1 Chronicles 7 Cross References - Bishops

¹ The sonnes of Isachar: Thola, Phua, Iasub, Simron, foure ² And ye sonnes of Thola: Uzzi, Rephaia, Ieriel, Iamai, Iebsam, and Sehmuel, which were heades in the housholdes of their fathers. Of Thola [ther were] men of might in their generations, whose number [was] in the daies of Dauid two & twentie thousande and sixe hundred ³ The sonnes of Uzzi: Izrahia. The sonnes of Izrahia, Michael, Obadia, Ioel, & Iesiah, fiue men, all captaynes ⁴ And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers, were sixe and thirtie thousande souldiers and valiaunt men of warre: For they had many wyues and sonnes ⁵ And their brethren among all the kinredes of Isachar were valiaunt men of warre, reckened in all by their genealogies fourescore and seuen thousande ⁶ [The sonnes] of Beniamin: Bela, Becher, and Iediel, three ⁷ The sonnes of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Ierimoth, & Iri, fiue heades of the houshold of their fathers, men of might, and were reckenened by their genealogies twentie and two thousand and thirtie and foure ⁸ The sonnes of Becher: Zemira, Ioas, Eliezer, Elionai, Omri, Ieremoth, Abia, Anathoth, and Alamath: All these are the children of Becher ⁹ And the number of them after their genealogie and generations, & captaynes of the housholdes of their fathers, men of might [were] twentie thousande and two hundred ¹⁰ The sonnes of Iediel: Bilhan. The sonnes of Bilhan: Ieus, Beniamin, Ehud, and Chanaana, Zethan, Tharsis, and Ahisahar ¹¹ All these are the sonnes of Iediel, auncient heades and men of warre, seuenteene thousande and two hundred, that went out harnessed to battayle ¹² And Suppim and Huppim were the children of Ir: and the Husites were the children of Aher ¹³ The sonnes of Nephthali: Iahziel, Guni, Iezer, and Sallum, the children of Bilha ¹⁴ The sonnes of Manasse: Azriel, whom his wife bare vnto him: But Aramiah his concubine bare Machir the father of Gilead ¹⁵ And Machir toke wyues for Huppim, and Suppim: And the name of his sister was Maacha, and the name of an other sonne was Zelophahad: and Zelophahad had daughters ¹⁶ And Maacha the wyfe of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Pherez: and the name of his brother was Zeres, and his sonnes were Ulam, and Recem ¹⁷ The sonnes of Ulam: Bedam. These are the sonnes of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse ¹⁸ And his sister Molecath bare Ieshud, Abieser, and Mahelah ¹⁹ And the sonnes of Semida, were: Ahia, Sechem, Lichi, and Aniham ²⁰ The sonnes of Ephraim: Suthalah, whose sonne was Bered, and Thahah his sonne, and his sonne Eladah, and Thahah his sonne ²¹ And Sabad his sonne, and Suthelah his sonne, and Eser, and Elead: And the men of Gath that were borne in that lande, slue them, because they were come downe to take away their cattell ²² And Ephraim their father mourned many a day, and his brethren came to comfort hym ²³ And when he went in to his wyfe, she conceaued and bare him a sonne, and he called the name of it Beria, because it went euyll with his housholde ²⁴ And his daughter was Seera, which buylt Bethhoron the neather and also the vpper, and Uzan Seera ²⁵ And Raphah was his sonne: whose sonne was Reseph, and Thelah, whose sonne was Thaham ²⁶ And his sonne Ladan, and his sonne Amihud, and his sonne Elisama ²⁷ And his sonne Nun, and his sonne Iosuah ²⁸ Their possessions and habitations was in Bethel, and the townes that longed thereto, & vnto the east of Naeram, and on the west syde of Gazer with the townes thereof, Sichem and the townes thereof, Adaia and the townes therof ²⁹ And a long by the borders of the children of Manasse, Bethsean and her townes, Thaanach and her townes, Megiddo and her townes, and Dor and her townes: In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel ³⁰ The sonnes of Aser: Iunna, Iesua, Isui, and Beria, and Serah their sister ³¹ The sonnes of Beria, Heber, and Melchiel, which is the father of Birsaith ³² And Heber begat Iaphlet, Somer, Hotham, and Sua was their sister ³³ The sonnes of Iaphlet: Pasah, Bimhal, & Asuah: These are the children of Iaphlet ³⁴ The sonnes of Semer: Ahi, Rohga, Iehubba, and Aram ³⁵ And the sonnes of his brother Helem: Zophah, Iimna, Seles, and Amal ³⁶ The sonnes of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Sual, Beri, and Iimrah ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Samma, Silsa, Iethran, and Beera ³⁸ The sonnes of Iether: Iephune, Pispa, and Ara ³⁹ The sonnes of Olla: Areh, Haniel, and Rezia ⁴⁰ Al these were the children of Aser, and heades of their fathers house, noble men, and mightie head captaynes: The number throughout the genealogie of them that were apt to the warre and battel, was twentie and sixe thousande men

¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel: but the name of the citie was called Luz, before tyme

³ Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her ⁴ And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her ⁵ And Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne ⁶ Then saide Rachel: God hath geuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath geuen me a sonne: therfore called she hym Dan ⁷ And Bilha Rachels seruant conceaued againe, & bare Iacob another sonne ⁸ And Rachel said: With godly wrastlynges haue I wrastled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and she called his name Nephthali

²² And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number

³⁴ And Iacob rent his clothes, & put sackcloth about his loynes, and mourned for his sonne a long season

¹³ And the children of Isachar: Thola, Puuah, and Iob, and Simron

¹⁷ The children of Aser: Imnah, and Iisuah, and Iisui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the chyldren of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel

²¹ The children of Beniamin: Bela, and Becher, and Asbel, Gera, & Naaman, Ehi, and Ros, Muppim, and Huppim, and Arde

²⁴ The children of Naphthali: Iahseel, and Guni, Ieser, and Sillem ²⁵ These are the sonnes of Bilha, which Laban gaue vnto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these vnto Iacob altogether seuen soules

²³ And Ioseph sawe Ephraims children euen vnto the thirde generation: and vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses, were chyldren borne on Iosephes knees

⁹ And Moyses sayde vnto Iosua: Chose vs out men, and go fight with Amelec, and to morowe I will stande on the toppe of the hill, and the rodde of God shalbe in my hande ¹⁰ Iosua did as Moyses bad hym, and fought with Amelec: and Moyses and Aaron, and Hur, went vp to the toppe of the hyll ¹¹ And it came to passe, that when Moyses helde vp his hande, Israel had the better: and when he let his hande downe, Amelec had the better ¹² But Moyses hands were heauie, and therfore they toke a stone and put it vnder him, and he sat downe theron: and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his handes, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: And his handes remayned stedye, vntill the goyng downe of the sunne ¹³ And Iosua discomforted Amelec and his people with the edge of the sworde ¹⁴ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Wryte this for a remembraunce in a booke, and commit it into the eares of Iosua, for I will vtterly put out the remembraunce of Amelec from vnder heauen

¹³ And Moyses rose vp, and his minister Iosuah: and Moyses went vp into the hill of God

¹⁷ And when Iosuah hearde the noyse of the people as they showted, he sayde vnto Moyses: [there is] a noyse of warre in the hoast

²⁸ And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moyses, one of his young men aunswered, and sayde: My lorde Moyses, forbyd them

⁸ [Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osea the sonne of Nun.

¹⁶ These are the names of the men which Moyses sent to spie out the land: And Moyses called the name of Osea the sonne of Nun, Iosuah

⁶ And Iosuah the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephune [whiche were] of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes

²³ The chyldren of Isachar after their kinredes, were Thola, of whom commeth the kinred of the Tholaites: Phuua, of whom commeth the kinred of the Phuuaites ²⁴ Of Iasub, commeth the kinred of the Iasubites: of Simron, commeth the kinred of the Simronites

²⁹ The chyldren of Manasse, Machir, of whom commeth the kinred of the Machirites: And Machir begat Gilead, and of Gilead commeth the kinred of the Giliadites ³⁰ And these are the chyldren of Gilead, Hiezer, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites: Helech, of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites

³⁰ And these are the chyldren of Gilead, Hiezer, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites: Helech, of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites ³¹ And Asriel, of whom commeth the kinred of the Asrielites: and Sechem, of whom commeth the kinred of the Sechemites ³² Semida, of whom commeth the kinred of the Senudites: and Hepher, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hepherites ³³ And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad, were Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milcha, and Thirza

