1 Kings 4 Cross References - Bishops

¹ And so king Solomon was king ouer all Israel ² And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest ³ Elihozeph and Ahiah the sonnes of Sisa, scribes: Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder ⁴ Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoast: Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes ⁵ And Azariahu the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers: And Zabud the sonne of Nathan was a priest, ye kinges companion ⁶ And Ahisar was steward of ye houshold: And Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tributes ⁷ And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold: eche man his moneth in a yere, made prouision for necessarie thinges ⁸ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim ⁹ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz and in Saalbin, and Bethsames, Elon, and Bethhanan ¹⁰ The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom parteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher ¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, whiche had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wyfe 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 ¹³ The sonne of Gaber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse which are in Gilead: and vnder him was the region of Argob whiche is in Basan threescore great cities with walles and barres of brasse ¹⁴ Ahinadab the sonne of Hiddo had Mahenaim ¹⁵ Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe ¹⁶ Baana the sonne of Husai was in Aser and in Aloth ¹⁷ Iehosaphat the sonne of Paruah was in Isachar ¹⁸ Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin ¹⁹ Gaber the sonne of Uri was in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sehon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Basan, & was officer alone in the lande ²⁰ And Iuda and Israel were many [euen] as the sande of the sea in numbre, eating, drincking, and making mery ²¹ And Solomon raigned ouer all kingdomes from the riuer vnto the lande of the Philistines, [euen] vnto the border of Egypt: and they brought presentes, and serued Solomon al the dayes of his life ²² And Solomons bread for one day was thirtie quarters of manchet flowre, & threescore quarters of meale ²³ Ten stalled oxen, and twentie out of the pastures, and a hundred sheepe, beside hartes, buckes, and wilde goates, and capons ²⁴ For he ruled in all the region on the other syde Euphrates, from Thiphsah to Azza, ouer al the kinges on the other syde the riuer: And he had peace with all his seruauntes on euery syde ²⁵ And Iuda and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine and vnder his figgetree, from Danto Beerseba all the dayes of Solomon ²⁶ And Solomon had fourtie thousand stalles of horses for charettes, & twelue thousande horsemen ²⁷ And the officers prouided vittayle for king Solomon and for all that came out of any place to king Solomons table, euery man his moneth, so that they lacked nothing ²⁸ Barly also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man in his office ²⁹ And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore ³⁰ And Solomons wysdome excelled the wysedome of all the children of the east countrey, and al the wisdome of Egypt ³¹ For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde ³² And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue ³³ And he spake of trees, euen from the Cedar tree that groweth in Libanon, vnto the Isope that springeth out of the wall: He spake also of beastes, of foules, of wormes, and of fishes ³⁴ And there came of all nations to heare the wysdome of Solomon, and from all kinges of the earth, which had heard of his wysdome

²⁰ And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen ²¹ And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng & mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, & euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good ²² And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth ²³ And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day ²⁴ And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so ²⁵ God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good

¹⁹ The border of the Chanaanites was from Sidon as thou commest to Gerar vnto Azah, and as thou goest vnto Sodoma and Gomorra, and Adama, and Seboim, euen vnto Lesa

¹⁶ And I wyl make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede also be numbred

⁵ And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be

¹⁸ In that same day the Lorde made a couenaunt with Abram, saying: vnto thy seede haue I geuen this lande, fro the ryuer of Egypt, euen vnto the great ryuer, the ryuer of Euphrates

¹⁷ That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies

⁶ But vnto the sonnes of the concubines whiche Abraham had, he gaue gyftes, and sent them away from Isahac his sonne (whyle he yet lyued) eastwarde vnto the east countrey

² And when Iacob saw them, he sayde: this is gods hoste, & called the name of the same place, Mahanaim

¹² Thou saydest, I wyll surely do thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, whiche can not be numbred for multitude

⁴⁹ And Ioseph layed vp corne in store lyke vnto the sande of the sea, in multitude out of measure, vntyll he left numbryng: for it was without number

²² And take a bunche of Isope and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, & strike the vpper post of the doore, and the two syde postes, with the blood that is in the bason: & none of you go out at the doore of his house vntyll the mornyng

²¹ Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie [and] such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place [of these] ouer the [people] rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes

³¹ And I wyll make thy coastes from the red sea, vnto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert vnto the riuer: For I wyll deliuer the inhabitours of the lande into thyne hand, and thou shalt driue them out before thee

¹⁸ And let a cleane person take hysope, & dippe it in the water, and sprinckle it vpon the tent, and vpon all the vessels, and on the persons that were therin, and vpon hym that touched a bone, or a slaine person, or a dead body, or a graue

²¹ And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying ²² Let me passe through thy lande, we wyll not turne into the fieldes or vineyardes, neither drynke of the waters of the well: but we wyll go along by the kynges hye way, vntyll we be past thy countrey ²³ But Sehon woulde geue Israel no lisence to passe through his countrey: but gathered all his people together, & went out agaynst Israel into the wildernesse: And he came to Iaza, and fought agaynst Israel ²⁴ And Israel smote him in the edge of the sworde, & conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabok, vnto the children of Ammon: For the border of the children of Ammon was strong ²⁵ And Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Hesbon, and in all the townes that long therto ²⁶ For Hesbon was the citie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites, which fought before agaynst ye kyng of the Moabites, and toke all his lande out of his hande, euen vnto Arnon ²⁷ Wherfore they that speake in prouerbes, say: Come to Hesbon, and let the citie of Sehon be built and repayred ²⁸ For there is a fire gone out of Hesbon, and a flambe from the citie of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar in Moab, and the lordes of Bamoth in Arnon ²⁹ Wo to thee Moab, O people of Chamos ye are vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, & his daughters to be in captiuitie vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amorites ³⁰ Their empire is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon, and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha, which reacheth vnto Medaba ³¹ And thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites ³² And Moyses sent to searche out Iaezer, and they toke the townes belonging therto, & rooted out the Amorites that were therein ³³ And they turned, and went vp towarde Basan: And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them, he and all his people to fight at Edrai ³⁴ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: feare hym not, for I haue deliuered hym into thy hande, and all his people and his lande, and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Schon the king of the Amorites whiche dwelt at Hesbon ³⁵ They smote hym therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntyll there was nothyng left hym, and they conquered his lande

