩ſt folow the flocke, that thou ſhouldeſt be prince of my people Iſrael.

8 And I haue beene with thee whither ſoeuer thou wenteſt: and I haue ſlayne al thine enemies before thee, and haue made thee a name as of one of the great ones, that are renowmed in the earth.

9 And I haue geuen a place to my people Iſrael: it ſhal be planted, and ſhal dwel therin, and ſhal be moued no more, neither ſhal the children of iniquitie conſume them, as from the beginning,

10 ſince the dayes that I gaue Iudges to my people Iſrael, and humbled al thine enimies. I therfore tel thee, that our Lord wil build thee [::] a houſe.

11 And when thou ſhalt haue accompliſhed thy daies to goe to thy fathers, I wil rayſe vp thy ſeede after thee, which ſhalbe of thy children: and I wil eſtabliſh his kingdom.

12 He shal build me a houſe, and I wil confirme his throne for euer.

13 I wil be to him for a father, and he shal be to me for a ſonne: and my mercie I wil not take from him, as I tooke from him, that was before thee.

14 And I wil eſtablish him in my houſe, and in my kingdom for euer: and his throne shalbe moſt firme for euer.

15 According to al theſe wordes, and according to al this viſion, ſo ſpake Nathan to Dauid.

16 And when king Dauid came, and ſate before our Lord, he ſayd: Who am I Lord God, and what is my houſe, that thou shouldeſt geue me ſuch thinges?

17 But this alſo hath ſemed little in thy ſight, and therfore thou haſt ſpoken concerning the houſe of thy ſeruant for time to come alſo: and haſt made me renowned aboue al men Lord God.

18 What can Dauid adde farther, wheras thou haſt ſoe glorified thy ſeruant, and knowen him?

19 Lord for thy ſeruant according to thy hart thou haſt done al this magnificence, and would haue al thy great wonders to be knowen.

20 Lord, there is not the like to thee: and there is none other beſide thee, of al whom we haue heard with our eares.

21 For what other is there, as thy people Iſrael, one nation in the earth, to the which God went, to deliuer it and make it his people, and with his greateneſſe and terrours caſt out the nations before the face of it, which he deliuered out of Aegypt?

22 And thou haſt made thy people Iſrael to be thy people euer, and thou Lord art made the God therof.

23 Now therfore Lord, the word, which thou haſt ſpoken to thy ſeruant, and concerning his houſe, be it confirmed for euer, and do as thou haſt ſpoken.

24 And let thy name remayne and be magnified for euer: and let it be ſayd: The Lord of hoſtes is God of Iſrael, and the houſe of Dauid his ſeruant permanent before him.

25 For thou Lord my God haſt reueled the eare of thy ſeruant, to build him a houſe: and therfore thy ſeruant hath found confidence, to pray before thee.

26 Now therfore Lord thou art God: and thou haſt ſpoken to thy ſeruant ſo great benefittes.

27 And thou haſt begunne to bleſſe the houſe of thy ſeruant, that it be alwaies before thee: for thee ô Lord bleſſing it, it ſhal be bleſſed for euer.

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 10 [::] That is continew and preſerue thy ſeede, and ſamilie as we ſee it performed et en to the B. virgin Marie, and Chriſt of the houſe of Dauid. Mat ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Luc. 2. 3.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. King Dauid hath great victories, making manie nations tributarie, 15. his chiefe officeres are recounted.

1 AND it came to paſſe after theſe thinges, that Dauid ſtroke the Philiſthijms, and humbled them, and tooke away Geth, and her [::] daughters out of the hand of the Philiſthijms,

2 and ſtroke Moob, and the Moabites were made Dauids ſeruantes, offering him giftes.

3 At that time Dauid ſtroke Adazezer alſo the king of Soba of the countrie of Hemath, when he went on to dilate his empire as farre as the riuer Euphrates.

4 Dauid therfore tooke a thouſand chariotes of his, & ſeuen thouſand horſmen, & twentie thouſand footemen, & he hoghſinewed al the chariot horſes, ſauing an hundred chariotes, which he reſerued to himſelf.

5 And the Syrian alſo of Damaſcus came moreouer, to giue ayde to Adarezer the king of Soba but Dauid ſtroke alſo of his two & twentie thouſand men.

6 And he put ſouldiars in Damaſcus, that Syria alſo ſhould ſerue him, & bring giftes. And our Lord holpe him in al thinges, to the which he went.

7 Dauid alſo tooke the golden quyuers, which the ſeruantes of Adarezer had, and he brought them into Ieruſalem.

8 Moreouer of The bath, and Chun the cities of Adarezer verie much braſſe, of which Salomon made the braſen Sea, and pillers, and braſen veſſels.

9 Which when Tou the king of Hemath had heard, to witte, that Dauid had ſtriken al the armie of Adarezer the king of Soba,

10 he ſent Adoram his ſoune to king Dauid, to deſire peace of him, & to congratulate him that he had ſtriken, and had ouerthrowen Adarezer: for Tou was aduerſarie to Adarezer.

11 But al the veſſel alſo of gold, and ſiluer, and braſſe king Dauid [::] conſecrated to our Lord, with the ſiluer and gold, which he had taken out of al the nations, as wel of Idumea, and Moab, & the children of Ammon, as of the Philiſthijms and Amalec.

12 And Abiſai the ſonne of Saruia ſtroke Edom in the Vale of ſalt pittes, eightene thouſand:

13 and he appoynted a garryſon in Edom, that Idumea ſhould ſerue Dauid: and our Lord ſaued Dauid in al thinges, to which he went.

14 Dauid therfore reigned ouer al Iſrael, & did iudgement and iuſtice to al his people.

15 Moreouer Ioab the ſonne of Saruia was ouer the armie, and Ioſaphat the ſonne of Ahilud commenter.

16 And Sadoc the ſonne of Achitob, & Ahimelech the ſonne of Abiathar, Prieſtes: and Suſa, Scribe.

17 Banaias alſo the ſonne of Ioiada ouer the legions Cerethi, and Phelethi: moreouer the ſonnes of Dauid the chief at the kinges hand.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 1 2. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 1 [::] The leſſer townes and villagies are commonly called the dauhgters of ſome great towne or citie to which they perteyne.
• 11 [::] That which is dedicated to ſacred vſe, is conſecrated to God.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. The king of Ammon euil intreating king Dauids men, whom he had curteouſly ſent to condole the death of his father, is ouerthrowen in battel. 16. with the Aſsyrians his hyred confederates.

1 AND it chanced that Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and his ſonne reigned for him.

2 And Dauid ſayd: I wil do mercie with Hanon the ſonne of Naas: for his father hath done me pleaſure. And Dauid ſent meſſengers to confort him vpon the death of his father. Who when they were come into the land of the children of Ammon, to confort Hanon,

3 the princes of the children of Ammon fayd to Hanon: Thou thinkeſt perhaps, that Dauid for honour ſake toward thy father hath ſent ſome that ſhould comfort thee: neither marke⟨illegible⟩t thou, that his ſeruantes are come to thee to eſpie, and ſeeke out, and ſearche thy land.