³³ And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad, were Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milcha, and Thirza ³⁴ These are the kinredes of Manasse, and the number of them fiftie and two thousande and seuen hundred ³⁵ These are the chyldren of Ephraim after their kinredes: Suthelah, of whom commeth the kinred of the Suthelahites: Becher, of whom commeth the kinred of the Becherites: Thahen, of whom commeth the kinred of the Thahenites ³⁶ And these are the chyldren of Suthelah: Eran, of whom commeth the kinred of the Eranites

³⁸ These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes: Bela, of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites

³⁸ These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes: Bela, of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites ³⁹ Supham, of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites: Hupham, of who came the kinred of ye Huphamites

³⁹ Supham, of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites: Hupham, of who came the kinred of ye Huphamites ⁴⁰ And the chyldren of Bela, were Ard and Naaman, from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites, and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites ⁴¹ These are the chyldre of Beniamin after their kinredes, & after their numbers fourtie & fiue thousande & sixe hundred

⁴⁴ The chyldren of Aser after their kinredes, were Iemna, of whom cometh the kinred of the Iemnites: Iesui, of whom commeth the kinred of the Iesuites: Bria, of whom cometh the kinred of the Brites ⁴⁵ The chyldren of Bria, were Heber, of whom commeth the kinred of the Heberites: Malchiel, of whom came the kinred of the Malchielites ⁴⁶ And the daughter of Aser, was called Sarah

⁴⁸ The children of Nephthali, after their kinredes, were Iaheziel, of whom came the kinred of the Iahezielites: Guni, of whom came the kinred of the Gunites ⁴⁹ Iezer, of whom came the kinred of the Iezerites: Sellem, of whom came the kinred of the Sellemites

¹ Then came the daughters of Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, of the kinred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph: whose names were Maala, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza

¹ Then came the daughters of Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, of the kinred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph: whose names were Maala, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza ² And stode before Moyses and Eleazar the priest, and before the lordes, and all the multitude by the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying ³ Our father dyed in the wyldernesse, and was not in the company of them that gathered them selues together agaynst the Lorde in the congregation of Corah: but dyed in his owne sinne, and had no sonnes ⁴ Wherefore then is the name of our father taken away from among his kinred, because he hath no sonne? Geue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father ⁵ And Moyses brought their cause before the Lorde ⁶ And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying ⁷ The daughters of Zalphaad speake ryght: thou shalt geue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritaunce of their father vnto them ⁸ And thou shalt speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, saying: If a man dye and haue no sonne, ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter ⁹ If he haue no daughter, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his brethren ¹⁰ If he haue also no brethren, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his fathers brethren ¹¹ And if his father haue no brethren, ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto hym that is next to him of his kinred, and he shall possesse it: And this shalbe vnto the chyldren of Israel a lawe of iudgement, as the Lorde hath commaunded Moyses

¹⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Take thee Iosuah the sonne of Nun, a man in whom is the spirite, and put thyne handes vpon hym

³⁰ But and if they wyll not go ouer with you in harnesse, they shall haue their possessions among you in the lande of Chanaan ³¹ And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben, aunswered, saying: As the Lorde hath sayde vnto thy seruauntes, so wyll we do ³² We wyll go harnessed before ye Lorde into the lande of Chanaan, that the possession of our inheritaunce may be geuen vs on this side Iordane ³³ And Moyses gaue vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Ruben, and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, the kyngdome of Sehon kyng of the Amorites, and the kyngdome of Og kyng of Basan, the lande with the cities therof, in ye coastes and cities of the countrey rounde about ³⁴ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer ³⁵ And Atoth, Sophan, Iaaser, and Iogbea ³⁶ Bethnimra, and Betharan, fensed cities: & they built foldes for the sheepe ³⁷ And the children of Ruben built Hesbon, Eleale, Kiriathaim ³⁸ Nebo, Baalmeon, and turned their names, and Sibama also: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they builded ³⁹ And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therin ⁴⁰ And Moyses gaue Gilead vnto Mathir the sonne of Manasse, and he dwelt therin ⁴¹ And Iair the sonne of Manasse went and toke the smal townes therof, and called them Hauoth Iair ⁴² And Nobah went and toke Kenath, and the townes longyng therto, and called it Nobah, after his owne name

