Ecclesiastes 5:9 Cross References - Great

⁹ The encrease of the erth vpholdeth all thinge, yea the kynge himselfe is mayntened by husbandrye.

²⁹ And God sayde: Beholde, I haue geuen you euery herbe sowynge seed, which is in the vpper face of all the earth: and euery tre in the which is the frute of tree, and that soweth seed, that they maye be meate vnto you. ³⁰ To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery byrde of the ayre, and to euery suche thinge as crepeth vpon the earth (wherin is a lyuing soule) I haue geuen all grenenes of herbe to be meat. And it came so to passe.

¹⁷ Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, & hast eaten of the tree (concernynge the which I commaunded the, sayinge: Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the ground for thy sake. In sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe. ¹⁸ Thorne also & thystle shall it cause to growe vnto the, & thou shalt eate the herbe of the felde. ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eate bread, tyll thou be turned agayne into the grounde, for out of it was thou taken, in asmuch as thou art dust, & into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.

¹² and will make him of them, captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer fiftyes, and wyll set them to eare his grounde, and to gather in his heruest, and to make instrumentes of warre, and apparell for his charettes. ¹³ And he wyll take your daughters, & make them apoticaries, cookes and bakers. ¹⁴ And he shall take the best of youre feldes, and of youre vyneyardes, and of your olyue trees, and geue them to hys seruauntes. ¹⁵ And he shall take the tenth of your seed, and of your vyneyardes, and geue it to hys chamberlaynes, and to hys seruauntes. ¹⁶ And he shall take the best of your menseruauntes and maydseruauntes and yong men, and of your asses, and put them to his worke. ¹⁷ And he shall take the tenth of youre shepe, and ye shalbe his seruauntes.

⁷ And Salomon had twelue officiers ouer all Israel, which prouyded vitayle for the kynge and his housholde: eche man hys moneth in a yeare, made prouision for necessary thinges. ⁸ And these are theyr names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim: ⁹ the sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Saalbin & Bethsames, Elon and Bethhanan: ¹⁰ the sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher: ¹¹ the sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Tapheth the daughter of Salomon to wyfe: ¹² Baana the sonne of Ahilud was ouer Chanach & Magiddo, & ouer all Bethsan, which is by Zarthana beneth Iezrael, from Bethsan to the playne of Mehola, euen vnto the place that is ouer agaynst Iechmeam: ¹³ the sonne of Gaber had Ramoth Gilead, & his were the townes of Iair: the sonne of Manasse, which are in Gilead, & vnder him was the region of Argob which is in Basan thre skore greate cyties 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 Salomon to wyfe. ¹⁶ Baana the sonne of Husai was in Aser & 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 Ury was in the countrey of Gilead, the lande of Sehon kyng of the Amorites, & of Og king of Basan, and was officer alone in the lande. ²⁰ And Iuda and Israel were many, euen as the sand of the see in nombre, eatyng, drynckyng & making mery. ²¹ And Salomon raygned ouer all kyngdoms, from the ryuer vnto the lande of the Philistines: euen vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presentes, and serued Salomon all the dayes of hys lyfe. ²² And Salomons breed for one daye was .xxx. quarters of manchet floure, and thre skore quarters of meale: ²³ ten stalled oxen, and .xx. out of the pastures, and a hundred shepe, besyde hertes, buckes, and wilde goates and capons.

²⁶ And ouer the worckmen in the feldes that tylled the ground, was Ezri the sonne of Chelub. ²⁷ And the ouersyght of the vineyardes had Semei the Ramathite. Ouer the increase also of the vineyardes, & ouer the winesellers was Sabdi the Hasiphunite. ²⁸ And ouer the oliuetrees & mulberytrees that were in the valeyes, was Baal Hanan the Gederite. And ouer the treasure of oyle, was Ioas: ²⁹ ouer the oxen that fed in Saron, was Setari the Saronite. And ouer the oxen that were in the valeyes was Saphat the sonne of Adlai. ³⁰ Ouer the camelles, Obil the Ismaelyte. And ouer the Asses was Iohadtahu the Meronothite. ³¹ Ouer the shepe, was Iazis the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance of kynge Dauid.

¹⁴ He bryngeth forth grasse for the cattell, and grene herbe for the seruice of men: ¹⁵ that he maye brynge fode out of the earth: and wyne that maketh glad the herte of man, and oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce, and bred to strength mans herte.

¹⁶ All the whole heauens are the Lordes, the earth hath he geuen vnto the children of men.

²³ There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, but the felde not well ordred is without frute.

²³ Se that thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy selfe, & loke well to thy flockes. ²⁴ For ryches abyde not alwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer. ²⁵ The heye groweth, the grasse commeth vp, & herbes are gathered in the mountaynes. ²⁶ The lambes shall clothe the and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry. ²⁷ Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde, and to susteyne thy maydens.

¹⁹ He that tylleth his land, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydylnesse, shall haue pouerte ynough.

¹⁰ Beholde, I dwell at Mizpa to be an officer in the Caldees be halfe, and to satisfye soche as come to vs. Therfore gather you wyne, corne and oyle, and kepe them in your ware houses, and dwell in youre cyties that ye haue in kepynge. ¹¹ Yee, all the Iewes also that dwelt in Moab vnder the Ammonites, in Idumea and in all the countreys, when they herde, that the kinge of Babylon had made Godoliah the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan, gouernoure vpon them that were left in Iuda. ¹² All the Iewes (I saye) returned oute of all places where they were fled vnto: and came into the lande of Iuda to Godoliah vnto Mizpa, & gathered wyne & other frutes, & that very moche.