4 Therfore Hanon made the ſeruantes of Dauid balde, and ſhaued them, and cut away their cotes from the buttockes to the feete, and ſent them away.

5 Who when they were gone, and had ſent word to Dauid, he ſent to meete them (for they had ſuſteyned great reproch) and commanded them to tarie in Iericho, til their beard grewe, and then they ſhould returne.

6 And the children of Ammon ſeing, that they had done iniurie to Dauid, as wel Hanon as the reſt of the people, they ſent a thouſand talents of ſiluer, to hyre them chariotes and horſemen out of Meſopotamia, and from Siria Maacha, and from Soba.

7 And they hyred two and thirtre thouſand chariotes, and king Maacha with his people. Who when they were come, camped ouer agaynſt Medaba. The children of Ammon alſo being gathered together out of their cities, came to the battel.

8 Which when Dauid had heard, he ſent Ioab, and al the hoſt of valiant men:

9 and the children of Ammon iſſuing forth, put their armie in aray beſide the gate of the citie: and the kinges, that were come to ayde him, ſtood apart in the field.

10 Ioab therfore vnderſtanding that battel was made agaynſt him before and behind, choſe the moſt valiant men of al Iſrael, and marched on againſt the Syrian.

11 And the reſt of the people he gaue vnder the hand of Abiſai his brother: and they went forth agaynſt the children of Ammon

12 And he ſayd: If the Syrian ſhal ouercome me, thou ſnalt ayde me: and if the children of Ammon ſhal ouercome thee, I wil ayde thee.

13 Take courage, and let vs play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and our Lord wil doe that which is good in his ſight.

14 Ioab therfore matched on, and the people that were with him, agaynſt the Syrian to battel: and he put them to flight.

15 Moreouer the childen of Ammon ſeing that the Syrian was fled, themſelues alſo fled from Abiſai his brother, and went into the citie: and Ioab alſo returned into Ieruſalem.

16 But the Syrian ſeing that he was fallen before Iſrael, ſent meſſengers, and brought the Syrian, that was beyond the riuer: and Sophach the General of Adereze⟨illegible⟩s warre, was their captayne.

17 Which when it was told Dauid, he gathered together al Iſrael, and paſſed Iordan, and fel vpon them, and directed his armie agaynſt him, they fighting on the contrarie part.

18 And the Syrian fled from Iſrael: and Dauid ſlewe of the Syrians ſeuen thouſand chariotes, and fourtie thouſand footemen, and Sophach General of the armie.

19 And the ſeruantes of Adarezer ſeing themſelues to be ouercome of Iſrael, fled to Dauid, & ſerued him: and Syria would no more giue ayde to the children of Ammon.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 1 ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 10.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. King Dauid proſpereth in Warre agaynſt the Ammonites, 4. and Philiſthims, 6. among Whom Ionathan Dauids nephew by his brother, killeth a monfiruous giant, Which had twelue fingers and twelue toes.

1 AND it came to paſſe after the compaſſe of a yeare, at ſuch time when kinges are wont to goe forth to battel, Ioab gathered together the armie and force of warre, and ſpoyled the land of the children of Ammon: and went on and beſieged Rabba. Moreouer Dauid taried in Ieruſalem, when Ioab ſtroke Rabba, and deſtroyed it.

2 And Dauid tooke the crowne of Melchom from his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and moſt precious pearles, and he made himſelf therof a diademe: he tooke alſo the ſpoiles of the citie very much.

3 And the people that was therin, he brought forth: and he made harrowes, and ſleddes, and chariotes ſhod with Iron to paſſe ouer them, ſoc that they were cut in ſunder, & broken in peces: ſo did Dauid to al the cities of the children of Ammon: & he returned with al his people into Ieruſalem.

4 After theſe thinges there was warre begunne in Gazer agaynſt the Philiſthians: in which Sobachai the Huſathite ſtroke Saphai of the kinred of Raphaim, & humbled them.

5 An other battel alſo was fought agaynſt the Philiſtheans, wherein Adeodatus the ſonne of Saltus a Bethlehemite ſtroke the brother of Goliath the Getheite, the ſtaffe of whoſe ſpeare was as it were a weauers beame.

6 But an other battel alſo happened in Geth, wherin there was a verie long man, hauing fingers and toes by ſix and ſix, that is, together foure and twentie: who alſo was borne of the ſtocke of Rapha.

7 This man blaſphemed Iſrael: and Ionathan the ſonne of Samaa the brother of Dauid ſtroke him. Theſe be the children of Rapha in Geth, which fel by the hand of Dauid and of his ſeruantes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 1 2. Reg. 21.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. Dauid ſinneth in numbring his people, 8. repenteth, and prayeth, yet is punished, many dying of the plague, 15. til God shewing mercie ſpareth the reſt. 16. Dauid accuſing himſelfe and excuſing the people is commanded by the Angel to offer ſacrifice, which he (22▪ bying ground for an altar) 26. performeth.

1 BVT [::] Satan roſe agaynſt Iſrael: and moued Dauid to number Iſrael.

2 And Dauid ſayd to Ioab, and to the princes of the people: Goe, and number Iſrael from Berſabee vnto Dan, and bring me the number that I may know.

3 And Ioab, anſwered▪ Our Lord increaſe his people an hundred fold more then they are: are they not my lord king al thy ſeruantes? why doth my lord ſeeke this, which may be reputed for a ſinne to Iſrael?

4 But the kinges word preuailed more: and Ioab went forth, and went about al Iſrael: and returned to Ieruſalem.

5 And he gaue Dauid the number of them, whom he had ſurueyed: and al the number of Iſrael was found a thouſand thouſand and an hundred thouſand men that drew ſword: and of Iuda foure hundred ſeuentie thouſand men of warre.

6 For Leui and Beniamin he numbred not: becauſe Ioab vnwillingly executed the kings commandement.

7 And that which was commanded diſpleaſed God: and he ſtroke Iſrael.

8 And Dauid ſayd to God: I haue ſinned excedingly in that I would doe this: I beſech thee take away [::] the iniquitie of thy ſeruant, becauſe I haue done fooliſhly.

9 And our Lord ſpake to Gad the Seer of Dauid, ſaying:

10 Goe, and ſpeake to Dauid, and tel him: Thus ſayth our Lord: I geue thee the choyſe of three thinges, chooſe one which thou wilt, and I wil doe it to thee.

11 And when Gad was come to Dauid, he ſayd to him: Thus ſayth our Lord: Chooſe which thou wilt:

12 either three yeares famine: or three monethes to flee from thine enemies, and not to be able to eſcape their ſword: or three dayes the ſword of our Lord, and peſtilence to be in the land, and the Angel of our Lord to kil in al the coſtes of Iſrael: now therfore ſee what I ſhal anſwer him, that ſent me.