¹ And the chiefe fathers of the families of the chyldren of Geliad, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, of the kinred of the sonnes of Ioseph, came foorth and spake before Moyses, and before the princes the chiefe fathers of the chyldren of Israel ² And sayd: The Lorde commaunded my Lorde to geue the land to inherite by lot to the chyldren of Israel: and my Lorde was commaunded by the Lord, to geue the inheritaunce of Zelaphead our brother, vnto his daughters ³ If they be maryed to any of ye sonnes of the other tribes of the chyldren of Israel, then shall their inheritaunce be taken from the inheritaunce of our fathers, and shalbe put to the inheritaunce of the tribe which they are receaued into, and so shal it be taken from the lot of our inheritaunce ⁴ And when the Iubilee of the children of Israel commeth, then shall their inheritaunce be put vnto the inheritaunce of the tribe wherinto they are receaued, and so shall their inheritaunce be taken away from the inheritaunce of the tribe of our fathers ⁵ And Moyses commaunded the chyldren of Israel, according to the worde of the Lorde, saying: The tribe of the sonnes of Ioseph haue sayd well ⁶ This therefore doth the Lorde commaunde the daughters of Zelaphead, saying: Let them be wyues, to whom they them selues thinke best: only to the familie of the tribe of their father shall they marry ⁷ So shall not the inheritaunce of the children of Israel remoue from tribe to tribe: for euery one of the chyldren of Israel shall ioyne hym selfe to the inheritaunce of the tribe of his fathers ⁸ And euery daughter that possesseth any inheritaunce in any tribe of the chyldre of Israel, shalbe wyfe vnto one of the kinred of the tribe of her father, that the chyldren of Israel may enioy euery man the inheritaunce of his father ⁹ Neither ought the inheritaunce to go from one tribe to another: but euery one of the tribes of the chyldren of Israel shalbe ioyned to his owne inheritaunce ¹⁰ And as the Lord commaunded Moyses, euen so dyd the daughters of Zelaphead ¹¹ For Mahela, Thirza, Hagla, Milcha, and Noa the daughters of Zelaphead, were maryed vnto their fathers brothers sonnes ¹² They were wyues vnto the families of the sonnes of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, and so their inheritaunce remayned in the tribe of the kinred of their father

¹³ And the rest of Gilead, and all Basan of the kyngdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasse: euen all the region of Argob, with all Basan, which is called the lande of giauntes ¹⁴ Iair the sonne of Manasse, toke all the countrey of Argob, vnto the coastes of Gessuri & Maachati, and called them after his owne name, Basan Hauoth Iair, vnto this day ¹⁵ And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir

²³ And he gaue Iosuah the sonne of Nun a charge, and sayde: Be bolde and strong, for thou shalt bryng the children of Israel into the lande which I sware vnto them: & I wil be with thee

¹⁰ And the Lorde troubled them before Israel, and slue them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth vp to Bethoron, and smote them to Azeka and Makeda

³¹ And halfe Gilead, Astaroth, & Edrai, cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan, which pertayne vnto the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses, euen to the one halfe of the children of Machir by their kinredes

¹ And the lot of the children of Ioseph fell fro Iordane by Iericho, vnto the water of Iericho eastwarde, & to the wildernesse that goeth vp fro Iericho throughout mount Bethel ² And goeth out fro Bethel to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth

² And goeth out fro Bethel to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth ³ And goeth downe againe westward euen to the coast of Iaphleti, and vnto the coast of Bethhoron the neather, & to Gazer, and the endes of their coastes leaue at the west sea

³ And goeth downe againe westward euen to the coast of Iaphleti, and vnto the coast of Bethhoron the neather, & to Gazer, and the endes of their coastes leaue at the west sea

³ And goeth downe againe westward euen to the coast of Iaphleti, and vnto the coast of Bethhoron the neather, & to Gazer, and the endes of their coastes leaue at the west sea ⁴ And so the children of Ioseph, Manasses, & Ephraim, toke their inheritaunce ⁵ And the border of the children of Ephraim was by their kynreds. Their border on the east side was, Ataroth Adar, euen vnto Bethhoron the vpper

