Genesis 49 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And Jacob called for his sons and said, "Come together, that I may tell you what shall happen you in the last days. ² Gather you together and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father. ³ "Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power. ⁴ As unstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therefore not be the chiefest, for thou wentest up upon thy father's bed, and then defiledest thou my couch with going up. ⁵ The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons. ⁶ Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox. ⁷ Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. ⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken. ¹¹ He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes: ¹² his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. ¹³ "Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon. ¹⁴ Issachar is a strong ass, he couched him down between two borders, ¹⁵ and saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. ¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. ¹⁸ After thy saving look I, LORD. ¹⁹ Gad, men of war shall invade him. And he shall turn them to flight. ²⁰ Of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall give pleasures for a king. ²¹ Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words. ²² "That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule; ²³ The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him, ²⁴ and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel. ²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. ²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil." ²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing. ²⁹ And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, ³⁰ in the double cave that is in the field before Mamre in the land of Canaan. Which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to bury in. ³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sara his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife. And there I buried Lea: ³² which field and the cave that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth." ³³ When Jacob had commanded all that he would unto his sons, he plucked up his feet upon the bed and died, and was put unto his people.

¹⁴ And now behold, I go unto my people: come let me show thee, what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days."

³⁰ In thy tribulation and when all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, thou shalt turn unto the LORD thy God, and shalt hearken unto his voice.

¹² Gather the people together: both men, women and children and the strangers that are in thy cities, that they may hear, learn and fear the LORD your God, and be diligent to keep all the words of this law,

²⁸ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to record against them. ²⁹ For I am sure that after my death, they will utterly mar themselves and turn from the way which I commanded you, and tribulation will come upon you in the latter days, when ye have wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD to provoke him with the works of your hands."

¹ This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death, ² saying, "The LORD came from Sinai, and showed his beams from Seir unto them; and appeared gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousands of saints, and in his righthand a law of fire for them. 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. ⁴ Moses gave us a law which is the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ⁵ And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel. ⁶ Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah." ⁷ And he said, "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people: let his hands fight for him: but be thou his help against his enemies." ⁸ And unto Levi he said, "Thy perfectness and thy light be according unto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massah, when ye strove by the waters of strife. ⁹ He that sayeth unto his father and mother, 'I saw him not,' and unto his brethren, 'I knew not,' and to his son, 'I know not': for they have observed thy words and kept thy covenant. ¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy laws. They shall put cense before thy nose and whole sacrifices upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, LORD, their power, and accept the works of their hands: smite the backs of them that rise against them and of them that hate them, that they rise not again." ¹² Unto Benjamin he said, "The LORD's darling shall dwell in safety by him and keep himself in the haven by him continually, and shall dwell between his shoulders." ¹³ And unto Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD is his land with the goodly fruits of heaven, with dew and with springs that lie beneath: ¹⁴ and with fruits of the increase of the sun and with ripe fruit of the months, ¹⁵ and with the tops of mountains that were from the beginning and with the dainties of hills that last ever, ¹⁶ and with goodly fruit of the earth and of the fullness thereof. And the goodwill of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from among his brethren. ¹⁷ His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." ¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents. ¹⁹ They shall call the people unto the hill, and there they shall offer offerings of righteousness. For they shall suck of the abundance of the sea and of treasure hid in the sand." ²⁰ And unto Gad he said, "Blessed is the room-maker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion that catcheth the arm with the of the head. ²¹ He saw, therefore, his beginning, and that there was a portion there to hide the lawgiver; and he came with the heads of the people, and executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments with Israel." ²² And unto Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's whelp, he shall flow from Bashan." ²³ And unto Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, he shall have abundance of pleasure and shall be filled with the blessing of the LORD and shall have his possessions in the southwest." ²⁴ And of Asher he said, "Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil. ²⁵ Iron and brass shall hang on thy shoes and thine age shall be as thy youth. ²⁶ There is none like unto the God of Israel: he that sitteth upon heaven shall be thine help, whose glory is in the clouds: ²⁷ that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.' ²⁸ And Israel shall dwell in safety alone. And the eyes of Jacob shall look upon a land of corn and wine. Moreover, his heaven shall drop with dew. ²⁹ Happy art thou Israel: who is like unto thee? A people that art saved by the LORD; thy shield, and helper, and sword of thy glory. And thine enemies shall hide themselves from thee, and thou shalt walk upon their high hills."

¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.

¹⁵ "Touch not mine anointed, do my prophets no harm."

² It shall come to pass in the last days that the mount of the house of the LORD, shall be set in the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills: and all nations shall resort thereto.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, when the LORD of Hosts heard of it, he said: "Yea, if this wickedness of yours shall be remitted, ye must die for it." This hath the LORD God of Hosts spoken.

⁶ 'Behold, the time will come, that everything which is in thine house, and all that thy progenitors have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon, and nothing left behind. Thus sayeth the LORD.

¹ Who believeth our sayings? And the arm of the LORD, to whom is it opened?

²⁰ And the wrath of the LORD shall not turn away again, until he perform and fulfils the thought of his heart. And in the latter days ye shall know his meaning."

²⁸ Only God in heaven can open secrets; and he it is, that showeth the king Nebuchadnezzar what is for to come in the latter days. Thy dream, and that which thou hast seen in thine head upon thy bed, is this: ²⁹ O king, thou didst cast in thy mind, what should come hereafter: So he that is the opener of mysteries, telleth thee what is for to come.

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said, "Yea, of a truth your God is a God above all gods, and LORD above all kings, and an opener of secrets: seeing thou canst discover this mystery."

¹ In the third year of king Cyrus of Persia, there was showed unto Daniel, otherwise called Balteshazzar, a matter: yea, a true matter, but it is yet a long time unto it. He understood the matter well, and perceived what the vision was.

¹⁴ and am come to show thee what shall happen unto thy people in the latter days: For it will be long yet before the vision be fulfilled."

⁷ Now doth the LORD God no manner of thing, but he telleth his secret before unto his servants the prophets.

¹ But in the latter days it will come to pass, that the hill of the LORD's house shall be set up higher than any mountains or hills: Yea, the people shall flow unto it,

²⁶ And an answer was given him of the holy ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

¹⁷ 'It shall be in the last days, saith God, of my spirit I will pour out upon all flesh. And your sons, and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions. And your old men shall dream dreams.

¹⁷ For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith." ¹⁸ For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness.

¹ The spirit speaketh evidently that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error,

¹ This understand, that in the last days shall come perilous times:

² but in these last days he hath spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things: by whom also he made the world.

²⁴ and let us consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works: ²⁵ and let us not forsake the fellowship that we have among ourselves, as the manner of some is: but let us exhort one another, and that so much the more, because ye see that the day draweth nigh.

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

¹ After this I looked, and behold a door was open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, "Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter.

¹¹ Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

⁸ My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

¹ Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom. ² Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law. ³ For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother, ⁴ he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

¹ My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee.

²⁴ Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth.

³² "Therefore hearken unto me, O ye children, for blessed are they that keep my ways.

²² Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

³² And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me."

⁸ These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son.

¹⁸ and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head."

²⁰ And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, in their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers — when they were numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and above, as many as were able to go forth in war -

⁵ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites;

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.

¹ These be the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;

¹ The sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: for he was the eldest. But because he defied his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and so he is not reckoned unto the birthright.

³ The sons then of Reuben the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

⁵¹ When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

³⁶ He smote all the firstborn in their land, even the chief of all their strength.

²² And it chanced, as Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and it came to Israel's ear. The sons of Jacob were twelve in number.

¹ The children of Reuben and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle, ² they came and spake unto Moses and Eleazar the priest and unto the lords of the congregation, saying, ³ "The land of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ which country the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle: and we thy servants have cattle. ⁵ Wherefore," said they, "if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants to possess, and bring us not over Jordan." ⁶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and of Reuben, "Shall your brethren go to war and ye tarry here? ⁷ Wherefore discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel for to go over into the land which the LORD hath given them? ⁸ This did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. ⁹ And they went up even unto the river of Eshcol and saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. ¹⁰ And the LORD was wroth the same time and sware, saying, ¹¹ 'None of the men that came out of Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, because they have not continually followed me: ¹² save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed me continually.' ¹³ And the LORD was angry with Israel, and made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD were consumed. ¹⁴ "And behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, the increase of sinful men, to augment the fierce wrath of the LORD to Israelward. ¹⁵ For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave the people in the wilderness: so shall ye destroy all this folk." ¹⁶ And they went near him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep and for our cattle, and cities for our children: ¹⁷ But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place. And our children shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabiters of the land. ¹⁸ And we will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited: every man his inheritance. ¹⁹ For we will not inherit with them on yonder side, Jordan forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side, Jordan eastward." ²⁰ And Moses said unto them, "If ye will do this thing, that ye will go all harnessed before the LORD to war, ²¹ and will go all of you in harness over Jordan before the LORD, until he have cast out his enemies before him, ²² and until the land be subdued before the LORD, then ye shall return and be without sin against the LORD and against Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. ²³ But and if ye will not do so, behold, ye sin against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. ²⁴ Build your cities for your children and folds for your sheep, and see ye do that ye have spoken." ²⁵ And the Children of Gad and of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, "Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. ²⁶ Our children, our wives, substance, and all our cattle, shall remain here in the cities of Gilead. ²⁷ But we thy servants will go all harnessed for the war unto battle before the LORD, as my lord hath said." ²⁸ And Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, ²⁹ and said unto them, "If the children of Gad and Reuben will go with you over Jordan, all prepared to fight before the LORD: then when the land is subdued unto you, give them the land of Gilead to possess. ³⁰ But and if they will not go over with you in harness, then they shall have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan." ³¹ And the children of Gad and Ruben answered, saying, "That which the LORD hath said unto thy servants we will do. ³² We will go harnessed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall be on this side the Jordan." ³³ And Moses gave unto the children of Gad and of Reuben, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land that belonged unto the cities thereof in the coasts of the country round about. ³⁴ And the children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth Aroer, ³⁵ Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ³⁶ Bethnimra and Bethharan fenced cities, and they built folds for their sheep. ³⁷ And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸ Nebo, Baalmeon — and turned their names — and Sibmah also: and gave names unto the cities which they built. ³⁹ And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and put out the Amorites that were therein. ⁴⁰ And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein. ⁴¹ And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them the towns of Jair. ⁴² And Nobah went and took Kenath with the towns longing thereto, and called it Nobah after his own name.