13 And Dauid ſayd to Gad: I am on euerie ſide in great diſtreſſe: but it is better, that I fal into the handes of our Lord, becauſe his mercies be manie, then into the handes of men.

14 Our Lord therfore ſent the peſtilence in Iſrael▪ and there fel of Iſrael ſeuentie thouſand men.

15 He ſent alſo an Angel into Ieruſalem, to ſtrike it: and when it was ſtriken, our Lord ſaw, and had compaſſion vpon the greateneſſe of the euil: and commanded the Angel, that ſmote: It is ſufficient, now let thy hand ceaſe. Moreouer the Angel of our Lord ſtoode beſide the floore of Ornan the Iebuſeite.

16 And Dauid lifting vp his eies, ſaw the Angel of our Lord ſtanding betwen heauen and earth, and a ſword drawen in his hand, turned agaynſt Ieruſalem: & they fel as wel he as the ancientes clothed in heare clothes, flatte on the earth.

17 And Dauid ſayd to God: Am not I he, that commanded the people to be mumbred? It is I that haue ſinned: it is I that haue done the euil: this flocke what hath it deſerued? Lord my God let thy hand be turned I beſech thee vpon me, and vpon my fathers houſe: and let not thy people be ſtriken

18 And the Angel of our Lord commanded Gad to tel Dauid, that he ſhould goe vp, and build an altar to our Lord God in the floore of Ornan the Iebuſeite.

19 Dauid therfore went vp according to the word of Gad, which he had ſpoken to him in the name of our Lord.

20 Moreouer Ornan when he had looked vp, and ſene the Angel, and his foure ſonnes with him, they hid themſelues: for at that time he threſhed wheat in the floore.

21 Therfore when Dauid came to Ornan, Ornan beheld him, & went forth to mete him out of the floore, and adored him flatte on the ground.

22 And Dauid ſayd to him: Geue me the place of thy floore, that I may build therein an altar to our Lord: ſo that thou take as much ſiluer as it is worth, and the plague may ceaſe from the people.

23 And Ornan ſayd to Dauid: Take it, and let my lord the king doe whatſoeuer pleaſeth him: yea the oxen alſo I geue for holocauſt, and [*] the dreyes for wood, and wheat for ſacrifice: I wil giue al thinges willingly.

24 And king Dauid ſayd to him: It ſhal not be ſo, but I wil geue thee ſiluer as much as it is worth: for I may not take it from thee, and ſo offer to our Lord holocauſtes geuen gratis.

25 Dauid therfore gaue Ornan for the place, ſix hundred ſicles of gold of moſt iuſt weight.

26 And he built there an altar to our Lord: and he offered holocauſtes, and pacifiques, and he inuocated our Lord, & he heard him [::] in fyre from heauen vpon the altar of holocauſte.

27 And our Lord commanded the Angel: and he turned his ſword into the ſcabbard.

28 Dauid therfore forthwith, ſeing that our Lord had heard him in the floore of Ornan the Iebuſeite, immolated victimes there.

29 But the tabernacle of our Lord. which Moyſes made in the deſert, and the altar of holocauſtes, was at that time in the excelſe of Gabaon.

30 And Dauid could not goe to the altar to pray God there: for he had bene frighted with exceding feare, ſeing the ſword of the Angel of our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 1 [::] By Gods permiſſion Dauid was tempted and ouercome▪ 2. Reg. 24.
• 1 2. Reg. 24.
• 8 [::] King Dauid was not without faith, nor hope, and yet was contaminate with iniquitie, from which he prayed to be deliuered.
• 23 [*] liitle cartes.
• 26 [::] God ſhewed by ſending fire miraculouſly to burne the ſacrifice, that he had heard Dauids prayer.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. VVorkemen and al neceſſaries being prepared, 6. Dauid commandeth Salomon to build the Temple, for ſo God hath appoynted▪ 13. exhorteth him to ſerue God. 17. and other principal men to aſsiſt him.

1 AND Dauid ſayd: This is the houſe of God, and this is an altar for holocauſte to Iſrael.

2 And he commanded that the proſelytes of the land of Iſrael ſhould be gathered to gether, and he appoynted of them maſons to hewe ſtones and poliſh them, that the houſe of God might be built.

3 Dauid prepared alſo verie much yron for the nayles of the gates, and for the ioyninges and ioynctures: and of braſſe an inmumerable weight.

4 The cedar trees alſo could not be eſtemed, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought downe to Dauid.

5 And Dauid ſayd: Salomon my ſonne is yet a litle child and delicate, and the houſe which I would haue to be builded to our Lord, muſt be ſuch as may be renowned in al countries: I therfore wil prepare him neceſſaries. And for this cauſe before his death he prepared al the expenſes.

6 And he called Salomon his ſonne: and commanded him that he ſhould build a houſe to our Lord the God of Iſrael.

7 And Dauid ſayd to Salomon: My ſonne, it was my wil to haue built a houſe to the name of our Lord my God.

8 But the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying: Thou haſt ſhed much bloud, and fought verie manie battels, thou canſt not build a houſe to my name, ſo much bloud being ſhed before me:

9 the ſonne, which ſhal be borne to thee, ſhal be a moſt quiet man: for I wil make him reſt from al his enemies round about: and for this cauſe, he ſhal be called [::] Peaceable: and I wil geue peace and quietneſſe in Iſrael al his dayes.

10 He ſhal build a houſe to my name, & he ſhal be to me for a ſonne, and I wil be to him for a father: and I wil eſtablih the throne of his kingdom ouer Iſrael for euer.

11 Now therfore my ſonne, Our Lord be with thee, and doe thou proſper, and build the houſe to our Lord thy God, as he hath ſpoken of thee.

12 Our Lord alſo giue thee wiſdome and vnderſtanding, that thou mayſt be able to rule Iſrael, and to kepe the law of our Lord thy God

13 For then thou ſhalt be able to proſper, if thou ſhalt keepe the commandementes, and iudgementes, which our Lord commanded Moyſes to teach Iſrael: take courage and play the man, feare not, neither be diſmayde.

14 Behold I in my pouertie haue prepared the charges of the houſe of our Lord, of gold an hundred thouſand talentes, and of ſiluer a thouſand thouſand talentes: but of braſſe, and of yron there is noe weight, for the number is ſurpaſſed with the greatneſſe: timber and ſtones I haue prepared to al the charges.

15 Thou haſt alſo verie manie artificers, hewers of ſtones, and maſons, & carpenters, and of al occapations moſt skilful to make worke,

16 in gold and ſiluer and braſſe and yron, wherof there is no number. Ryſe therfore, and do it, and our Lord wil be with thee.