⁵ And the border of the children of Ephraim was by their kynreds. Their border on the east side was, Ataroth Adar, euen vnto Bethhoron the vpper ⁶ And went out westwarde to Machmethath on the northside, and returneth eastward vnto Thaanath Silo, & past it on the eastside vnto Ionoah ⁷ And went downe from Ionoah to Atharoth and Naarath, and came to Iericho, and went out at Iordane ⁸ And their border went from Thaphuah westward vnto the riuer Kanah, and the endes were the west sea. This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their kynredes ⁹ And the seperate cities for the childre of Ephraim, were among ye inheritauce of the children of Manasses, euen the cities with their villages ¹⁰ And they draue not out the Chanaanites that dwelt in Gazer: but the Chanaanites dwelt among the Ephraites vnto this day, and serue vnder tribute

¹ This was the lot of the tribe of Manasses, which was the eldest son of Ioseph, to witte of Machir the eldest sonne of Manasses, which was the father of Gilead: now because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Basan ² This is the possession of the rest of the children of Manasses by their kinreds: [Namely] of the children of Abiezer, the children of Helek, the children of Ariel, the children of Sichem, the children of Hepher, the children of Semida: for these were the male children of Manasses, the sonne of Ioseph by their kinredes ³ But Selaphead the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Giliad, ye sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasses, had no sonnes: but daughters, whose names are these, Mahaia, Noa, Hagla, Melcha, and Thirsa

⁷ And the coaste of Manasses was from Aser to Machmathath that lieth before Sichem, and went along on the right hande, euen vnto the inhabitantes of Entaphuah ⁸ And the lande of Thaphuah belonged to Manasses: which Thaphuah is beside the border of Manasses, beside the border of the children of Ephraim ⁹ And the coaste descended vnto the riuer Canah southwarde, euen to the riuer: These cities of Ephraim, are among ye cities of Manasses. The coaste of Manasses went also on the northside to the riuer, and the endes of it go out at the sea ¹⁰ So that ye south partained to Ephraim, & the north to Manasses, & the sea is his border: And they met together in Aser northwarde, & in Isachar eastwarde ¹¹ And Manasses had in Isachar and in Aser, Bethsean & her townes, Iiblean and her townes, and the inhabitours of Dor, with the townes pertaining to the same, and the inhabitours of Endor with the townes of the same, and the inhabitours of Thaanach with her townes, and the inhabitours of Magedo with the townes of the same, euen three countreys

²² And in like maner they that were of the house of Ioseph went vp to Bethel, and the Lorde was with them

²² And in like maner they that were of the house of Ioseph went vp to Bethel, and the Lorde was with them ²³ And the house of Ioseph searched out Bethel, whiche before time was called Luz ²⁴ And the spyes sawe a man come out of the citie, & they sayd vnto him: Shewe vs we pray thee the way into the citie, and we will shewe thee mercy ²⁵ And when he had shewed them the way into the citie, they smote it with the edge of the sworde: but let the man and all his housholde go free ²⁶ And the man went into the land of the Hethites, and buylt a citie, and called the name therof Luz: whiche is the name therof vnto this day ²⁷ Neither did Manasses expell Bethsean with her townes, Thanach with her townes, the inhabitours of Dor with her townes, the inhabitours of Ieblaam with her townes, neither the inhabitours of Magiddo with her townes: but the Chanaanites were bolde to dwell in the lande ²⁸ But it came to passe, that assoone as Israel was waxed mightie, they put the Chanaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly ²⁹ In lyke maner Ephraim expelled not the Chanaanites that dwelt in Gazer: but the Chanaanites dwelt still in Gazer among them

¹⁵ But when they cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord stirred them vp a sauer, Ahud the sonne of Gera the sonne of Gemini, a man lame of his right hande: and by him the children of Israel sent a present vnto Eglon the king of Moab ¹⁶ But Ahud made him a dagger with two edges, of a cubite length, and he did gyrde it vnto his raymet vpon his right thygh ¹⁷ And caried the present vnto Eglon the king of Moab: (And Eglon was a very fatte man. ¹⁸ And when he had presented the present, he sent the people that bare it away ¹⁹ But he him selfe turned agayne (from the place of grauen images, that was by Gilgal) and sayde: I haue a secret errande vnto thee, O king. Which sayde: Kepe scilence. And all that stoode before hym, went out from him ²⁰ And Ahud came vnto him, and in a sommer parler whiche he had, sate he him selfe alone: and Ahud sayd, I haue a message vnto thee from God. And he arose out of his seate ²¹ And Ahud put foorth his left hande, & toke the dagger from his right thygh, and thrust it into his belly ²² And the hafte went in after the blade: and the fatte closed the haft, so that he might not drawe the dagger out of his belly, but the dyrt came out ²³ Then Ahud gat him out into the porche, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them ²⁴ When he was gone out, his seruauntes came: And when they sawe that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayde, Suerly he couereth his feete in his sommer chamber ²⁵ And they taried till they were ashamed, and seyng he opened not the doores of the parler, they toke a key and opened them: And beholde, their Lorde was fallen downe dead on the earth ²⁶ And Ahud escaped whyle they taried and was gone beyonde, to the place of the grauen images, and escaped into Seirath ²⁷ And when he was come, he blewe a trumpet in mount Ephraim: And the childre of Israel went downe with him from the hill, and he went before them ²⁸ And he sayde vnto them, folowe me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies the Moabites into your hande. And they descended after him, and toke the passages of Iordane toward Moab, and suffered not a man to passe ouer ²⁹ And they slue of the Moabites the same time vpon a ten thousande men, which were all fatte, & men of warre, and there scaped not a man ³⁰ So Moab was subdued that day vnder the hande of Israel: And the lande had rest fourescore yeres

¹⁴ Out of Ephraim was there a roote of them agaynst Amelek, and after thee Beniamin among thy people: Out of Machir came rulers, and out of Zabulon they that handell the penne of the writer

¹⁹ The kynges came and fought, then fought ye kynges of Chanaan in Thanach by the waters of Megiddo, and wan no money

¹¹ And the angel of the Lorde came and sate vnder an Oke which was in Ephrah, that parteyned vnto Ioas the father of the Esrites: And his sonne Gedeon threshed wheat by the wyne presse, to hyde it from the Madianites

²⁴ Then Gedeon made an aulter there vnto the Lord, and called it, The Lord of peace. And vnto this day it is yet in Ephrath, that parteyneth vnto the father of the Esrites

³⁴ But the spirite of the Lorde came vppon Gedeon, and he blewe a trumpet, and Abiezer was ioyned with him

² And he sayde vnto them: What deede haue I done lyke vnto yours? Is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim, better then the vinetage of Abiezer

¹¹ And ye Lord sent Ierobaal, Bedan, Iephthah, and Samuel, and deliuered you out of the handes of your enemies on euerie side, and ye dwelled safe

¹⁰ And they layed vp his harnesse in the house of Astaroth: but they hanged vp his body on the wall of Bethsan

⁵ For so shal not my house be with God: For he hath made with me an euerlasting couenaunt, perfect and sure in all poyntes: and this is truly all my health, and all my desyre, that it growe, but not as grasse

¹ And agayne the Lorde was wroth against Israel, and he moued Dauid agaynst them, in that he sayde: Go number Israel & Iuda ² For the king sayde to Ioab the captaine of the hoast which was with him: Go thou abrode now throughout al the tribes of Israel, euen from Dan to Beerseba, and number ye the people, that I may knowe the number of them ³ And Ioab saide vnto the king: The Lorde thy God encrease the people an hundreth folde mo then they be, & that the eyes of my lorde the king may see it: And what is the cause that my lorde the king hath a lust to this thyng ⁴ Notwithstanding, the kinges word preuayled agaynst Ioab & against the captaines of the hoast: And Ioab & the captaynes of the hoast, went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel ⁵ And they passed ouer Iordane, & pitched in Aroer on the right syde of the citie that lyeth in the myddest of the valey of Gad, and toward Iazer ⁶ And then they came to Gilead, and to the land Tahtim hodshi, & from thece they came to Dan Iaan, and about to Sidon ⁷ And came to the strong hould of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Heuites and of the Chanaanites: & then went out to the south of Iuda, euen to Beerseba ⁸ And so when they had ben abrode throughout all the land, they returned to Hierusalem, after the end of nine monethes and twentie dayes ⁹ And Ioab deliuered the number and summe of the people vnto the king, and there were in Israel eyght hundred thousand men of might that drewe swordes: and the men of Iuda were fiue hundred thousand men