²¹ 'Thou shalt not lust after thy neighbour's wife: thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, field, servant, maid, ox, ass nor ought that is thy neighbour's.'

²⁰ "'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

⁶ Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah."

¹ There goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not once named among the gentiles: that one should have his father's wife.

⁶ But let him ask in faith, and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the waves of the sea, tossed of the wind, and carried with violence. ⁷ Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. ⁸ A wavering minded man is unstable in all his ways.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls. Hearts they have exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children,

¹⁶ yea, almost in every epistle, speaking of such things: among which are many things hard to be understood: which they that are unlearned and unstable pervert, as they do other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

³³ And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi.

²⁵ And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male; ²⁶ and slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina their sister out of Shechem's house, and went their way. ²⁷ Then came the sons of Jacob upon the deed, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister: ²⁸ and took their sheep, oxen, asses and whatsoever was in the city and also in the fields. ²⁹ And all their goods, all their children and their wives took they captive, and made havoc of all that was in the houses. ³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed." ³¹ And they answered, "Should they deal with our sister as with an whore?"

¹⁰ The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

⁹ Whoso is slothful and slack in his labor, is the brother of him that is a waster.

²⁵ And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male; ²⁶ and slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina their sister out of Shechem's house, and went their way.

³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed."

²⁴ "'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

²¹ The river of Kishon caught them away: that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, tread thou the mighty underfoot.

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

¹⁰ Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish in their own imaginations! Cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

⁹ Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

⁴ I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful. ⁵ I hate the congregation of the wicked, and will not sit among the ungodly.

⁹ O shut not up my soul with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty,

³ O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts.

¹² Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.

⁵ Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? Put thy trust in God; for I will give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

¹¹ Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

⁵ Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

⁸ Awake, O my glory; awake lute and harp. I myself will awake right early.

² Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers,

²⁰ Wilt thou have anything to do with the stool of wickedness, which imagineth mischief as a law? ²¹ They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

¹ {Of David} Praise the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name.

¹⁹ Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?

¹¹ if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the imagination of the ungodly are deceitful.

¹⁹ "Ah, my belly! Ah, my belly!" shalt thou cry, "how is my heart so sore?" My heart panteth within me, I cannot be still, for I have heard the crying of the trumpets, and peals of war.

¹⁷ I dwell not among the council of scorners, neither is my delight therein: but I dwell only in the fear of thy hand, for thou hast filled me with bitterness.

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'

¹⁴ Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness?

¹ And the second lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Simeon by their kindreds. And their inheritance fell in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. ² And their inheritance was Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah; ³ Hazarshual, Balah, and Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul and Hormah; ⁵ Ziklag, Bethmarcaboth and Hazarsusah; ⁶ Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen: Thirteen cities with their villages. ⁷ Aim, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan: Four cities with their villages. ⁸ And thereto all the villages that lie round about these cities, even unto Baalathbeer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon in their kindreds. ⁹ Out of the portion of the children of Judah came the inheritance of the children of Simeon. For the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: and therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance in the inheritance of them.

¹ And then came the principal heads of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, ² and spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying, "The LORD commanded by Moses, to give us cities to dwell in and the fields about them, for our cattle." ³ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritances, at the bidding of the LORD, these cities following with their suburbs. ⁴ And the lot came out unto the kindreds of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had given them by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the kindreds of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶ And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the kindreds of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the other half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁷ And the children of Merari by their kindreds, had out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by Moses. ⁹ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities by name: ¹⁰ which the children of Aaron, being of the kindreds of the Kohathites, and of the children of Levi, obtained — for theirs was the first lot. ¹¹ And they gave them Kiriatharba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs of the same round about it. ¹² But the country that pertained to the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, to be his possession. ¹³ And thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the franchised cities of the slayer, Hebron with her suburbs, and Libnah with her suburbs; ¹⁴ and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, ¹⁵ and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, ¹⁶ and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: Nine cities out of those two tribes. ¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon with her suburbs; Geba with her suburbs; ¹⁸ Anathoth with her suburbs; Almon with her suburbs: Four cities. ¹⁹ All these cities of the children of Aaron priests were thirteen cities with their Suburbs. ²⁰ And the kindreds of the children of Kohath that were Levities — that is to say the other children of Kohath — had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs; ²² and Kibzaim with her suburbs; Bethhoron with her suburbs: Four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh with her suburbs; Gibbethon with her suburbs; ²⁴ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her Suburbs: Four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs; Gathrimmon with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁶ So that all the cities which were given unto the kindreds of the other children of Kohath, were ten with their suburbs. ²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon which were of the kindreds of the Levites, they gave out of the other half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs; Beeshterah with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs; Daberath with her suburbs; ²⁹ Jarmuth with her suburbs; Engannim with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs; Abdon with her suburbs; ³¹ Helkath with her suburbs; Rehob with her suburbs: Four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee, with her suburbs; Hammothdor, with her suburbs; Kartan with her suburbs: Three cities. ³³ So that all the cities of the Gershonites in their kindreds were thirteen with their Suburbs. ³⁴ And unto the kindreds of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulon: Jokneam with her suburbs; Kartah with her suburbs; ³⁵ Dimnah with her suburbs; and Nahalal with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with her suburbs; Jahaz with her suburbs; ³⁷ Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave the franchised city of the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; Mahanaim with her suburbs; ³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs; and Jazer with her suburbs: Four cities in all, ⁴⁰ so that all the cities of the children of Merari in their kindreds, which were the rest of the kindreds of the Levites, were by their lot, twelve cities. ⁴¹ And all the cities that the Levites had in the possession of the children of Israel were forty eight with their suburbs. ⁴² And these cities had each their suburbs round about her throughout all the said cities. ⁴³ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers. And they conquered it, and dwelt therein. ⁴⁴ And the LORD gave the rest round about according to all that he sware unto their fathers. So that there stood not a man of all their enemies before them. But the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hands. ⁴⁵ There escaped nothing of all the good things which the LORD had said unto the house of Israel. But all came to pass.

¹⁵ And then Amnon hated her exceedingly: so that the hate wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he before loved her. And he said unto her, "Up, and away."

²² And Absalom said unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. Howbeit, Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar. ²³ And it happened, two year after, that Absalom had a sheep shearing in Baal Hazor besides the tribe of Ephraim, and bade all the king's sons. ²⁴ And he came to the king and said, "Behold, thy servant hath a sheep shearing. Let the king and his servants come with thy servant." ²⁵ And the king said unto Absalom, "Oh nay my son let us not go every one of us that we be not chargeable unto thee." And Absalom lay sore upon him: howbeit, he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?" ²⁷ But Absalom made such insistence that he let Amnon go with him, and all the king's children. ²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

²⁴ The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul, ²⁵ whose son was Shallum, and the son of him was Mibsam, and his son was Mishma. ²⁶ And the son of Mishma was Hammuel, and his son was Zaccur, and the son of him was Shimei. ²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brethren had not many children, neither were the kindreds of them like to the children of Judah in multitude. ²⁸ And they dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah and at Hazarshual, ²⁹ at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah and at Ziklag; ³¹ at Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

³⁹ And they went as far as Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their cattle. ⁴⁰ And they found fat pasture and good and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham dwelt there before.

⁶⁵ and that by Lot, out of the tribe of children of Judah out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin: even the said cities that are rehearsed by name.

²⁴ An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief; ²⁵ but when he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

³ The stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

²⁹ People be thy servants, and nations bow unto thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother's children stoop unto thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."

³⁵ And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf." ⁸ Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me." ¹⁰ And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?"

⁶ And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

¹⁸ Then Judah went unto him and said, "O my lord, let thy servant speak a word in my lord's audience, and be not wroth with thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. ¹⁹ My lord asked his servant, saying, 'Have ye a father or a brother?' ²⁰ And we answered my lord, 'We have a father that is old, and a young lad which he begat in his age: and the brother of the said lad is dead, and he is all that is left of that mother. And his father loveth him.' ²¹ Then said my lord unto his servants, 'Bring him unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.' ²² And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, 'For if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.' ²³ Then saidest thou unto thy servants, 'Except your youngest brother come with you, look that ye see my face no more.' ²⁴ And when we came unto thy servant our father, we showed him what my lord had said. ²⁵ And when our father said unto us, 'Go again and buy us a little food,' ²⁶ we said that we could not go. 'Nevertheless, if our youngest brother go with us then will we go, for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.' ²⁷ Then said thy servant our father unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bare me two sons. ²⁸ And the one went out from me and it is said of a surety that he is torn in pieces of wild beasts, and I saw him not since. ²⁹ If ye shall take this also away from me and some misfortune happen upon him, then shall ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave.' ³⁰ Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, if the lad be not with me — seeing that his life hangeth by the lad's life - ³¹ then as soon as he seeth that the lad is not come, he will die. So shall we thy servants bring the gray head of thy servant our father with sorrow unto the grave. ³² For I thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father and said, 'If I bring him not unto thee again. I will bear the blame all my life long.' ³³ Now therefore let me thy servant bide here for the lad, and be my lord's bondman: and let the lad go home with his brethren. ³⁴ For how can I go unto my father, and the lad not with me: lest I should see the wretchedness that shall come on my father?"

¹² The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Sarah — but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The children of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul.

²⁷ were told in the tribe of Judah seventy four thousand and six hundred.

¹⁴ even the standard of the host of Judah removed first with their armies, whose captain was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

²² These are the kindreds of Judah, in number seventy six thousand and five hundred.

⁷ And he said, "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people: let his hands fight for him: but be thou his help against his enemies."

²⁴ And when they had brought out those kings unto Joshua: Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war, which came with him, "Come near and put your feet upon the necks of these kings." And they came near and put their feet upon the necks of them.

¹ After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, "Who shall go up first unto the Cananites to fight against them?" ² And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands."

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and asked of God, who should begin the battle against the children of Benjamin, and the LORD said, "Judah shall begin."

³ And so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. And king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.

⁴¹ And thou madest mine enemies to turn their backs to me, and them that hated me, and I destroyed them.

⁹ And then Joab delivered up the reckoning of the number of the people unto the king. And there were found in Israel nine hundred thousand men of might that drew swords. And the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

¹ And so king Solomon was king over all Israel. ² And these were his lords: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest; ³ Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. ⁴ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; And Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; ⁵ And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the general receivers; And Zabud the son of Nathan was a waiter and the king's companion; And Ahishar, the steward of household; ⁶ And Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute. ⁷ And Solomon had twelve general receivers over all Israel which sustained the king and his household: each man his month in a year. ⁸ Whose names are these: The son of Hur in mount Ephraim; ⁹ the son of Dekar in Makaz, in Salem, in Bethshemesh, in Elon and in Bethhanan; ¹⁰ the son of Hesed in Arubboth, and to him pertained Socoh and all the land of Hepher; ¹¹ the son of Abinadab, which had all the regions of Dor, and Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife; ¹² Baanah the son of Ahilud had Taanach, Megiddo, and all Bet-Shean which is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Bet-Shean to Abelmeholah and unto beyond Jokmeam; ¹³ The son of Geber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which lie in Gilead, and his were the coasts of Argob in Bashan, three score great cities with wall and bars of brass; ¹⁴ Abinadab the son of Ado had Mahanaim; ¹⁵ Ahimaaz had Naphtali, and he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife; ¹⁶ Baanah the son of Hushai had Asher and Aloth; ¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah had Issachar; ¹⁸ Shimei the son of Ela had Benjamin; ¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri had the country of Gilead and the land of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan, and was alone receiver in the land. ²⁰ And Judah and Israel were many, even as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry. ²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river throughout all the land of the Philistines unto the borders of Egypt, and they brought presents and served Solomon all days of his life. ²² And Solomon's food was in one day thirty quarters of manchet flour and three score quarters of meal; ²³ ten stalled oxen, and twenty out of the pastures and a hundred sheep and goats, besides harts, bucks and buballs and fat poultry. ²⁴ For he ruled in all the regions on the other side Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and also over all the kings on the other side the said Euphrates. And he had peace with all his servants on every side. ²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. ²⁶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for chariots and twelve thousand horsemen. ²⁷ And the foresaid general receivers made purveyance for king Solomon and for all that came to king Solomon's table, every man his month, so that there lacked nothing. ²⁸ And as for barley and straw for the horses and beasts they brought unto the places where the officers were, every man in his office. ²⁹ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and a large heart, even as the sand along by the sea bank: ³⁰ so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. ³¹ And he excelled all men in wisdom, both Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. And his name spread abroad among all nations on every side. ³² And Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs. And his songs were a thousand and five. ³³ And he disputed of trees, even from the Cedar tree that groweth in Lebanon unto the Hyssop that springeth out of the wall. And he disputed of beasts, fowls, worms, and fishes. ³⁴ And there came of all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom.

² For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

¹ And these following came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close for fear of Saul the son of Kish: and they were of the men that succored the battle, ² weaponed with bows, and could handle stones, arrows and bow as well with the left hand as with the right, and were of Saul's brethren, even of the tribe of Benjamin. ³ The chiefest were Ahiezer and Joash the sons of Shemaah a Gibeonite, and Jeziel a Pelite, the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah and Jehu of Anathoth; ⁴ and Ishmaiah a Gibeonite as mighty as any of thirty and more mighty too; and Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan and Jozabad of Gedor; ⁵ Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah, Haruphites; ⁶ Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam of Korah; ⁷ And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. ⁸ And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David, when he kept a hold in the wilderness, men of might and men apt for war and could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were thereto as swift as the roes of the mountains: ⁹ Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, ¹⁰ Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, ¹¹ Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, ¹² Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, ¹³ Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. ¹⁴ These were of the sons of Gad, and were captains over the men of war, the small over a hundred, and the great over a thousand. ¹⁵ These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when he had spilled over all his bank. ¹⁶ And they put to flight them of the valley both of the east side and also of the west. And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold of David. ¹⁷ And David went out to them and answered and said to them, "If ye be come peaceably unto me, to help me, mine heart shall be together with you. But and if you come to beguile me and to be mine adversary, seeing there is no wickedness in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it." ¹⁸ And the spirit came upon Amasai a captain over thirty and he said, "Thine are we, David, and on thy side thou son of Jesse: peace be with thee, and peace be with thine helpers, for thy God helpeth thee." Then David received them and made them heads of companies of the men of war. ¹⁹ And of Manasseh, there fell certain unto David when he went with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but helped them not. For the lords of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away saying, "He will fall to his master Saul to the Jeopardy of our heads." ²⁰ And as he went to Ziklag there fell to him of Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, and Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, heads of the thousands of Manasseh. ²¹ And they helped David against those rovers — For they were all mighty men and Captains in war. ²² And there came one or other to David day by day to help him: until it was a great host, like the host of God. ²³ And this is the number of the heads prepared to battle, that came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the mouth of the LORD. ²⁴ The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred trimmed to war. ²⁵ Of the children of Simeon, men of might to war, seven thousand and one hundred. ²⁶ And of the children of Levi were four thousand and six hundred. ²⁷ And Jehoiada was the chief of them of Aaron and with him three thousand and seven hundred. ²⁸ And Zadok, a young man of great power, had his father's household with Captains, twenty two. ²⁹ And of the children of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, were three thousand. And a great part of them did yet follow the house of Saul. ³⁰ And of the children of Ephraim, were twenty thousand and eight hundred, men of might and named men in the households of their fathers. ³¹ And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand which were appointed by name to go to make David king. ³² And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding in the right time to know what Israel ought to do: The heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren at their will. ³³ And of Zebulun that went out with the Host and proceeded in the array to battle with all manner of weapons of war, fifty thousand that kept in order with one accord. ³⁴ And of Naphtali a thousand Captains, and with them, with shield and spear, thirty seven thousand. ³⁵ And of Dan prepared to battle, were twenty eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶ And of Asher that went out with the host to make battle, forty thousand. ³⁷ And of the other side Jordan, of the Reubenites, Gadites and of the half tribe of Manasseh with all manner of instruments of war, a hundred and twenty thousand. ³⁸ All these, being men of war able to order the array, came to Hebron with pure heart, to make David king upon all Israel. And thereto all the rest of Israel was of one accord to make David king. ³⁹ And there they were with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren prepared for them. ⁴⁰ Moreover, they that were nigh to them, as Issachar, Zebulun and, Naphtali, brought bread on asses, camels, mules and oxen, and meat: flour, figs, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep abundantly. For there was mirth in Israel.

¹² And he ordained in all cities shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And so Judah and Benjamin were under him. ¹³ And the priests and Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him, out of all their coasts. ¹⁴ Insomuch that the Levites left their suburbs and possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from ministering unto the LORD. ¹⁵ And he ordained him priests of hill altars - both to field devils and also to the calves which he had made. ¹⁶ And after them came there men out of all the tribes of Israel, which gave over their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel, and came to Jerusalem to offer unto the LORD God of their fathers. ¹⁷ And so they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon mighty three years long — for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

⁸ And Asa had an army that bare shield and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin that bare shield and drew bows two hundred and eighty thousand, and were all strong men.

⁹ And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon. For there fell many to him out of Israel, when they saw that God was with him.

² And he put soldiers in all the strong cities of Judah, and set rulers both in the land of Judah and also in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had won.

¹⁴ And this is the order in the houses of their fathers, of the captains over thousands in Judah: Adnah the captain, and with him of fighting men three hundred thousand. ¹⁵ And next to him, Jehohanan a captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. ¹⁶ And by his side, Amasiah the son of Zichri, willing unto the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men.

¹¹ Nevertheless, yet divers of Asher, Manasseh and of Zebulun meekened themselves and came to Jerusalem.

⁴⁰ Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me, and I shall destroy them that hate me. {TYNDALE: And thou madest mine enemies to turn their backs to me, and them that hated me, and I destroyed them.} ⁴¹ They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.} ⁴² I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. {TYNDALE: And I will beat them as small as the dust of the earth, and will stamp them as the dirt of the street, and will spread them abroad.} ⁴³ Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people, and thou shalt make me the head of the Heathen. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. {TYNDALE: And thou deliveredst me from the dissension of my people, and keepest me to be a head over nations, for the people which I knew not became my servants.}

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel.

⁶⁸ but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved. ⁶⁹ And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure. ⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, and took him away from the sheepfolds. ⁷¹ As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷ He shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same: to establish it with equity and righteousness, from thenceforth for evermore. This shall the jealousy of the LORD of hosts bring to pass.

²⁹ because thou hast looked thee out vanities, and prophesied lies, that it may come upon thy neck like as upon the other ungodly which be slain: whose day came, when their wickedness was full.

¹⁰ That in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth; ¹¹ and that all tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord unto the praise of God the father.

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord sprung of the tribe of Judah, of which tribe spake Moses nothing concerning priesthood.

¹³ and from henceforth tarrieth till his foes be made his footstool.

⁵ And one of the elders said unto me, "Weep not. Behold, a lion being of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath obtained to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."

¹⁵ And the seventh angel blew, and there were made great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world are our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for evermore."

²⁴ Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness and heave up himself as a lion; and shall not lie down again, until he have eaten of the prey and drunk of the blood of them that are slain!"

⁹ He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee."

⁵ Now when the dame saw, that all her hope and comfort was away, she took another of her whelps, and made a lion of him.

⁴ They are not minded to turn unto their God, for they have an whorish heart, so that they cannot know the LORD.

¹⁴ I am unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a lion's whelp to the house of Judah. Even I, I will spoil them, and go my way. I will take them with me, and no man shall rescue them.

⁸ Yea, the residue of Jacob shall be among the gentiles and the multitude of people, as the lion among the beasts of the wood, and as the Lion's whelps among a flock of sheep: which, when he goeth through, treadeth down, teareth in pieces, and there is no man that can help.

²⁴ Then cometh the end, when he hath delivered up the kingdom to God the father, when he hath put down all rule, authority, and power.

¹⁸ And from this wilderness they went to Mattanah,

¹⁷ I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.

⁵⁷ even because of the afterbirth, that is come out from between her legs, and because of her children which she hath borne, because she would eat them for need of all things; secretly, in the straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee in thy cities.

⁶ "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." ⁷ As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. ⁸ Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver;

⁸ His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end. ⁹ They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts. ¹¹ All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.

⁸ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver.

⁶ For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. Upon his shoulders shall the kingdom lie, and he shall be called with his own name, "Wonderful, the giver of counsel, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace."

¹ There shall come a rod out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall spring out of his root. 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 ³ And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes: neither shall rebuke after the hearing of his ears. ⁴ But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked. ⁵ And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

¹⁰ Then shall the Gentiles enquire after the root of Jesse, which shall be set up for a token unto the Gentiles; for his dwelling shall be glorious.

¹² And he shall set up a token among the Gentiles, and gather together the dispersed of Israel; yea, and the outcasts of Judah from the four corners of the world. ¹³ The hatred of Ephraim and the enmity of Judah shall be clean rooted out. Ephraim shall bear no evil will to Judah, and Judah shall not hate Ephraim:

²² For the LORD shall be our captain, the LORD shall be our law giver. The LORD shall be our king, and he himself shall be our Saviour

¹ Behold now therefore, this is my servant whom I will keep to myself: mine elect; In whom my soul shall be pacified. I will give him my spirit, that he may show forth judgment and equity among the Gentiles.

³ A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: but faithfully and truly shall he give judgment. ⁴ He shall neither be overseen nor hasty, that he may restore righteousness unto the earth: and the Gentiles also shall keep his laws.

⁶ "Behold, I have made thee a light, that thou shouldest be salvation, even unto the end of the world. Kings shall see, and rulers shall stand up and shall worship, because of the LORD, which is faithful; and the holy of Israel hath chosen thee. ⁷ Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD the avenger and holy one of Israel, because of the abhorring and despising among the Gentiles, concerning the servant of all them that bear rule: Kings and Princes shall see, and arise and worship, because of the LORD that he is faithful: and because of the holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.

²² And therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will stretch out mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my token to the people. They shall bring thy sons in their laps, and carry thy daughters unto thee upon their shoulders. ²³ For kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens shall be thy nursing mothers. They shall fall before thee with their faces flat upon the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet: that thou mayest know, how that I am the LORD. And who so putteth his trust in me, shall not be confounded.

⁴ Behold, I shall give him for a witness among the folk, for a Prince and Captain unto the people. ⁵ Lo, thou shalt call an unknown people: and a people that had no knowledge of thee, shall run unto thee, because of the LORD thy God, the holy one of Israel which glorifieth thee.

¹ Up and receive light, Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is up over thee.

³ And the heathen shall walk in thy light, and the kings in the brightness that is risen over thee. ⁴ Lift up thine eyes round about and see. All these are gathered together and are come unto thee. Thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be ever by thy side. ⁵ Then thou shalt see, and shalt have plenty: thine heart shall wonder and break out in joy, when the multitude of the sea are turned to thee, and the armies of the heathen are come unto thee.

¹¹ Behold, the LORD will make it known unto the ends of the world. And say ye unto the daughter of Zion, "Behold, he that is thy saviour cometh and his reward with him and his work before him.

⁵ "Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I will raise up the righteous Branch of David, which shall bear rule, and discuss matters with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in the earth. ⁶ In his time shall Judah be saved and Israel shall dwell without fear. And this is the name that they shall call him: even, 'The LORD our righteous maker.'

²¹ A captain also shall come of them, and a prince shall spring out from the midst of them: him will I challenge to myself, and he shall come unto me. For what is he, that giveth over his heart to come unto me, sayeth the LORD?

¹¹ her stalks were so strong that men might have made staves thereof for officers, she grew so high in her stalks. So when men saw that she exceeded the height and multitude of her branches,

¹⁴ And there is a fire gone out of her stalks, which hath burnt up her branches and her fruit: so that she hath no more strong stalks, to be staves for officers. This is a piteous and miserable thing."

²⁷ Punish, punish, yea, punish them will I, and destroy them. And that shall not be fulfilled till he come, to whom the judgment belongeth, and to whom I have given it.

²⁵ Understand this then, and mark it well: That from the time it shall be concluded to go and repair Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the anointed Prince: there shall be seven weeks.Then shall the streets and walls be builded again sixty two weeks, but with hard troublous time.

¹² But Ephraim goeth about me with lies, and the house of Israel dissembleth. Only Judah holdeth him with God, and with the true holy things.

⁷ Yea, I will move all Heathen, and the comfort of all Heathen shall come, and so will I fill this house with honour, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

¹¹ And many nations shall cleave unto the LORD at that day and shall be my people. And I will dwell in the middle of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD Sabaoth hath sent me unto thee.

²⁰ Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: There shall yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities. ²¹ And they that dwell in one city, shall go to another, saying, 'Up, let us go, and pray before the LORD; let us seek the LORD of Hosts, I will go with you.' ²² Yea, much people and mighty Heathen shall come and seek the LORD of Hosts at Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. ²³ Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: In that time shall ten men, out of all manner of languages of the Gentiles, take one Jew by the hem of his garment, and say, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is among you.'"

¹¹ He shall go upon the sea of trouble, and smite the sea waves: so that all the deep floods shall be dried up. The proud boasting of Assyria shall be cast down, and the scepter of Egypt shall be taken away.

²¹ She shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus: For he shall save his people from their sins."

⁵ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them. And behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dear son, in whom I delight; hear him."

⁹ Moreover, the people that went before, and they also that came after, cried, saying, "Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest."

³² and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats.

³² He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall give unto him the seat of his father David: ³³ And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom shall be none end."

³⁰ For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee: ³¹ Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. ³² A light to lighten the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."

⁷ and said unto him, "Go wash thee in the pool of Siloam" — which by interpretation, signifieth Sent. He went his way and washed, and came again seeing.

³² And I, if I were lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."

³¹ Then said Pilate unto them, "Take ye him unto you, and judge him after your own law." Then the Jews said unto him, "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death."

¹² And from thenceforth sought Pilate means to loose him: but the Jews cried, saying, "If thou let him go, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a King, is against Caesar."

¹⁵ They cried, "Away with him, away with him; Crucify him." Pilate said unto them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The high priests answered, "We have no King but Caesar."

¹² And in another place Isaiah saith, "There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the gentiles: in him shall the gentiles trust."

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every man may receive the works of his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

²⁰ And Judah and Israel were many, even as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

³² till I come and fetch you to as good a land as yours is: a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees, of oil and of honey. And ye shall live and not die. And hearken not unto Hezekiah for he will beguile you, saying: the LORD shall deliver us.'

¹ What is he, this that cometh from Edom, with stained red clothes of Bozrah, which is so costly cloth, and cometh in so nimbly with all his strength? "I am he that teacheth righteousness, and am of power to help." ² Wherefore then is thy clothing red, and thy raiment like his that treadeth in the winepress? ³ "I have trodden the press myself alone, and of all people, there was not one with me. Thus have I trodden down mine enemies in my wrath, and set my feet upon them in my indignation: And their blood sprang upon my clothes, and so have I stained all my raiment.

¹⁸ And at that day the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall run with water. And a fountain shall go out of the house of the LORD and water the river of Shittim.

⁴ But every man shall sit under his vineyard and under his fig tree, and no man to fray him away: for the mouth of the LORD of Hosts hath spoken it.

¹⁴ And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb:

¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and of high captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all free men and bond men, and of small and great."

²⁹ Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?

²⁰ Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon.

¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents. ¹⁹ They shall call the people unto the hill, and there they shall offer offerings of righteousness. For they shall suck of the abundance of the sea and of treasure hid in the sand."

¹⁰ And the third lot came unto the children of Zebulun according unto their kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance came to Sarid, ¹¹ and went up to the sea and to Mareal, and touched at Dabbesheth, and met at the river that lieth before Jokneam; ¹² and turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rising unto the border of Chisloth in mount Tabor: and then goeth out to Daberath and goeth up to Japhia; ¹³ and from thence goeth along eastward toward the sun rising, to Gathhepher, Ethkazin, and goeth to Rimmon, Methoar, and Neah. ¹⁴ And compasseth it on the north side and goeth to Nathan, and endeth in the valley of Iphtahel. ¹⁵ And Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: Twelve cities with their villages. ¹⁶ This is the inheritance of the Children of Zebulun, in their kindreds, the said cities with their villages.

¹⁸ Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar.

¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents.

¹⁷ And the fourth lot came out to the children of Issachar by their kindreds. ¹⁸ And their coasts were Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem; ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath; ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion and Ebez; ²¹ Remeth, Engannim, Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez. ²² And his coasts met at Tabor, Shahazumah and at Bethshemesh and endeth at Jordan: Sixteen cities with their villages. ²³ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

¹⁵ The lords of Issachar were with Deborah. And as Barak, even so was Issachar sent into the valley afoot. But in the divisions of Reuben, were great imaginations of heart. ¹⁶ Wherefore abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben, great were the imaginations of heart.

¹ After Abimelech there arose, to defend Israel, one Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, which dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

³² And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding in the right time to know what Israel ought to do: The heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren at their will.

¹⁵ And the name of Hebron was called in old time, Kiriatharba, which was a huge man among the Anakims. And the land ceased from war.

¹¹ And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

¹ And in process, as the king dwelt in his house after that the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

⁶ "I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots.

¹⁸ "O thou son of man, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath made his host, with great travail and labour to come before Tyre: that every head may be bald, and every shoulder bare. Yet hath Tyre given neither him nor his host any reward, for the great travail that he hath taken there.

⁴ Yea, and they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders: but they themselves will not heave at them with one of their fingers.

⁶ Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan.

²⁵ And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

²² And unto Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's whelp, he shall flow from Bashan."

² And there was a man in Zorah of the kindred of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was barren and bare not.

²⁴ And the wife bare a son, and called his name Samson. And the lad grew, and the LORD blessed him. ²⁵ And the spirit of the LORD began first to be with the house of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

²⁰ And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

¹ In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in, for unto that time there fell none inheritance unto them among the tribes of Israel. ² And the children of Dan sent of their kindreds five men of activity, out of their coasts, even out of Zorah and Eshtaol, to view the land and search it out, and said unto them, "Go and search out the land." And they came to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah and lodged there.

²⁶ And so the children of Dan went their ways. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house again. ²⁷ And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and went unto Laish, even unto a people that were at rest and without mistrust, and smote them with the edge of the sword and burnt the city with fire.

¹ Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines, ² and came up and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And now give her me to wife." ³ Then his father and mother said unto him, "Is there never a woman of the daughters of thy brethren, among all my people: but that thou must go and fetch a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said unto his father, "Give me this woman for she pleaseth me well." ⁴ But his father and mother wist not that it was the LORD's doing, and that he sought an occasion of the Philistines, which at that time reigned over Israel. ⁵ Then went Samson and his father and his mother down to Timnah. And when they came to the vineyards of Timnah, behold, a young lion roared upon him. ⁶ And the spirit of the LORD came upon him. And he tare him, as a man would rent a kid, and yet had nothing in his hand. Nevertheless he told not his father and mother what he had done. ⁷ And he went down and talked with the woman, which seemed well favoured in the sight of Samson. ⁸ And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcass of the Lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcass of the Lion and honey. ⁹ And he took of the honey in his hands and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gave them also. And they did eat. But he told them not, that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the Lion. ¹⁰ And when his father was come unto the woman, Samson made there a feast, for so used the young men to do. ¹¹ And when her friends saw him, they brought thirty companions to bear fellowship. ¹² And Samson said unto them, "I will put forth a riddle unto you. And if you can declare it within seven days of the feast and find it out, I will give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments: ¹³ But and if you cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments." And they answered him, "Put forth thy riddle and let us hear it." ¹⁴ And he said unto them, "Out of the eater came meat: and out of the strong came sweetness." And they could not in three days expound the riddle. ¹⁵ And when the seventh day was come, they said unto Samson's wife, "Flatter with thine husband, that he may declare us thy riddle, or else we will burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to make us beggars? Or not?"

²² Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again after that he was shorn. ²³ Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a solemn offering unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, "Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hands." ²⁴ And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, "Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, that destroyed our country and slew many of us." ²⁵ And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Send for Samson and let him play before us." And they fetched Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them, and they set him between the pillars. ²⁶ And Samson said unto the lad that led him by the hand, "Set me that I may touch the pillars that the house stands upon, and that I may lean to them." ²⁷ And the house was full of men and women. And there was all the lords of the Philistines. And there were upon the roof a three thousand men and women, that beheld how Samson played. ²⁸ And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, "My Lord Jehovah think upon me, and strengthen me at this time only, O God, that I may be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes." ²⁹ And Samson caught the two middle pillars on which the house stood and on which it was borne up, the one in his righthand, and the other in his left, ³⁰ and said, "My soul die with the Philistines," and bowed them with might. And the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were therein. And so the dead which he slew at his death, were more than they which he slew in his life.

²² When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses that were by Micah's house, made an outcry, and followed after the children of Dan and called unto them. ²³ And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, "What aileth thee, that thou makest an outcry?" ²⁴ And he said, "Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and also the priest, and go your ways with them! And what have I more? How then say ye unto me, 'What aileth thee?'" ²⁵ And the children of Dan said unto him, "Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of all thine household too." ²⁶ And so the children of Dan went their ways. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house again. ²⁷ And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and went unto Laish, even unto a people that were at rest and without mistrust, and smote them with the edge of the sword and burnt the city with fire. ²⁸ And there was no man to help, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no meddling with any other nation. And the city stood in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein. ²⁹ And called it Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was born unto Israel. Howbeit in very deed the name of the city was Laish at the beginning. ³⁰ And the children of Dan set them up the graven image. And Jonathan the son of Gershon, the son of Manasseh and his sons were the priests unto the tribe of the Danites, until they were carried away out of the land captive. ³¹ And they set them up the carved image which Micah made, all the while that the house of God was in Shiloh.

³⁵ And of Dan prepared to battle, were twenty eight thousand and six hundred.

⁷ Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Zion? When the LORD turneth the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

⁵ Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me. For thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long. ⁶ Call to remembrance, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.

¹ {To the chanter, a Psalm of David} I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.

¹ {To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.

⁵ Nevertheless, my soul abideth only upon God, for he is my God.

⁷ Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

⁴¹ {Vav} Let thy loving mercies come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according unto thy word;

¹⁶⁶ LORD, I look for thy saving health, and do after thy commandments.

¹⁷⁴ I long for thy saving health, O LORD; and in thy law is my delight.

² Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hands of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.

⁵ I look for the LORD; my soul doth wait for him, and in his word is my trust.

¹⁷ Thus I wait upon the LORD that hath turned his face from the house of Jacob, and I look unto him.

⁹ In that day shall it be said, "Lo, this is our God: we have waited for him, and he shall save us. This is the LORD in whom we have hoped: Let us rejoice, and delight in his salvation.

¹⁸ Yet standeth the LORD waiting, that he may have mercy upon you, and lifteth himself up, that he may receive you to grace. For the LORD God is righteous. Happy are all they that wait for him.

² LORD be merciful unto us, we wait for thee. Thine arm is at a point to visit us, but be thou our health in the time of trouble.

⁸ Now therefore deliver hostages that thou rebel no more against my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses if thou be able to set men upon them.

²⁵ {Tet} O how good is the LORD unto them that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him?

⁷ Nevertheless, I will look up unto the LORD; I will patiently abide God my saviour: my God shall hear me.

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, a noble councilor which also looked for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

³⁰ And the angel said unto her, "Fear not Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.

²⁵ And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And the same man was just and feared God, and longed for the consolation of Israel, and the holy ghost was in him.

³⁰ For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

⁵¹ and did not consent to the counsel and deed of them; which was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews. Which same also, waited for the kingdom of God.

¹⁹ Also, the fervent desire of the creatures abideth looking when the sons of God shall appear;

²⁵ But and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience abide for it.

⁵ We look for, and hope in the spirit, to be justified through faith.

¹⁰ and for to look for his son from heaven, whom he raised from death: I mean Jesus, which delivereth us from wrath to come.

¹¹ Then said Lea, "Good luck," and called his name Gad.

¹⁶ The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

²⁰ And unto Gad he said, "Blessed is the room-maker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion that catcheth the arm with the of the head. ²¹ He saw, therefore, his beginning, and that there was a portion there to hide the lawgiver; and he came with the heads of the people, and executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments with Israel."

⁸ For the other half, with the Reubenites and the Gadites, have received their inheritance already which Moses gave them beyond Jordan eastward: even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them:

¹ After Abimelech there arose, to defend Israel, one Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, which dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. ² And he judged Israel twenty three years, and then died and was buried in Shamir. ³ And after him arose Jair a Gileadite, which judged Israel twenty two years. ⁴ And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and had thirty cities for them, which are called the towns of Jair unto this day, and are in the land of Gilead. ⁵ And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. ⁶ And the children of Israel wrought wickedness yet again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD and served him not. ⁷ And the LORD was wroth with Israel, and sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon: ⁸ which pilled and oppressed the children of Israel in those days eighteen years, all that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead. ⁹ Moreover, the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was sore cumbered. ¹⁰ Then the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against thee: for we have forsaken our own God, and have served Baalim." ¹¹ And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "Did not the Egyptians, the Amorites, the children of Ammon, the Philistines,

¹⁸ Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel, Meshullam, Hananiah and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰ and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Joshabhesed, five in number. ²¹ The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, and his son Arnan, and his son was Obadiah, and his son was Shecaniah. ²² The son of Shecaniah was Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat and Hesa, six.

¹¹ And the Children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan, even unto Salecah. ¹² And in Bashan, Joel was the chiefest and Shapham the next, then Janai and Shaphat. ¹³ And their brethren, in the ancient households of them, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴ These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri the son of Jaroah Gilead the son of Michael the son of Jeshishai the son of Jahdo the son of Buz. ¹⁵ Ahi was the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the head of an ancient household among them. ¹⁶ And they dwelt in Gilead and in Bashan and her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, even unto the end of their borders. ¹⁷ And they were all reckoned by kindreds in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ¹⁸ The sons of Reuben of Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, even of fighting men able to bear shield and sword, and shoot with bow, and taught to make war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score that went out to battle. ¹⁹ And they fought with the Hagrities and with Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hands with all that were with the Hagrites. For they cried to God in their battle, and he heard them, because they trusted to him. ²¹ And they took of their cattle fifty thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and of the people a hundred thousand: ²² for there fell many dead because the war was of God. And they dwelt there in their steads until the time that they were carried away.

²⁶ God stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, and carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, Habor, Hara and to the River Gozan, where they remain unto this day.

¹³ Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher.

¹⁷ The children of Asher: Imnah, Isvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. And the children of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

²⁴ And of Asher he said, "Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil. ²⁵ Iron and brass shall hang on thy shoes and thine age shall be as thy youth.

²⁴ And the fifth lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Asher by their kindreds. ²⁵ And their coasts were Helkath, Hali, Beten and Achshaph; ²⁶ Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; and met at Carmel on the sea, and at Shihor and at Libnath ²⁷ and turneth toward the sun rising to Bethdagon, and met at Zebulun and in the valley of Iphtahel, and toward the northside of Bethemek and Neiel, and goeth out on the left side of Cabul; ²⁸ and Hebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah even unto great Sidon. ²⁹ And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city of Azor and turneth to Hosah and endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzib; ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: Twenty and two cities with their villages. ³¹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher by their kindreds: these cities with their villages.

⁸ And Rachel said, "God is turned, and I have made a change with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand." And she called his name Naphtali.

²⁴ The children Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

²³ And unto Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, he shall have abundance of pleasure and shall be filled with the blessing of the LORD and shall have his possessions in the southwest."

³² And the sixth lot came out unto the children of Naphtali by their kindreds. ³³ And their coasts were from Heleph and from Allon in Zaananim, and Adaminekeb and Jabneel even to Lakkum, and go out at Jordan. ³⁴ And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth in mount Tabor, and then goeth out from thence to Hukkok and meeteth with Zebulun on the south side, and with Asher on the west, and at Judah upon Jordan toward the sun rising. ³⁵ And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Rakkath and Chinnereth; ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah and Hazor; ³⁷ Kadesh, Edrei, and Enhazor; ³⁸ Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Bethanath and Bethshemesh: Nineteen cities with their villages. ³⁹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their kindreds: these cities and their villages.

⁶ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh in Naphtali, and said unto him, "The LORD God of Israel commandeth thee, that thou go and draw to mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men, of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun.

¹⁰ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kadesh. And he went up afoot with ten thousand men: and Deborah went with him.

¹⁸ But Zebulun is a people that put their lives in jeopardy of death, and Naphtali in like manner, even unto the top of the fields.

³³ He maketh my feet like hart's feet, and setteth me up on high. {TYNDALE: And maketh my feet as swift as a hind's, and setteth me fast upon my high hold.} ³⁴ He teacheth my hands to fight, and mine arms shall bend even a bow of steel. {TYNDALE: And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.}

¹⁵ "The land of Zebulun and Naphtali, the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; ¹⁶ the people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has begun to shine."

²² And God remembered Rachel, heard her, and made her fruitful: ²³ so that she conceived and bare a son, and said, "God hath taken away my rebuke." ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD give me yet another son."

⁵² The second called he Ephraim, "For God," said he, "hath caused me to grow in the land of my trouble."

²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy.

¹ after these deeds, tidings were brought unto Joseph, that his father was sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

⁵ Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.

¹⁶ And the angel which hath delivered me from all evil, bless these lads: that they may be called after my name, and after my father Abraham and Isaac, and that they may grow and multiply upon the earth."

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." ²⁰ And he blessed them, saying, "At the example of these, the Israelites shall bless and say, 'God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" Thus set he Ephraim before Manasseh.

¹³ And unto Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD is his land with the goodly fruits of heaven, with dew and with springs that lie beneath: ¹⁴ and with fruits of the increase of the sun and with ripe fruit of the months, ¹⁵ and with the tops of mountains that were from the beginning and with the dainties of hills that last ever, ¹⁶ and with goodly fruit of the earth and of the fullness thereof. And the goodwill of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from among his brethren. ¹⁷ His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."

¹ And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho eastward, and the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel: ² and then goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and runneth along unto the borders of Archiataroth; ³ and goeth down westward, even unto the coasts of Japhleti, and unto the coasts of Bethhoron the nether, and so to Gezer, and the ends of their coasts came to the sea. ⁴ And so the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. ⁵ And the children of Ephraim took their coasts by kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance eastward were, Atarothaddar, even unto Bethhoron the upper, ⁶ and went out westward to Michmethath on the north side, and compassed eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and past it on the east side unto Janoah, ⁷ and went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, and met at Jericho, and went out at Jordan. ⁸ And their borders went from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah, and the ends were the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim in their kindreds, ⁹ and the bordering cities of the children of Ephraim, lie among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh: even all the cities with their villages. ¹⁰ Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.

¹⁴ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, "Why hast thou given us but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we be much people, and forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed us so?" ¹⁵ And Joshua answered them, "If ye be much people, then get you up to the wood country, and prepare for yourselves there in the land of the Perezites and of the Rephaim, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you." ¹⁶ Then the children of Joseph said again, "The hill will not be gotten of us: for all the Cananites that dwell in the low country have chariots of iron, and so have they that inhabit Bethshean, and the towns of the same, and they also that dwell in the valley of Jezreel." ¹⁷ And Joshua answered the house of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, "Ye be much people and have great power and shall not therefore have one lot.

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. ² But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself, day and night. ³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.

³ Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.

⁴ When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him.

¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him,

²⁴ and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein.

²⁸ Then as the Midianites merchant men passed by, they drew Joseph out of the pit and sold him unto the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought him into Egypt.

⁷ And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me." ⁸ But he denied, and said to her, "Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand. ⁹ He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?" ¹⁰ And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company. ¹¹ And it fortuned about the same season, that Joseph entered into the house, to do his business: and there was none of the household by, in the house. ¹² And she caught him by the garment, saying, "Come, sleep with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. ¹³ When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out, ¹⁴ she called unto the men of the house, and told them, saying, "See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to do us shame: for he came in to me, for to have slept with me. But I cried with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out." ¹⁶ And she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home. ¹⁷ And she told him according to these words, saying, "This Hebrews' servant which thou hast brought unto us came in to me to do me shame. ¹⁸ But as soon as I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out." ¹⁹ When his master heard the words of his wife which she told him, saying, "after this manner did thy servant to me," he waxed wroth. ²⁰ And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison,

²¹ Then they said one to another, "We have verily sinned against our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and would not hear him: therefore is this trouble come upon us."

³ who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,

¹³ They thrust at me, that I might fall; but the LORD was my help.

³³ These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

²² and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁰ and said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob. Notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name." And so was his name called Israel. ¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins.

⁵ And now be not grieved therewith, neither let it seem a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye sold me hither. For God did send me before you to save life.

⁷ Wherefore God sent me before you to make provision, that ye might continue in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

¹¹ There will I make provision for thee: for there remain yet five years of dearth, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish.'

¹² And Joseph made provision for his father, his brethren, and all his father's household, as young children are fed with bread.

²¹ Fear not therefore, for I will care for you and for your children." And he spake kindly unto them.

⁶ And he said, "I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

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,

⁴ He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

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, 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."

¹ And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for elders of Israel, and for their heads, judges and officers which presented themselves before God. ² And Joshua said unto all the people, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the water in old time even Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, and served strange gods. ³ But I took your father Abraham from the other side of the water, and brought him into the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. ⁴ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave unto Esau mount Seir to possess it. But Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. ⁵ Then I sent Moses and Aaron. And I plagued Egypt, after the manner as I did among them, and after that I brought you out, ⁶ and I brought your fathers out of Egypt. And ye came unto the sea: and the Egyptians followed after your fathers with chariots and horsemen, unto the reed sea. ⁷ And they cried unto the LORD. And he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them. And your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt. And ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. ⁸ And I brought you into the land of the Amorites which dwelt on the other side Jordan. And they fought with you: and I gave them into your hands. And ye conquered their country. And I destroyed them in your sight. ⁹ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor for to curse you. ¹⁰ But I would not agree to hearken unto Balaam, and therefore he blessed you: And so I delivered you out of his hand. ¹¹ And when ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho, the citizens of Jericho fought against you: the Amorites, Perezites, Cananites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, Jebusites which I delivered into your hands. ¹² And I sent hornets before you and ye cast out before you: even the two kings of the Amorites: but not with your own sword or with your own bow. ¹³ And I gave you a land in which ye did not labor, and cities which you built not, and ye dwelt in them. And vines, and olive trees which ye planted not, and ye ate of them. ¹⁴ And now, fear the LORD and serve him in pureness and truth: And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the water, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. ¹⁵ But if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, then choose you this day, whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the water, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land, ye dwelt. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." ¹⁶ And the people answered and said, "God forbid that we should forsake the LORD and serve strange gods. ¹⁷ For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage, and which did those miracles in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went and among all the nations which we came through. ¹⁸ And the LORD did cast out before us all the nations with the Amorites which dwelt in the land, wherefore we will serve the LORD — for he is our God." ¹⁹ But Joshua said unto the people, "Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God and cannot bear your transgression and sin. ²⁰ But when ye have forsaken the LORD and have served strange gods, he will turn and do you evil and consume you, after that he hath done you good." ²¹ And the people answered Joshua, "Nay, but we will serve the LORD." ²² Then Joshua said unto the folk, "Ye are witnesses unto yourselves, that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses." ²³ "Then put away," said he, "the strange gods which are among you, and bow your hearts unto the LORD God of Israel." ²⁴ And the people answered Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve and his voice we will obey." ²⁵ And so Joshua made a covenant with the people the same day and set ordinances and laws before them in Shechem. ²⁶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone and pitched it on end in the said place, even under an oak that stood in the sanctuary of the LORD. ²⁷ And Joshua said unto all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake with us. It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye lie unto your God." ²⁸ And so Joshua let the people depart every man unto his inheritance. ²⁹ And after these things, the time came that Joshua the son of Nun and the servant of the LORD died being a hundredth and ten years old. ³⁰ Whom they buried in the country of his inheritance, even in Timnathserah which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. ³¹ And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had seen all the works of the LORD that he had done to Israel. ³² And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem, for a hundredth pieces of silver, which parcel became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. ³³ And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, whom they buried in Gibeah that pertained to Phinehas his son and was given him in Mount Ephraim.

⁹ For they were all minded to make us afraid and thought, "They shall withdraw their hands from the work, that they shall not labour." Howbeit I strengthened my hand the more.

²⁰ My honor increased more and more, and my bow was ever the stronger in my hand.

¹ {To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

³⁰ The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire. He is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. {TYNDALE: The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.}

³² It is God that girdeth me with strength of war, and maketh my way perfect. {TYNDALE: God is my strength in war, and riddeth the way clear before me.} ³³ He maketh my feet like hart's feet, and setteth me up on high. {TYNDALE: And maketh my feet as swift as a hind's, and setteth me fast upon my high hold.} ³⁴ He teacheth my hands to fight, and mine arms shall bend even a bow of steel. {TYNDALE: And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.} ³⁵ Thou hast given me the defense of thy salvation; thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great. {TYNDALE: And thou hast saved me with thy shield, and keptest me ever in meekness.}

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD is my shepherd; I can want nothing.

¹⁴ O tarry thou the LORD's leisure. Be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the LORD.

⁸ The LORD is my strength, and he is the wholesome defense of his anointed.

¹⁴ The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. ¹⁵ Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

⁷ But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

¹ {An Instruction of Ethan the Ezrahite} My song shall be always of the loving-kindness of the LORD; with my mouth will I ever be showing thy faithfulness from one generation to another.

²² The same stone which the builders refused, is become the headstone in the corner.

² how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,

⁵ until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD, a habitation for the mighty one of Jacob."

²⁴ Therefore saith the LORD God of Hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah, I must ease me of mine enemies, and avenge me upon them.

¹⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: "Behold, I will lay a stone in Zion, a great stone, a costly corner stone, for a sure foundation: that whoso putteth his trust in him, shall not be confounded.

²⁴ They also which have been of an erroneous spirit shall come to understanding, and they that have been scornful shall learn doctrine."

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine.

¹⁶ Thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and kings' breasts shall feed thee. And thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and defender, the mighty one of Jacob.

⁹ for lo, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will hew him out, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and take away the sin of that land in one day.

¹² I will comfort them in the LORD, that they may walk in his name," sayeth the LORD.

⁴² Jesus said unto them, "Did ye never read in the scriptures? 'The same stone which the builders refused, the same is set in the principal part of the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'

¹⁰ Have ye not read this scripture? 'The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the chief stone in the corner:

¹⁷ And he beheld them and said, "What meaneth this then that is written, 'The stone that the builders refused, the same is made the head cornerstone?'

¹¹ This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is set in the chief place of the corner.

⁴ What art thou that judgest another man's servant? Whether he stand or fall, that pertaineth unto his master. Yea, he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand.

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets — Jesus Christ being the head cornerstone -

¹¹ strengthened with all might, through his glorious power, unto all patience, and long suffering, with joyfulness,

¹⁷ notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

⁴ to whom ye come as unto a living stone, disallowed of men, but chosen of God and precious: ⁵ and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I put in Zion a head cornerstone, elect and precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed." ⁷ Unto you therefore which believe is he precious: but unto them which believe not, the stone which the builders refused, the same is made the headstone in the corner ⁸ and a stone to stumble at, and a rock to offend them which stumble at the word, and believe not that whereon they were set.

¹ When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to him saying, "I am the almighty God: walk before me and be uncorrupt.

²⁸ God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine.

¹³ Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed.

²¹ so that I come again unto my father's house in safety: then shall the LORD be my God,

³ and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went."

¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins.

²³ And he said, "Be of good cheer, fear not: Your God and the God of your fathers hath put you that treasure in your sacks, for I had your money." And he brought Simeon out to them,

¹⁷ And beware that thou say not in thine heart, 'My power and the might of mine own hand hath done me all these acts.'

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; ⁵ blessed shall thine almery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in. ⁷ The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thine hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ⁹ "The LORD shall make thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee. 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. ¹² "The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, even the heaven, to give rain unto thy land in due season and to bless all the labours of thine hand. And thou shalt lend unto many nations, but shalt not need to borrow thyself.

¹ This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death,

¹¹ For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

¹² Yea, the LORD shall show loving-kindness, and our land shall give her increase.

³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

²¹ Therefore let no man rejoice in men. For all things are yours, ²² whether it be Paul, either Apollos, either Cephas: whether it be the world, or life, either death, whether they be present things or things to come: all are yours,

³ Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all manner of spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ,

¹⁹ My God fulfill all your needs through his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.

⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

²⁷ And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed. ²⁸ God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine. ²⁹ People be thy servants, and nations bow unto thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother's children stoop unto thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."

³⁹ Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. ⁴⁰ And with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off thy neck."

³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people, ⁴ and give thee the blessing of Abraham: both to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest possess the land — wherein thou art a stranger — which God gave unto Abraham."

² "Speak unto children of Israel and say unto them, 'When either man or woman appointeth to vow a vow of abstinence, for to abstain unto the LORD,

¹⁵ and with the tops of mountains that were from the beginning and with the dainties of hills that last ever, ¹⁶ and with goodly fruit of the earth and of the fullness thereof. And the goodwill of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from among his brethren.

³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, and his throne is like as the sun before me.

¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant, ¹⁸ whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart, ¹⁹ until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him. ²⁰ Then sent the king and caused him to be delivered; the prince of the people had let him go. ²¹ He made him LORD of his house, and ruler of all his substance, ²² that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

¹⁸ As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish."

¹⁰ The mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down: but my loving-kindness shall not move, and the bond of my peace shall not fall down from thee, sayeth the LORD thy merciful lover.

⁵ Hear the word of God, all ye that fear the thing which he speaketh. Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, say "Let the LORD magnify himself, that we may see your gladness," and yet they shall be confounded.

²⁵ They shall dwell in the land that I gave unto Jacob my servant, whereas your fathers also have dwelt. Yea even in the same land shall they, their children, and their children's children dwell for evermore: and my servant David shall be their everlasting prince. ²⁶ Moreover, I will make a bond of peace with them, which shall be unto them an everlasting covenant. I will settle them also, and multiply them; my Sanctuary will I set among them for evermore.

⁶ And I went down unto the bottom of the hills, and was barred in with earth on every side forever. And yet thou, LORD my God, broughtest up my life again out of corruption.

⁶ He standeth, and measureth the earth. He looketh, and the people consume away, the mountains of the world fall down to powder, and the hills are fain to bow themselves, for his goings are everlasting and sure.

⁹ And the patriarchs, having indignation, sold Joseph into Egypt, and God was with him,

¹⁸ Then as her soul was departing, that she must die: she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.

²¹ The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

¹² Unto Benjamin he said, "The LORD's darling shall dwell in safety by him and keep himself in the haven by him continually, and shall dwell between his shoulders."

¹⁵ And then they cried unto the LORD. And the LORD stirred them up a saver, Ehud the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, a man that could do nothing handsomely with his right hand. And when the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of the Moabites, ¹⁶ Ehud made him a two-edged dagger of a span long, and girded it under his garment upon his right thigh; ¹⁷ and brought the present unto Eglon the king of the Moabites. As for Eglon, he was a very fat man. ¹⁸ And when he had delivered the present, he let the people go that had carried the present, ¹⁹ and he himself turned back from the idols at Gilgal, and caused to say thus: "I have a secret thing to tell thee, O king." And the king commanded to keep silence, and all they that stood about him went out from him. ²⁰ And Ehud came in unto him in a summer parlor, of which he had several unto himself alone, and said, "I have a message unto thee from God." And he arose out of his seat. ²¹ And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the dagger from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly, ²² so that the hilt went in also, and the fat closed upon the hilt: for he drew not the dagger out of his belly. And filthiness departed from him. ²³ But Ehud gat him out at the back door, and put to the door after him, and locked it. ²⁴ When he was gone out, his servants came and looked. And behold, the doors of the parlor were locked. And they said, "Ah, he is doing of his easement in his summer chamber." ²⁵ And when they had tarried till they were ashamed, for no man did the doors of the parlor open: then they took a key and opened them. And behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth. ²⁶ But Ehud escaped while they tarried, and was gone beyond the idols and escaped into Seirah. ²⁷ And when he was come, he blew a trumpet in mount Ephraim. And the children of Israel went down with him off the hill and he before them. ²⁸ And he said unto them, "Follow me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites into your hands." And they descended after him and took the passages of Jordan from the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. ²⁹ And they slew of the Moabites, the same time, upon a ten thousand men, all nobles, and men of might: that there escaped not a man,

²¹ And the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed in Israel that day twenty two thousand men, and brought them to the earth.

²⁵ the children of Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah, the second day, and destroyed to the earth of the children of Israel once again, eighteen thousand men that drew swords every man of them.

⁴ Then came the messengers to Gibeah where Saul dwelt, and told this tidings in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept. ⁵ And behold Saul came following his oxen out of the field, and asked what ailed the people to weep. And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. ⁶ Then came the spirit of God upon Saul, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceeding angry. ⁷ And took a yoke of oxen and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall his oxen be served." Then the fear of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out as it had been but one man. ⁸ And when they were numbered in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundredth thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. ⁹ And they said unto the messengers that came, "So say unto the men of Jabesh in Gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun be hot, ye shall have help.'" And the messengers came and showed the men of Jabesh, and they were glad. ¹⁰ And then the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out unto you, that ye may do with us all that pleaseth you." ¹¹ And on the morrow Saul put the people in three parts. And they came in upon the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites, until the heat of the day. And they that remained, scattered: so that two of them were not left together.

¹ And it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto his young man that bare his harness, "Come, and let us go over to the watchmen of the Philistines that are yonder on the other side" — and told not his father. ² But Saul tarried in the utmost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree, that was in Migron, and the people that were with him were upon a six hundred men. ³ And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, was the LORD's priest in Shiloh and bare an ephod. But the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. ⁴ And in the way over by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the garrison of the Philistines, were there two sharp rocks, even one on the one side, and the other one the other side: the one called Bozez, and the other Seneh. ⁵ And the one leaneth northward toward Michmash, and the other southward toward Gibeah. ⁶ Then said Jonathan to the young man that bare his harness, "Come, and let us go over unto the standing of these uncircumcised, peradventure the LORD will work with us: for the LORD is free to save with many or with few." ⁷ And his harness bearer said unto him, "Do all that is in thine heart. Set thee forward; and see, I am with thee, as thine heart lusteth." ⁸ Then said Jonathan, "Behold, when we go over unto the men, and show ourselves unto them, ⁹ if they say on this wise to us, 'Tarry until we come to you,' then we will stand still where we be and not go up unto them. ¹⁰ But and if they so say unto us, 'Come up unto us,' then we will go up, for the LORD hath delivered them into our hands. And this shall be a sign unto us." ¹¹ And when they had both showed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, "See, the Hebrews come out of the holes where they had hid themselves in." ¹² And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his harness bearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing." Then said Jonathan unto his harness bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD hath delivered them into the hands of Israel." ¹³ And Jonathan clame upon hands and feet, and his harness bearer after him. Then they fell before Jonathan: and his harness bearer slew them after him. ¹⁴ And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his harness bearer made was upon a twenty men, within the compass as it were about a half acre of land. ¹⁵ And there was a fear in the host that was in the field, and among all the people: insomuch that they that kept the hold, and they that were gone to rob, were afraid also: and the earth trembled and there was a fear sent of God.

¹ The Philistines gathered their host to battle, and came together to Socoh in Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in the end of Dammim. ² And Saul and the men of Israel came and pitched in Oakdale and put themselves in array, to fight against the Philistines. ³ And the Philistines stood on a hill on the one side, and Israel stood on a hill on the other side; and a valley between them. ⁴ And then came a man and stood in the midst, out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath: six cubits and a handbreadth long, ⁵ and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass. ⁶ And he had a harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders. ⁷ And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him. ⁸ And he stood and called unto the host of Israel, and said unto them, "What needeth that ye should come out in array to battle? Am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down to me: ⁹ if he be able to fight with me and to beat me, then we will be your servants. But if I can overcome him and beat him, then ye shall be our servants and serve us." ¹⁰ And the Philistine said, "I have defied the host of Israel this day; give me a man and let us fight together." ¹¹ When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged and greatly afraid. ¹² And this David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse; which Jesse had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul among the people. ¹³ And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to battle. And the names of his three sons that went to battle were: Eliab the eldest, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. ¹⁴ And David was the youngest. And when the three eldest were gone after Saul, ¹⁵ David went and departed from Saul, to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. ¹⁶ And the Philistine came forth every morning and evening, and continued forty days. ¹⁷ And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren. ¹⁸ And carry these ten fresh cheeses unto the captain, and look how thy brethren fare, and set out their pledges." ¹⁹ And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in Oakdale fighting with the Philistines. ²⁰ And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him, and came where the host lay. And the host was going out in array, and shouted in the battle: ²¹ for Israel and the Philistines had put themselves in array, the one against the other. ²² Then David put the pannier from him, unto the hands of the keeper of the vessels, and ran into the host and came and saluted his brethren. ²³ And as he talked with them, behold, there stood a man in the midst: Goliath the Philistine by name, of Gath, which came out of the array of the Philistines, and spake of the manner above rehearsed, that David heard it. ²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, ran away from him, and were sore afraid. ²⁵ And every man of Israel said, "See ye this man that is come forth; even to revile Israel is he come. And to him that beateth him will the king give great riches, and will give him his daughter thereto: yea and make his father's house free in Israel." ²⁶ Then spake David to the men that stood by and said, "What shall be done to the man that beateth this Philistine and taketh away the shame from Israel? For what is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should revile the host of the living God?" ²⁷ And the people answered as it is rehearsed, saying, "So shall it be done to the man that beateth him." ²⁸ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the man and was angry with David and said, "Why camest thou away, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come to see the battle." ²⁹ And David answered, "What have I now done? Is there any more, save a word?" ³⁰ And departed from by him into another front, and spake of the same manner, and the people answered him again, as before. ³¹ And they that heard the words which David spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fetched. ³² And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail him because of him. Thy servant will go and fight with his Philistine." ³³ And Saul said to David again, "Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him. For thou art but a lad, and he hath been a man of war even from his youth." ³⁴ Then said David unto Saul, "As thy servant kept his father's sheep, there came a Lion and likewise a Bear, and took a sheep out of the flock. ³⁵ And I went out after him and smote him, and took it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him and slew him. ³⁶ For both a Lion and also a Bear hath thy servant slain. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, for his railing on the host of the living God." ³⁷ And David spake moreover, "The LORD that delivered me out of the hands of the Lion and out of the hands of the Bear, he shall deliver me also out of the hands of the Philistine." Then said Saul to David, "Go, and the LORD be with thee." ³⁸ And Saul put his raiment upon David, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and put a coat of mail upon him, ³⁹ and gird David with his own sword upon his raiment. And he assayed to go, for he never proved it. Then said David unto Saul, "I cannot go in these, for I have not been used thereto." And put them off him, ⁴⁰ and took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of a brook and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, and in a poke; and took a sling in his hand, and went to the Philistine. ⁴¹ And the Philistine came and drew near to David, with the man that bare a shield before him. ⁴² And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, ruddy and goodly to look upon. ⁴³ And the Philistine said unto David, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff?" And he cursed David in the name of his gods. ⁴⁴ And he said to David, "Come to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field." ⁴⁵ Then said David to the Philistine, "Thou comest to me with a sword, a spear, and a shield: But I come to thee in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the host of Israel whom thou hast railed upon. ⁴⁶ This day shall the LORD deliver thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee and take thine head from thee, and will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the earth — and all the world shall know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ And all this congregation shall know that the LORD saveth not with the sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD's, and he shall give you into our hands." ⁴⁸ And when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh unto David, David hasted and ran in array even against the Philistine. ⁴⁹ And David put his hand in his poke and took out a stone and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell groveling to the earth. ⁵⁰ And so David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him. And because David had no sword in his hand, ⁵¹ he ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of his sheath and slew him and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. ⁵² And the men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted and followed after the Philistines, until they came to the valley and unto the gates of Ekron. And the Philistines fell down dead by the way, even unto Gath and Ekron. ⁵³ And then the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and robbed their tents. ⁵⁴ And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem: But he put his armour in his tent. 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." ⁵⁶ Then said the king, "Enquire thou, whose son the youngling is." ⁵⁷ And so when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand. ⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, "Whose son art thou, thou lad?" And David answered, "The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great.

²⁵ thy Prophets that are in thee are sworn together to devour souls, like as a roaring Lion that liveth by his prey. They receive riches and good, and make many widows in thee.

²⁷ Thy rulers in thee are like ravishing wolves, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, for their own covetous lucre.

⁷ Therefore will I be unto them as a lion, and as a leopard in the way to the Assyrians. 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.

³ Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶ "Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

³ But Saul made havoc of the congregation, entering into every house: and drew out both man and woman, and thrust them into prison.

¹ And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

²⁹ For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock.

⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the kindred of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew born of the Hebrews; as concerning the law, a Pharisee,

²¹ And the stones shall be graven as signets be graven: with the names of the children of Israel, even with twelve names every one with his name according to the twelve tribes.

³¹ And he took twelve stones according to the number of the twelve tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came saying, "Israel shall be thy name."

⁷ Then said the king Ahasuerus unto queen Esther, and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him have they hanged upon a tree, because he laid hand upon the Jews.

⁹ Then were the king's scribes called at the same time in the third month, that is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day. And it was written, as Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews and to the princes, to the deputies and captains in the lands from India until Ethiopia, namely a hundred and seven and twenty lands, unto every one according to the writing thereof, unto every people after their speech, and to the Jews according to their writing and language.

¹¹ wherein the king granted the Jews - in what cities soever they were - to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, and for to root out, to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and land that would trouble them, with children and women, and to spoil their goods

¹ In the twelfth month, that is the month Adar, upon the thirteenth day, which the king's word and commandment had appointed, that it should be done, even upon the same day that the enemies should have destroyed the Jews to have oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, even that the Jews should subdue their enemies. ² Then gathered the Jews together in their cities within all the lands of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as would do them evil, and no man could withstand them: for the fear of them was come over all people. ³ And all the rulers in the lands, and princes and deputies, and officers of the king promoted the Jews: for the fear of Mordecai came upon them. ⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and the report of him was noised in all lands, how he increased and grew. ⁵ Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter, and slew and destroyed, and did after their will unto such as were their adversaries. ⁶ And at the castle of Susa slew the Jews and destroyed five hundred men: ⁷ and slew Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ⁸ Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, Vaizatha: ¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the enemy of the Jews: but on his goods they laid no hands.

⁸ "'Behold, it cometh, and shall be fulfilled indeed, sayeth the LORD God: This is the day whereof I have spoken. ⁹ They that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall go forth and set fire upon the weapons, and burn them: shields and spears, bows and arrows, bills and clubs: ¹⁰ seven years shall they be burning thereof, so that they shall else bring no sticks from the field, neither have need to hew down any out of the wood: For they shall have weapons now to burn. They shall rob those that robbed them, and spoil those that spoiled them, sayeth the LORD God.

¹ Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, that thou shalt be spoiled and robbed. ² For I will gather together all the Heathen, to fight against Jerusalem: so that the city shall be won, the houses spoiled, and the women defiled. The half of the city shall go away into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be carried out of the city. ³ fter that shall the LORD go forth, to fight against those Heathen, as men used to fight in the day of battle. ⁴ Then shall his feet stand upon the mount Olivet, that lieth upon the east side of Jerusalem. And the mount Olivet shall cleave in two, eastward and westward, so that there shall be a great valley: and the half mount shall remove toward the north, and the other half toward the south. ⁵ And ye shall flee unto the valley of my hills, for the valley of the hills shall reach unto Asia. Yea, flee shall ye, like as ye fled for the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the LORD my God shall come, and all saints with him. ⁶ In that day shall it not be light, but cold and frost. ⁷ This shall be that special day which is known unto the LORD: neither day nor night, but about the evening time it shall be light.

⁷ unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa am I accused of the Jews.

¹ James, the servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sendeth greeting to the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there.

⁴ And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed a hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

⁸ and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age — when he had lived enough — and was put unto his people. ⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite before Mamre. ¹⁰ Which field Abraham bought of the sons of Heth: There was Abraham buried, and Sara his wife. ¹¹ And after the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son, which dwelt by the well of the living and seeing. ¹² These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, which Hagar the Egyptian, Sara's handmaid, bare unto Abraham. ¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, with their names in their kindreds. The eldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their towns and castles; twelve princes of nations. ¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty seven years, and then he fell sick and died, and was laid unto his people.

²⁹ and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

³⁰ but let me lie by my fathers, and carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial." And he answered, "I will do as thou hast said."

¹³ And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

³⁷ But let thy servant turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and mother. But lo here is thy servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do to him, what shall please thee."

⁶ Seeing that we have divers gifts according to the grace that is given unto us: if any man have the gift of prophecy, let him have it that it be agreeing unto the faith; ⁷ Let him that hath an office, wait on his office; ⁸ Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine; Let him that exhorteth give attendance to his exhortation; If any man give, let him do it with singleness; Let him that ruleth do it with diligence; If any man show mercy let him do it with cheerfulness. ⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good. ¹⁰ Be kind one to another, with brotherly love. In giving honour go one before another. ¹¹ Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time. ¹² Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation, continue in prayer. ¹³ Distribute unto the necessity of the saints, and diligently to harbour. ¹⁴ Bless them which persecute you: bless, but curse not. ¹⁵ Be merry with them that are merry. Weep with them that weep. ¹⁶ Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions. ¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide aforehand things honest in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, howbeit of your part, have peace with all men. ¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be not overcome of evil: But overcome evil with goodness.

²³ and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

⁸ And he communed with them, saying, "If it be your minds that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar: ⁹ and let him give me the double cave which he hath in the end of his field, for as much money as it is worth; let him give it me in the presence of you, for a possession to bury in."

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants. ¹⁷ Thus was the field of Ephron wherein the double cave is before Mamre — even the field and the cave that is therein, and all the trees of the field which grow in all the borders round about — made sure unto Abraham for a possession, ¹⁸ in the sight of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the city.

²⁰ And so both the field and the cave that is therein, was made unto Abraham a sure possession to bury in, of the sons of Heth.

³ And Abraham stood up from the corpse, and talked with the sons of Heth saying,

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants. ¹⁷ Thus was the field of Ephron wherein the double cave is before Mamre — even the field and the cave that is therein, and all the trees of the field which grow in all the borders round about — made sure unto Abraham for a possession, ¹⁸ in the sight of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the city. ¹⁹ And then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the double cave of the field that lieth before Mamre, otherwise called Hebron in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And so both the field and the cave that is therein, was made unto Abraham a sure possession to bury in, of the sons of Heth.

⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite before Mamre.

¹⁶ and were translated into Shechem, and were put in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor, at Shechem.

⁵ And he brought him out at the doors and said, "Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." And said unto him, "Even so shall thy seed be."

⁸ and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age — when he had lived enough — and was put unto his people.

¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty seven years, and then he fell sick and died, and was laid unto his people.

¹ And Jacob called for his sons and said, "Come together, that I may tell you what shall happen you in the last days.

²⁴ and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel. ²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

²⁹ And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

²⁷ And Joshua said unto all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake with us. It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye lie unto your God." ²⁸ And so Joshua let the people depart every man unto his inheritance. ²⁹ And after these things, the time came that Joshua the son of Nun and the servant of the LORD died being a hundredth and ten years old.

²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season.

¹⁰ But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

⁷ Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

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.

²⁹ "Lord, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise.

¹⁵ And Jacob descended into Egypt, and died both he and our fathers,

¹³ And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ They that say such things, declare that they seek a country. ¹⁵ Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

²² By faith Joseph, when he died, remembered the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones.