2 Kings 2 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And it chanced that the LORD was minded to take up Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind. ² Elijah and Elisha were going from Gilgal, and Elijah said to Elisha, "Tarry here, I pray thee, for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And when they came to Bethel, ³ the children of the Prophets that were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Knowest thou not how that the LORD will take away thy master from thee this day?" And he said, "I know it too; hold your peace." ⁴ Then said Elijah to Elisha, "Tarry here a fellowship: for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho." And he said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as surely as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And so they went to Jericho. ⁵ And the children of the Prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said unto him, "Art thou not aware that the LORD will take away thy master from thee this day?" And he answered, "I know it also; hold your peace." ⁶ And Elijah said to him, "Tarry, I pray thee, here: for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan." But he said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And so they went both of them together. ⁷ And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went and stood in sight afar off, as they two stood by Jordan. ⁸ And then Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the water, and it divided itself, part the one way and part the other, and they two went over on the dry land. ⁹ And as soon as they were over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee." And Elisha said, "Let me, I pray thee, have thy spirit double in me." ¹⁰ And he said, "Thou hast asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken away from thee, thou shalt have it so: if thou do not, it shall not be." ¹¹ And as they went walking and talking, behold, there came a chariot of fire and horses of fire and put them asunder. And Elijah went up in the whirlwind to heaven. ¹² And Elisha saw and cried, "O my father, O my father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" And saw him no more: and therefore took his own clothes and rent them in two pieces. ¹³ And then he took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back again and stood by Jordan's side, ¹⁴ and took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the water and said, "Where is the LORD God of Elijah? Where is he?" And when he had smitten the water it divided part this way and part that way, and Elisha went over. ¹⁵ And the children of the Prophets of Jericho which saw from afar, said, "The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha," and went against him and bowed to the earth unto him. ¹⁶ And they said unto him, "See, there be among thy servants fifty lusty men; let them go and seek thy master: haply the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or in some valley." And he said, "Send not." ¹⁷ Nevertheless yet they lay upon him, till he was ashamed, and said, "Send." And they sent fifty men which sought him three days and three nights, but found him not. ¹⁸ And they came again to him, for he tarried at Jericho. And he said to them, "Did I not say unto you that ye should not go?" ¹⁹ Then the men of Jericho said to Elisha, "Behold, the city standeth pleasantly as my lord seeth, but the water is nought and the ground barren." ²⁰ And he said, "Bring me a new cruse and put salt therein." And they brought it to him. ²¹ And he went unto the spring of the water and cast the salt in thither, and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'I heal this water, there shall not come henceforth either death or barrenness.'" ²² And the water was healthsome ever after according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. ²³ And he went from thence up to Bethel. And as he was going up in the way, there came little lads out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, thou bald head! Go up thou baldhead!" ²⁴ And he turned back and looked on them and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came two bears out of the wood and tare forty two of the boys. ²⁵ And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence went again to Samaria.

²⁴ and then Enoch lived a godly life, and was no more seen - for God took him away.

²⁵ he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren."

⁹ Sara saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, a mocking.

¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel, for indeed the name of the city was called Luz before time.

¹⁹ And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people."

¹⁹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, 'Take thy staff and stretch out thine hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, rivers, ponds and all pools of water, that they may be blood, and that there may be blood in all the land of Egypt: both in vessels of wood and also of stone.'"

²¹ When now Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, the LORD carried away the sea with a strong east wind that blew all night, and made the sea dry land and the water divided itself. ²² And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea upon the dry ground. And the water was a wall unto them, both on their right hand and on their left hand.

²³ At the last they came to Marah: but they could not drink of the waters for bitterness, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of the place was called Marah.

²⁵ And Moses cried unto the LORD, and he showed him a tree: and he cast it into the water, and they waxed sweet. There he made them an ordinance and a law, and there he tempted them, ²⁶ and said, "If ye will hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight and will give an ear unto his commandments, and keep all his ordinances: then will I put none of these diseases upon thee which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the LORD thy surgeon."

⁵ See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

²⁶ "Moreover there shall be no woman childless or unfruitful in thy land, and the number of thy days I will fulfill.

¹³ All thy meat offerings thou shalt salt with salt: neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: but upon all thine offerings thou shalt bring salt.

¹⁷ And I will come down and talk with thee there, and take of the spirit which is upon thee and put upon them, and they shall bear with thee in the burden of the people, and so shalt thou not bear alone.

²⁵ And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And as the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did nought else.

²⁵ And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And as the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did nought else. ²⁶ But there remained two of the men in the host: the one called Eldad, and the other Medad. And the spirit rested upon them for they were of them that were written, but they went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the host. ²⁷ And there ran a young man and told Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the host." ²⁸ And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses which he had chosen out, answered and said, "Master Moses, forbid them." ²⁹ And Moses said unto him, "Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the LORD's people could prophesy, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them."

¹¹ he said unto Moses, "Oh I beseech thee my lord, put not the sin upon us which we have foolishly committed and sinned.

¹⁶ "Let the LORD, God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation; ¹⁷ which may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd." ¹⁸ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun in whom there is spirit, and put thine hands upon him, ¹⁹ and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight. ²⁰ And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the children of Israel may hear.

²⁰ And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the children of Israel may hear. ²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest which shall ask counsel for him, after the manner of the light, before the LORD: And at the mouth of Eleazar shall both he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation, go in and out." ²² And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, ²³ and put his hands upon him and give him a charge, as the LORD commanded through the hand of Moses.