¹² Baana the sonne of Ahilud was ouer Thaanach and Megiddo, and ouer all Bethsan, whiche is by Zarthana beneath Iezrael, fro Bethsan to ye plaine of Mehola, euen vnto the place that is ouer against Iecmeam

¹⁵ (And this is the summe whiche king Solomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde, and his owne house, and Millo, and the wall of Hierusalem, and Hazor, and Megeddo, and Gazer

¹⁷ And Solomon buylt Gazer & Bethhoron the neather

²⁷ But when Ahaziahu the king of Iuda sawe this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Iehu folowed after him, and sayde, Smyte him also in the charet, at the goyng vp to Gur by Iebleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and ther died

²⁹ In his dayes Pharao Necho king of Egypt went vp against the king of Assyria to the riuer of Euphrates: And king Iosia went against him, and was slaine of him at Megiddo when he had seene him

²¹ Afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and toke her when he was threescore yeres olde: and she bare him Segub ²² And Segub begat Iair, which had three and twentie cities in the lande of Gilead ²³ And he ouercame Gessur and Aram the townes of Iair, from them [which dwelt in them] and Kenath and the townes therof, euen threescore townes: All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead

⁶⁶ And they [that were] of the kinredes of the sonnes of Caath, had cities & their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim ⁶⁷ And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge: Sichem in mount Ephraim and her suburbes, Gaser and her suburbes

¹⁰ The sonnes of Iediel: Bilhan. The sonnes of Bilhan: Ieus, Beniamin, Ehud, and Chanaana, Zethan, Tharsis, and Ahisahar ¹¹ All these are the sonnes of Iediel, auncient heades and men of warre, seuenteene thousande and two hundred, that went out harnessed to battayle

¹⁵ And Machir toke wyues for Huppim, and Suppim: And the name of his sister was Maacha, and the name of an other sonne was Zelophahad: and Zelophahad had daughters

¹ Beniamin begat Bela his eldest sonne, Asbel the second, and Aharah the thirde ² Nohah the fourth, & Raphah the fyfth ³ And the sonnes of Bela, were: Adar, Gera, Abihud ⁴ Abisna, Naaman, and Ahoha ⁵ Gera, Sephuphan, and Huram ⁶ And these are the sonnes of Ehud, and these are auncient heades among the inhabiters of Geba, and they caryed them to Manahath ⁷ Naaman, Ahia, and Gera, which Gera caryed them away, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud ⁸ And he begat Saharaim in the fielde of Moab, after he had sent them away, Husim also, & Baarah were his wyues ⁹ And he begat of Hodes his wyfe, Iobab, and Zibia, Mesa, and Malcham ¹⁰ Ieuz, and Sachia, and Mirma: These were his sonnes [and] auncient fathers ¹¹ And of Husim he begat Ahitob, and Elpaal ¹² The sonnes of Elpaal, were: Eber, Misaham, and Samed, which buylt Ono, Lod, and the townes therof ¹³ Beria and Sema were auncient fathers among the inhabiters of Aialon, and they draue away the inhabiters of Geth ¹⁴ And Aio, Sasar, and Ierimoth ¹⁵ Zebadia, Arad, and Ader ¹⁶ Michael, and Iispa, and Ioha, the sonnes of Beria ¹⁷ Zebadia, Mesullam, Hezeki, & Heber ¹⁸ Ismerai also and Iessiah, and Iobab the sonnes of Elpaal ¹⁹ Iakim, and Zicri, and Sabdi ²⁰ Elienai, Zilthai, and Eliel ²¹ Adaia, and Beraia, and Zimreth the sonnes of Simhi ²² Iispan, Eber, and Eliel ²³ Abdon, and Zicri, and Hanan ²⁴ Hanania, Elam, and Anathothia ²⁵ Iephdeia, and Phenuel, the sonnes of Sadac ²⁶ And Samserai, Seharia, and Athaliah ²⁷ Iaresiah, Elia, and Zichri, the sonnes of Ieroham ²⁸ These were auncient fathers and captaynes in their kinredes, & these dwelt in Hierusalem ²⁹ And at Gibeon dwelt Abi Gibeon, whose wyfe was called Maacah ³⁰ And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, Cis, Baal, and Nadab ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher ³² And Mikloth begat Simea: And these also dwelt with their brethren in Hierusalem ouer against them ³³ Ner begat Cis, and Cis begat Saul, and Saul begat Iehonathan, Malchisua, Abinadab, and Esbaal ³⁴ And the sonne of Iehonathan was Meribbaal, & Meribbaal begat Micah ³⁵ And the sonnes of Micah were Piton, Melech, Tharea, and Ahaz ³⁶ And Ahaz begat Iehoiada: And Iehoiada begat Alemeth, Asmaneth, and Zimri: Zimri begat Moza ³⁷ Moza begat Binea, whose sonne was Rapha, and his sonne was Elasa, and his sonne Azel ³⁸ And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these: Esricam, Bochri, Ismael, Searia, Obadia, and Hanan: Al these were the sonnes of Azel ³⁹ And the sonnes of Esek his brother, were: Ulam his eldest, Iehus the second, and Eliphelet the thirde ⁴⁰ And the sonnes of Ulam were mightie men, & strong archers, and had many sonnes, and sonnes sonnes, an hundred & fyftie. All these are of the sonnes of Beniam