17 Dauid alſo commanded al the princes of Iſrael, that they ſhould help Salomon his ſonne.

18 You ſee, quoth he, that our Lord your God is with you, and hath geuen you reſt round about, and hath deliuered al your enemies into your handes, and the land is ſubdewed before our Lord, and before his people.

19 Geue therfore your hart and your ſoules, to ſeeke our Lord your God: and ariſe, and build a ſanctuarie to our Lord God, that the Arke of the couenant of our Lord, and the veſſels conſecrated to our Lord, may be brought into the houſe, which is built to the name of our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 2 1. Reg. 7. 3: Reg: 5.
• 9 [::] Salomon ſig nifieth Peaceable. and therin, as in manie other thinges, prefigured Chriſt who amongſt other names is called, Prince of peace. Iſai. 9.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. King Dauid being old conſtituteth Salomon king. 3. diſpoſeth the offices of Leuites. 7. to wit, the families of Gerſon, 12. of Caath, 21. and of Merari: (26. ceaſsing to carrie the tabernacle.) 27. to ſerue in the temple.

1 DAVID therfore being old & ful of daies, made Salomon his ſonne king ouer Iſrael.

2 And he gathered al the princes of Iſrael, and the Prieſtes and Leuites.

3 And the Leuites were numbred from thirtie yeares, & vpward: and there were found thirtie eight thouſand men.

4 Of theſe were choſen, and diſtributed into the miniſterie of the houſe of our Lord foure and twentie thouſand: and of the ouerſeers and iudges, ſix thouſand.

5 Moreouer foute thouſand porters: and as manie ſinging to our Lord on inſtrumentes, which he had made to ſing on

6 And [::] Dauid diſtributed them by the courſes of the children of Leui, to witte, of Gerſon, and Caath, and Merari.

7 The ſonnes of Gerſon: Leedan, and Semei.

8 The ſonnes of Leedan: the prince Iahiel, & Zethan, and Ioel, three.

9 The ſonnes of Semei: Salomith, and Hoſiel, and Aram, three: theſe be the princes of the familes of Leedan.

10 Moreouer the ſonnes of Semei: Leheth, and Ziza, and Iaus, and Baria: theſe be the ſonnes of Semei, foure.

11 And Leheth was the firſt, Ziza the ſecond: moreouer Iaus and Baria had not manie children, and therfore they were counted in one familie, and in one houſe.

12 The children of Caath: Amram, and Iſaar, Hebron, and Oziel, foure.

13 The ſonnes of Amram, Aaron, and Moyſes. And Aaron was ſeperated to miniſter in Sanctaſanctorum, he and his ſonnes for euer, and to burne incenſe to our Lord according to his rite, and to bleſſe his name for euer.

14 The ſonnes of Moyſes alſo the man of God were numbred in the tribe of Leui.

15 The ſonnes of Moyſes: Gerſom and Eliezari: the ſonnes of Gerſom: Subuel the firſt.

16 And the ſonnes of Eliezer were: Rohobia the firſt: and Eleezer had noe moe ſonnes. Moreouer the children of Rohobia were multiplied excedingly.

17 The ſonnes of Iſaar: Salomith the firſt.

18–19 The ſonnes of Hebron: Ieriau the firſt, Amarias the ſecond, Iahaziel the third, Iecmaan the fourth.

20 The ſon̄nes of Oziel: Micha the firſt, Ieſia the ſecond.

21 The ſonnes of Merari: Moholi, & Muſi. The ſonnes of Moholi: Eleazar and Cis.

22 And Eleazar died, and had no ſonnes but daughters. and the ſonnes of Cis their brethren tooke them.

23 The ſonnes of Muſi: Moholi, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.

24 Theſe be the children of Leui in their kinredes and families, princes by courſes, and number of euerie head, that did the workes of miniſterie of the houſe of our Lord from twentie yeares, and vpward.

25 For Dauid ſayd: Our Lord the God of Iſrael hath geuen reſt to his people, and the habitation of Ieruſalem for euer.

26 Neither ſhal it be the office of the Leuites to carie any more the tabernacle, and al the veſſels therof to miniſter.

27 According to the laſt preceptes alſo of Dauid the number of the children of Leui ſhalbe numbred from twentie yeares and vpward.

28 And they ſhal be vnder the hand of the ſonnes of Aaron for the ſeruice of the houſe of our Lord, in the entrances, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the Sanctuarie, and in al the workes of the miniſterie of the temple of our Lord.

29 And the Prieſtes, ouer the loaues of propoſition, and for the ſacrifice of floure, and for cakes and azimes, and the frying panne, and to roſt, and ouer al weight and meaſure.

30 But the Leuites to ſtand in the morning to confeſſe, and ſing to our Lord: and in like maner at euening,

31 as wel in the oblation of the holocauſtes of our Lord, as in the Sabbathes and Calendes, and the reſt of the ſolemnities, according to the number, and ceremonies of euerie thing, continually before our Lord.

32 And let them keepe the obſeruations of the tabernacle of couenant, and the rite of the Sanctuarie, and the obſeruance of the children of Aaron their brethren, that they miniſter in the houſe of our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

• 6 [::] Aarons ſonnes being conſecrated Pricſtes according to Gods ordinance. Leuit. 8 & the Le uites to do other offices about the tabernacle. Num. 3. &. 4 king Dauid (with Sadoc the high prieſt, and other chief men. ch. 24. ⟨illegible⟩. 6.) diſpoſed them by lottes which ſhould ſerue by courſes, to ſing and play on inſtrumentes, as wel in the tabernacle now reſting in Ieruſalem, v. 26. as in the Temple when it ſhould be built.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. King Dauid diſpoſeth ſixtene families of Eleazar, and eight of Ithamar, 7. by lottes, 19. to ſerue in the Temple, according to their prieſtlie function, 20. likwiſe principal Leuites in their offices.

1 MOREOVER to the ſonnes of Aaron theſe were the partions: The ſonnes of Aaron: Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 But Nadab and Abiu died before their father without children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the function of prieſthood.

3 And Dauid diuided them, that is, Sadoo of the ſonnes of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the ſonnes of Ithamar, according to their courſes and miniſterie.

4 And there were found manie more children of Eleazar among the principal men, then children of Ithamar. And he diuided to them, that is, to the children of Eleazar princes by their families ſixtene: and to the children of Ithamar by their families and houſes eight.

5 Moreouer he diuided both families betwen themſelues by lottes: for there were [::] princes of the Sanctuarie, and princes [::] of God, as wel of the children of Eleazar, as of the children of Ithamar.

6 And Semeias wrote them, the ſonne of Nathanael the Scribe a Leuite, before the king and princes, and Sadoc the Prieſt, and Ahimelech the ſonne of Abiathar, the princes alſo of the Prieſtlie and Leuitical families: one houſe, which was ouer the reſt, Eleazars: and an other houſe, which had the reſt vnder it, Ithamars.