¹⁷ But he shall know the son of the hated for his firstborn, that he give him double of all that he hath. For he is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the firstbornship.

² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep;

¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹⁵ "But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee:

¹⁵ "But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field;

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field; ¹⁷ cursed shall thine almery be and thy store.

¹⁷ cursed shall thine almery be and thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep. ¹⁹ And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, and when thou goest out. ²⁰ And the LORD shall send upon thee cursing, going to nought, and complaining in all that thou settest thine hand to; whatsoever thou doest, until thou be destroyed and brought to nought quickly, because of the wickedness of thine inventions in that thou hast forsaken the LORD. ²¹ And the LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ²² And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish. ²³ "And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. ²⁴ And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the LORD shall plague thee before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered among all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And thy carcass shall be meat unto all manner fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

³ How loved he the people? All his saints are in his hand. They shall set themselves down at thy feet, and receive of thy words.

⁹ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom: for Moses had put his hand upon him. And all the children of Israel hearkened unto him and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

¹ After the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

¹ After the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, ² "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore, up and go over Jordan, both thou and all this people, unto the land the which I give unto the children of Israel.

² "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore, up and go over Jordan, both thou and all this people, unto the land the which I give unto the children of Israel. ³ All the places that the soles of your feet shall tread upon, have I given you, as I said unto Moses: ⁴ from the wilderness and this Lebanon unto the great river Euphrates; and all the land of the Hittites, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coasts. ⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee and will neither leave thee, nor forsake thee. ⁶ Be strong and bold: for unto this people shalt thou divide the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. ⁷ Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand. ⁸ Let not the book of this law depart out of thy mouth: but record therein day and night that thou mayest be circumspect to do according to all that is written therein. For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have understanding. ⁹ Behold, I have said unto thee, be strong and bold: neither fear, nor dread. For the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

⁷ And the LORD said unto Joshua, "This day will I begin to magnify thee, in the sight of all Israel, that they may know how that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.

¹⁴ And when the people were departed from their tents to go over Jordan — the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people - ¹⁵ as soon as they that bare the ark came unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water — Jordan being full over all his banks all the time of harvest -

¹⁵ as soon as they that bare the ark came unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water — Jordan being full over all his banks all the time of harvest - ¹⁶ the water that came down from above did stop; and stood upon a heap, a great way from Adam, a city beside Zarethan. And the water that went down vanished into the sea of the wilderness called the salt sea as soon as it was divided: and the people went right over against Jericho. ¹⁷ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood still upon dry land, until all the people were clean over Jordan.

¹⁴ That day, the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him, as they feared Moses all the days of his life.

¹⁹ And the people came up out of Jordan the tenth day of the first month and pitched in Gilgal even in the east borders of Jericho.

⁹ And the LORD said unto Joshua, "This day I have taken away the shame of Egypt from you": and called the name of the same place Gilgal unto this day.

¹⁷ But the city shall be excommunicate, both it and all that is therein, unto the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, both she and all that is with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

²⁶ And Joshua cursed at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: so that he lay the foundation with the death of his eldest son, and with the death of his youngest set up the gates."

¹³ And Gideon answered him, "Oh my Lord; if the LORD be with us, why is all this come upon us? Yea, and where be his miracles which our fathers told us of and said, 'The LORD brought us out of Egypt'? But now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites."

²⁰ But, if ye have not dealt truly, then I pray God a fire may come out of Abimelech and consume the citizens of Shechem and the house of Mello. And that there come a fire out of the citizens of Shechem, and out of the house of Mello and consume Abimelech."

⁴⁵ And then Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took it, and slew the people that were therein, and destroyed the city and sowed salt in the place.

⁵⁷ and thereto all the wickedness of the men of Shechem, God did bring upon their heads: And upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

¹⁵ Then she said, "See, thy sister-in-law is gone back again unto her people and unto her god: return thou after her." ¹⁶ But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from after thee. For whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou dwellest, there I will dwell. Thy people are my people, and thy God is my God. ¹⁷ Where thou diest, I will die, and there will be buried. The LORD do so and so to me, except that death only depart thee and me asunder." ¹⁸ When she saw that she would needs go with her, she left speaking unto her.

²⁶ and then she said, "Oh my lord, as truly as thy soul liveth my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

¹⁰ When they came to the hill, behold, the company of prophets met him, and the spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. ¹¹ And all that knew him before, when they saw that he prophesied among the prophets, they said each to other, "What is happened unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" ¹² And one of the same place answered, and said, "Who is their father?" And thereof sprang a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

⁵⁵ When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of his host, "Abner, whose son is this lad?" And Abner answered, "As truly as thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell."

²⁰ Then Saul sent messengers to fetch David. And when they saw a company of prophets prophesying and Samuel standing fast by them, the spirit of God fell upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesied too.

²⁶ And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal.

¹⁹ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, "Wherefore shouldest thou go with us also? Return and abide with the king, for thou art a stranger and art removed from thine own place. ²⁰ Thou camest but yesterday, and should I unquiet thee today to go with us? I will go whither I go. But return thou and carry again thy brethren. Mercy and truth be with thee." ²¹ And Ittai answered the king and said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as surely as my lord the king liveth: in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there will thy servant be."

⁸ For," said Hushai, "thou knowest thy father and the men that are with him, how that they be strong men. And they be chafed in their minds, even as a bear robbed of her whelps. And thy father is a man practiced in war, and will not lie a nights among the common people.

²² Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again to Joab, "Come what will, let me run, I pray thee, after Cushi." And Joab said, "Wherefore shouldest thou run my son? For and thou run thou gettest no reward." He answered, "Well, come what will; let me run." ²³ And he said unto him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the plain and overran Cushi.

⁹ Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?"

²⁶ he made ships in Eziongeber which is beside Eloth, on the brink of the reed sea, in the land of Edom.

²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto the people, "Ye shall not need to go any more to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt!" ²⁹ And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

²⁹ And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan. ³⁰ And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan. ³¹ And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam made a feast the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like unto the feast that was in Judah, and offered on the altar. And so did he in Bethel, to offer unto the calves that he had made. And he put in Bethel the priests of the hill altars, which he had made. ³³ And he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had imagined of his own heart: and made a solemn feast unto the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn sacrifice.

²⁴ And as he journeyed, a lion met him by the way and slew him, and his carcass lay along in the way and the ass stood thereby, and the lion stood by the corpse also.

³⁴ In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. And it cost him Abiram his eldest son when he laid the foundation, and his youngest son when he set up the gates, agreeing unto the word of the LORD which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

⁴ insomuch that when Jezebel destroyed the Prophets of the LORD, he took a hundred of the Prophets and hid them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another, and provided bread and water for them.

⁷ And it chanced, as Obadiah went in the way, that Elijah met him. And Obadiah knew him and fell on his face and said, "Art not thou my lord Elijah?"

¹² And as soon as I am gone from thee, the spirit of the LORD shall carry thee away, whither I shall not know: and then when I have gone and told Ahab, and then he can not find thee, he shall slay me. And yet I thy servant have feared the LORD from my young age. ¹³ Was it not told my lord what I did, when Jezebel slew the Prophets of the LORD? How I hid a hundred of the LORD's Prophets, fifty in one cave and as many in another, and provided them of bread and water?

¹⁹ But now send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel; and the Prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty; and the Prophets of the groves; four hundred, which eat of Jezebel's table. ²⁰ And Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the Prophets unto mount Carmel.

³⁶ And when offering time was come, Elijah the prophet went to and said, "LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and of Israel, let it be known this day, that thou art the God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I do all these things at thy commandment. ³⁷ Hear me, O LORD; hear me, that this people may know, that thou LORD, art the God, and that thou hast turned their hearts backward." ³⁸ And there fell fire from the LORD and consumed the sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the gutter. ³⁹ And when all the people saw that, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God, the LORD, he is God."

⁴² And when Ahab went up to eat and to drink, Elijah went up to the top of mount Carmel; and bowed himself to the earth, and put his face between his knees,

⁴ And he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and when he was come sat down under a Juniper tree, and desired for his soul, that he might die, and said, "It is now enough, O LORD, take my soul; for I am not better than my fathers."

¹¹ And he said, "Come out and stand before the LORD." And behold, the LORD went by: and a mighty strong wind that rent the mountains and brake the rocks, before him. But the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD was not in the earthquake.

¹³ And when Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and went out and stood in the mouth of the cave. And see, there came a voice unto him and said, "What doest thou here Elijah?"

¹⁶ and Jehu the son of Nimshi, anoint to be king over Israel; And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah anoint to be Prophet in thy room. ¹⁷ And whoso escapeth the sword of Hazael, him shall Jehu slay: and if any man escape the sword of Jehu, him shall Elisha slay.

¹⁷ And whoso escapeth the sword of Hazael, him shall Jehu slay: and if any man escape the sword of Jehu, him shall Elisha slay. ¹⁸ And thereto I have left me seven thousand in Israel, of which never man bowed his knees unto Baal nor kissed him with his mouth." ¹⁹ And he departed thence and found Elisha the son of Shaphat plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelve. And Elijah went to him and cast his mantle upon him.

¹⁹ And he departed thence and found Elisha the son of Shaphat plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelve. And Elijah went to him and cast his mantle upon him. ²⁰ And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow thee." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to thee?" ²¹ And he went back again from after him, and took a yoke of oxen and slew them, and dressed the flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave it the people, and they did eat. And then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered unto him.

³⁵ Then a certain man of the children of the Prophets said unto his fellow, with the word of the LORD, "Smite me, I pray thee." And the man would not smite him. ³⁶ And he said, "Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD: behold, as soon as thou art departed from me a lion shall slay thee." And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and slew him.

¹⁰ And Elijah answered and said to the captain over the fifty, "If I be a man of God, fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty." And there came fire down from heaven and devoured him and his fifty. ¹¹ And the king went again and sent to him another captain over fifty with his fifty, which answered and said unto him, "Oh man of God, thus sayeth the king, 'Make haste and come down.'" ¹² And Elijah answered and said unto them, "If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty." And there came fire down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

¹ And it chanced that the LORD was minded to take up Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind. ² Elijah and Elisha were going from Gilgal, and Elijah said to Elisha, "Tarry here, I pray thee, for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And when they came to Bethel, ³ the children of the Prophets that were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Knowest thou not how that the LORD will take away thy master from thee this day?" And he said, "I know it too; hold your peace." ⁴ Then said Elijah to Elisha, "Tarry here a fellowship: for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho." And he said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as surely as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And so they went to Jericho. ⁵ And the children of the Prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said unto him, "Art thou not aware that the LORD will take away thy master from thee this day?" And he answered, "I know it also; hold your peace." ⁶ And Elijah said to him, "Tarry, I pray thee, here: for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan." But he said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And so they went both of them together. ⁷ And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went and stood in sight afar off, as they two stood by Jordan. ⁸ And then Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the water, and it divided itself, part the one way and part the other, and they two went over on the dry land.