⁶ Euen as the valleys are they layde abrode, & as gardens by the riuers side, as the tentes whiche the Lorde hath pitched, and as cypres trees beside the waters

⁴¹ And Iair the sonne of Manasse went and toke the smal townes therof, and called them Hauoth Iair

²⁶ And so I sent messengers out of ye wildernes of Kedemoth, vnto Sehon king of Hesbo, with wordes of peace, saying

⁴ And we toke all his cities the same season, neither was there a citie which we toke not from them, euen threescore cities throughout the region of Argob, of the kyngdome of Og in Basan

⁸ And thus we toke the same season out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites, the land that was on the other side Iordane, from the riuer of Arnon, vnto mount Hermon

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

⁴³ Namely Bezer in the wildernesse, euen in the playne countrey of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Gilead, of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Basan, of the tribe of Manasse

²⁴ All the places whereon the soles of your feete shall treade, shalbe yours: euen from the wyldernesse, and from Libanon, and fro the riuer Euphrates, euen vnto the vttermost sea shal your coast be

¹⁶ But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe, nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses: forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you, ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way

⁴ From the wyldernesse and this Libanon, vnto the great riuer Euphrates, all the lande of the Hethites, euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne, shalbe your coast

¹⁶ The waters also that came downe fro aboue, did rise vp vpon an heape and departed farre from ye citie of Ada, that was beside Zarthan: And the waters that were beneath towarde ye sea of the wildernes, euen the salt sea, fayled and were cut of: and the people went right ouer against Iericho

² And vnto the kinges that were by the north in the mountaynes and playnes towarde the southside of Ceneroth, & in the lowe countreys, and in the borders of Dor westwarde

¹⁷ The king of Taphuha, one: the king of Hepher, one

²³ The king of Dor in the coutrey of Dor, one: the king of the nations of Gilgal, one

⁹ From Aroer that lieth on the brim of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie that is in the middest of the ryuer, & all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon ¹⁰ And al the cities of Sehon king of the Amorites, which raigned in Hesbon, euen vnto the border of the children of Ammon ¹¹ And Gilead, and the border of Gessuri and Machati, and all mount Hermon, with al Basan vnto Salecha ¹² Euen all the kingdome of Og in Basan, which raigned in Astharoth and Edrai: which same remained yet of the rest of the giauntes. These dyd Moyses smite, and cast them out

²⁶ And from Hesbon vnto Ramath, Mispeh, and Betonim: and from Mahanaim vnto the borders of Dabir

³⁵ Iarmuth, Adulam, Socoh, and Azekah

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

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

²⁰ And Iordane kepeth in this coast on the east syde: And this is the inheritaunce of the chyldren of Beniamin by their coastes rounde about, throughout their kinredes ²¹ These were the cities of the tribes of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their kinredes: Iericho, Bethhagla, and the plaine of Casis ²² Betharabah, Samaraim, and Bethel ²³ Auim, Parah, and Ophrah ²⁴ Haamonai, Ophni, & Gaba, twelue cities with their villages ²⁵ Gabaon, Ramah, Beeroth ²⁶ Mispeh, Chephirah, and Mosah ²⁷ Recem, Iarephel, and Tharela ²⁸ Sela, Eleph, and Iebusi (which is Hierusalem) Gibath, and Ciriath, fourteene cities with their villages. This is the inheritaunce of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their kinredes

¹⁷ And the fourth lot came out to Isachar, euen for the children of Isachar by their kinreds ¹⁸ And their coast was Iesraelah, Casuloth, aud Sunem ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Sion, and Anaharath ²⁰ Harabith, Kision, and Abez ²¹ Rameth, Enganim, Enhadah, and Bethphazez ²² And his coast reacheth to Thabor, & Sahazimah, and Bethsames: and endeth at Iordane, syxteene cities with their villages ²³ This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Isachar by their kinreds: and these are the cities with their villages ²⁴ And ye fyfth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Aser by their kinreds ²⁵ And their coast was, Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achsap ²⁶ Alamelech, Amaad, and Miseal: and came to Carmel westwarde, and to Sihor Libanath ²⁷ And turneth toward the sunne rising to Bethdagon, and commeth to Zabulon, and to the valley of Iephthahel, towarde the north side of Bethemek & Neiel, and goeth out on the lefte side of Cabul ²⁸ And to Hebron, Rohob, Hammon, and Kanah, euen vnto great Sidon ²⁹ And then the coast turneth to Ramah & to the strong citie of Zor, and turneth to Hozah, & endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzibah ³⁰ Amah also, and Aphek, and Rohob: twentie and two cities with their villages ³¹ This is the inheritaunce of the children of Aser by their kinreds: these are the cities with their villages ³² And the syxth lot came out to the children of Nephthali [euen] to the childre of Nephthali by their kinredes ³³ And their coast was from Heleph, and from Elon to Zacnanim, Adami Nekeb, and Iabneel, euen to Lakum, and doth go out at Iordane ³⁴ And then the coast turneth westward to Asanoth Thabor, & then goeth out from thence to Hukokah, and reacheth to Zabulon on the south side, and goeth to Aser on the west side, and to Iuda vpon Iordane toward the sunne risyng ³⁵ And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Raccath, & Cenereth ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor ³⁷ Kedes, Edrai, and Enhazor ³⁸ Ieron, Magdalel, Horem, Bethanah and Bethsames, ninteene cities with their villages ³⁹ This is the inheritaunce of the tribe of the children of Nephthali by their kynredes: these also are the cities and their villages