7 And the firſt lot came forth to Ioiarib, the ſecond to Iedei,

8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 the fifth to Melchia, the ſixt to Maiman,

10 the ſeuenth to Accos, the eight to Abia,

11 the ninth to Ieſua, the tenth to Sechenia,

12 the eleuenth to Eliaſib, the twelfth to Iaeim, † the thirtenth to Hoppha, the fourtenth to Iſbaab,

13 the fiftenth to Belga; the ſixtenth to Emmer,

14 the ſeuententh to Hezir, the eightenth to Aphſes,

15 the ninetenth to Pheteia, the twenteth to Hezechiel,

16 the one and twenteth to Iachin, the two and twenteth to Gamul,

17 the three and twenteth to Dalaiau, the foure and twenteth to Maaziau.

18–19 Theſe be their courſes according to their miniſteries, to enter into the houſe of our Lord, and according to their rite vnder the hand of Aaron their father: as our Lord the God of Iſrael had commanded.

20 Moreouer of the children of Leui, which were remayning, there was Subael of the children of Amram: and of the children of Subael, Iehedeia.

21 Alſo of the children of Rohobia the prince of Ieſias.

22 And the ſonne of Iſaari Salemoth, and the ſonne of Salemoth Iahath:

23 and his ſonne Ieriau the firſt, Amarias the ſecond, Iahaziel the third, Iecmaan the fourth.

24 The ſonne of Oziel, Micha: the ſonne of Micha, Samir.

25 The brother of Micha, Ieſia: and the ſonne of Ieſia, Zacharias.

26 The ſonnes of Merari: Moholi and Muſi. The ſonne of Oziau: Benno.

27 The ſonne alſo of Merari: Oziau, and Soam, and Zacchur, and Hebri.

28 Moreouer the ſonne of Moholi: Eleazar, who had no children.

29 And the ſonne of Cis, Ieramael.

30 The ſonnes of Muſi: Moholi, Eder, and Ierimoth. Theſe be the ſonnes of of Leui according to the houſes of their families.

31 And they alſo did caſt lottes agaynſt their brethren the ſonnes of Aaron before Dauid the king and Sadoc, and Ahimelech, and the princes of the Prieſtlie and Leuitical families, as wel the elder as the yonger. Lotte diuided al equally.

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

• 5 [::] They were called princes of the Sanctuarie in reſpect of Sacrifices, & other ſacred functions.
• 5 [::] And princes of God in ⟨illegible⟩eguard of their ſpiritual iuriſdiction in the Church, or houſe of God.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. Foure ſonnes of Aſaph, ſix of Idithun, and fourtene of Heman, chiefe muſicians, 7. with their brethren in ⟨illegible⟩l⟨illegible⟩wo hundred and fourſcore, 8. are diſtributed by Lottes, in foure and twentie companies, to ſerue in the temple.

1 THERFORE Dauid, and the officers of the hoſte ſeperated for the miniſterie the ſonnes of Aſaph, and Heman, and [::] Idithun: which ſhould [::] prophecie on harpes, & pſalteries, & cymbals according to their number ſeruing the office dedicated to them.

2 Of the ſonnes of Aſaph: Zacchur, and Ioſeph, and Nathania, & Aſarela, the ſonnes of Aſaph: vnder the hand of Aſaph prophecying neere the king.

3 Moreouer Idithun: the ſonnes of Idithun, Godolias, Sori, Ieſeias, and Haſabias, and Mathathias, ſix, vnder the hand of their father Idithun, who prophecied on harpe ouer them that confeſſed and prayſed our Lord.

4 Of Heman alſo: the ſonnes of Heman Bocciau, Mathania⟨illegible⟩, Oziel, Subuel, and Ierimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Ieſbacaſſa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth:

5 al theſe the ſonnes of Heman the Seer of the king in the wordes of God, that he might exalt the horne: & God gaue to Heman fourtene ſonnes and three daughters.

6 Al vnder their fathers were diſtributed to ſing in the temple of our Lord, on cymbals, and pſalteries and harpes, for the miniſteries of the houſe of our Lord neere the king: to witte, Aſaph, and Idithun, and Heman.

7 And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the ſongue of our Lord, al the teachers two hundred eightie eight.

8 And they did caſt lottes by their courſes, equally as wel the elder as the yonger, the learned and the vnlearned together.

9 And the firſt lotte came forth to Ioſeph, which was of Aſaph. The ſecond to Godolias, to him and his ſonnes, and his brethren twelue.

10 The third to Zachur, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

11 The fourth to Iſari, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

12 The fifth to Nathanias, to his ſonnes & his brethren twelue.

13 The ſixth to Bocciau, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

14 The ſeueth to Iſreela, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

15 The eight to Ieſaia, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

16 The ninth to Mathanias, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

17 The tenth to Semeias, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

18 The eleuenth to Azareel, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

19 The twelfth to Haſabia, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

20 The thirtenth to Subacl, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

21 The fourtenth to Mathathias, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

22 The fiftenth to Ierimoth, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

23 The ſixtenth to Hananias, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

24 The ſeuententh to Iesbacaſſa, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

25 The eightenth to Hanani, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

26 The ninetenth to Mellothi, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

27 The twenteth to Eliatha, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

28 The one and twenteth to Othir, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

29 The two and twenteth to Geddelthi, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

30 The three and twenteth to Mahazioth, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

31 The foure and twenteth to Romemthiezer, to his ſonnes and his brethren twelue.

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

• 1 [::] Otherwiſe called Ethan. ch. 6. v 44. c. 15. v. 19.
• 1 [::] They played o⟨illegible⟩ inſtrumentes, Pſalmes and Canticles made by Prophetes.

Chapter 26

CHAP. XXVI Porters are deſigned by lottes to watch at foure gates of the temple. 20. others made kepers of the holie treaſure, and viſſel, 30. Officers alſo appointed in the two tribes and half ouer Iordan, for Gods ſeruice, and the kinges.

1 AND the diuiſions of the porters: of the Corites Meſelemia, the ſonnes of Core, of the ſonnes of Aſaph.

2 The ſonnes of Meſelemia: Zacharias the firſt begotten, ladihel the ſecond, Zabadias the third, Iathanael the fourth,

3 Aelam the fifth, Iohanan the ſixth, Elioenai the ſeuenth.

4 And the ſonnes of Obededom Semeias the firſt begotten, Iozabad the ſecond, Ioaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fiifth,

5 Ammiel the ſixth, Iſſachar the ſeuenth, Phollathi the eight: becauſe our Lord bleſſed him.

6 And to Semias his ſonne were borne ſonnes, the chiefe of their families: for they were moſt valiant men.

7 the ſonnes then of Semeias: O⟨illegible⟩hni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren moſt valiant men: Eliu alſo, and Samachias.

8 Al theſe of the ſonnes of Obededom: they, and their ſonnes, and their brethren moſt able to miniſter, ſixtie two of Obededom.

9 Moreouer the ſonnes of Meſelemia, and their brethren moſt ſtrong▪ eightene.

10 And of Hoſa, that is, of the ſonnes of Merari: Semri the prince ([::] for he had not a firſtbegotten, and therfore his father made him chief)

11 Helcias the ſecond, Tabelias the third Zacharias, the fourth: al theſe the ſonnes, and brethren to Hoſa, thirtene.

12 Theſe were diuided into porters, that the princes alſo of the watches, euen as their brethren, might miniſter in the houſe of our Lord.

13 Lottes therfore were caſt equally, both to litle, and great, by their families for euerie one of the gates.

14 The lotte then of the Eaſt fel to Selemia. Moreouer to Zacharias his ſonne, a moſt wiſe man, and skilful, the North quarter chanced by lot

15 But to Obededom and his ſonnes, toward the South: in which part of the houſe was the councel of the ancientes.

16 Sephim, and Hoſa toward the Weſt, by the gate, which leadeth to the way of aſcent: watch againſt watch.

17 And toward the Eaſt ſix Leuites: and toward the North foure a day: and toward the South likewiſe in a day foure: and where the councel was two and two.

18 In the celles alſo of the porters toward the Weſt foure in the way: and two at euerie celle.

19 Theſe be the diuiſions of the porters of the ſonnes of Core, and of Merari.

20 Moreouer Achias was ouer the treaſures of the houſe of God, and the veſſels of the holie places.

21 The ſonnes alſo of Ledan, the ſonnes of Gerſonni: of Ledan princes of the families, Ledan, and Gerſonni, Iehieli.

22 The ſonnes of Iehieli: Zathan, and Ioel his brethren ouer the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord,

23 to the Amramites, and Iſaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites.

24 And Subael the ſonne of Gerſom, the ſonne of Moyſes, chiefe ouer the treaſures.

25 His brethren alſo Eliezer, whoſe ſonne Rahabia, and his ſonne Iſaias, and his ſonne Ioram, his ſonne alſo Zechri, and his ſonne Selemith.

26 Selemith himſelf, and his bretbren ouer the treaſures of the ſanctified holie thinges, which Dauid the king [::] ſanctified, and the princes of families, and the centurions, and the captaynes of the hoſt

27 of the warres, and of the ſpoyles of the battels, which they had conſecrated to the maynteynance and furniture of the temple of our Lord.

28 And al theſe thinges did Samuel the Seer ſanctifie, and Saul the ſonne of Cis, and Abner the ſonne of Ner, and Ioab the ſonne of Saruia: and al that had ſanctified them by the hand of Selemith, and of his brethren.

29 But the chiefe ouer the Iſaarites was Chonenias▪ and his ſonnes to the workes abrode ouer Iſrael to teach and iudge them.

30 Moreouer the Hebronites Haſabias, and his brethren moſt able men, a thouſand ſeuen hundred were chiefe ouer Iſrael beyond Iordan agaynſt the Weſt, in al the workes our Lord, and for the miniſterie of the king.

31 And the prince of the Hebronites was Ieria according to their families and kinredes. In the fourteth yeare of king Dauid they were numbred, and there were found moſt valiant men in Iazer Galaad,

32 and his brethren of ſtronger age, two thouſand ſeuen hundred princes of families. And Dauid the king made them ouerſeers ouer the Rubenites and the Gaddites, and the halfe tribe of Manaſſes, for al the miniſterie of God, and the king.

Marginal notes to Chapter 26

• 10 [::] Either his firſt ſonne was dead, or was not fitte to be chief ouer the reſt.
• 26 [::] Thinges are ſanctified by deſignation to holie vſe.

Chapter 27

CHAP. XXVII. Twelue militarie tribunes, with foure and twentie thouſand vnder euerie one, by courſe of monethes ſerue about the king. 16. Other twelue tribunes of the people gouerne in ſeueral tribes. 25. Prefectes alſo are made ouer the kinges treaſures, cattles, and other commodities in the court, campe, and countrie.

1 AND the children of Iſrael according to their number, the princes of families, tribune, and centurions, and ouerſeers, that miniſtred to the king according to their companies, coming in and going out euerie moneth in the yeare, euerie one was chiefe ouer foure and twentie thouſand.

2 Ouer the firſt companie the firſt moneth Ieſboam was chiefe the ſonne of Zabdicl, and vnder him foure and twentie thouſand.

3 Of the ſonnes of Phares, the prince of al the princes in the hoſte the firſt moneth.

4 The companie of the ſecond moneth had Dudia an Ahohite, and after him an other named Macelloth, which gouerned part of foure and twentie thouſand.

5 Captayne alſo of the third companie in the third moneth, was Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada the Prieſt: and in his diuiſion foure and twentie thouſand.

6 The ſame is Banaias the moſt valiant among thirtie, and aboue the thirtie. & ouer his companie Amizabad his ſonne was chiefe.

7 The fourth, in the fourth moneth, Aſahel the brother of Ioab, and Zabadias his ſonne after him: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

8 The fifth, in the fifth moneth, prince Samaoth a Iezerite: and his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

9 The ſixth, in the ſixth moneth, Hira the ſonne of Acces a Thecuite: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

10 The ſeuenth, in the ſeuenth moneth, Helles a Phallonite of the children of Ephraim: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

11 The eight, in the eight moneth, Sobochai an Huſathite of the ſtocke of Sarahi: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

12 The ninth, in the ninth moneth, Abiezer an Anathothite of the children of Iemini: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

13 The tenth, in the tenth moneth, Marai, and he a Netophathite of the ſtocke of Zarahi: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

14 The eleuenth, in the eleuenth moneth, Banaias, a Pharathonite of the children of Ephraim: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

15 The twelfth, in the twelfth moneth, Holdai a Netophathite, of the ſtocke of Gothoniel: and in his companie foure and twentie thouſand.

16 Furthermore there were chiefe ouer the tribes of Iſrael, ouer the Rubenites, Duke Eliezer the ſonne of Zechri: ouer the Simeonites, Duke Saphatias the ſonne of Maacha:

17 ouer the Leuites, Haſabias the ſonne of Camuel: ouer the Aaronites, Sadoc:

18 ouer Iuda, Eliu the brother of Dauid: ouer Iſſachar, Amri the ſonne of Michael:

19 ouer the Zabulonites, Ieſmaias the ſonne of Abdias: ouer the Nepthalites, Ierimoth theſonne of Ozriel:

20 ouer the children of Ephraim, Oſee the ſonne of Ozaziu: ouer the halfe tribe of manaſſes, Ioel the ſonne of Phadaia:

21 and ouer the halfe tribe of Manaſſes in Galaad, Iaddo the ſonne of Zacharias: and our Beniamin, Iaſiel the ſonne of Abner.

22 But ouer Dan, Ezrihel the ſonne of Ieroham: theſe be the princes of the children of Iſrael.

23 And Dauid [::] would not number them from twentie yeares downeward: becauſe our Lord had ſayd that he would multiplie Iſrael“ as the ſtarres of heauen.

24 Ioab the ſonne of Saruia beganne to number, and finiſhed not: becauſe vpon this there fel wrath vpon Iſrael: and therfore the number of them that were numbered, was not regeſtred in the chronicles of king Dauid.

25 And ouer the kinges treaſures was Azmoth the ſonne of Adiel, and ouer thoſe treaſures, which were in the cities, and in the townes, and in the towers, Ionathan the ſonne of Ozias was preſident.

26 And ouer huſbandrie, and the huſbandmen, which tilled the ground, Ezri the ſonne of Chelub was ouerſeer:

27 and ouer the dreſſers of vineyardes, Semeias a Romathite: and ouer the wine cellars, Zabdias an Aphonite.

28 For ouer the Oliuetes and the figgegroues, which were in the champayne, was Balanam a Gederite: and ouer the oile cellars, Ioas.

29 Furthermore ouer the heardes that fed in Saron, the ouerſeer was Se⟨illegible⟩rai a Saronite: and ouer the oxen in the valleis Saphat the ſonne of Adli:

30 but ouer the camels, Vbil an Iſmaelite: and ouer the aſſes, Iadias a Meronathite:

31 ouer the ſheepe alſo Iazizan Agatene. al theſe, princes of the ſubſtance of king Dauid.

32 And Ionathan Dauids vncle, a counſeler, a man wiſe and learned: He and Iahiel the ſonne of Hachamoni were with the kinges ſonnes.

33 Achitophel alſo the kinges counſeler, and Chuſai an Arachite the kinges freinde.

34 After Achitophel was Ioiada the ſonne of Banaias, and Abiathar. And the prince of the kinges armie was Ioab.

Marginal notes to Chapter 27

• 23 [::] King Dauid hauing hereto fore offended in commanding to number the whole people. 2. Reg. 24. would not now attempt to number al, (which were in deede innumerable) but only thoſe that were to be diſpoſed of in ſpecialſeruices.

Chapter 28

CHAP. XXVIII. Agayne king Dauid calling al his ſtates together, with commemoration of Gods ſingular fauour in electing him, and Salomon, 8. exhorteth them al, and namely his ſonne to ſerue God ſincerly: 10. and to build the temple, deſcribing in what forme to make it.

1 DAVID therfore called together al the princes of Iſrael, the dukes of the tribes, and the heades of the compaynies, which miniſtred to the king: the tribunes alſo and the centurions, and them that were chiefe ouer the fubſtance and poſſeſſions of the king, and his ſonnes with the ennuches, and the mightie, and al the moſt viliant in the hoſt of Ieruſalem.

2 And when the king had riſen vp, and ſtoode, he ſayd: Heare me my brethren, and my people: I meant to haue built a houſe, wherein the Arke of our Lord might reſt, and the foote ſtoole of the feete of our God: and to build it I prepared al thinges.

3 But God ſayd to me: Thou ſhalt not build a houſe to my name: becauſe thou art a man of warre, and haſt ſhed bloud.

4 Howbeit our Lord the God of Iſrael choſe me of al the houſe of my father, to be king ouer Iſrael for euer: for [::] of Iuda he choſe the princes: moreouer of the houſe of Iuda, my fathers houſe: and of the ſonnes of my father, it pleaſed him to chooſe me king ouer al Iſrael.

5 Yea and of my ſonnes (for our Lord hath geuen me manie ſonnes) he hath choſen Salomon my ſonne, to ſitte in the throne of the kingdome of our Lord ouer Iſrael,

6 and he ſayd to me: Salomon thy ſonne ſhal build my houſe, and my courtes: for him haue I choſen to me for a ſonne, and I wil be to him for a father.

7 And I wil confirme his kingdome for euer, if he shal perſeuere to doe my preceptes, and my iudgementes, as [::] at this day.

8 Now then before al the aſſemblie of Iſrael in the hearing of our God, keepe ye, & ſearch al the commandmentes of our Lord God: that you may poſſeſſe the good land, and may leaue it to your children after you for euer.

9 And thou Salomon, my ſonne, know the God of thy father, and ſerue him with a perſect hart, and a voluntarie minde: for our Lord ſearcheth al hartes, and vnderſtandeth al cogitations of mindes. If thou ſeeke him, thou ſhalt finde: but if thou forſake him he wil reiect thee for euer.

10 Now therfore becauſe our Lord hath choſen thee to build the houſe of the Sanctuarie, take courage, and perfitte it.

11 And Dauid gaue to Salomon his ſonne a deſcription of the porch, and of the temple, and of the cellars, and of the vpper loft, and of the chambers in the inner roomes, and of the houſe of the propitiation,

12 moreouer alſo of al the courtes, which he had thought vpon, and of the chambers round about, for the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord, and for the treaſures of the holie thinges,

13 and of the diuiſions of the Prieſtes and the Leuites, for al the workes of the houſe of our Lord, and for al the veſſels of the miniſterie of the temple of our Lord.

14 Gold in weight for euerie veſſel of the miniſterie. A weight of ſiluer alſo according to the diuerſitie of the veſſels and workes.

15 And for golden candleſtickes alſo, and their lampes, gold according to the meaſure of euerie candleſticke, and of the lampes. In like maner alſo for the ſiluer candleſtickes, and for their lampes, according to the diuerſitie of the meaſure, he deliuered a weight of ſiluer.

16 He gaue alſo gold for tables of propoſition, according to the diuerſitie of the tables: in like maner alſo ſiluer for other ſiluer tables.

17 For fleſh hookes alſo, and phials, and cenſars of moſt pure gold, and for little lions of gold, according to the qualitie of the meaſure he diſtributed a weight, for lyon and lyon. In like maner alſo for lyons of ſiluer he ſeperated a diuerſe weight of ſiluer.

18 And for the Altar whereupon incenſe is burnt, he gaue moſt pure gold: that of it might be made a ſimilitude of the chariote of the Cherubs ſpredding their winges, and couering the Arke of the couenant of our Lord.

19 Al thinges, quoth he, came writen with the hand of our Lord vnto me: that I might vnderſtand al the workes of the paterne.

20 Dauid alſo ſayd to Salomon his ſonne: Deale manſully, and take courage, and doe it: feare not, and be not diſmayed: for our Lord my God wil be with thee, and wil not leaue thee, nor forſake thee, til thou perfite al the worke of the miniſterie of the houſe of our Lord.

21 Behold the diuiſions of the Prieſtes and the Leuites, for euerie miniſterie of the houſe of our Lord, aſſiſt thee, and are readie, and as wel the princes know, as the people, to doe al thy preceptes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 28

• 1 3. Reg. 1.
• 3 2. Reg. 7.
• 4 [::] So Iacob prophecied, that the royal ſcepter ſhould come to the tribe of Iuda, and therein remaine til Chriſt. Gen. 49.
• 7 [::] It is here euident, that Salomon was ſome time the true ſeruant and childe of God, keeping his preceptes and as certaine, that he fel into great ſinnes▪ and loſt Gods grace, and finally it is doubtful in what ſtate he died 3. Reg. 11. wherby is conuinced their vaine phancie that thinck, he who is once the child of God can neuer fal, nor become a wicked man.