⁸ And then Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the water, and it divided itself, part the one way and part the other, and they two went over on the dry land. ⁹ And as soon as they were over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee." And Elisha said, "Let me, I pray thee, have thy spirit double in me." ¹⁰ And he said, "Thou hast asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken away from thee, thou shalt have it so: if thou do not, it shall not be." ¹¹ And as they went walking and talking, behold, there came a chariot of fire and horses of fire and put them asunder. And Elijah went up in the whirlwind to heaven. ¹² And Elisha saw and cried, "O my father, O my father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" And saw him no more: and therefore took his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.

¹⁴ and took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the water and said, "Where is the LORD God of Elijah? Where is he?" And when he had smitten the water it divided part this way and part that way, and Elisha went over. ¹⁵ And the children of the Prophets of Jericho which saw from afar, said, "The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha," and went against him and bowed to the earth unto him.

¹⁷ Nevertheless yet they lay upon him, till he was ashamed, and said, "Send." And they sent fifty men which sought him three days and three nights, but found him not.

¹⁹ Then the men of Jericho said to Elisha, "Behold, the city standeth pleasantly as my lord seeth, but the water is nought and the ground barren."

¹ And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen."

¹ And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen." ² And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thine house?" And she said, thy handmaid hath nothing at all in her house, save a pitcher with oil. ³ And he said, "Go and borrow thee in other places, of all thy neighbours, empty vessels — and that not a few. ⁴ And then go and shut the door to thee and to thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and put the full always aside."

²⁵ And so she went and came unto the man of God, to mount Carmel. And when the man of God saw her a far, he said to Gehazi his servant, "See, where our servant cometh.

³⁰ Notwithstanding, the mother of the child said, "As sure as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And then he arose and followed her.

³⁷ Then she went and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son and went out. ³⁸ When Elisha was come to Gilgal again, there was a dearth in the land, and the children of the prophets dwelt with him. Then he said to his servant, "Put on a great pot, and make pottage for the children of the prophets."

⁴¹ Then he said, "Bring meal." And he cast it into the pot and said, "Fill for the people that they may eat." And there was no harm in the pot.

²² And he said, "Yea. But my master hath sent me, saying, 'See, there be two young men come to me out of Ephraim of the children of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, one talent of silver and a couple of good garments."

¹ Then said the children of the prophets unto Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell with thee, is too little for us. ² Let us there take every man a beam and build us a place there, to dwell in." And he said, "Go ye." ³ And one said, "Begin I pray thee, and go with thy servants." And he said, "I will," ⁴ and so went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. ⁵ And as one was heaving of a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried out and said, "Alas, master, for it was lent me." ⁶ And the man of God said, "Where fell it?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a stick and cast it in thither, and made the axe head swim.

⁶ And the man of God said, "Where fell it?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a stick and cast it in thither, and made the axe head swim. ⁷ And he said, "Take it up to thee." And the other stretched his hand and caught it.

¹⁷ And Elisha prayed and said, "LORD open the eyes of the young man," and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

¹¹ And the man of God began to look earnestly, insomuch that he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

¹ And Elisha the prophet called unto one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, "Gird up thy loins and take this box of oil in thine hand and get thee to Ramoth in Gilead.

¹⁴ When Elisha was fallen sick of the sickness whereof he died, Joash king of Israel came to him and wept to him, and said, "O father, father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen of the same!"

¹⁴ When Elisha was fallen sick of the sickness whereof he died, Joash king of Israel came to him and wept to him, and said, "O father, father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen of the same!" ¹⁵ And Elisha said unto him, "Bring bow and arrows." And he brought to him bow and arrows. ¹⁶ And he said to the king of Israel, "Put thine hand upon the bow, and when he had put his hand upon the bow, Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands." ¹⁷ Then he said, "Open a window eastward," and he opened. And Elisha said, "shoot," and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of salvation of the LORD; and the arrow of salvation against the Syrians: For thou shalt beat the Syrians in Aphek till thou have consumed them." ¹⁸ Then he said, "Take arrows," and he took. Then he said to the king of Israel, "Smite the ground," and he smote thrice and ceased. ¹⁹ And the man of God was angry with him and said, "Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, and then thou hadst smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them: where now thou shalt beat them but thrice."

¹⁸ O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their hearts unto thee. ¹⁹ And give unto Solomon my son, a pure heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies and thine ordinances, and to do all, and to build the house which I intended."

⁹ And now LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be true. For thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. ¹⁰ Wherefore give me wisdom and knowledge how to behave myself unto this people: for who is able to judge this people that is so great?"

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

²⁵ And I reproved them, and cursed them, and smote certain men of them, and plucked them up, and took an oath of them by God, "Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. ²⁶ Did not Solomon the king of Israel sin therein? And yet among many Heathen was there no king like him, and he was dear unto his God, and God made him king over all Israel, and yet nevertheless outlandish women caused him to sin? ²⁷ And shall we then obey unto you, to do all this great evil, and to transgress against our God, and marry strange wives?"

²⁰ Then Job stood up, and rent his clothes, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, ²¹ and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."

¹⁸ Yea the children despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spake evil upon me.

³⁰ If thou be innocent, he shall save thee: and through the unguiltiness of thine hands shalt thou be delivered."

¹ But now, they that are mine inferiors and younger than I, have me in derision; yea even they, whose fathers I would have thought scorn to have set with the dogs of my cattle.

⁸ They were children of fools and villains, which are dead away from the world. ⁹ Now am I their song, and am become their jesting stock; ¹⁰ they abhor me, they flee far from me, and stain my face with spittle, ¹¹ for the LORD hath opened his quiver: he hath hit me, and put a bridle in my mouth. ¹² Upon my right hand they rose together against me; they have hurt my feet, made a way to destroy me, ¹³ and my path have they clean marred. It was so easy for them to do me harm, that they needed no man to help them. ¹⁴ They fell upon me, as it had been the breaking in of waters, and came in by heaps to destroy me. ¹⁵ "Fearfulness is turned against me. Mine honour vanisheth away more swiftly than wind, and my prosperity departeth hence like as it were a cloud. ¹⁶ Therefore is my mind poured full of heaviness, and the days of trouble have taken hold upon me. ¹⁷ My bones are pierced through in the night season, and my sinews take no rest. ¹⁸ With all their power have they changed my garment, and girded me therewith, as it were with a coat. ¹⁹ I am even as it were clay, and am become like ashes and dust. ²⁰ When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not. ²¹ Thou art become mine enemy, and with thy violent hand thou takest part against me. ²² In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall. ²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living. ²⁴ Now use not men to do violence unto them, that are destroyed already; but where hurt is done, there use they to help. ²⁵ Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor? ²⁶ Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness. ²⁷ My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me. ²⁸ Meekly and lowly came I in, yea and without any displeasure; I stood up in the congregation, and communed with them. ²⁹ But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches. ³⁰ My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat; ³¹ my harp is turned to sorrow, and my pipe to weeping.

¹ When spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said,

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

¹⁵ But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the very lame came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not.

² My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

¹⁰ My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

¹⁷ The chariots of God are many thousand times a thousand, the LORD is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.

¹ {Of Solomon} Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

²⁰ Here end the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.

³ who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. ⁴ Thou makest thine angels spirits, and thy ministers a flaming fire.

³³ which turneth floods into dry land, and drieth up the watersprings! ³⁴ A fruitful land maketh he barren, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. ³⁵ Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water, and watersprings of a dry ground. ³⁶ There he setteth the hungry, that they may build them a city to dwell in, ³⁷ that they may sow their land and plant vineyards, to yield them fruits of increase. ³⁸ He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

⁵ What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? And ye little hills, like young sheep? ⁷ Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

² Wherefore shall the Heathen say, "Where is now their God?"

¹¹ When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth.

¹² It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.

¹¹ A child is known by his conversation, whether his works be pure and right.

⁶ If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.

¹⁵ Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.

¹⁵ Like as a roaring lion and a hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.

⁴ Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

⁷ A time to cut in pieces, and a time to sew together; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

¹⁹ Wisdom giveth more courage unto the wise, than ten mighty men of the city.

¹⁶ Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. ¹⁷ A wise man's counsel that is followed in silence, is far above the crying of a captain among fools. ¹⁸ For wisdom is better than harness: but one unthrifty alone destroyeth much good.

¹⁰ Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remove evil from thy body: for childhood and youth is but vanity.

⁴ Alas for this sinful nation, which are expert in blasphemies; a seed of ungracious people, corrupt in their ways. They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the holy one of Israel unto anger, and are gone backward.

⁵ One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.

¹⁸ But lo, as for me, and the children which the LORD hath given me: we are a token and a wonder in Israel, for the LORD of Hosts' sake, which dwelleth upon the hill of Zion.

² And on him shall light the spirit of the LORD: the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of strength, the spirit of knowledge and of reverence, and it shall make him savour of the fear of the LORD

¹⁵ The LORD also shall cleave the tongues of the Egyptian's sea, and with a mighty wind shall he lift up his hand over the Nile, and shall smite his seven streams and make men go over dry shod.

⁴ The LORD thy God, no doubt, hath well considered the words of Rabshakeh, whom his lord the king of the Assyrians hath sent, to defy and blaspheme the living God: with such words as the LORD thy God hath heard right well. And therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that yet are left.'"

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD on this manner,

²¹ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'Whereas thou hast made thy prayer unto me, as touching Sennacherib,

¹ Be still, ye Islands, and hearken unto me. Be strong ye people; Come hither, and show your cause: we will go to the law together.

¹ But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked, ² that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure. ³ Come hither, therefore, ye charmer's children; ye sons of the adulterer and the whore. ⁴ Wherein take ye your pleasure? Upon whom gape ye with your mouth, and blear out your tongue? Are ye not children of adultery, and a seed of dissimulation?

²¹ I will make this covenant with them, sayeth the LORD: My spirit that is come upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never go out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy children, nor out of the mouth of thy children's children, from this time forth for evermore.

² And shalt swear, 'The LORD liveth' in truth, in equity and righteousness: and all people shall be fortunable and joyful in him."

¹⁸ The children gather sticks, the fathers kindle the fire, the mothers knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

¹⁶ And therefore thus sayeth the LORD: behold, I will send thee out of the land, and within a year thou shalt die because thou hast falsely spoken against the LORD."

²¹ Thus hath the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel spoken, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy lies unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, that he may slay them before your eyes. ²² And all the prisoners of Judah that are in Babylon, shall take upon them this term of cursing, and say, 'Now God do unto thee, as he did unto Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; ²³ Because they sinned shamefully in Israel. For they have not only defiled their neighbours' wives, but also preached lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them. This I testify, and assure, sayeth the LORD.

⁶⁵ Give them the thing, that their own heart is afraid of: even thy curse.

⁴ And I looked, and behold: a stormy wind came out of the North with a great cloud full of fire, which, with his glister, lightened all round about. And in the midst of the fire it was all clear, ⁵ and as it were the likeness of four beasts: which were fashioned like a man, ⁶ that every one had four faces and four wings. ⁷ Their legs were straight; But their feet were like bullock's feet, and they glistered, as it had been fair scoured metal. ⁸ Under their wings upon all the four corners they had men's hands. Their faces and their wings were toward the four corners: ⁹ yet were the wings so, that one ever touched another. When they went, they turned them not about: but each one went straight forward. ¹⁰ Upon the right side of these four, their faces were like the face of a man, and the face of a Lion: But upon the left side, they had the face of an ox and the face of an eagle. ¹¹ Their faces also and their wings were spread out above: so that two wings of one touched ever two wings of another, and with the other two they covered their body. ¹² Every one, when it went, it went straight forward. Whereas the spirit led them, thither they went; and turned not about in their going. ¹³ And the similitude of the beasts and the fashion of them was as burning coals of fire and as fire brands, walking between the beasts. And the fire did shine, and out of the fire proceeded lightning. ¹⁴ And the beasts ran and returned after the fashion of lightning. ¹⁵ Now when I had well considered the beasts, I saw a work of wheels upon the earth with four faces also like the beasts. ¹⁶ The fashion and the work of the wheels was like the sea. The four wheels were joined and made, to look upon, as it had been one wheel in another. ¹⁷ When one went forward, they went all four, and turned them not about in their going. ¹⁸ They were large, great and horrible to look upon. Their bodies were full of eyes round about them all four. When the beasts went, the wheels went also with them: ¹⁹ And when the beasts lift themselves up from the earth, the wheels were lift up also. ²⁰ Whithersoever the spirit went, thither went they also, and the wheels were lift up, and followed them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels. ²¹ When the beasts went forth, stood still, or lift themselves up from the earth: then the wheels also went, stood still, and were lift up, for the breath of life was in the wheels. ²² Above over the heads of the beasts there was a firmament, which was fashioned as it had been of the most pure Crystal, and that was spread out above upon their heads: ²³ under the same firmament were their wings laid abroad, one toward another, and two wings covered the body of every beast. ²⁴ And when they went forth I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as it had been the voice of the great God, and a rushing together as it were of a host of men. And when they stood still, they let down their wings. ²⁵ Now when they stood still, and had let down their wings, it thundered in the firmament that was above their heads. ²⁶ Above the firmament that was over their heads, there was the fashion of a seat, as it had been made of Sapphire. Upon the seat there sat one like a man. ²⁷ I beheld him, and he was like a clear light, as it had been all of fire within from his loins upward. And beneath when I looked upon him under the loins, methought he was like a shining fire, that giveth light on every side. ²⁸ Yea the shine and glister that lightened round about, was like a rainbow, which in a rainy day appeareth in the clouds. Even so was the similitude, wherein the glory of the LORD appeared. When I saw it, I fell upon my face, and hearkened unto the voice of him that spake.

¹⁴ Now when the spirit took me up, and carried me away, I went with a heavy and sorrowful mind, but the hand of the LORD comforted me right soon.

³ This similitude stretched out a hand, and took me by the hairy locks of my head, and the spirit lift me up betwixt heaven and earth: And God brought me in a vision to Jerusalem, into the court of the inward port that lieth toward the north. There stood an image, with whom he that hath all things in his power was very wroth.

⁹ I saw also four wheels beside the Cherubims, so that by every Cherub there stood a wheel. And the wheels were, to look upon, after the fashion of the precious stone of Tharsis, ¹⁰ yet unto the sight were they fashioned and like, as if one wheel had been in another. ¹¹ When they went forth, they went all four together, not turning about in their going. But where the first went, thither went they after also, so that they turned not about in their going. ¹² Their whole bodies, their backs, their hands and wings, yea and the wheels also, were all full of eyes round about them, all four. ¹³ And I heard him call the wheels Gilgal. ¹⁴ Every one of them had four faces: so that the one face was the face of a Cherub, the second of a man, the third of a lion, the fourth of an Eagle, ¹⁵ and they were lifted up above. This is the beast, that I saw at the water of Chebar. ¹⁶ Now when the Cherubims went, the wheels went with them; and when the Cherubims shook their wings to lift themselves upward, the wheels remained not behind, but were with them also. ¹⁷ Shortly, when they stood, these stood also: And when they were lift up, the wheels were lift up also with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels. ¹⁸ Then the glory of the LORD was lift up from the threshold of the temple, and remained upon the Cherubims. ¹⁹ And the Cherubims flickered with their wings, and lift themselves up from the earth: so that I saw when they went, and the wheels with them. And they stood at the east side of the port that is in the house of the LORD. So the glory of the LORD was upon them. ²⁰ This is the beast that I saw under the God of Israel, by the water of Chebar. And I perceived, that it was the Cherubims. ²¹ Every one had four faces, and every one four wings, and under their wings, as it were men's hands. ²² Now the figure of their faces was even as I had seen them, by the water of Chebar, and so was the countenance of them: Every one in his going went straight forward.

²⁴ But the wind took me up, and in a vision which came by the spirit of God it brought me again into Chaldea among the prisoners. Then the vision that I had seen vanished away from me.

² even into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of God: and set me down upon a marvelous high mountain, whereupon there was a building, as it had been of a city, toward the north.

⁸ Then said he unto me, "This water that floweth out toward the East, and runneth down into the plain field, cometh into the sea: and from the sea it runneth out, and maketh the waters whole. ⁹ Yea, all that live and move, whereunto this river cometh, shall recover. And where this water cometh, there shall be many fish; For all that cometh to this water, shall be lusty and whole. ¹⁰ By this river shall the fishers stand from Engedi unto Eneglaim, and there spread out their nets: for there shall be great heaps of fish, like as in the main sea. ¹¹ As for his clay and pits, they shall not be whole. For why? It shall be occupied for salt.

¹¹ As for his clay and pits, they shall not be whole. For why? It shall be occupied for salt.

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, are disposed to play the harlot, yet shouldest not thou have offended, O Judah. Thou shouldest not have run to Gilgal, nor gone up to Bethaven, nor have sworn, 'The LORD liveth.'

¹⁴ O LORD thou shalt give them: what shalt thou give them? Give them an unfruitful womb and dry breasts!

⁵ They that dwell in Samaria have worshiped the calf of Bethaven: therefore shall the people mourn over them, yea and the priests also, that in their wealthiness rejoiced with them. And why? It shall pass away from them.

¹⁵ Even so shall it go with you, O Bethel, because of your malicious wickedness. Like as the morning goeth away, so shall the king of Israel pass.

⁸ I will come upon them as a she bear, that is robbed of her whelps, and I will break that stubborn heart of theirs. There will I devour them as a lion: yea the wild beast shall tear them.

¹⁷ Let the priests that minister unto the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and say, "Spare, Lord, thy people: and deliver not thine heritage unto rebuke that the heathen should reign over them. Why should they say among the nations, 'Where is their God?'"

¹⁴ 'That when I begin to visit the wickedness of Israel, I will visit the altars at Bethel also: so that the horns of the alter shall be broken off, and fall to the ground.

⁴ 'Ye came to Bethel for to work ungraciousness, and have increased your sins at Gilgal: ye brought your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes unto the third day.

⁵ but seek not after Bethel. come not at Gilgal, and go not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall be carried away captive, and Bethel shall come to naught.

¹³ and prophesy no more at Bethel, for it is the king's chapel, and the king's court.

¹⁷ Wherefore thus sayeth the LORD, 'Thy wife shall be defiled in the city, thy sons and daughters shall be slain with the sword, and thy land shall be measured out with the line. Thou thyself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall be driven out of his own country."

²⁰ But the LORD in his holy temple is he, whom all the world should fear.

⁸ Wast thou not angry, O LORD, in the waters? Was not thy wrath in the floods, and thy displeasure in the sea? Yes, when thou sattest upon thine horse, and when thy chariots had the victory.

⁹ Therefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and Ammon as Gomorrah: even dry thorn hedges, salt pits and perpetual wilderness. The residue of my folk shall spoil them, the remnant of my people shall have them in possession.

⁸ "'Hear O Joshua thou high priest: thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are wondrous people. Behold, I will bring forth the branch of my servant:

¹ Moreover I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came four chariots out from betwixt two hills, which hills were of brass: ² In the first chariot were red horses, in the second chariot were black horses, ³ in the third chariot were white horses, in the fourth chariot were horses of divers colours and strong. ⁴ Then spake I and said unto the angel that talked with me, 'O lord, what are these?' ⁵ The angel answered, and said unto me, 'These are the four winds of the heaven, which be come forth to stand before the ruler of all the earth. ⁶ That with the black horses went in to the land of the north, and the white followed them, and the speckled horses went forth toward the south. ⁷ These horses were very strong, and went out: and sought to go and take their journey over the whole earth.' And he said, 'Get you hence, and go through the world.' So they went throughout the world. ⁸ Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, 'Behold, these that go toward the north, shall still my wrath in the north country.'

¹² Turn you now to the stronghold, ye that be in prison, and long sore to be delivered: And this day I bring the word, that I will reward thee double again.

⁸ In that day shall the LORD defend the citizens of Jerusalem: so that the weakest then among them shall be as David: and the house of David shall be like as God's house, and as the Angel of the LORD before them.

¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake.

²⁹ and plaited a crown of thorns and put upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews," ³⁰ and spitted upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head. ³¹ And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him again, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

⁴⁰ and saying, "Thou that destroyest the temple of God, and buildest it in three days: save thyself. If thou be the son of God, come down from the cross." ⁴¹ Likewise also the high priests, mocking him with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴² "He saved others, himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel: let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. ⁴³ He trusted in God: let God deliver him now if he will have him, for he said, 'I am the son of God.'"

⁵⁰ Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."

¹⁴ And Jesus answered and said to it, "Never man eat fruit of thee hereafter while the world standeth." And his disciples heard it.

²¹ And Peter remembered, and said unto him, "Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst, is withered away." ²² And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Have confidence in God. ²³ Verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Take away thyself, and cast thyself into the sea'; and shall not waver in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he sayeth shall come to pass, whatsoever he sayeth shall be done to him. ²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, Whatsoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye shall have it and it shall be done unto you.

¹⁹ So then when the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received into heaven, and is set down on the righthand of God. ²⁰ And they went forth, and preached everywhere. And the Lord wrought with them; And confirmed the word with miracles that followed.

¹⁵ And it fortuned, as soon as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, "Let us go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is happened, which the Lord hath showed unto us."

⁵¹ And it followed, when the time was come that he should be received up, then he set his face to go to Jerusalem:

⁸ I say unto you, Though he would not arise and give him, because he is his friend: Yet because of his importunity he would rise and give him as many as he needed.

¹ And he entered in, and went through Jericho.

⁴⁵ Then opened he their wits, that they might understand the scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said unto them, "Thus is it written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from death the third day. ⁴⁷ And that repentance, and remission of sins, should be preached in his name among all nations. And must begin at Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, I will send the promise of my father upon you. But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." ⁵⁰ And he led them out into Bethany, and lift up his hands, and blessed them. ⁵¹ And it came to pass, as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up into heaven.

⁵¹ And it came to pass, as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up into heaven.

¹³ And no man ascendeth up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, that is to say, the son of man which is in heaven.

⁶⁷ Then said Jesus to the twelve, "Will ye also go away?" ⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life;

⁶ As soon as he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind,

¹² "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do: the same shall he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my father.

¹² "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do: the same shall he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my father. ¹³ And whatsoever ye ask in my name, that will I do, that the father might be glorified by the son. ¹⁴ If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

²⁶ "But when the comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the father, which is the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the father, he shall testify of me. ²⁷ And ye shall bear witness also, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

⁷ "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, that comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you.

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive it: that our joy may be full.

⁵ And now glorify me, thou father, with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee yer the world was. ⁶ "I have declared thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy sayings. ⁷ Now have they known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me, are of thee.

⁹ I pray for them, and I pray not for the world: but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine, ¹⁰ and all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And now am I no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy father, keep in thine own name them which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are. ¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me, have I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost child: that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ Now come I to thee, and these words speak I in the world, that they might have my joy full in them.

² until the day in the which he was taken up; after that he, through the holy ghost, had given commandments unto the apostles, which he had chosen:

⁸ but ye shall receive power of the holy ghost which shall come on you. And ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Jewry, and in Samaria, and even unto the world's end." ⁹ And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

⁹ And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: and a cloud received him up out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they looked steadfastly up to heaven, as he went; behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, ¹¹ which also said, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, even as ye have seen him go into heaven."

³³ Since now that he by the righthand of God exalted is, and hath received of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed forth that which ye now see and hear.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.

¹² When Peter saw that, he answered unto the people, "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so steadfastly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man go? ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged him to be loosed:

⁵ When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that these things heard.

⁹ Then Peter said unto her, "Why have ye agreed together, to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out."

² Then devout men dressed Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

¹⁷ Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the holy ghost.

²⁰ Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money.

³⁹ And as soon as they were come out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; that the chamberlain saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing:

²³ Which when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad: and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would continually cleave unto the Lord.

⁹ Then Saul, which also is called Paul, being full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, ¹⁰ "O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord. ¹¹ And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind and not see the sun for a season." And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; And he went about, seeking them that should lead him by the hand.

²⁵ And now behold, I am sure that henceforth ye all, through whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. ²⁶ Wherefore I take you to record this same day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I have kept nothing back: but have showed you all the counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, whereof the holy ghost hath made you overseers: to rule the congregation of God, which he hath purchased with his blood. ²⁹ For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock. ³⁰ Moreover, of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore awake and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one of you, both night and day with tears. ³² And now dear brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build further, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. ³³ I have desired no man's silver, gold, or vesture. ³⁴ Ye know well that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. ³⁵ I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to receive the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how that he said, 'It is more blessed to give, than to receive.'" ³⁶ When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

³ And he said, "I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia: nevertheless yet brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and informed diligently in the law of the fathers, and was fervent minded to Godward, as ye all are this same day,

²⁵ And Paul said, "I am not mad, most dear Festus: but speak the words of truth and soberness.

²⁴ saying, 'Fear not Paul, for thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath given unto thee all that sail with thee.'

² For I bear them record, that they have a fervent mind to Godward, but not according to knowledge.

¹⁸ For the preaching of the cross is, to them that perish, foolishness: but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will cast away the understanding of the prudent." ²⁰ Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the searcher of this world? Hath not God made the wisdom of this world foolishness? ²¹ For when the world, through wisdom, knew not God in the wisdom of God: it pleased God through foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ²² For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. ²³ But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews, an occasion of falling; and unto the Greeks, foolishness. ²⁴ But unto them which are called, both of Jews and Greeks, we preach Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: And the weakness of God is stronger than are men. ²⁶ Brethren, look on your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of high degree are called: ²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound things which are mighty. ²⁸ And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things of no reputation, for to bring to nought things of reputation,

³¹ Covet after the best gifts. And yet show I unto you a more excellent way.

² And herefore sigh we, desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven:

⁴ For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

⁶ and are ready to take vengeance on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

² I know a man in Christ above fourteen years agone — whether he were in the body I cannot tell, or whether he were out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth - which was taken up into the third heaven. ³ And I know the same man — whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth -

⁹ and he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect through weakness." Very gladly therefore will I rejoice of my weakness, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me.

²⁹ But as then he that was born carnally, persecuted him that was born spiritually; Even so is it now.

⁸ Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."

¹⁷ The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most specially they which labour in the word and in teaching.

¹⁴ Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

⁵ By faith was Enoch translated that he should not see death; neither was he found, for God had taken him away. Before he was taken away, he was reported of that he had pleased God.

²⁹ By faith they passed through the reed sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned.

³⁶ Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment:

¹⁴ If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified.

¹⁹ They went out of us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But that fortuned, that it might appear that they were not of us.

¹² And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying unto them, "Come up hither." And they ascended up into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

¹² And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, and the water dried up, that the ways of the kings of the east should be prepared.

⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone.

² In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there wood of life; which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people withal. ³ And there shall be no more curse, but the seat of God and the lamb shall be in it: and his servants shall serve him.