⁴² Saelabin, Aialon, Iethlah

⁸ And on the other syde Iordane ouer against Iericho eastward, they appoynted Bezer in the wildernesse vpon the playne, out of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Basan out of the tribe of Manasses

¹⁶ Ain with her suburbes, Iuttah with her suburbes, Bethsames with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes

³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, they gaue the citie for the slear to flee vnto, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes

³³ And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron died, whom they buried in a hill that pertayned to Phinehes his sonne, which [hill] was geuen him in mount Ephraim

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

³⁵ And the Amorites were content to dwell in mount Heres in Aialon, and in Salabim: And the hande of Ioseph preuayled, so that they became tributaries

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

¹² And the Madianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the east, lay along in the valley lyke a multitude of grashoppers, and their camelles were without numbre, euen as the sande by the sea syde in multitude

¹ Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her

¹ There was a man of mount Ephraim, named Micah

¹ Also in those dayes, when there was no kyng in Israel, a certayne Leuite soiournyng on the syde of mount Ephraim, toke to wyfe a concubine out of Bethlehem Iuda

¹ Then all the chyldren of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, euen from Dan to Beerseba, with the lande of Gilead, vnto the Lorde in Mispah

¹² And the kyne toke the strayght way to Bethsames, & went on the strayght way: and as they went, lowed, and turned neither to the ryght hande nor to the left: And the princes of the Philistines went after them, vnto the borders of Bethsames

²⁰ Wherfore the men of Bethsames said: Who is able to stand before this holie Lorde God? And to whom shall he go from vs

²⁷ But the children of Belial sayd: Howe shall he saue vs? And they despised him, and, brought him no presentes: And he helde his tongue

¹⁸ And Dauid aunswered Saul: What am I? and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in lawe to the king

¹⁶ And when he had brought him thyther, beholde they laye scattered abrode vpon all the earth, eating, and drynking, & daunsing, because of al the great praye that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iuda

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

¹² They arose, as many as were strong men, and went all night, & toke the bodie of Saul, & the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Bethsan, and came to Iabes, and burnt them there

⁸ But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captayne of Sauls hoaste, toke Isboseth the sonne of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim

⁵ In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda

² The king sayde vnto Nathan the prophete: Beholde, I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees, but the arke of God dwelleth within the curtaynes

⁴ And Dauid toke of his, a thousand and seuen hundred horsemen, and destroyed all the charets, and twentie thousand footemen: but reserued an hundred charets of them

¹⁵ And Dauid raigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people ¹⁶ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder

¹⁶ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder ¹⁷ And Sadoc the sonne of Ahitob, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes, & Saraiah was the scribe ¹⁸ And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and Dauids sonnes, were chiefe rulers

¹⁸ And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and Dauids sonnes, were chiefe rulers

¹ And the Lord sent Nathan vnto Dauid, and he came vnto him, and tolde him: There were two men in one citie, the one rich, & the other poore ² The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen ³ But the poore had nothing saue one litle sheepe, which he had bought and nouryshed vp: And it grew vp with him and with his children also, and did eate of his owne meate, and drancke of his owne cuppe, & slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter ⁴ And there came a straunger vnto the rich man, and he spared to take of his owne sheepe and of his owne oxen to dresse for ye straunger that was come vnto him: But toke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him ⁵ And Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and saide to Nathan: As the Lorde lyueth, the man that hath done this thing is the childe of death ⁶ He shal restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thyng and had no pitie ⁷ And Nathan saide to Dauid, Thou art the man: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I annoynted thee king ouer Israel, and ryd thee out of the hand of Saul ⁸ I gaue thee thy maisters house, and thy maisters wyues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel and of Iuda, and might (if that had ben to litle) haue geuen thee so muche more ⁹ Wherefore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde to do euill in his sight? Thou hast kild Urias the Hethite with the sword, & hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon ¹⁰ Now therefore, the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe ¹¹ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne ¹² For thou diddest it secretly: but I wil do this thing before al Israel, and in the open sunne lyght ¹³ And Dauid saide vnto Nathan: I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan saide vnto Dauid: The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not dye ¹⁴ Howbeit, because in doing this deede thou hast geuen ye enemies of the Lord a cause to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely dye ¹⁵ And Nathan departed vnto his house: And the Lorde strake the childe that Urias wyfe bare vnto Dauid, and it sickened sore

²⁵ And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidia, of the Lordes behalfe

²⁷ The king sayde also vnto Sadoc the priest: Art not thou a Sear? Returne into the citie in peace, and take your two sonnes with you, Ahimaaz thy sonne, and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar

³² When Dauid was come to the toppe of the mount, he worshipped God: and beholde, Husai the Arachite came against him, with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head

³⁷ And so Husai Dauids freende went to the citie, and Absalom entred into Hierusalem

¹⁶ And assoone as Husai the Arachite Dauids frend, was come vnto Absalo, Husai sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the king, God saue the king

¹¹ Therfore my counsell is, that al Israel be gathered vnto thee fro Dan to Beerseba, as the sande of the sea in numbre, and that thou go to battayle in thyne owne person

²⁴ Then Dauid came to Mahanaim, And Absalom passed ouer Iordane, he and all the men of Israel with him

²⁷ And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Sobi the sonne of Nahas, out of Rabba of the children of Ammon, & Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lodeber, and Barzellai the Gileadite out of Rogelim

