Matthew Cross References - MSTC

¹ This is the book of the generations of Jesus Christ: the son of David, the son also of Abraham. ² Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; ³ Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; Perez begat Hezron; Hezron begat Ram; ⁴ Ram begat Amminadab; Amminadab begat Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon; ⁵ Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; Obed begat Jesse; ⁶ Jesse begat David the king: David the king begat Solomon of her that was the wife of Uriah: ⁷ Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abijah; Abijah begat Asa; ⁸ Asa begat Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begat Joram; Joram begat Uzziah; ⁹ Uzziah begat Jotham; Jotham begat Ahaz; Ahaz begat Hezekiah; ¹⁰ Hezekiah begat Manasseh; Manasseh begat Amon; Amon begat Josiah; ¹¹ Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon. ¹² And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel: Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel; ¹³ Zerubbabel begat Abiud; Abiud begat Eliakim; Eliakim begat Azor; ¹⁴ Azor begat Sadoc; Sadoc begat Achim; Achim begat Eliud; ¹⁵ Eliud begat Eleazar; Eleazar begat Matthan; Matthan begat Jacob; ¹⁶ Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born that Jesus, that is called Christ. ¹⁷ All the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; And from David unto the captivity of Babylon are fourteen generations; And from the captivity of Babylon unto Christ are also fourteen generations. ¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a perfect man, and loath to make an example of her, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰ While he thus thought, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: For that which is conceived in her is of the holy ghost. ²¹ She shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus: For he shall save his people from their sins." ²² All this was done, to fulfill that which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet saying, ²³ "Behold, a maiden shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with us." ²⁴ And Joseph, as soon as he awoke out of sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade him, and took his wife unto him: ²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth her first son: and called his name Jesus.

⁴ These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the time when the LORD God created heaven and earth

¹⁵ Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

¹ This is the book of the generation of man, in the day when God created man and made him after the similitude of God.

⁹ These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and uncorrupt in his time, and walked with God.

²² And Noah did according to all that God commanded him.

⁵ And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him:

³ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth."

¹⁹ Then said God, "Nay. Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac. And I will make my covenant with him, that it shall be an everlasting covenant unto his seed after him.

²¹ But my covenant will I make with Isaac, which Sara shall bear unto thee: even this time, twelve month."

¹⁰ And he said, "I will come again unto thee as soon as the fruit can live. And lo, Sara thy wife shall have a son." That heard Sara, out of the tent door which was behind his back.

² And Sara was with child and bare Abraham a son in his old age, even the same season which the LORD had appointed. ³ And Abraham called his son's name that was born unto him, which Sara bare him, Isaac: ⁴ and Abraham circumcised Isaac his son when he was eight days old, as God commanded him. ⁵ And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

² And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee." ³ Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice."

²⁶ And afterward his brother came out, and his hand holding Esau by the heel. Wherefore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was forty years old when she bare them:

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father, ⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries. And through thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, ⁵ because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept mine ordinances, commandments, statutes and laws."

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. ¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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." 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. 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.

⁵ And Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son. 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. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again; and bare Jacob another son. 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. ⁹ When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Lea's maid bare Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then said Lea, "Good luck," and called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah, Lea's maid, bare Jacob another son. ¹³ Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher. ¹⁴ And Reuben went out in the wheat harvest and found mandragoras in the fields, and brought them unto his mother Lea. Then said Rachel to Lea, "Give me of thy son's mandragoras." ¹⁵ And Lea answered, "Is it not enough, that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my son's mandragoras also?" Then said Rachel, "Well, let him sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandragoras." ¹⁶ And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night. ¹⁷ And God heard Lea, that she conceived and bare unto Jacob the fifth son. ¹⁸ Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar. ¹⁹ And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sixth son. 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.

¹¹ And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream saying, 'Jacob?' And I answered, 'Here am I.'

¹⁶ And they departed from Bethel, and when he was but a field breadth from Ephrata, Rachel began to travail. And in travailing she was in peril. ¹⁷ And as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said unto her, "Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also." ¹⁸ Then as her soul was departing, that she must die: she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹ And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrata which now is called Bethlehem.

⁶ And Judah gave Er, his eldest son, a wife whose name was Tamar.

¹¹ Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown." For he feared lest he should have died also, as his brethren did. Thus went Tamar and dwelt in her father's house.

²⁴ And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt."

²⁴ And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt." ²⁵ And when they brought her forth, she sent to her father-in-law saying, "By the man unto whom these things pertain, am I with child." And said also, "Look whose are this seal, necklace, and staff." ²⁶ And Judah knew them, saying, "She is more righteous than I, because I gave her not to Shelah my son." But he lay with her no more. ²⁷ When time was come that she should be delivered, behold there was two twins in her womb.

²⁹ But he plucked his hand back again, and his brother came out. And she said, "Wherefore hast thou rent a rent upon thee?" And called him Perez. ³⁰ And afterward came out his brother that had the red thread about his hand, which was called Zerah.

³ And he said, "I am that mighty God of thy father, fear not to go down into Egypt. For I will make of thee there a great people.

⁸ These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son. ⁹ The children of Reuben: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron and Carmi. 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. 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.

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. ¹³ The children of Issachar: Tola, Puva, Iob and Shimron. ¹⁴ The children of Zebulon: Sered, Elon and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These be the children of Lea which she bare unto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his daughter Dina. All these souls of his sons and daughters make thirty and six. ¹⁶ The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. ¹⁷ The children of Asher: Imnah, Isvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. And the children of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the children of Zilpah whom Laban gave to Lea his daughter. And these she bare unto Jacob in number sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The children of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were borne: Manasseh and Ephraim which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On bare unto him. ²¹ The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. ²² These are the children of Rachel which were born unto Jacob: fourteen souls altogether. ²³ The children of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ The children Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob, altogether seven souls. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his loins — beside his son's wives — were all together sixty and six souls. 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.

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.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulon, Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ All the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

² "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn that open all manner matrices among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are mine."

²⁹ Thy fruits, whether they be dry or moist, see thou keep not back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me:

¹⁶ And Moses did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

¹⁹ and spread abroad the tent over the habitation and put the covering of the tent on high above it: as the LORD commanded Moses.

²⁵ and set up the lamps before the LORD: as the LORD commanded Moses.

²⁷ and burnt sweet cense thereon as the LORD commanded Moses.

³² both when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or when they went to the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

²⁰ "'When a man lieth with a woman and hath to do with her, which is a bondwoman and hath been meddled withal of another man; but not loosed out nor hath obtained freedom, it shall be punished: but they shall not suffer death, because she was not free.

¹⁰ He that breaketh wedlock with another man's wife shall die for it, because he hath broke wedlock with his neighbour's wife, and so shall she likewise.

⁷ In the tribe of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

³ On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch with their arms; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain over the sons of Judah:

¹² He that offered his offering the first day, was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

¹⁷ and for peace offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats and five lambs of a year old. And this was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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

⁶ And he said, "Hear my words. If there be a prophet of the LORD's among you, I will show myself unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

²⁰ But the children of Judah in their kindred were: Shelah of whom cometh the kindred of the Shelanites; and of Perez cometh the kindred of the Perezites; and of Zerah cometh the kindred of the Zerahites. ²¹ And the children of Perez were Hezron, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hezronites: and of Hamul cometh the kindred of the Hamulites.

²¹ let them bring her unto the door of her father's house, and let the men of that city stone her with stones to death, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee. ²² If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall die: both the man that lie with the wife, and also the wife. So shalt thou put away evil from Israel. ²³ If a maid be handfasted unto a husband, and then a man find her in the town and lay with her, ²⁴ then ye shall bring them both out unto the gates of that same city and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put away evil from thee.

¹ When a man hath taken a wife and married her, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath spied some uncleanness in her: Then let him write her a bill of divorcement and put it in her hand and send her out of his house. ² If, when she is departed out of his house, she go and be another man's wife, ³ and the second husband hate her and write her a letter of divorcement and put it in her hand and send her out of his house, or if the second man die which took her to wife; ⁴ her first man which sent her away may not take her again to be his wife, inasmuch as she is defiled. For that is abomination in the sight of the LORD: that thou defile not the land with sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit.

¹ Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies, secretly, saying, "Go and view the land and also Jericho." And they went, and came unto a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. ² And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold there came men in hither tonight, of the children of Israel, to spy out the country." ³ And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, "Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land." ⁴ And the woman took the two men — and hid them. And said, "Indeed, there came men unto me but I knew not whence they were. ⁵ And about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, they went out. Whither they went, I know not: but follow after them quickly, and ye shall take them." ⁶ And she brought them up upon the roof of the house, and hid them under flax, yet in the stalks, which she had lying abroad upon the roof. ⁷ And the men pursued after them, the way to Jordan even unto the passage, and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gates immediately. ⁸ And before they were asleep, she came up unto them upon the roof, ⁹ and said unto the men, "I know that the LORD hath given you the land, both because that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and because that the inhabiters of the land faint at your coming. ¹⁰ For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the reed sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites on the other side Jordan; Sihon, and Og, which ye utterly destroyed. ¹¹ And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did faint. And there remained no more courage in any man for fear of your coming. For the LORD your God; he is the God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath. ¹² Now, therefore, swear unto me by the LORD because I have showed you mercy, that ye shall also show mercy unto my father's house and give me a true token. ¹³ And that ye shall save alive, both my father and my mother, my brethren and my sisters, and all that pertain unto them. And that ye shall deliver our souls from death." ¹⁴ And the men answered her, "Our lives for you to die, if you utter not this our business. And so when the LORD hath given us the land, we will deal mercifully and truly with thee." ¹⁵ And then she let them down with a cord through the window. For her house stood in the town wall. And she dwelt in the town wall. ¹⁶ And she said unto them, get you into the mountains, lest the followers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned, and then may ye go your ways. ¹⁷ And the men said unto her, "We will be blameless of thy oath, which thou hast made us swear. ¹⁸ Behold, when we come unto the land, thou shalt bind this purple threaden cord in the window, which thou lettest us down by. And thou shalt bring thy father, thy mother, thy brethren, and all thy father's household, even into the house to thee. ¹⁹ And then whosoever go out at the doors of thy house, into the street, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we guiltless. And whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood be upon our heads if any man's hand be upon him: ²⁰ And even so if thou utter these our words, we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us swear." ²¹ And she said, "According unto your words, so be it." And so sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the purple cord in the window. ²² And they departed and got them into the mountains, and there abode three days until the pursuers were returned. And the pursuers sought throughout all the way and found them not.

²² Then Joshua said to the two men that went to spy out the country: go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence, both the woman and all that pertaineth to her, as ye sware to her. ²³ And the young men that were spies went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and mother, and all the brethren and all that she had. And they brought out all her household and put them without the host of Israel. ²⁴ And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. Only the silver, the gold, and the things of brass and iron they put unto the treasure of the house of the LORD. ²⁵ And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, and her father's household and all that pertained unto her, and she dwelt in Israel — even unto this day — because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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.

³ And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto his wife and said unto her, "Behold, thou art barren and bearest not: But thou shalt conceive and bear a son.

⁸ Then Manoah made intercession to the LORD, and said, "I pray thee, my LORD, let the man of God which thou sentest come once more unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the lad when he is born." ⁹ And God heard the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again unto the wife, as she sat in the fields: But Manoah her husband was not with her.

⁴ which took them wives of the nations of the Moabites: the one's name Orpah and the other's Ruth. And when they had dwelled there about a ten years,

¹⁶ But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from after thee. For whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou dwellest, there I will dwell. Thy people are my people, and thy God is my God. ¹⁷ Where thou diest, I will die, and there will be buried. The LORD do so and so to me, except that death only depart thee and me asunder."

²² And the time when Naomi with Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned out of the country of Moab and came to Bethlehem was in the beginning of barley harvest.

¹⁸ This is the generation of Perez: Perez begat Hezron, ¹⁹ Hezron begat Ram, Ram begat Amminadab,

¹⁹ Hezron begat Ram, Ram begat Amminadab, ²⁰ Amminadab begat Nahshon, Nahshon begat Salmon,

²⁰ Amminadab begat Nahshon, Nahshon begat Salmon, ²¹ Salmon begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed,

²¹ Salmon begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed, ²² Obed begat Jesse, Jesse begat David.

²² Obed begat Jesse, Jesse begat David.

¹ And then the LORD said unto Samuel, "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? Fill a horn with ointment, and come: I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have spied me a king among his sons."

¹¹ Then said Samuel to Jesse, "Are here all thy children?" And he said, "The youngest is yet behind. Behold, he keepeth the sheep." Then Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send and fetch him for we will not sit down, till he be come hither." ¹² And he sent and brought him in. And he was brown with goodly eyes, and well favoured in sight. And then the LORD said, "Up and anoint him: for this is he." ¹³ And Samuel took the horn with the ointment and anointed him in the presence of his brethren. And the spirit of the LORD came upon David, from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

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.

⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, "Whose son art thou, thou lad?" And David answered, "The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

³⁰ Then was Saul angry with Jonathan and said unto him, "O froward and rebellious, thinkest thou I know not how thou hast chosen the son of Jesse unto thine own rebuke, and unto the rebuke and shame of thy mother? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lieth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor yet thy kingdom; wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he is the child of death."

⁸ that ye have all conspired against me? So that there is none of you that openeth mine ear? Insomuch that my son hath made a bond with the son of Jesse, neither is there any of you that mourneth for me or showeth it in mine ear: because my son hath set up my servant to lie await against me, as it appeareth this day."

¹² And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou laid to rest with thy fathers, then I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy body, and will establish his kingdom. ¹³ And he shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the seat of his kingdom forever: ¹⁴ I will be his father and he shall be my son; insomuch that if he sin, I will but rebuke him with such a rod as men be rebuked with and with such plagues as the children of men be plagued with. ¹⁵ But my mercy will I not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put down before thee. ¹⁶ And thine house and thy kingdom shall endure without end after thee, and thy seat shall be established forever.'"

³ And it was answered again, that she was Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam and wife to Uriah the Hittite.

²⁶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. And as soon as the mourning was ended, David sent and fetched her to his house, ²⁷ and she was his wife and bare him a son. But the deed that David had committed displeased the LORD.

²⁴ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her and lay with her, and she bare a son whose name was called Solomon, and the LORD loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, of the LORD's behalf.

¹ These be the last sayings of David. David the son of Jesse said: and the man which is lifted up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob and pleasant Psalmist of Israel said,

³⁹ Uriah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.

¹¹ Whereupon Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Hast thou not heard how that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, unwitting unto our master David? ¹² Now therefore come, that I may give thee counsel how to save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon. ¹³ Go and get thee unto king David, and say unto him, 'Didst thou not, my lord king, sware unto thy handmaid saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my seat? Why, then, is Adonijah made king?' ¹⁴ And see, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I will come in after thee and will end thy words." ¹⁵ And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber. And the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto him. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba stooped and made obeisance unto the king. And the king said, "What is thy matter?" ¹⁷ And she answered and said, "My lord, thou hast sworn by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, 'Solomon thy son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my seat.'

²⁸ Then king David answered, and said, "Call me Bathsheba." And she came in and stood before him. ²⁹ And the king sware, saying, "As sure as the LORD, that hath rid my soul out of all adversity, liveth: ³⁰ even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying 'Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my seat for me,' so will I do this day." ³¹ And Bathsheba bowed on her face to the earth and did obeisance unto the king, and said, "I pray God my lord king David may live ever."

¹⁵ And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath fulfilled with his hand, that he spake with his mouth unto David my father, saying,

²⁴ which also hast kept with thy servants David my father, that thou promisedest him. Thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled with thine hand, as it is come to pass this day.

⁴³ And then he laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

² and cried against the altar at the commandment of the LORD and said, "Altar, altar, thus sayeth the LORD: 'Behold, a child shall be born of the house of David, Josiah by name, which upon thee shall offer the priests of the hill altars that sacrifice upon thee, and shall burn men's bones upon thee.'"

³¹ And Rehoboam laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonite. And Abijam his son reigned in his room.

⁵ because that David did which pleased the LORD and turned from nothing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

⁸ And Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. ⁹ The twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, ¹⁰ and ruled in Jerusalem forty one years. And his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. ¹¹ And Asa did that seemed right in the eyes of the LORD, like David his father. ¹² And he made the stews of males depart the land, and put away all the idols that his fathers had made. ¹³ And thereto he put down Maacah his mother from bearing rule, because she had made an idol in a grove. And Asa destroyed her idol and burnt it by the brook Kidron. ¹⁴ But he put not down the hill altars. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was whole with the LORD all his days. ¹⁵ And he brought in that which his father had dedicated, and the things dedicated unto the house of the LORD; silver, gold, and jewels. ¹⁶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ¹⁷ And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, because that he would let none of Asa's people, king of Judah, go in or out. ¹⁸ Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasure of the house of the LORD, and all the treasure of the king's house and delivered it unto his servants, and sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion king of Syria that dwelt at Damascus, saying, ¹⁹ "There is a bond between thee and me as was between thy father and mine. Therefore, I send thee both gold and silver for a gift, that thou go and break the covenant between thee and Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me." ²⁰ And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, Dan, Abel called Bethmaacah and all Chinnereth with all the land of Naphtali. ²¹ And when Baasha heard that, he left building of Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah. ²² Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah, that none should be excused. And they took the stones of Ramah and the timber wherewith Baasha had built, and king Asa built therewith Geba in Benjamin and Mizphah. ²³ And the remnant of all the deeds of Asa and of all his might and of all that he did, and the cities which he built, are written in the chronicles of the acts done in the days of the kings of Judah. Neverthelater, in his old age he was diseased in his feet. ²⁴ And Asa laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his room.

¹³ And Elijah said unto her, "Fear not, but go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first of all, and bring it out to me, and afterward make for thee and thy son.

² And the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah came to the king of Israel. ³ Then said the king of Israel unto his servants, "Know ye not that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we sit still and take it not out of the hands of the king of Syria?" ⁴ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, "Wilt thou go with me to battle, to Ramoth in Gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thine, and my horses as thine." ⁵ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "Ask counsel, I pray thee, of the LORD today." ⁶ And then the king of Israel gathered of the Prophets together, upon a four hundred men, and said unto them, "Shall I go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or be still?" And they said, "Go: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king." ⁷ And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there never a Prophet of the LORD's here, more, that we might enquire of him?" ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD: one Micaiah the son of Imlah. But I hate him: for he never prophesieth good unto me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." ⁹ Then the king of Israel called unto one of his chamberlains and said, "Fetch Micaiah the son of Imlah hither at once." ¹⁰ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat either in his seat and their apparel on them, in a void place beside the entering of the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophets prophesying before them. ¹¹ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them." ¹² And all the Prophets prophesied even so, saying, "Go to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the hands of the king." ¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, said unto him, "See, the words of the Prophets speak good unto the king with one voice: let thy words, I pray thee, be like the words of one of them, and speak that is good." ¹⁴ And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak." ¹⁵ And when he was come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or shall we be still?" And he said unto him, "Go and prosper, the LORD deliver it unto the hands of the king." ¹⁶ And the king said unto him, "How often shall I adjure thee, that thou tell me nothing but truth, in the name of the LORD?" ¹⁷ Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have no shepherds. And the LORD said, 'Those have no master; let them return, every man to his house in peace.'" ¹⁸ Then said the king of Israel to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell thee, that he would prophesy no good unto me, but evil?" ¹⁹ And Micaiah said, "Hear therefore the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sit on his seat and all his company of heaven standing about him, on his righthand and on his left. ²⁰ And the LORD said, 'Who shall deceive Ahab that he may go and be slain at Ramoth in Gilead?' And one said on this manner and another on that. ²¹ Then came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will deceive him.' And the LORD said, 'Wherewith?' ²² And he said, 'I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouths of all Prophets.' And the LORD said, 'Thou shalt deceive him and also prevail, go forth and do even so.' ²³ Now therefore behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets: when in very deed the LORD hath spoken evil toward thee." ²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "How is the spirit of the LORD gone from me, to speak in thee?" ²⁵ And Micaiah said, "Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thee." ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and carry him back again into Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joab the king's son, ²⁷ and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'" ²⁸ Then Micaiah said, "If thou come safe again, the LORD hath not spoken in me." And he said moreover, "Hearken to the people every one of you." ²⁹ And so the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth in Gilead. ³⁰ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Change thee and get thee to war: but put on thine own apparel." And the king of Israel changed himself, and went to battle also. ³¹ But the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, of which he had thirty two, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, save with the king of Israel only." ³² And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they thought he had been the king of Israel, and therefore turned to him to fight. ³³ But Jehoshaphat cried out. And when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from him. ³⁴ And a certain man drew a bow ignorantly and smote the king of Israel between the ribs of his harness. Wherefore the king said unto the driver of his chariot, "Turn thy hand and carry me out of the host, for I am hurt." ³⁵ And the battle increased that day, and the king continued in his chariot before the Syrians, and died at evening. And the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. ³⁶ And there went a proclamation throughout the host after the sun was down, saying, "Every man to his city and to his own country." ³⁷ And when the king of Israel was dead, they came to Samaria and buried him there. ³⁸ And while they washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria, the dogs licked up his blood, and harlots washed him according to the word of the LORD which he spake. ³⁹ The rest of the deeds of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and the cities that he built, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ⁴⁰ And when Ahab was laid to rest with his fathers, Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. ⁴¹ Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign upon Judah, the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel, and was thirty five years old when he began to reign and reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem. ⁴² And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³ And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father and bowed not therefrom. But did that was right in the eyes of the LORD. Only he did not put the hill altars out of the way: for the people offered and burnt their sacrifices yet in the hill altars. ⁴⁴ And he had peace with the king of Israel. ⁴⁵ And the rest of the deeds of Jehoshaphat, and the might that he used, and how he warred, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ⁴⁶ And the remnant of the stews of the males, which remained in the days of his father, he put clean out of the land. ⁴⁷ There was then no king in Edom; the king was but a deputy. ⁴⁸ And Jehoshaphat made ships in the sea to go to Ophir for gold, but they went not: for the ships brake at Eziongeber. ⁴⁹ Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with thine in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not. ⁵⁰ And Jehoshaphat laid him to sleep with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoram his son reigned in his room.

¹ Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign upon Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and continued twelve years.

¹⁶ Then he said, "By such a time, as soon as the fruit can live, thou shalt embrace a son." And she said, "Oh nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto the handmaid." ¹⁷ And the wife conceived and bare a son the same season that Elisha had said unto her, "As soon as the fruit could have life."

¹¹ And Naaman was wroth and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought in myself, he would have come out, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and put his hand on the place of the disease, and so take away the leprosy. ¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Might I not rather wash in them and be clean?" And so he turned and departed in an anger. ¹³ Then came his servants and communed with him, and said, "Father if the prophet had bid thee done some great thing, oughtest thou not to have done it? How much rather then shouldest thou do it, while he sayeth to thee only, 'Wash and be clean?'" ¹⁴ Then he went down and washed seven times in Jordan, as the man of God bade, and his flesh changed, like unto the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

¹⁶ The fifth year of Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being yet king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.

²¹ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king for his father Amaziah.

¹ The twenty seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Uzziah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. ² Sixteen years old was he when he was made king, and he reigned forty two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah, and was of Jerusalem. ³ And he did that pleased the LORD in all things, as did his father Amaziah, ⁴ save that they put not the hill altars away: for the people offered and burned fat still in the hill altars. ⁵ And the LORD smote the king, that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house at liberty, and Jotham the king's son governed the house and judged the people of the land. ⁶ The rest of the deeds of Uzziah and all he did, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. ⁷ And Uzziah laid him to sleep with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

³² The second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

¹ In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, reigned Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah. ² Twenty five years old was he, when he began to reign, and reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zachariah, ³ and he did that pleased the LORD in all things, like to David his father. ⁴ He put away the hill altars, and brake the images and cut down the groves, and all to brake the brazen serpent that Moses made — for unto those days the children of Israel did burn sacrifice to it, and called it Nehushtan. ⁵ He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him came none like him among all the kings of Judah, neither among them that went before him. ⁶ He clave to the LORD and departed not from him, but kept his commandments which the LORD commanded Moses. ⁷ And the LORD was with him. And whatsoever he took in hand he did it wisely. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not. ⁸ He beat the Philistines even unto Gaza and the coasts thereof, both in castles of garrisons and strong cities too. ⁹ And the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, came Shalmaneser king of Assyria upon Samaria and besieged it. ¹⁰ And they took it at the end of three years, which was the sixth of Hezekiah: that is to say the ninth year of Hosea king of Israel, was Samaria won. ¹¹ And the king of Assiria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: ¹² because they would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD their God. But transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would neither hear nor do. ¹³ The fourteenth year of king Hezekiah came Sennacherib king of Assyria against all the strong cities of Judah and took them. ¹⁴ Whereupon Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, "I have offended. But depart from me, and what thou puttest on me that I will bear." And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and also in the treasure of the king's house. ¹⁶ And the said season Hezekiah rent off the doors of the temple of the LORD and the pillars, which the said Hezekiah king of Judah covered over, and gave them to the king of Assyria. ¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh, from Lachish, to king Hezekiah with a great Host to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and went and stood by the conduit of the uppermost pool, which is in the way to the fuller's field, ¹⁸ and called to the king. And there came out to them, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah steward of household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder. ¹⁹ And then Rabshakeh said unto them, "Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, 'Thus sayeth the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this that thou hast? ²⁰ Thou wilt haply speak a light word, that thou hast counsel and power to make war. On whom then dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

²¹ And Hezekiah laid him to rest with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

²¹ And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the Idols that his father served, and bowed himself to them. ²² And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers and walked not in the way of the LORD. ²³ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. ²⁴ But the people of the land slew all that conspired against king Amon, and made Josiah his son king in his room. ²⁵ The rest of the acts of Amon which he did are written in the Chronicle of the Kings of Judah. ²⁶ And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

²¹ And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the feast of passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant." ²² For there was no passover held like that from the days of the judges that judged Israel, and throughout all the days of the kings of Israel and of Judah. ²³ And in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. ²⁴ And thereto workers with spirits, soothsayers, Images of witchcraft, idols and all other abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put out of the way to make good the words of the law, which were written in the book that Helkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. ²⁵ Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any such. ²⁶ Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from his fierce and great wrath wherewith he was angry against Judah upon all the provocations that Manasseh provoked him. ²⁷ But the LORD said, "I will put Judah, too, out of my sight, as I have done Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I have said, 'My name shall be there.'" ²⁸ The rest of the deeds of Josiah and all he did are written in the book of the Stories of the Kings of Judah. ²⁹ In his days, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went against the king of Assyria to the river of Euphrates. And king Josiah went against him, and was slain of him at Megiddo when he had seen him. ³⁰ And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in his father's room. ³¹ And Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³ Only at the bidding of the LORD happened it so to Judah, to put them out of his sight, for the sin of Manasseh according to all he did: ⁴ and for the innocent blood that he shed and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not forgive.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the lords and all the men of might, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity — and all craftsmen and Joiners, none remaining save the poor people of the land.

¹¹ And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and them that were fled to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people,

²⁷ Notwithstanding yet the thirty seventh year after Jehoiachin king of Judah was carried away, the twenty seventh day of the twelfth month, did Evilmerodach king of Babylon lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of the prison house,

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

³⁴ Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

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

¹ These be the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naptali, Gad and Asher.

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naptali, Gad and Asher. ³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah: so that all the sons of Judah were five.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah: so that all the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara: five in all.

⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara: five in all. ⁷ The sons of Carmi: Achar, that troubled Israel, which transgressed in the unlawful things.

⁷ The sons of Carmi: Achar, that troubled Israel, which transgressed in the unlawful things. ⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹ The sons of Hezron that were born him: Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab: and Amminadab begat Nahshon, a lord among the children of Judah.

¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab: and Amminadab begat Nahshon, a lord among the children of Judah. ¹¹ And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz;

¹¹ And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz; ¹² and Boaz begat Obed; Obed begat Jesse.

¹² and Boaz begat Obed; Obed begat Jesse. ¹³ And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh -

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh -

⁵ And these were born him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon: these four of Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.

¹⁰ Solomon's son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah: and Asa was his son, and Jehoshaphat his son: ¹¹ whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him.

¹¹ whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him.

¹¹ whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him. ¹² And his son was Amaziah, and his son was Azariah, and his son was Jotham.

¹² And his son was Amaziah, and his son was Azariah, and his son was Jotham. ¹³ And Ahaz was his son, and Hezekiah was son to him, and Manasseh was his son.

¹³ And Ahaz was his son, and Hezekiah was son to him, and Manasseh was his son.

¹³ And Ahaz was his son, and Hezekiah was son to him, and Manasseh was his son. ¹⁴ And Amon was his son, and Josiah was son to him.

¹⁴ And Amon was his son, and Josiah was son to him. ¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah were: the eldest son Johanan, the second Jehoakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah were: the eldest son Johanan, the second Jehoakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, whose son was Zedekiah. ¹⁷ The sons of Jeconiah the Prisoner were Shealtiel,

¹⁷ The sons of Jeconiah the Prisoner were Shealtiel,

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. ²³ And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam, three. ²⁴ And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Elsashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani, seven.

¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.

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

⁶ And of the sons of Zerah, Jeuel with their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

⁴¹ Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;

⁴ And these are the names of his children, which he had born him at Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

⁵ And of all my sons — for the LORD hath given me many sons — he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit on the seat of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

³¹ he laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and made it strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him;

⁷ And there gathered to him lewd men and unthrifties, and prevailed against Rehoboam the son of Solomon: for Rehoboam was young and tender hearted and not strong enough for them.

¹ And when Abijah was laid to sleep with his fathers, they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In whose days the land was quiet ten years. ² And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God, ³ and took away the altars of strangers and the hill altars, and brake the Images and cut down the groves, ⁴ and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do according to the law and commandment. ⁵ And he put away out of all the cities of Judah, the hill altars and the idols: for the kingdom was quiet before him. ⁶ And he built strong cities in Judah: because the land was in rest, and he had no war in those year. For the LORD had given him rest. ⁷ And therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and compass them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while we have the land quiet. For we have sought the LORD our God: and because we have sought him, he hath given us rest on every side." And so they built and prospered. 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 there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an Host of ten hundred thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. ¹⁰ And Asa went out to him, and they put in array to battle in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah. ¹¹ And Asa cried unto the LORD his God and said, "LORD, it is all one with thee to help them that have no power, with few or with many: help us O LORD our God, for we trust to thee, and in thine name be come against this multitude. Thou art the LORD our God: let not man prevail against thee." ¹² And the LORD smote the black Moors before Asa and Judah, that they fled. ¹³ And Asa, and the people that was with him, followed after them as far as Gerar. And the black Moors were overthrown, that there bode none alive of them, but were destroyed of the LORD and of his Host. And they carried away a mighty great prey. ¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar. For the fear of the LORD came upon them. And they robbed all the cities, for there was exceeding much to be robbed in them. ¹⁵ And thereto they smote the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead and was mightier than Israel. 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. ³ And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the old ways of his father David, and sought not Baals: ⁴ But sought the LORD God of his father and walked in his commandments and not after the doings of Israel. ⁵ Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought him presents, that he became exceeding rich and glorious. ⁶ And his heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD, and he put down yet more of the hill altars and groves out of Judah. ⁷ And the third year of his reign he sent, of his lords: Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah: ⁸ and with them, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, Levites: and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people. ¹⁰ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, that they durst not war with Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ And the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute silver. And thereto the Arabians brought him of sheep, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. ¹² And so Jehoshaphat prospered and grew up on high. And he built, in Judah, castles and store cities. ¹³ And he had great substance in the cities of Judah, and fighting men and men of might in Jerusalem. 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. ¹⁷ And of the children of Benjamin, Eliada was a man of might, and had with him, armed with bows and shields, two hundred thousand. ¹⁸ And by his side Jehozabad, with whom were a hundred and eighty thousand trimmed for war. ¹⁹ These waited on the king, besides those which the king had put in strong cities throughout all Judah.

¹ Jehoshaphat laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his room:

¹ Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah which was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. ² And he built Eloth and brought it again to Judah after the king was laid to rest with his fathers. ³ Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. ⁴ And he did that pleased the LORD, in all points as did his father Amaziah. ⁵ And he sought God while Zechariah - which taught in the visions of God - lived: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. ⁶ And he went to battle against the Philistines and brake down the walls of Gath, and the walls of Jabneh and the walls of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Meunites. ⁸ And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah, and his name spread abroad even to Egypt: for he played the man and exceeded. ⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong. ¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness and digged many wells. For he had much cattle, both in the valley and also in the plain; and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry. ¹¹ And Uzziah had a host of fighting men that went out to war in the army and were told and numbered by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah an officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's lords. ¹² And the whole number of the ancient heads of the men of might were two thousand and six hundred, ¹³ and under the hands of them was the army of the host, three hundred and seven thousand, and five hundred that made war with might and strength, to help the king against his enemies. ¹⁴ And Uzziah provided them, throughout all the host, shields, spears, helmets, habergeons, bows and slings for stones. ¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem by the craft of artificers to be on the towers and corners, to shoot arrows and great stones with all. And his name spread far abroad, for he was wonderfully helped, until he was become mighty. ¹⁶ And in his greatness his heart arose, that he was marred: and transgressed against the LORD his God. For he went into the temple of the LORD to burn cense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ But Azariah the priest went in after him with four score priests of the LORD that were bold men. ¹⁸ And they stepped to Uzziah the king and said to him, "It pertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn cense unto the LORD; but to the priests the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to burn incense. Come out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and it shall be no worship to thee before the LORD God." ¹⁹ And Uzziah was wroth and had cense in his hand to offer, and in his indignation against the priest, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, even beside the incense altar. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest with all the other priests looked upon him: and behold he was a leper in his forehead, and they vexed him thence. And thereto he was fain to go out, because the LORD had plagued him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king continued a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a house at liberty: howbeit, he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son had the governance of the king's house and judged the people of the land.

²¹ And Uzziah the king continued a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a house at liberty: howbeit, he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son had the governance of the king's house and judged the people of the land. ²² The rest of the acts of Uzziah, both first and last, did Isaiah the prophet the son of Amos write. ²³ And when Uzziah was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial of the kings. For they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Jotham was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. ² And he did that pleased the LORD in all points as did his father Uzziah: save, that he came not to the temple of the LORD, and that the people did yet corrupt themselves. ³ He built the high gate of the temple of the LORD, and on the wall Ophel he built much. ⁴ Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the wood country he built castles and towers. ⁵ And he fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand quarters of wheat and as much barley. So much also did the children of Ammon give him the second year and the third too. ⁶ And Jotham became mighty, because he directed his way before the LORD his God. ⁷ The rest of the acts of Jotham and all his wars and his ways are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. ⁸ He was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁹ And when Jotham was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not that pleased the LORD, as did his father David: ² but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made thereto Baals of metal. ³ And he offered cense in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and burnt his children in fire after the abomination of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. ⁴ And he offered burnt cense in hill altars and on mountains and under every green tree. ⁵ Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of the Syrians: which beat him and carried away a great multitude of his captive into Damascus. And thereto he was delivered into the hand of the king of Israel which slew of his a mighty slaughter. ⁶ For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, and all fighting men: and that because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. ⁷ And Zichri a mighty man in mount Ephraim slew Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the lord steward of household, and Elkanah that was next to the king. ⁸ And the children of Israel took prisoners of their brethren two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters, and thereto carried away much spoil of them, and brought it to Samaria. ⁹ But there was a prophet of the LORD's named Obed which went out to the host which came to Samaria and said to them, "See, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he delivered them into your hands. And ye have slain them with cruelness that reacheth up to heaven. ¹⁰ And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem and to make them bondmen and bondwomen. What other thing do ye - ye unhappy - than offend the LORD your God? ¹¹ But now hear me, and deliver the captives again which ye have taken of your brethren: for the great wrath of the LORD is upon you!" ¹² And certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, as Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum and Amasa the son of Hadlai stood up against them that came from war, ¹³ and said unto them, "Ye shall not bring in the captives hither. For where we have offended the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and trespass. For our trespass is great already, and there is fierce wrath upon Israel." ¹⁴ And upon that, the men of arms left the captives and the spoil before the lords and all the congregation. ¹⁵ And there arose certain, appointed thereto by name, and took the prisoners and clothed all that were naked among them, of the spoil, and arrayed them and shoed them and gave them to eat and to drink and anointed them, and carried all that were feeble of them upon asses and brought them to Jericho the city of Palm trees fast by their brethren: and then returned to Samaria again. ¹⁶ And at that same time, king Ahaz sent unto the kings of Assyria to have help. ¹⁷ And the Edomites came yet again and slew of Judah and carried away some captives. ¹⁸ And the Philistines invaded the cities in the low country and the south of Judah: and took Bethshemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth and Socoh with the towns longing thereto, and Timnah with the towns of the same, and Gimzo with her towns, and dwelt therein. ¹⁹ For the LORD brought Judah low, because of Ahaz king of Judah which made Judah naked and transgressed against the LORD. ²⁰ And Tiglathpileser king of Assyria came upon him and besieged him, but prevailed not against him. ²¹ For Ahaz took away out of the house of the LORD and out of the king's house and out of the Lord's houses, and gave unto the king of Assyria, though it helped him not. ²² And thereto in the very time of his tribulation did king Ahaz trespass yet more against the LORD. ²³ For he offered unto the gods of them of Damascus which beat him, and said, "Because the gods of the Syrians help them, therefore will I offer to them, that they may help me also." But they were his destruction and the destruction of all Israel. ²⁴ And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and brake them, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made him altars in all corners of Jerusalem. ²⁵ And in all the cities of Judah, city by city, he made hill altars to burn incense unto other gods, and angered the LORD God of his fathers. ²⁶ The rest of his acts and all his ways, both first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ²⁷ And when Ahaz was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him in the city of Jerusalem: but brought him not unto the sepulchers of the kings of Judah. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty five years old, and reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. ² And he did that was right in the sight of the LORD in all points as did David his father. ³ He opened the doors of the house of the LORD in the first year and first month of his reign, and he repaired them. ⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the east street, ⁵ and said unto them, "Hear me ye Levites: purify yourselves and hallow the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and bring out the filthiness out of the holy place. ⁶ For our fathers have trespassed and done evil favouredly in the eyes of the LORD our God: and have forsaken him, and turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned to their backs. ⁷ And beside that they have shut up the doors of the porch and quenched the lamps and have neither burned cense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. ⁸ Wherefore the wrath of the LORD fell on Judah and Jerusalem: and he scattered them and made them so thin that men hiss at it, even as ye see with your eyes. ⁹ For see, our fathers were overthrown with the sword and our sons, our daughters and our wives were carried away captive for the same cause. ¹⁰ Now have I in my heart to strike a covenant with the LORD God of Israel: that his wrath may cease. ¹¹ Now therefore, my sons, be not negligent: for the LORD had chosen you to stand before him, and for to minister and burn offerings to him." ¹² Then the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah being of the children of the Kohathites; and the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah; ¹³ and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; ¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. ¹⁵ And they gathered their brethren and purified themselves, and then went at the commandment of the king by the word of the LORD, for to cleanse the house of the LORD. ¹⁶ And the priests went into the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD, and in the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out into the brook Kidron. ¹⁷ They began the first day of the first month to purify, and came the eighth day to the porch of the LORD: so that they had purged the house of the LORD in eight days; in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. ¹⁸ And then they went into Hezekiah the king and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offerings with all his vessels, and the shewbread table with all his apparel; ¹⁹ and thereto all the vessels which king Ahaz did cast aside when he reigned and transgressed, them we have repaired and sanctified; and see, they are before the altar of the LORD." ²⁰ And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the lords of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. ²¹ And there were brought seven oxen, seven rams, seven lambs and seven kids to be a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. ²² And they slew the oxen; and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slew the rams and sprinkled the blood upon the altar; and they slew the lambs and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. ²³ And then they brought forth the kids of the sin offering before the king and the congregation which put their hands upon them. ²⁴ And the priests slew them and offered the blood of them upon the altar, to make satisfaction for all Israel, for the king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should serve for all Israel. ²⁵ And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets. ²⁶ And so the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with trumpets. ²⁷ And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began, and the trumpets with the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸ And all the congregation bowed themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpets blew, and continued until the burnt offering was finished. ²⁹ And when they had made an end of the burnt offering, the king and all that were with him kneeled down and bowed themselves and gave praise and thanks. ³⁰ And Hezekiah the king and the lords bade the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer of visions. And the Levites praised that they rejoiced again, and the other stooped and bowed themselves. ³¹ And Hezekiah answered, and said, "Now that ye have filled your hands to the LORD, go to and bring in the sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD." And the congregation brought in the sacrifices and thank offerings, and all that were willing brought burnt offerings. ³² And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought in was seventy oxen and a hundred rams and two hundred lambs: and all for burnt offerings to the LORD.

³³ And then Hezekiah laid him to rest with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest sepulchre of the sons of David: and Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem did him worship at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king for his father in Jerusalem. ² And Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ³ For the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and merced the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴ And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king upon Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name unto Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz his brother, Neco took and carried him to Egypt. ⁵ And Jehoiakim was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that displeased the LORD his God. ⁶ Against him came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon. ⁷ Thereto the king Nebuchadnezzar carried off the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. ⁸ The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his Abominations, and that was laid to his charge, are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

¹⁰ And when the year was out, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and fetched him to Babylon with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁰ And he carried away them that had escaped the sword to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his children, until the kingdom of Persia began to rule;

¹ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he caused it to be proclaimed throughout all his empire, yea and by writing also, saying,

² And there stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

² Then gat up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God at Jerusalem, and with them the Prophets of God which strengthened them.

¹ These are the priests and Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

¹³ In the fantasies and thoughts of the visions of the night, when sleep cometh on men: ¹⁴ Fear came upon me, and dread, and made all my bones to shake. ¹⁵ And when the wind passed by before my presence it made the hairs of my flesh stand up. ¹⁶ He stood there, and I knew not his face. An image there was, before mine eyes, and in the stillness heard I a voice.

⁴ Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?

¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds - ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the ears, he informeth them, and showeth them plainly, ¹⁷ that it is he, which withdraweth man from evil, delivereth him from pride,

⁸ Gracious and righteous is the LORD; therefore will he teach sinners in the way. ⁹ Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment; and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way.

⁷ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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

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

¹⁹ In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

⁴ Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving and righteous. ⁵ A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; O grant me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

⁷ O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. ⁸ And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

¹¹ The LORD hath made a faithful oath unto David, and he shall not shrink from it, "Of the fruit of the body shall I set upon thy seat.

⁸ O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

⁵ Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways have respect unto him, and he shall order thy goings.

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

¹ It happened in the time of Ahaz the son of Jotham, which was the son of Uzziah, king of Judah: that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to besiege it, but won it not. ² Now when the house of David - that is Ahaz - heard word thereof, that Syria and Ephraim were confederate together: His heart quaked, yea and the hearts also of his people, like as a tree in the field that is moved with the wind.

² Now when the house of David - that is Ahaz - heard word thereof, that Syria and Ephraim were confederate together: His heart quaked, yea and the hearts also of his people, like as a tree in the field that is moved with the wind. ³ Then said God unto Isaiah, "Go meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shearjashub, at the head of the over pole, in the foot path by the fuller's ground, ⁴ and say unto him, 'Take heed to thyself and be still, but fear not, neither be fainthearted for these two tails: that is, for these two smoking firebrands, the wrath and furiousness of Rezin the Syrian and Remaliah's son. ⁵ Because that the king of Syria, Ephraim, and Remaliah's son have wickedly conspired against thee, ⁶ saying, 'We will go down into Judah, vex them, and bring them under us, and set a king there, even the son of Tabeel.' ⁷ For thus sayeth the LORD God thereto: It shall not so go forth, neither come so to pass: ⁸ For the head city of the Syrians is Damascus, but the head of Damascus is Rezin. And after five and threescore years, shall Ephraim be no more a people. ⁹ And the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. And if ye believe not, there shall no promise be kept with you.'" ¹⁰ Moreover, God spake unto Ahaz, saying, ¹¹ "Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God, from alow beneath, or from on high above." ¹² But Ahaz answered, "I will not ask, neither will tempt the LORD." ¹³ Wherefore the LORD said, "Hearken, ye of the house of David: Is it so small a thing for you, to be grievous to men, but that ye should also be painful unto God?

¹³ Wherefore the LORD said, "Hearken, ye of the house of David: Is it so small a thing for you, to be grievous to men, but that ye should also be painful unto God? ¹⁴ Neverthelater, yet the Lord, he will give you a sign. Behold: a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

⁸ And shall break in upon Judah, increasing in power, till he get him by the throat. He shall fill also the wideness of thy land with his broad wings, O Immanuel." ⁹ Go together ye people, and gather you, hearken to all ye of far countries. Muster you, and you shall be broken down: prepare you to battle and you shall be torn in pieces. ¹⁰ Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.

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." 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.

¹ There shall come a rod out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall spring out of his root.

¹ So that then thou shalt say, "I will praise thee O LORD, that though thou were angry with me, yet thine anger is turned, and thou hast comforted me. ² Behold, God is my salvation: I will be bold therefore and not fear. For the LORD God is my strength and my praise whereof I sing: and is become my saviour.

² Behold, God is my salvation: I will be bold therefore and not fear. For the LORD God is my strength and my praise whereof I sing: and is become my saviour.

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee.

²¹ and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."

¹ In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came down, to lay siege unto all the strong cities of Judah. ² And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish toward Jerusalem, against king Hezekiah, with a grievous Host; which set him by the conduit of the over pool, in the way that goeth through the fuller's land. ³ And so there came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, the president; Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the secretary. ⁴ And Rabshakeh said unto them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king of Assyria sayeth thus unto him, 'What presumption is this, that thou trustest unto? ⁵ Thou thinkest, peradventure, that thou hast counsel and power enough to maintain this war: or else whereto trustest thou, that thou castest thyself off from me? ⁶ Lo, thou puttest thy trust in a broken staff of reed: I mean Egypt, which he that leaneth upon, it goeth into his hand and shooteth him through. Even so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt, unto all them that trust in him. ⁷ But if thou wouldest say unto me: 'We trust in the LORD our God': is not he that God whose High places and altars Hezekiah took down, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only before this altar? 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. ⁹ Seeing now that thou canst not resist the power of the smallest prince that my LORD hath, how darest thou trust in the chariots and horsemen of Egypt? ¹⁰ Moreover, thinkest thou that I am come down hither, to destroy this land without the LORD's will? The LORD said unto me: Go down into the land, that thou mayest destroy it.'" ¹¹ Then said Eliakim, Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, "Speak to us thy servants, we pray thee, in the Syrians language, for we understand it well: And speak not to us in the Jews' Tongue, lest the folk hear, which lieth upon the wall." ¹² Then answered Rabshakeh, "Think ye, that the king sent me to speak this only unto you? Hath he not sent me to them also, that lie upon the wall? That they be not compelled to eat their own dung, and drink their own stale with you?" ¹³ And Rabshakeh stood stiff, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' tongue, and said, "Now take heed, how the great king of the Assyrians giveth you warning! ¹⁴ Thus sayeth the king, 'Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.' ¹⁵ Moreover, let not Hezekiah comfort you in the LORD, when he sayeth, 'The LORD with out doubt shall defend us, and shall not give over this city into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.' Believe him not! ¹⁶ But thus sayeth the king of Assyria, 'Obtain my favour, incline to me: so may every man enjoy his vineyards and fig trees, and drink the water of his cistern: ¹⁷ Unto the time that I come myself, and bring you into a land that is like your own: wherein is wheat and wine, which is both sown with seed, and planted with vineyards.' ¹⁸ Let not Hezekiah deceive you, when he sayeth unto you, 'The LORD shall deliver us.' Might the gods of the Gentiles keep every man's land, from the power of the king of the Assyrians? ¹⁹ Where is the God of Hamath and Arpad? Where is the God of Sepharvaim? And who was able to defend Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰ Or which, of all the Gods of the lands, hath delivered their country out of my power, so that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?" ²¹ Unto this Hezekiah's messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him none answer. ²² So came Eliakim, Hilkiah's son the President, Shebna the Scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son the Secretary, unto Hezekiah with rent clothes, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

⁸ And thou Israel, my servant; Jacob, my elect seed of Abraham my beloved,

²¹ Let men draw nigh, let them come hither, and ask counsel one at another, and show forth: "What is he, that told this before?" Or, "Who spake of it, ever since the beginning?" Have not I, the LORD, done it: without whom there is none other God? The true God and Saviour, and there is else none but I. ²² And therefore turn you unto me, all ye ends of the earth; so shall ye be saved, for I am God, and there is else none.

² Look unto Abraham your father and unto Sarah that bare you: how I called him only, and blessed him and multiplied him.

⁷ Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness, and so let the people that have my law in their hearts. Fear not the rebukes of man neither faint for their blasphemies.

⁸ By the reason of the affliction, he was not esteemed: and yet his generation who can number? When he is taken from the earth of living men: for my people's transgression he was plagued.

² when the LORD had first spoken with him, in the time of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his kingdom; ³ and so during unto the time of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, and unto the eleven years of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah were ended: when Jerusalem was taken, even in the fifth Month.

¹⁰ Go into the Isles of Chittim, and look well; send unto Kedar, and take diligent heed; and see, whether such things be done there, ¹¹ whether the Gentiles themselves deal so falsely and untruly with their gods - which yet are no gods indeed! But my people hath given over their high honour, for a thing that may not help them. ¹² Be astonished, O ye heavens, be afraid, and abashed at such a thing, sayeth the LORD. ¹³ For my people hath done two evils: They have forsaken me, the well of the water of life; and digged them pits, yea, vile and broken pits, that hold no water. ¹⁴ "Is Israel a bond servant, or one of the household? Why is he then so spoiled? ¹⁵ Why do they roar and cry then upon him, as a lion? They have made his land waste, his cities are so burnt up, that there is no man dwelling in them. ¹⁶ Yea, the children of Noph and Tahpenes have defiled thy neck. ¹⁷ Cometh not this unto thee, because thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, ever since he led thee by the way? ¹⁸ And what hast thou now to do in the street of Egypt? To drink foul water? Either, what makest thou in the way to Assyria? To drink water of the flood? ¹⁹ Thine own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy turning away shall condemn thee: that thou mayest know and understand, how evil and hurtful a thing it is, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the LORD God of Hosts. ²⁰ "I have ever broken thy yoke of old, and bursten thy bonds: yet sayest thou, 'I will no more serve.' But like a harlot thou runnest about upon all high hills, ²¹ and among all green trees. Whereas I planted thee out of noble grapes and good roots. How art thou turned then into a bitter, unfruitful, and strange grape? ²² Yea, and that so sore, that though thou washest thee with Nitre and makest thyself to savour with that sweet smelling herb of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stained with thy wickedness, sayeth the LORD thy God. ²³ Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way: ²⁴ and thy wantonness is like a wild Ass, that useth the wilderness, and that snuffeth and bloweth at his will. Who can tame thee? All they that seek thee, shall not fail, but find thee in thy own uncleanness. ²⁵ Thou keepest thy foot from nakedness, and thy throat from thirst, and thinkest thus in thyself, 'Tush: I will take no sorrow; I will love the strange gods, and hang upon them.' ²⁶ Like as a thief that is taken with the deed cometh to shame, even so is the house of Israel come to confusion: the common people, their kings and rulers, their priests and prophets. ²⁷ For they say to a stock, 'Thou art my father,' and to a stone, 'Thou hast begotten me.' Yea, they have turned their back upon me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble, when they say, 'Stand up and help us!' ²⁸ I shall answer them: Where are now thy gods, that thou hast made thee? Bid them stand up, and help thee in the time of need! For look how many cities thou hast, O Judah: so many gods hast thou also.

²⁴ As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD, Though Jechoniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet of my right hand, yet will I pluck him off:

²⁸ This man Jechoniah shall be like an image robbed and torn in pieces, which pleaseth no man, for all his apparel. Wherefore both he and his seed shall be sent away, and cast out into a land, that they know not.

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.'

²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took not, when he carried away Jechoniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the power of Judah and Jerusalem, from Jerusalem unto Babylon, captive.

²² How long wilt thou go astray, O thou shrinking daughter? For the LORD will work a new thing upon earth: A woman shall compass a man.

¹⁵ Behold, the days will come saith the LORD, that I will stir up unto David a righteous branch, and he shall reign a king, and shall be wise, and shall do equity and justice in the earth. ¹⁶ And in his days Judah shall be safe, and Israel shall dwell without fear. And this is the name that they shall call him: 'The LORD our righteousness.'

¹⁶ And in his days Judah shall be safe, and Israel shall dwell without fear. And this is the name that they shall call him: 'The LORD our righteousness.' ¹⁷ "For thus the LORD promiseth: David shall never want one to sit upon the stool of the house of Israel:

²⁶ then will I also cast away the seed of David my servant: so that I will take no prince out of his seed, to rule the posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But yet I will turn again their captivity, and be merciful unto them."

⁹ As for the remnant of the people that were in the city, and such as were come to help them, whatsoever was left of the common sort, Nebuzaradan the chief captain carried them to Babylon.

⁹ And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore unto them and their fellows on this manner, "Be not afraid to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and do the king of Babylon service, so shall ye prosper.

¹¹ Moreover, he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, caused him to be bound with chains, to be carried unto Babylon, and let him live in prison till he died. ¹² Now the tenth day of the fifth Month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the chief captain and the king of Babylon's servants came unto Jerusalem, ¹³ and burnt up the house of the LORD. He burnt up also the king's palace, all the houses, and all the gorgeous buildings in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And the whole Host of the Chaldeans that were with the chief Captain brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. ¹⁵ As for the poor people and such folk as yet was left in the city, which also were fallen to the king of Babylon, yea, and what people as yet remained: Nebuzaradan the chief Captain carried them away prisoners.

²⁸ This is the sum of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar led away captive. In the seventh year of his reign, he carried away of the Jews, three thousand and three and twenty. ²⁹ In the eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar carried away from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty two persons. ³⁰ In the twenty third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the chief Captain, took away seven hundred forty five Jews prisoners. The whole sum of all the prisoners is four thousand and six hundred.

²⁵ And I will pour pure water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all uncleanness, and from all your idols. I will cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you. And will take away that stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a fleshly heart. ²⁷ And I will put my spirit in you, and will make that ye shall walk in mine ordinances and keep my laws and do them. ²⁸ And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave your fathers. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ "I will help you out of all your uncleannesses. I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and will let you have no hunger.

² and the LORD delivered Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand, with certain ornaments of the house of God, which he carried away into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and there brought them into his god's treasury.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined over thy people, and over the holy city: that the wickedness may be consumed, that the sin may have an end, that the offense may be reconciled, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, to fulfill the visions and the Prophets, and to anoint the most holy one.

²⁸ After this, will I pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

¹¹ "At that time will I build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and hedge up his gaps. And look: what is broken, I shall repair it. Yea, I shall build it again, as it was a fore time,

¹ In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the Prophet Haggai, unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel the prince of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, saying,

¹² Now when Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, with the remnant of the people, heard the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of the Prophet Haggai, like as the LORD their God had sent him, the people did fear the LORD.

¹⁴ So the LORD waked up the spirit of Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people: that they came and laboured, in the house of the LORD of Hosts their God.

² "Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel prince of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, and to the residue of the people, and say,

²³ And as for thee, O Zerubbabel, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, thou son of Shealtiel my servant: I will take thee, sayeth the LORD, at the same time: and make thee as a seal. For I have chosen thee, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.'"

⁹ Rejoice thou greatly, O daughter Zion; be glad, O daughter Jerusalem. For lo, thy King cometh unto thee, even the righteous and Saviour: Lowly and simple is he, he rideth upon an ass, and upon the foal of an ass.

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

² "I have loved you," sayeth the LORD: And yet ye say, "Wherein hast thou loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" sayeth the LORD, "Yet have I loved Jacob, ³ and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons."

¹ This is the book of the generations of Jesus Christ: the son of David, the son also of Abraham.

¹¹ Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon. ¹² And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel: Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost.

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a perfect man, and loath to make an example of her, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰ While he thus thought, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: For that which is conceived in her is of the holy ghost. ²¹ She shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus: For he shall save his people from their sins."

²¹ She shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus: For he shall save his people from their sins." ²² All this was done, to fulfill that which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet saying, ²³ "Behold, a maiden shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with us." ²⁴ And Joseph, as soon as he awoke out of sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade him, and took his wife unto him: ²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth her first son: and called his name Jesus.

¹ When Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Jewry in the time of Herod the king, Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, ² saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him."

¹³ When they were departed, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying,. "Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt, and abide there till I bring thee word: For Herod will seek the child to destroy him."

¹⁵ and was there unto the death of Herod: to fulfill that which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, which sayeth, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."

¹⁹ When Herod was dead, Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

²² But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Jewry in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, after he was warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: ²³ and went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: to fulfill that which was spoken by the Prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarite."

¹⁶ And Jesus, as soon as he was baptized, came straight out of the water: And, lo, heaven was opened over him, and John saw the spirit of God descend, like a dove, and light upon him:

¹⁷ "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the Prophets: No, I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them.

¹⁷ to fulfill that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took on him our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

²⁷ And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him crying, and saying, "O thou son of David, have mercy on us."

² When John, being in prison, heard the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said unto him,

¹⁷ to fulfill that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, which sayeth,

²¹ yet hath no roots in himself, and therefore dureth but a season: for as soon as tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he falleth.

³⁵ to fulfill that which was spoken by the prophet saying, "I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world."

²² And behold, a woman which was a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is piteously vexed with a devil."

⁴² saying, "What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?" They said unto him, "The son of David." ⁴³ He said unto them, "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, ⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand: till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' ⁴⁵ If David call him Lord: How is he then his son?"

¹⁷ And when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whether will ye that I give loose unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?"

²² Pilate said unto them, "What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified."

⁵ The angel answered, and said to the women, "Fear ye not. I know well that ye seek Jesus which was crucified.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you. And lo, I am with you always even until the end of the world."

³ Is not this that carpenter: Mary's son, the brother of James, and Joseph and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by the reason of him.

²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and a holy, and gave him reverence; And when he heard him he did many things, and heard him gladly.

⁴ And they said, "Moses suffered to write a testimonial of her divorcement, and to put her away."

¹⁰ and the whole multitude of the people were without, in their prayers, while the incense was a burning. ¹¹ And there appeared unto him, an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹² And when Zacharias saw him, he was abashed, and fear came on him. ¹³ And the angel said unto him, "Fear not Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard: And thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

¹³ And the angel said unto him, "Fear not Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard: And thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

¹⁹ And the angel answered, and said unto him, "I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee: and to show thee these glad tidings.

²⁵ "This wise hath God dealt with me, in the days when he looked on me, to take from me the rebuke that I suffered among men." ²⁶ And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin espoused to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary.

²⁷ to a virgin espoused to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. ²⁸ And the angel went in unto her, and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." ²⁹ When she saw him, she was abashed at his saying: and cast in her mind what manner of salutation that should be. ³⁰ And the angel said unto her, "Fear not Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. ³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. 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:

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:

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."

³³ And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom shall be none end." ³⁴ Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"

³⁴ Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" ³⁵ And the angel answered, and said unto her, "The holy ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the son of God.

³⁵ And the angel answered, and said unto her, "The holy ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the son of God.

³⁵ And the angel answered, and said unto her, "The holy ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the son of God. ³⁶ And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age. And this is her sixth month, though she be called barren,

³⁶ And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age. And this is her sixth month, though she be called barren, ³⁷ for with God can nothing be impossible." ³⁸ And Mary said, "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it unto me even as thou hast said." And the angel departed from her.

⁶⁹ And hath raised up a horn of salvation unto us, in the house of his servant David. ⁷⁰ Even as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophets which were since the world began.

⁴ And Joseph also ascended from Galilee, out of a city called Nazareth, into Jewry: unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and lineage of David:

⁴ And Joseph also ascended from Galilee, out of a city called Nazareth, into Jewry: unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and lineage of David: ⁵ to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, which was with child.

⁷ And she brought forth her first begotten son. And wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them within, in the inn. ⁸ And there were in the same region shepherds abiding in the field, and watching their flock by night. ⁹ And, lo, the angel of the Lord stood hard by them, and the brightness of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. ¹⁰ But the angel said unto them, "Be not afraid: For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, that shall come to all the people:

¹⁰ But the angel said unto them, "Be not afraid: For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, that shall come to all the people: ¹¹ for unto you is born this day in the city of David a saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

¹¹ for unto you is born this day in the city of David a saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

¹¹ for unto you is born this day in the city of David a saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ¹² And take this for a sign: ye shall find the child swaddled, and laid in a manger." ¹³ And straightway there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly soldiers, lauding God, and saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God on high: and peace on the earth, and unto men, rejoicing."

²¹ And when the eighth day was come that the child should be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, which was named of the angel before he was conceived in the mother's womb.

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.

⁴⁸ And when they saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said unto him, "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee, sorrowing."

²³ And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began, and he was taken for the son of Joseph: which Joseph was the son of Heli:

²³ And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began, and he was taken for the son of Joseph: which Joseph was the son of Heli: ²⁴ which was the son of Matthat: which was the son of Levi: which was the son of Melchi: which was the son of Jannai: which was the son of Joseph: ²⁵ which was the son of Mattathias: which was the son of Amos: which was the son of Nahum: which was the son of Esli: which was the son of Naggai: ²⁶ which was the son of Maath: which was the son of Mattathias: which was the son of Semein: which was the son of Joseph: which was the son of Judah: ²⁷ which was the son of Joanan: which was the son of Rhesa: which was the son of Zerubbabel: which was the son of Shealtiel: which was the son of Neri:

²⁷ which was the son of Joanan: which was the son of Rhesa: which was the son of Zerubbabel: which was the son of Shealtiel: which was the son of Neri: ²⁸ which was the son of Melchi: which was the son of Addi: which was the son of Cosam: ²⁹ which was the son of Elmadam: which was the son of Er: which was the son of Joshua: which was the son of Eliezer: which was the son of Joram: which was the son of Matthat: which was the son of Levi: ³⁰ which was the son of Simeon: which was the son of Judah: which was the son of Joseph: which was the son of Jonam: which was the son of Eliakim: ³¹ which was the son of Melea: which was the son of Menna: which was the son of Mattatha: which was the son of Nathan: which was the son of David: ³² which was the son of Jesse: which was the son of Obed: which was the son of Boaz: which was the son of Salmon: which was the son of

³² which was the son of Jesse: which was the son of Obed: which was the son of Boaz: which was the son of Salmon: which was the son of ³³ Nahshon: which was the son of Amminadab: which was the son of Arni: which was the son of Hezron: which was the son of Perez: which was the son of Judah:

³³ Nahshon: which was the son of Amminadab: which was the son of Arni: which was the son of Hezron: which was the son of Perez: which was the son of Judah:

³³ Nahshon: which was the son of Amminadab: which was the son of Arni: which was the son of Hezron: which was the son of Perez: which was the son of Judah: ³⁴ which was the son of Jacob: which was the son of Isaac: which was the son of Abraham: which was the son of Terah: which was the son of Nahor:

³⁴ which was the son of Jacob: which was the son of Isaac: which was the son of Abraham: which was the son of Terah: which was the son of Nahor: ³⁵ which was the son of Serug: which was the son of Reu: which was the son of Peleg: which was the son of Eber: which was the son of Shelah: ³⁶ which was the son of Cainan: which was the son of Arphaxad: which was the son of Shem: which was the son of Noah: which was the son of Lamech: ³⁷ which was the son of Methuselah: which was the son of Enoch: which was the son of Jared: which was the son of Mahalaleel: which was the son of Cainan: ³⁸ which was the son of Enos: which was the son of Seth: which was the son of Adam: which was the son of God.

²² And all they bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

²² For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that are written.

⁴⁴ And he said unto them, "These are the words, which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you: that all must be fulfilled which were written of me in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms."

¹⁴ And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.

²⁹ The next day, John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, "Behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

⁴¹ The same found his brother Simon first, and said unto him, "We have found Messiah," which is by interpretation, Anointed.

⁵ His mother said unto the ministers, "Whatsoever he sayeth unto you, do it." ⁶ And there were standing there, six waterpots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. ⁷ And Jesus said unto them, "Fill the water pots with water." And they filled them up to the hard brim. ⁸ And he said unto them, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it.

²⁵ The woman said unto him, "I know well Messiah shall come, which is called Christ. When he is once come, he will tell us all things."

⁴² Saith not the scripture that Christ shall come of the seed of David: and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?"

⁴ "Master, this woman was taken in adultery, even as the deed was a doing. ⁵ Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned: What sayest thou therefore?"

³⁵ If he called them gods unto whom the word of God was spoken — and the scripture cannot be broken -

³⁸ that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, that he spake, "Lord who shall believe our saying? And to whom is the arm of the Lord opened?" ³⁹ Therefore could they not believe, because that Isaiah saith again, ⁴⁰ "He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts: that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them."

¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

²⁵ Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me, have I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost child: that the scripture might be fulfilled.

⁹ That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, "Of them which thou gavest me have I not lost one."

³⁶ These things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled, 'Ye shall not break a bone of him.' ³⁷ And again another scripture saith, 'They shall look on him, whom they pierced.'

³⁰ Therefore seeing he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him, that the fruit of his loins should sit on his seat — in that Christ should rise again in the flesh -

¹⁸ But those things which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, how that Christ should suffer, he hath thus wise fulfilled it.

²⁶ First unto you hath God raised up his son Jesus, and him he hath sent to bless you, that every one of you should turn from your wickedness."

¹² Neither is there salvation in any other. Nor yet also is there any other name given to men wherein we must be saved."

³¹ Him hath God lift up with his right hand, to be a ruler and a saviour: for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

⁸ And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

²² And they said unto him, "Cornelius the captain, a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee."

²² And after he had put him down, he set up David to be their king: of whom he gave reported, saying, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, he shall fulfill all my will.' ²³ Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour, one Jesus,

²³ Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour, one Jesus,

²⁷ The inhabiters of Jerusalem, and their rulers: because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day; they have fulfilled them in condemning him. ²⁸ And when they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him. ²⁹ And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him, they took him down from the tree and put him in a sepulchre:

³⁸ Be it known unto you therefore, ye men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; ³⁹ And that by him are all that believe justified from all things, from the which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁹ Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

³ that make mention of his son, the which was begotten unto him of the seed of David, as pertaining to the flesh:

³ that make mention of his son, the which was begotten unto him of the seed of David, as pertaining to the flesh: ⁴ and declared to be the son of God with power of the holy ghost, that sanctifieth, since the time that Jesus Christ our Lord rose again from death:

¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith.

³ For what the law could not do, inasmuch as it was weak because of the flesh — that performed God, and sent his son in the similitude of sinful flesh, and by sin damned sin in the flesh;

²⁹ For those which he knew before, he also ordained before, that they should be like fashioned unto the shape of his son, that he might be the first begotten son among many brethren.

⁵ whose also are the fathers, and they of whom; as concerning the flesh; Christ came: which is God over all things, blessed forever. Amen.

⁷ Neither are they all children straightway because they are the seed of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seed be called, ⁸ that is to say; They which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God. But the children of promise are counted the seed. ⁹ For this is a word of promise, "About this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son." ¹⁰ Neither was it so with her only: but also when Rebecca was with child by one, I mean by our father Isaac, ¹¹ yer the children were born, when they had neither done good neither bad — that the purpose of God, which is by election, might stand — it was said unto her, not by the reason of works, but by grace of the caller, ¹² "The elder shall serve the younger." ¹³ As it is written, "Jacob he loved, but Esau he hated."

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, and made agreement between the world and himself, and imputed not their sins unto them: and hath committed to us the preaching of the atonement.

¹⁶ To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, "in the seeds," as in many: But, "in thy seed," as in one, which is Christ.

⁴ But when the time was full come, God sent his son — born of a woman, and made bond unto the law - ⁵ to redeem them which were under the law: that we through election might receive the inheritance that belongeth unto the natural sons.

²⁵ Husbands: love your wives, even as Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself for it, ²⁶ to sanctify it, and cleansed it in the fountain of water through the word, ²⁷ to make it unto himself a glorious congregation without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blame.

²⁰ and by him to reconcile all things unto himself, and to set at peace by him through the blood of his cross both things in heaven and things in earth. ²¹ And you — which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set in evil works — hath he now reconciled ²² in the body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, unblameable, and without fault in his own sight, ²³ if ye continue grounded and established in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.

¹⁶ And without nay, great is that mystery of godliness. God was showed in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached unto the gentiles, was believed on in earth and received up in glory.

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.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto Timothy, Written from Rome, when Paul was presented the second time up before the Emperor Nero}

¹⁴ which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

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

²⁵ Wherefore he is able also ever to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for us. ²⁶ Such a high priest it becometh us to have, which is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than heaven.

⁵ Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not have: but a body hast thou ordained me.

⁷ By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.

¹¹ Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises: ¹⁸ Of whom it was said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called."

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, ²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward. ²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king. For he endured, even as he had seen him which is invisible. ²⁸ Through faith he ordained the Easter lamb, and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born should touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the reed sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about, seven days. ³¹ By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with unbelievers, when she had received the spies to lodging peaceably.

³¹ By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with unbelievers, when she had received the spies to lodging peaceably.

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest how that faith wrought within his deeds, and through the deeds was the faith made perfect. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed unto him for righteousness," and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see, then, how that of deeds a man is justified, and not of faith only. ²⁵ Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

²⁵ Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, even so faith without deeds is dead.

⁷ but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye should sin not: if, though, any man sin, yet we have an Advocate with the father, even Jesus Christ, which is righteous. ² And he it is that obtaineth grace for our sins; and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of all the world.

⁵ And ye know that he appeared to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, ⁶ and made us kings and priests unto God his father, be glory, and dominion for evermore amen.

⁵ Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

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:

¹⁷ For God hath put in their hearts, to fulfil his will, and to do with one consent, for to give her kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God be fulfilled.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent mine angel, to testify unto you these things in the congregations. I am the root and the generation of David, and the bright morning star."