Chapter 29

CHAP. XXIX. King Dauid once more by word, and example of his owne bountiſulnes, inuiteth others to aſsiſt in building the temple, 6. wherto the princes and people contribute much. 10. So after praiſes, 18. prayeres, 21. and ſacrifices offered to God, 22. Salomon is annointed king. 26. And king Dauid dieth bleſſedly, hauing reigned fourtie yeares.

1 AND Dauid the king ſpake to al the aſſemblie: Salomon my ſonne alone hath God choſen, as yet a child and a litle tender one: for the worke is great, neither is the habitation prepared for man, but for God.

2 And I with al my abilitie haue prepared the expenſes of the houſe of my God. Gold for veſſels of gold, and ſiluer for them of ſiluer, braſſe for them of braſſe, yron for them of yron, wood for them of wood: and onyx ſtones, and as it were [*] ſtibians, & of diuerſe colours, and euerie precious ſtone, and marble of Paros moſt abundantly:

3 and aboue theſe thinges, which I haue offered into the houſe of my God, I geue [::] of myne owne peculiar goods, gold and ſiluer vnto the temple of my God, beſide thoſe thinges, which I haue prepared for the holie houſe.

4 Three thouſand talentes of gold of the gold of Ophir: and ſeuen thouſand talentes of moſt approued ſiluer, to guilte the walles of the temple.

5 And, whereſoeuer there needeth gold, of gold: and wherſoeuer there needeth ſiluer, of ſiluer: let the workes be made by the handes of the artificers: and if any man offer voluntarily, let him fil his hand to day, and offer what he wil to our Lord.

6 The princes therfore of the families promiſed, and the nobles of the tribes of Iſrael, the tribunes alſo and the centurions, and the princes of the kinges poſſeſſions.

7 And they gaue vnto the workes of the houſe of our Lord, of gold, fiue thouſand talentes, and ten thouſand ſolidos: of ſiluer ten thouſand talentes, and of braſſe eightene thouſand talentes: of yron alſo an hundred thouſand talentes.

8 And with whomſoeuer were found ſtones, they gaue them into the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord, by the hand of Iahiel the Gerſonite.

9 And the people reioyſed, when they promiſed vowes of their owne accord: becauſe they did offer them to our Lord with al their hart: yea and Dauid the king reioyſed with great ioy.

10 And he bleſſed our Lord before al the multitude, and he ſayd: Bleſſed art thou ô Lord the God of Iſrael our father from eternitie vnto eternitie.

11 Thine ô Lord is the magnificence, and might, and glorie, and victorie: & to thee is the prayſe: for al thinges that be in heauen, and in the earth, are thine: thine ô Lord is the kingdom, and thou art ouer al princes.

12 Thine are riches and thine is glorie: thou haſt dominion ouer al, in thy hand is power & might: in thy hand greateneſſe, and the empire of al thinges.

13 Now therfore our God we confeſſe to thee, and we prayſe thy glorious name.

14 Who am I, and what is my people, that we can promiſſe thee al theſe thinges? al are thine: and thinges that we receiued of thy hand, we haue geuen thee.

15 For we are pilgrimes before thee, and ſtrangers, [::] as al our fathers. Our daies are as a ſhadow vpon the earth, and there is noe abyding.

16 Lord our God, al this plentie, which we haue prepared that a houſe might be built to thy holie name, is of thy hand, and al thinges are thine.

17 I know my God that thou proueſt the hartes, and loueſt ſimplicitie, wherfore I alſo in the ſimplicitie of my hart, gladly haue offered al theſe thinges: and thy people, which is here found, I haue ſene with great ioy offer thee donaries.

18 Lord God of Abraham, and Iſaac, and Iſrael our fathers, keepe for euer this wil of their hart, and let this mind reinayne al waies to the honour of thee.

19 To Salomon alſo my ſonne geue a perfect hart, that he keepe thy commandementes, thy teſtimonies, and thy ceremonies, and doe al thinges: and build the houſe, the expenſes whereof I haue prepared.

20 And Dauid commanded the whole aſſemblie: Bleſſe ye our Lord God. And al the aſſemblie bleſſed our Lord the God of their fathers: and they [::] bowed themſelues, and adored God, and then the king.

21 And they immolated victime to our Lord: and they offered holocauſtes the day folowing, oxen a thouſand, rammes a thouſand, lambes a thouſand with their libamentes, & with al rite moſt abundantly for al Iſrael.

22 And they did eate, and drinke before our Lord in that day with great ioy. And they anoynted the ſecond time Salomon the ſonne of Dauid. And they anoynted him to our Lord for the prince, and Sadoc for the high prieſt.

23 And Salomon ſate vpon the throne of our Lord as king for Dauid his father, and he pleaſed al: & al Iſrael obeyed him.

24 Yea and al the princes, and men of might, and al the ſonnes of king Dauid gaue their hand, and were ſubiect to Salomon the king.

25 Our Lord therfore magnified Salomon ouer al Iſrael: and gaue him the glorie of akingdom, ſuch as no king of Iſrael had before him.

26 Dauid therfore the ſonne of Iſai reigned ouer al Iſrael.

27 And the daies, that he reigned ouer Iſrael, were fourtie yeares: in Hebron he reigned ſeuen yeares, and in Ieruſalem three and thirtie yeares.

28 And he died in a good age, ful of daies, and riches, and glorie. And Salomon his ſonne reigned for him.

29 But the actes of king Dauid the firſt and the laſt are writen in the Booke of Samuel the Seer, & in the Booke of [::] Nathan the prophete, & in the Volume of Gad the Seer:

30 and of al his kingdom, and ſtrength, and of the times, that paſſed vnder him, either in Iſrael, or in al the kingdomes of the earth.

Marginal notes to Chapter 29

• 2 [*] a kind of ſinne white ſtone.
• 3 [::] That which he had already vowed and prepared he counted not his owne, and now goueth more to the building and ⟨illegible⟩thing of the Temple.
• 15 [::] As Abraham Iſaac Iacob and others were ſtrāgers in reſpect of Chanaan: ſo both they and alſo Dauid Salomon and al men in this world are pilgrimes in reſpect of heauen. Heb. 13.
• 20 [::] Albeit they did the ſame exterior act of honour to God and the king: yet in their mind & intention they gaue diuine honour to God, and ciuil to the king. See Exod. 20.
• 22 ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 1. v. 34.
• 29 [::] Either Nathan and Gad writ the later part of the firſt booke, and the ſecond booke of kinges, or els their bookes are not now extant.

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.

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