³⁷ O let thy seruaunt turne backe agayne, that I may dye in myne owne citie, and [be buryed] in the graue of my father & of my mother: Beholde, here is thy seruaunt Chimham, let him go with my lorde the king, and do to him what shall please thee ³⁸ And the king aunswered: Chimham shall go with me, and I will do to him that thou shalt be content with: And what soeuer thou shalt require of me, that same will I do for thee

²³ Ioab was ouer all the hoast of Israel, and Banaia the sonne of Iehoida was ouer the Cerethites & Phelethites ²⁴ And Aduram was ouer the tribute, and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, was recorder

²⁴ And Aduram was ouer the tribute, and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, was recorder

²⁴ And Aduram was ouer the tribute, and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, was recorder ²⁵ Seua was scribe, and Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes

²⁵ Seua was scribe, and Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes ²⁶ And Ira the Iairite was chiefe about Dauid

²⁶ And Ira the Iairite was chiefe about Dauid

¹⁵ And so the Lorde sent a pestilence in Israel, from the morning vnto the time appoynted: And there dyed of the people from Dan to Beerseba seuentie thousand men

⁸ But Sadoc the priest, Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, Nathan the prophete, Semei, and Rei, and the men of might which were with Dauid, they were not with Adonia

¹⁰ But Nathan the prophete, and Banaiah, and the mightie men, and Solomon his brother he called not ¹¹ Wherfore Nathan spake vnto Bethsabe the mother of Solomon, saying: Hast thou not hearde that Adonia the sonne of Haggith doth raigne, and Dauid our lorde knoweth it not ¹² Nowe therfore come, and I will geue thee counsell howe to saue thyne owne lyfe, and the lyfe of thy sonne Solomon ¹³ Go and get thee in vnto king Dauid, & say vnto him: Diddest not thou my lorde O king, sweare vnto thy handmayde, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate? why is then Adonia king ¹⁴ Beholde, whyle thou yet talkest there with the king, I wil come in after thee, and confirme thy wordes ¹⁵ And Bethsabe went in vnto the king into the chamber: And the king was very olde, and Abisag the Sunamite ministred vnto the king ¹⁶ And Bethsabe stouped & made obeysaunce vnto the king: And the king sayd, What is thy matter ¹⁷ She aunswered: My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmayde [saying] Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate ¹⁸ And beholde, nowe is Adonia king, and thou my lorde the king knowest it not ¹⁹ And he hath offered oxen, fat cattel, and many sheepe, and hath called all the sonnes of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Ioab the captayne of the hoast: But Solomon thy seruaunt hath he not bydden ²⁰ And nowe my lorde O king, the eyes of all Israel wayte on thee, that thou shouldest tell them who ought to sit on the seate of my lord the king after him ²¹ For els when my lorde the king shall sleepe with his fathers, I & my sonne Solomon shalbe synners ²² And lo whyle she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came also ²³ And they told the king, saying: Behold, [here commeth] Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in to the king, he made obeysaunce before the king vpo his face on the grounde ²⁴ And Nathan sayde: My lord (O king) hast thou sayde, Adonia shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate ²⁵ For he is gone downe this day, & hath slayne oxen, & fat cattell, and sheepe a great meany, & hath called al the kinges sonnes, and the captaynes of the hoast, and Abiathar the priest: And beholde, they eate & drinke before him, and say: God saue king Adonia ²⁶ But me thy seruaunt, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, & thy seruaunt Solomon, hath he not called ²⁷ Is this thing done of my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruaunt who should sit on the seate of my lorde the king after him ²⁸ Then king Dauid aunswered, & sayd: Cal me Bethsabe. And she came into the kinges presence, and stoode before him ²⁹ And the king sware, saying: As the Lord lyueth that hath ryd my soule out of all aduersite ³⁰ Euen as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shal raigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my seate for me: so will I certeinly do this day ³¹ Then Bethsabe bowed on her face to the earth, and dyd reuerence vnto the king, & sayde: I pray God that my lorde king Dauid may lyue for euer ³² And king Dauid sayde: Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada. And they came before the king ³³ The king also sayde vnto them: Take with you the seruauntes of your lord, & set Solomo my sonne vpon myne owne mule, and cary him downe to Gihon ³⁴ And let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet annoynt him there king ouer Israel: And blowe ye with trumpettes, & say, God saue king Solomon ³⁵ And then ye shall come vp after him, that he may come and sit vpo my seate, for he shalbe king in my steade: and I haue commaunded him to be captayne ouer Israel and Iuda ³⁶ And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada aunswered the king, and sayde, Amen: And the Lord God of my lorde the king say so to ³⁷ And as the Lorde hath ben with my lord the king, eue so be he with Solomo also, and make his seate greater then the seate of my lord king Dauids hath ben ³⁸ And so Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cerethites, and Phelethites went downe, and set Solomon vpon king Dauids mule, and brought him to Gihon ³⁹ And Sadoc the priest toke an horne of oyle out of the tabernacle, & annoynted Solomon: And they blew the trumpettes, and al the people sayde: God saue king Solomon ⁴⁰ And all the people came vp after him, pyping with pypes and reioysing greatly, so that the earth rang with the sounde of them ⁴¹ And Adonia and al the ghestes that he had called vnto him, hearde it [euen] as they had made an ende of eating. And when Ioab hearde the sounde of the trumpet, he sayde: What meaneth this noyse and vprore in the citie ⁴² And as he yet spake, beholde Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar the priest came, and Adonia said vnto him: Come in, for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tydinges ⁴³ And Ionathan aunswered and sayde to Adonia: Ueryly our lorde king Dauid hath made Solomon king ⁴⁴ And the king hath sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, & the Cerethites, and the Phelethites, & they haue set him vpo the kinges mule ⁴⁵ And Sadoc the priest & Nathan the prophete, haue annoynted him king in Gihon. And they came vp from thence, & reioyced, that the citie did sounde againe: And that is the noyse, that ye haue hearde ⁴⁶ And Solomon sitteth on the seate of the kingdome ⁴⁷ And moreouer, the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid, saying: God make the name of Solomo more honorable then thy name, & make his seate greater then thy seate. And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed ⁴⁸ And thus sayd the king: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath made one to sit on my seate this day, myne eye seyng it ⁴⁹ And al the ghestes that were with Adonia were afrayde, and rose vp, & went euery man his way ⁵⁰ And Adonia fearing the presence of Solomon, arose, and went and caught hold on the hornes of the aulter ⁵¹ And one tolde Solomon, saying: Behold, Adonia feareth king Solomon: for lo he hath caught hold on the hornes of the aulter, saying: Let king Solomon sweare vnto me this day that he wil not slay his seruaunt with the sword ⁵² And Solomo said: If he wil shew him selfe a worthy ma, ther shal not an heer of hym fal to the earth: But & if wickednesse be founde in him, he shall dye ⁵³ And so king Solomon sent, and they brought him from the aulter, and he came and did obeysaunce vnto king Solomon: And Solomon sayde vnto him, Get thee to thyne house

²⁶ And vnto Abiathar the priest sayd the king: Get thee to Anatoth vnto thine owne fieldes, for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time kill thee, because thou barest the arke of the Lorde God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast suffered with my father in all his afflictions ²⁷ And so Solomon put away Abiathar from beyng priest vnto the Lord: that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he spake ouer the house of Eli in Silo

³⁵ And the king put Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roome ouer ye hoast, and put Sadoc the priest in the roome of Abiathar

⁸ And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude

¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee

²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice

⁷ And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold: eche man his moneth in a yere, made prouision for necessarie thinges

¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, whiche had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wyfe

²⁰ And Iuda and Israel were many [euen] as the sande of the sea in numbre, eating, drincking, and making mery ²¹ And Solomon raigned ouer all kingdomes from the riuer vnto the lande of the Philistines, [euen] vnto the border of Egypt: and they brought presentes, and serued Solomon al the dayes of his life

²⁴ For he ruled in all the region on the other syde Euphrates, from Thiphsah to Azza, ouer al the kinges on the other syde the riuer: And he had peace with all his seruauntes on euery syde

⁴ But now the Lorde my God hath geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is neither aduersarie nor euill to resist

⁷ And it came to passe, when Hiram heard ye wordes of Solomo, he reioysed greatly, & said: Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath geuen vnto Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this mightie people

¹³ And king Solomon raysed a summe out of Israel, and the summe was thirtie thousand men ¹⁴ Whom he sent to Libanon, ten thousand a moneth by course: so that when they had ben one moneth in Libanon, they abode two monethes at home: And Adoniram was ouer the summe

⁴⁶ In the playne of Iordane did the king cast them [euen] in the thicke claye, betweene Socoh and Zarthan

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

¹ And the queene of Saba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the name of the Lord) came to proue him with harde questions

⁶ And she sayde vnto the king: It was a true word that I hearde in myne owne land of thy sayinges, & of thy wisdome

²³ And so king Solomon exceeded al the kinges of the earth both in ryches and wysdome ²⁴ And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart ²⁵ And brought him euery man his present, vessels of siluer, & vessels of golde, rayment, harnesse, and sweete odours, and horses, and mules, yere by yere ²⁶ And Solomon gathered together charettes and horsemen: and he had a thousande and foure hundred charettes, and twelue thousande horsemen, whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the king at Hierusalem

¹³ Howbeit, I will not take away all the kingdome: But will geue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruaut, and because of Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen

³⁵ But I will take the kingdome out of his sonnes hande, and will geue it vnto thee, euen ten tribes of it ³⁶ And vnto his sonne will I geue one tribe, that Dauid my seruaut may haue a light alway before me in Hierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my name there

¹⁸ The king Rehoboam sent Aduram the receauer of the tribute, and all they of Israel stoned him to death: But king Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, and to flee to Hierusalem ¹⁹ And they of Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid, vnto this day ²⁰ And when al Israel heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent, and called him vnto the multitude, and made him king ouer al Israel: and there was no tribe that folowed the house of Dauid, but Iuda onely

⁴⁶ And the hande of the Lorde was on Elias, and he girded vp his loynes, and ranne before Ahab, till he came to Iezrahel

¹⁶ And Iehu sonne of Nimsi shalt thou annoynt king ouer Israel: And Elisa the sonne of Saphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou annoynt to be prophete in thy roome

³ (And the king of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes: Know ye not that Ramoth [in] Gilead is ours, and we sit still, and take it not out of the hande of the king of Syria?

¹ And Elisa the prophete called one of the childre of the prophetes, and sayd vnto him: Gyrde vp thy loynes, and take this boxe of oyle in thyne hand, & get thee to Ramoth [in] Gilead

¹⁴ And so Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat the sonne of Nimsi, conspired against Ioram: (Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and al Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria

³ And Salmanasar king of Assyria came vp against him, and Hosea became his seruaunt, and gaue him presentes

³¹ Hearken not vnto Hezekia: For thus sayth the king of Assyria, Deale kindely with me, and come out to me, and then eate euery man of his owne vine, and of his owne figge tree, and drincke euery man of the water of his owne well

²³ By the hande of thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord, and sayd: With the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the toppes of the mountaynes, euen along by the sides of Libanon, and I will cut downe the hye Cedar trees and the lusty fyrre trees therof: and I will go into the lodging of his borders, and into the wood of his Carmel

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 ³⁰ And his seruauntes carryed him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Hierusalem, & buryed him in his owne sepulchre: And the people of the lande toke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosia, and annoynted him, and made him king in his fathers steade

⁶ The sonnes of Zara: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Chalchol, and Dara: which were fiue in all