³² And of the children of Isachar, which were men that had vnderstanding of the tymes, to knowe what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred: & all their brethren were at their wyll

¹ And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel ² And Dauid sayde to Ioab and to the rulers of the people: Go ye and number Israel from Beerseba to Dan: & bring it to me, that I may knowe the number of them ³ And Ioab aunswered: The Lorde make his people an hundred times so many mo as they be: But my lorde, O king, are they not all my lordes seruauntes? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will my lorde be a cause of trespasse to Israel ⁴ Neuerthelesse the kinges word preuayled against Ioab: And Ioab departed, and walked throughout all them of Israel, and came to Hierusalem againe ⁵ And gaue the summe of the number of the people vnto Dauid: And all they of Israel were a thousande thousand and an hundred thousande men that drue sworde: and Iuda was foure hundred threescore and ten thousande men that drue sworde

¹ The children of Israel, after the number of them, ye auncient heads and captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, and their officers that serued the king by dyuers courses, which came in and went out moneth by moneth, throughout all the monethes of the yere: And in euery course were twentie and foure thouthousand

²³ But Dauid toke not the number of them vnder twentie yeres, because the Lorde saide he would encrease Israel lyke vnto the starres of the skye ²⁴ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia began to number: but he finished it not, because that there fell wrath for it against Israel, neither was the number put into the cronicles of king Dauid

⁵ And he buylt Bethhoron the vpper, and Bethhoron the neather, strong cities, hauing walles, gates, and barres

¹³ And he had great substaunce in the cities of Iuda: but the men of armes and strongest souldiers were in Hierusalem ¹⁴ And these are the offices of them in the house of their fathers: the captaines ouer thousandes in Iuda, Adna the captayne, and with him of fighting men three hundred thousand ¹⁵ And next to his hand was Iehohanan a captayne, and with him two hundred and fourescore thousand ¹⁶ And next him was Amazia the sonne of Zichri, which of his owne good wyll offered him selfe vnto the Lorde, and with him two hundred thousand mightie men of warre ¹⁷ And of the children of Beniamin, Eliada a man of might, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundred thousand

¹⁷ And of the children of Beniamin, Eliada a man of might, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundred thousand ¹⁸ And next him was Iehosabad, and with him an hundred and fourescore thousand, that were prepared for the warre

¹⁸ And next him was Iehosabad, and with him an hundred and fourescore thousand, that were prepared for the warre ¹⁹ These wayted on the king, besides those which the king put in the strong cities throughout all Iuda

²² Neuerthelesse Iosia would not turne his face from him, but rather toke aduise to fight with hym, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Mageddo

¹¹ Nowe when Iobs three friendes heard of all the trouble that came vpon him, they came euery one fro his owne place [namely] Eliphas the Themanite, Bildad the Suhite, and Zophad the Naamathite: for they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him, and to comfort hym

¹¹ Then shal there be a great mourning at Hierusalem, like as the lamentation at Adadremmon in the fielde of Mageddon

⁴⁵ Whiche also our fathers that came after, brought in with Iesus into the possession of the gentiles, who God draue out before the face of our fathers, vnto the dayes of Dauid

⁸ For yf Iesus had geuen them reste, then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day

¹⁶ And he gathered them together into a place, called in the Hebrue tongue Armagedon