Ezra 8 Cross References - Great

¹ These are the principall fathers of them, and this is their register that wente vp with me from Babilon, what tyme as kynge Arthaxerses raygned. ² Of the chyldren of Phinehes, Gersom: of the chyldren of Ithamar, Daniel: of the chyldren of Dauid, Hatus: ³ of the chyldren of Zecania amonge the children of Pharos, Zachary, and with him were nombred an hundred and fyftie men. ⁴ Of the chyldren of the captayne of Moab, Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia, and with him two hundred men. ⁵ Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel, and with him thre hundred men. ⁶ Of the children of Adin, Abed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fyftie men. ⁷ Of the children of Elam, Isai the sonne of Athalia, and with him seuentie men. ⁸ Of the children of Sapharia, Zebadia the sonne of Michael, and with hym foure score men. ⁹ Of the children of Ioab, Obadia the sonne of Iehiel, and with hym two hundred and eyghtene men, ¹⁰ Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia, and with him and hundred and thre score men. ¹¹ Of the children of Bebai, Zachary the sonne of Bebai, and with him eyght and twentie men. ¹² Of the children of Asgad, Iohanan, the sonne of Hakatan, and with him an hundred and ten men. ¹³ Of the chyldren of Adonicam, that were the last, whose names were these: Eliphelet, Iehiel and Samaiah, and with them thre score men. ¹⁴ Of the chyldren of Biguai, Uthai, and Zabud, and with them seuentie men. ¹⁵ And I gathered them together by the water that renneth towarde Ahaua, and there abode we thre dayes. And I loked amonge the people and the preastes & founde there none of the children of Leui. ¹⁶ Then sent I to Elieser, to Ariel, Semeia, Elnachan, Iarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zachary and to Mesullam the rulers, and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstandyng, ¹⁷ and to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chefest at Casphia, that they shulde fetch vs minysters for the house of oure God, and I tolde them what they shulde saye vnto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia. ¹⁸ And (thorow the good hande of oure God vpon vs) they broughte vs a wyse man from amonge the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, and Sarabia with hys sonnes and his brethren, euen eyghtene. ¹⁹ And Hasabia, and with him Isai of the chyldren of Merari, with his brethren and theyr sonnes, twentie. ²⁰ And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid & the Princes gaue to mynister vnto the Leuites, two hundred & twentye of Nethinims, which all were named by name. ²¹ And euen there at the water, besyde Ahaua, I proclamed a fast, that we myghte humble oure selues before oure God, and seke of him a ryghte waye for vs, and for oure children and for all oure substaunce. ²² For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe vs agaynst the enemy in the waye: but we sayd vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnes, and hys violence and wrath is agaynst all them that forsake him. ²³ So we fasted, and be soughte oure God for this, and he hearde vs. ²⁴ And I toke out twelue of the chefe preastes, Sarabia and Hasabia, and ten of their brethren with them, ²⁵ and weyed them the syluer and golde, & vessels that were appoynted for the house of oure God, which the kynge and his councellers and his Lordes, and all Israell that were there at hande, had geuen together. ²⁶ And I weyed vnto their hande sixe hundred & fyftie talentes of syluer, & in syluer vessel an hundred talentes, & in golde an hundred talentes: ²⁷ twentie basens of golde of a thousande peces, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde: ²⁸ and I sayde vnto them: Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde, lyke as the vessels are holy also, and the golde and syluer are geuen of a good wyll vnto the Lorde God of youre fathers. ²⁹ Watch ye, and kepe it: for ye shall weye it downe before the chefe preastes and Leuites, and auncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ Then toke the preastes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde and vessel, to bringe it to Ierusalem, vnto the house of oure God. ³¹ And we brake vp, from the water of Ahaua on the twelueth daye of the fyrst moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem: and the hande of oure God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies, and of soch as layde wayte for vs by the waye. ³² And we came to Ierusalem, and abode there thre dayes. ³³ But on the fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God, by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Uria the preaste, and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes, & with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites. ³⁴ According to the nombre and weyght of euery one, was the weyght all wrytten vp at the same tyme. ³⁵ And the children of the captiuite, which were come out of preson, offered burntofferynges vnto the God of Israel: twelue bullockes for all Israell, syxe and nynetye rammes, seuen and seuentie lambes, twelue hegoates for a synofferynge, all to the burntofferynge of the Lorde. ³⁶ And they delyuered the kynges commission vnto the kynges officers, & to the capitaynes that were on thys syde the water. And they promoted the people and the house of God.

³³ and all theyr vyllages that were rounde aboute the same cytyes vnto Baal. Thys is the habitacyon of them, and theyr genealogie.

¹ And so all Israel numbred by kynreddes: beholde, they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and of Iuda, and were caryed awaye to Babylon for their transgressyon:

³⁴ These were auncient fathers of the Leuites in their generacions, & dwelt at Ierusalem.

³¹ And these cast lottes next to their brethren the sonnes of Aaron, in the presence of Dauid the kyng, and Zadoc & Ahimelec & the auncient fathers, preastes, & Leuites: euen the principall fathers before their yonger brethren.

³² And hys brethren were men of actiuite, euen two thousand & seuen hundred auncient fathers, whom kynge Dauid made rulers ouer the Rubenites, Gaddites, and ouer the halfe trybe of Manasse, for euery matter pertaynynge to God, and for the kynges busynesse.

¹² And the hoale nombre of the auncient fathers, & of the men of myght were two thousande and syxe hundred:

⁵ Then gat vp the principal fathers of Iuda and Beniamin, & the prestes & leuites, and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp, & to buylde the house of the Lord, which is at Ierusalem.

⁶² these sought theyr euidence amonge them that had the register of byrth, and were not founde therin, therfore were they put from the presthod.

⁷ And there went vp certayne of the children of Israel, of the preastes. Leuites, syngers, porters, and of the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem, in the seuenth yere of kynge Arthaxerses.

¹³ I haue commaunded, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the preastes and Leuites in my realme (which are mynded of their awne good wyll to go vp to Ierusalem) go with the:

⁷⁰ And certayne of the auncyent fathers gaue vnto the worcke. Hathirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peces of gold, fyftie basens, fyue hundred & thirtye prestes garmentes. ⁷¹ And some of the chefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousande peces of gold & two thousande & two hundred pounde of syluer.

¹ These were the sonnes of Dauid which were borne vnto hym in Hebron the eldest, Ammon of Ahinoam the Israelitesse. The seconde Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitesse.

²² The sonne Sechaniah was Semaiah. And the sonnes of Semaia were Hatus, Igeal, Bariah, Naariah and Saphat, and Sesa, syxe.

³ The chyldren of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sonnes also of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehes. Phinehes begat Abisua. ⁵ Abisua begat Boki: Boki begat Uzi. ⁶ Uzi begat Zarahia. Zarahia begat Meraioth. ⁷ Meraioth begat Amaria, and Amaria begat Ahitob. ⁸ Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Ahimaaz. ⁹ Ahimaaz begat Azaria, and Azaria begat Iohanam. ¹⁰ Iohanam begat Azaria, which minystred in the temple that Salomon buylte in Ierusalem. ¹¹ Azaria begat Amaria, Amaria begat Ahitob. ¹² Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Sallum. ¹³ Sallum begat Helkia, and Helkia begat Azaria. ¹⁴ Azaria begat Saraia, and Saraia begat Iehozedech. ¹⁵ And Iehozedech departed, when the Lorde caryed awaye Iuda and Ierusalem by the hande of Nebuchadnezar.