⁸ Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Ahimaaz ⁹ Ahimaaz begat Azaria: and Azaria begat Iohonan ¹⁰ Iohonan begat Azaria, whiche ministred in the temple that Solomon buylt in Hierusalem

³³ These are they that wayted with their children, of the sonnes of Caath, Heman a singer, whiche was the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel

⁶⁸ Iocmeam and her suburbes, Bethhoron and her suburbes

³⁸ All these were men of warre, keping the forefront of the battel [and] with perfecte heart came to Hebron to make Dauid king ouer all Israel: And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde to make Dauid king ³⁹ And there they were with Dauid three dayes eating & drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them

¹⁷ And the Leuites appoynted Heman the sonne of Ioel, and of his brethren, Asaph the sonne of Berechia, and of the sonnes of Merari and of their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Cusaiahu

¹⁹ So Heman, Asaph, and Ethan the singers, made a sounde with cymbales of brasse

⁶ And Dauid put souldiers in Syria Damascon, and the Syrians became Dauids seruauntes, and brought him tribute: And the Lord preserued Dauid in all that he went to

¹⁵ And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud recorder

⁹ Behold, a sonne is borne to thee, and he shalbe a man of rest, for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about: For his name is Solomon, & I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes

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 ² Ouer the first course for the first moneth, was Iasoboam the sonne of Zabdiel, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ³ And the chiefest of all the captaynes of the hoast for the first moneth, was of the children of Pharez ⁴ Ouer the course of the second moneth, was Dodai an Ahohite, & in his course was Mikloth a ruler, [his helper:] and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ⁵ The chiefe captayne of the third hoast for the third moneth, was Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada the hie priest, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ⁶ This is that Banaiahu which was most mightie among thirtie, and aboue thirtie: And in his part was Amizabad his sonne ⁷ The fourth captayne for the fourth moneth, was Asael the brother of Ioab, and Zabadaia his sonne after him, and in his course were twentie & foure thousand ⁸ The fifth captayne for the fifth moneth, was Samhut the Iezrahite, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ⁹ The sixt captayne for the sixt moneth, was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Therkuite, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹⁰ The seuenth captayne for the seuenth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹¹ The eyght captayne for the eyght moneth, was Sibbechai an Husathite of ye kynrede of Zarhi, & in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹² The ninth captayne for the ninth moneth, was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemini, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹³ The tenth captayne for the tenth moneth, was Maharai the Netophatite of the Zarahites, & in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹⁴ The eleuenth captayne for the eleuenth moneth, was Banaia the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand ¹⁵ The twelfth captayne for the twelfth moneth, was Heldai the Netophatite of Othoniel, and in his course were twentie and foure thousand

¹⁷ Among the Leuites, Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel: Among the Aaronites, Zadok

³³ And Ahitophel was of the kinges counsell: And Husai the Arachite was the kinges companion

¹⁰ Wherefore geue me now wysedome and knowledge, that I may be able to go in and out before this people: for who els can iudge this people that is so great ¹¹ And God saide to Solomon: Because this was in thyne heart, and because thou hast not asked treasure and riches, and honour, & the liues of thyne enemies, neither yet long lyfe, but hast asked wysedome and knowledge for thy selfe, to iudge my people ouer which I haue made thee king ¹² Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee, and I will geue thee treasure, & riches, and glory: so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee, or after thee, none was or shalbe lyke thee

¹⁴ And Solomon gathered charets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundred charets, & twelue thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the king at Hierusalem

¹ And when the queene of Saba hearde of the fame of Solomon, she came to proue him in hard questions at Hierusalem, with a verie great companie, with camels that bare spices, and plentie of golde, and precious stones: And when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that she had in her heart

²³ And all the kinges of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wysedome that God had put in his heart

²⁵ And Solomon had foure thousand stalles for horses, and charrettes, and twelue thousand horsemen: whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and [some were] with the king at Hierusalem ²⁶ And he raigned ouer all the kinges that were from Euphrates, vnto the lande of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt ²⁷ And the king made siluer in Hierusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as plenteous as ye Mulberie trees that growe in the valleys ²⁸ And they brought vnto Solomon horses, out of Egypt, and out of all landes ²⁹ The rest of the actes of king Solomon first and last, are they not written in the sayings of Nathan the prophete, and in the prophecie of Ahiah the Silonite, and in the visions of Iddo the sear of visions against Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat ³⁰ And Solomon raigned in Hierusalem vpon all Israel fouretie yeres

³⁰ And Solomon raigned in Hierusalem vpon all Israel fouretie yeres ³¹ And Solomon slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the citie of Dauid his father, & Rehoboam his sonne raigned in his steade

⁵ And the Lorde stablished the kingdome in his hande, & all they that were in Iuda brought him presentes, so that he had aboundaunce of richesse and honour

²³ And many brought offeringes vnto the Lorde to Hierusalem, and presentes to Hezekia king of Iuda: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thence foorth

²⁰ There haue ben mightie kinges also at Hierusalem, which haue raigned ouer all countreys beyond the water: and toule, tribute, and custome was geuen vnto them

¹⁷ Moreouer, there were at my table an hundred and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers, which came vnto me from among the heathen that are about vs ¹⁸ And there was prepared for me dayly an oxe and sixe chosen sheepe, and birdes were prepared for me: and euer once in ten dayes wine for all in aboundance: Yet required not I the liuing of a captayne, for the bondage was greeuous vnto the people

¹⁰ And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus name, & sealed it with the kinges ring, and by postes that rode vpon horses, and swyft young Mules, sent he the writinges

¹⁴ And so the postes that rode vpon the swyft Horses and Mules, made haste with all speede to execute the kinges word: and the commaundement was deuised in Susan the chiefe citie

³ His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great householde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east [countrey.

¹⁸ And whyle he was yet speaking there came an other, and sayde: Thy sonnes and thy daughters were eating and drincking wine in their eldest brothers house

⁷ Some [put their trust] in chariotes, and some in horses: but we wyll remember the name of God our Lorde

¹² Many oxen are come about me: fat [bulles] of Bashan close me in on euery syde

⁷ Purge thou me with hyssop and I shalbe cleane: washe thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe

¹⁵ As the hyll of Basan, so is Gods hill: euen an hygh hyll, as the hyll of Basan

²⁹ For thy temple sake at Hierusalem: kynges wyll bryng presentes vnto thee

³ The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse

³ The mountaynes also and hylles: shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse ⁴ He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people: he wyll saue the children of the poore, and subdue the oppressour ⁵ They wyll feare thee as long as the sunne and moone shyneth: from one generation to another ⁶ He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth ⁷ In his dayes the ryghteous wyll florishe: and there shalbe aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth

⁷ In his dayes the ryghteous wyll florishe: and there shalbe aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth ⁸ His dominion also shalbe from the one sea to the other: and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth

⁸ His dominion also shalbe from the one sea to the other: and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth ⁹ They that dwell in the wildernesse shal kneele before him: his enemies shal licke the dust ¹⁰ The kyng of Tharsis and of the Iles shall offer presentes: the kynges of Sheba & Seba shall bring giftes ¹¹ All kynges wyll worshyp hym: all nations wyll do hym seruice

¹¹ All kynges wyll worshyp hym: all nations wyll do hym seruice

¹¹ Make vowes vnto God your Lorde, & perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym: bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull

¹ (88:1a) O God the Lorde of my saluation, I crye day and night before thee

¹ I wyll sing alwayes of the mercy of God: with my mouth I wyll make knowen thy trueth from one generation to another 2 For I sayde, mercy shall for euer endure: thou hast established thy trueth in the heauens ³ I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt ⁴ I wyll establishe thy seede for euer: and buylde vp thy throne from generation to generation. Selah ⁵ O God, the very heauens shall confesse thy wonderous workes: and thy trueth in the congregation of saintes ⁶ For who is he in the cloudes that shal matche God: [and who] is like vnto God amongst the children gods ⁷ God is very terrible in the assemblie of saintes: and to be feared aboue al them that are about him ⁸ O God, Lorde of hoastes, who is like vnto thee a most mightie Lorde: and thy trueth is on euery side thee ⁹ Thou rulest the ragyng of the sea: when her waues aryse, thou delayest them ¹⁰ Thou hast brought Egypt in so bad a case as if it were wounded: thou hast scattered thyne enemies abrode with thy mightie arme ¹¹ The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde, and of all the plentie that is therin ¹² Thou hast made the north and the south: Tabor and Hermon do reioyce in thy name ¹³ Thou hast a mightie arme: thy hand is strong, and thy right hand is exalted ¹⁴ Iustice and iudgement is the foundation of thy throne: mercy and trueth shall go before thy face ¹⁵ Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse: O God, they shall walke in the light of thy countenaunce ¹⁶ They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name: and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues ¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes ¹⁸ For our shielde is of God: and our king is of the most holy of Israel ¹⁹ Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes: and hast sayde, I haue added ayde vpon the mightie, I haue exalted one chose out of the people ²⁰ I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle ²¹ Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym ²² The enemie shal not be able to do him violence: the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym ²³ I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face: and ouerthrowe them that hate hym ²⁴ My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted ²⁵ I wyll set also his dominion in the sea: and his right hande in the fluddes ²⁶ He shall make inuocation vnto me: [saying] thou art my father O my God, and my fortresse of saluation ²⁷ And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth ²⁸ My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym ²⁹ His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen ³⁰ (89:30a) But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement ³¹ (89:30b) if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes ³² (89:31) I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes ³³ (89:32) Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym ³⁴ (89:33) I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes ³⁵ (89:34) I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid ³⁶ (89:35) His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me ³⁷ (89:36) [And] as the moone which shall continue for euermore: and shalbe a faithful witnesse in heauen. Selah ³⁸ (89:37) But thou hast abhorred & forsake thine annoynted: & art sore displeased at him ³⁹ (89:38) Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt: thou hast disgraced his crowne, [castyng it] on the grounde ⁴⁰ (89:39) Thou hast ouerthrowe all his walles: and broken downe his strong holdes ⁴¹ (89:40) All they that go by the way spoyle hym: he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours ⁴² (89:41) Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies: and made all his aduersaries to reioyce ⁴³ (89:42) Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde: and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle ⁴⁴ (89:43) Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende: and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde ⁴⁵ (89:44) Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth: and thou hast couered him with shame. Selah ⁴⁶ (89:45) O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe? for euer? shall thy wrath burne lyke fire ⁴⁷ (89:46) Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men ⁴⁸ (89:47) What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah ⁴⁹ (89:48) Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses: [which] thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth [that thou wouldest perfourme. ⁵⁰ (89:49) Remember O Lorde the dishonour of thy seruauntes: I beare in my bosome [the dishonour of] all people that be mightie ⁵¹ (89:50) Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour: who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted ⁵² (89:51) Blessed be God for euermore: so be it, and so be it

¹² The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree: and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus

³⁴ (119:2) Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁵ The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles ⁶ To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother ⁹ For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke ¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them ¹¹ If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause ¹² Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit ¹³ So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes ¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood ¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes ¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes ²¹ She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying ²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge ²³ O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes ²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions

⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince

¹¹ Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende

¹² I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem

¹⁶ I communed with myne owne heart, saying: lo I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisdome then all they that haue ben before me in Hierusalem