¹ These are the deuisyons of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. ² Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father, & had no chyldren. But Eleazar and Ithamar executed the prestes offyce. ³ And Dauid ordered them on this maner: Zadock of the sonnes of Eleazar, & Abimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar were according to theyr offyces in theyr ministracyon. ⁴ And there were mo auncient men founde amonge the sonnes of Eleazar, then the sonnes of Ithamar. And thus were they ordred together: Amonge the sonnes of Eleazar there were syxtene rulers, accordynge to the housholde of their fathers: & eyght among the sonnes of Ithamar according to the houshold of theyr fathers. ⁵ And thus were they put in order by lott, the one sorte from the other, & so were there rulers in the Sanctuarye & Lordes before God, as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar. ⁶ And Simeia the sonne of Nathaneel the Scribe, of the kynred of the Leuites wrote them before the kyng and the Lordes, & before Zadock the preast and Abimeleck the sonne of Abiathar, and before the auncient fathers, before the preastes & the Leuites: one principall houshold beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

³ The children of Phares, two thousand, an hundred, and two and seuentye:

⁸ The chyldren of Pharos were two thousand, an hundred & two & seuentye:

¹⁴ The heades of the people were: Phares, the captayne of Moab, Elam, Zathu, and Bani,

⁶ the chyldren of the captayne of Moab among the chyldren of Iesua and Ioab, two thousande, eyght hundred and twelue:

¹¹ the chyldren of the captayne of Moab amonge the chyldren of Iesua & Ioab, two thousande, eyght hundred, and eyghtene:

¹⁵ the chyldren of Adin, foure hondred and foure & fyfty:

²⁰ the chyldren of Adin, syxe hundred and fyue an fyftie:

¹⁶ Adonia, Begoai, Adin,

⁷ the chyldren of Elam, a thousande, two hundred, and foure and fyftye:

³¹ the children of the other Elam, a thousande, & two hundred, and foure and fyfty:

¹² the chyldren of Elam, a thousande, two hundred and foure and fyftye:

³⁴ the chyldren of the other Elam, a thousande, two hundred and foure and fyftye:

⁴ the chyldren of Saphatia, thre hundred, and two and seuenty:

⁹ the chyldren of Saphatiah, thre hundred and two & seuentye:

⁴ And at Ierusalem dwelt certayne of the chyldren of Iuda and of BenIamin. Of the chyldren of Iuda: Athaia the sonne of Usia, the sonne of Zachary, the sonne of Amaria, the sonne of Saphatia, the sonne of Mahalaleell, of the chyldren of Phares.

¹¹ the chyldren of Bebai, syxe hundred and thre and twentye:

²⁸ Amonge the chyldren of Bebai, Iehohanan, Hanania, Zabai, and Athalai.

¹⁶ the chyldren of Bebai, syxe hundred & eyght & twentye:

¹² the chyldren of Asgad, a thousand, two hundred, and two and twenty:

¹⁷ the chyldren of Asgad, two thousande, thre hundred and two and twentye:

¹³ the chyldren of Adonicam, syx hundred, and syxe and syxty:

¹⁸ the chyldren of Adonicam, syxe hundred thre skore and seuen:

¹⁴ the chyldren of Beguai, two thousande, and syx and fyfty:

¹⁹ the chyldren of Begoai, two thousande, thre skore & seuen:

¹² Sachur, Serebia, Sabania,

²⁴ And we certifye you, that ye haue no auctorite to requyre taxinge and custome, and yearly rentes vpon any of the preastes, Leuites, syngers, porters, Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God.

² Of the chyldren of Phinehes, Gersom: of the chyldren of Ithamar, Daniel: of the chyldren of Dauid, Hatus:

²¹ And euen there at the water, besyde Ahaua, I proclamed a fast, that we myghte humble oure selues before oure God, and seke of him a ryghte waye for vs, and for oure children and for all oure substaunce.

³¹ And we brake vp, from the water of Ahaua on the twelueth daye of the fyrst moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem: and the hande of oure God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies, and of soch as layde wayte for vs by the waye.

¹ By the waters of Babilon we sat downe and weapte, when we remembred Syon.

¹ It chaunsed in the .xxx. yeare, the fyfthe daye of the fourth moneth, that I was among the presoners by the ryuer of Cobar: where the heauens opened, and I sawe a visyon of God.

¹⁵ And so in the begynnynge of the moneth Abib. I came to the presoners, that dwelt by the water of Cobar, & remayned in that place, where they were: And so contynued I amonge them seuen dayes, beynge very sory.

¹³ And on the Saboth dayes we went out of the citie besydes a ryuer, where men were wont to praye. And we sate downe, & spake vnto the wemen which resorted thyther.

¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: because thou hast asked this thynge, and hast not asked longe lyfe, nether hast asked ryches, nor the soule of thyne enemyes, but hast asked vnderstandynge and discrecyon in iudgement.

³² And of the chyldren of Isacar, which were men that had understandynge in the ryght tyme, to knowe what Israel ought to do. The heedes of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their wyll.

¹⁴ And the lot on the east syde fell vpon Selemeiahu. And for Zachariahu hys sonne (which was a wise counceller) they cast lottes, & hys lot came out towarde the North.

¹² And Hiram sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel which made heauen and erth, and that hath geuen Dauid the kynge a wyse sonne, and one that hath discrecion, prudence, and vnderstandynge, to buylde an house for the Lorde, & a palace for him selfe.

¹³ Of the chyldren of Adonicam, that were the last, whose names were these: Eliphelet, Iehiel and Samaiah, and with them thre score men.

¹⁸ And (thorow the good hande of oure God vpon vs) they broughte vs a wyse man from amonge the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, and Sarabia with hys sonnes and his brethren, euen eyghtene.

²¹ Amonge the chyldren of Harim, Maasia, Elia, Someiah, Iehiel, and Usia.

³⁹ Selemia, Nathan, and Adaia,

⁶ For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge.

⁵ Wyse councell in the herte of man is lyke a water in the depe of the earth: and a man that hath vnderstondynge bryngethe it forth.

² Because of synne, the lande doth oft chaunge her prince: but thorow men of vnderstandynge and wysdome a realme endureth longe.

²¹ he chaungeth the tymes and ages he putteth downe kynges, he setteth vp kynges: he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse, & vnderstandinge to those that vnderstande,

⁷ Consyder what I saye. The Lorde geue the vnderstandynge in all thynges.

²⁰ We knowe, that the sonne of God is come, and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe hym which is true: & we are in hym that is true, through is sonne Iesu Christ. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.

¹⁵ Therfore thou shalt speake vnto hym, and put these wordes in hys mouth, and I wylbe with thy mouth and wyth hys mouth, and wyll teache you what ye ought to do.

²² After that went the Leuytes into do theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse, before Aaron and hys sonnes: as the Lord had commaunded Moses concernynge the Leuytes, euen so they dyd vnto them. ²³ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge: ²⁴ thys is it that belongeth vnto the Leuytes: from .xxv. yere vpwarde they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse, ²⁵ and from the age of fyftye yeare, they shall ceasse waytynge vpon the seruice therof, & shall serue no moare: ²⁶ but shall mynistre vnto theyr brethren in the tabernacle of wytnesse, to wayte, but shall do no moare seruyce. Thus therfore shalt thou do vnto the Leuites in their watche.

⁶ beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from amonge the the childreen of Israel, which as a gyft of yours are geuen vnto the Lorde, to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnes.

¹⁸ I will rayse them vp a prophete from amonge their brethren lyke vnto the, and wyll put my wordes in hys mouthe, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym.

³ And come to the kynge, and speake of thys maner vnto hym. And so Ioab taught her what she shuld saye

¹⁹ And the kynge sayde: Is not the hande of Ioab wyth the in all this matter? The woman answered, and sayde: as sure as thy soule lyueth my Lorde kynge, there is els no man (on the ryght hande nor on the leaft) but as my Lorde the kynge hath spoken, thy seruaunt Ioab he bad me, and he put all these wordes in the mouthe of thyne handmayde.

³ And the Leuites were nombred from the age of .xxx. yeare and aboue, and the nombre and summe of them was .xxxviij. thousande men. ⁴ Of which .xxiiij. thousande were set to further the worcke of the house of the Lorde. And syxe thousande were offycers & Iudges. ⁵ Foure thousande were porters and foure thousande praysed the Lorde with soche instrumentes as was made to prayse wyth all. ⁶ And so Dauid put an ordre among them deuidinge them in partes. Of the children of Leui? Gerson, Cahath & Merari:

²⁶ That the Leuites also shuld nowe nomore beare the tabernacle & all the vesselles for the seruyce therof: ²⁷ for accordynge to the last wordes of Dauid, ²⁸ the Leuites were nombred from twentye yere and aboue, and their offyce was vnder the hande of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lorde, in the courtes & celles, and in the purifyinge of all holye thynges, and in the worcke of the seruice of the house of God. ²⁹ In the shewe breed in the fyne flowre, in the meateofferinge, in the wafers of swete breed, in the fryinge panne, in the grydyron, and in all maner of measures and cyse, ³⁰ and to stande euery daye in the mornynge, to thanke and prayse the Lorde, and so lykewyse at euen. ³¹ And to offer all burntsacrifyces vnto the Lorde, in the Sabbothes, in the newe moones, & on the festfull dayes by nombre and custome continually (as they were commaunded) before the Lorde. ³² And that they shulde wayte on the tabernacle of wytnesse, and on the holy place, and on the sonnes of Aaron their brethren, in the seruice of the house of the Lorde.

⁴³ The Nethinims, the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabaoth,

⁵⁸ All the Nethinims and the chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, were all together, thre hundred and two and nyntye.

⁹ And with that, the Lorde stretched oute his hande, and touched my mouth, & the same lorde sayde vnto me. Behold, I put my wordes in thy mouth,

¹⁹ Upon these wordes, thus sayde the Lorde vnto me. If thou wilt turne agayne, I shall sett the in my seruice: and yf thou wilt take out the thynges that is precious from the vile, thou shalt be euen as myne awne mouth. They shall conuerte vnto the, but turne not thou vnto them:

⁵ For this cause left I the in Creta, that thou shuldest refourme the thynges that are vnperfect, & shuldest ordeyne elders in euery cytie, as I had appoynted the.

²⁰ And the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes Maheli and Musi. These are the kynredes of the Leuites, accordynge to the houses of their fathers.

¹⁹ The sonnes of Merari: Mahli & Musi, and these are the kynreddes of Leui, concernynge theyr fathers.

⁶ This Esdras also went vp from Babilon, and was a perfite scribe in the lawe of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel did geue. And the kyng gaue him all that he requyred, because the hande of the Lorde hys God was vpon him.

²⁸ and hath enclyned his mercy vnto me in the presence of the kyng, & his councelers, and before all the kynges hye estates. And I was conforted (euen as the hande of the Lorde my God was vpon me) & so geathered I the heades of Israell together, that they myghte go vp with me.

¹⁶ Then sent I to Elieser, to Ariel, Semeia, Elnachan, Iarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zachary and to Mesullam the rulers, and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstandyng,

²² For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe vs agaynst the enemy in the waye: but we sayd vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnes, and hys violence and wrath is agaynst all them that forsake him.

²⁴ And I toke out twelue of the chefe preastes, Sarabia and Hasabia, and ten of their brethren with them,

⁸ and letters vnto Asaph the Lord of the kinges wood, that he maye geue me tymber to make beames for the gates of the palace (which is harde by the house) & for the walles of the cytie, and for the house that I shall entre into. And the kynge gaue me accordinge to the hande of my God, which was good vpon me.

⁷ And Iesua, Baam, Serabiah, Iamin, Acub, Sebathai, Hadaia, Maasia, Celita, Azaria, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaia: and the Leuites caused the people to geue hede vnto the lawe, & the people stode in their place.

⁴ And the Leuytes stode on hye, namely Iesua, Bani, Cadmiel, Sabaniah, Buni, Sarebiah, Bani, & Chanani, & cryed loude vnto the Lord theyr God. ⁵ And the Leuites, Iesua and Cadmiel Bani and Hasabnia, Serebia & Hodia, Sebania, and Phathahia, sayde: stande vp, and prayse the Lord yor God for euer: & let thankes be geuen vnto the name of thy glorye, which excelleth all thankesgeuynge & prayse.

²⁴ And these were the chefe among the Leuites, Hasabia, Serebia and Iesua the sonne of Cadmiel, and theyr brethren in their presence, to geue prayse & thankes, accordynge as Dauid the man of God had ordeyned it, one watch ouer agaynst another.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges.

³ Thorow wysdome is an house buyled, and wyth vnderstandynge is it sett vp.

¹⁵ and wyll geue you herdmen after myne awne mynde, which shall fede you with learnynge and wysdome.

²⁰ which in all wysdome and matters of vnderstandinge, that he enquered of them, founde them ten tymes better, then all the sothsayers and charmers, that were in all his realme.

²⁰ Brethren, be not ye chyldren in wytte. Howbeit, as concernyng maliciousnes, be children: but in witte be perfect.

¹ The sonnes of Leui: Gerson, Cahath and Merari.

¹⁶ The sonnes of Leui: Gersom, Cahath and Merari.

¹⁷ After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani: and nexte vnto him buylded Hasabia the ruler of the halfe parte of Keilah in hys quarter.

¹¹ Micha, Rehob, and Hasabiah,

² Euen the olde enhabiters, that dwelt in their awne possessions & cyties, the Israelites, the preastes, Leuites & Nethenei.

¹⁷ and to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chefest at Casphia, that they shulde fetch vs minysters for the house of oure God, and I tolde them what they shulde saye vnto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia.

³ Yee and I beseche the faythfull yockefelowe, helpe the wemen which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my laboure felowes whose names are in the boke of lyfe.

²⁹ And thys shalbe an ordinaunce for euer vnto you: that in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth, ye humble youre soules, and do no worke at all: whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that soiourneth amonge you,

³¹ Let it be a Sabboth of rest vnto you, and ye shall humble youre soules, by an ordinaunce for euer.

²⁹ For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not hym selfe that daye, he shalbe destroyed from amonge hys people.

³ Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto thys lande to fall vpon the swearde: and that our wyues, and oure children shulde be a praye? Were it not better, that we retourne vnto Egypte agayne?

³¹ But your children which ye saye shulde be a praye, them I will bring in, & they shall knowe the land which ye haue refused,

²⁶ Then the chyldren of Israell and all the people went vp and cam vnto Bethell, and wepte and sat there before the Lord, and fasted the same daye vnto euen, & offered burntofferynges and peaceofferynges before the Lorde.

⁶ And they gathred together to Mizpa, and drewe water: and powred it out before the Lorde, & fasted the same daye and sayde there: we haue synned against the Lorde. And Samuel iudged the chyldren of Israel in Mizpa.

³ And Iehosaphat feared, and set him selfe to seke the Lord, and proclaymed fastyng thorowout all Iuda.

¹⁵ And I gathered them together by the water that renneth towarde Ahaua, and there abode we thre dayes. And I loked amonge the people and the preastes & founde there none of the children of Leui.

⁸ For there is no faythfulnesse in hys mouth: theyr inwarde partes are very wickednes.

² Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklynges hast thou ordeyned strength because of thyne enemyes, that thou myghtest styll the enemye and the auenger.

² Let them geue thanckes whom the Lorde hath redemed, and delyuered from the hande of the enemye. ³ And gathered them out of the landes, from the East, and from the west, from the North and from the South. ⁴ They went a straye in the wildernesse out of the waye, & founde no citie to dwel in. ⁵ Hongrie & thirstye: their soule faynted in them. ⁶ So they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble, and he delyuered them from their distresse. ⁷ He led them forth by the ryght waye, that they myght go to the cytie where they dwelt. ⁸ O that men wolde therfor prayse the Lorde, for his goodnes, and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men.

⁸ O let me heare thy louing kindnes by tymes in the morninge for in the is my trust: shewe thou me the waye that I shuld walke in, for I lyft vp my soule vnto the. ⁹ Delyuer me, O Lorde, from myne enemyes: for I flye vnto the to hyde me. ¹⁰ Teach me to do the thynge that pleaseth the, for thou art my God, let thy louinge sprete leade me forthe vnto the lande of ryghteousnes.

²¹ Yee, and thyne care shall heare the talkynge of hym that doeth speake behynde the. Thys is the waye, walke ye in it. Turne not aside nether to the ryght hande ner to the lyft.

⁸ There shalbe fote pathes & comen stretes, this shalbe called the holy waye. No vnclene person shall go thorowe it: for the Lorde him self shall go with them that waye, and the wayferer, nor ignoraunt shall not erre.

¹⁶ I wyll bring the blinde into a strete, that they knowe not. and lede them into a fote path, that they are ignoraunt in. I shall make darcknesse lyght before them, and the thynge that is croked to be streyght. These thinges haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them:

¹⁰ They shall nether honger, ner thurst: heate nor sunne shall not hurte them. For he that fauoureth them, shall leade them, and geue them dryncke of the springe welles.

³ Wherfore fast we (saye they) and thou seest it not? we put out lyues to straytenes, and thou regardest it not?

⁵ Thyncke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shulde chasten him selfe for a daye, and to wrythe his head aboute lyke an hoope, & to lye vpon the earth in an heary cloth? Shulde that be called fastynge, or a daye that pleaseth the Lorde?

²³ Now I knowe (O Lorde) that it is not in mans power to ordre hys awne wayes, or to rule his awne steppes & goyngges.

⁸ Beholde, I wyll bringe them agayne from out of the north lande, and gather them from the endes of the worlde, with the blynde and lame that are amonge them, with the wemen that be great with chylde, and soch as be also delyuered: and the company of them that come agayne, shalbe greate. ⁹ They shall come weping and with mercyfull pitye wyll I bring them hyther agayn. I wyll leade them to the ryuers of water in a strayght waye, where they shall not stomble. For I am Israels father, & Ephraim is my fyrst borne.

⁴ In those dayes and at that tyme, sayth the Lord: the chyldren of Israel shall come, they and the chyldren of Iuda, wepinge and making haste, and shall seke the Lorde their God. ⁵ They shall aske the waye to Sion, thyther shall they turne their faces, sayinge: Come and we wyll cleaue to the Lorde, in a couenaunt that neuer shalbe broken.

¹⁴ Proclayme a fastinge, call the congregacyon, gather the elders and all the inhabitours of the lande together into the house of the Lorde your God, and crye vnto the Lorde:

¹² Nowe therfore sayeth the Lorde. Turne you vnto me with all your hertes, with fastinge, wepynge and mournynge, ¹³ rente your hertes, and not youre clothes. Turne you vnto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and mercyfull, longe sufferynge and of great compassyon: and redy to pardone wyckednes. ¹⁴ Then (no doute) he also shall turne, and forgeue, and after his chastenynge, he shall lett your increase remayne, for meat and drinckoffrynges vnto the Lord your God? ¹⁵ Blowe out with the trompette in Syon, proclayme a fastynge, call the congregacyon, ¹⁶ and gather the people together: warne the congregacyon, gather the elders, brynge the chyldren & sucklynges together. Lett the brydegrome go forth of his chambre, and the bryde out of her closet. ¹⁷ Lett the prestes serue the Lorde betwyxte the porch and the aulter, wepinge and sayinge: be fauourable, O Lorde, be fauourable vnto thy people: let not thyne heritage be brought to soch confusyon, lest the Heathen be lordes therof. Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heathen: where is nowe theyr God. ¹⁸ Then shall the Lorde be gelous ouer his lande, and spare hys people:

⁵ And the people of Niniue beleued God, and proclaymed fastynge, and arayed them selues in sack cloth, as well the greate as the small of them.

¹³ And they brought chyldren to hym, that he shulde touch them. And hys discyples rebuked those that brought them. ¹⁴ But when Iesus sawe it, he was dyspleased & sayd vnto them: Suffre the children to come vnto me, forbyd them not. For of soch is the kyngdome of God. ¹⁵ Uerely I saye vnto you, whosoeuer doth not receaue the kyngdome of God as a childe, he shal not entre therin. ¹⁶ And whan he had taken them vp in hys armes, he put his handes vpon them, and blessed them.

³⁹ For the promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde oure God shall call.

¹⁶ when ye haue transgressed the appointment of the Lorde youre God, which he commaunded you: and haue gone and serued straunge goddes, and bowed youre selues to them. Then shall the wrath of the Lorde waxe whote vpon you, & ye shall peryshe quicklye from of the good lande, which he hath geuen you,

⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and wyth a swete courage. For the Lorde sercheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacyons of thoughtes. And yf thou seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But yf thou forsake hym, he wyll cast the of for euer.

² And he went out to mete Asa, & sayde vnto him: heare me Asa, and all Iuda, Beniamin. The Lorde is with you, whyle ye be with hym, and when ye seke hym, he wyll be founde of you: and agayne, when ye forsake hym, he also wyll forsake you.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the erth, to strength them that are of perfecte hert towarde him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from hensforth thou shalt haue warre.

⁹ For vpon the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, beganne he to go vp from Babilon: & on the fyrst daye of the fyfth moneth came he to Ierusalem, because the good hande of God was vpon him.

⁸ All thyne enemies shall fele thy hand: thy ryght hand shall fynde out them that hate the. ⁹ Thou shalt make them lyke a fyrye ouen in tyme of thy wrath: the Lorde shall destroye them in hys displeasure, and the fyre shall consume them.

¹⁸ Behold the eye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare hym, and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy. ¹⁹ To delyuer theyr soules from death, and to fede them in the tyme of dearth.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers. ¹⁶ The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euell, to rote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth.

²² The Lorde delyuereth the soules of hys seruauntes: and all they that put theyr trust in hym shall not be destitute.

¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, for euen therafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

¹⁰ Byd the ryghteous do well, for they shall enioye the frutes of theyr studies. ¹¹ But wo be to the vngodly and vnryghteous, for they shalbe rewarded after theyr worckes.

²⁵ O how good is the Lorde vnto them, that put theyr trust in hym, and to the soule that seketh after hym?

² I wyll gather vp all thynges in the lande (sayeth the Lord) ³ I wyll gather vp man & beast: I wyll gather vp the foules in the ayre and the fysh in the see (to the greate decaye of the wycked) and wyll vtterly destroye the men out of the lande, sayeth the Lord. ⁴ I will stretch oute myne hande vpon Iuda, & vpon all soch as dwell at Ierusalem. Thus will I rote oute the remnaunt of Baal from this place, & the names of the Remurins and prestes: ⁵ yee, & soch as vpon their house toppes worshyppe and bowe them selues vnto the hoste of heauen: which sweare by the Lord, & by their Malchom also: ⁶ which starte a backe from the Lord, and nether seke after the Lord ner regarde hym.

²⁸ We knowe that all thynhes worke for the best vnto them that loue God, which also are called of purpose.

¹⁵ But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuertheles I wrote not these thinges, that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye, then that eny man shuld take this reioysinge from me.

¹⁴ I am therfore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thynges which we spake vnto you are true, euen so, oure boastynge that I made vnto Titus is founde true.

³⁸ But the iust shall lyue by faith. And yf he withdrawe him selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the ryghteous, and hys eares are open vnto their prayers. Agayne: the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll.

²⁹ And there thou shalt seke the Lorde thy God: & shalt fynde hym, yf thou seke hym wt all thyne herte, and with all thy soule.

²⁰ And they were helped of the Lorde against them, and the Hagarites were deliuered into their hande, and so were all that were with them. For they cryed to God in the battayll, and he hearde them, because they put theyr trust in hym.

¹² And when he was in trybulacion, he besought the Lord hys God, & humbled hym selfe exceadyngly before the God of his fathers, ¹³ and made intercession to hym and God was entreated of hym, and hearde his prayer, and brought hym agayne to Ierusalem into his kyngdome. And then Manasse knewe, that the Lorde was God.

¹ In the foure & twentye daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together agayne, wyth fastinge and sack clothes, and erth vpon them,

¹⁶ Go thou thy waye, and gether together all the Iewes that are found at Susan, and fast ye for me, that ye eat not and drynke not in thre dayes, nether daye nor nyght. I and my damosels will fast lykewise, and so will I go into the kyng, which thing yet, is contrary to the commaundment: and yf I perishe, I perishe.

¹⁸ If I enclyne vnto wickednes with my hert, the Lorde wyll not heare me. ¹⁹ But God hath hearde me, and consydred the voyce of my prayer. ²⁰ Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer, ner turned his mercy fro me.

²² The lord also that smyte Egypte sore, & heale them agayne, & they shalbe conuerted vnto the Lord, and he shalbe intreated of them, & shall heale them.

¹² Ye shall crye vnto me, ye shall go and call vpon me, and I shall heare you. ¹³ Ye shall seke me and fynde me. Yee, yf so be that ye seke me with your whole hert,

³ crye vnto me, & I wyll answere, and shewe the great and hye thinges, which were vnknowen vnto the.

³ and I turned me vnto God the Lorde, for to praye and make myne intercession, with fastynge, sacke clothe & ashes,

⁷ Aske, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, & ye shall fynde: Knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. ⁸ For whosoeuer asketh, receaueth: and whosoeuer seketh, fyndeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

³⁷ And she had bene a wedowe aboute .iiij. scoore & .iiij. yere, which departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastinges and prayers nyght & daye.

³⁰ And Cornelius sayd: This daye now .iiij. dayes about this houre, I sat fasting, and at the nynthe houre I prayde in my house: and behold, a man stode before me in bryght clothynge,

¹⁸ And (thorow the good hande of oure God vpon vs) they broughte vs a wyse man from amonge the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, and Sarabia with hys sonnes and his brethren, euen eyghtene. ¹⁹ And Hasabia, and with him Isai of the chyldren of Merari, with his brethren and theyr sonnes, twentie.

⁸ Those dyd Cyrus the kyng of Persia bryng forth by the hande of Mithridates the treasurer, and nombred them vnto Sesbazar the prince of Iuda.

¹⁴ and therfore art thou sent of the kyng and of his seuen councelers, to vyset Iuda and Ierusalem, accordinge to the lawe of thy God, which is in thy hande: ¹⁵ And that thou shuldest take with the syluer and golde, which the kynge and his councelers offre of their awne good wyll vnto the God of Israell (whose habitacyon is at Ierusalem) ¹⁶ and all the syluer and golde that thou canst fynde in all the countre of Babylon, wt it that the people offre of theyr awne good wyll and the preastes geue for the house of theyr God which is at Ierusalem.

³³ But on the fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God, by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Uria the preaste, and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes, & with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites.

²⁰ For thys we exchewe, that eny man shuld rebuke vs in this plenteous distrybucyon, that is ministred by vs ²¹ and make prouisyon for honest thinges: not onely in the syght of the Lorde: but also in the syght of men.

⁸ Furthermore, brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thynges are honeste, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thynges are pure, whatsoeuer thynges are conuenient, whatsoeuer thinges are of honeste reporte: Yf ther be eny vertue, yf ther be eny prayse,

⁹ And this is the nombre of them .xxx. chargers of gold .M. chargers of syluer .xxix. knyues ¹⁰ .xxx. basens of gold and of other siluer basens .iiij.C. & .x. & of other vessels: .M. ¹¹ All the vessels of gold and syluer, were .v.M. and .iiij.C. All these dyd Sesbazar carye awaye with them that came vp oute of the captyuite of Babylon vnto Ierusalem.

² The chyldren of Syon that were alwaye in honoure, and clothed with the most precyous golde: howe are they nowe become lyke the erthen vessels which be made with the potters hande?

⁶ They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not polute the name of their God, for the sacrifyces of the Lorde which are as the bread of their God they do offer: therfore they shall be holy. ⁷ Let them not take a wyfe that is an aduoutresse, or polluted, nor put from her husbande: for suche a one is holy vnto his God. ⁸ Thou shalt sanctifye hym therfore, for he offereth vp the bread of thy God: he shall therfore be holy vnto the, for I the Lorde whyche sanctifye you am holy.

² Speake vnto Aaron and hys sonnes, that they be separated from the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, and that they polute not my holy name in those thynges whych they halowe vnto me: I am the Lorde. ³ Saye vnto them: whosoeuer he be of all youre seed amonge youre generacyons after you, that goeth vnto the holy thynges whych the chyldren of Israel halowe vnto the Lorde, hauynge hys vnclennes vpon hym: that soule shall peryshe from out of my syght. I am the Lorde.

⁴ The offyce of the chyldren of kahath in the tabernacle of wytnesse, is moost holy. ⁵ And when the hoste remoueth, Aaron & hys sonnes shall come & take doune the vayle, that hangeth betwene, & wrappe the Arke of wytnesse in it: ⁶ and shall put theron a couerynge of taxus skynnes, & shall sprede vpon it a cloth that is altogether of yelow silke, and put in the barres therof. ⁷ And vpon the shewe table, they shall sprede abrode a cloth of yelowe sylke, & put theron the dysshes, spones, flatpeces, and pottes to powre wyth, and there shalbe breed theron continually: ⁸ & they shall spreade vpon them a couerynge of purple, and couer the same with a couerynge of taxus skynnes, and put in the barres therof. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of yelow silke, and couer the candelstycke of lyght, with his lampes, tonges, and snoffers, and all the oyle vessels which they occupye aboute it, ¹⁰ & they shall put both it, and all the vessell therof within a couerynge of taxus skynnes, & put it vpon a barre. ¹¹ And vpon the golden alter they shall sprede a cloth of yelowe sylke, and couer it with a couerynge of taxus skynnes, & put in the barres therof. ¹² And they shall take all the thynges (whych they occupye to mynistre with in the holy place) and put a cloth of yelowe sylke vpon them, and couer them wt a couerynge of taxus skynnes, and put them on a barre. ¹³ And they shall take awaye the asshes from the alter, and sprede a purple cloth theron: and put vpon it all the vessels therof, ¹⁴ that they mynistre wythall: euen the cole pannes, the fleshe hokes, the shouels, the basens and the other vessels of the alter, and they shall sprede vpon it a couerynge of taxus skynnes, and put in the barres of it. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and hys sonnes haue made an ende of couerynge the holy thinges, and all the vessels of the sanctuarye (agaynst that the hoste remoue) then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to beare, but they shall not touche any holy thynge, least they dye. And thys is the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse.

¹⁹ But thus do vnto them, that they maye lyue and not dye, when they go vnto the most holy thynges: Let Aaron and his sonnes go in, and take them downe, to euery one after hys seruyce, and after hys charge. ²⁰ But let them not go in, to se when the the holy thynges are folden vp, lest they dye.

¹³ And hys offerynge was a syluer charger, of an hundred and .xxx. sycles: a syluer boule of .lxx. sycles after the weyght of the Sanctuary: and they were both full of fyne wheten floure, myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge:

⁸⁴ Thys was the dedicacyon of the alter in the daye when it was anoynted: vnto the whyche was brought of the prynces of Israel .xij. chargers of syluer .xij. syluer boules .xij. spones of golde: ⁸⁵ euery charger contaynynge an hundred & .xxx. sycles of syluer, euery boule .lxx. And all the syluer vessell conteyned two thousande and .iiij. hundred sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary. ⁸⁶ And the golden spones were twelue full of cens, contaynynge ten sycles a pece after the sycle of the sanctuary: so that all the golde of the spones, was an hundred and .xx. sycles. ⁸⁷ All the bullockes for the burntofferynge were twelue, the rammes twelue, the lambes of a yere olde twelue, with the meate offerynge: and the he goates for synne, twelue. ⁸⁸ And all the oxen for the peaceofferynge were .xxiiij. the rammes syxtye, the he goates .lx. the lambes of a yere olde sixtye. Thys was the dedicacyon of the alter, after that it was anoynted.

⁸ And vnto Leui he sayde: Thumim & vrim shalbe with the, & wyth euery one that is godly in the. Thou dyddest proue him also in the tentacyon & striuedst wyth hym at the waters of stryfe.

⁴⁸ And so Salomon made all the vessels that pertayned vnto the house of the Lorde: the golden aulter and the golden table, wheron the shewe bread was. ⁴⁹ And fyue candelstyckes, for the ryght syde, and fyue for the lefte before the queer of pure golde: with floures, ⁵⁰ lampes, and snoffers of golde: & boules, flat peces, basons, spones and masoures of pure golde: and hindges made he of golde for the dores of the queer, the place moost holy, and for the dores of the temple also. ⁵¹ And so was ended all the worke that kyng Salomon made for the house of the Lorde. And Salomon brought in the thinges which Dauid his father had dedicated: euen the siluer, golde, & vessels: and layed them vp amonge the treasures of the house of the Lorde.

²⁸ the Leuites were nombred from twentye yere and aboue, and their offyce was vnder the hande of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lorde, in the courtes & celles, and in the purifyinge of all holye thynges, and in the worcke of the seruice of the house of God.

¹⁴ And when they had finisshed it, they brought the rest of the moneye before the kyng and Iehoiada, and ther with were made vessels for the house of the Lorde: euen vessels to ministre withall, and to serue for burnt offerynges: chargers and spones, vessels of golde and syluer. And they offered burntofferynges in the house of the Lorde continuallye all the dayes of Iehoiada.

⁷ And kyng Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of Ierusalem, and had put in the house of his God. ⁸ Those dyd Cyrus the kyng of Persia bryng forth by the hande of Mithridates the treasurer, and nombred them vnto Sesbazar the prince of Iuda.

¹¹ Awaye, awaye, get you out from thence and touche no vncleane thynge. Go oute from amonge soche. And be cleane, that beare the vessell of the Lorde.

²⁰ And of the Leuites, Ahiah had the ouersyght of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicat thynges. ²¹ As concernyng the sonnes of Laadan whych were the chyldren of the Gersonites. Of Laadan came auncient fathers, Euen of Laadan there came Gersuni & Iehieli. ²² The sonnes of Iehieli: Zethan & Ioel hys brother, which were ouer the treasures of the house of the Lorde. ²³ Of the Amramites also & Izaharites, Hebronites & Ozielites, ²⁴ was Subuel the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Moses, a ruler ouer the treasures. ²⁵ And of his brethren the sonnes of Eliezer, was Rahabiahu, whose sonne was Isaiahu, whose sonne was Ioram, whose sonne was Zichri, whose sonne was Selomith, ²⁶ whych Selomith and hys brethren were ouer all the treasures of the dedycate thynges, which Dauid the kynge, & the auncient fathers, the capitaynes ouer thousandes & hundredes, & the captaynes of the hoste,

³³ But on the fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God, by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Uria the preaste, and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes, & with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites. ³⁴ According to the nombre and weyght of euery one, was the weyght all wrytten vp at the same tyme.

³⁴ As a man which is gone into a straunge contrey, and hath lefte his house, and geuen his substaunce to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche. ³⁵ Watche ye therfore, for ye knowe not when the master of the house will come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnynge:

³¹ Therfore awake, & remember, that by the space of .iij. yeres: I ceased not to warne euery one of you nyght and daye with teares.

⁵ But watche thou in all thynges, suffre affliccyons, do the worke thorowlye of an Euangelist, fulfyll thyne offyce vnto the vtmost.

² Moreouer, I haue prepared wt all my myghte for the house of God: golde for vessels of golde, syluer fer them of syluer, brasse for thynges of brasse, yron for thynges of yron, & wood for thynges of wood: and onix stones, and stones to be sett, glystringe stones and of diuerse coloure, and all maner of preciouse stones, and marble stones in great aboundance. ³ And because I haue lust to the house of my God:

⁹ Yee, because of the house of the Lorde oure God, I wyll seke to do the good.

¹³ The glory of libanus shall come vnto the. The Fyrre trees, Boxes and Cedres together, to garnyshe the place of my Sanctuary, for I wyll glorifye the place of my fete.

²¹ And euen there at the water, besyde Ahaua, I proclamed a fast, that we myghte humble oure selues before oure God, and seke of him a ryghte waye for vs, and for oure children and for all oure substaunce. ²² For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe vs agaynst the enemy in the waye: but we sayd vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnes, and hys violence and wrath is agaynst all them that forsake him.

¹⁹ He shall delyuer the in syxe troubles, and in the seuenth there shall no euell come to the. ²⁰ In honger he shall saue the from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde. ²¹ Thou shalt be kept from the euell tonge, and when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare. ²² In destruccion and derth thou shalt be mery, and shalt not be afrayed of beastes of the earth. ²³ For the stones of the lande shalbe confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace. ²⁴ And thou shalt knowe that thy dwellyng place shalbe in rest: and thou shalt go and beholde thy habytacyon, and shalt not synne.

⁹ For thou Lorde arte my hope, thou hast set thyne house of defence very hye ¹⁰ There shall no euell happen vnto the, nether shall eny plage come nye thy dwellyng. ¹¹ For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the, to kepe the in all thy wayes. ¹² They shall beare the in theyr handes, that thou hurt not thy fote agaynste a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt go vpon the Lyon and Adder, the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalte thou treade vnder thy fete. ¹⁴ Because he hath set hys loue vpon me, therfore shall I delyuer him: I shall set him vp, because he hath knowne my name.

¹⁰ be not afrayed, for I am wt the. Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God, to strength the, helpe the, & to kepe the wt this ryght hande of myne. ¹¹ Beholde, all they that resyst the shall come to confusyon & shame: and thyne aduersaries shalbe destroyed & brought to naught. ¹² So that whoso seketh after them, shall not fynde them. Thy destroyers shall perysh, and so shall they that vndertake to make batayll agaynst the be as that is not, & as a thinge of naught. ¹³ For I thy Lorde and God will strengthen thy ryght hand. Euen I that saye vnto the. Feare not. I wyll helpe the ¹⁴ Be not afrayde thou lytle worme Iacob, & thou despysed Israel: for I wyll helpe the, sayeth the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thyne auenger.

³ and desyred fauour agaynst hym, that he wolde sende for hym to Ierusalem: and they layde awayte for hym in the waye, to kyll hym.

²² Seyng therfore that I haue obtained helpe of God: I contynew vnto thys daye, wytnessinge bothe to small & to great, saying none other thynges, then those whych the prophetes and Moses dyd saye shuld come:

⁸ And he came to Ierusalem in the fyfth moneth, euen in the seuenth yere of the kynge. ⁹ For vpon the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, beganne he to go vp from Babilon: & on the fyrst daye of the fyfth moneth came he to Ierusalem, because the good hande of God was vpon him.

¹¹ And I came to Ierusalem, & was there thre dayes,

¹⁴ For golde & for the wayght of golde, for all vesselles of sondrye ministracions: for all maner of vesselles of syluer in weyght, & for all vesselles, whatsoeuer purpose they serued vnto. ¹⁵ The wayght of golde for the candelstyckes, and the golde for their lampes, with the wayght for euery candelstycke, & for the lampes therof. And for the candelstyckes of syluer by wayght, both for the candelstycke and also for her lampes accordinge to the diuersite of the vse of euery candelstyck. ¹⁶ And by wayght golde for the tables of shewe breed, euen for euery table: and lyke wyse syluer for the tables of syluer. ¹⁷ And golde for fleshehokes, cuppes and drynckyng pottes: And pute golde in wayght for basens, euen for euery basen. And lykewyse syluer by wayght, for euery basen of syluer. ¹⁸ And for the aulter of incense, pure golde by wayght. And gold for the paterne of the charett of the Cherubes that stretched out their wynges, and couered the Arcke of the couenaunt of the Lord.

²⁶ And I weyed vnto their hande sixe hundred & fyftie talentes of syluer, & in syluer vessel an hundred talentes, & in golde an hundred talentes:

³⁰ Then toke the preastes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde and vessel, to bringe it to Ierusalem, vnto the house of oure God.

⁴ And nexte vnto him builded Meremoth the sonne of Uria, the sonne of Hakoz: and nexte vnto them buylded Zadoc the sonne of Baana.

²¹ After hym also buylded Merimoth the sonne of Uria the sonne of Hacos the other pece, from the dore of the house of Eliasib, euen as longe as the house of Eliasib extended.

²⁴ After hym also buylded Benui the sonne of Hanadad the other pece, from the house of Asaria vnto the turnynge of the wall, and vnto the corner.

⁵ Harim, Merimoth, and Obadia,

⁹ The Leuytes were: Iesua the sonne of Azania, Benui amonge the chyldren of Henadad and Cadmiel.

¹ And the Lorde called Moses, & spake vnto hym oute of the tabernacle of witnesse sayinge. ² Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and thou shalt saye vnto them. Yf a man of you brynge a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde, ye shall brynge youre sacrifyce from amonge these catell, euen from amonge the oxen and the shepe. ³ Yf hys sacrifyce be a burntofferynge, let hym offre a male of the oxen without blemyshe, and brynge hym (of hys own voluntary wyll) vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde. ⁴ And he shal put hys hande vpon the heade of the brent sacrifyce, and it shalbe accepted for him, to be hys attonement. ⁵ And he shall kyll the calfe of the droue before the Lord. And the prestes Aarons sonnes, shall brynge the bloude, and sprynckle it rounde aboute vpon the altare, that is by the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse. ⁶ And then shall he slaye the burntofferynge, and hewe hym in peces. ⁷ And the sonnes of Aaron the preaste shall put fyre vpon the altare,

²⁷ a bullock, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burntofferynge:

³¹ And Hezekia answered, & sayde: nowe ye haue consecrate youre handes to the Lord: go to therfore, & bringe in the sacrifices & thankofferynges into the house of the Lorde. And the congregacyon brought in the sacrifyces & thanke offerynges & burntofferinges, as many as were of a fre liberall hart. ³² And the nombre of the burntofferinges which the congregacion brought, was .lxx. oxen, an hundred rammes, & two hundred shepe: which were, all for the burnt offeringe of the Lorde.

¹ These are the chyldren of the lande that went vp oute of the captyuite (whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had caryed awaye vnto Babylon) and came agayne vnto Ierusalem, and into Iuda, euery one vnto hys cytie.

¹⁷ and offered at the dedicacion of this house of God, and hundred oxen, two hundred rammes, foure hundred goates: and for the reconcilinge of all Israel twelue he goates, accordynge to the nombre of the tribes of Israel,

¹⁰ Thou broughtest vs into the snare, and layed trouble vpon oure loynes. ¹¹ Thou suffredest men to ryde ouer our heades, ¹² we went thorow fyre & water and thou broughtest vs out into a welthye place. ¹³ I wyll go into thy house with brentoffrynges, and wyll paye the my vowes, ¹⁴ which I promysed with my lyppes, & spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. ¹⁵ I will offre vnto the, fat brent sacrifyces with the incense of rammes, I wil offre bullockes and goates. Sela.

¹² What reward shall I geue vnto the Lorde, for all the benefytes that he hath done vnto me? ¹³ I wyll receaue the cuppe of saluacion, and call vpon the name of the Lord. ¹⁴ I wyll paye my vowes now in the presence of all his people, ryght deare in the syght of the Lorde is the death of hys saynctes. ¹⁵ Behold (O Lorde) how that I am thy seruaunt: I am thy seruaunt, ¹⁶ and the sonne of thy handmayde, thou hast broken my bondes in sonder. ¹⁷ I wyll offre to the, the sacrifyce of thanckesgeuynge, and wyll call vpon the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I wyll paye my vowes vnto the Lord in the syght of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courtes of the Lordes house, euen in the myddest of the, O Ierusalem. Prayse the Lorde.

⁷⁴ for to geue vs. That we deliuered oute of the handes of oure enemies, might serue him with out feare, ⁷⁵ all the dayes of oure lyfe, in such holynes and rightewesnes as are accept before him

⁷ And in the dayes of Arthaxerses, wrote Mithridath Tabeel and the other of hys councell, vnto Arthaxerses the king of Persia with fayre wordes. And the scripture of the letter was writen in the Sirians speach, and interpretated in the language of the Sirians ⁸ Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Ierusalem to Arthaxerses the kyng, as it foloweth. ⁹ Then Rehum the recorder, & Samsai the scribe, and other of their companye of Dina, of Arphasath, of Tarpla, of Persia, of Arach, of Babylon, of Susan, of Deha, of Elan, ¹⁰ & other of the people who the greate & noble Asnapar brought ouer, and sett in the cytes of Samaria, & other, that are now on this syde the water. ¹¹ Thys is the copye of the letter that they sent vnto kyng Artaxerses. Thy seruauntes, & the men that are now on thys syde the water. ¹² Be it knowne vnto the king, that the Iewes which came vp from the to vs, are come vnto Ierusalem (a cytie sedicyous and frowarde) and buylde the same, and sett vp the walles therof, and laye the foundacions. ¹³ Be it knowne now also vnto the kynge, that yf this cytie be buylded, and the walles therof made vp agayne, then shall not they geue, tolle, tribute, and custome, and the kynges profyte shall incurre dammage. ¹⁴ And now in the meane season we haue destroyed the temple, and wolde no longer se the kynges dishonoure: Therfore sent we out also, and certifyed the kynge: ¹⁵ that it maye be sought in the boke of the Chronycles of thy progenitours, and so shalt thou fynde in the booke of the Chronycles, and perceaue that this cytie is sedicious and noysome vnto kynges and landes, and that they cause other also among them to rebell of olde, & for the same cause was thys cytie destroyed. ¹⁶ Therfore do we certyfye the kynge that yf this cyte be buylded agayne, and the walles therof made vp, thou shalt herafter haue no porcion on this fyde the water. ¹⁷ Then sent the kyng a answere vnto Rehum the recorder, & Simsai the scribe, and to the other of theyr companyons that dwelt in Samaria, & vnto the other that were beyonde the water, in Selan and Cheheth. ¹⁸ The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath bene openly redd before me, ¹⁹ and I haue commaunded to make search: & it is founde, that this cytie of olde hath made insurreccion agaynst kynges, and that rebellion and sedicion hath bene commytted therin. ²⁰ There haue bene myghtie kinges also at Ierusalem, which haue raygned ouer all countrees beyonde the water: and tolle, trybute, & custome was geuen vnto them: ²¹ Geue ye now therfore commaundement, that the same men be forbydden, and that the cytie be not buylded agayne, tyll I haue geuen another commaundement. ²² Take hede now that ye be not negligent to do this: for why shulde the kynge haue harme there thorowe? ²³ Now when the copye of kynge Artaxerses letter was red before Rehum and Simsai the Scribe and their companyons, they went vp in all the haste to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, and forbad them with violence and power.

⁶ This is the copye of the letter, that Tathnai (which was captayne on thys syde the water) and Starbaznai, and the councellers of Apharsah (which were on this syde the water) sent vnto kyng Darius. ⁷ And the matter that they sent vnto him, was written thus within the lettre: Unto Darius the kynge, all peace. ⁸ Be it knowne vnto the kyng, that we went into the lande of Iewry to the house of the great God, which is buylded wt mighty greate stones, and beames are layed in the walles, and the worcke goeth fast forth, and prospereth in their handes. ⁹ Then asked we the Elders, & sayde vnto them as it foloweth: Who commaunded you to buylde this house, & to make vp the walles therof? ¹⁰ We asked their names also, that we might certifie the, and wryte the names of the men that were theyr rulers. ¹¹ But they answered vs with these wordes, and sayde. We are the seruauntes of him that is God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house that was buylded many yeres agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded, and set vp. ¹² But after that oure fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hande of Nabuchodonozer the king of Babilon, & of the Caldees, which brake downe this house, and caried the people awaye captiue vnto Babilon. ¹³ But in the fyrst yere of Cyrus the kyng of Babylon, the same kyng Cyrus gaue commaundement concernyng thys house of God, that it shulde be builded agayne. ¹⁴ And the vesselles of golde & syluer of the house of God, which Nabuchodonozer toke out of the temple that was at Ierusalem, & brought them into the temple at Babilon, those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of the temple at Babilon, and they were delyuered vnto one Sasbazar by name, whom he made captayne, ¹⁵ and sayde vnto him. Take these vessels, and go thy waye, and sett them in the temple that is at Ierusalem, and lett the house of God be buylded in hys place. ¹⁶ Then came the same Sasbazar, and layde the foundacyon of the house of God which is at Ierusalem. Sence that tyme also vntyll now hath it bene in buyldynge, and yet is it not fynished. ¹⁷ Yf it please the kynge now therfore, lett there be searche made in the kynges library which is there at Babylon, whether it haue bene kyng Cyrus commaundement, that thys temple of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded and let hym sende vs the kynges mynde concernynge the same matter.

¹³ Then Thathnai the captaine of the countrey beyonde the water, and Stharboznai with theyr councelers (to whom kynge Darius had sent) did their diligence:

²¹ I kyng Arthaxerses haue commaunded all the treasures beyonde the water, that loke whatsoeuer Esdras the preaste and scrybe in the lawe of the God of heauen, requireth of you, that ye fulfyll the same spedely, ²² vntyll an hundred talentes of syluer, vntyll an hundred quarters of wheate, and tyll an hundred Batthes of wyne, & tyll an hundred Batthes of oyle, & salt without measure. ²³ Whatsoeuer also belongeth to the lawe of the God of heauen, let the same be done without anye delaye for the house of the God of heauen, that he be not wroth agaynst the realme, & agaynst the kynge, and hys chyldren. ²⁴ And we certifye you, that ye haue no auctorite to requyre taxinge and custome, and yearly rentes vpon any of the preastes, Leuites, syngers, porters, Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God.

³ And all the rulers in the landes, and princes & Debites, & officers of the kyng, promoted the Iewes, for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them.

⁶ Agayne the straungers that stycke to the Lorde, to serue hym, and to loue hys name: and to be hys seruauntes. And all they, whych kepe them selues, that they vnhalowe not the Sabboth, namely, that they fulfyll my couenaunt: ⁷ Them wyll I brynge to my holy mountayne, and make them ioyfull in my house of prayer. Theyr burnt offrynges and sacrifyces shalbe accepted vpon myne aulter. For my house shalbe called an house of prayer for all people.

²⁷ And when he was disposed to go into Acaia, the brethren wrote, exhortyng the discyples to receaue him. Which whan he was come helped them moche which had beleued thorow grace.

¹⁶ And the erth holpe the woman, and the erth opened her mouth & swalowed, vp the ryuer, which the dragon cast out of his mouth.