²⁴ Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God

²⁶ And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde

⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables

¹ The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon, called in Latin, Canticum Canticorum. [Song of Solomon ² O that he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine ³ and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes. Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth, therfore do the maydens loue thee ⁴ Drawe thou me [vnto thee] we wyll runne after thee. The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers: We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee, we thinke more of thy loue then of wine: they that be righteous loue thee ⁵ I am blacke (O ye daughters of Hierusalem) but yet fayre and well fauoured, like as the tentes of the Cedarenes, and as the hanginges of Solomon ⁶ Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke, for why? the sunne hath shined vpon me: my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me, they made me the keper of the vineyardes, but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept ⁷ Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions ⁸ If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe, and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes ⁹ Unto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee, O my loue ¹⁰ Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles, and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels ¹¹ a neckband of golde wyll we make thee, with siluer buttons ¹² When the king sitteth at the table, he shall smell my Nardus ¹³ a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me, he wyll lye betwixt my brestes ¹⁴ a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me ¹⁵ Oh howe fayre art thou my loue, Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes ¹⁶ O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres ¹⁷ the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree, and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse

² And [this] shall come to passe in the latter dayes: the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe prepared in the heyght of the mountaynes, and shalbe hygher then the hylles, and all nations shall preasse vnto hym

⁷ He shall make no ende to encrease the rule & peace, and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kingdome, to order the same, and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore: This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe

¹¹ But you foolishe princes of Zoan, ye wise counsaylers of Pharao, whose wit is turned to foolishnesse, howe say ye vnto Pharao, I am come of wise men and of auncient kinges ¹² Where are thy wise men? Let them tell thee yf they can, what the Lorde of hoastes hath deuised vpon Egypt

¹³ And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye

⁵ Then thou shalt see this and be glorious, thou shalt maruayle exceedingly, and thyne heart shalbe opened: when the aboundaunce of the sea shalbe conuerted vnto thee [that is] when the riches of the gentiles shall come vnto thee

¹⁸ Uiolence and robberie shall neuer be hearde of in thy lande, neither harme and destruction within thy borders: thy walles shalbe called health, and thy gates the prayse of God

⁶ I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth ⁶ In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse

¹⁵ In those dayes, and at the same tyme, I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse, and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande ¹⁶ In those dayes shall Iuda be saued, and Hierusalem shall dwell safe: and this shalbe her name, God our righteousnesse

²² For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred, neither the sande of the sea measured: so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt, and the Leuites my ministers

¹¹ And say, I will vp to the lande of vnwalled villages, I will go to them that be at rest, whiche dwell safely, all dwelling without walles, they haue neither barres nor gates

²⁰ In all matters of wysdome and vnderstanding that the king enquired of them, he founde them ten times better then all the wyse men and soothsayers that were in all his realme

⁷ So came the wyse men, the soothsayers, the Chaldeans, and wisardes: to whom I tolde the dreame, but they coulde not shewe me the interpretation therof

¹¹ There is a man in thy kingdome that hath the spirite of the holy Gods within him: & in the dayes of thy father, light, and vnderstanding, & wysdome, like the wysedome of the gods, was founde in hym, whom the king Nabuchodonozor thy father, the king [I say] thy father made chiefe of the wyse men, soothsayers, Chaldeans, and wysardes ¹² Because that such an aboundaunt spirite, knowledge, and vnderstanding, to expound dreames, to open secretes, & to declare harde doubtes, was founde in him, yea euen in Daniel, whom the king named Baltassar: let Daniel be called, and he shal declare the interpretation

¹³ O thou inhabitaunt of Lachis, binde the charette to the swiftest beast, she is the beginning of the sinne of the daughter of Sion: for the transgressions of Israel were founde in thee

⁴ But euery man shall sit vnder his vineyarde, and vnder his figtree, and no man shall make them afraide: for the mouth of the Lorde of hoastes hath spoken it

⁹ They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sande

¹⁰ In that day shall euery man call his neighbour vnder the vine, and vnder the figtree, saith the Lorde of hoastes

²³ Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: In that time shall ten men (out of al maner of language of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and say, We wyll go with you: for we haue heard that God is among you

¹⁵ The lord of hoastes shal defend them, they shal consume & deuour, and subdue them with sling stones, they shall drincke & rage as it were through wine, they shalbe filled lyke the basons, and as the hornes of the aulter

¹³ The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues

¹ When Iesus was borne in Bethlehem, a citie of Iurie, in the dayes of Herode the kyng: beholde, there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem

¹⁶ Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men

²⁴ And his fame spread abrode, throughout all Syria: and they brought vnto hym all sicke people, that were taken with diuers diseases, and grypynges, and them that were possessed with deuyls, and those which were lunaticke, and those that had the paulsie, and he healed them

⁴² The Queene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement, with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisdome of Solomon. And beholde, in this place [is] one greater then Solomon

³⁵ That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde

¹⁴ Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll

³¹ The Queene of the south shall ryse in iudgement with the men of this nation, and condempne them: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisedome of Solomon: And beholde, a greater then Solomon is here

²³ There was one of Iesus disciples, leanyng on Iesus bosome, [euen he] whom Iesus loued

¹⁴ Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you ¹⁵ Hencefoorth call I you not seruautes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father, haue I made knowen to you

⁴⁶ And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple, and brake bread from house to house, and dyd eate their meate together, with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart

²² And Moyses was learned in all maner of wisedome of the Egyptians, and was myghtie in deedes and in wordes

²⁸ And God hath ordayned some in the Churche, first Apostles, secondarely, prophetes, thirdely teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healyng, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues

³ In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge

¹ For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym ² To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges, first being called by interpretatio king of righteousnes, & after yt also, kyng of Salem, which is, kyng of peace

¹⁹ For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe, takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates, with water & purple wooll and ysope, he sprynkled both the booke it selfe, and all the people

⁵ If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym

¹⁷ Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng

²³ And the scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God

¹⁷ But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation