Holy Bible

King James Version of 1611

Old Testament

THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

GENESIS

Genesis 1 waters which were under the

firmament from the waters which were
In the beginning God created the above the firmament: and it was so. 8

heaven and the earth. 2

And the earth And God called the firmament Heaven.

was without form, and void; and And the evening and the morning were
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darkness was upon the face of the the second day. And God said, Let the

deep. And the Spirit of God moved waters under the heaven be gathered

upon the face of the waters. 3

And God together unto one place, and let the
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said, Let there be light: and there was dry land appear: and it was so. And

light. 4
And God saw the light, that it God called the dry land Earth; and the

was good: and God divided the light gathering together of the waters called

from the darkness. 5

And God called he Seas: and God saw that it was
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the light Day, and the darkness he good. And God said, Let the earth

called Night. And the evening and the bring forth grass, the herb yielding

morning were the first day. 6

And God seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit

said, Let there be a firmament in the after his kind, whose seed is in itself,
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midst of the waters, and let it divide upon the earth: and it was so. And

the waters from the waters. 7

And God the earth brought forth grass, and herb

made the firmament, and divided the yielding seed after his kind, and the
tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in waters in the seas, and let fowl
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itself, after his kind: and God saw that multiply in the earth. And the
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it was good. And the evening and the evening and the morning were the fifth
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morning were the third day. And God day. And God said, Let the earth
said, Let there be lights in the bring forth the living creature after his
firmament of the heaven to divide the kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and
day from the night; and let them be for beast of the earth after his kind: and it
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signs, and for seasons, and for days, was so. And God made the beast of
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and years: And let them be for lights the earth after his kind, and cattle
in the firmament of the heaven to give after their kind, and every thing that
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light upon the earth: and it was so. creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
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And God made two great lights; the and God saw that it was good. And
greater light to rule the day, and the God said, Let us make man in our
lesser light to rule the night: he made image, after our likeness: and let them
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the stars also. And God set them in have dominion over the fish of the sea,
the firmament of the heaven to give and over the fowl of the air, and over
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light upon the earth, And to rule the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over the day and over the night, and to over every creeping thing that
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divide the light from the darkness: and creepeth upon the earth. So God
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God saw that it was good. And the created man in his own image, in the
evening and the morning were the image of God created he him; male
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fourth day. And God said, Let the and female created he them. And
waters bring forth abundantly the God blessed them, and God said unto
moving creature that hath life, and them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
fowl that may fly above the earth in replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
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the open firmament of heaven. And have dominion over the fish of the sea,
God created great whales, and every and over the fowl of the air, and over
living creature that moveth, which the every living thing that moveth upon
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waters brought forth abundantly, after the earth. And God said, Behold, I
their kind, and every winged fowl after have given you every herb bearing
his kind: and God saw that it was seed, which is upon the face of all the
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good. And God blessed them, saying, earth, and every tree, in the which is
Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you
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it shall be for meat. And to every the whole face of the ground. And the
beast of the earth, and to every fowl of LORD God formed man of the dust of
the air, and to every thing that the ground, and breathed into his
creepeth upon the earth, wherein there nostrils the breath of life; and man
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is life, I have given every green herb became a living soul. And the LORD
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for meat: and it was so. And God God planted a garden eastward in
saw every thing that he had made, Eden; and there he put the man whom
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and, behold, it was very good. And the he had formed. And out of the ground
evening and the morning were the made the LORD God to grow every tree
sixth day. that is pleasant to the sight, and good
for food; the tree of life also in the
Genesis 2 midst of the garden, and the tree of
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knowledge of good and evil. And a
Thus the heavens and the earth were
river went out of Eden to water the
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finished, and all the host of them. garden; and from thence it was parted,
And on the seventh day God ended his and became into four heads. 11
The
work which he had made; and he name of the first is Pison: that is it
rested on the seventh day from all his which compasseth the whole land of
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work which he had made. And God Havilah, where there is gold; 12
And the
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified gold of that land is good: there is
it: because that in it he had rested bdellium and the onyx stone. 13
And
from all his work which God created the name of the second river is Gihon:
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and made. These are the generations the same is it that compasseth the
of the heavens and of the earth when whole land of Ethiopia. 14
And the name
they were created, in the day that the of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it
LORD God made the earth and the which goeth toward the east of Assyria.
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heavens, And every plant of the field And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15

before it was in the earth, and every And the LORD God took the man, and
herb of the field before it grew: for the put him into the garden of Eden to
LORD God had not caused it to rain dress it and to keep it. 16
And the LORD
upon the earth, and there was not a God commanded the man, saying, Of
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man to till the ground. But there went every tree of the garden thou mayest
up a mist from the earth, and watered freely eat: 17
But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt Genesis 3
not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18
Now the serpent was more subtil than
And the LORD God said, It is not good any beast of the field which the LORD
that the man should be alone; I will God had made. And he said unto the
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make him an help meet for him. And woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
out of the ground the LORD God not eat of every tree of the garden? 2

formed every beast of the field, and And the woman said unto the serpent,
every fowl of the air; and brought We may eat of the fruit of the trees of
them unto Adam to see what he would the garden: 3
But of the fruit of the
call them: and whatsoever Adam called tree which is in the midst of the
every living creature, that was the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat
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name thereof. And Adam gave of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
names to all cattle, and to the fowl of die. 4
And the serpent said unto the
the air, and to every beast of the field; woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5
For
but for Adam there was not found an God doth know that in the day ye eat
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help meet for him. And the LORD thereof, then your eyes shall be
God caused a deep sleep to fall upon opened, and ye shall be as gods,
Adam and he slept: and he took one of knowing good and evil. 6
And when the
his ribs, and closed up the flesh woman saw that the tree was good for
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instead thereof; And the rib, which food, and that it was pleasant to the
the LORD God had taken from man, eyes, and a tree to be desired to make
made he a woman, and brought her one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
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unto the man. And Adam said, This and did eat, and gave also unto her
is now bone of my bones, and flesh of husband with her; and he did eat. 7

my flesh: she shall be called Woman, And the eyes of them both were
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because she was taken out of Man. opened, and they knew that they were
Therefore shall a man leave his father naked; and they sewed fig leaves
and his mother, and shall cleave unto together, and made themselves
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his wife: and they shall be one flesh. aprons. 8
And they heard the voice of
And they were both naked, the man the LORD God walking in the garden in
and his wife, and were not ashamed. the cool of the day: and Adam and his
wife hid themselves from the presence
of the LORD God amongst the trees of
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the garden. And the LORD God called
unto Adam, and said unto him, Where
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art thou? And he said, I heard thy
voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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And he said, Who told thee that thou
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the
tree, whereof I commanded thee that
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thou shouldest not eat?
said, The woman whom thou gavest to
be with me, she gave me of the tree,
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and I did eat. And the LORD God
said unto the woman, What is this that
thou hast done? And the woman said,
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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And the LORD God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and
above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt
thou eat all the days of thy life:
I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
woman he said, I will greatly multiply
thy sorrow and thy conception;
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
and he shall rule over thee.
Adam he said, Because
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree, of which I
commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt
not eat of it: cursed is the ground for
thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it
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all the days of thy life; Thorns also
and thistles shall it bring forth to thee;
and thou shalt eat the herb of the
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field; In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return unto
And the man the ground; for out of it wast thou
taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust
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shalt thou return. And Adam called
his wife's name Eve; because she was
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the mother of all living. Unto Adam
also and to his wife did the LORD God
make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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And the LORD God said, Behold, the
man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put
forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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And Therefore the LORD God sent him
forth from the garden of Eden, to till
the ground from whence he was taken.
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So he drove out the man; and he
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Unto the placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword
in which turned every way, to keep the
way of the tree of life.
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And unto
thou hast
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Genesis 4 ground. And now art thou cursed
from the earth, which hath opened her
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she mouth to receive thy brother's blood
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conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I from thy hand; When thou tillest the

have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 ground, it shall not henceforth yield

And she again bare his brother Abel. unto thee her strength; a fugitive and

And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3
And in And Cain said unto the LORD, My

process of time it came to pass, that punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Cain brought of the fruit of the ground Behold, thou hast driven me out this

an offering unto the LORD. 4

And Abel, day from the face of the earth; and

he also brought of the firstlings of his from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall

flock and of the fat thereof. And the be a fugitive and a vagabond in the

LORD had respect unto Abel and to his earth; and it shall come to pass, that

offering: 5
But unto Cain and to his every one that findeth me shall slay
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offering he had not respect. And Cain me. And the LORD said unto him,

was very wroth, and his countenance Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,

fell. 6
And the LORD said unto Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him

Why art thou wroth? and why is thy sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark

countenance fallen? 7
If thou doest upon Cain, lest any finding him should
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well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if kill him. And Cain went out from the

thou doest not well, sin lieth at the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
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door. And unto thee shall be his desire, land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

and thou shalt rule over him. 8

And And Cain knew his wife; and she

Cain talked with Abel his brother: and conceived, and bare Enoch: and he

it came to pass, when they were in the builded a city, and called the name of

field, that Cain rose up against Abel his the city, after the name of his son,
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brother, and slew him. 9
And the LORD Enoch. And unto Enoch was born

said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and

brother? And he said, I know not: Am I Mehujael begat Methusael: and

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my brother's keeper? 10
And he said, Methusael begat Lamech. And

What hast thou done? the voice of thy Lamech took unto him two wives: the

brother's blood crieth unto me from the name of the one was Adah, and the
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name of the other Zillah. And Adah their name Adam, in the day when they
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bare Jabal: he was the father of such were created. And Adam lived an
as dwell in tents, and of such as have hundred and thirty years, and begat a
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cattle. And his brother's name was son in his own likeness, after his
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Jubal: he was the father of all such as image; and called his name Seth: And
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handle the harp and organ. And the days of Adam after he had
Zillah, she also bare Tubal- cain, an begotten Seth were eight hundred
instructer of every artificer in brass years: and he begat sons and
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and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain daughters: And all the days that
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was Naamah. And Lamech said unto Adam lived were nine hundred and
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his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my thirty years: and he died. And Seth
voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken lived an hundred and five years, and
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unto my speech: for I have slain a man begat Enos: And Seth lived after he
to my wounding, and a young man to begat Enos eight hundred and seven
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my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged years, and begat sons and daughters:
sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and And all the days of Seth were nine
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sevenfold. And Adam knew his wife hundred and twelve years: and he
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again; and she bare a son, and called died. And Enos lived ninety years,
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his name Seth: For God, said she, hath and begat Cainan: And Enos lived
appointed me another seed instead of after he begat Cainan eight hundred
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Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, and fifteen years, and begat sons and
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to him also there was born a son; and daughters: And all the days of Enos
he called his name Enos: then began were nine hundred and five years: and
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men to call upon the name of the he died. And Cainan lived seventy
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LORD. years, and begat Mahalaleel: And
Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel
Genesis 5 eight hundred and forty years, and
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begat sons and daughters: And all
This is the book of the generations of
the days of Cainan were nine hundred
Adam. In the day that God created and ten years: and he died. 15
And
man, in the likeness of God made he Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years,
2
him; Male and female created he and begat Jared: 16
And Mahalaleel
them; and blessed them, and called lived after he begat Jared eight
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hundred and thirty years, and begat cursed. And Lamech lived after he
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sons and daughters: And all the days begat Noah five hundred ninety and
of Mahalaleel were eight hundred five years, and begat sons and
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ninety and five years: and he died. daughters: And all the days of
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and Lamech were seven hundred seventy
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two years, and he begat Enoch: And and seven years: and he died. And
Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight Noah was five hundred years old: and
hundred years, and begat sons and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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daughters: And all the days of Jared
were nine hundred sixty and two Genesis 6
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years: and he died. And Enoch lived
sixty and five years, and begat
And it came to pass, when men began

Methuselah: 22
And Enoch walked with to multiply on the face of the earth,
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God after he begat Methuselah three and daughters were born unto them,

hundred years, and begat sons and That the sons of God saw the

daughters: 23
And all the days of Enoch daughters of men that they were fair;

were three hundred sixty and five and they took them wives of all which
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years: 24
And Enoch walked with God: they chose. And the LORD said, My

and he was not; for God took him. 25 spirit shall not always strive with man,

And Methuselah lived an hundred for that he also is flesh: yet his days

eighty and seven years, and begat shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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Lamech: 26
And Methuselah lived after There were giants in the earth in

he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty those days; and also after that, when

and two years, and begat sons and the sons of God came in unto the

daughters: 27
And all the days of daughters of men, and they bare

Methuselah were nine hundred sixty children to them, the same became

and nine years: and he died. 28

And mighty men which were of old, men of
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Lamech lived an hundred eighty and renown. And GOD saw that the

two years, and begat a son: 29

And he wickedness of man was great in the

called his name Noah, saying, This earth, and that every imagination of

same shall comfort us concerning our the thoughts of his heart was only evil
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work and toil of our hands, because of continually. And it repented the LORD

the ground which the LORD hath that he had made man on the earth,
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and it grieved him at his heart. And
the LORD said, I will destroy man
whom I have created from the face of
the earth; both man, and beast, and
the creeping thing, and the fowls of the
air; for it repenteth me that I have
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made them. But Noah found grace in
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the eyes of the LORD. These are the
generations of Noah: Noah was a just
man and perfect in his generations,
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and Noah walked with God. And
Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham,
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and Japheth. The earth also was
corrupt before God, and the earth was
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filled with violence. And God looked
upon the earth, and, behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his
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way upon the earth. And God said
unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come
before me; for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and, behold, I
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will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and
shalt pitch it within and without with
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pitch. And this is the fashion which
thou shalt make it of: The length of the
ark shall be three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height
thereof; with lower, second, and third
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stories shalt thou make it. And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life,
from under heaven; and every thing
that is in the earth shall die. But with
thee will I establish my covenant; and
thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and
thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons'
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wives with thee. And of every living
thing of all flesh, two of every sort
shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep
them alive with thee; they shall be
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male and female. Of fowls after their
kind, and of cattle after their kind, of
every creeping thing of the earth after
his kind, two of every sort shall come
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unto thee, to keep them alive. And
take thou unto thee of all food that is
eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee;
and it shall be for food for thee, and
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for them. Thus did Noah; according
to all that God commanded him, so did
he.
Genesis 7
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come

of it thirty cubits. 16
A window shalt thou and all thy house into the ark; for

thou make to the ark, and in a cubit thee have I seen righteous before me
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shalt thou finish it above; and the door in this generation. Of every clean

of the ark shalt thou set in the side beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and In the selfsame day entered Noah, and
of beasts that are not clean by two, the Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons
3
male and his female. Of fowls also of of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the
the air by sevens, the male and the three wives of his sons with them, into
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female; to keep seed alive upon the the ark; They, and every beast after
4
face of all the earth. For yet seven his kind, and all the cattle after their
days, and I will cause it to rain upon kind, and every creeping thing that
the earth forty days and forty nights; creepeth upon the earth after his kind,
and every living substance that I have and every fowl after his kind, every
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made will I destroy from off the face of bird of every sort. And they went in
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the earth. And Noah did according unto Noah into the ark, two and two of
unto all that the LORD commanded all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
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him. And Noah was six hundred years And they that went in, went in male
old when the flood of waters was upon and female of all flesh, as God had
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the earth. And Noah went in, and his commanded him: and the LORD shut
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sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives him in. And the flood was forty days
with him, into the ark, because of the upon the earth; and the waters
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waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, increased, and bare up the ark, and it
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and of beasts that are not clean, and of was lift up above the earth. And the
fowls, and of every thing that creepeth waters prevailed, and were increased
9
upon the earth, There went in two greatly upon the earth; and the ark
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and two unto Noah into the ark, the went upon the face of the waters.
male and the female, as God had And the waters prevailed exceedingly
10
commanded Noah. And it came to upon the earth; and all the high hills,
pass after seven days, that the waters that were under the whole heaven,
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of the flood were upon the earth. In were covered. Fifteen cubits upward
the six hundredth year of Noah's life, did the waters prevail; and the
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in the second month, the seventeenth mountains were covered. And all
day of the month, the same day were flesh died that moved upon the earth,
all the fountains of the great deep both of fowl, and of cattle, and of
broken up, and the windows of heaven beast, and of every creeping thing that
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were opened. And the rain was upon creepeth upon the earth, and every
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the earth forty days and forty nights. man: All in whose nostrils was the
breath of life, of all that was in the dry
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land, died. And every
substance was destroyed which was
upon the face of the ground, both man,
and cattle, and the creeping things,
and the fowl of the heaven; and they
were destroyed from the earth: and
Noah only remained alive, and they
that were with him in the ark.
the waters prevailed upon the earth an
hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 8
And God remembered Noah, and every
living thing, and all the cattle that was
with him in the ark: and God made a
wind to pass over the earth, and the
2
waters asswaged; The fountains also
of the deep and the windows of heaven
were stopped, and the
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heaven was restrained;
waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days the waters were
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abated. And the ark rested in the
seventh month, on the seventeenth
day of the month, upon the mountains
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of Ararat. And the waters decreased
continually until the tenth month: in
the tenth month, on the first day of the
month, were the tops of the mountains
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seen. And it came to pass at the end
of forty days, that Noah opened the
living window of the ark which he had made:
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And he sent forth a raven, which went
forth to and fro, until the waters were
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dried up from off the earth. Also he
sent forth a dove from him, to see if
the waters were abated from off the
9
face of the ground; But the dove
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And found no rest for the sole of her foot,
and she returned unto him into the
ark, for the waters were on the face of
the whole earth: then he put forth his
hand, and took her, and pulled her in
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unto him into the ark. And he stayed
yet other seven days; and again he
sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11
And the dove came in to him in the
evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an
olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that
the waters were abated from off the
rain from earth. 12
And he stayed yet other seven
And the days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
13
And it came to pass in the six
hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering
of the ark, and looked, and, behold,
the face of the ground was dry. 14
And
in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the
earth dried. 15
And God spake unto
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Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, Genesis 9
thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and
thy sons' wives with thee. 17
Bring forth And God blessed Noah and his sons,
with thee every living thing that is with and said unto them, Be fruitful, and
thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of multiply, and replenish the earth. 2
And
cattle, and of every creeping thing that the fear of you and the dread of you
creepeth upon the earth; that they shall be upon every beast of the earth,
may breed abundantly in the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all
and be fruitful, and multiply upon the that moveth upon the earth, and upon
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earth. And Noah went forth, and his all the fishes of the sea; into your hand
sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives are they delivered. 3
Every moving
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with him: Every beast, every thing that liveth shall be meat for you;
creeping thing, and every fowl, and even as the green herb have I given
whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, you all things. 4
But flesh with the life
after their kinds, went forth out of the thereof, which is the blood thereof,
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ark. And Noah builded an altar unto shall ye not eat. 5
And surely your
the LORD; and took of every clean blood of your lives will I require; at the
beast, and of every clean fowl, and hand of every beast will I require it,
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offered burnt offerings on the altar. and at the hand of man; at the hand of
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; every man's brother will I require the
and the LORD said in his heart, I will life of man. 6
Whoso sheddeth man's
not again curse the ground any more blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for man's sake; for the imagination of for in the image of God made he man.
man's heart is evil from his youth; 7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply;
neither will I again smite any more bring forth abundantly in the earth,
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every thing living, as I have done. and multiply therein. 8
And God spake
While the earth remaineth, seedtime unto Noah, and to his sons with him,
and harvest, and cold and heat, and saying, 9
And I, behold, I establish my
summer and winter, and day and night covenant with you, and with your seed
shall not cease. after you; 10
And with every living
creature that is with you, of the fowl,
of the cattle, and of every beast of the
earth with you; from all that go out of
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the ark, to every beast of the earth. of them was the whole earth
20
And I will establish my covenant with overspread. And Noah began to be
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off an husbandman, and he planted a
21
any more by the waters of a flood; vineyard: And he drank of the wine,
neither shall there any more be a flood and was drunken; and he was
12 22
to destroy the earth. And God said, uncovered within his tent. And Ham,
This is the token of the covenant which the father of Canaan, saw the
I make between me and you and every nakedness of his father, and told his
23
living creature that is with you, for two brethren without. And Shem and
13
perpetual generations: I do set my Japheth took a garment, and laid it
bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a upon both their shoulders, and went
token of a covenant between me and backward, and covered the nakedness
14
the earth. And it shall come to pass, of their father; and their faces were
when I bring a cloud over the earth, backward, and they saw not their
24
that the bow shall be seen in the father's nakedness. And Noah awoke
15
cloud: And I will remember my from his wine, and knew what his
25
covenant, which is between me and younger son had done unto him. And
you and every living creature of all he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant
flesh; and the waters shall no more of servants shall he be unto his
16 26
become a flood to destroy all flesh. brethren. And he said, Blessed be
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan
27
I will look upon it, that I may shall be his servant. God shall
remember the everlasting covenant enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in
between God and every living creature the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be
17 28
of all flesh that is upon the earth. his servant. And Noah lived after the
29
And God said unto Noah, This is the flood three hundred and fifty years.
token of the covenant, which I have And all the days of Noah were nine
established between me and all flesh hundred and fifty years: and he died.
18
that is upon the earth. And the sons
of Noah, that went forth of the ark, Genesis 10
were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth:
and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 Now these are the generations of the

These are the three sons of Noah: and sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
 15
Japheth: and unto them were sons Philistim,) and Caphtorim. And
2
born after the flood. The sons of Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and
16
Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the
17
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the
3
Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18
Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
4
Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; and the Hamathite: and afterward were
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and the families of the Canaanites spread
5 19
Dodanim. By these were the isles of abroad. And the border of the
the Gentiles divided in their lands; Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou
every one after his tongue, after their comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou
6
families, in their nations. And the goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and
sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
7 20
Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of These are the sons of Ham, after
Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, their families, after their tongues, in
21
and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the their countries, and in their nations.
8
sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. Unto Shem also, the father of all the
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to children of Eber, the brother of Japheth
9
be a mighty one in the earth. He was the elder, even to him were children
22
a mighty hunter before the LORD: born. The children of Shem; Elam,
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
10 23
the mighty hunter before the LORD. and Aram. And the children of Aram;
24
And the beginning of his kingdom was Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah
11 25
Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of begat Eber. And unto Eber were born
that land went forth Asshur, and two sons: the name of one was Peleg;
builded Nineveh, and the city for in his days was the earth divided;
12 26
Rehoboth, and Calah, And Resen and his brother's name was Joktan.
between Nineveh and Calah: the same And Joktan begat Almodad, and
13
is a great city. And Mizraim begat Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and
27
Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Jerah, And Hadoram, and Uzal, and
14 28
Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Diklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and
29
Casluhim, (out of whom came Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and
Jobab: all these were the sons of begin to do: and now nothing will be
30
Joktan. And their dwelling was from restrained from them, which they have
7
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a imagined to do. Go to, let us go
31
mount of the east. These are the down, and there confound their
sons of Shem, after their families, after language, that they may not
8
their tongues, in their lands, after their understand one another's speech. So
32
nations. These are the families of the the LORD scattered them abroad from
sons of Noah, after their generations, thence upon the face of all the earth:
9
in their nations: and by these were the and they left off to build the city.
nations divided in the earth after the Therefore is the name of it called
flood. Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language of all the earth:
Genesis 11 and from thence did the LORD scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the
And the whole earth was of one
earth. 10
These are the generations of
2
language, and of one speech. And it Shem: Shem was an hundred years
came to pass, as they journeyed from old, and begat Arphaxad two years
the east, that they found a plain in the after the flood: 11
And Shem lived after
3
land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. he begat Arphaxad five hundred years,
And they said one to another, Go to, and begat sons and daughters. 12
And
let us make brick, and burn them Arphaxad lived five and thirty years,
throughly. And they had brick for and begat Salah: 13
And Arphaxad lived
4
stone, and slime had they for morter. after he begat Salah four hundred and
And they said, Go to, let us build us a three years, and begat sons and
city and a tower, whose top may reach daughters. 14
And Salah lived thirty
unto heaven; and let us make us a years, and begat Eber: 15
And Salah
name, lest we be scattered abroad lived after he begat Eber four hundred
5
upon the face of the whole earth. And and three years, and begat sons and
the LORD came down to see the city daughters. 16
And Eber lived four and
and the tower, which the children of thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17
And
6
men builded. And the LORD said, Eber lived after he begat Peleg four
Behold, the people is one, and they hundred and thirty years, and begat
have all one language; and this they sons and daughters. 18
And Peleg lived
 19
thirty years, and begat Reu: And Abram's wife; and they went forth with
Peleg lived after he begat Reu two them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go
hundred and nine years, and begat into the land of Canaan; and they came
20 32
sons and daughters. And Reu lived unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the
two and thirty years, and begat Serug: days of Terah were two hundred and
21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug five years: and Terah died in Haran.
two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters. 22
And Genesis 12
Serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor: 23
And Serug lived after he
Now the LORD had said unto Abram,

begat Nahor two hundred years, and Get thee out of thy country, and from

begat sons and daughters. 24

And thy kindred, and from thy father's

Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and house, unto a land that I will shew
2
begat Terah: 25
And Nahor lived after thee: And I will make of thee a great

he begat Terah an hundred and nation, and I will bless thee, and make

nineteen years, and begat sons and thy name great; and thou shalt be a
3
daughters. 26
And Terah lived seventy blessing: And I will bless them that

years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and bless thee, and curse him that curseth

Haran. 27
Now these are the thee: and in thee shall all families of
4
generations of Terah: Terah begat the earth be blessed. So Abram

Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran departed, as the LORD had spoken

begat Lot. 28
And Haran died before his unto him; and Lot went with him: and

father Terah in the land of his nativity, Abram was seventy and five years old
5
in Ur of the Chaldees. 29
And Abram when he departed out of Haran. And

and Nahor took them wives: the name Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his

of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the brother's son, and all their substance

name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the that they had gathered, and the souls

daughter of Haran, the father of that they had gotten in Haran; and

Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30

But they went forth to go into the land of

Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 Canaan; and into the land of Canaan
6
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot they came. And Abram passed

the son of Haran his son's son, and through the land unto the place of

Sarai his daughter in law, his son Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And
 7
the Canaanite was then in the land. the woman was taken into Pharaoh's
16
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, house. And he entreated Abram well
and said, Unto thy seed will I give this for her sake: and he had sheep, and
land: and there builded he an altar oxen, and he asses, and menservants,
unto the LORD, who appeared unto and maidservants, and she asses, and
8 17
him. And he removed from thence camels. And the LORD plagued
unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, Pharaoh and his house with great
and pitched his tent, having Bethel on plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18
the west, and Hai on the east: and And Pharaoh called Abram, and said,
there he builded an altar unto the What is this that thou hast done unto
LORD, and called upon the name of the me? why didst thou not tell me that
9 19
LORD. And Abram journeyed, going she was thy wife? Why saidst thou,
10
on still toward the south. And there She is my sister? so I might have
was a famine in the land: and Abram taken her to me to wife: now therefore
went down into Egypt to sojourn there; behold thy wife, take her, and go thy
20
for the famine was grievous in the way. And Pharaoh commanded his
11
land. And it came to pass, when he men concerning him: and they sent
was come near to enter into Egypt, him away, and his wife, and all that he
that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold had.
now, I know that thou art a fair woman
to look upon: 12
Therefore it shall come Genesis 13
to pass, when the Egyptians shall see
thee, that they shall say, This is his
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he,

wife: and they will kill me, but they will and his wife, and all that he had, and
2
save thee alive. 13
Say, I pray thee, Lot with him, into the south. And

thou art my sister: that it may be well Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver,
3
with me for thy sake; and my soul shall and in gold. And he went on his

live because of thee. 14

And it came to journeys from the south even to

pass, that, when Abram was come into Bethel, unto the place where his tent

Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman had been at the beginning, between
4
that she was very fair. 15
The princes Bethel and Hai; Unto the place of the

also of Pharaoh saw her, and altar, which he had made there at the

commended her before Pharaoh: and first: and there Abram called on the
 5 13
name of the LORD. And Lot also, Sodom. But the men of Sodom were
which went with Abram, had flocks, wicked and sinners before the LORD
6 14
and herds, and tents. And the land exceedingly. And the LORD said unto
was not able to bear them, that they Abram, after that Lot was separated
might dwell together: for their from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and
substance was great, so that they look from the place where thou art
7
could not dwell together. And there northward, and southward, and
15
was a strife between the herdmen of eastward, and westward: For all the
Abram's cattle and the herdmen of land which thou seest, to thee will I
16
Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the give it, and to thy seed for ever. And
8
Perizzite dwelled then in the land. I will make thy seed as the dust of the
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be earth: so that if a man can number the
no strife, I pray thee, between me and dust of the earth, then shall thy seed
17
thee, and between my herdmen and also be numbered. Arise, walk
9
thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is through the land in the length of it and
not the whole land before thee? in the breadth of it; for I will give it
18
separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: unto thee. Then Abram removed his
if thou wilt take the left hand, then I tent, and came and dwelt in the plain
will go to the right; or if thou depart to of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built
the right hand, then I will go to the there an altar unto the LORD.
10
left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and
beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it Genesis 14
was well watered every where, before
the LORD destroyed Sodom and
And it came to pass in the days of

Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of

LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam,
2
comest unto Zoar. 11
Then Lot chose and Tidal king of nations; That these

him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot made war with Bera king of Sodom,

journeyed east: and they separated and with Birsha king of Gomorrah,

themselves the one from the other. 12 Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela,
3
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the which is Zoar. All these were joined

plain, and pitched his tent toward together in the vale of Siddim, which is
 4 13
the salt sea. Twelve years they goods, and departed. And there
served Chedorlaomer, and in the came one that had escaped, and told
5
thirteenth year they rebelled. And in Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the
the fourteenth year came plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these
14
with him, and smote the Rephaims in were confederate with Abram. And
Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in when Abram heard that his brother was
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh taken captive, he armed his trained
6
Kiriathaim, And the Horites in their servants, born in his own house, three
mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by hundred and eighteen, and pursued
7 15
the wilderness. And they returned, them unto Dan. And he divided
and came to En-mishpat, which is himself against them, he and his
Kadesh, and smote all the country of servants, by night, and smote them,
the Amalekites, and also the Amorites and pursued them unto Hobah, which
8 16
that dwelt in Hazezon- tamar. And is on the left hand of Damascus. And
there went out the king of Sodom, and he brought back all the goods, and also
the king of Gomorrah, and the king of brought again his brother Lot, and his
Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and goods, and the women also, and the
17
the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) people. And the king of Sodom went
and they joined battle with them in the out to meet him after his return from
9
vale of Siddim; With Chedorlaomer the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of
the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of the kings that were with him, at the
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, valley of Shaveh, which is the king's
18
and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem
10
with five. And the vale of Siddim was brought forth bread and wine: and he
19
full of slimepits; and the kings of was the priest of the most high God.
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
there; and they that remained fled to be Abram of the most high God,
11 20
the mountain. And they took all the possessor of heaven and earth: And
goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all blessed be the most high God, which
12
their victuals, and went their way. hath delivered thine enemies into thy
21
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his And the king of Sodom said unto
Abram, Give me the persons, and take Look now toward heaven, and tell the
22
the goods to thyself. And Abram said stars, if thou be able to number them:
to the king of Sodom, I have lift up and he said unto him, So shall thy seed
6
mine hand unto the LORD, the most be. And he believed in the LORD; and
high God, the possessor of heaven and he counted it to him for righteousness.
23 7
earth, That I will not take from a And he said unto him, I am the LORD
thread even to a shoelatchet, and that that brought thee out of Ur of the
I will not take any thing that is thine, Chaldees, to give thee this land to
8
lest thou shouldest say, I have made inherit it. And he said, Lord GOD,
24
Abram rich: Save only that which the whereby shall I know that I shall
9
young men have eaten, and the portion inherit it? And he said unto him, Take
of the men which went with me, Aner, me an heifer of three years old, and a
Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their she goat of three years old, and a ram
portion. of three years old, and a turtledove,
10
and a young pigeon. And he took
Genesis 15 unto him all these, and divided them in
the midst, and laid each piece one
After these things the word of the
against another: but the birds divided
LORD came unto Abram in a vision, he not. 11
And when the fowls came
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy down upon the carcases, Abram drove
shield, and thy exceeding great them away. 12
And when the sun was
2
reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, going down, a deep sleep fell upon
what wilt thou give me, seeing I go Abram; and, lo, an horror of great
childless, and the steward of my house darkness fell upon him. 13
And he said
3
is this Eliezer of Damascus? And unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast seed shall be a stranger in a land that
given no seed: and, lo, one born in my is not theirs, and shall serve them; and
4
house is mine heir. And, behold, the they shall afflict them four hundred
word of the LORD came unto him, years; 14
And also that nation, whom
saying, This shall not be thine heir; but they shall serve, will I judge: and
he that shall come forth out of thine afterward shall they come out with
5
own bowels shall be thine heir. And great substance. 15
And thou shalt go
he brought him forth abroad, and said, to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be
 16
buried in a good old age. But in the her to her husband Abram to be his
4
fourth generation they shall come wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and
hither again: for the iniquity of the she conceived: and when she saw that
17
Amorites is not yet full. And it came she had conceived, her mistress was
5
to pass, that, when the sun went down, despised in her eyes. And Sarai said
and it was dark, behold a smoking unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I
furnace, and a burning lamp that have given my maid into thy bosom;
18
passed between those pieces. In the and when she saw that she had
same day the LORD made a covenant conceived, I was despised in her eyes:
with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed the LORD judge between me and thee.
6
have I given this land, from the river of But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold,
Egypt unto the great river, the river thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it
19
Euphrates: The Kenites, and the pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt
20
Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7
the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the And the angel of the LORD found her
21
Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the by a fountain of water in the
Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and wilderness, by the fountain in the way
8
the Jebusites. to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's
maid, whence camest thou? and
Genesis 16 whither wilt thou go? And she said, I
flee from the face of my mistress
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no
Sarai. 9
And the angel of the LORD said
children: and she had an handmaid, an unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
2
Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. submit thyself under her hands. 10
And
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold the angel of the LORD said unto her, I
now, the LORD hath restrained me will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that
from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto it shall not be numbered for multitude.
my maid; it may be that I may obtain 11
And the angel of the LORD said unto
children by her. And Abram hearkened her, Behold, thou art with child, and
3
to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai shalt bear a son, and shalt call his
Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the name Ishmael; because the LORD hath
Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten heard thy affliction. 12
And he will be a
years in the land of Canaan, and gave wild man; his hand will be against
every man, and every man's hand nations of thee, and kings shall come
7
against him; and he shall dwell in the out of thee. And I will establish my
13
presence of all his brethren. And she covenant between me and thee and thy
called the name of the LORD that seed after thee in their generations for
spake unto her, Thou God seest me: an everlasting covenant, to be a God
8
for she said, Have I also here looked unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
14
after him that seeth me? Wherefore And I will give unto thee, and to thy
the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; seed after thee, the land wherein thou
behold, it is between Kadesh and art a stranger, all the land of Canaan,
15
Bered. And Hagar bare Abram a son: for an everlasting possession; and I
9
and Abram called his son's name, will be their God. And God said unto
16
which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
Abram was fourscore and six years old, therefore, thou, and thy seed after
10
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. thee in their generations. This is my
covenant, which ye shall keep,
Genesis 17 between me and you and thy seed
after thee; Every man child among you
And when Abram was ninety years old
shall be circumcised. 11
And ye shall
and nine, the LORD appeared to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;
Abram, and said unto him, I am the and it shall be a token of the covenant
Almighty God; walk before me, and be betwixt me and you. 12
And he that is
2
thou perfect. And I will make my eight days old shall be circumcised
covenant between me and thee, and among you, every man child in your
3
will multiply thee exceedingly. And generations, he that is born in the
Abram fell on his face: and God talked house, or bought with money of any
4
with him, saying, As for me, behold, stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13

my covenant is with thee, and thou He that is born in thy house, and he
5
shalt be a father of many nations. that is bought with thy money, must
Neither shall thy name any more be needs be circumcised: and my
called Abram, but thy name shall be covenant shall be in your flesh for an
Abraham; for a father of many nations everlasting covenant. 14
And the
6
have I made thee. And I will make uncircumcised man child whose flesh of
thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make his foreskin is not circumcised, that
soul shall be cut off from his people; house, and all that were bought with
15
he hath broken my covenant. And his money, every male among the men
God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai of Abraham's house; and circumcised
thy wife, thou shalt not call her name the flesh of their foreskin in the
16
Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. selfsame day, as God had said unto
24
And I will bless her, and give thee a him. And Abraham was ninety years
son also of her: yea, I will bless her, old and nine, when he was circumcised
25
and she shall be a mother of nations; in the flesh of his foreskin. And
17
kings of people shall be of her. Then Ishmael his son was thirteen years old,
Abraham fell upon his face, and when he was circumcised in the flesh
26
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a of his foreskin. In the selfsame day
child be born unto him that is an was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael
27
hundred years old? and shall Sarah, his son. And all the men of his
18
that is ninety years old, bear? And house, born in the house, and bought
Abraham said unto God, O that with money of the stranger, were
19
Ishmael might live before thee! And circumcised with him.
God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear
thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call Genesis 18
his name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an everlasting
And the LORD appeared unto him in

covenant, and with his seed after him. the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the
2
20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard tent door in the heat of the day; And

thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo,

will make him fruitful, and will multiply three men stood by him: and when he

him exceedingly; twelve princes shall saw them, he ran to meet them from

he beget, and I will make him a great the tent door, and bowed himself
3
nation. 21
But my covenant will I toward the ground, And said, My

establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall Lord, if now I have found favour in thy

bear unto thee at this set time in the sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from
4
next year. 22
And he left off talking thy servant: Let a little water, I pray

with him, and God went up from you, be fetched, and wash your feet,
5
Abraham. 23
And Abraham took Ishmael and rest yourselves under the tree:

his son, and all that were born in his And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and
comfort ye your hearts; after that ye LORD? At the time appointed I will
shall pass on: for therefore are ye return unto thee, according to the time
15
come to your servant. And they said, of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
6
So do, as thou hast said. And Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed
Abraham hastened into the tent unto not; for she was afraid. And he said,
16
Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly Nay; but thou didst laugh. And the
three measures of fine meal, knead it, men rose up from thence, and looked
7
and make cakes upon the hearth. And toward Sodom: and Abraham went with
17
Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht them to bring them on the way. And
a calf tender and good, and gave it the LORD said, Shall I hide from
18
unto a young man; and he hasted to Abraham that thing which I do;
8
dress it. And he took butter, and Seeing that Abraham shall surely
milk, and the calf which he had become a great and mighty nation, and
dressed, and set it before them; and all the nations of the earth shall be
19
he stood by them under the tree, and blessed in him? For I know him, that
9
they did eat. And they said unto him, he will command his children and his
Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, household after him, and they shall
10
Behold, in the tent. And he said, I keep the way of the LORD, to do
will certainly return unto thee justice and judgment; that the LORD
according to the time of life; and, lo, may bring upon Abraham that which he
20
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And hath spoken of him. And the LORD
Sarah heard it in the tent door, which said, Because the cry of Sodom and
11
was behind him. Now Abraham and Gomorrah is great, and because their
21
Sarah were old and well stricken in sin is very grievous; I will go down
age; and it ceased to be with Sarah now, and see whether they have done
12
after the manner of women. altogether according to the cry of it,
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, which is come unto me; and if not, I
22
saying, After I am waxed old shall I will know. And the men turned their
have pleasure, my lord being old also? faces from thence, and went toward
13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before
23
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, the LORD. And Abraham drew near,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
14 24
am old? Is any thing too hard for the righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty righteous said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and
within the city: wilt thou also destroy I will speak yet but this once:
and not spare the place for the fifty Peradventure ten shall be found there.
25
righteous that are therein? That be And he said, I will not destroy it for
33
far from thee to do after this manner, ten's sake. And the LORD went his
to slay the righteous with the wicked: way, as soon as he had left communing
and that the righteous should be as the with Abraham: and Abraham returned
wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not unto his place.
26
the Judge of all the earth do right?
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom Genesis 19
fifty righteous within the city, then I
will spare all the place for their sakes.
And there came two angels to Sodom
27
And Abraham answered and said, at even; and Lot sat in the gate of

Behold now, I have taken upon me to Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to

speak unto the Lord, which am but meet them; and he bowed himself with
2
dust and ashes: 28
Peradventure there his face toward the ground; And he

shall lack five of the fifty righteous: said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I

wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of pray you, into your servant's house,

five? And he said, If I find there forty and tarry all night, and wash your feet,

and five, I will not destroy it. 29

And he and ye shall rise up early, and go on

spake unto him yet again, and said, your ways. And they said, Nay; but we
3
Peradventure there shall be forty found will abide in the street all night. And

there. And he said, I will not do it for he pressed upon them greatly; and

forty's sake. 30
And he said unto him, they turned in unto him, and entered

Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will into his house; and he made them a

speak: Peradventure there shall thirty feast, and did bake unleavened bread,
4
be found there. And he said, I will not and they did eat. But before they lay

do it, if I find thirty there. 31

And he down, the men of the city, even the

said, Behold now, I have taken upon men of Sodom, compassed the house

me to speak unto the Lord: round, both old and young, all the
5
Peradventure there shall be twenty people from every quarter: And they

found there. And he said, I will not called unto Lot, and said unto him,

destroy it for twenty's sake. 32

And he Where are the men which came in to
thee this night? bring them out unto Lot went out, and spake unto his sons
6
us, that we may know them. And Lot in law, which married his daughters,
went out at the door unto them, and and said, Up, get you out of this place;
7
shut the door after him, And said, I for the LORD will destroy this city. But
pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. he seemed as one that mocked unto
8 15
Behold now, I have two daughters his sons in law. And when the
which have not known man; let me, I morning arose, then the angels
pray you, bring them out unto you, and hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy
do ye to them as is good in your eyes: wife, and thy two daughters, which are
only unto these men do nothing; for here; lest thou be consumed in the
16
therefore came they under the shadow iniquity of the city. And while he
9
of my roof. And they said, Stand lingered, the men laid hold upon his
back. And they said again, This one hand, and upon the hand of his wife,
fellow came in to sojourn, and he will and upon the hand of his two
needs be a judge: now will we deal daughters; the LORD being merciful
worse with thee, than with them. And unto him: and they brought him forth,
17
they pressed sore upon the man, even and set him without the city. And it
Lot, and came near to break the door. came to pass, when they had brought
10
But the men put forth their hand, them forth abroad, that he said,
and pulled Lot into the house to them, Escape for thy life; look not behind
11
and shut to the door. And they thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;
smote the men that were at the door of escape to the mountain, lest thou be
18
the house with blindness, both small consumed. And Lot said unto them,
19
and great: so that they wearied Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now,
12
themselves to find the door. And the thy servant hath found grace in thy
men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any sight, and thou hast magnified thy
besides? son in law, and thy sons, and mercy, which thou hast shewed unto
thy daughters, and whatsoever thou me in saving my life; and I cannot
hast in the city, bring them out of this escape to the mountain, lest some evil
13 20
place: For we will destroy this place, take me, and I die: Behold now, this
because the cry of them is waxen great city is near to flee unto, and it is a
before the face of the LORD; and the little one: Oh, let me escape thither,
14
LORD hath sent us to destroy it. And (is it not a little one?) and my soul
 21
shall live. And he said unto him, See, him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar:
I have accepted thee concerning this and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
31
thing also, that I will not overthrow daughters. And the firstborn said
this city, for the which thou hast unto the younger, Our father is old,
22
spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; and there is not a man in the earth to
for I cannot do any thing till thou be come in unto us after the manner of all
32
come thither. Therefore the name of the earth: Come, let us make our
23
the city was called Zoar. The sun father drink wine, and we will lie with
was risen upon the earth when Lot him, that we may preserve seed of our
24 33
entered into Zoar. Then the LORD father. And they made their father
rained upon Sodom and upon drink wine that night: and the firstborn
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the went in, and lay with her father; and
25
LORD out of heaven; And he he perceived not when she lay down,
34
overthrew those cities, and all the nor when she arose. And it came to
plain, and all the inhabitants of the pass on the morrow, that the firstborn
cities, and that which grew upon the said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
26
ground. But his wife looked back yesternight with my father: let us
from behind him, and she became a make him drink wine this night also;
27
pillar of salt. And Abraham gat up and go thou in, and lie with him, that
35
early in the morning to the place where we may preserve seed of our father.
28
he stood before the LORD: And he And they made their father drink wine
looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, that night also: and the younger arose,
and toward all the land of the plain, and lay with him; and he perceived not
and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the when she lay down, nor when she
36
country went up as the smoke of a arose. Thus were both the daughters
29 37
furnace. And it came to pass, when of Lot with child by their father. And
God destroyed the cities of the plain, the firstborn bare a son, and called his
that God remembered Abraham, and name Moab: the same is the father of
38
sent Lot out of the midst of the the Moabites unto this day. And the
overthrow, when he overthrew the younger, she also bare a son, and
30
cities in the which Lot dwelt. And Lot called his name Benammi: the same is
went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the the father of the children of Ammon
mountain, and his two daughters with unto this day.
 9
Genesis 20 and the men were sore afraid. Then
Abimelech called Abraham, and said
And Abraham journeyed from thence unto him, What hast thou done unto

toward the south country, and dwelled us? and what have I offended thee,

between Kadesh and Shur, and that thou hast brought on me and on

sojourned in Gerar. 2
And Abraham said my kingdom a great sin? thou hast

of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and done deeds unto me that ought not to
10
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took be done. And Abimelech said unto

Sarah. 3
But God came to Abimelech in Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou
11
a dream by night, and said to him, hast done this thing? And Abraham

Behold, thou art but a dead man, for said, Because I thought, Surely the

the woman which thou hast taken; for fear of God is not in this place; and
12
she is a man's wife. 4
But Abimelech they will slay me for my wife's sake.

had not come near her: and he said, And yet indeed she is my sister; she is

Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous the daughter of my father, but not the

nation? 5
Said he not unto me, She is daughter of my mother; and she
13
my sister? and she, even she herself became my wife. And it came to

said, He is my brother: in the integrity pass, when God caused me to wander

of my heart and innocency of my hands from my father's house, that I said

have I done this. 6

And God said unto unto her, This is thy kindness which

him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou thou shalt shew unto me; at every

didst this in the integrity of thy heart; place whither we shall come, say of
14
for I also withheld thee from sinning me, He is my brother. And Abimelech

against me: therefore suffered I thee took sheep, and oxen, and

not to touch her. 7

Now therefore menservants, and womenservants, and

restore the man his wife; for he is a gave them unto Abraham, and restored
15
prophet, and he shall pray for thee, him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech

and thou shalt live: and if thou restore said, Behold, my land is before thee:
16
her not, know thou that thou shalt dwell where it pleaseth thee. And

surely die, thou, and all that are thine. unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have
8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the given thy brother a thousand pieces of

morning, and called all his servants, silver: behold, he is to thee a covering

and told all these things in their ears: of the eyes, unto all that are with thee,
and with all other: thus she was Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
17
reproved. So Abraham prayed unto Egyptian, which she had born unto
10
God: and God healed Abimelech, and Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she
his wife, and his maidservants; and said unto Abraham, Cast out this
18
they bare children. For the LORD had bondwoman and her son: for the son of
fast closed up all the wombs of the this bondwoman shall not be heir with
11
house of Abimelech, because of Sarah my son, even with Isaac. And the
Abraham's wife. thing was very grievous in Abraham's
12
sight because of his son. And God
Genesis 21 said unto Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in thy sight because of the
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had
lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in
said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as all that Sarah hath said unto thee,
2
he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac
and bare Abraham a son in his old age, shall thy seed be called. 13
And also of
at the set time of which God had the son of the bondwoman will I make
3
spoken to him. And Abraham called a nation, because he is thy seed. 14

the name of his son that was born unto And Abraham rose up early in the
4
him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. morning, and took bread, and a bottle
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
being eight days old, as God had putting it on her shoulder, and the
5
commanded him. And Abraham was child, and sent her away: and she
an hundred years old, when his son departed, and wandered in the
6
Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15
And the
said, God hath made me to laugh, so water was spent in the bottle, and she
7
that all that hear will laugh with me. cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And she said, Who would have said 16
And she went, and sat her down over
unto Abraham, that Sarah should have against him a good way off, as it were
given children suck? for I have born a bowshot: for she said, Let me not
8
him a son in his old age. And the see the death of the child. And she sat
child grew, and was weaned: and over against him, and lift up her voice,
Abraham made a great feast the same and wept. 17
And God heard the voice
9
day that Isaac was weaned. And of the lad; and the angel of God called
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto And Abraham took sheep and oxen,
her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; and gave them unto Abimelech; and
28
for God hath heard the voice of the lad both of them made a covenant. And
18
where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
29
and hold him in thine hand; for I will flock by themselves. And Abimelech
19
make him a great nation. And God said unto Abraham, What mean these
opened her eyes, and she saw a well of seven ewe lambs which thou hast set
30
water; and she went, and filled the by themselves? And he said, For
bottle with water, and gave the lad these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take
20
drink. And God was with the lad; and of my hand, that they may be a
he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, witness unto me, that I have digged
21 31
and became an archer. And he dwelt this well. Wherefore he called that
in the wilderness of Paran: and his place Beer-sheba; because there they
32
mother took him a wife out of the land sware both of them. Thus they made
22
of Egypt. And it came to pass at that a covenant at Beer-sheba: then
time, that Abimelech and Phichol the Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto chief captain of his host, and they
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in returned into the land of the
23 33
all that thou doest: Now therefore Philistines. And Abraham planted a
swear unto me here by God that thou grove in Beer-sheba, and called there
wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with on the name of the LORD, the
34
my son, nor with my son's son: but everlasting God. And Abraham
according to the kindness that I have sojourned in the Philistines' land many
done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, days.
and to the land wherein thou hast
sojourned. 24
And Abraham said, I will Genesis 22
25
swear. And Abraham reproved
Abimelech because of a well of water,
And it came to pass after these things,
which Abimelech's servants had that God did tempt Abraham, and said

violently taken away. 26

And Abimelech unto him, Abraham: and he said,
2
said, I wot not who hath done this Behold, here I am. And he said, Take

thing: neither didst thou tell me, now thy son, thine only son Isaac,

neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 whom thou lovest, and get thee into
the land of Moriah; and offer him there
for a burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with him, and
Isaac his son, and clave the wood for
the burnt offering, and rose up, and
went unto the place of which God had
4 13
told him. Then on the third day
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
5
the place afar off. And Abraham said
unto his young men, Abide ye here
with the ass; and I and the lad will go
yonder and worship, and come again to
6 14
you, And Abraham took the wood of
the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in
his hand, and a knife; and they went
7
both of them together. And Isaac
spake unto Abraham his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here am
I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire
and the wood: but where is the lamb
8 17
for a burnt offering? And Abraham
said, My son, God will provide himself
a lamb for a burnt offering: so they
9
went both of them together. And they
came to the place which God had told
him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on
10
the altar upon the wood.
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and
11
took the knife to slay his son. And
3
the angel of the LORD called unto him
out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
12
Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto
him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy
son, thine only son from me. And
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and behold behind him a ram caught in
a thicket by his horns: and Abraham
went and took the ram, and offered
him up for a burnt offering in the stead
of his son. And Abraham called the
name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it
is said to this day, In the mount of the
15
LORD it shall be seen. And the angel
of the LORD called unto Abraham out
16
of heaven the second time, And said,
By myself have I sworn, saith the
LORD, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son: That in blessing I will
bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the
heaven, and as the sand which is upon
the sea shore; and thy seed shall
18
possess the gate of his enemies; And
in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed; because thou hast
19
And obeyed my voice. So Abraham
returned unto his young men, and they children of Heth answered Abraham,
6
rose up and went together to Beer- saying unto him, Hear us, my lord:
sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer- thou art a mighty prince among us: in
20
sheba. And it came to pass after the choice of our sepulchres bury thy
these things, that it was told Abraham, dead; none of us shall withhold from
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also thee his sepulchre, but that thou
7
born children unto thy brother Nahor; mayest bury thy dead. And Abraham
21
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his stood up, and bowed himself to the
brother, and Kemuel the father of people of the land, even to the children
22 8
Aram, And Chesed, and Hazo, and of Heth. And he communed with
23
Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. them, saying, If it be your mind that I
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these should bury my dead out of my sight;
eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron
24 9
Abraham's brother. And his the son of Zohar, That he may give
concubine, whose name was Reumah, me the cave of Machpelah, which he
she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and hath, which is in the end of his field;
Thahash, and Maachah. for as much money as it is worth he
shall give it me for a possession of a
Genesis 23 buryingplace amongst you. 10
And
Ephron dwelt among the children of
And Sarah was an hundred and seven
Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered
and twenty years old: these were the Abraham in the audience of the
2
years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah children of Heth, even of all that went
died in Kirjath-arba; the same is in at the gate of his city, saying, 11

Hebron in the land of Canaan: and
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah,
3
and to weep for her.
stood up from before his dead, and
spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
I am a stranger and a sojourner with
you: give me a possession
buryingplace with you, that I may bury
my dead out of my sight.
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I
thee, and the cave that is therein, I
And Abraham give it thee; in the presence of the
sons of my people give I it thee: bury
4
thy dead. 12
And Abraham bowed down
himself before the people of the land.
of a 13
And he spake unto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the land,
5
And the saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray
thee, hear me: I will give thee money Genesis 24
for the field; take it of me, and I will
bury my dead there. 14
And Ephron And Abraham was old, and well
15
answered Abraham, saying unto him, stricken in age: and the LORD had
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is blessed Abraham in all things. 2
And
worth four hundred shekels of silver; Abraham said unto his eldest servant
what is that betwixt me and thee? bury of his house, that ruled over all that he
16
therefore thy dead. And Abraham had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham my thigh: 3
And I will make thee swear
weighed to Ephron the silver, which he by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
had named in the audience of the sons the God of the earth, that thou shalt
of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, not take a wife unto my son of the
17
current money with the merchant. daughters of the Canaanites, among
And the field of Ephron, which was in whom I dwell: 4
But thou shalt go unto
Machpelah, which was before Mamre, my country, and to my kindred, and
the field, and the cave which was take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5
And
therein, and all the trees that were in the servant said unto him,
the field, that were in all the borders Peradventure the woman will not be
18
round about, were made sure Unto willing to follow me unto this land:
Abraham for a possession in the must I needs bring thy son again unto
presence of the children of Heth, the land from whence thou camest? 6

before all that went in at the gate of
19
his city. And after this, Abraham
buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the
same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20
And the field, and the cave that is
therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by
the sons of Heth.
And Abraham said unto him, Beware
thou that thou bring not my son thither
again. 7
The LORD God of heaven,
which took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my kindred, and
which spake unto me, and that sware
unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I
give this land; he shall send his angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife
8
unto my son from thence. And if the
woman will not be willing to follow
thee, then thou shalt be clear from this
my oath: only bring not my son thither Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
9 16
again. And the servant put his hand upon her shoulder. And the damsel
under the thigh of Abraham his master, was very fair to look upon, a virgin,
and sware to him concerning that neither had any man known her: and
10
matter. And the servant took ten she went down to the well, and filled
17
camels of the camels of his master, her pitcher, and came up. And the
and departed; for all the goods of his servant ran to meet her, and said, Let
master were in his hand: and he arose, me, I pray thee, drink a little water of
18
and went to Mesopotamia, unto the thy pitcher. And she said, Drink, my
11
city of Nahor. And he made his lord: and she hasted, and let down her
camels to kneel down without the city pitcher upon her hand, and gave him
19
by a well of water at the time of the drink. And when she had done giving
evening, even the time that women go him drink, she said, I will draw water
12
out to draw water. And he said, O for thy camels also, until they have
20
LORD God of my master Abraham, I done drinking. And she hasted, and
pray thee, send me good speed this emptied her pitcher into the trough,
day, and shew kindness unto my and ran again unto the well to draw
13 21
master Abraham. Behold, I stand water, and drew for all his camels.
here by the well of water; and the And the man wondering at her held his
daughters of the men of the city come peace, to wit whether the LORD had
14 22
out to draw water: And let it come to made his journey prosperous or not.
pass, that the damsel to whom I shall And it came to pass, as the camels had
say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, done drinking, that the man took a
that I may drink; and she shall say, golden earring of half a shekel weight,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink and two bracelets for her hands of ten
23
also: let the same be she that thou shekels weight of gold; And said,
hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I
and thereby shall I know that thou hast pray thee: is there room in thy father's
15 24
shewed kindness unto my master. house for us to lodge in? And she
And it came to pass, before he had said unto him, I am the daughter of
done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she
25
came out, who was born to Bethuel, bare unto Nahor. She said moreover
son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, unto him, We have both straw and
provender enough, and room to lodge hath blessed my master greatly; and
26
in. And the man bowed down his he is become great: and he hath given
27
head, and worshipped the LORD. And him flocks, and herds, and silver, and
he said, Blessed be the LORD God of gold, and menservants, and
my master Abraham, who hath not left maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36
destitute my master of his mercy and And Sarah my master's wife bare a
his truth: I being in the way, the LORD son to my master when she was old:
led me to the house of my master's and unto him hath he given all that he
28 37
brethren. And the damsel ran, and hath. And my master made me
told them of her mother's house these swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a
29
things. And Rebekah had a brother, wife to my son of the daughters of the
38
and his name was Laban: and Laban Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
30
ran out unto the man, unto the well. But thou shalt go unto my father's
And it came to pass, when he saw the house, and to my kindred, and take a
39
earring and bracelets upon his sister's wife unto my son. And I said unto
hands, and when he heard the words of my master, Peradventure the woman
40
Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake will not follow me. And he said unto
the man unto me; that he came unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk,
the man; and, behold, he stood by the will send his angel with thee, and
31
camels at the well. And he said, prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a
Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wife for my son of my kindred, and of
41
wherefore standest thou without? for I my father's house: Then shalt thou
have prepared the house, and room for be clear from this my oath, when thou
32
the camels. And the man came into comest to my kindred; and if they give
the house: and he ungirded his camels, not thee one, thou shalt be clear from
42
and gave straw and provender for the my oath. And I came this day unto
camels, and water to wash his feet, the well, and said, O LORD God of my
and the men's feet that were with him. master Abraham, if now thou do
33 43
And there was set meat before him prosper my way which I go; Behold,
to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I stand by the well of water; and it
I have told mine errand. And he said, shall come to pass, that when the
34
Speak on. And he said, I am virgin cometh forth to draw water, and
35
Abraham's servant. And the LORD I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a
 44 51
little water of thy pitcher to drink; good. Behold, Rebekah is before
And she say to me, Both drink thou, thee, take her, and go, and let her be
and I will also draw for thy camels: let thy master's son's wife, as the LORD
52
the same be the woman whom the hath spoken. And it came to pass,
LORD hath appointed out for my that, when Abraham's servant heard
45
master's son. And before I had done their words, he worshipped the LORD,
53
speaking in mine heart, behold, bowing himself to the earth. And the
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on servant brought forth jewels of silver,
her shoulder; and she went down unto and jewels of gold, and raiment, and
the well, and drew water: and I said gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to
46
unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. her brother and to her mother precious
54
And she made haste, and let down her things. And they did eat and drink,
pitcher from her shoulder, and said, he and the men that were with him,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink and tarried all night; and they rose up
also: so I drank, and she made the in the morning, and he said, Send me
47 55
camels drink also. And I asked her, away unto my master. And her
and said, Whose daughter art thou? brother and her mother said, Let the
And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, damsel abide with us a few days, at
56
Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto the least ten; after that she shall go.
him: and I put the earring upon her And he said unto them, Hinder me not,
face, and the bracelets upon her seeing the LORD hath prospered my
48
hands. And I bowed down my head, way; send me away that I may go to
57
and worshipped the LORD, and blessed my master. And they said, We will
the LORD God of my master Abraham, call the damsel, and enquire at her
58
which had led me in the right way to mouth. And they called Rebekah, and
take my master's brother's daughter said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
49 59
unto his son. And now if ye will deal man? And she said, I will go. And
kindly and truly with my master, tell they sent away Rebekah their sister,
me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn and her nurse, and Abraham's servant,
50 60
to the right hand, or to the left. Then and his men. And they blessed
Laban and Bethuel answered and said, Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art
The thing proceedeth from the LORD: our sister, be thou the mother of
we cannot speak unto thee bad or thousands of millions, and let thy seed
possess the gate of those which hate And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim,
61 4
them. And Rebekah arose, and her and Letushim, and Leummim. And the
damsels, and they rode upon the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and
camels, and followed the man: and the Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All
5
servant took Rebekah, and went his these were the children of Keturah.
62
way. And Isaac came from the way And Abraham gave all that he had unto
6
of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in Isaac. But unto the sons of the
63
the south country. And Isaac went concubines, which Abraham had,
out to meditate in the field at the Abraham gave gifts, and sent them
eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, away from Isaac his son, while he yet
and saw, and, behold, the camels were lived, eastward, unto the east country.
64 7
coming. And Rebekah lifted up her And these are the days of the years
eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she of Abraham's life which he lived, an
65 8
lighted off the camel. For she had hundred threescore and fifteen years.
said unto the servant, What man is this Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and
that walketh in the field to meet us? died in a good old age, an old man,
And the servant had said, It is my and full of years; and was gathered to
9
master: therefore she took a vail, and his people. And his sons Isaac and
66
covered herself. And the servant told Ishmael buried him in the cave of
67
Isaac all things that he had done. Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the
And Isaac brought her into his mother son of Zohar the Hittite, which is
10
Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and before Mamre; The field which
she became his wife; and he loved her: Abraham purchased of the sons of
and Isaac was comforted after his Heth: there was Abraham buried, and
11
mother's death. Sarah his wife. And it came to pass
after the death of Abraham, that God
Genesis 25 blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt
12
by the well Lahai-roi. Now these are
Then again Abraham took a wife, and
the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
2
her name was Keturah. And she bare son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's
him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13
And
3
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. these are the names of the sons of
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. Ishmael, by their names, according to
their generations: the firstborn of from thy bowels; and the one people
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and shall be stronger than the other
14
Adbeel, and Mibsam, And Mishma, people; and the elder shall serve the
15 24
and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and younger. And when her days to be
16
Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: delivered were fulfilled, behold, there
25
These are the sons of Ishmael, and were twins in her womb. And the
these are their names, by their towns, first came out red, all over like an
and by their castles; twelve princes hairy garment; and they called his
17 26
according to their nations. And these name Esau. And after that came his
are the years of the life of Ishmael, an brother out, and his hand took hold on
hundred and thirty and seven years: Esau's heel; and his name was called
and he gave up the ghost and died; Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years
18 27
and was gathered unto his people. old when she bare them. And the
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, boys grew: and Esau was a cunning
that is before Egypt, as thou goest hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob
28
toward Assyria: and he died in the was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
19
presence of all his brethren. And And Isaac loved Esau, because he did
these are the generations of Isaac, eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved
29
Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage: and
20
And Isaac was forty years old when Esau came from the field, and he was
30
he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed
of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, me, I pray thee, with that same red
21
the sister to Laban the Syrian. And pottage; for I am faint: therefore was
31
Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, his name called Edom. And Jacob
32
because she was barren: and the LORD said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
was intreated of him, and Rebekah his And Esau said, Behold, I am at the
22
wife conceived. And the children point to die: and what profit shall this
33
struggled together within her; and she birthright do to me? And Jacob said,
said, If it be so, why am I thus? And Swear to me this day; and he sware
23
she went to enquire of the LORD. unto him: and he sold his birthright
34
And the LORD said unto her, Two unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau
nations are in thy womb, and two bread and pottage of lentiles; and he
manner of people shall be separated did eat and drink, and rose up, and
went his way: thus Esau despised his time, that Abimelech king of the
birthright. Philistines looked out at a window, and
saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting
Genesis 26 with Rebekah his wife. 9
And Abimelech
called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a
And there was a famine in the land,
surety she is thy wife: and how saidst
beside the first famine that was in the thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said
days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto her. 10
And Abimelech said, What is this
2
Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto thou hast done unto us? one of the
him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; people might lightly have lien with thy
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee wife, and thou shouldest have brought
3
of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be guiltiness upon us. 11
And Abimelech
with thee, and will bless thee; for unto charged all his people, saying, He that
thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all toucheth this man or his wife shall
these countries, and I will perform the surely be put to death. 12
Then Isaac
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy sowed in that land, and received in the
4
father; And I will make thy seed to same year an hundredfold: and the
multiply as the stars of heaven, and LORD blessed him. 13
And the man
will give unto thy seed all these waxed great, and went forward, and
countries; and in thy seed shall all the grew until he became very great: 14
For
5
nations of the earth be blessed; he had possession of flocks, and
Because that Abraham obeyed my possession of herds, and great store of
voice, and kept my charge, my servants: and the Philistines envied
commandments, my statutes, and my him. 15
For all the wells which his
6 7
laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: And father's servants had digged in the
the men of the place asked him of his days of Abraham his father, the
wife; and he said, She is my sister: for Philistines had stopped them, and filled
he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, them with earth. 16
And Abimelech said
said he, the men of the place should unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art
kill me for Rebekah; because she was much mightier than we. 17
And Isaac
8
fair to look upon. And it came to departed thence, and pitched his tent
pass, when he had been there a long in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18
And Isaac digged again the wells of from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
water, which they had digged in the friends, and Phichol the chief captain of
27
days of Abraham his father; for the his army. And Isaac said unto them,
philistines had stopped them after the Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye
death of Abraham: and he called their hate me, and have sent me away from
28
names after the names by which his you? And they said, We saw certainly
19
father had called them. And Isaac's that the LORD was with thee: and we
servants digged in the valley, and said, Let there be now an oath betwixt
found there a well of springing water. us, even betwixt us and thee, and let
20 29
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive us make a covenant with thee; That
with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not
water is ours: and he called the name touched thee, and as we have done
of the well Esek; because they strove unto thee nothing but good, and have
21
with him. And they digged another sent thee away in peace: thou art now
30
well, and strove for that also: and he the blessed of the LORD. And he
22
called the name of it Sitnah. And he made them a feast, and they did eat
31
removed from thence, and digged and drink. And they rose up betimes
another well; and for that they strove in the morning, and sware one to
not: and he called the name of it another: and Isaac sent them away,
Rehoboth; and he said, For now the and they departed from him in peace.
32
LORD hath made room for us, and we And it came to pass the same day,
23
shall be fruitful in the land. And he that Isaac's servants came, and told
24
went up from thence to Beer-sheba. him concerning the well which they had
And the LORD appeared unto him the digged, and said unto him, We have
33
same night, and said, I am the God of found water. And he called it
Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am Shebah: therefore the name of the city
34
with thee, and will bless thee, and is Beer-sheba unto this day. And
multiply thy seed for my servant Esau was forty years old when he took
25
Abraham's sake. And he builded an to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the
altar there, and called upon the name Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of
35
of the LORD and pitched his tent there: Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief
and there Isaac's servants digged a of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
26
well. Then Abimelech went to him
 11
Genesis 27 thee before his death. And Jacob
said to Rebekah his mother, Behold,
And it came to pass, that when Isaac Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I
12
was old, and his eyes were dim, so that am a smooth man: My father

he could not see, he called Esau his peradventure will feel me, and I shall

eldest son, and said unto him, My son: seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall

and he said unto him, Behold, here am bring a curse upon me, and not a
13
I. 2
And he said, Behold now, I am old, blessing. And his mother said unto

I know not the day of my death: 3

Now him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:

therefore take, I pray thee, thy only obey my voice, and go fetch me
14
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and them. And he went, and fetched, and

go out to the field, and take me some brought them to his mother: and his

venison; 4
And make me savoury meat, mother made savoury meat, such as
15
such as I love, and bring it to me, that his father loved. And Rebekah took

I may eat; that my soul may bless thee goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau,

before I die. 5
And Rebekah heard which were with her in the house, and

when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16
Esau went to the field to hunt for And she put the skins of the kids of

venison, and to bring it. 6

And Rebekah the goats upon his hands, and upon
17
spake unto Jacob her son, saying, the smooth of his neck: And she

Behold, I heard thy father speak unto gave the savoury meat and the bread,

Esau thy brother, saying, 7

Bring me which she had prepared, into the hand
18
venison, and make me savoury meat, of her son Jacob. And he came unto

that I may eat, and bless thee before his father, and said, My father: and he

the LORD before my death. 8

Now said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19
therefore, my son, obey my voice And Jacob said unto his father, I am

according to that which I command Esau thy firstborn; I have done

thee. 9
Go now to the flock, and fetch according as thou badest me: arise, I

me from thence two good kids of the pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,
20
goats; and I will make them savoury that thy soul may bless me. And

meat for thy father, such as he loveth: Isaac said unto his son, How is it that
10
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, thou hast found it so quickly, my son?

that he may eat, and that he may bless And he said, Because the LORD thy
 21
God brought it to me. And Isaac said pass, as soon as Isaac had made an
unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was
that I may feel thee, my son, whether yet scarce gone out from the presence
22
thou be my very son Esau or not. of Isaac his father, that Esau his
31
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his brother came in from his hunting.
father; and he felt him, and said, The And he also had made savoury meat,
voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands and brought it unto his father, and said
23
are the hands of Esau. And he unto his father, Let my father arise,
discerned him not, because his hands and eat of his son's venison, that thy
32
were hairy, as his brother Esau's soul may bless me. And Isaac his
24
hands: so he blessed him. And he father said unto him, Who art thou?
said, Art thou my very son Esau? And And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn
25 33
he said, I am. And he said, Bring it Esau. And Isaac trembled very
near to me, and I will eat of my son's exceedingly, and said, Who? where is
venison, that my soul may bless thee. he that hath taken venison, and
And he brought it near to him, and he brought it me, and I have eaten of all
did eat: and he brought him wine, and before thou camest, and have blessed
26 34
he drank. And his father Isaac said him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
unto him, Come near now, and kiss And when Esau heard the words of his
27
me, my son. And he came near, and father, he cried with a great and
kissed him: and he smelled the smell exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
of his raiment, and blessed him, and father, Bless me, even me also, O my
35
said, See, the smell of my son is as the father. And he said, Thy brother
smell of a field which the LORD hath came with subtilty, and hath taken
28 36
blessed: Therefore God give thee of away thy blessing. And he said, Is
the dew of heaven, and the fatness of not he rightly named Jacob? for he
the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: hath supplanted me these two times:
29
Let people serve thee, and nations he took away my birthright; and,
bow down to thee: be lord over thy behold, now he hath taken away my
brethren, and let thy mother's sons blessing. And he said, Hast thou not
37
bow down to thee: cursed be every one reserved a blessing for me? And
that curseth thee, and blessed be he Isaac answered and said unto Esau,
30
that blesseth thee. And it came to Behold, I have made him thy lord, and
all his brethren have I given to him for
servants; and with corn and wine have
I sustained him: and what shall I do
38
now unto thee, my son?
said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me, even
me also, O my father. And Esau lifted
39
up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his
father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall
fatness of the earth, and of the dew of
40
heaven from above; And by thy
sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve
thy brother; and it shall come to pass
when thou shalt have the dominion,
away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then I
will send, and fetch thee from thence:
And Esau why should I be deprived also of you
46
both in one day? And Rebekah said
to Isaac, I am weary of my life because
of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take
a wife of the daughters of Heth, such
as these which are of the daughters of
be the the land, what good shall my life do
me?
Genesis 28
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed

that thou shalt break his yoke from off him, and charged him, and said unto

thy neck. 41
And Esau hated Jacob him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the
2
because of the blessing wherewith his daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to

father blessed him: and Esau said in Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel

his heart, The days of mourning for my thy mother's father; and take thee a

father are at hand; then will I slay my wife from thence of the daughters of
3
brother Jacob. 42
And these words of Laban thy mother's brother. And God

Esau her elder son were told to Almighty bless thee, and make thee

Rebekah: and she sent and called fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou
4
Jacob her younger son, and said unto mayest be a multitude of people; And

him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as give thee the blessing of Abraham, to

touching thee, doth comfort himself, thee, and to thy seed with thee; that

purposing to kill thee. 43

Now thou mayest inherit the land wherein

therefore, my son, obey my voice; and thou art a stranger, which God gave
5
arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away

Haran; 44
And tarry with him a few Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram

days, until thy brother's fury turn unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian,

away; 45
Until thy brother's anger turn the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and
 6
Esau's mother. When Esau saw that and thou shalt spread abroad to the
Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him west, and to the east, and to the north,
away to Padan-aram, to take him a and to the south: and in thee and in
wife from thence; and that as he thy seed shall all the families of the
15
blessed him he gave him a charge, earth be blessed. And, behold, I am
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of with thee, and will keep thee in all
7
the daughters of Canaan; And that places whither thou goest, and will
Jacob obeyed his father and his bring thee again into this land; for I
mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; will not leave thee, until I have done
8 16
And Esau seeing that the daughters that which I have spoken to thee of.
of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and
9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this
17
took unto the wives which he had place; and I knew it not. And he was
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael afraid, and said, How dreadful is this
Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, place! this is none other but the house
10
to be his wife. And Jacob went out of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18
from Beer-sheba, and went toward And Jacob rose up early in the
11
Haran. And he lighted upon a certain morning, and took the stone that he
place, and tarried there all night, had put for his pillows, and set it up
because the sun was set; and he took for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top
19
of the stones of that place, and put of it. And he called the name of that
them for his pillows, and lay down in place Bethel: but the name of that city
12 20
that place to sleep. And he dreamed, was called Luz at the first. And Jacob
and behold a ladder set up on the vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
earth, and the top of it reached to with me, and will keep me in this way
heaven: and behold the angels of God that I go, and will give me bread to
13 21
ascending and descending on it. And, eat, and raiment to put on, So that I
behold, the LORD stood above it, and come again to my father's house in
said, I am the LORD God of Abraham peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22
thy father, and the God of Isaac: the And this stone, which I have set for
land whereon thou liest, to thee will I a pillar, shall be God's house: and of
14
give it, and to thy seed; And thy all that thou shalt give me I will surely
seed shall be as the dust of the earth, give the tenth unto thee.
Genesis 29 when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the
Then Jacob went on his journey, and sheep of Laban his mother's brother,

came into the land of the people of the that Jacob went near, and rolled the

east. 2
And he looked, and behold a stone from the well's mouth, and

well in the field, and, lo, there were watered the flock of Laban his mother's
11
three flocks of sheep lying by it; for brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel,
12
out of that well they watered the and lifted up his voice, and wept.

flocks: and a great stone was upon the And Jacob told Rachel that he was her

well's mouth. 3
And thither were all the father's brother, and that he was

flocks gathered: and they rolled the Rebekah's son: and she ran and told
13
stone from the well's mouth, and her father. And it came to pass,

watered the sheep, and put the stone when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob

again upon the well's mouth in his his sister's son, that he ran to meet

place. 4
And Jacob said unto them, My him, and embraced him, and kissed

brethren, whence be ye? And they him, and brought him to his house.
14
said, Of Haran are we. 5
And he said And he told Laban all these things.

unto them, Know ye Laban the son of And Laban said to him, Surely thou art

Nahor? And they said, We know him. 6 my bone and my flesh. And he abode
15
And he said unto them, Is he well? And with him the space of a month. And

they said, He is well: and, behold, Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou

Rachel his daughter cometh with the art my brother, shouldest thou

sheep. 7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high therefore serve me for nought? tell me,
16
day, neither is it time that the cattle what shall thy wages be? And Laban

should be gathered together: water ye had two daughters: the name of the

the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 elder was Leah, and the name of the
17
And they said, We cannot, until all the younger was Rachel. Leah was

flocks be gathered together, and till tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful
18
they roll the stone from the well's and well favoured. And Jacob loved

mouth; then we water the sheep. 9

And Rachel; and said, I will serve thee

while he yet spake with them, Rachel seven years for Rachel thy younger
19
came with her father's sheep: for she daughter. And Laban said, It is

kept them. 10
And it came to pass, better that I give her to thee, than that
 31
I should give her to another man: years. And when the LORD saw that
20
abide with me. And Jacob served Leah was hated, he opened her womb:
32
seven years for Rachel; and they but Rachel was barren. And Leah
seemed unto him but a few days, for conceived, and bare a son, and she
21
the love he had to her. And Jacob called his name Reuben: for she said,
said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
my days are fulfilled, that I may go in affliction; now therefore my husband
22 33
unto her. And Laban gathered will love me. And she conceived
together all the men of the place, and again, and bare a son; and said,
23
made a feast. And it came to pass in Because the LORD hath heard that I
the evening, that he took Leah his was hated, he hath therefore given me
daughter, and brought her to him; and this son also: and she called his name
24 34
he went in unto her. And Laban gave Simeon. And she conceived again,
unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid and bare a son; and said, Now this
25
for an handmaid. And it came to time will my husband be joined unto
pass, that in the morning, behold, it me, because I have born him three
was Leah: and he said to Laban, What sons: therefore was his name called
35
is this thou hast done unto me? did not Levi. And she conceived again, and
I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore bare a son: and she said, Now will I
26
then hast thou beguiled me? And praise the LORD: therefore she called
Laban said, It must not be so done in his name Judah; and left bearing.
our country, to give the younger before
the firstborn. 27
Fulfil her week, and we Genesis 30
will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet
And when Rachel saw that she bare

seven other years. 28

And Jacob did so, Jacob no children, Rachel envied her

and fulfilled her week: and he gave sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me
2
him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 children, or else I die. And Jacob's

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter anger was kindled against Rachel: and

Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 30 he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath

And he went in also unto Rachel, and withheld from thee the fruit of the
3
he loved also Rachel more than Leah, womb? And she said, Behold my maid

and served with him yet seven other Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees that I may also said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to
4 16
have children by her. And she gave night for thy son's mandrakes. And
him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob came out of the field in the
5
Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah evening, and Leah went out to meet
6
conceived, and bare Jacob a son. And him, and said, Thou must come in unto
Rachel said, God hath judged me, and me; for surely I have hired thee with
hath also heard my voice, and hath my son's mandrakes. And he lay with
17
given me a son: therefore called she her that night. And God hearkened
7
his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel's unto Leah, and she conceived, and
18
maid conceived again, and bare Jacob bare Jacob the fifth son. And Leah
8
a second son. And Rachel said, With said, God hath given me my hire,
great wrestlings have I wrestled with because I have given my maiden to my
my sister, and I have prevailed: and husband: and she called his name
9 19
she called his name Naphtali. When Issachar. And Leah conceived again,
20
Leah saw that she had left bearing, she and bare Jacob the sixth son. And
took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Leah said, God hath endued me with a
10
Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah's good dowry; now will my husband
11
maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah dwell with me, because I have born
said, A troop cometh: and she called him six sons: and she called his name
12 21
his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah's Zebulun. And afterwards she bare a
13
maid bare Jacob a second son. And daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22
Leah said, Happy am I, for the And God remembered Rachel, and
daughters will call me blessed: and she God hearkened to her, and opened her
14 23
called his name Asher. And Reuben womb. And she conceived, and bare
went in the days of wheat harvest, and a son; and said, God hath taken away
24
found mandrakes in the field, and my reproach: And she called his
brought them unto his mother Leah. name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall
25
Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I add to me another son. And it came
15
pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph,
And she said unto her, Is it a small that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me
matter that thou hast taken my away, that I may go unto mine own
26
husband? and wouldest thou take away place, and to my country. Give me
my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel my wives and my children, for whom I
have served thee, and let me go: for would it might be according to thy
35
thou knowest my service which I have word. And he removed that day the
27
done thee. And Laban said unto him, he goats that were ringstraked and
I pray thee, if I have found favour in spotted, and all the she goats that
thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by were speckled and spotted, and every
experience that the LORD hath blessed one that had some white in it, and all
28
me for thy sake. And he said, the brown among the sheep, and gave
36
Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them into the hand of his sons. And
29
it. And he said unto him, Thou he set three days journey betwixt
knowest how I have served thee, and himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the
30 37
how thy cattle was with me. For it rest of Laban's flocks. And Jacob
was little which thou hadst before I took him rods of green poplar, and of
came, and it is now increased unto a the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled
multitude; and the LORD hath blessed white strakes in them, and made the
38
thee since my coming: and now when white appear which was in the rods.
shall I provide for mine own house And he set the rods which he had pilled
31
also? And he said, What shall I give before the flocks in the gutters in the
thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not watering troughs when the flocks came
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this to drink, that they should conceive
39
thing for me, I will again feed and keep when they came to drink. And the
32
thy flock: I will pass through all thy flocks conceived before the rods, and
flock to day, removing from thence all brought forth cattle ringstraked,
40
the speckled and spotted cattle, and all speckled, and spotted. And Jacob did
the brown cattle among the sheep, and separate the lambs, and set the faces
the spotted and speckled among the of the flocks toward the ringstraked,
33
goats: and of such shall be my hire. and all the brown in the flock of Laban;
So shall my righteousness answer for and he put his own flocks by
me in time to come, when it shall come themselves, and put them not unto
41
for my hire before thy face: every one Laban's cattle. And it came to pass,
that is not speckled and spotted among whensoever the stronger cattle did
the goats, and brown among the conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
sheep, that shall be counted stolen before the eyes of the cattle in the
34
with me. And Laban said, Behold, I gutters, that they might conceive
 42
among the rods. But when the cattle ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare
9
were feeble, he put them not in: so the all the cattle ringstraked. Thus God
feebler were Laban's, and the stronger hath taken away the cattle of your
43 10
Jacob's. And the man increased father, and given them to me. And it
exceedingly, and had much cattle, and came to pass at the time that the
maidservants, and menservants, and cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine
camels, and asses. eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle
Genesis 31 were ringstraked, speckled, and
11
grisled. And the angel of God spake
And he heard the words of Laban's
unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all And I said, Here am I. 12
And he said,
that was our father's; and of that Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the
which was our father's hath he gotten rams which leap upon the cattle are
2
all this glory. And Jacob beheld the ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for
countenance of Laban, and, behold, it I have seen all that Laban doeth unto
3
was not toward him as before. And thee. 13
I am the God of Bethel, where
the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto thou anointedst the pillar, and where
the land of thy fathers, and to thy thou vowedst a vow unto me: now
4
kindred; and I will be with thee. And arise, get thee out from this land, and
Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah return unto the land of thy kindred. 14

5
to the field unto his flock, And said And Rachel and Leah answered and
unto them, I see your father's said unto him, Is there yet any portion
countenance, that it is not toward me or inheritance for us in our father's
as before; but the God of my father house? 15
Are we not counted of him
6
hath been with me. And ye know that strangers? for he hath sold us, and
with all my power I have served your hath quite devoured also our money. 16

7
father. And your father hath deceived For all the riches which God hath taken
me, and changed my wages ten times; from our father, that is ours, and our
8
but God suffered him not to hurt me. children's: now then, whatsoever God
If he said thus, The speckled shall be hath said unto thee, do. 17
Then Jacob
thy wages; then all the cattle bare rose up, and set his sons and his wives
speckled: and if he said thus, The upon camels; 18
And he carried away all
 28
his cattle, and all his goods which he with harp? And hast not suffered me
had gotten, the cattle of his getting, to kiss my sons and my daughters?
which he had gotten in Padan-aram, thou hast now done foolishly in so
29
for to go to Isaac his father in the land doing. It is in the power of my hand
19
of Canaan. And Laban went to shear to do you hurt: but the God of your
his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the father spake unto me yesternight,
20
images that were her father's. And saying, Take thou heed that thou speak
30
Jacob stole away unawares to Laban not to Jacob either good or bad. And
the Syrian, in that he told him not that now, though thou wouldest needs be
21
he fled. So he fled with all that he gone, because thou sore longedst after
had; and he rose up, and passed over thy father's house, yet wherefore hast
31
the river, and set his face toward the thou stolen my gods? And Jacob
22
mount Gilead. And it was told Laban answered and said to Laban, Because I
23
on the third day that Jacob was fled. was afraid: for I said, Peradventure
And he took his brethren with him, and thou wouldest take by force thy
32
pursued after him seven days' journey; daughters from me. With
and they overtook him in the mount whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let
24
Gilead. And God came to Laban the him not live: before our brethren
Syrian in a dream by night, and said discern thou what is thine with me, and
unto him, Take heed that thou speak take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that
25 33
not to Jacob either good or bad. Rachel had stolen them. And Laban
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's
had pitched his tent in the mount: and tent, and into the two maidservants'
Laban with his brethren pitched in the tents; but he found them not. Then
26
mount of Gilead. And Laban said to went he out of Leah's tent, and entered
34
Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had
hast stolen away unawares to me, and taken the images, and put them in the
carried away my daughters, as captives camel's furniture, and sat upon them.
27
taken with the sword? Wherefore And Laban searched all the tent, but
35
didst thou flee away secretly, and steal found them not. And she said to her
away from me; and didst not tell me, father, Let it not displease my lord that
that I might have sent thee away with I cannot rise up before thee; for the
mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and custom of women is upon me. And he
 36
searched, but found not the images. Jacob, These daughters are my
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with daughters, and these children are my
Laban: and Jacob answered and said to children, and these cattle are my
Laban, What is my trespass? what is cattle, and all that thou seest is mine:
my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued and what can I do this day unto these
37
after me? Whereas thou hast my daughters, or unto their children
44
searched all my stuff, what hast thou which they have born? Now therefore
found of all thy household stuff? set it come thou, let us make a covenant, I
here before my brethren and thy and thou; and let it be for a witness
45
brethren, that they may judge betwixt between me and thee. And Jacob
38
us both. This twenty years have I took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46
been with thee; thy ewes and thy she And Jacob said unto his brethren,
goats have not cast their young, and Gather stones; and they took stones,
the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. and made an heap: and they did eat
39 47
That which was torn of beasts I there upon the heap. And Laban
brought not unto thee; I bare the loss called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob
48
of it; of my hand didst thou require it, called it Galeed. And Laban said, This
whether stolen by day, or stolen by heap is a witness between me and thee
40
night. Thus I was; in the day the this day. Therefore was the name of it
49
drought consumed me, and the frost by called Galeed; And Mizpah; for he
night; and my sleep departed from said, The LORD watch between me and
41
mine eyes. Thus have I been twenty thee, when we are absent one from
50
years in thy house; I served thee another. If thou shalt afflict my
fourteen years for thy two daughters, daughters, or if thou shalt take other
and six years for thy cattle: and thou wives beside my daughters, no man is
42
hast changed my wages ten times. with us; see, God is witness betwixt
51
Except the God of my father, the God me and thee. And Laban said to
of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold
been with me, surely thou hadst sent this pillar, which I have cast betwixt
52
me away now empty. God hath seen me and thee; This heap be witness,
mine affliction and the labour of my and this pillar be witness, that I will
hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. not pass over this heap to thee, and
43
And Laban answered and said unto that thou shalt not pass over this heap
 53
and this pillar unto me, for harm. We came to thy brother Esau, and also
The God of Abraham, and the God of he cometh to meet thee, and four
7
Nahor, the God of their father, judge hundred men with him. Then Jacob
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the was greatly afraid and distressed: and
54
fear of his father Isaac. Then Jacob he divided the people that was with
offered sacrifice upon the mount, and him, and the flocks, and herds, and the
8
called his brethren to eat bread: and camels, into two bands; And said, If
they did eat bread, and tarried all night Esau come to the one company, and
55
in the mount. And early in the smite it, then the other company which
9
morning Laban rose up, and kissed his is left shall escape. And Jacob said, O
sons and his daughters, and blessed God of my father Abraham, and God of
them: and Laban departed, and my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst
returned unto his place. unto me, Return unto thy country, and
to thy kindred, and I will deal well with
Genesis 32 thee: 10
I am not worthy of the least of
all the mercies, and of all the truth,
And Jacob went on his way, and the
which thou hast shewed unto thy
2
angels of God met him. And when servant; for with my staff I passed
Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's over this Jordan; and now I am
host: and he called the name of that become two bands. 11
Deliver me, I
3
place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent pray thee, from the hand of my
messengers before him to Esau his brother, from the hand of Esau: for I
brother unto the land of Seir, the fear him, lest he will come and smite
4
country of Edom. And he commanded me, and the mother with the children.
them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto 12
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee
my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith good, and make thy seed as the sand
thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and of the sea, which cannot be numbered
5
stayed there until now: And I have for multitude. 13
And he lodged there
oxen, and asses, flocks, and that same night; and took of that
menservants, and womenservants: and which came to his hand a present for
I have sent to tell my lord, that I may Esau his brother; 14
Two hundred she
6
find grace in thy sight. And the goats, and twenty he goats, two
messengers returned to Jacob, saying, hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15
 24
Thirty milch camels with their colts, sent over that he had. And Jacob
forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she was left alone; and there wrestled a
16
asses, and ten foals. And he man with him until the breaking of the
25
delivered them into the hand of his day. And when he saw that he
servants, every drove by themselves; prevailed not against him, he touched
and said unto his servants, Pass over the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow
before me, and put a space betwixt of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
17 26
drove and drove. And he commanded wrestled with him. And he said, Let
the foremost, saying, When Esau my me go, for the day breaketh. And he
brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, said, I will not let thee go, except thou
27
saying, Whose art thou? and whither bless me. And he said unto him,
goest thou? and whose are these What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
18 28
before thee? Then thou shalt say, And he said, Thy name shall be
They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as
present sent unto my lord Esau: and, a prince hast thou power with God and
19 29
behold, also he is behind us. And so with men, and hast prevailed. And
commanded he the second, and the Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I
third, and all that followed the droves, pray thee, thy name. And he said,
saying, On this manner shall ye speak Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after
20 30
unto Esau, when ye find him. And my name? And he blessed him there.
say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant And Jacob called the name of the place
Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will Peniel: for I have seen God face to
31
appease him with the present that face, and my life is preserved. And
goeth before me, and afterward I will as he passed over Penuel the sun rose
see his face; peradventure he will upon him, and he halted upon his
21 32
accept of me. So went the present thigh. Therefore the children of
over before him: and himself lodged Israel eat not of the sinew which
22
that night in the company. And he shrank, which is upon the hollow of the
rose up that night, and took his two thigh, unto this day: because he
wives, and his two womenservants, touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in
and his eleven sons, and passed over the sinew that shrank.
23
the ford Jabbok. And he took them,
and sent them over the brook, and
 10
Genesis 33 keep that thou hast unto thyself. And
Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and have found grace in thy sight, then

looked, and, behold, Esau came, and receive my present at my hand: for

with him four hundred men. And he therefore I have seen thy face, as

divided the children unto Leah, and though I had seen the face of God, and
11
unto Rachel, and unto the two thou wast pleased with me. Take, I

handmaids. 2
And he put the pray thee, my blessing that is brought

handmaids and their children foremost, to thee; because God hath dealt

and Leah and her children after, and graciously with me, and because I have

Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3

And enough. And he urged him, and he
12
he passed over before them, and took it. And he said, Let us take our

bowed himself to the ground seven journey, and let us go, and I will go
13
times, until he came near to his before thee. And he said unto him,

brother. 4
And Esau ran to meet him, My lord knoweth that the children are

and embraced him, and fell on his tender, and the flocks and herds with

neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 young are with me: and if men should

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the overdrive them one day, all the flock
14
women and the children; and said, will die. Let my lord, I pray thee,

Who are those with thee? And he said, pass over before his servant: and I will

The children which God hath graciously lead on softly, according as the cattle

given thy servant. 6

Then the that goeth before me and the children

handmaidens came near, they and be able to endure, until I come unto
15
their children, and they bowed my lord unto Seir. And Esau said, Let

themselves. 7
And Leah also with her me now leave with thee some of the

children came near, and bowed folk that are with me. And he said,

themselves: and after came Joseph What needeth it? let me find grace in
16
near and Rachel, and they bowed the sight of my lord. So Esau

themselves. 8
And he said, What returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17
meanest thou by all this drove which I And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and

met? And he said, These are to find built him an house, and made booths

grace in the sight of my lord. 9

And for his cattle: therefore the name of
18
Esau said, I have enough, my brother; the place is called Succoth. And
Jacob came to Shalem, a city of they heard it: and the men were
Shechem, which is in the land of grieved, and they were very wroth,
Canaan, when he came from Padan- because he had wrought folly in Israel
aram; and pitched his tent before the in lying with Jacob's daughter; which
19 8
city. And he bought a parcel of a thing ought not to be done. And
field, where he had spread his tent, at Hamor communed with them, saying,
the hand of the children of Hamor, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
Shechem's father, for an hundred for your daughter: I pray you give her
20 9
pieces of money. And he erected him to wife. And make ye marriages
there an altar, and called it El-elohe- with us, and give your daughters unto
10
Israel. us, and take our daughters unto you.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the
Genesis 34 land shall be before you; dwell and
trade ye therein, and get you
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which possessions therein. 11
And Shechem
she bare unto Jacob, went out to see said unto her father and unto her
2
the daughters of the land. And when brethren, Let me find grace in your
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I
prince of the country, saw her, he took will give. 12
Ask me never so much
3
her, and lay with her, and defiled her. dowry and gift, and I will give
And his soul clave unto Dinah the according as ye shall say unto me: but
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the give me the damsel to wife. 13
And the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and
4
damsel. And Shechem spake unto his Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,
father Hamor, saying, Get me this because he had defiled Dinah their
5
damsel to wife. And Jacob heard that sister: 14
And they said unto them, We
he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now cannot do this thing, to give our sister
his sons were with his cattle in the to one that is uncircumcised; for that
field: and Jacob held his peace until were a reproach unto us: 15
But in this
6
they were come. And Hamor the will we consent unto you: If ye will be
father of Shechem went out unto Jacob as we be, that every male of you be
7
to commune with him. And the sons circumcised; 16
Then will we give our
of Jacob came out of the field when daughters unto you, and we will take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell on the third day, when they were sore,
with you, and we will become one that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon
17
people. But if ye will not hearken and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each
unto us, to be circumcised; then will man his sword, and came upon the city
26
we take our daughter, and we will be boldly, and slew all the males. And
18
gone. And their words pleased they slew Hamor and Shechem his son
19
Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. with the edge of the sword, and took
And the young man deferred not to do Dinah out of Shechem's house, and
27
the thing, because he had delight in went out. The sons of Jacob came
Jacob's daughter: and he was more upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
28
honourable than all the house of his because they had defiled their sister.
20
father. And Hamor and Shechem his They took their sheep, and their oxen,
son came unto the gate of their city, and their asses, and that which was in
and communed with the men of their the city, and that which was in the
21 29
city, saying, These men are field, And all their wealth, and all
peaceable with us; therefore let them their little ones, and their wives took
dwell in the land, and trade therein; for they captive, and spoiled even all that
30
the land, behold, it is large enough for was in the house. And Jacob said to
them; let us take their daughters to us Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me
for wives, and let us give them our to make me to stink among the
22
daughters. Only herein will the men inhabitants of the land, among the
consent unto us for to dwell with us, to Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I
be one people, if every male among us being few in number, they shall gather
be circumcised, as they are themselves together against me, and
23
circumcised. Shall not their cattle slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I
31
and their substance and every beast of and my house. And they said, Should
theirs be ours? only let us consent unto he deal with our sister as with an
24
them, and they will dwell with us. harlot?
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his
son hearkened all that went out of the Genesis 35
gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up

gate of his city. 25

And it came to pass to Bethel, and dwell there: and make
 10
there an altar unto God, that appeared blessed him. And God said unto him,
unto thee when thou fleddest from the Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not
2
face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob be called any more Jacob, but Israel
said unto his household, and to all that shall be thy name: and he called his
11
were with him, Put away the strange name Israel. And God said unto him,
gods that are among you, and be I am God Almighty: be fruitful and
3
clean, and change your garments: multiply; a nation and a company of
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; nations shall be of thee, and kings
12
and I will make there an altar unto shall come out of thy loins; And the
God, who answered me in the day of land which I gave Abraham and Isaac,
my distress, and was with me in the to thee I will give it, and to thy seed
4 13
way which I went. And they gave after thee will I give the land. And
unto Jacob all the strange gods which God went up from him in the place
14
were in their hand, and all their where he talked with him. And Jacob
earrings which were in their ears; and set up a pillar in the place where he
Jacob hid them under the oak which talked with him, even a pillar of stone:
5
was by Shechem. And they and he poured a drink offering thereon,
15
journeyed: and the terror of God was and he poured oil thereon. And Jacob
upon the cities that were round about called the name of the place where God
16
them, and they did not pursue after spake with him, Bethel. And they
6
the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to journeyed from Bethel; and there was
Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, but a little way to come to Ephrath:
that is, Bethel, he and all the people and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
7 17
that were with him. And he built labour. And it came to pass, when
there an altar, and called the place El- she was in hard labour, that the
beth-el: because there God appeared midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou
18
unto him, when he fled from the face shalt have this son also. And it came
8
of his brother. But Deborah Rebekah's to pass, as her soul was in departing,
nurse died, and she was buried (for she died) that she called his name
beneath Bethel under an oak: and the Ben-oni: but his father called him
9 19
name of it was called Allon-bachuth. Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was
And God appeared unto Jacob again, buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
20
when he came out of Padan-aram, and Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar
upon her grave: that is the pillar of Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
21
Rachel's grave unto this day. And and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah
3
Israel journeyed, and spread his tent the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
22
beyond the tower of Edar. And it And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter,
4
came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that sister of Nebajoth. And Adah bare to
land, that Reuben went and lay with Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare
5
Bilhah his father's concubine: and Reuel; And Aholibamah bare Jeush,
Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the
23
were twelve: The sons of Leah; sons of Esau, which were born unto
6
Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, him in the land of Canaan. And Esau
and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and took his wives, and his sons, and his
24
Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, daughters, and all the persons of his
25
and Benjamin: And the sons of house, and his cattle, and all his
Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and beasts, and all his substance, which he
26
Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, had got in the land of Canaan; and
Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: went into the country from the face of
7
these are the sons of Jacob, which his brother Jacob. For their riches
27
were born to him in Padan-aram. were more than that they might dwell
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father together; and the land wherein they
unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, were strangers could not bear them
8
which is Hebron, where Abraham and because of their cattle. Thus dwelt
28 9
Isaac sojourned. And the days of Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Isaac were an hundred and fourscore And these are the generations of Esau
29
years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, the father of the Edomites in mount
10
and died, and was gathered unto his Seir: These are the names of Esau's
people, being old and full of days: and sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife
his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath
11
the wife of Esau. And the sons of
Genesis 36 Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and
12
Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was
Now these are the generations of
concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and
2
Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these
wives of the daughters of Canaan; were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 13
And these are the sons of Reuel; And the children of Lotan were Hori
Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was
23
Mizzah: these were the sons of Timna. And the children of Shobal
14
Bashemath Esau's wife. And these were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and
24
were the sons of Aholibamah, the Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. And these
daughter of Anah the daughter of are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah,
Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to and Anah: this was that Anah that
15
Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. found the mules in the wilderness, as
25
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of And the children of Anah were these;
Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter
16 26
Zepho, duke Kenaz, Duke Korah, of Anah. And these are the children
duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
27
are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in Ithran, and Cheran. The children of
the land of Edom; these were the sons Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan,
17 28
of Adah. And these are the sons of and Akan. The children of Dishan are
29
Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke these: Uz, and Aran. These are the
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: dukes that came of the Horites; duke
these are the dukes that came of Reuel Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke
30
in the land of Edom; these are the sons Anah, Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
18
of Bashemath Esau's wife. And these Dishan: these are the dukes that came
are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's of Hori, among their dukes in the land
31
wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke of Seir. And these are the kings that
Korah: these were the dukes that came reigned in the land of Edom, before
of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, there reigned any king over the
19 32
Esau's wife. These are the sons of children of Israel. And Bela the son
Esau, who is Edom, and these are their of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name
20 33
dukes. These are the sons of Seir the of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela
Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of
21 34
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, Bozrah reigned in his stead. And
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: Jobab died, and Husham of the land of
35
these are the dukes of the Horites, the Temani reigned in his stead. And
22
children of Seir in the land of Edom. Husham died, and Hadad the son of
Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of his brethren; and the lad was with the
Moab, reigned in his stead: and the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of
36
name of his city was Avith. And Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph
Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah brought unto his father their evil
37 3
reigned in his stead. And Samlah report. Now Israel loved Joseph more
died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river than all his children, because he was
38
reigned in his stead. And Saul died, the son of his old age: and he made
4
and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor him a coat of many colours. And
39
reigned in his stead. And Baal-hanan when his brethren saw that their father
the son of Achbor died, and Hadar loved him more than all his brethren,
reigned in his stead: and the name of they hated him, and could not speak
5
his city was Pau; and his wife's name peaceably unto him. And Joseph
was Mehetabel, the daughter of dreamed a dream, and he told it his
40
Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. brethren: and they hated him yet the
6
And these are the names of the dukes more. And he said unto them, Hear, I
that came of Esau, according to their pray you, this dream which I have
7
families, after their places, by their dreamed: For, behold, we were
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke binding sheaves in the field, and, lo,
41
Jetheth, Duke Aholibamah, duke my sheaf arose, and also stood
42
Elah, duke Pinon, Duke Kenaz, duke upright; and, behold, your sheaves
43
Teman, duke Mibzar, Duke Magdiel, stood round about, and made
8
duke Iram: these be the dukes of obeisance to my sheaf. And his
Edom, according to their habitations in brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed
the land of their possession: he is Esau reign over us? or shalt thou indeed
the father of the Edomites. have dominion over us? And they hated
him yet the more for his dreams, and
Genesis 37 for his words. 9
And he dreamed yet
another dream, and told it his
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein
brethren, and said, Behold, I have
his father was a stranger, in the land dreamed a dream more; and, behold,
2
of Canaan. These are the generations the sun and the moon and the eleven
of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen stars made obeisance to me. 10
And he
years old, was feeding the flock with told it to his father, and to his
 20
brethren: and his father rebuked him, Come now therefore, and let us slay
and said unto him, What is this dream him, and cast him into some pit, and
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and we will say, Some evil beast hath
thy mother and thy brethren indeed devoured him: and we shall see what
21
come to bow down ourselves to thee to will become of his dreams. And
11
the earth? And his brethren envied Reuben heard it, and he delivered him
him; but his father observed the out of their hands; and said, Let us not
12 22
saying. And his brethren went to kill him. And Reuben said unto them,
13
feed their father's flock in Shechem. Shed no blood, but cast him into this
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no
brethren feed the flock in Shechem? hand upon him; that he might rid him
come, and I will send thee unto them. out of their hands, to deliver him to his
14 23
And he said to him, Here am I. And father again. And it came to pass,
he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see when Joseph was come unto his
whether it be well with thy brethren, brethren, that they stript Joseph out of
and well with the flocks; and bring me his coat, his coat of many colours that
24
word again. So he sent him out of the was on him; And they took him, and
vale of Hebron, and he came to cast him into a pit: and the pit was
15 25
Shechem. And a certain man found empty, there was no water in it. And
him, and, behold, he was wandering in they sat down to eat bread: and they
the field: and the man asked him, lifted up their eyes and looked, and,
16
saying, What seekest thou? And he behold, a company of Ishmeelites came
said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I from Gilead with their camels bearing
pray thee, where they feed their spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
17 26
flocks. And the man said, They are carry it down to Egypt. And Judah
departed hence; for I heard them say, said unto his brethren, What profit is it
Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went if we slay our brother, and conceal his
27
after his brethren, and found them in blood? Come, and let us sell him to
18
Dothan. And when they saw him afar the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand
off, even before he came near unto be upon him; for he is our brother and
them, they conspired against him to our flesh. And his brethren were
19 28
slay him. And they said one to content. Then there passed by
another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Midianites merchantmen; and they
drew and lifted up Joseph out of the Genesis 38
pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty pieces of silver: and they And it came to pass at that time, that
29
brought Joseph into Egypt. And Judah went down from his brethren,
Reuben returned unto the pit; and, and turned in to a certain Adullamite,
behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and whose name was Hirah. 2
And Judah
30
he rent his clothes. And he returned saw there a daughter of a certain
unto his brethren, and said, The child Canaanite, whose name was Shuah;
31
is not; and I, whither shall I go? And and he took her, and went in unto her.
they took Joseph's coat, and killed a 3
And she conceived, and bare a son;
kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in and he called his name Er. 4
And she
32
the blood; And they sent the coat of conceived again, and bare a son; and
many colours, and they brought it to she called his name Onan. 5
And she
their father; and said, This have we yet again conceived, and bare a son;
found: know now whether it be thy and called his name Shelah: and he
33
son's coat or no. And he knew it, and was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6

said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast And Judah took a wife for Er his
hath devoured him; Joseph is without firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7

34
doubt rent in pieces. And Jacob rent And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked
his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD
loins, and mourned for his son many slew him. 8
And Judah said unto Onan,
35
days. And all his sons and all his Go in unto thy brother's wife, and
daughters rose up to comfort him; but marry her, and raise up seed to thy
he refused to be comforted; and he brother. 9
And Onan knew that the
said, For I will go down into the grave seed should not be his; and it came to
unto my son mourning. Thus his father pass, when he went in unto his
36
wept for him. And the Midianites sold brother's wife, that he spilled it on the
him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer ground, lest that he should give seed
of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. to his brother. 10
And the thing which
he did displeased the LORD: wherefore
11
he slew him also. 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 said, Lest came in unto her, and she conceived
19
peradventure he die also, as his by him. And she arose, and went
brethren did. And Tamar went and away, and laid by her vail from her,
12
dwelt in her father's house. And in and put on the garments of her
20
process of time the daughter of Shuah widowhood. And Judah sent the kid
Judah's wife died; and Judah was by the hand of his friend the
comforted, and went up unto his Adullamite, to receive his pledge from
sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his the woman's hand: but he found her
13 21
friend Hirah the Adullamite. And it not. Then he asked the men of that
was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy place, saying, Where is the harlot, that
father in law goeth up to Timnath to was openly by the way side? And they
14
shear his sheep. And she put her said, There was no harlot in this place.
22
widow's garments off from her, and And he returned to Judah, and said,
covered her with a vail, and wrapped I cannot find her; and also the men of
herself, and sat in an open place, the place said, that there was no harlot
23
which is by the way to Timnath; for in this place. And Judah said, Let her
she saw that Shelah was grown, and take it to her, lest we be shamed:
15
she was not given unto him to wife. behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast
24
When Judah saw her, he thought her not found her. And it came to pass
to be an harlot; because she had about three months after, that it was
16
covered her face. And he turned unto told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter
her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray in law hath played the harlot; and also,
thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he behold, she is with child by whoredom.
knew not that she was his daughter in And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let
25
law.) And she said, What wilt thou give her be burnt. When she was brought
me, that thou mayest come in unto forth, she sent to her father in law,
17
me? And he said, I will send thee a saying, By the man, whose these are,
kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt am I with child: and she said, Discern,
thou give me a pledge, till thou send I pray thee, whose are these, the
18 26
it? And he said, What pledge shall I signet, and bracelets, and staff. And
give thee? And she said, Thy signet, Judah acknowledged them, and said,
and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is She hath been more righteous than I;
in thine hand. And he gave it her, and because that I gave her not to Shelah
my son. And he knew her again no him: and he made him overseer over
27
more. And it came to pass in the his house, and all that he had he put
5
time of her travail, that, behold, twins into his hand. And it came to pass
28
were in her womb. And it came to from the time that he had made him
pass, when she travailed, that the one overseer in his house, and over all that
put out his hand: and the midwife took he had, that the LORD blessed the
and bound upon his hand a scarlet Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake;
29
thread, saying, This came out first, and the blessing of the LORD was upon
And it came to pass, as he drew back all that he had in the house, and in the
6
his hand, that, behold, his brother field. And he left all that he had in
came out: and she said, How hast thou Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought
broken forth? this breach be upon he had, save the bread which he did
thee: therefore his name was called eat. And Joseph was a goodly person,
30 7
Pharez. And afterward came out his and well favoured. And it came to
brother, that had the scarlet thread pass after these things, that his
upon his hand: and his name was master's wife cast her eyes upon
8
called Zarah. Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
But he refused, and said unto his
Genesis 39 master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the
And Joseph was brought down to
house, and he hath committed all that
Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of he hath to my hand; 9
There is none
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an greater in this house than I; neither
Egyptian, bought him of the hands of hath he kept back any thing from me
the Ishmeelites, which had brought but thee, because thou art his wife:
2
him down thither. And the LORD was how then can I do this great
with Joseph, and he was a prosperous wickedness, and sin against God? 10

man; and he was in the house of his
3
master the Egyptian.
saw that the LORD was with him, and
that the LORD made all that he did to
prosper in his hand.
found grace in his sight, and he served
And it came to pass, as she spake to
And his master Joseph day by day, that he hearkened
not unto her, to lie by her, or to be
with her. 11
And it came to pass about
4
And Joseph this time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there
 21
was none of the men of the house But the LORD was with Joseph, and
12
there within. And she caught him by shewed him mercy, and gave him
his garment, saying, Lie with me: and favour in the sight of the keeper of the
22
he left his garment in her hand, and prison. And the keeper of the prison
13
fled, and got him out. And it came to committed to Joseph's hand all the
pass, when she saw that he had left his prisoners that were in the prison; and
garment in her hand, and was fled whatsoever they did there, he was the
14 23
forth, That she called unto the men doer of it. The keeper of the prison
of her house, and spake unto them, looked not to any thing that was under
saying, See, he hath brought in an his hand; because the LORD was with
Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came him, and that which he did, the LORD
in unto me to lie with me, and I cried made it to prosper.
15
with a loud voice: And it came to
pass, when he heard that I lifted up my Genesis 40
voice and cried, that he left his
garment with me, and fled, and got
And it came to pass after these things,
him out. 16
And she laid up his garment that the butler of the king of Egypt and

by her, until his lord came home. 17 his baker had offended their lord the
2
And she spake unto him according to king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was wroth

these words, saying, The Hebrew against two of his officers, against the

servant, which thou hast brought unto chief of the butlers, and against the
3
us, came in unto me to mock me: 18 chief of the bakers. And he put them

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my in ward in the house of the captain of

voice and cried, that he left his the guard, into the prison, the place
4
garment with me, and fled out. 19
And where Joseph was bound. And the

it came to pass, when his master heard captain of the guard charged Joseph

the words of his wife, which she spake with them, and he served them: and
5
unto him, saying, After this manner did they continued a season in ward. And

thy servant to me; that his wrath was they dreamed a dream both of them,

kindled. 20
And Joseph's master took each man his dream in one night, each

him, and put him into the prison, a man according to the interpretation of

place where the king's prisoners were his dream, the butler and the baker of

bound: and he was there in the prison. the king of Egypt, which were bound in
 6 15
the prison. And Joseph came in unto and bring me out of this house: For
them in the morning, and looked upon indeed I was stolen away out of the
7
them, and, behold, they were sad. land of the Hebrews: and here also
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that have I done nothing that they should
16
were with him in the ward of his lord's put me into the dungeon. When the
house, saying, Wherefore look ye so chief baker saw that the interpretation
8
sadly to day? And they said unto him, was good, he said unto Joseph, I also
We have dreamed a dream, and there was in my dream, and, behold, I had
17
is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said three white baskets on my head: And
unto them, Do not interpretations in the uppermost basket there was of
belong to God? tell me them, I pray all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh;
9
you. And the chief butler told his and the birds did eat them out of the
18
dream to Joseph, and said to him, In basket upon my head. And Joseph
my dream, behold, a vine was before answered and said, This is the
10
me; And in the vine were three interpretation thereof: The three
19
branches: and it was as though it baskets are three days: Yet within
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy
and the clusters thereof brought forth head from off thee, and shall hang thee
11
ripe grapes: And Pharaoh's cup was on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy
20
in my hand: and I took the grapes, and flesh from off thee. And it came to
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I pass the third day, which was
12
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a
And Joseph said unto him, This is the feast unto all his servants: and he
interpretation of it: The three branches lifted up the head of the chief butler
13
are three days: Yet within three days and of the chief baker among his
21
shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and servants. And he restored the chief
restore thee unto thy place: and thou butler unto his butlership again; and
22
shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
hand, after the former manner when But he hanged the chief baker: as
14 23
thou wast his butler. But think on me Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet
when it shall be well with thee, and did not the chief butler remember
shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, Joseph, but forgat him.
and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,
Genesis 41 wroth with his servants, and put me in
ward in the captain of the guard's
And it came to pass at the end of two house, both me and the chief baker: 11

full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, And we dreamed a dream in one night,

behold, he stood by the river. 2

And, I and he; we dreamed each man

behold, there came up out of the river according to the interpretation of his
12
seven well favoured kine and dream. And there was there with us

fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 a young man, an Hebrew, servant to

And, behold, seven other kine came up the captain of the guard; and we told

after them out of the river, ill favoured him, and he interpreted to us our

and leanfleshed; and stood by the dreams; to each man according to his
13
other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 dream he did interpret. And it came

And the ill favoured and leanfleshed to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it

kine did eat up the seven well favoured was; me he restored unto mine office,
14
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5
And and him he hanged. Then Pharaoh

he slept and dreamed the second time: sent and called Joseph, and they

and, behold, seven ears of corn came brought him hastily out of the

up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 dungeon: and he shaved himself, and

And, behold, seven thin ears and changed his raiment, and came in unto
15
blasted with the east wind sprung up Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto

after them. 7
And the seven thin ears Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and

devoured the seven rank and full ears. there is none that can interpret it: and

And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it I have heard say of thee, that thou

was a dream. 8
And it came to pass in canst understand a dream to interpret
16
the morning that his spirit was it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh,

troubled; and he sent and called for all saying, It is not in me: God shall give
17
the magicians of Egypt, and all the Pharaoh an answer of peace. And

wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my

them his dream; but there was none dream, behold, I stood upon the bank
18
that could interpret them unto of the river: And, behold, there came

Pharaoh. 9
Then spake the chief butler up out of the river seven kine,

unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember fatfleshed and well favoured; and they
19
my faults this day: 10
Pharaoh was fed in a meadow: And, behold, seven
 30
other kine came up after them, poor throughout all the land of Egypt: And
and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, there shall arise after them seven
such as I never saw in all the land of years of famine; and all the plenty
20
Egypt for badness: And the lean and shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;
the ill favoured kine did eat up the first and the famine shall consume the land;
21 31
seven fat kine: And when they had And the plenty shall not be known in
eaten them up, it could not be known the land by reason of that famine
that they had eaten them; but they following; for it shall be very grievous.
32
were still ill favoured, as at the And for that the dream was doubled
22
beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the
my dream, and, behold, seven ears thing is established by God, and God
23 33
came up in one stalk, full and good: will shortly bring it to pass. Now
And, behold, seven ears, withered, therefore let Pharaoh look out a man
thin, and blasted with the east wind, discreet and wise, and set him over the
24 34
sprung up after them: And the thin land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this,
ears devoured the seven good ears: and let him appoint officers over the
and I told this unto the magicians; but land, and take up the fifth part of the
there was none that could declare it to land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
25 35
me. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, years. And let them gather all the
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath food of those good years that come,
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to and lay up corn under the hand of
26
do. The seven good kine are seven Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the
36
years; and the seven good ears are cities. And that food shall be for
27
seven years: the dream is one. And store to the land against the seven
the seven thin and ill favoured kine years of famine, which shall be in the
that came up after them are seven land of Egypt; that the land perish not
37
years; and the seven empty ears through the famine. And the thing
blasted with the east wind shall be was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and
28 38
seven years of famine. This is the in the eyes of all his servants. And
thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we
Pharaoh: What God is about to do he find such a one as this is, a man in
29 39
sheweth unto Pharaoh. Behold, there whom the Spirit of God is? And
come seven years of great plenty Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch
as God hath shewed thee all this, there were in the land of Egypt, and laid up
is none so discreet and wise as thou the food in the cities: the food of the
40
art: Thou shalt be over my house, field, which was round about every
49
and according unto thy word shall all city, laid he up in the same. And
my people be ruled: only in the throne Joseph gathered corn as the sand of
41
will I be greater than thou. And the sea, very much, until he left
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have numbering; for it was without number.
42 50
set thee over all the land of Egypt. And unto Joseph were born two sons
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his before the years of famine came, which
hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, Asenath the daughter of Poti- pherah
51
and arrayed him in vestures of fine priest of On bare unto him. And
linen, and put a gold chain about his Joseph called the name of the firstborn
43
neck; And he made him to ride in the Manasseh: For God, said he, hath
second chariot which he had; and they made me forget all my toil, and all my
52
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he father's house. And the name of the
made him ruler over all the land of second called he Ephraim: For God
44
Egypt. And Pharaoh said unto hath caused me to be fruitful in the
53
Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without land of my affliction. And the seven
thee shall no man lift up his hand or years of plenteousness, that was in the
45 54
foot in all the land of Egypt. And land of Egypt, were ended. And the
Pharaoh called Joseph's name seven years of dearth began to come,
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to according as Joseph had said: and the
wife Asenath the daughter of Poti- dearth was in all lands; but in all the
55
pherah priest of On. And Joseph went land of Egypt there was bread. And
46
out over all the land of Egypt. And when all the land of Egypt was
Joseph was thirty years old when he famished, the people cried to Pharaoh
stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all
And Joseph went out from the presence the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what
56
of Pharaoh, and went throughout all he saith to you, do. And the famine
47
the land of Egypt. And in the seven was over all the face of the earth: and
plenteous years the earth brought forth Joseph opened all the storehouses, and
48
by handfuls. And he gathered up all sold unto the Egyptians; and the
the food of the seven years, which famine waxed sore in the land of
 57
Egypt. And all countries came into And Joseph knew his brethren, but
9
Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; they knew not him. And Joseph
because that the famine was so sore in remembered the dreams which he
all lands. dreamed of them, and said unto them,
Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of
Genesis 42 the land ye are come. 10
And they said
unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy
Now when Jacob saw that there was
food are thy servants come. 11
We are
corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, all one man's sons; we are true men,
2
Why do ye look one upon another? thy servants are no spies. 12
And he
And he said, Behold, I have heard that said unto them, Nay, but to see the
there is corn in Egypt: get you down nakedness of the land ye are come. 13

thither, and buy for us from thence; And they said, Thy servants are twelve
3
that we may live, and not die. And brethren, the sons of one man in the
Joseph's ten brethren went down to land of Canaan; and, behold, the
4
buy corn in Egypt. But Benjamin, youngest is this day with our father,
Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with and one is not. 14
And Joseph said unto
his brethren; for he said, Lest them, That is it that I spake unto you,
5
peradventure mischief befall him. And saying, Ye are spies: 15
Hereby ye shall
the sons of Israel came to buy corn be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye
among those that came: for the famine shall not go forth hence, except your
6
was in the land of Canaan. And youngest brother come hither. 16
Send
Joseph was the governor over the land, one of you, and let him fetch your
and he it was that sold to all the brother, and ye shall be kept in prison,
people of the land: and Joseph's that your words may be proved,
brethren came, and bowed down whether there be any truth in you: or
themselves before him with their faces else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye
7
to the earth. And Joseph saw his are spies. 17
And he put them all
brethren, and he knew them, but made together into ward three days. 18
And
himself strange unto them, and spake Joseph said unto them the third day,
roughly unto them; and he said unto This do, and live; for I fear God: 19
If
them, Whence come ye? And they said, ye be true men, let one of your
8
From the land of Canaan to buy food. brethren be bound in the house of your
prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine brethren, My money is restored; and,
20
of your houses: But bring your lo, it is even in my sack: and their
youngest brother unto me; so shall heart failed them, and they were
your words be verified, and ye shall afraid, saying one to another, What is
21 29
not die. And they did so. And they this that God hath done unto us? And
said one to another, We are verily they came unto Jacob their father unto
guilty concerning our brother, in that the land of Canaan, and told him all
30
we saw the anguish of his soul, when that befell unto them; saying, The
he besought us, and we would not man, who is the lord of the land, spake
hear; therefore is this distress come roughly to us, and took us for spies of
22 31
upon us. And Reuben answered the country. And we said unto him,
32
them, saying, Spake I not unto you, We are true men; we are no spies:
saying, Do not sin against the child; We be twelve brethren, sons of our
and ye would not hear? therefore, father; one is not, and the youngest is
23
behold, also his blood is required. this day with our father in the land of
33
And they knew not that Joseph Canaan. And the man, the lord of the
understood them; for he spake unto country, said unto us, Hereby shall I
24
them by an interpreter. And he know that ye are true men; leave one
turned himself about from them, and of your brethren here with me, and
wept; and returned to them again, and take food for the famine of your
34
communed with them, and took from households, and be gone: And bring
them Simeon, and bound him before your youngest brother unto me: then
25
their eyes. Then Joseph commanded shall I know that ye are no spies, but
to fill their sacks with corn, and to that ye are true men: so will I deliver
restore every man's money into his you your brother, and ye shall traffick
35
sack, and to give them provision for in the land. And it came to pass as
26
the way: and thus did he unto them. they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
And they laded their asses with the every man's bundle of money was in
27
corn, and departed thence. And as his sack: and when both they and their
one of them opened his sack to give father saw the bundles of money, they
36
his ass provender in the inn, he espied were afraid. And Jacob their father
his money; for, behold, it was in his said unto them, Me have ye bereaved
28
sack's mouth. And he said unto his of my children: Joseph is not, and
Simeon is not, and ye will
Benjamin away: all these things are
37
against me. And Reuben spake unto
his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if
I bring him not to thee: deliver him
into my hand, and I will bring him to
38
thee again. And he said, My son shall
not go down with you; for his brother
is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief
befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray
hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 43
And the famine was sore in the land.
And it came to pass, when they had
eaten up the corn which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said
unto them, Go again, buy us a little
3
food. And Judah spake unto him,
saying, The man did solemnly protest
unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my
face, except your brother be with you.
4
If thou wilt send our brother with us,
we will go down and buy thee food:
But if thou wilt not send him, we will
not go down: for the man said unto us,
Ye shall not see my face, except your
take asked us straitly of our state, and of
our kindred, saying, Is your father yet
alive? have ye another brother? and we
told him according to the tenor of
these words: could we certainly know
that he would say, Bring your brother
8
down? And Judah said unto Israel his
father, Send the lad with me, and we
will arise and go; that we may live, and
not die, both we, and thou, and also
9
our little ones. I will be surety for
him; of my hand shalt thou require
him: if I bring him not unto thee, and
set him before thee, then let me bear
10
the blame for ever: For except we
2
had lingered, surely now we had
returned this second time. 11
And their
father Israel said unto them, If it must
be so now, do this; take of the best
fruits in the land in your vessels, and
carry down the man a present, a little
balm, and a little honey, spices, and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12
And take
double money in your hand; and the
money that was brought again in the
5
mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
your hand; peradventure it was an
oversight: 13
Take also your brother,
and arise, go again unto the man: 14

6
brother be with you. And Israel said, And God Almighty give you mercy
Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to before the man, that he may send
tell the man whether ye had yet a away your other brother, and
7
brother? And they said, The man Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my
 15
children, I am bereaved.
men took that present, and they took
double money in their hand,
Benjamin; and rose up, and went down
to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with
them, he said to the ruler of his house,
Bring these men home, and slay, and
make ready; for these men shall dine
17
with me at noon. And the man did as
Joseph bade; and the man brought the
18
men into Joseph's house.
men were afraid, because they were
brought into Joseph's house; and they
said, Because of the money that was
returned in our sacks at the first time
are we brought in; that he may seek
occasion against us, and fall upon us,
and take us for bondmen, and our
19
asses. And they came near to the
steward of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the
20
house, And said, O sir, we came
indeed down at the first time to buy
21
food: And it came to pass, when we
came to the inn, that we opened our
sacks, and, behold, every man's money
was in the mouth of his sack, our
money in full weight: and we have
brought it again in our hand.
other money have we brought down in
our hands to buy food: we cannot tell
who put our money in our sacks.
And the he said, Peace be to you, fear not:
your God, and the God of your father,
and hath given you treasure in your sacks:
I had your money. And he brought
16 24
Simeon out unto them. And the man
brought the men into Joseph's house,
and gave them water, and they washed
their feet; and he gave their asses
25
provender. And they made ready the
present against Joseph came at noon:
for they heard that they should eat
26
And the bread there. And when Joseph came
home, they brought him the present
which was in their hand into the house,
and bowed themselves to him to the
27
earth. And he asked them of their
welfare, and said, Is your father well,
the old man of whom ye spake? Is he
28
yet alive? And they answered, Thy
servant our father is in good health, he
is yet alive. And they bowed down their
29
heads, and made obeisance. And he
lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother
Benjamin, his mother's son, and said,
Is this your younger brother, of whom
ye spake unto me? And he said, God be
30
gracious unto thee, my son. And
Joseph made haste; for his bowels did
yearn upon his brother: and he sought
22
And where to weep; and he entered into his
31
chamber, and wept there. And he
washed his face, and went out, and
23
And refrained himself, and said, Set on
 32
bread. And they set on for him by thou dost overtake them, say unto
himself, and for them by themselves, them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil
5
and for the Egyptians, which did eat for good? Is not this it in which my
with him, by themselves: because the lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he
Egyptians might not eat bread with the divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6
Hebrews; for that is an abomination And he overtook them, and he spake
33 7
unto the Egyptians. And they sat unto them these same words. And
before him, the firstborn according to they said unto him, Wherefore saith my
his birthright, and the youngest lord these words? God forbid that thy
according to his youth: and the men servants should do according to this
34 8
marvelled one at another. And he thing: Behold, the money, which we
took and sent messes unto them from found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
before him: but Benjamin's mess was again unto thee out of the land of
five times so much as any of theirs. Canaan: how then should we steal out
9
And they drank, and were merry with of thy lord's house silver or gold?
him. With whomsoever of thy servants it be
found, both let him die, and we also
Genesis 44 will be my lord's bondmen. 10
And he
said, Now also let it be according unto
And he commanded the steward of his
your words; he with whom it is found
house, saying, Fill the men's sacks shall be my servant; and ye shall be
with food, as much as they can carry, blameless. 11
Then they speedily took
and put every man's money in his down every man his sack to the
2
sack's mouth. And put my cup, the ground, and opened every man his
silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the sack. 12
And he searched, and began at
youngest, and his corn money. And he the eldest, and left at the youngest:
did according to the word that Joseph and the cup was found in Benjamin's
3
had spoken. As soon as the morning sack. 13
Then they rent their clothes,
was light, the men were sent away, and laded every man his ass, and
4
they and their asses. And when they returned to the city. 14
And Judah and
were gone out of the city, and not yet his brethren came to Joseph's house;
far off, Joseph said unto his steward, for he was yet there: and they fell
Up, follow after the men; and when before him on the ground. 15
And
Joseph said unto them, What deed is youngest brother come down with you,
24
this that ye have done? wot ye not that ye shall see my face no more. And it
16
such a man as I can certainly divine? came to pass when we came up unto
And Judah said, What shall we say unto thy servant my father, we told him the
25
my lord? what shall we speak? or how words of my lord. And our father
shall we clear ourselves? God hath said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26
found out the iniquity of thy servants: And we said, We cannot go down: if
behold, we are my lord's servants, our youngest brother be with us, then
both we, and he also with whom the will we go down: for we may not see
17
cup is found. And he said, God forbid the man's face, except our youngest
27
that I should do so: but the man in brother be with us. And thy servant
whose hand the cup is found, he shall my father said unto us, Ye know that
28
be my servant; and as for you, get you my wife bare me two sons: And the
18
up in peace unto your father. Then one went out from me, and I said,
Judah came near unto him, and said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw
29
Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray him not since: And if ye take this
thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, also from me, and mischief befall him,
and let not thine anger burn against ye shall bring down my gray hairs with
30
thy servant: for thou art even as sorrow to the grave. Now therefore
19
Pharaoh. My lord asked his servants, when I come to thy servant my father,
saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? and the lad be not with us; seeing that
20 31
And we said unto my lord, We have a his life is bound up in the lad's life;
father, an old man, and a child of his It shall come to pass, when he seeth
old age, a little one; and his brother is that the lad is not with us, that he will
dead, and he alone is left of his die: and thy servants shall bring down
21
mother, and his father loveth him. the gray hairs of thy servant our father
32
And thou saidst unto thy servants, with sorrow to the grave. For thy
Bring him down unto me, that I may servant became surety for the lad unto
22
set mine eyes upon him. And we said my father, saying, If I bring him not
unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his unto thee, then I shall bear the blame
33
father: for if he should leave his father, to my father for ever. Now therefore,
23
his father would die. And thou saidst I pray thee, let thy servant abide
unto thy servants, Except your instead of the lad a bondman to my
 8
lord; and let the lad go up with his lives by a great deliverance. So now
34
brethren. For how shall I go up to it was not you that sent me hither, but
my father, and the lad be not with me? God: and he hath made me a father to
lest peradventure I see the evil that Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and
shall come on my father. a ruler throughout all the land of
9
Egypt. Haste ye, and go up to my
Genesis 45 father, and say unto him, Thus saith
thy son Joseph, God hath made me
Then Joseph could not refrain himself
lord of all Egypt: come down unto me,
before all them that stood by him; and tarry not: 10
And thou shalt dwell in the
he cried, Cause every man to go out land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
from me. And there stood no man with unto me, thou, and thy children, and
him, while Joseph made himself known thy children's children, and thy flocks,
2
unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
and the Egyptians and the house of 11
And there will I nourish thee; for yet
3
Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto there are five years of famine; lest
his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my thou, and thy household, and all that
father yet live? And his brethren could thou hast, come to poverty. 12
And,
not answer him; for they were troubled behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of
4
at his presence. And Joseph said unto my brother Benjamin, that it is my
his brethren, Come near to me, I pray mouth that speaketh unto you. 13
And
you. And they came near. And he said, ye shall tell my father of all my glory in
I am Joseph your brother, whom ye Egypt, and of all that ye have seen;
5
sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not and ye shall haste and bring down my
grieved, nor angry with yourselves, father hither. 14
And he fell upon his
that ye sold me hither: for God did brother Benjamin's neck, and wept;
6
send me before you to preserve life. and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15

For these two years hath the famine Moreover he kissed all his brethren,
been in the land: and yet there are five and wept upon them: and after that his
years, in the which there shall neither brethren talked with him. 16
And the
7
be earing nor harvest. And God sent fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
me before you to preserve you a house, saying, Joseph's brethren are
posterity in the earth, and to save your come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and
 17
his servants. And Pharaoh said unto governor over all the land of Egypt.
Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do And Jacob's heart fainted, for he
27
ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you believed them not. And they told him
18
unto the land of Canaan; And take all the words of Joseph, which he had
your father and your households, and said unto them: and when he saw the
come unto me: and I will give you the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry
good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall him, the spirit of Jacob their father
19 28
eat the fat of the land. Now thou art revived: And Israel said, It is
commanded, this do ye; take you enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I
wagons out of the land of Egypt for will go and see him before I die.
your little ones, and for your wives,
and bring your father, and come. 20 Genesis 46
Also regard not your stuff; for the good
of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21
And
And Israel took his journey with all

the children of Israel did so: and that he had, and came to Beer-sheba,

Joseph gave them wagons, according and offered sacrifices unto the God of
2
to the commandment of Pharaoh, and his father Isaac. And God spake unto

gave them provision for the way. 22

To Israel in the visions of the night, and

all of them he gave each man changes said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here
3
of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave am I. And he said, I am God, the God

three hundred pieces of silver, and five of thy father: fear not to go down into

changes of raiment. 23
And to his father Egypt; for I will there make of thee a
4
he sent after this manner; ten asses great nation: I will go down with thee

laden with the good things of Egypt, into Egypt; and I will also surely bring

and ten she asses laden with corn and thee up again: and Joseph shall put his
5
bread and meat for his father by the hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rose

way. 24
So he sent his brethren away, up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of

and they departed: and he said unto Israel carried Jacob their father, and

them, See that ye fall not out by the their little ones, and their wives, in the

way. 25
And they went up out of Egypt, wagons which Pharaoh had sent to
6
and came into the land of Canaan unto carry him. And they took their cattle,

Jacob their father, 26

And told him, and their goods, which they had gotten

saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is in the land of Canaan, and came into
 18
Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with Malchiel. These are the sons of
7
him: His sons, and his sons' sons with Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his
him, his daughters, and his sons' daughter, and these she bare unto
19
daughters, and all his seed brought he Jacob, even sixteen souls. The sons
8
with him into Egypt. And these are of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and
20
the names of the children of Israel, Benjamin. And unto Joseph in the
which came into Egypt, Jacob and his land of Egypt were born Manasseh and
9
sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. And Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter
the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto
10 21
Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And him. And the sons of Benjamin were
the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera,
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim,
22
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a and Huppim, and Ard. These are the
11
Canaanitish woman. And the sons of sons of Rachel, which were born to
12 23
Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
24
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, And the sons of Dan; Hushim. And
and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and
25
but Er and Onan died in the land of Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. These
Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban
13
Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she
Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, bare these unto Jacob: all the souls
14 26
and Shimron. And the sons of were seven. All the souls that came
Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. with Jacob into Egypt, which came out
15
These be the sons of Leah, which she of his loins, besides Jacob's sons'
bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with wives, all the souls were threescore
27
his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his and six; And the sons of Joseph,
sons and his daughters were thirty and which were born him in Egypt, were
16
three. And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, two souls: all the souls of the house of
and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Jacob, which came into Egypt, were
17 28
Arodi, and Areli. And the sons of threescore and ten. And he sent
Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct
and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and his face unto Goshen; and they came
29
the sons of Beriah; Heber, and into the land of Goshen. And Joseph
made ready his chariot, and went up to land of Canaan; and, behold, they are
2
meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and in the land of Goshen. And he took
presented himself unto him; and he fell some of his brethren, even five men,
3
on his neck, and wept on his neck a and presented them unto Pharaoh.
30
good while. And Israel said unto And Pharaoh said unto his brethren,
Joseph, Now let me die, since I have What is your occupation? And they said
seen thy face, because thou art yet unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are
31
alive. And Joseph said unto his shepherds, both we, and also our
4
brethren, and unto his father's house, I fathers. They said moreover unto
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are
unto him, My brethren, and my father's we come; for thy servants have no
house, which were in the land of pasture for their flocks; for the famine
32
Canaan, are come unto me; And the is sore in the land of Canaan: now
men are shepherds, for their trade therefore, we pray thee, let thy
5
hath been to feed cattle; and they servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
have brought their flocks, and their And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph,
33
herds, and all that they have. And it saying, Thy father and thy brethren are
6
shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall come unto thee: The land of Egypt is
call you, and shall say, What is your before thee; in the best of the land
34
occupation? That ye shall say, Thy make thy father and brethren to dwell;
servants' trade hath been about cattle in the land of Goshen let them dwell:
from our youth even until now, both and if thou knowest any men of activity
we, and also our fathers: that ye may among them, then make them rulers
7
dwell in the land of Goshen; for every over my cattle. And Joseph brought in
shepherd is an abomination unto the Jacob his father, and set him before
8
Egyptians. Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old
Genesis 47 art thou? 9
And Jacob said unto
Pharaoh, The days of the years of my
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh,
pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty
and said, My father and my brethren, years: few and evil have the days of
and their flocks, and their herds, and the years of my life been, and have not
all that they have, are come out of the attained unto the days of the years of
the life of my fathers in the days of asses: and he fed them with bread for
10 18
their pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed all their cattle for that year. When
Pharaoh, and went out from before that year was ended, they came unto
11
Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his him the second year, and said unto
father and his brethren, and gave them him, We will not hide it from my lord,
a possession in the land of Egypt, in how that our money is spent; my lord
the best of the land, in the land of also hath our herds of cattle; there is
Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. not ought left in the sight of my lord,
12 19
And Joseph nourished his father, and but our bodies, and our lands:
his brethren, and all his father's Wherefore shall we die before thine
household, with bread, according to eyes, both we and our land? buy us
13
their families. And there was no and our land for bread, and we and our
bread in all the land; for the famine land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
was very sore, so that the land of and give us seed, that we may live,
Egypt and all the land of Canaan and not die, that the land be not
14 20
fainted by reason of the famine. And desolate. And Joseph bought all the
Joseph gathered up all the money that land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
was found in the land of Egypt, and in Egyptians sold every man his field,
the land of Canaan, for the corn which because the famine prevailed over
21
they bought: and Joseph brought the them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
15
money into Pharaoh's house. And And as for the people, he removed
when money failed in the land of them to cities from one end of the
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all borders of Egypt even to the other end
22
the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and thereof. Only the land of the priests
said, Give us bread: for why should we bought he not; for the priests had a
die in thy presence? for the money portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and
16
faileth. And Joseph said, Give your did eat their portion which Pharaoh
cattle; and I will give you for your gave them: wherefore they sold not
17 23
cattle, if money fail. And they their lands. Then Joseph said unto
brought their cattle unto Joseph: and the people, Behold, I have bought you
Joseph gave them bread in exchange this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo,
for horses, and for the flocks, and for here is seed for you, and ye shall sow
24
the cattle of the herds, and for the the land. And it shall come to pass in
the increase, that ye shall give the fifth Israel bowed himself upon the bed's
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall head.
be your own, for seed of the field, and
for your food, and for them of your Genesis 48
households, and for food for your little
ones. 25
And they said, Thou hast saved
And it came to pass after these things,
our lives: let us find grace in the sight that one told Joseph, Behold, thy

of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's father is sick: and he took with him his
2
servants. 26
And Joseph made it a law two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

over the land of Egypt unto this day, And one told Jacob, and said, Behold,

that Pharaoh should have the fifth thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and

part; except the land of the priests Israel strengthened himself, and sat
3
only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27 upon the bed. And Jacob said unto

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto

in the country of Goshen; and they had me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and
4
possessions therein, and grew, and blessed me, And said unto me,

multiplied exceedingly. 28
And Jacob Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and

lived in the land of Egypt seventeen multiply thee, and I will make of thee a

years: so the whole age of Jacob was multitude of people; and will give this

an hundred forty and seven years. 29 land to thy seed after thee for an
5
And the time drew nigh that Israel everlasting possession. And now thy

must die: and he called his son Joseph, two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,

and said unto him, If now I have found which were born unto thee in the land

grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy of Egypt before I came unto thee into

hand under my thigh, and deal kindly Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and
6
and truly with me; bury me not, I pray Simeon, they shall be mine. And thy

thee, in Egypt: 30
But I will lie with my issue, which thou begettest after them,

fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of shall be thine, and shall be called after

Egypt, and bury me in their the name of their brethren in their

7
buryingplace. And he said, I will do as inheritance. And as for me, when I

thou hast said. 31

And he said, Swear came from Padan, Rachel died by me in

unto me. And he sware unto him. And the land of Canaan in the way, when
yet there was but a little way to come
unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in from all evil, bless the lads; and let my
the way of Ephrath; the same is name be named on them, and the
8
Bethlehem. And Israel beheld name of my fathers Abraham and
Joseph's sons, and said, Who are Isaac; and let them grow into a
9 17
these? And Joseph said unto his multitude in the midst of the earth.
father, They are my sons, whom God And when Joseph saw that his father
hath given me in this place. And he laid his right hand upon the head of
said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, Ephraim, it displeased him: and he
10
and I will bless them. Now the eyes held up his father's hand, to remove it
of Israel were dim for age, so that he from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's
18
could not see. And he brought them head. And Joseph said unto his
near unto him; and he kissed them, father, Not so, my father: for this is
11
and embraced them. And Israel said the firstborn; put thy right hand upon
19
unto Joseph, I had not thought to see his head. And his father refused, and
thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
12
also thy seed. And Joseph brought also shall become a people, and he
them out from between his knees, and also shall be great: but truly his
he bowed himself with his face to the younger brother shall be greater than
13
earth. And Joseph took them both, he, and his seed shall become a
20
Ephraim in his right hand toward multitude of nations. And he blessed
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his them that day, saying, In thee shall
left hand toward Israel's right hand, Israel bless, saying, God make thee as
14
and brought them near unto him. Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
21
And Israel stretched out his right hand, Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel
and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but
was the younger, and his left hand God shall be with you, and bring you
22
upon Manasseh's head, guiding his again unto the land of your fathers.
hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the Moreover I have given to thee one
15
firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, portion above thy brethren, which I
and said, God, before whom my fathers took out of the hand of the Amorite
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God with my sword and with my bow.
which fed me all my life long unto this
16
day, The Angel which redeemed me
 10
Genesis 49 who shall rouse him up? The sceptre
shall not depart from Judah, nor a
And Jacob called unto his sons, and lawgiver from between his feet, until

said, Gather yourselves together, that I Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
11
may tell you that which shall befall you gathering of the people be. Binding

in the last days. 2

Gather yourselves his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt

together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; unto the choice vine; he washed his

and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 garments in wine, and his clothes in
12
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my the blood of grapes: His eyes shall

might, and the beginning of my be red with wine, and his teeth white
13
strength, the excellency of dignity, and with milk. Zebulun shall dwell at the

the excellency of power: 4

Unstable as haven of the sea; and he shall be for

water, thou shalt not excel; because an haven of ships; and his border shall
14
thou wentest up to thy father's bed; be unto Zidon. Issachar is a strong

then defiledst thou it: he went up to ass couching down between two
15
my couch. 5
Simeon and Levi are burdens: And he saw that rest was

brethren; instruments of cruelty are in good, and the land that it was

their habitations. 6
O my soul, come pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to

not thou into their secret; unto their bear, and became a servant unto
16
assembly, mine honour, be not thou tribute. Dan shall judge his people,
17
united: for in their anger they slew a as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan

man, and in their selfwill they digged shall be a serpent by the way, an

down a wall. 7
Cursed be their anger, adder in the path, that biteth the horse

for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it heels, so that his rider shall fall
18
was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, backward. I have waited for thy
19
and scatter them in Israel. 8
Judah, salvation, O LORD. Gad, a troop shall

thou art he whom thy brethren shall overcome him: but he shall overcome
20
praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of at the last. Out of Asher his bread

thine enemies; thy father's children shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
21
shall bow down before thee. 9
Judah is dainties. Naphtali is a hind let loose:
22
a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, he giveth goodly words. Joseph is a

thou art gone up: he stooped down, he fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by

couched as a lion, and as an old lion; a well; whose branches run over the
 23
wall: The archers have sorely the land of Canaan, which Abraham
grieved him, and shot at him, and bought with the field of Ephron the
24
hated him: But his bow abode in Hittite for a possession of a
31
strength, and the arms of his hands buryingplace. There they buried
were made strong by the hands of the Abraham and Sarah his wife; there
mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is they buried Isaac and Rebekah his
25 32
the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) wife; and there I buried Leah. The
Even by the God of thy father, who purchase of the field and of the cave
shall help thee; and by the Almighty, that is therein was from the children of
33
who shall bless thee with blessings of Heth. And when Jacob had made an
heaven above, blessings of the deep end of commanding his sons, he
that lieth under, blessings of the gathered up his feet into the bed, and
26
breasts, and of the womb: The yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
blessings of thy father have prevailed unto his people.
above the blessings of my progenitors
unto the utmost bound of the Genesis 50
everlasting hills: they shall be on the
head of Joseph, and on the crown of
And Joseph fell upon his father's face,
2
the head of him that was separate from and wept upon him, and kissed him.

his brethren. 27
Benjamin shall ravin as And Joseph commanded his servants

a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the physicians to embalm his father:
3
the prey, and at night he shall divide and the physicians embalmed Israel.

the spoil. 28
All these are the twelve And forty days were fulfilled for him;

tribes of Israel: and this is it that their for so are fulfilled the days of those

father spake unto them, and blessed which are embalmed: and the

them; every one according to his Egyptians mourned for him threescore
4
blessing he blessed them. 29
And he and ten days. And when the days of

charged them, and said unto them, I his mourning were past, Joseph spake

am to be gathered unto my people: unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If

bury me with my fathers in the cave now I have found grace in your eyes,

that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, speak, I pray you, in the ears of
5
30
In the cave that is in the field of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me

Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave

which I have digged for me in the land Abraham bought with the field for a
of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. possession of a buryingplace of Ephron
14
Now therefore let me go up, I pray the Hittite, before Mamre. And
thee, and bury my father, and I will Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his
6
come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, brethren, and all that went up with him
and bury thy father, according as he to bury his father, after he had buried
7 15
made thee swear. And Joseph went his father. And when Joseph's
up to bury his father: and with him brethren saw that their father was
went up all the servants of Pharaoh, dead, they said, Joseph will
the elders of his house, and all the peradventure hate us, and will
8
elders of the land of Egypt, And all certainly requite us all the evil which
16
the house of Joseph, and his brethren, we did unto him. And they sent a
and his father's house: only their little messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy
ones, and their flocks, and their herds, father did command before he died,
9 17
they left in the land of Goshen. And saying, So shall ye say unto Joseph,
there went up with him both chariots Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass
and horsemen: and it was a very great of thy brethren, and their sin; for they
10
company. And they came to the did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond thee, forgive the trespass of the
Jordan, and there they mourned with a servants of the God of thy father. And
great and very sore lamentation: and Joseph wept when they spake unto
18
he made a mourning for his father him. And his brethren also went and
11
seven days. And when the fell down before his face; and they
19
inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, said, Behold, we be thy servants.
saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, And Joseph said unto them, Fear not:
20
they said, This is a grievous mourning for am I in the place of God? But as
to the Egyptians: wherefore the name for you, ye thought evil against me;
of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is but God meant it unto good, to bring to
12
beyond Jordan. And his sons did unto pass, as it is this day, to save much
21
him according as he commanded them: people alive. Now therefore fear ye
13
For his sons carried him into the land not: I will nourish you, and your little
of Canaan, and buried him in the cave ones. And he comforted them, and
22
of the field of Machpelah, which spake kindly unto them. And Joseph
dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's of this land unto the land which he
house: and Joseph lived an hundred sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
23 25
and ten years. And Joseph saw Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of
Ephraim's children of the third the children of Israel, saying, God will
generation: the children also of Machir surely visit you, and ye shall carry up
26
the son Manasseh were brought up my bones from hence. So Joseph
24
upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years
said unto his brethren, I die: and God old: and they embalmed him, and he
will surely visit you, and bring you out was put in a coffin in Egypt.
THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

EXODUS

Exodus 1 their burdens. And they built for

Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Now these are the names of the Raamses. 12
But the more they afflicted

children of Israel, which came into them, the more they multiplied and

Egypt; every man and his household grew. And they were grieved because
13
came with Jacob. 2
Reuben, Simeon, of the children of Israel. And the

Levi, and Judah, 3

Issachar, Zebulun, Egyptians made the children of Israel
14
and Benjamin, 4
Dan, and Naphtali, to serve with rigour: And they made

Gad, and Asher. 5

And all the souls that their lives bitter with hard bondage, in

came out of the loins of Jacob were morter, and in brick, and in all manner

seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt of service in the field: all their service,

already. 6
And Joseph died, and all his wherein they made them serve, was
15
brethren, and all that generation. 7
And with rigour. And the king of Egypt

the children of Israel were fruitful, and spake to the Hebrew midwives, of

increased abundantly, and multiplied, which the name of the one was

and waxed exceeding mighty; and the Shiphrah, and the name of the other
16
land was filled with them. 8
Now there Puah: And he said, When ye do the

arose up a new king over Egypt, which office of a midwife to the Hebrew

knew not Joseph. 9

And he said unto women, and see them upon the stools;

his people, Behold, the people of the if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but

children of Israel are more and if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17
mightier than we: 10
Come on, let us But the midwives feared God, and

deal wisely with them; lest they did not as the king of Egypt

multiply, and it come to pass, that, commanded them, but saved the men
18
when there falleth out any war, they children alive. And the king of Egypt

join also unto our enemies, and fight called for the midwives, and said unto

against us, and so get them up out of them, Why have ye done this thing,

the land. 11
Therefore they did set over and have saved the men children alive?
19
them taskmasters to afflict them with And the midwives said unto Pharaoh,
 6
Because the Hebrew women are not as to fetch it. And when she had opened
the Egyptian women; for they are it, she saw the child: and, behold, the
lively, and are delivered ere the babe wept. And she had compassion on
20
midwives come in unto them. him, and said, This is one of the
7
Therefore God dealt well with the Hebrews' children. Then said his
midwives: and the people multiplied, sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go
21
and waxed very mighty. And it came and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
to pass, because the midwives feared women, that she may nurse the child
22 8
God, that he made them houses. And for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said
Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, to her, Go. And the maid went and
9
Every son that is born ye shall cast into called the child's mother. And
the river, and every daughter ye shall Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take
save alive. this child away, and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages. And the
Exodus 2 woman took the child, and nursed it. 10

And the child grew, and she brought

And there went a man of the house of
him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
Levi, and took to wife a daughter of became her son. And she called his
2
Levi. And the woman conceived, and name Moses: and she said, Because I
bare a son: and when she saw him that drew him out of the water. 11
And it
he was a goodly child, she hid him came to pass in those days, when
3
three months. And when she could Moses was grown, that he went out
not longer hide him, she took for him unto his brethren, and looked on their
an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
slime and with pitch, and put the child smiting an Hebrew, one of his
therein; and she laid it in the flags by brethren. 12
And he looked this way
4
the river's brink. And his sister stood and that way, and when he saw that
afar off, to wit what would be done to there was no man, he slew the
5
him. And the daughter of Pharaoh Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13

came down to wash herself at the And when he went out the second day,
river; and her maidens walked along by behold, two men of the Hebrews strove
the river's side; and when she saw the together: and he said to him that did
ark among the flags, she sent her maid the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy
 14
fellow? And he said, Who made thee children of Israel sighed by reason of
a prince and a judge over us? intendest the bondage, and they cried, and their
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the cry came up unto God by reason of the
24
Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, bondage. And God heard their
15
Surely this thing is known. Now groaning, and God remembered his
when Pharaoh heard this thing, he covenant with Abraham, with Isaac,
25
sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled and with Jacob. And God looked
from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in upon the children of Israel, and God
the land of Midian: and he sat down by had respect unto them.
16
a well. Now the priest of Midian had
seven daughters: and they came and Exodus 3
drew water, and filled the troughs to
water their father's flock. 17
And the
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his

shepherds came and drove them away: father in law, the priest of Midian: and

but Moses stood up and helped them, he led the flock to the backside of the

and watered their flock. 18

And when desert, and came to the mountain of
2
they came to Reuel their father, he God, even to Horeb. And the angel of

said, How is it that ye are come so the LORD appeared unto him in a flame

soon to day? 19
And they said, An of fire out of the midst of a bush: and

Egyptian delivered us out of the hand he looked, and, behold, the bush

of the shepherds, and also drew water burned with fire, and the bush was not
3
enough for us, and watered the flock. consumed. And Moses said, I will now
20
And he said unto his daughters, And turn aside, and see this great sight,
4
where is he? why is it that ye have left why the bush is not burnt. And when

the man? call him, that he may eat the LORD saw that he turned aside to

bread. 21
And Moses was content to see, God called unto him out of the

dwell with the man: and he gave Moses midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
5
Zipporah his daughter. 22
And she bare Moses. And he said, Here am I. And

him a son, and he called his name he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off

Gershom: for he said, I have been a thy shoes from off thy feet, for the

stranger in a strange land. 23

And it place whereon thou standest is holy
6
came to pass in process of time, that ground. Moreover he said, I am the

the king of Egypt died: and the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Behold, when I come unto the children
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he of Israel, and shall say unto them, The
7
was afraid to look upon God. And the God of your fathers hath sent me unto
LORD said, I have surely seen the you; and they shall say to me, What is
affliction of my people which are in his name? what shall I say unto them?
14
Egypt, and have heard their cry by And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT
reason of their taskmasters; for I know I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say
8
their sorrows; And I am come down unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
15
to deliver them out of the hand of the sent me unto you. And God said
Egyptians, and to bring them up out of moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou
that land unto a good land and a large, say unto the children of Israel, The
unto a land flowing with milk and LORD God of your fathers, the God of
honey; unto the place of the Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the this is my name for ever, and this is
9 16
Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now my memorial unto all generations.
therefore, behold, the cry of the Go, and gather the elders of Israel
children of Israel is come unto me: and together, and say unto them, The
I have also seen the oppression LORD God of your fathers, the God of
wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
10
Come now therefore, and I will send appeared unto me, saying, I have
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest surely visited you, and seen that which
17
bring forth my people the children of is done to you in Egypt: And I have
11
Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said said, I will bring you up out of the
unto God, Who am I, that I should go affliction of Egypt unto the land of the
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
forth the children of Israel out of Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
12
Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land
18
be with thee; and this shall be a token flowing with milk and honey. And
unto thee, that I have sent thee: When they shall hearken to thy voice: and
thou hast brought forth the people out thou shalt come, thou and the elders of
of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye
13
mountain. And Moses said unto God, shall say unto him, The LORD God of
 4
the Hebrews hath met with us: and Moses fled from before it. And the
now let us go, we beseech thee, three LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine
days' journey into the wilderness, that hand, and take it by the tail. And he
we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. put forth his hand, and caught it, and
19 5
And I am sure that the king of Egypt it became a rod in his hand: That
will not let you go, no, not by a mighty they may believe that the LORD God of
20
hand. And I will stretch out my hand, their fathers, the God of Abraham, the
and smite Egypt with all my wonders God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
6
which I will do in the midst thereof: hath appeared unto thee. And the
21
and after that he will let you go. And LORD said furthermore unto him, Put
I will give this people favour in the now thine hand into thy bosom. And he
sight of the Egyptians: and it shall put his hand into his bosom: and when
come to pass, that, when ye go, ye he took it out, behold, his hand was
22 7
shall not go empty: But every leprous as snow. And he said, Put
woman shall borrow of her neighbour, thine hand into thy bosom again. And
and of her that sojourneth in her he put his hand into his bosom again;
house, jewels of silver, and jewels of and plucked it out of his bosom, and,
gold, and raiment: and ye shall put behold, it was turned again as his
8
them upon your sons, and upon your other flesh. And it shall come to pass,
daughters; and ye shall spoil the if they will not believe thee, neither
Egyptians. hearken to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice of the
Exodus 4 latter sign. 9
And it shall come to pass,
if they will not believe also these two
And Moses answered and said, But,
signs, neither hearken unto thy voice,
behold, they will not believe me, nor that thou shalt take of the water of the
hearken unto my voice: for they will river, and pour it upon the dry land:
say, The LORD hath not appeared unto and the water which thou takest out of
2
thee. And the LORD said unto him, the river shall become blood upon the
What is that in thine hand? And he dry land. 10
And Moses said unto the
3
said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
the ground. And he cast it on the neither heretofore, nor since thou hast
ground, and it became a serpent; and spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow
 11
of speech, and of a slow tongue. And Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all
the LORD said unto him, Who hath the men are dead which sought thy
20
made man's mouth? or who maketh life. And Moses took his wife and his
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or sons, and set them upon an ass, and
12
the blind? have not I the LORD? Now he returned to the land of Egypt: and
therefore go, and I will be with thy Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt And the LORD said unto Moses,
13
say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I When thou goest to return into Egypt,
pray thee, by the hand of him whom see that thou do all those wonders
14
thou wilt send. And the anger of the before Pharaoh, which I have put in
LORD was kindled against Moses, and thine hand: but I will harden his heart,
22
he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy that he shall not let the people go.
brother? I know that he can speak And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus
well. And also, behold, he cometh forth saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even
23
to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, my firstborn: And I say unto thee,
15
he will be glad in his heart. And thou Let my son go, that he may serve me:
shalt speak unto him, and put words in and if thou refuse to let him go,
his mouth: and I will be with thy behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
24
mouth, and with his mouth, and will firstborn. And it came to pass by the
16
teach you what ye shall do. And he way in the inn, that the LORD met him,
25
shall be thy spokesman unto the and sought to kill him. Then
people: and he shall be, even he shall Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut
be to thee instead of a mouth, and off the foreskin of her son, and cast it
17
thou shalt be to him instead of God. at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody
26
And thou shalt take this rod in thine husband art thou to me. So he let
18
hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. him go: then she said, A bloody
And Moses went and returned to Jethro husband thou art, because of the
27
his father in law, and said unto him, circumcision. And the LORD said to
Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet
my brethren which are in Egypt, and Moses. And he went, and met him in
28
see whether they be yet alive. And the mount of God, and kissed him.
19
Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. And Moses told Aaron all the words of
And the LORD said unto Moses in the LORD who had sent him, and all
the signs which he had commanded Behold, the people of the land now are
29
him. And Moses and Aaron went and many, and ye make them rest from
6
gathered together all the elders of the their burdens. And Pharaoh
30
children of Israel: And Aaron spake commanded the same day the
all the words which the LORD had taskmasters of the people, and their
7
spoken unto Moses, and did the signs officers, saying, Ye shall no more give
31
in the sight of the people. And the the people straw to make brick, as
people believed: and when they heard heretofore: let them go and gather
8
that the LORD had visited the children straw for themselves. And the tale of
of Israel, and that he had looked upon the bricks, which they did make
their affliction, then they bowed their heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye
heads and worshipped. shall not diminish ought thereof: for
they be idle; therefore they cry,
Exodus 5 saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our
9
God. Let there more work be laid
And afterward Moses and Aaron went
upon the men, that they may labour
in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the therein; and let them not regard vain
LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, words. 10
And the taskmasters of the
that they may hold a feast unto me in people went out, and their officers, and
2
the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, they spake to the people, saying, Thus
Who is the LORD, that I should obey saith Pharaoh, I will not give you
his voice to let Israel go? I know not straw. 11
Go ye, get you straw where
3
the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. ye can find it: yet not ought of your
And they said, The God of the Hebrews work shall be diminished. 12
So the
hath met with us: let us go, we pray people were scattered abroad
thee, three days' journey into the throughout all the land of Egypt to
desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our gather stubble instead of straw. 13
And
God; lest he fall upon us with the taskmasters hasted them, saying,
4
pestilence, or with the sword. And the Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as
king of Egypt said unto them, when there was straw. 14
And the
Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let officers of the children of Israel, which
the people from their works? get you Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over
5
unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said, them, were beaten, and demanded,
Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your hath done evil to this people; neither
task in making brick both yesterday hast thou delivered thy people at all.
15
and to day, as heretofore? Then the
officers of the children of Israel came Exodus 6
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying,
Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now

servants? 16
There is no straw given shalt thou see what I will do to

unto thy servants, and they say to us, Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall

Make brick: and, behold, thy servants he let them go, and with a strong hand
2
are beaten; but the fault is in thine shall he drive them out of his land.

own people. 17
But he said, Ye are idle, And God spake unto Moses, and said
3
ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go unto him, I am the LORD: And I

and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18

Go appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac,

therefore now, and work; for there and unto Jacob, by the name of God

shall no straw be given you, yet shall Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH
4
ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19
And the was I not known to them. And I have

officers of the children of Israel did see also established my covenant with

that they were in evil case, after it was them, to give them the land of Canaan,

said, Ye shall not minish ought from the land of their pilgrimage, wherein
5
your bricks of your daily task. 20
And they were strangers. And I have also

they met Moses and Aaron, who stood heard the groaning of the children of

in the way, as they came forth from Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in

Pharaoh: 21
And they said unto them, bondage; and I have remembered my
6
The LORD look upon you, and judge; covenant. Wherefore say unto the

because ye have made our savour to children of Israel, I am the LORD, and

be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, I will bring you out from under the

and in the eyes of his servants, to put burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid

a sword in their hand to slay us. 22

And you out of their bondage, and I will

Moses returned unto the LORD, and redeem you with a stretched out arm,
7
said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil and with great judgments: And I will

entreated this people? why is it that take you to me for a people, and I will

thou hast sent me? 23

For since I came be to you a God: and ye shall know

to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he that I am the LORD your God, which
bringeth you out from under the according to their generations;
8
burdens of the Egyptians. And I will Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and
bring you in unto the land, concerning the years of the life of Levi were an
17
the which I did swear to give it to hundred thirty and seven years. The
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi,
18
will give it you for an heritage: I am according to their families. And the
9
the LORD. And Moses spake so unto sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and
the children of Israel: but they Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of
hearkened not unto Moses for anguish the life of Kohath were an hundred
10 19
of spirit, and for cruel bondage. And thirty and three years. And the sons
11
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of the families of Levi according to their
20
Egypt, that he let the children of Israel generations. And Amram took him
12
go out of his land. And Moses spake Jochebed his father's sister to wife;
before the LORD, saying, Behold, the and she bare him Aaron and Moses:
children of Israel have not hearkened and the years of the life of Amram
unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear were an hundred and thirty and seven
13 21
me, who am of uncircumcised lips? years. And the sons of Izhar; Korah,
22
And the LORD spake unto Moses and and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the
unto Aaron, and gave them a charge sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan,
23
unto the children of Israel, and unto and Zithri. And Aaron took him
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab,
children of Israel out of the land of sister of Naashon, to wife; and she
14
Egypt. These be the heads of their bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
24
fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah;
the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph:
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the these are the families of the Korhites.
15 25
families of Reuben. And the sons of And Eleazar Aaron's son took him
Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, one of the daughters of Putiel to wife;
and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the and she bare him Phinehas: these are
son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites
16 26
the families of Simeon. And these according to their families. These are
are the names of the sons of Levi that Aaron and Moses, to whom the
LORD said, Bring out the children of Egyptians shall know that I am the
Israel from the land of Egypt according LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand
27
to their armies. These are they which upon Egypt, and bring out the children
6
spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to of Israel from among them. And
bring out the children of Israel from Moses and Aaron did as the LORD
7
Egypt: these are that Moses and commanded them, so did they. And
28
Aaron. And it came to pass on the Moses was fourscore years old, and
day when the LORD spake unto Moses Aaron fourscore and three years old,
29 8
in the land of Egypt, That the LORD when they spake unto Pharaoh. And
spake unto Moses, saying, I am the the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
9
LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh shall
30
Egypt all that I say unto thee. And speak unto you, saying, Shew a
Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I miracle for you: then thou shalt say
am of uncircumcised lips, and how unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it
shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? before Pharaoh, and it shall become a
10
serpent. And Moses and Aaron went
Exodus 7 in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the
LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I
down his rod before Pharaoh, and
have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and before his servants, and it became a
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. serpent. 11
Then Pharaoh also called
2
Thou shalt speak all that I command the wise men and the sorcerers: now
thee: and Aaron thy brother shall the magicians of Egypt, they also did in
speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the like manner with their enchantments. 12

3
children of Israel out of his land. And For they cast down every man his rod,
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and and they became serpents: but Aaron's
multiply my signs and my wonders in rod swallowed up their rods. 13
And he
4
the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he
not hearken unto you, that I may lay hearkened not unto them; as the LORD
my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth had said. 14
And the LORD said unto
mine armies, and my people the Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he
children of Israel, out of the land of refuseth to let the people go. 15
Get
5
Egypt by great judgments. And the thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo,
he goeth out unto the water; and thou servants; and all the waters that were
21
shalt stand by the river's brink against in the river were turned to blood.
he come; and the rod which was turned And the fish that was in the river died;
to a serpent shalt thou take in thine and the river stank, and the Egyptians
16
hand. And thou shalt say unto him, could not drink of the water of the
The LORD God of the Hebrews hath river; and there was blood throughout
22
sent me unto thee, saying, Let my all the land of Egypt. And the
people go, that they may serve me in magicians of Egypt did so with their
the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart
17
thou wouldest not hear. Thus saith was hardened, neither did he hearken
23
the LORD, In this thou shalt know that unto them; as the LORD had said.
I am the LORD: behold, I will smite And Pharaoh turned and went into his
with the rod that is in mine hand upon house, neither did he set his heart to
24
the waters which are in the river, and this also. And all the Egyptians
18
they shall be turned to blood. And digged round about the river for water
the fish that is in the river shall die, to drink; for they could not drink of the
25
and the river shall stink; and the water of the river. And seven days
Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the were fulfilled, after that the LORD had
19
water of the river. And the LORD smitten the river.
spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
Take thy rod, and stretch out thine Exodus 8
hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon
their streams, upon their rivers, and
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go

upon their ponds, and upon all their unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus

pools of water, that they may become saith the LORD, Let my people go, that
2
blood; and that there may be blood they may serve me. And if thou

throughout all the land of Egypt, both refuse to let them go, behold, I will
3
in vessels of wood, and in vessels of smite all thy borders with frogs: And

stone. 20
And Moses and Aaron did so, the river shall bring forth frogs

as the LORD commanded; and he lifted abundantly, which shall go up and

up the rod, and smote the waters that come into thine house, and into thy

were in the river, in the sight of bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and

Pharaoh, and in the sight of his into the house of thy servants, and
 12
upon thy people, and into thine ovens, they shall remain in the river only.
4
and into thy kneadingtroughs: And And Moses and Aaron went out from
the frogs shall come up both on thee, Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the
and upon thy people, and upon all thy LORD because of the frogs which he
5 13
servants. And the LORD spake unto had brought against Pharaoh. And
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth the LORD did according to the word of
thine hand with thy rod over the Moses; and the frogs died out of the
streams, over the rivers, and over the houses, out of the villages, and out of
14
ponds, and cause frogs to come up the fields. And they gathered them
6
upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron together upon heaps: and the land
15
stretched out his hand over the waters stank. But when Pharaoh saw that
of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and there was respite, he hardened his
7
covered the land of Egypt. And the heart, and hearkened not unto them;
16
magicians did so with their as the LORD had said. And the LORD
enchantments, and brought up frogs said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
8
upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust
called for Moses and Aaron, and said, of the land, that it may become lice
17
Intreat the LORD, that he may take throughout all the land of Egypt. And
away the frogs from me, and from my they did so; for Aaron stretched out his
people; and I will let the people go, hand with his rod, and smote the dust
that they may do sacrifice unto the of the earth, and it became lice in man,
9
LORD. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, and in beast; all the dust of the land
Glory over me: when shall I intreat for became lice throughout all the land of
18
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy Egypt. And the magicians did so with
people, to destroy the frogs from thee their enchantments to bring forth lice,
and thy houses, that they may remain but they could not: so there were lice
10 19
in the river only? And he said, To upon man, and upon beast. Then the
morrow. And he said, Be it according to magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is
thy word: that thou mayest know that the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart
there is none like unto the LORD our was hardened, and he hearkened not
11 20
God. And the frogs shall depart from unto them; as the LORD had said.
thee, and from thy houses, and from And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up
thy servants, and from thy people; early in the morning, and stand before
Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the days' journey into the wilderness, and
water; and say unto him, Thus saith sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he
28
the LORD, Let my people go, that they shall command us. And Pharaoh said,
21
may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice
let my people go, behold, I will send to the LORD your God in the
swarms of flies upon thee, and upon wilderness; only ye shall not go very
29
thy servants, and upon thy people, and far away: intreat for me. And Moses
into thy houses: and the houses of the said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I
Egyptians shall be full of swarms of will intreat the LORD that the swarms
flies, and also the ground whereon of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from
22
they are. And I will sever in that day his servants, and from his people, to
the land of Goshen, in which my people morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be deceitfully any more in not letting the
30
there; to the end thou mayest know people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
that I am the LORD in the midst of the And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and
23 31
earth. And I will put a division intreated the LORD. And the LORD
between my people and thy people: to did according to the word of Moses;
24
morrow shall this sign be. And the and he removed the swarms of flies
LORD did so; and there came a from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
grievous swarm of flies into the house from his people; there remained not
32
of Pharaoh, and into his servants' one. And Pharaoh hardened his heart
houses, and into all the land of Egypt: at this time also, neither would he let
the land was corrupted by reason of the people go.
25
the swarm of flies. And Pharaoh
called for Moses and for Aaron, and Exodus 9
said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in
the land. 26
And Moses said, It is not
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in

meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith

the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my
2
the LORD our God: lo, shall we people go, that they may serve me.

sacrifice the abomination of the For if thou refuse to let them go, and
3
Egyptians before their eyes, and will wilt hold them still, Behold, the hand

they not stone us? 27

We will go three of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is
in the field, upon the horses, upon the before Moses because of the boils; for
asses, upon the camels, upon the the boil was upon the magicians, and
12
oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall upon all the Egyptians. And the
4
be a very grievous murrain. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
LORD shall sever between the cattle of and he hearkened not unto them; as
13
Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
there shall nothing die of all that is the And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up
5
children's of Israel. And the LORD early in the morning, and stand before
appointed a set time, saying, To Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith
morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my
6 14
the land. And the LORD did that thing people go, that they may serve me.
on the morrow, and all the cattle of For I will at this time send all my
Egypt died: but of the cattle of the plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy
7
children of Israel died not one. And servants, and upon thy people; that
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was thou mayest know that there is none
15
not one of the cattle of the Israelites like me in all the earth. For now I
dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was will stretch out my hand, that I may
hardened, and he did not let the people smite thee and thy people with
8
go. And the LORD said unto Moses pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off
16
and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls from the earth. And in very deed for
of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses this cause have I raised thee up, for to
sprinkle it toward the heaven in the shew in thee my power; and that my
9
sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become name may be declared throughout all
17
small dust in all the land of Egypt, and the earth. As yet exaltest thou
shall be a boil breaking forth with thyself against my people, that thou
18
blains upon man, and upon beast, wilt not let them go? Behold, to
10
throughout all the land of Egypt. And morrow about this time I will cause it
they took ashes of the furnace, and to rain a very grievous hail, such as
stood before Pharaoh; and Moses hath not been in Egypt since the
19
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it foundation thereof even until now.
became a boil breaking forth with Send therefore now, and gather thy
11
blains upon man, and upon beast. cattle, and all that thou hast in the
And the magicians could not stand field; for upon every man and beast
which shall be found in the field, and LORD is righteous, and I and my
28
shall not be brought home, the hail people are wicked. Intreat the LORD
shall come down upon them, and they (for it is enough) that there be no
20
shall die. He that feared the word of more mighty thunderings and hail; and
the LORD among the servants of I will let you go, and ye shall stay no
29
Pharaoh made his servants and his longer. And Moses said unto him, As
21
cattle flee into the houses: And he soon as I am gone out of the city, I will
that regarded not the word of the spread abroad my hands unto the
LORD left his servants and his cattle in LORD; and the thunder shall cease,
22
the field. And the LORD said unto neither shall there be any more hail;
Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward that thou mayest know how that the
30
heaven, that there may be hail in all earth is the LORD'S. But as for thee
the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon and thy servants, I know that ye will
31
beast, and upon every herb of the not yet fear the LORD God. And the
23
field, throughout the land of Egypt. flax and the barley was smitten: for
And Moses stretched forth his rod the barley was in the ear, and the flax
32
toward heaven: and the LORD sent was bolled. But the wheat and the
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along rie were not smitten: for they were not
33
upon the ground; and the LORD rained grown up. And Moses went out of the
24
hail upon the land of Egypt. So there city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, his hands unto the LORD: and the
very grievous, such as there was none thunders and hail ceased, and the rain
34
like it in all the land of Egypt since it was not poured upon the earth. And
25
became a nation. And the hail smote when Pharaoh saw that the rain and
throughout all the land of Egypt all that the hail and the thunders were ceased,
was in the field, both man and beast; he sinned yet more, and hardened his
35
and the hail smote every herb of the heart, he and his servants. And the
field, and brake every tree of the field. heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither
26
Only in the land of Goshen, where would he let the children of Israel go;
the children of Israel were, was there as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
27
no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and called
for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time: the
 7
Exodus 10 out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's
servants said unto him, How long shall
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in this man be a snare unto us? let the

unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his men go, that they may serve the LORD

heart, and the heart of his servants, their God: knowest thou not yet that
8
that I might shew these my signs Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and

before him: 2
And that thou mayest tell Aaron were brought again unto

in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go,

son, what things I have wrought in serve the LORD your God: but who are
9
Egypt, and my signs which I have done they that shall go? And Moses said,

among them; that ye may know how We will go with our young and with our

that I am the LORD. 3

And Moses and old, with our sons and with our

Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said daughters, with our flocks and with our

unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of herds will we go; for we must hold a
10
the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse feast unto the LORD. And he said

to humble thyself before me? let my unto them, Let the LORD be so with

people go, that they may serve me. 4 you, as I will let you go, and your little

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
11
behold, to morrow will I bring the Not so: go now ye that are men, and

locusts into thy coast: 5

And they shall serve the LORD; for that ye did desire.

cover the face of the earth, that one And they were driven out from
12
cannot be able to see the earth: and Pharaoh's presence. And the LORD

they shall eat the residue of that which said unto Moses, Stretch out thine

is escaped, which remaineth unto you hand over the land of Egypt for the

from the hail, and shall eat every tree locusts, that they may come up upon

which groweth for you out of the field:
6
And they shall fill thy houses, and the
houses of all thy servants, and the
the land of Egypt, and eat every herb
of the land, even all that the hail hath
13
left. And Moses stretched forth his

houses of all the Egyptians; which rod over the land of Egypt, and the

neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' LORD brought an east wind upon the

fathers have seen, since the day that land all that day, and all that night;

they were upon the earth unto this and when it was morning, the east
14
day. And he turned himself, and went wind brought the locusts. And the

locusts went up over all the land of
Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of
Egypt: very grievous were they; before
them there were no such locusts as
they, neither after them shall be such.
15
For they covered the face of the
whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb
of the land, and all the fruit of the
trees which the hail had left: and there
remained not any green thing in the
trees, or in the herbs of the field,
through all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in
haste; and he said, I have sinned
against the LORD your
17
against you. Now therefore forgive, I
pray thee, my sin only this once, and
intreat the LORD your God, that he
may take away from me this death
18
only. And he went out from Pharaoh,
19
and intreated the LORD.
LORD turned a mighty strong west
wind, which took away the locusts, and
cast them into the Red sea; there
remained not one locust in all the
20
coasts of Egypt. But
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he
would not let the children of Israel go.
21
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the
land of Egypt, even darkness which
22
may be felt. And Moses stretched
forth his hand toward heaven; and
there was a thick darkness in all the
23
land of Egypt three days: They saw
not one another, neither rose any from
his place for three days: but all the
children of Israel had light in their
24
dwellings. And Pharaoh called unto
Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the
LORD; only let your flocks and your
herds be stayed: let your little ones
25
also go with you. And Moses said,
16
Then Thou must give us also sacrifices and
burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice
26
unto the LORD our God. Our cattle
God, and also shall go with us; there shall not an
hoof be left behind; for thereof must
we take to serve the LORD our God;
and we know not with what we must
serve the LORD, until we come thither.
27
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's
28
And the heart, and he would not let them go.
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee
from me, take heed to thyself, see my
face no more; for in that day thou
29
seest my face thou shalt die. And
the LORD Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I
will see thy face again no more.
Exodus 11
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet
will I bring one plague more upon
Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards the people that follow thee: and after
he will let you go hence: when he shall that I will go out. And he went out
9
let you go, he shall surely thrust you from Pharaoh in a great anger. And
2
out hence altogether. Speak now in the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh
the ears of the people, and let every shall not hearken unto you; that my
man borrow of his neighbour, and wonders may be multiplied in the land
10
every woman of her neighbour, jewels of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did
3
of silver, and jewels of gold. And the all these wonders before Pharaoh: and
LORD gave the people favour in the the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so
sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the that he would not let the children of
man Moses was very great in the land Israel go out of his land.
of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's
servants, and in the sight of the Exodus 12
4
people. And Moses said, Thus saith
the LORD, About midnight will I go out
And the LORD spake unto Moses and
2
into the midst of Egypt: 5
And all the Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, This month shall be unto you the

from the firstborn of Pharaoh that beginning of months: it shall be the

3
sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first month of the year to you. Speak

firstborn of the maidservant that is ye unto all the congregation of Israel,

behind the mill; and all the firstborn of saying, In the tenth day of this month

beasts. 6
And there shall be a great cry they shall take to them every man a

throughout all the land of Egypt, such lamb, according to the house of their
4
as there was none like it, nor shall be fathers, a lamb for an house: And if

like it any more. 7

But against any of the household be too little for the

the children of Israel shall not a dog lamb, let him and his neighbour next

move his tongue, against man or unto his house take it according to the

beast: that ye may know how that the number of the souls; every man

LORD doth put a difference between according to his eating shall make your
5
the Egyptians and Israel. 8
And all count for the lamb. Your lamb shall

these thy servants shall come down be without blemish, a male of the first

unto me, and bow down themselves year: ye shall take it out from the
6
unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all sheep, or from the goats: And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth be unto you for a memorial; and ye
day of the same month: and the whole shall keep it a feast to the LORD
assembly of the congregation of Israel throughout your generations; ye shall
7
shall kill it in the evening. And they keep it a feast by an ordinance for
15
shall take of the blood, and strike it on ever. Seven days shall ye eat
the two side posts and on the upper unleavened bread; even the first day
door post of the houses, wherein they ye shall put away leaven out of your
8
shall eat it. And they shall eat the houses: for whosoever eateth leavened
flesh in that night, roast with fire, and bread from the first day until the
unleavened bread; and with bitter seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
9 16
herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it from Israel. And in the first day
raw, nor sodden at all with water, but there shall be an holy convocation, and
roast with fire; his head with his legs, in the seventh day there shall be an
10
and with the purtenance thereof. And holy convocation to you; no manner of
ye shall let nothing of it remain until work shall be done in them, save that
the morning; and that which remaineth which every man must eat, that only
17
of it until the morning ye shall burn may be done of you. And ye shall
11
with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; observe the feast of unleavened bread;
with your loins girded, your shoes on for in this selfsame day have I brought
your feet, and your staff in your hand; your armies out of the land of Egypt:
and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the therefore shall ye observe this day in
12
LORD'S passover. For I will pass your generations by an ordinance for
18
through the land of Egypt this night, ever. In the first month, on the
and will smite all the firstborn in the fourteenth day of the month at even,
land of Egypt, both man and beast; ye shall eat unleavened bread, until
and against all the gods of Egypt I will the one and twentieth day of the
13 19
execute judgment: I am the LORD. month at even. Seven days shall
And the blood shall be to you for a there be no leaven found in your
token upon the houses where ye are: houses: for whosoever eateth that
and when I see the blood, I will pass which is leavened, even that soul shall
over you, and the plague shall not be be cut off from the congregation of
upon you to destroy you, when I smite Israel, whether he be a stranger, or
14 20
the land of Egypt. And this day shall born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing
 28
leavened; in all your habitations shall worshipped. And the children of
21
ye eat unleavened bread. Then Israel went away, and did as the LORD
Moses called for all the elders of Israel, had commanded Moses and Aaron, so
29
and said unto them, Draw out and take did they. And it came to pass, that at
you a lamb according to your families, midnight the LORD smote all the
22
and kill the passover. And ye shall firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the
take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his
the blood that is in the bason, and throne unto the firstborn of the captive
strike the lintel and the two side posts that was in the dungeon; and all the
30
with the blood that is in the bason; and firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose
none of you shall go out at the door of up in the night, he, and all his
23
his house until the morning. For the servants, and all the Egyptians; and
LORD will pass through to smite the there was a great cry in Egypt; for
Egyptians; and when he seeth the there was not a house where there was
31
blood upon the lintel, and on the two not one dead. And he called for
side posts, the LORD will pass over the Moses and Aaron by night, and said,
door, and will not suffer the destroyer Rise up, and get you forth from among
to come in unto your houses to smite my people, both ye and the children of
24
you. And ye shall observe this thing Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye
32
for an ordinance to thee and to thy have said. Also take your flocks and
25
sons for ever. And it shall come to your herds, as ye have said, and be
33
pass, when ye be come to the land gone; and bless me also. And the
which the LORD will give you, Egyptians were urgent upon the
according as he hath promised, that ye people, that they might send them out
26
shall keep this service. And it shall of the land in haste; for they said, We
34
come to pass, when your children shall be all dead men. And the people took
say unto you, What mean ye by this their dough before it was leavened,
27
service? That ye shall say, It is the their kneadingtroughs being bound up
35
sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who in their clothes upon their shoulders.
passed over the houses of the children And the children of Israel did according
of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the to the word of Moses; and they
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of
And the people bowed the head and silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36
And the LORD gave the people man's servant that is bought for
favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so money, when thou hast circumcised
45
that they lent unto them such things him, then shall he eat thereof. A
as they required. And they spoiled the foreigner and an hired servant shall not
37 46
Egyptians. And the children of Israel eat thereof. In one house shall it be
journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought
about six hundred thousand on foot of the flesh abroad out of the house;
38
that were men, beside children. And neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47
a mixed multitude went up also with All the congregation of Israel shall
48
them; and flocks, and herds, even very keep it. And when a stranger shall
39
much cattle. And they baked sojourn with thee, and will keep the
unleavened cakes of the dough which passover to the LORD, let all his males
they brought forth out of Egypt, for it be circumcised, and then let him come
was not leavened; because they were near and keep it; and he shall be as
thrust out of Egypt, and could not one that is born in the land: for no
tarry, neither had they prepared for uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
40 49
themselves any victual. Now the One law shall be to him that is
sojourning of the children of Israel, homeborn, and unto the stranger that
50
who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred sojourneth among you. Thus did all
41
and thirty years. And it came to pass the children of Israel; as the LORD
at the end of the four hundred and commanded Moses and Aaron, so did
51
thirty years, even the selfsame day it they. And it came to pass the
came to pass, that all the hosts of the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring
LORD went out from the land of Egypt. the children of Israel out of the land of
42
It is a night to be much observed Egypt by their armies.
unto the LORD for bringing them out
from the land of Egypt: this is that Exodus 13
night of the LORD to be observed of all
the children of Israel in their
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
generations. 43
And the LORD said unto saying, Sanctify unto me all the

Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance firstborn, whatsoever openeth the

of the passover: There shall no womb among the children of Israel,

3
stranger eat thereof: 44
But every both of man and of beast: it is mine.

And Moses said unto
Remember this day, in which ye came
out from Egypt, out of the house of
bondage; for by strength of hand the
LORD brought you out from this place:
there shall no leavened
4
eaten. This day came ye out in the
5
month Abib. And it shall be when the
LORD shall bring thee into the land of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and
the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which he sware unto thy
fathers to give thee, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that thou shalt
keep this service in this
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, and in the seventh day shall be
7
a feast to the LORD.
bread shall be eaten seven days; and
there shall no leavened bread be seen
with thee, neither shall there be leaven
seen with thee in all thy quarters.
And thou shalt shew thy son in that
day, saying, This is done because of
that which the LORD did unto me when
I came forth out of Egypt.
be for a sign unto thee upon thine
hand, and for a memorial between
thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may
be in thy mouth: for with a strong
hand hath the LORD brought thee out
10
of Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep
this ordinance in his season from year
11
the people, to year. And it shall be when the
LORD shall bring thee into the land of
the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee
and to thy fathers, and shall give it
12
thee, That thou shalt set apart unto
bread be the LORD all that openeth the matrix,
and every firstling that cometh of a
beast which thou hast; the males shall
13
be the LORD'S. And every firstling of
an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb;
and if thou wilt not redeem it, then
thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children
14
shalt thou redeem. And it shall be
6
month. when thy son asketh thee in time to
come, saying, What is this? that thou
shalt say unto him, By strength of
Unleavened hand the LORD brought us out from
15
Egypt, from the house of bondage:
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh
would hardly let us go, that the LORD
8
slew all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and
the firstborn of beast: therefore I
sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth
9
And it shall the matrix, being males; but all the
16
firstborn of my children I redeem.
And it shall be for a token upon thine
hand, and for frontlets between thine
eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD
17
brought us forth out of Egypt. And it
came to pass, when Pharaoh had let
the people go, that God led them not
through the way of the land of the For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Philistines, although that was near; for Israel, They are entangled in the land,
4
God said, Lest peradventure the people the wilderness hath shut them in. And
repent when they see war, and they I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he
18
return to Egypt: But God led the shall follow after them; and I will be
people about, through the way of the honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all
wilderness of the Red sea: and the his host; that the Egyptians may know
5
children of Israel went up harnessed that I am the LORD. And they did so.
19
out of the land of Egypt. And Moses And it was told the king of Egypt that
took the bones of Joseph with him: for the people fled: and the heart of
he had straitly sworn the children of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned
Israel, saying, God will surely visit against the people, and they said, Why
you; and ye shall carry up my bones have we done this, that we have let
20 6
away hence with you. And they took Israel go from serving us? And he
their journey from Succoth, and made ready his chariot, and took his
7
encamped in Etham, in the edge of the people with him: And he took six
21
wilderness. And the LORD went hundred chosen chariots, and all the
before them by day in a pillar of a chariots of Egypt, and captains over
8
cloud, to lead them the way; and by every one of them. And the LORD
night in a pillar of fire, to give them hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of
22
light; to go by day and night: He Egypt, and he pursued after the
took not away the pillar of the cloud by children of Israel: and the children of
9
day, nor the pillar of fire by night, Israel went out with an high hand.
from before the people. But the Egyptians pursued after them,
all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh,
Exodus 14 and his horsemen, and his army, and
overtook them encamping by the sea,
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
2
saying, Speak unto the children of 10
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the
Israel, that they turn and encamp children of Israel lifted up their eyes,
before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and and, behold, the Egyptians marched
the sea, over against Baal-zephon: after them; and they were sore afraid:
3
before it shall ye encamp by the sea. and the children of Israel cried out
 11
unto the LORD. And they said unto LORD, when I have gotten me honour
Moses, Because there were no graves upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
19
in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to upon his horsemen. And the angel of
die in the wilderness? wherefore hast God, which went before the camp of
thou dealt thus with us, to carry us Israel, removed and went behind
12
forth out of Egypt? Is not this the them; and the pillar of the cloud went
word that we did tell thee in Egypt, from before their face, and stood
20
saying, Let us alone, that we may behind them: And it came between
serve the Egyptians? For it had been the camp of the Egyptians and the
better for us to serve the Egyptians, camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and
than that we should die in the darkness to them, but it gave light by
13
wilderness. And Moses said unto the night to these: so that the one came
21
people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see not near the other all the night. And
the salvation of the LORD, which he Moses stretched out his hand over the
will shew to you to day: for the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, go back by a strong east wind all that
ye shall see them again no more for night, and made the sea dry land, and
14 22
ever. The LORD shall fight for you, the waters were divided. And the
15
and ye shall hold your peace. And children of Israel went into the midst of
the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore the sea upon the dry ground: and the
criest thou unto me? speak unto the waters were a wall unto them on their
23
children of Israel, that they go right hand, and on their left. And the
16
forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and Egyptians pursued, and went in after
stretch out thine hand over the sea, them to the midst of the sea, even all
and divide it: and the children of Israel Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his
24
shall go on dry ground through the horsemen. And it came to pass, that
17
midst of the sea. And I, behold, I will in the morning watch the LORD looked
harden the hearts of the Egyptians, unto the host of the Egyptians through
and they shall follow them: and I will the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and
25
get me honour upon Pharaoh, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
upon all his host, upon his chariots, And took off their chariot wheels, that
18
and upon his horsemen. And the they drave them heavily: so that the
Egyptians shall know that I am the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the
face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for Exodus 15
26
them against the Egyptians. And the
LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out Then sang Moses and the children of
thine hand over the sea, that the Israel this song unto the LORD, and
waters may come again upon the spake, saying, I will sing unto the
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and LORD, for he hath triumphed
27
upon their horsemen. And Moses gloriously: the horse and his rider hath
stretched forth his hand over the sea, he thrown into the sea. 2
The LORD is
and the sea returned to his strength my strength and song, and he is
when the morning appeared; and the become my salvation: he is my God,
Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD and I will prepare him an habitation;
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3

28
the sea. And the waters returned, The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is
and covered the chariots, and the his name. 4
Pharaoh's chariots and his
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh host hath he cast into the sea: his
that came into the sea after them; chosen captains also are drowned in
there remained not so much as one of the Red sea. 5
The depths have covered
29
them. But the children of Israel them: they sank into the bottom as a
walked upon dry land in the midst of stone. 6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is
the sea; and the waters were a wall become glorious in power: thy right
unto them on their right hand, and on hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces
30
their left. Thus the LORD saved the enemy. 7
And in the greatness of
Israel that day out of the hand of the thine excellency thou hast overthrown
Egyptians; and Israel saw the them that rose up against thee: thou
31
Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. sentest forth thy wrath, which
And Israel saw that great work which consumed them as stubble. 8
And with
the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the blast of thy nostrils the waters
the people feared the LORD, and were gathered together, the floods
believed the LORD, and his servant stood upright as an heap, and the
Moses. depths were congealed in the heart of
9
the sea. The enemy said, I will
pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon
them; I will draw my sword, my hand with his chariots and with his horsemen
10
shall destroy them. Thou didst blow into the sea, and the LORD brought
with thy wind, the sea covered them: again the waters of the sea upon them;
they sank as lead in the mighty waters. but the children of Israel went on dry
11 20
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, land in the midst of the sea. And
among the gods? who is like thee, Miriam the prophetess, the sister of
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and
12
doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out all the women went out after her with
21
thy right hand, the earth swallowed timbrels and with dances. And
13
them. Thou in thy mercy hast led Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the
forth the people which thou hast LORD, for he hath triumphed
redeemed: thou hast guided them in gloriously; the horse and his rider hath
22
thy strength unto thy holy habitation. he thrown into the sea. So Moses
14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: brought Israel from the Red sea, and
sorrow shall take hold on the they went out into the wilderness of
15
inhabitants of Palestina. Then the Shur; and they went three days in the
23
dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the wilderness, and found no water. And
mighty men of Moab, trembling shall when they came to Marah, they could
take hold upon them; all the not drink of the waters of Marah, for
inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. they were bitter: therefore the name of
16 24
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; it was called Marah. And the people
by the greatness of thine arm they murmured against Moses, saying, What
25
shall be as still as a stone; till thy shall we drink? And he cried unto the
people pass over, O LORD, till the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a
people pass over, which thou hast tree, which when he had cast into the
17
purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, waters, the waters were made sweet:
and plant them in the mountain of there he made for them a statute and
thine inheritance, in the place, O an ordinance, and there he proved
26
LORD, which thou hast made for thee them, And said, If thou wilt diligently
to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, hearken to the voice of the LORD thy
18
which thy hands have established. God, and wilt do that which is right in
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. his sight, and wilt give ear to his
19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in commandments, and keep all his
 5
statutes, I will put none of these my law, or no. And it shall come to
diseases upon thee, which I have pass, that on the sixth day they shall
brought upon the Egyptians: for I am prepare that which they bring in; and it
27
the LORD that healeth thee. And shall be twice as much as they gather
6
they came to Elim, where were twelve daily. And Moses and Aaron said unto
wells of water, and threescore and ten all the children of Israel, At even, then
palm trees: and they encamped there ye shall know that the LORD hath
by the waters. brought you out from the land of
7
Egypt: And in the morning, then ye
Exodus 16 shall see the glory of the LORD; for
that he heareth your murmurings
And they took their journey from Elim,
against the LORD: and what are we,
and all the congregation of the children that ye murmur against us? 8
And
of Israel came unto the wilderness of Moses said, This shall be, when the
Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, LORD shall give you in the evening
on the fifteenth day of the second flesh to eat, and in the morning bread
month after their departing out of the to the full; for that the LORD heareth
2
land of Egypt. And the whole your murmurings which ye murmur
congregation of the children of Israel against him: and what are we? your
murmured against Moses and Aaron in murmurings are not against us, but
3
the wilderness: And the children of against the LORD. 9
And Moses spake
Israel said unto them, Would to God unto Aaron, Say unto all the
we had died by the hand of the LORD congregation of the children of Israel,
in the land of Egypt, when we sat by Come near before the LORD: for he
the flesh pots, and when we did eat hath heard your murmurings. 10
And it
bread to the full; for ye have brought came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the
us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation of the children of
4
whole assembly with hunger. Then Israel, that they looked toward the
said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I wilderness, and, behold, the glory of
will rain bread from heaven for you; the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11
And
and the people shall go out and gather the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12

a certain rate every day, that I may I have heard the murmurings of the
prove them, whether they will walk in children of Israel: speak unto them,
saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses
21
in the morning ye shall be filled with was wroth with them. And they
bread; and ye shall know that I am the gathered it every morning, every man
13
LORD your God. And it came to pass, according to his eating: and when the
22
that at even the quails came up, and sun waxed hot, it melted. And it
covered the camp: and in the morning came to pass, that on the sixth day
14
the dew lay round about the host. they gathered twice as much bread,
And when the dew that lay was gone two omers for one man: and all the
up, behold, upon the face of the rulers of the congregation came and
23
wilderness there lay a small round told Moses. And he said unto them,
thing, as small as the hoar frost on the This is that which the LORD hath said,
15
ground. And when the children of To morrow is the rest of the holy
Israel saw it, they said one to another, sabbath unto the LORD: bake that
It is manna: for they wist not what it which ye will bake to day, and seethe
was. And Moses said unto them, This is that ye will seethe; and that which
the bread which the LORD hath given remaineth over lay up for you to be
16 24
you to eat. This is the thing which kept until the morning. And they laid
the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it up till the morning, as Moses bade:
it every man according to his eating, and it did not stink, neither was there
25
an omer for every man, according to any worm therein. And Moses said,
the number of your persons; take ye Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath
every man for them which are in his unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find
17 26
tents. And the children of Israel did it in the field. Six days ye shall
so, and gathered, some more, some gather it; but on the seventh day,
18
less. And when they did mete it with which is the sabbath, in it there shall
27
an omer, he that gathered much had be none. And it came to pass, that
nothing over, and he that gathered there went out some of the people on
little had no lack; they gathered every the seventh day for to gather, and they
19 28
man according to his eating. And found none. And the LORD said unto
Moses said, Let no man leave of it till Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
20 29
the morning. Notwithstanding they commandments and my laws? See,
hearkened not unto Moses; but some for that the LORD hath given you the
of them left of it until the morning, and sabbath, therefore he giveth you on
the sixth day the bread of two days; according to the commandment of the
abide ye every man in his place, let no LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and
man go out of his place on the seventh there was no water for the people to
30 2
day. So the people rested on the drink. Wherefore the people did chide
31
seventh day. And the house of Israel with Moses, and said, Give us water
called the name thereof Manna: and it that we may drink. And Moses said
was like coriander seed, white; and the unto them, Why chide ye with me?
3
taste of it was like wafers made with wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
32
honey. And Moses said, This is the And the people thirsted there for
thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill water; and the people murmured
an omer of it to be kept for your against Moses, and said, Wherefore is
generations; that they may see the this that thou hast brought us up out
bread wherewith I have fed you in the of Egypt, to kill us and our children and
4
wilderness, when I brought you forth our cattle with thirst? And Moses
33
from the land of Egypt. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What
said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put shall I do unto this people? they be
5
an omer full of manna therein, and lay almost ready to stone me. And the
it up before the LORD, to be kept for LORD said unto Moses, Go on before
34
your generations. As the LORD the people, and take with thee of the
commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up elders of Israel; and thy rod,
35
before the Testimony, to be kept. wherewith thou smotest the river, take
6
And the children of Israel did eat in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will
manna forty years, until they came to stand before thee there upon the rock
a land inhabited; they did eat manna, in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the
until they came unto the borders of the rock, and there shall come water out of
36
land of Canaan. Now an omer is the it, that the people may drink. And
tenth part of an ephah. Moses did so in the sight of the elders
7
of Israel. And he called the name of
Exodus 17 the place Massah, and Meribah,
because of the chiding of the children
And all the congregation of the
of Israel, and because they tempted
children of Israel journeyed from the the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among
wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, us, or not? 8
Then came Amalek, and
 9
fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Exodus 18
Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out
men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to When Jethro, the priest of Midian,
morrow I will stand on the top of the Moses' father in law, heard of all that
10
hill with the rod of God in mine hand. God had done for Moses, and for Israel
So Joshua did as Moses had said to his people, and that the LORD had
him, and fought with Amalek: and brought Israel out of Egypt; 2
Then
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the Jethro, Moses' father in law, took
11
top of the hill. And it came to pass, Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had
when Moses held up his hand, that sent her back, 3
And her two sons; of
Israel prevailed: and when he let down which the name of the one was
12
his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Gershom; for he said, I have been an
Moses' hands were heavy; and they alien in a strange land: 4
And the name
took a stone, and put it under him, and of the other was Eliezer; for the God of
he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur my father, said he, was mine help, and
stayed up his hands, the one on the delivered me from the sword of
one side, and the other on the other Pharaoh: 5
And Jethro, Moses' father in
side; and his hands were steady until law, came with his sons and his wife
13
the going down of the sun. And unto Moses into the wilderness, where
Joshua discomfited Amalek and his he encamped at the mount of God: 6

14
people with the edge of the sword. And he said unto Moses, I thy father in
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy
this for a memorial in a book, and wife, and her two sons with her. 7
And
rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I Moses went out to meet his father in
will utterly put out the remembrance of law, and did obeisance, and kissed
15
Amalek from under heaven. And him; and they asked each other of
Moses built an altar, and called the their welfare; and they came into the
16
name of it Jehovah-nissi: For he tent. 8
And Moses told his father in law
said, Because the LORD hath sworn all that the LORD had done unto
that the LORD will have war with Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for
Amalek from generation to generation. Israel's sake, and all the travail that
had come upon them by the way, and
9
how the LORD delivered them. And
 17
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness God, and his laws. And Moses' father
which the LORD had done to Israel, in law said unto him, The thing that
18
whom he had delivered out of the hand thou doest is not good. Thou wilt
10
of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, surely wear away, both thou, and this
Blessed be the LORD, who hath people that is with thee: for this thing
delivered you out of the hand of the is too heavy for thee; thou art not able
19
Egyptians, and out of the hand of to perform it thyself alone. Hearken
Pharaoh, who hath delivered the now unto my voice, I will give thee
people from under the hand of the counsel, and God shall be with thee:
11
Egyptians. Now I know that the Be thou for the people to God-ward,
LORD is greater than all gods: for in that thou mayest bring the causes unto
20
the thing wherein they dealt proudly God: And thou shalt teach them
12
he was above them. And Jethro, ordinances and laws, and shalt shew
Moses' father in law, took a burnt them the way wherein they must walk,
21
offering and sacrifices for God: and and the work that they must do.
Aaron came, and all the elders of Moreover thou shalt provide out of all
Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father the people able men, such as fear God,
13
in law before God. And it came to men of truth, hating covetousness; and
pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to place such over them, to be rulers of
judge the people: and the people stood thousands, and rulers of hundreds,
22
by Moses from the morning unto the rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
14
evening. And when Moses' father in And let them judge the people at all
law saw all that he did to the people, seasons: and it shall be, that every
he said, What is this thing that thou great matter they shall bring unto
doest to the people? why sittest thou thee, but every small matter they shall
thyself alone, and all the people stand judge: so shall it be easier for thyself,
15
by thee from morning unto even? and they shall bear the burden with
23
And Moses said unto his father in law, thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and
Because the people come unto me to God command thee so, then thou shalt
16
enquire of God: When they have a be able to endure, and all this people
24
matter, they come unto me; and I shall also go to their place in peace.
judge between one and another, and I So Moses hearkened to the voice of his
do make them know the statutes of father in law, and did all that he had
 25 6
said. And Moses chose able men out people: for all the earth is mine: And
of all Israel, and made them heads ye shall be unto me a kingdom of
over the people, rulers of thousands, priests, and an holy nation. These are
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and the words which thou shalt speak unto
26 7
rulers of tens. And they judged the the children of Israel. And Moses
people at all seasons: the hard causes came and called for the elders of the
they brought unto Moses, but every people, and laid before their faces all
small matter they judged themselves. these words which the LORD
27 8
And Moses let his father in law commanded him. And all the people
depart; and he went his way into his answered together, and said, All that
own land. the LORD hath spoken we will do. And
Moses returned the words of the people
Exodus 19 unto the LORD. 9
And the LORD said
unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a
In the third month, when the children
thick cloud, that the people may hear
of Israel were gone forth out of the when I speak with thee, and believe
land of Egypt, the same day came they thee for ever. And Moses told the
2
into the wilderness of Sinai. For they words of the people unto the LORD. 10

were departed from Rephidim, and And the LORD said unto Moses, Go
were come to the desert of Sinai, and unto the people, and sanctify them to
had pitched in the wilderness; and day and to morrow, and let them wash
there Israel camped before the mount. their clothes, 11
And be ready against
3
And Moses went up unto God, and the the third day: for the third day the
LORD called unto him out of the LORD will come down in the sight of all
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say the people upon mount Sinai. 12
And
to the house of Jacob, and tell the thou shalt set bounds unto the people
4
children of Israel; Ye have seen what round about, saying, Take heed to
I did unto the Egyptians, and how I yourselves, that ye go not up into the
bare you on eagles' wings, and brought mount, or touch the border of it:
5
you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye whosoever toucheth the mount shall be
will obey my voice indeed, and keep surely put to death: 13
There shall not
my covenant, then ye shall be a an hand touch it, but he shall surely be
peculiar treasure unto me above all stoned, or shot through; whether it be
 22
beast or man, it shall not live: when many of them perish. And let the
the trumpet soundeth long, they shall priests also, which come near to the
14
come up to the mount. And Moses LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the
23
went down from the mount unto the LORD break forth upon them. And
people, and sanctified the people; and Moses said unto the LORD, The people
15
they washed their clothes. And he cannot come up to mount Sinai: for
said unto the people, Be ready against thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds
24
the third day: come not at your wives. about the mount, and sanctify it. And
16
And it came to pass on the third day the LORD said unto him, Away, get
in the morning, that there were thee down, and thou shalt come up,
thunders and lightnings, and a thick thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not
cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the priests and the people break
the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all through to come up unto the LORD,
25
the people that was in the camp lest he break forth upon them. So
17
trembled. And Moses brought forth Moses went down unto the people, and
the people out of the camp to meet spake unto them.
with God; and they stood at the nether
part of the mount. 18
And mount Sinai Exodus 20
was altogether on a smoke, because
the LORD descended upon it in fire:
And God spake all these words,
2
and the smoke thereof ascended as the saying, I am the LORD thy God,

smoke of a furnace, and the whole which have brought thee out of the

mount quaked greatly. 19

And when the land of Egypt, out of the house of
3
voice of the trumpet sounded long, and bondage. Thou shalt have no other
4
waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, gods before me. Thou shalt not make

and God answered him by a voice. 20 unto thee any graven image, or any

And the LORD came down upon mount likeness of any thing that is in heaven

Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the above, or that is in the earth beneath,

LORD called Moses up to the top of the or that is in the water under the earth:
5
mount; and Moses went up. 21
And the Thou shalt not bow down thyself to

LORD said unto Moses, Go down, them, nor serve them: for I the LORD

charge the people, lest they break thy God am a jealous God, visiting the

through unto the LORD to gaze, and iniquity of the fathers upon the
 18
children unto the third and fourth is thy neighbour's. And all the people
6
generation of them that hate me; And saw the thunderings, and the
shewing mercy unto thousands of them lightnings, and the noise of the
that love me, and keep my trumpet, and the mountain smoking:
7
commandments. Thou shalt not take and when the people saw it, they
19
the name of the LORD thy God in vain; removed, and stood afar off. And
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless they said unto Moses, Speak thou with
8
that taketh his name in vain. us, and we will hear: but let not God
20
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it speak with us, lest we die. And
9
holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and Moses said unto the people, Fear not:
10
do all thy work: But the seventh day for God is come to prove you, and that
is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in his fear may be before your faces, that
21
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor ye sin not. And the people stood afar
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy off, and Moses drew near unto the
22
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thick darkness where God was. And
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou
11
within thy gates: For in six days the shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye
LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, have seen that I have talked with you
23
and all that in them is, and rested the from heaven. Ye shall not make with
seventh day: wherefore the LORD me gods of silver, neither shall ye
24
blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed make unto you gods of gold. An altar
12
it. Honour thy father and thy of earth thou shalt make unto me, and
mother: that thy days may be long shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt
upon the land which the LORD thy God offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy
13 14
giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. sheep, and thine oxen: in all places
15
Thou shalt not commit adultery. where I record my name I will come
16 25
Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not unto thee, and I will bless thee. And
bear false witness against thy if thou wilt make me an altar of stone,
17
neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy thou shalt not build it of hewn stone:
neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou
26
thy neighbour's wife, nor his hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou
manservant, nor his maidservant, nor go up by steps unto mine altar, that
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
thy nakedness be not discovered And if he have betrothed her unto his
thereon. son, he shall deal with her after the
10
manner of daughters. If he take him
Exodus 21 another wife; her food, her raiment,
and her duty of marriage, shall he not
Now these are the judgments which
diminish. 11
And if he do not these
2
thou shalt set before them. If thou three unto her, then shall she go out
buy an Hebrew servant, six years he free without money. 12
He that smiteth
shall serve: and in the seventh he shall a man, so that he die, shall be surely
3
go out free for nothing. If he came in put to death. 13
And if a man lie not in
by himself, he shall go out by himself: wait, but God deliver him into his
if he were married, then his wife shall hand; then I will appoint thee a place
4
go out with him. If his master have whither he shall flee. 14
But if a man
given him a wife, and she have born come presumptuously upon his
him sons or daughters; the wife and neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou
her children shall be her master's, and shalt take him from mine altar, that he
5
he shall go out by himself. And if the may die. 15
And he that smiteth his
servant shall plainly say, I love my father, or his mother, shall be surely
master, my wife, and my children; I put to death. 16
And he that stealeth a
6
will not go out free: Then his master man, and selleth him, or if he be found
shall bring him unto the judges; he in his hand, he shall surely be put to
shall also bring him to the door, or death. 17
And he that curseth his
unto the door post; and his master father, or his mother, shall surely be
shall bore his ear through with an aul; put to death. 18
And if men strive
7
and he shall serve him for ever. And together, and one smite another with a
if a man sell his daughter to be a stone, or with his fist, and he die not,
maidservant, she shall not go out as but keepeth his bed: 19
If he rise again,
8
the menservants do. If she please not and walk abroad upon his staff, then
her master, who hath betrothed her to shall he that smote him be quit: only
himself, then shall he let her be he shall pay for the loss of his time,
redeemed: to sell her unto a strange and shall cause him to be thoroughly
nation he shall have no power, seeing healed. 20
And if a man smite his
9
he hath dealt deceitfully with her. servant, or his maid, with a rod, and
he die under his hand; he shall be then he shall give for the ransom of his
21 31
surely punished. Notwithstanding, if life whatsoever is laid upon him.
he continue a day or two, he shall not Whether he have gored a son, or have
22
be punished: for he is his money. If gored a daughter, according to this
32
men strive, and hurt a woman with judgment shall it be done unto him.
child, so that her fruit depart from her, If the ox shall push a manservant or a
and yet no mischief follow: he shall be maidservant; he shall give unto their
surely punished, according as the master thirty shekels of silver, and the
33
woman's husband will lay upon him; ox shall be stoned. And if a man
and he shall pay as the judges shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a
23
determine. And if any mischief pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an
34
follow, then thou shalt give life for life, ass fall therein; The owner of the pit
24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for shall make it good, and give money
25
hand, foot for foot, Burning for unto the owner of them; and the dead
35
burning, wound for wound, stripe for beast shall be his. And if one man's
26
stripe. And if a man smite the eye of ox hurt another's, that he die; then
his servant, or the eye of his maid, they shall sell the live ox, and divide
that it perish; he shall let him go free the money of it; and the dead ox also
27 36
for his eye's sake. And if he smite they shall divide. Or if it be known
out his manservant's tooth, or his that the ox hath used to push in time
maidservant's tooth; he shall let him past, and his owner hath not kept him
28
go free for his tooth's sake. If an ox in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and
gore a man or a woman, that they die: the dead shall be his own.
then the ox shall be surely stoned, and
his flesh shall not be eaten; but the Exodus 22
29
owner of the ox shall be quit. But if
the ox were wont to push with his horn
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep,

in time past, and it hath been testified and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore

to his owner, and he hath not kept him five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for
2
in, but that he hath killed a man or a a sheep. If a thief be found breaking

woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his up, and be smitten that he die, there
3
owner also shall be put to death. 30
If shall no blood be shed for him. If the

there be laid on him a sum of money, sun be risen upon him, there shall be
blood shed for him; for he should make an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any
full restitution; if he have nothing, then beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt,
4 11
he shall be sold for his theft. If the or driven away, no man seeing it:
theft be certainly found in his hand Then shall an oath of the LORD be
alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or between them both, that he hath not
5
sheep; he shall restore double. If a put his hand unto his neighbour's
man shall cause a field or vineyard to goods; and the owner of it shall accept
be eaten, and shall put in his beast, thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12
and shall feed in another man's field; And if it be stolen from him, he shall
of the best of his own field, and of the make restitution unto the owner
13
best of his own vineyard, shall he make thereof. If it be torn in pieces, then
6
restitution. If fire break out, and let him bring it for witness, and he
catch in thorns, so that the stacks of shall not make good that which was
14
corn, or the standing corn, or the field, torn. And if a man borrow ought of
be consumed therewith; he that his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die,
kindled the fire shall surely make the owner thereof being not with it, he
7 15
restitution. If a man shall deliver unto shall surely make it good. But if the
his neighbour money or stuff to keep, owner thereof be with it, he shall not
and it be stolen out of the man's make it good: if it be an hired thing, it
16
house; if the thief be found, let him came for his hire. And if a man
8
pay double. If the thief be not found, entice a maid that is not betrothed,
then the master of the house shall be and lie with her, he shall surely endow
17
brought unto the judges, to see her to be his wife. If her father
whether he have put his hand unto his utterly refuse to give her unto him, he
9
neighbour's goods. For all manner of shall pay money according to the
18
trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, dowry of virgins. Thou shalt not
19
for sheep, for raiment, or for any suffer a witch to live. Whosoever
manner of lost thing, which another lieth with a beast shall surely be put to
20
challengeth to be his, the cause of both death. He that sacrificeth unto any
parties shall come before the judges; god, save unto the LORD only, he shall
21
and whom the judges shall condemn, be utterly destroyed. Thou shalt
he shall pay double unto his neighbour. neither vex a stranger, nor oppress
10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour him: for ye were strangers in the land
 22
of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any Exodus 23
23
widow, or fatherless child. If thou
afflict them in any wise, and they cry Thou shalt not raise a false report: put
at all unto me, I will surely hear their not thine hand with the wicked to be
24
cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, an unrighteous witness. 2
Thou shalt
and I will kill you with the sword; and not follow a multitude to do evil;
your wives shall be widows, and your neither shalt thou speak in a cause to
25
children fatherless. If thou lend decline after many to wrest judgment:
money to any of my people that is poor 3
Neither shalt thou countenance a
by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an poor man in his cause. 4
If thou meet
usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him thine enemy's ox or his ass going
26
usury. If thou at all take thy astray, thou shalt surely bring it back
neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou to him again. 5
If thou see the ass of
shalt deliver it unto him by that the him that hateth thee lying under his
27
sun goeth down: For that is his burden, and wouldest forbear to help
covering only, it is his raiment for his him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6

skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of
shall come to pass, when he crieth thy poor in his cause. 7
Keep thee far
unto me, that I will hear; for I am from a false matter; and the innocent
28
gracious. Thou shalt not revile the and righteous slay thou not: for I will
gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. not justify the wicked. 8
And thou shalt
29
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first take no gift: for the gift blindeth the
of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: wise, and perverteth the words of the
the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou righteous. 9
Also thou shalt not oppress
30
give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: stranger, seeing ye were strangers in
seven days it shall be with his dam; on the land of Egypt. 10
And six years thou
31
the eighth day thou shalt give it me. shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in
And ye shall be holy men unto me: the fruits thereof: 11
But the seventh
neither shall ye eat any flesh that is year thou shalt let it rest and lie still;
torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast that the poor of thy people may eat:
it to the dogs. and what they leave the beasts of the
field shall eat. In like manner thou
 20
shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with mother's milk. Behold, I send an
12
thy oliveyard. Six days thou shalt do Angel before thee, to keep thee in the
thy work, and on the seventh day thou way, and to bring thee into the place
21
shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass which I have prepared. Beware of
may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, him, and obey his voice, provoke him
13
and the stranger, may be refreshed. not; for he will not pardon your
And in all things that I have said unto transgressions: for my name is in him.
22
you be circumspect: and make no But if thou shalt indeed obey his
mention of the name of other gods, voice, and do all that I speak; then I
neither let it be heard out of thy will be an enemy unto thine enemies,
14
mouth. Three times thou shalt keep and an adversary unto thine
15 23
a feast unto me in the year. Thou adversaries. For mine Angel shall go
shalt keep the feast of unleavened before thee, and bring thee in unto the
bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened Amorites, and the Hittites, and the
bread seven days, as I commanded Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
thee, in the time appointed of the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will
24
month Abib; for in it thou camest out cut them off. Thou shalt not bow
from Egypt: and none shall appear down to their gods, nor serve them,
16
before me empty:) And the feast of nor do after their works: but thou shalt
harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, utterly overthrow them, and quite
25
which thou hast sown in the field: and break down their images. And ye
the feast of ingathering, which is in the shall serve the LORD your God, and he
end of the year, when thou hast shall bless thy bread, and thy water;
gathered in thy labours out of the field. and I will take sickness away from the
17 26
Three times in the year all thy males midst of thee. There shall nothing
18
shall appear before the Lord GOD. cast their young, nor be barren, in thy
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my land: the number of thy days I will
27
sacrifice with leavened bread; neither fulfil. I will send my fear before thee,
shall the fat of my sacrifice remain and will destroy all the people to whom
19
until the morning. The first of the thou shalt come, and I will make all
firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring thine enemies turn their backs unto
28
into the house of the LORD thy God. thee. And I will send hornets before
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his thee, which shall drive out the Hivite,
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from answered with one voice, and said, All
29
before thee. I will not drive them out the words which the LORD hath said
4
from before thee in one year; lest the will we do. And Moses wrote all the
land become desolate, and the beast of words of the LORD, and rose up early
30
the field multiply against thee. By in the morning, and builded an altar
little and little I will drive them out under the hill, and twelve pillars,
from before thee, until thou be according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 5
increased, and inherit the land. And I And he sent young men of the
will set thy bounds from the Red sea children of Israel, which offered burnt
even unto the sea of the Philistines, offerings, and sacrificed peace
6
and from the desert unto the river: for offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And
I will deliver the inhabitants of the land Moses took half of the blood, and put it
into your hand; and thou shalt drive in basons; and half of the blood he
32 7
them out before thee. Thou shalt sprinkled on the altar. And he took
make no covenant with them, nor with the book of the covenant, and read in
33
their gods. They shall not dwell in the audience of the people: and they
thy land, lest they make thee sin said, All that the LORD hath said will
8
against me: for if thou serve their we do, and be obedient. And Moses
gods, it will surely be a snare unto took the blood, and sprinkled it on the
thee. people, and said, Behold the blood of
the covenant, which the LORD hath
Exodus 24 made with you concerning all these
9
words. Then went up Moses, and
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, of the elders of Israel: 10
And they saw
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of the God of Israel: and there was under
2
Israel; and worship ye afar off. And his feet as it were a paved work of a
Moses alone shall come near the LORD: sapphire stone, and as it were the body
but they shall not come nigh; neither of heaven in his clearness. 11
And upon
3
shall the people go up with him. And the nobles of the children of Israel he
Moses came and told the people all the laid not his hand: also they saw God,
words of the LORD, and all the and did eat and drink. 12
And the LORD
judgments: and all the people said unto Moses, Come up to me into
 3
the mount, and be there: and I will offering. And this is the offering
give thee tables of stone, and a law, which ye shall take of them; gold, and
4
and commandments which I have silver, and brass, And blue, and
written; that thou mayest teach them. purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and
13 5
And Moses rose up, and his minister goats hair, And rams' skins dyed red,
6
Joshua: and Moses went up into the and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
14
mount of God. And he said unto the Oil for the light, spices for anointing
7
elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we oil, and for sweet incense, Onyx
come again unto you: and, behold, stones, and stones to be set in the
8
Aaron and Hur are with you: if any ephod, and in the breastplate. And let
man have any matters to do, let him them make me a sanctuary; that I may
15 9
come unto them. And Moses went up dwell among them. According to all
into the mount, and a cloud covered that I shew thee, after the pattern of
16
the mount. And the glory of the the tabernacle, and the pattern of all
LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the the instruments thereof, even so shall
10
cloud covered it six days: and the ye make it. And they shall make an
seventh day he called unto Moses out ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a
17
of the midst of the cloud. And the half shall be the length thereof, and a
sight of the glory of the LORD was like cubit and a half the breadth thereof,
devouring fire on the top of the mount and a cubit and a half the height
18 11
in the eyes of the children of Israel. thereof. And thou shalt overlay it
And Moses went into the midst of the with pure gold, within and without
cloud, and gat him up into the mount: shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make
12
and Moses was in the mount forty days upon it a crown of gold round about.
and forty nights. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold
for it, and put them in the four corners
Exodus 25 thereof; and two rings shall be in the
one side of it, and two rings in the
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
other side of it. 13
And thou shalt make
2
saying, Speak unto the children of staves of shittim wood, and overlay
Israel, that they bring me an offering: them with gold. 14
And thou shalt put
of every man that giveth it willingly the staves into the rings by the sides
with his heart ye shall take my of the ark, that the ark may be borne
 15
with them. The staves shall be in the a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit
24
rings of the ark: they shall not be and a half the height thereof. And
16
taken from it. And thou shalt put into thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
the ark the testimony which I shall give and make thereto a crown of gold
17 25
thee. And thou shalt make a mercy round about. And thou shalt make
seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half unto it a border of an hand breadth
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit round about, and thou shalt make a
18
and a half the breadth thereof. And golden crown to the border thereof
26
thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, round about. And thou shalt make
of beaten work shalt thou make them, for it four rings of gold, and put the
19
in the two ends of the mercy seat. rings in the four corners that are on
27
And make one cherub on the one end, the four feet thereof. Over against
and the other cherub on the other end: the border shall the rings be for places
28
even of the mercy seat shall ye make of the staves to bear the table. And
the cherubims on the two ends thereof. thou shalt make the staves of shittim
20
And the cherubim shall stretch forth wood, and overlay them with gold, that
29
their wings on high, covering the the table may be borne with them.
mercy seat with their wings, and their And thou shalt make the dishes
faces shall look one to another; toward thereof, and spoons thereof, and
the mercy seat shall the faces of the covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to
21
cherubims be. And thou shalt put the cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou
30
mercy seat above upon the ark; and in make them. And thou shalt set upon
the ark thou shalt put the testimony the table shewbread before me alway.
22 31
that I shall give thee. And there I And thou shalt make a candlestick of
will meet with thee, and I will pure gold: of beaten work shall the
commune with thee from above the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his
mercy seat, from between the two branches, his bowls, his knops, and his
32
cherubims which are upon the ark of flowers, shall be of the same. And
the testimony, of all things which I will six branches shall come out of the
give thee in commandment unto the sides of it; three branches of the
23
children of Israel. Thou shalt also candlestick out of the one side, and
make a table of shittim wood: two three branches of the candlestick out
33
cubits shall be the length thereof, and of the other side: Three bowls made
like unto almonds, with a knop and a scarlet: with cherubims of cunning
2
flower in one branch; and three bowls work shalt thou make them. The
made like almonds in the other branch, length of one curtain shall be eight and
with a knop and a flower: so in the six twenty cubits, and the breadth of one
branches that come out of the curtain four cubits: and every one of
34 3
candlestick. And in the candlestick the curtains shall have one measure.
shall be four bowls made like unto The five curtains shall be coupled
almonds, with their knops and their together one to another; and other five
35
flowers. And there shall be a knop curtains shall be coupled one to
4
under two branches of the same, and a another. And thou shalt make loops
knop under two branches of the same, of blue upon the edge of the one
and a knop under two branches of the curtain from the selvedge in the
same, according to the six branches coupling; and likewise shalt thou make
36
that proceed out of the candlestick. in the uttermost edge of another
5
Their knops and their branches shall be curtain, in the coupling of the second.
of the same: all it shall be one beaten Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one
37
work of pure gold. And thou shalt curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make
make the seven lamps thereof: and in the edge of the curtain that is in the
they shall light the lamps thereof, that coupling of the second; that the loops
38 6
they may give light over against it. may take hold one of another. And
And the tongs thereof, and the thou shalt make fifty taches of gold,
snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure and couple the curtains together with
39
gold. Of a talent of pure gold shall he the taches: and it shall be one
40 7
make it, with all these vessels. And tabernacle. And thou shalt make
look that thou make them after their curtains of goats' hair to be a covering
pattern, which was shewed thee in the upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains
8
mount. shalt thou make. The length of one
curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the
Exodus 26 breadth of one curtain four cubits: and
the eleven curtains shall be all of one
Moreover thou shalt make the
measure. 9
And thou shalt couple five
tabernacle with ten curtains of fine curtains by themselves, and six
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and curtains by themselves, and shalt
double the sixth curtain in the forefront And thou shalt make forty sockets of
10
of the tabernacle. And thou shalt silver under the twenty boards; two
make fifty loops on the edge of the one sockets under one board for his two
curtain that is outmost in the coupling, tenons, and two sockets under another
20
and fifty loops in the edge of the board for his two tenons. And for the
11
curtain which coupleth the second. second side of the tabernacle on the
And thou shalt make fifty taches of north side there shall be twenty
21
brass, and put the taches into the boards: And their forty sockets of
loops, and couple the tent together, silver; two sockets under one board,
12
that it may be one. And the remnant and two sockets under another board.
22
that remaineth of the curtains of the And for the sides of the tabernacle
tent, the half curtain that remaineth, westward thou shalt make six boards.
23
shall hang over the backside of the And two boards shalt thou make for
13
tabernacle. And a cubit on the one the corners of the tabernacle in the
24
side, and a cubit on the other side of two sides. And they shall be coupled
that which remaineth in the length of together beneath, and they shall be
the curtains of the tent, it shall hang coupled together above the head of it
over the sides of the tabernacle on this unto one ring: thus shall it be for them
14
side and on that side, to cover it. both; they shall be for the two corners.
25
And thou shalt make a covering for the And they shall be eight boards, and
tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets;
15
covering above of badgers skins. And two sockets under one board, and two
26
thou shalt make boards for the sockets under another board. And
tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. thou shalt make bars of shittim wood;
16
Ten cubits shall be the length of a five for the boards of the one side of
27
board, and a cubit and a half shall be the tabernacle, And five bars for the
17
the breadth of one board. Two boards of the other side of the
tenons shall there be in one board, set tabernacle, and five bars for the boards
in order one against another: thus of the side of the tabernacle, for the
28
shalt thou make for all the boards of two sides westward. And the middle
18
the tabernacle. And thou shalt make bar in the midst of the boards shall
29
the boards for the tabernacle, twenty reach from end to end. And thou
19
boards on the south side southward. shalt overlay the boards with gold, and
make their rings of gold for places for be of gold: and thou shalt cast five
the bars: and thou shalt overlay the sockets of brass for them.
30
bars with gold. And thou shalt rear
up the tabernacle according to the Exodus 27
fashion thereof which was shewed thee
in the mount. 31
And thou shalt make a
And thou shalt make an altar of

vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, shittim wood, five cubits long, and five

and fine twined linen of cunning work: cubits broad; the altar shall be

with cherubims shall it be made: 32

And foursquare: and the height thereof
2
thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shall be three cubits. And thou shalt

shittim wood overlaid with gold: their make the horns of it upon the four

hooks shall be of gold, upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of

sockets of silver. 33
And thou shalt the same: and thou shalt overlay it
3
hang up the vail under the taches, that with brass. And thou shalt make his

thou mayest bring in thither within the pans to receive his ashes, and his

vail the ark of the testimony: and the shovels, and his basons, and his

vail shall divide unto you between the fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the

holy place and the most holy. 34

And vessels thereof thou shalt make of
4
thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the brass. And thou shalt make for it a

ark of the testimony in the most holy grate of network of brass; and upon

place. 35
And thou shalt set the table the net shalt thou make four brasen
5
without the vail, and the candlestick rings in the four corners thereof. And

over against the table on the side of thou shalt put it under the compass of

the tabernacle toward the south: and the altar beneath, that the net may be
6
thou shalt put the table on the north even to the midst of the altar. And

side. 36
And thou shalt make an thou shalt make staves for the altar,

hanging for the door of the tent, of staves of shittim wood, and overlay
7
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine them with brass. And the staves shall

twined linen, wrought with needlework. be put into the rings, and the staves
37
And thou shalt make for the hanging shall be upon the two sides of the
8
five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay altar, to bear it. Hollow with boards

them with gold, and their hooks shall shalt thou make it: as it was shewed
thee in the mount, so shall they make
 9 18
it. And thou shalt make the court of and their sockets of brass. The
the tabernacle: for the south side length of the court shall be an hundred
southward there shall be hangings for cubits, and the breadth fifty every
the court of fine twined linen of an where, and the height five cubits of
10
hundred cubits long for one side: fine twined linen, and their sockets of
19
And the twenty pillars thereof and their brass. All the vessels of the
twenty sockets shall be of brass; the tabernacle in all the service thereof,
hooks of the pillars and their fillets and all the pins thereof, and all the
11 20
shall be of silver. And likewise for pins of the court, shall be of brass.
the north side in length there shall be And thou shalt command the children
hangings of an hundred cubits long, of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil
and his twenty pillars and their twenty olive beaten for the light, to cause the
21
sockets of brass; the hooks of the lamp to burn always. In the
12
pillars and their fillets of silver. And tabernacle of the congregation without
for the breadth of the court on the the vail, which is before the testimony,
west side shall be hangings of fifty Aaron and his sons shall order it from
cubits: their pillars ten, and their evening to morning before the LORD:
13
sockets ten. And the breadth of the it shall be a statute for ever unto their
court on the east side eastward shall generations on the behalf of the
14
be fifty cubits. The hangings of one children of Israel.
side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits:
their pillars three, and their sockets Exodus 28
15
three. And on the other side shall be
hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy

three, and their sockets three. 16

And brother, and his sons with him, from

for the gate of the court shall be an among the children of Israel, that he

hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and may minister unto me in the priest's

purple, and scarlet, and fine twined office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
2
linen, wrought with needlework: and Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

their pillars shall be four, and their And thou shalt make holy garments for

sockets four. 17
All the pillars round Aaron thy brother for glory and for
3
about the court shall be filleted with beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all

silver; their hooks shall be of silver, that are wise hearted, whom I have
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that names of the children of Israel: thou
they may make Aaron's garments to shalt make them to be set in ouches of
12
consecrate him, that he may minister gold. And thou shalt put the two
4
unto me in the priest's office. And stones upon the shoulders of the ephod
these are the garments which they for stones of memorial unto the
shall make; a breastplate, and an children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear
ephod, and a robe, and a broidered their names before the LORD upon his
13
coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they two shoulders for a memorial. And
14
shall make holy garments for Aaron thy thou shalt make ouches of gold; And
brother, and his sons, that he may two chains of pure gold at the ends; of
minister unto me in the priest's office. wreathen work shalt thou make them,
5
And they shall take gold, and blue, and fasten the wreathen chains to the
15
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. ouches. And thou shalt make the
6
And they shall make the ephod of breastplate of judgment with cunning
gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, work; after the work of the ephod thou
and fine twined linen, with cunning shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of
7
work. It shall have the two purple, and of scarlet, and of fine
16
shoulderpieces thereof joined at the twined linen, shalt thou make it.
two edges thereof; and so it shall be Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a
8
joined together. And the curious span shall be the length thereof, and a
17
girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, span shall be the breadth thereof.
shall be of the same, according to the And thou shalt set in it settings of
work thereof; even of gold, of blue, stones, even four rows of stones: the
and purple, and scarlet, and fine first row shall be a sardius, a topaz,
9
twined linen. And thou shalt take two and a carbuncle: this shall be the first
18
onyx stones, and grave on them the row. And the second row shall be an
10 19
names of the children of Israel: Six emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
of their names on one stone, and the And the third row a ligure, an agate,
20
other six names of the rest on the and an amethyst. And the fourth row
11
other stone, according to their birth. a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:
With the work of an engraver in stone, they shall be set in gold in their
21
like the engravings of a signet, shalt inclosings. And the stones shall be
thou engrave the two stones with the with the names of the children of
Israel, twelve, according to their shall bear the names of the children of
names, like the engravings of a signet; Israel in the breastplate of judgment
every one with his name shall they be upon his heart, when he goeth in unto
22
according to the twelve tribes. And the holy place, for a memorial before
30
thou shalt make upon the breastplate the LORD continually. And thou shalt
chains at the ends of wreathen work of put in the breastplate of judgment the
23
pure gold. And thou shalt make upon Urim and the Thummim; and they shall
the breastplate two rings of gold, and be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth
shalt put the two rings on the two ends in before the LORD: and Aaron shall
24
of the breastplate. And thou shalt bear the judgment of the children of
put the two wreathen chains of gold in Israel upon his heart before the LORD
31
the two rings which are on the ends of continually. And thou shalt make the
25 32
the breastplate. And the other two robe of the ephod all of blue. And
ends of the two wreathen chains thou there shall be an hole in the top of it,
shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put in the midst thereof: it shall have a
them on the shoulderpieces of the binding of woven work round about the
26
ephod before it. And thou shalt make hole of it, as it were the hole of an
33
two rings of gold, and thou shalt put habergeon, that it be not rent. And
them upon the two ends of the beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt
breastplate in the border thereof, make pomegranates of blue, and of
which is in the side of the ephod purple, and of scarlet, round about the
27
inward. And two other rings of gold hem thereof; and bells of gold between
34
thou shalt make, and shalt put them on them round about: A golden bell and
the two sides of the ephod underneath, a pomegranate, a golden bell and a
toward the forepart thereof, over pomegranate, upon the hem of the
35
against the other coupling thereof, robe round about. And it shall be
above the curious girdle of the ephod. upon Aaron to minister: and his sound
28
And they shall bind the breastplate shall be heard when he goeth in unto
by the rings thereof unto the rings of the holy place before the LORD, and
36
the ephod with a lace of blue, that it when he cometh out, that he die not.
may be above the curious girdle of the And thou shalt make a plate of pure
ephod, and that the breastplate be not gold, and grave upon it, like the
29
loosed from the ephod. And Aaron engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO
 37
THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on a statute for ever unto him and his seed
blue lace, that it may be upon the after him.
mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre
it shall be. 38
And it shall be upon Exodus 29
Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear
the iniquity of the holy things, which
And this is the thing that thou shalt do

the children of Israel shall hallow in all unto them to hallow them, to minister

their holy gifts; and it shall be always unto me in the priest's office: Take one

upon his forehead, that they may be young bullock, and two rams without
2
accepted before the LORD. 39
And thou blemish, And unleavened bread, and

shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, cakes unleavened tempered with oil,

and thou shalt make the mitre of fine and wafers unleavened anointed with

linen, and thou shalt make the girdle oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make
3
of needlework. 40
And for Aaron's sons them. And thou shalt put them into

thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt one basket, and bring them in the

make for them girdles, and bonnets basket, with the bullock and the two
4
shalt thou make for them, for glory and rams. And Aaron and his sons thou

for beauty. 41
And thou shalt put them shalt bring unto the door of the

upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons tabernacle of the congregation, and
5
with him; and shalt anoint them, and shalt wash them with water. And thou

consecrate them, and sanctify them, shalt take the garments, and put upon

that they may minister unto me in the Aaron the coat, and the robe of the

priest's office. 42
And thou shalt make ephod, and the ephod, and the

them linen breeches to cover their breastplate, and gird him with the
6
nakedness; from the loins even unto curious girdle of the ephod: And thou

the thighs they shall reach: 43

And they shalt put the mitre upon his head, and
7
shall be upon Aaron, and upon his put the holy crown upon the mitre.

sons, when they come in unto the Then shalt thou take the anointing oil,

tabernacle of the congregation, or and pour it upon his head, and anoint
8
when they come near unto the altar to him. And thou shalt bring his sons,
9
minister in the holy place; that they and put coats upon them. And thou

bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and
his sons, and put the bonnets on them:
and the priest's office shall be theirs offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet
for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt savour, an offering made by fire unto
10 19
consecrate Aaron and his sons. And the LORD. And thou shalt take the
thou shalt cause a bullock to be other ram; and Aaron and his sons
brought before the tabernacle of the shall put their hands upon the head of
20
congregation: and Aaron and his sons the ram. Then shalt thou kill the
shall put their hands upon the head of ram, and take of his blood, and put it
11
the bullock. And thou shalt kill the upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron,
bullock before the LORD, by the door and upon the tip of the right ear of his
of the tabernacle of the congregation. sons, and upon the thumb of their right
12
And thou shalt take of the blood of hand, and upon the great toe of their
the bullock, and put it upon the horns right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon
21
of the altar with thy finger, and pour the altar round about. And thou shalt
all the blood beside the bottom of the take of the blood that is upon the altar,
13
altar. And thou shalt take all the fat and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it
that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon Aaron, and upon his garments,
that is above the liver, and the two and upon his sons, and upon the
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, garments of his sons with him: and he
14
and burn them upon the altar. But shall be hallowed, and his garments,
the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his sons, and his sons' garments
22
and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire with him. Also thou shalt take of the
15
without the camp: it is a sin offering. ram the fat and the rump, and the fat
Thou shalt also take one ram; and that covereth the inwards, and the caul
Aaron and his sons shall put their above the liver, and the two kidneys,
16
hands upon the head of the ram. And and the fat that is upon them, and the
thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt right shoulder; for it is a ram of
23
take his blood, and sprinkle it round consecration: And one loaf of bread,
17
about upon the altar. And thou shalt and one cake of oiled bread, and one
cut the ram in pieces, and wash the wafer out of the basket of the
inwards of him, and his legs, and put unleavened bread that is before the
24
them unto his pieces, and unto his LORD: And thou shalt put all in the
18
head. And thou shalt burn the whole hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his
ram upon the altar: it is a burnt sons; and shalt wave them for a wave
 25
offering before the LORD. And thou sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and
shalt receive them of their hands, and the bread that is in the basket, by the
burn them upon the altar for a burnt door of the tabernacle of the
33
offering, for a sweet savour before the congregation. And they shall eat
LORD: it is an offering made by fire those things wherewith the atonement
26
unto the LORD. And thou shalt take was made, to consecrate and to
the breast of the ram of Aaron's sanctify them: but a stranger shall not
34
consecration, and wave it for a wave eat thereof, because they are holy.
offering before the LORD: and it shall And if ought of the flesh of the
27
be thy part. And thou shalt sanctify consecrations, or of the bread, remain
the breast of the wave offering, and unto the morning, then thou shalt burn
the shoulder of the heave offering, the remainder with fire: it shall not be
35
which is waved, and which is heaved eaten, because it is holy. And thus
up, of the ram of the consecration, shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his
even of that which is for Aaron, and of sons, according to all things which I
28
that which is for his sons: And it have commanded thee: seven days
36
shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a shalt thou consecrate them. And
statute for ever from the children of thou shalt offer every day a bullock for
Israel: for it is an heave offering: and a sin offering for atonement: and thou
it shall be an heave offering from the shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast
children of Israel of the sacrifice of made an atonement for it, and thou
37
their peace offerings, even their heave shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven
29
offering unto the LORD. And the holy days thou shalt make an atonement for
garments of Aaron shall be his sons' the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall
after him, to be anointed therein, and be an altar most holy: whatsoever
30 38
to be consecrated in them. And that toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now
son that is priest in his stead shall put this is that which thou shalt offer upon
them on seven days, when he cometh the altar; two lambs of the first year
39
into the tabernacle of the congregation day by day continually. The one lamb
31
to minister in the holy place. And thou shalt offer in the morning; and
thou shalt take the ram of the the other lamb thou shalt offer at
40
consecration, and seethe his flesh in even: And with the one lamb a tenth
32
the holy place. And Aaron and his deal of flour mingled with the fourth
part of an hin of beaten oil; and the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two
41
offering. And the other lamb thou cubits shall be the height thereof: the
3
shalt offer at even, and shalt do horns thereof shall be of the same.
thereto according to the meat offering And thou shalt overlay it with pure
of the morning, and according to the gold, the top thereof, and the sides
drink offering thereof, for a sweet thereof round about, and the horns
savour, an offering made by fire unto thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a
42 4
the LORD. This shall be a continual crown of gold round about. And two
burnt offering throughout your golden rings shalt thou make to it
generations at the door of the under the crown of it, by the two
tabernacle of the congregation before corners thereof, upon the two sides of
the LORD: where I will meet you, to it shalt thou make it; and they shall be
43
speak there unto thee. And there I for places for the staves to bear it
5
will meet with the children of Israel, withal. And thou shalt make the
and the tabernacle shall be sanctified staves of shittim wood, and overlay
44 6
by my glory. And I will sanctify the them with gold. And thou shalt put it
tabernacle of the congregation, and the before the vail that is by the ark of the
altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron testimony, before the mercy seat that
and his sons, to minister to me in the is over the testimony, where I will
45 7
priest's office. And I will dwell among meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn
the children of Israel, and will be their thereon sweet incense every morning:
46
God. And they shall know that I am when he dresseth the lamps, he shall
8
the LORD their God, that brought them burn incense upon it. And when Aaron
forth out of the land of Egypt, that I lighteth the lamps at even, he shall
may dwell among them: I am the LORD burn incense upon it, a perpetual
their God. incense before the LORD throughout
9
your generations. Ye shall offer no
Exodus 30 strange incense thereon, nor burnt
sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither
And thou shalt make an altar to burn
shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10

incense upon: of shittim wood shalt And Aaron shall make an atonement
2
thou make it. A cubit shall be the upon the horns of it once in a year with
the blood of the sin offering of Thou shalt also make a laver of brass,
atonements: once in the year shall he and his foot also of brass, to wash
make atonement upon it throughout withal: and thou shalt put it between
your generations: it is most holy unto the tabernacle of the congregation and
11
the LORD. And the LORD spake unto the altar, and thou shalt put water
12 19
Moses, saying, When thou takest the therein. For Aaron and his sons shall
sum of the children of Israel after their wash their hands and their feet
20
number, then shall they give every thereat: When they go into the
man a ransom for his soul unto the tabernacle of the congregation, they
LORD, when thou numberest them; shall wash with water, that they die
that there be no plague among them, not; or when they come near to the
13
when thou numberest them. This altar to minister, to burn offering made
21
they shall give, every one that passeth by fire unto the LORD: So they shall
among them that are numbered, half a wash their hands and their feet, that
shekel after the shekel of the they die not: and it shall be a statute
sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) for ever to them, even to him and to
an half shekel shall be the offering of his seed throughout their generations.
14 22
the LORD. Every one that passeth Moreover the LORD spake unto
23
among them that are numbered, from Moses, saying, Take thou also unto
twenty years old and above, shall give thee principal spices, of pure myrrh
15
an offering unto the LORD. The rich five hundred shekels, and of sweet
shall not give more, and the poor shall cinnamon half so much, even two
not give less than half a shekel, when hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet
they give an offering unto the LORD, to calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
16 24
make an atonement for your souls. And of cassia five hundred shekels,
And thou shalt take the atonement after the shekel of the sanctuary, and
25
money of the children of Israel, and of oil olive an hin: And thou shalt
shalt appoint it for the service of the make it an oil of holy ointment, an
tabernacle of the congregation; that it ointment compound after the art of the
may be a memorial unto the children of apothecary: it shall be an holy
26
Israel before the LORD, to make an anointing oil. And thou shalt anoint
17
atonement for your souls. And the the tabernacle of the congregation
18
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, therewith, and the ark of the
 27
testimony, And the table and all his of the congregation, where I will meet
vessels, and the candlestick and his with thee: it shall be unto you most
28 37
vessels, and the altar of incense, holy. And as for the perfume which
And the altar of burnt offering with all thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
his vessels, and the laver and his foot. yourselves according to the
29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that composition thereof: it shall be unto
38
they may be most holy: whatsoever thee holy for the LORD. Whosoever
30
toucheth them shall be holy. And shall make like unto that, to smell
thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, thereto, shall even be cut off from his
and consecrate them, that they may people.
minister unto me in the priest's office.
31
And thou shalt speak unto the Exodus 31
children of Israel, saying, This shall be
an holy anointing oil unto me
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
throughout your generations. 32
Upon saying, See, I have called by name

man's flesh shall it not be poured, Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
3
neither shall ye make any other like it, of the tribe of Judah: And I have

after the composition of it: it is holy, filled him with the spirit of God, in

and it shall be holy unto you. 33 wisdom, and in understanding, and in

Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or knowledge, and in all manner of

4
whosoever putteth any of it upon a workmanship, To devise cunning

stranger, shall even be cut off from his works, to work in gold, and in silver,
5
people. 34
And the LORD said unto and in brass, And in cutting of stones,

Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, to set them, and in carving of timber,

stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; to work in all manner of workmanship.

6
these sweet spices with pure And I, behold, I have given with him

frankincense: of each shall there be a Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the

like weight: 35
And thou shalt make it a tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all

perfume, a confection after the art of that are wise hearted I have put

the apothecary, tempered together, wisdom, that they may make all that I
7
pure and holy: 36
And thou shalt beat have commanded thee; The

some of it very small, and put of it tabernacle of the congregation, and the

before the testimony in the tabernacle ark of the testimony, and the mercy
seat that is thereupon, and all the sabbath throughout their generations,
8 17
furniture of the tabernacle, And the for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign
table and his furniture, and the pure between me and the children of Israel
candlestick with all his furniture, and for ever: for in six days the LORD
9
the altar of incense, And the altar of made heaven and earth, and on the
burnt offering with all his furniture, seventh day he rested, and was
10 18
and the laver and his foot, And the refreshed. And he gave unto Moses,
cloths of service, and the holy when he had made an end of
garments for Aaron the priest, and the communing with him upon mount
garments of his sons, to minister in the Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables
11
priest's office, And the anointing oil, of stone, written with the finger of
and sweet incense for the holy place: God.
according to all that I have
commanded thee shall they do. 12
And Exodus 32
13
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak thou also unto the children of
And when the people saw that Moses

Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye delayed to come down out of the

shall keep: for it is a sign between me mount, the people gathered

and you throughout your generations; themselves together unto Aaron, and

that ye may know that I am the LORD said unto him, Up, make us gods,

that doth sanctify you. 14

Ye shall keep which shall go before us; for as for this

the sabbath therefore; for it is holy Moses, the man that brought us up out

unto you: every one that defileth it of the land of Egypt, we wot not what
2
shall surely be put to death: for is become of him. And Aaron said

whosoever doeth any work therein, unto them, Break off the golden

that soul shall be cut off from among earrings, which are in the ears of your

his people. 15
Six days may work be wives, of your sons, and of your
3
done; but in the seventh is the sabbath daughters, and bring them unto me.

of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever And all the people brake off the golden

doeth any work in the sabbath day, he earrings which were in their ears, and
4
shall surely be put to death. 16 brought them unto Aaron. And he

Wherefore the children of Israel shall received them at their hand, and

keep the sabbath, to observe the fashioned it with a graving tool, after
he had made it a molten calf: and they out of the land of Egypt with great
12
said, These be thy gods, O Israel, power, and with a mighty hand?
which brought thee up out of the land Wherefore should the Egyptians speak,
5
of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he and say, For mischief did he bring
built an altar before it; and Aaron them out, to slay them in the
made proclamation, and said, To mountains, and to consume them from
6
morrow is a feast to the LORD. And the face of the earth? Turn from thy
they rose up early on the morrow, and fierce wrath, and repent of this evil
13
offered burnt offerings, and brought against thy people. Remember
peace offerings; and the people sat Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy
down to eat and to drink, and rose up servants, to whom thou swarest by
7
to play. And the LORD said unto thine own self, and saidst unto them, I
Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy will multiply your seed as the stars of
people, which thou broughtest out of heaven, and all this land that I have
the land of Egypt, have corrupted spoken of will I give unto your seed,
8 14
themselves: They have turned aside and they shall inherit it for ever. And
quickly out of the way which I the LORD repented of the evil which he
15
commanded them: they have made thought to do unto his people. And
them a molten calf, and have Moses turned, and went down from the
worshipped it, and have sacrificed mount, and the two tables of the
thereunto, and said, These be thy testimony were in his hand: the tables
gods, O Israel, which have brought were written on both their sides; on
9
thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the one side and on the other were
16
the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen they written. And the tables were the
this people, and, behold, it is a work of God, and the writing was the
10
stiffnecked people: Now therefore let writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17
me alone, that my wrath may wax hot And when Joshua heard the noise of
against them, and that I may consume the people as they shouted, he said
them: and I will make of thee a great unto Moses, There is a noise of war in
11 18
nation. And Moses besought the the camp. And he said, It is not the
LORD his God, and said, LORD, why voice of them that shout for mastery,
doth thy wrath wax hot against thy neither is it the voice of them that cry
people, which thou hast brought forth for being overcome: but the noise of
 19 27
them that sing do I hear. And it themselves together unto him. And
came to pass, as soon as he came nigh he said unto them, Thus saith the
unto the camp, that he saw the calf, LORD God of Israel, Put every man his
and the dancing: and Moses' anger sword by his side, and go in and out
waxed hot, and he cast the tables out from gate to gate throughout the
of his hands, and brake them beneath camp, and slay every man his brother,
20
the mount. And he took the calf and every man his companion, and
28
which they had made, and burnt it in every man his neighbour. And the
the fire, and ground it to powder, and children of Levi did according to the
strawed it upon the water, and made word of Moses: and there fell of the
21
the children of Israel drink of it. And people that day about three thousand
29
Moses said unto Aaron, What did this men. For Moses had said, Consecrate
people unto thee, that thou hast yourselves to day to the LORD, even
22
brought so great a sin upon them? every man upon his son, and upon his
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of brother; that he may bestow upon you
30
my lord wax hot: thou knowest the a blessing this day. And it came to
people, that they are set on mischief. pass on the morrow, that Moses said
23
For they said unto me, Make us unto the people, Ye have sinned a
gods, which shall go before us: for as great sin: and now I will go up unto
for this Moses, the man that brought the LORD; peradventure I shall make
31
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot an atonement for your sin. And
24
not what is become of him. And I Moses returned unto the LORD, and
said unto them, Whosoever hath any said, Oh, this people have sinned a
gold, let them break it off. So they great sin, and have made them gods of
32
gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive
25
and there came out this calf. And their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray
when Moses saw that the people were thee, out of thy book which thou hast
33
naked; (for Aaron had made them written. And the LORD said unto
naked unto their shame among their Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against
26 34
enemies:) Then Moses stood in the me, him will I blot out of my book.
gate of the camp, and said, Who is on Therefore now go, lead the people unto
the LORD'S side? let him come unto the place of which I have spoken unto
me. And all the sons of Levi gathered thee: behold, mine Angel shall go
before thee: nevertheless in the day themselves of their ornaments by the
7
when I visit I will visit their sin upon mount Horeb. And Moses took the
35
them. And the LORD plagued the tabernacle, and pitched it without the
people, because they made the calf, camp, afar off from the camp, and
which Aaron made. called it the Tabernacle of the
congregation. And it came to pass,
Exodus 33 that every one which sought the LORD
went out unto the tabernacle of the
And the LORD said unto Moses,
congregation, which was without the
Depart, and go up hence, thou and the camp. 8
And it came to pass, when
people which thou hast brought up out Moses went out unto the tabernacle,
of the land of Egypt, unto the land that all the people rose up, and stood
which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, every man at his tent door, and looked
and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed after Moses, until he was gone into the
2
will I give it: And I will send an angel tabernacle. 9
And it came to pass, as
before thee; and I will drive out the Moses entered into the tabernacle, the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at
Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, the door of the tabernacle, and the
3
and the Jebusite: Unto a land flowing LORD talked with Moses. 10
And all the
with milk and honey: for I will not go people saw the cloudy pillar stand at
up in the midst of thee; for thou art a the tabernacle door: and all the people
stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee rose up and worshipped, every man in
4
in the way. And when the people his tent door. 11
And the LORD spake
heard these evil tidings, they mourned: unto Moses face to face, as a man
and no man did put on him his speaketh unto his friend. And he
5
ornaments. For the LORD had said turned again into the camp: but his
unto Moses, Say unto the children of servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a
Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I young man, departed not out of the
will come up into the midst of thee in a tabernacle. 12
And Moses said unto the
moment, and consume thee: therefore LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring
now put off thy ornaments from thee, up this people: and thou hast not let
that I may know what to do unto thee. me know whom thou wilt send with
6
And the children of Israel stripped me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by
name, and thou hast also found grace passeth by, that I will put thee in a
13
in my sight. Now therefore, I pray clift of the rock, and will cover thee
23
thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, with my hand while I pass by: And I
shew me now thy way, that I may will take away mine hand, and thou
know thee, that I may find grace in thy shalt see my back parts: but my face
sight: and consider that this nation is shall not be seen.
14
thy people. And he said, My presence
shall go with thee, and I will give thee Exodus 34
15
rest. And he said unto him, If thy
presence go not with me, carry us not
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew

up hence. 16
For wherein shall it be thee two tables of stone like unto the

known here that I and thy people have first: and I will write upon these tables

found grace in thy sight? is it not in the words that were in the first tables,
2
that thou goest with us? so shall we be which thou brakest. And be ready in

separated, I and thy people, from all the morning, and come up in the

the people that are upon the face of morning unto mount Sinai, and present

the earth. 17
And the LORD said unto thyself there to me in the top of the
3
Moses, I will do this thing also that mount. And no man shall come up

thou hast spoken: for thou hast found with thee, neither let any man be seen

grace in my sight, and I know thee by throughout all the mount; neither let

name. 18
And he said, I beseech thee, the flocks nor herds feed before that
4
shew me thy glory. 19
And he said, I mount. And he hewed two tables of

will make all my goodness pass before stone like unto the first; and Moses

thee, and I will proclaim the name of rose up early in the morning, and went

the LORD before thee; and will be up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had

gracious to whom I will be gracious, commanded him, and took in his hand
5
and will shew mercy on whom I will the two tables of stone. And the

shew mercy. 20
And he said, Thou canst LORD descended in the cloud, and

not see my face: for there shall no man stood with him there, and proclaimed
6
see me, and live. 21
And the LORD said, the name of the LORD. And the LORD

Behold, there is a place by me, and passed by before him, and proclaimed,

thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22

And it The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and

shall come to pass, while my glory gracious, longsuffering, and abundant

 7 14
in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy cut down their groves: For thou shalt
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and worship no other god: for the LORD,
transgression and sin, and that will by whose name is Jealous, is a jealous
15
no means clear the guilty; visiting the God: Lest thou make a covenant with
iniquity of the fathers upon the the inhabitants of the land, and they
children, and upon the children's go a whoring after their gods, and do
children, unto the third and to the sacrifice unto their gods, and one call
8 16
fourth generation. And Moses made thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
haste, and bowed his head toward the And thou take of their daughters unto
9
earth, and worshipped. And he said, thy sons, and their daughters go a
If now I have found grace in thy sight, whoring after their gods, and make thy
17
O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go sons go a whoring after their gods.
among us; for it is a stiffnecked Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
18
people; and pardon our iniquity and The feast of unleavened bread shalt
our sin, and take us for thine thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat
10
inheritance. And he said, Behold, I unleavened bread, as I commanded
make a covenant: before all thy people thee, in the time of the month Abib:
I will do marvels, such as have not for in the month Abib thou camest out
19
been done in all the earth, nor in any from Egypt. All that openeth the
nation: and all the people among which matrix is mine; and every firstling
thou art shall see the work of the among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep,
20
LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I that is male. But the firstling of an
11
will do with thee. Observe thou that ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb:
which I command thee this day: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt
behold, I drive out before thee the thou break his neck. All the firstborn of
Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none
21
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the shall appear before me empty. Six
12
Hivite, and the Jebusite. Take heed days thou shalt work, but on the
to thyself, lest thou make a covenant seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing
22
with the inhabitants of the land whither time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the And thou shalt observe the feast of
13
midst of thee: But ye shall destroy weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat
their altars, break their images, and harvest, and the feast of ingathering at
 23
the year's end. Thrice in the year his face shone; and they were afraid to
31
shall all your men children appear come nigh him. And Moses called
before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. unto them; and Aaron and all the
24
For I will cast out the nations before rulers of the congregation returned
thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32
shall any man desire thy land, when And afterward all the children of
thou shalt go up to appear before the Israel came nigh: and he gave them in
25
LORD thy God thrice in the year. commandment all that the LORD had
33
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my spoken with him in mount Sinai. And
sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the till Moses had done speaking with
34
sacrifice of the feast of the passover be them, he put a vail on his face. But
26
left unto the morning. The first of when Moses went in before the LORD
the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt to speak with him, he took the vail off,
bring unto the house of the LORD thy until he came out. And he came out,
God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his and spake unto the children of Israel
27 35
mother's milk. And the LORD said that which he was commanded. And
unto Moses, Write thou these words: the children of Israel saw the face of
for after the tenor of these words I Moses, that the skin of Moses' face
have made a covenant with thee and shone: and Moses put the vail upon his
28
with Israel. And he was there with face again, until he went in to speak
the LORD forty days and forty nights; with him.
he did neither eat bread, nor drink
water. And he wrote upon the tables Exodus 35
the words of the covenant, the ten
commandments. 29
And it came to
And Moses gathered all the

pass, when Moses came down from congregation of the children of Israel

mount Sinai with the two tables of together, and said unto them, These

testimony in Moses' hand, when he are the words which the LORD hath
2
came down from the mount, that commanded, that ye should do them.

Moses wist not that the skin of his face Six days shall work be done, but on the

shone while he talked with him. 30

And seventh day there shall be to you an

when Aaron and all the children of holy day, a sabbath of rest to the

Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of LORD: whosoever doeth work therein
 3
shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle hanging for the door at the entering in
16
no fire throughout your habitations of the tabernacle, The altar of burnt
4
upon the sabbath day. And Moses offering, with his brasen grate, his
spake unto all the congregation of the staves, and all his vessels, the laver
17
children of Israel, saying, This is the and his foot, The hangings of the
thing which the LORD commanded, court, his pillars, and their sockets,
5
saying, Take ye from among you an and the hanging for the door of the
18
offering unto the LORD: whosoever is court, The pins of the tabernacle,
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an and the pins of the court, and their
19
offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, cords, The cloths of service, to do
6
and brass, And blue, and purple, and service in the holy place, the holy
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, garments for Aaron the priest, and the
7
And rams' skins dyed red, and garments of his sons, to minister in the
8 20
badgers' skins, and shittim wood, And priest's office. And all the
oil for the light, and spices for congregation of the children of Israel
anointing oil, and for the sweet departed from the presence of Moses.
9 21
incense, And onyx stones, and stones And they came, every one whose
to be set for the ephod, and for the heart stirred him up, and every one
10
breastplate. And every wise hearted whom his spirit made willing, and they
among you shall come, and make all brought the LORD'S offering to the
11
that the LORD hath commanded; The work of the tabernacle of the
tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, congregation, and for all his service,
22
his taches, and his boards, his bars, his and for the holy garments. And they
12
pillars, and his sockets, The ark, and came, both men and women, as many
the staves thereof, with the mercy as were willing hearted, and brought
13
seat, and the vail of the covering, bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and
The table, and his staves, and all his tablets, all jewels of gold: and every
14
vessels, and the shewbread, The man that offered offered an offering of
23
candlestick also for the light, and his gold unto the LORD. And every man,
furniture, and his lamps, with the oil with whom was found blue, and purple,
15
for the light, And the incense altar, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats'
and his staves, and the anointing oil, hair, and red skins of rams, and
24
and the sweet incense, and the badgers' skins, brought them. Every
one that did offer an offering of silver wood, to make any manner of cunning
34
and brass brought the LORD'S offering: work. And he hath put in his heart
and every man, with whom was found that he may teach, both he, and
shittim wood for any work of the Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the
25 35
service, brought it. And all the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled
women that were wise hearted did spin with wisdom of heart, to work all
with their hands, and brought that manner of work, of the engraver, and
which they had spun, both of blue, and of the cunning workman, and of the
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in
26
linen. And all the women whose scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the
heart stirred them up in wisdom spun weaver, even of them that do any
27
goats' hair. And the rulers brought work, and of those that devise cunning
onyx stones, and stones to be set, for work.
28
the ephod, and for the breastplate;
And spice, and oil for the light, and for Exodus 36
the anointing oil, and for the sweet
incense. 29
The children of Israel
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab,

brought a willing offering unto the and every wise hearted man, in whom

LORD, every man and woman, whose the LORD put wisdom and

heart made them willing to bring for all understanding to know how to work all

manner of work, which the LORD had manner of work for the service of the

commanded to be made by the hand of sanctuary, according to all that the

2
Moses. 30
And Moses said unto the LORD had commanded. And Moses

children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every

called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, wise hearted man, in whose heart the

the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 LORD had put wisdom, even every one

And he hath filled him with the spirit of whose heart stirred him up to come
3
God, in wisdom, in understanding, and unto the work to do it: And they

in knowledge, and in all manner of received of Moses all the offering,

workmanship; 32
And to devise curious which the children of Israel had

works, to work in gold, and in silver, brought for the work of the service of

and in brass, 33
And in the cutting of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And

stones, to set them, and in carving of they brought yet unto him free
 4
offerings every morning. And all the loops made he in one curtain, and fifty
wise men, that wrought all the work of loops made he in the edge of the
the sanctuary, came every man from curtain which was in the coupling of
5
his work which they made; And they the second: the loops held one curtain
13
spake unto Moses, saying, The people to another. And he made fifty taches
bring much more than enough for the of gold, and coupled the curtains one
service of the work, which the LORD unto another with the taches: so it
6 14
commanded to make. And Moses became one tabernacle. And he
gave commandment, and they caused made curtains of goats' hair for the
it to be proclaimed throughout the tent over the tabernacle: eleven
15
camp, saying, Let neither man nor curtains he made them. The length
woman make any more work for the of one curtain was thirty cubits, and
offering of the sanctuary. So the four cubits was the breadth of one
7
people were restrained from bringing. curtain: the eleven curtains were of
16
For the stuff they had was sufficient for one size. And he coupled five
all the work to make it, and too much. curtains by themselves, and six
8 17
And every wise hearted man among curtains by themselves. And he
them that wrought the work of the made fifty loops upon the uttermost
tabernacle made ten curtains of fine edge of the curtain in the coupling, and
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of
scarlet: with cherubims of cunning the curtain which coupleth the second.
9 18
work made he them. The length of And he made fifty taches of brass to
one curtain was twenty and eight couple the tent together, that it might
19
cubits, and the breadth of one curtain be one. And he made a covering for
four cubits: the curtains were all of one the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a
10
size. And he coupled the five curtains covering of badgers' skins above that.
20
one unto another: and the other five And he made boards for the
curtains he coupled one unto another. tabernacle of shittim wood, standing
11 21
And he made loops of blue on the up. The length of a board was ten
edge of one curtain from the selvedge cubits, and the breadth of a board one
22
in the coupling: likewise he made in cubit and a half. One board had two
the uttermost side of another curtain, tenons, equally distant one from
12
in the coupling of the second. Fifty another: thus did he make for all the
 23 34
boards of the tabernacle. And he the one end to the other. And he
made boards for the tabernacle; overlaid the boards with gold, and
twenty boards for the south side made their rings of gold to be places
24
southward: And forty sockets of for the bars, and overlaid the bars with
35
silver he made under the twenty gold. And he made a vail of blue, and
boards; two sockets under one board purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
for his two tenons, and two sockets linen: with cherubims made he it of
36
under another board for his two cunning work. And he made
25
tenons. And for the other side of the thereunto four pillars of shittim wood,
tabernacle, which is toward the north and overlaid them with gold: their
26
corner, he made twenty boards, And hooks were of gold; and he cast for
37
their forty sockets of silver; two them four sockets of silver. And he
sockets under one board, and two made an hanging for the tabernacle
27
sockets under another board. And for door of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
38
the sides of the tabernacle westward and fine twined linen, of needlework;
28
he made six boards. And two boards And the five pillars of it with their
made he for the corners of the hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters
29
tabernacle in the two sides. And they and their fillets with gold: but their five
were coupled beneath, and coupled sockets were of brass.
together at the head thereof, to one
ring: thus he did to both of them in Exodus 37
30
both the corners. And there were
eight boards; and their sockets were
And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim

sixteen sockets of silver, under every wood: two cubits and a half was the

board two sockets. 31

And he made length of it, and a cubit and a half the

bars of shittim wood; five for the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the
2
boards of the one side of the height of it: And he overlaid it with

tabernacle, 32
And five bars for the pure gold within and without, and

boards of the other side of the made a crown of gold to it round

3
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards about. And he cast for it four rings of

of the tabernacle for the sides gold, to be set by the four corners of

westward. 33
And he made the middle it; even two rings upon the one side of

bar to shoot through the boards from it, and two rings upon the other side of
 4 14
it. And he made staves of shittim feet thereof. Over against the border
5
wood, and overlaid them with gold. were the rings, the places for the
15
And he put the staves into the rings by staves to bear the table. And he
6
the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. made the staves of shittim wood, and
And he made the mercy seat of pure overlaid them with gold, to bear the
16
gold: two cubits and a half was the table. And he made the vessels
length thereof, and one cubit and a which were upon the table, his dishes,
7
half the breadth thereof. And he and his spoons, and his bowls, and his
17
made two cherubims of gold, beaten covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
out of one piece made he them, on the And he made the candlestick of pure
8
two ends of the mercy seat; One gold: of beaten work made he the
cherub on the end on this side, and candlestick; his shaft, and his branch,
another cherub on the other end on his bowls, his knops, and his flowers,
18
that side: out of the mercy seat made were of the same: And six branches
he the cherubims on the two ends going out of the sides thereof; three
9
thereof. And the cherubims spread branches of the candlestick out of the
out their wings on high, and covered one side thereof, and three branches of
with their wings over the mercy seat, the candlestick out of the other side
19
with their faces one to another; even thereof: Three bowls made after the
to the mercy seatward were the faces fashion of almonds in one branch, a
10
of the cherubims. And he made the knop and a flower; and three bowls
table of shittim wood: two cubits was made like almonds in another branch, a
the length thereof, and a cubit the knop and a flower: so throughout the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half six branches going out of the
11 20
the height thereof: And he overlaid it candlestick. And in the candlestick
with pure gold, and made thereunto a were four bowls made like almonds, his
12 21
crown of gold round about. Also he knops, and his flowers: And a knop
made thereunto a border of an under two branches of the same, and a
handbreadth round about; and made a knop under two branches of the same,
crown of gold for the border thereof and a knop under two branches of the
13
round about. And he cast for it four same, according to the six branches
22
rings of gold, and put the rings upon going out of it. Their knops and their
the four corners that were in the four branches were of the same: all of it
 23
was one beaten work of pure gold. And he made the horns thereof on the
And he made his seven lamps, and his four corners of it; the horns thereof
snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure were of the same: and he overlaid it
24 3
gold. Of a talent of pure gold made with brass. And he made all the
25
he it, and all the vessels thereof. vessels of the altar, the pots, and the
And he made the incense altar of shovels, and the basons, and the
shittim wood: the length of it was a fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the
4
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it vessels thereof made he of brass. And
was foursquare; and two cubits was he made for the altar a brasen grate of
the height of it; the horns thereof were network under the compass thereof
26 5
of the same. And he overlaid it with beneath unto the midst of it. And he
pure gold, both the top of it, and the cast four rings for the four ends of the
sides thereof round about, and the grate of brass, to be places for the
6
horns of it: also he made unto it a staves. And he made the staves of
27
crown of gold round about. And he shittim wood, and overlaid them with
7
made two rings of gold for it under the brass. And he put the staves into the
crown thereof, by the two corners of it, rings on the sides of the altar, to bear
upon the two sides thereof, to be it withal; he made the altar hollow with
8
places for the staves to bear it withal. boards. And he made the laver of
28
And he made the staves of shittim brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
29
wood, and overlaid them with gold. lookingglasses of the women
And he made the holy anointing oil, assembling, which assembled at the
and the pure incense of sweet spices, door of the tabernacle of the
9
according to the work of the congregation. And he made the court:
apothecary. on the south side southward the
hangings of the court were of fine
Exodus 38 twined linen, an hundred cubits: 10

Their pillars were twenty, and their

And he made the altar of burnt
brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of
offering of shittim wood: five cubits the pillars and their fillets were of
was the length thereof, and five cubits silver. 11
And for the north side the
the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; hangings were an hundred cubits, their
2
and three cubits the height thereof. pillars were twenty, and their sockets
 21
of brass twenty; the hooks of the about, were of brass. This is the sum
12
pillars and their fillets of silver. And of the tabernacle, even of the
for the west side were hangings of fifty tabernacle of testimony, as it was
cubits, their pillars ten, and their counted, according to the
sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars commandment of Moses, for the
13
and their fillets of silver. And for the service of the Levites, by the hand of
14 22
east side eastward fifty cubits. The Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
hangings of the one side of the gate And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all
15 23
and their sockets three. And for the that the LORD commanded Moses.
other side of the court gate, on this And with him was Aholiab, son of
hand and that hand, were hangings of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and engraver, and a cunning workman, and
16
their sockets three. All the hangings an embroiderer in blue, and in purple,
24
of the court round about were of fine and in scarlet, and fine linen. All the
17
twined linen. And the sockets for the gold that was occupied for the work in
pillars were of brass; the hooks of the all the work of the holy place, even the
pillars and their fillets of silver; and gold of the offering, was twenty and
the overlaying of their chapiters of nine talents, and seven hundred and
silver; and all the pillars of the court thirty shekels, after the shekel of the
18 25
were filleted with silver. And the sanctuary. And the silver of them
hanging for the gate of the court was that were numbered of the
needlework, of blue, and purple, and congregation was an hundred talents,
scarlet, and fine twined linen: and and a thousand seven hundred and
twenty cubits was the length, and the threescore and fifteen shekels, after
26
height in the breadth was five cubits, the shekel of the sanctuary: A bekah
answerable to the hangings of the for every man, that is, half a shekel,
19
court. And their pillars were four, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for
and their sockets of brass four; their every one that went to be numbered,
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of from twenty years old and upward, for
their chapiters and their fillets of six hundred thousand and three
20
silver. And all the pins of the thousand and five hundred and fifty
27
tabernacle, and of the court round men. And of the hundred talents of
 4
silver were cast the sockets of the with cunning work. They made
sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; shoulderpieces for it, to couple it
an hundred sockets of the hundred together: by the two edges was it
28 5
talents, a talent for a socket. And of coupled together. And the curious
the thousand seven hundred seventy girdle of his ephod, that was upon it,
and five shekels he made hooks for the was of the same, according to the work
pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and
29
and filleted them. And the brass of scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the
6
the offering was seventy talents, and LORD commanded Moses. And they
two thousand and four hundred wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches
30
shekels. And therewith he made the of gold, graven, as signets are graven,
sockets to the door of the tabernacle of with the names of the children of
7
the congregation, and the brasen altar, Israel. And he put them on the
and the brasen grate for it, and all the shoulders of the ephod, that they
31
vessels of the altar, And the sockets should be stones for a memorial to the
of the court round about, and the children of Israel; as the LORD
8
sockets of the court gate, and all the commanded Moses. And he made the
pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins breastplate of cunning work, like the
of the court round about. work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
Exodus 39 linen. 9
It was foursquare; they made
the breastplate double: a span was the
And of the blue, and purple, and
length thereof, and a span the breadth
scarlet, they made cloths of service, to thereof, being doubled. 10
And they set
do service in the holy place, and made in it four rows of stones: the first row
the holy garments for Aaron; as the was a sardius, a topaz, and a
2
LORD commanded Moses. And he carbuncle: this was the first row. 11

made the ephod of gold, blue, and And the second row, an emerald, a
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined sapphire, and a diamond. 12
And the
3
linen. And they did beat the gold into third row, a ligure, an agate, and an
thin plates, and cut it into wires, to amethyst. 13
And the fourth row, a
work it in the blue, and in the purple, beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they
and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, were inclosed in ouches of gold in their
 14 22
inclosings. And the stones were commanded Moses. And he made the
according to the names of the children robe of the ephod of woven work, all of
23
of Israel, twelve, according to their blue. And there was an hole in the
names, like the engravings of a signet, midst of the robe, as the hole of an
every one with his name, according to habergeon, with a band round about
15 24
the twelve tribes. And they made the hole, that it should not rend. And
upon the breastplate chains at the they made upon the hems of the robe
16
ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. pomegranates of blue, and purple, and
25
And they made two ouches of gold, and scarlet, and twined linen. And they
two gold rings; and put the two rings made bells of pure gold, and put the
17
in the two ends of the breastplate. bells between the pomegranates upon
And they put the two wreathen chains the hem of the robe, round about
26
of gold in the two rings on the ends of between the pomegranates; A bell
18
the breastplate. And the two ends of and a pomegranate, a bell and a
the two wreathen chains they fastened pomegranate, round about the hem of
in the two ouches, and put them on the the robe to minister in; as the LORD
27
shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. commanded Moses. And they made
19
And they made two rings of gold, coats of fine linen of woven work for
28
and put them on the two ends of the Aaron, and for his sons, And a mitre
breastplate, upon the border of it, of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of
which was on the side of the ephod fine linen, and linen breeches of fine
20 29
inward. And they made two other twined linen, And a girdle of fine
golden rings, and put them on the two twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
sides of the ephod underneath, toward scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD
30
the forepart of it, over against the commanded Moses. And they made
other coupling thereof, above the the plate of the holy crown of pure
21
curious girdle of the ephod. And they gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like
did bind the breastplate by his rings to the engravings of a signet,
31
unto the rings of the ephod with a lace HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And they
of blue, that it might be above the tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it
curious girdle of the ephod, and that on high upon the mitre; as the LORD
32
the breastplate might not be loosed commanded Moses. Thus was all the
from the ephod; as the LORD work of the tabernacle of the tent of
the congregation finished: and the the LORD commanded Moses, so the
43
children of Israel did according to all children of Israel made all the work.
that the LORD commanded Moses, so And Moses did look upon all the work,
33
did they. And they brought the and, behold, they have done it as the
tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and LORD had commanded, even so had
all his furniture, his taches, his boards, they done it: and Moses blessed them.
his bars, and his pillars, and his
sockets, 34
And the covering of rams' Exodus 40
skins dyed red, and the covering of
badgers' skins, and the vail of the
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
covering, 35
The ark of the testimony, saying, On the first day of the first

and the staves thereof, and the mercy month shalt thou set up the tabernacle
3
seat, 36
The table, and all the vessels of the tent of the congregation. And

thereof, and the shewbread, 37

The thou shalt put therein the ark of the

pure candlestick, with the lamps testimony, and cover the ark with the
4
thereof, even with the lamps to be set vail. And thou shalt bring in the table,

in order, and all the vessels thereof, and set in order the things that are to

and the oil for light, 38

And the golden be set in order upon it; and thou shalt

altar, and the anointing oil, and the bring in the candlestick, and light the
5
sweet incense, and the hanging for the lamps thereof. And thou shalt set the

tabernacle door, 39
The brasen altar, altar of gold for the incense before the

and his grate of brass, his staves, and ark of the testimony, and put the
6
all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 40 hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

The hangings of the court, his pillars, And thou shalt set the altar of the

and his sockets, and the hanging for burnt offering before the door of the

the court gate, his cords, and his pins, tabernacle of the tent of the
7
and all the vessels of the service of the congregation. And thou shalt set the

tabernacle, for the tent of the laver between the tent of the

congregation, 41
The cloths of service congregation and the altar, and shalt
8
to do service in the holy place, and the put water therein. And thou shalt set

holy garments for Aaron the priest, and up the court round about, and hang up
9
his sons' garments, to minister in the the hanging at the court gate. And

priest's office. 42
According to all that thou shalt take the anointing oil, and
anoint the tabernacle, and all that is tent over the tabernacle, and put the
therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the covering of the tent above upon it; as
10 20
vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. the LORD commanded Moses. And he
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the took and put the testimony into the
burnt offering, and all his vessels, and ark, and set the staves on the ark, and
sanctify the altar: and it shall be an put the mercy seat above upon the
11 21
altar most holy. And thou shalt ark: And he brought the ark into the
anoint the laver and his foot, and tabernacle, and set up the vail of the
12
sanctify it. And thou shalt bring covering, and covered the ark of the
Aaron and his sons unto the door of testimony; as the LORD commanded
22
the tabernacle of the congregation, and Moses. And he put the table in the
13
wash them with water. And thou tent of the congregation, upon the side
shalt put upon Aaron the holy of the tabernacle northward, without
23
garments, and anoint him, and sanctify the vail. And he set the bread in
him; that he may minister unto me in order upon it before the LORD; as the
14 24
the priest's office. And thou shalt LORD had commanded Moses. And
bring his sons, and clothe them with he put the candlestick in the tent of
15
coats: And thou shalt anoint them, the congregation, over against the
as thou didst anoint their father, that table, on the side of the tabernacle
25
they may minister unto me in the southward. And he lighted the lamps
priest's office: for their anointing shall before the LORD; as the LORD
26
surely be an everlasting priesthood commanded Moses. And he put the
16
throughout their generations. Thus golden altar in the tent of the
27
did Moses: according to all that the congregation before the vail: And he
17
LORD commanded him, so did he. burnt sweet incense thereon; as the
28
And it came to pass in the first month LORD commanded Moses. And he set
in the second year, on the first day of up the hanging at the door of the
29
the month, that the tabernacle was tabernacle. And he put the altar of
18
reared up. And Moses reared up the burnt offering by the door of the
tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, tabernacle of the tent of the
and set up the boards thereof, and put congregation, and offered upon it the
in the bars thereof, and reared up his burnt offering and the meat offering;
19 30
pillars. And he spread abroad the as the LORD commanded Moses. And
 35
he set the laver between the tent of LORD filled the tabernacle. And
the congregation and the altar, and put Moses was not able to enter into the
31
water there, to wash withal. And tent of the congregation, because the
Moses and Aaron and his sons washed cloud abode thereon, and the glory of
32 36
their hands and their feet thereat: the LORD filled the tabernacle. And
When they went into the tent of the when the cloud was taken up from over
congregation, and when they came the tabernacle, the children of Israel
37
near unto the altar, they washed; as went onward in all their journeys:
33
the LORD commanded Moses. And he But if the cloud were not taken up,
reared up the court round about the then they journeyed not till the day
38
tabernacle and the altar, and set up that it was taken up. For the cloud of
the hanging of the court gate. So the LORD was upon the tabernacle by
34
Moses finished the work. Then a day, and fire was on it by night, in the
cloud covered the tent of the sight of all the house of Israel,
congregation, and the glory of the throughout all their journeys.
THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

LEVITICUS

Leviticus 1 sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and

the fat, in order upon the wood that is
And the LORD called unto Moses, and on the fire which is upon the altar: 9

spake unto him out of the tabernacle of But his inwards and his legs shall he

the congregation, saying, 2

Speak unto wash in water: and the priest shall

the children of Israel, and say unto burn all on the altar, to be a burnt

them, If any man of you bring an sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a

10
offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring sweet savour unto the LORD. And if

your offering of the cattle, even of the his offering be of the flocks, namely, of

herd, and of the flock. 3

If his offering the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt

be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him sacrifice; he shall bring it a male
11
offer a male without blemish: he shall without blemish. And he shall kill it

offer it of his own voluntary will at the on the side of the altar northward

door of the tabernacle of the before the LORD: and the priests,

congregation before the LORD. 4

And Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood
12
he shall put his hand upon the head of round about upon the altar. And he

the burnt offering; and it shall be shall cut it into his pieces, with his

accepted for him to make atonement head and his fat: and the priest shall

for him. 5
And he shall kill the bullock lay them in order on the wood that is
13
before the LORD: and the priests, on the fire which is upon the altar:

Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and But he shall wash the inwards and the

sprinkle the blood round about upon legs with water: and the priest shall

the altar that is by the door of the bring it all, and burn it upon the altar:

tabernacle of the congregation. 6

And it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made

he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut by fire, of a sweet savour unto the
14
it into his pieces. 7
And the sons of LORD. And if the burnt sacrifice for

Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the his offering to the LORD be of fowls,

altar, and lay the wood in order upon then he shall bring his offering of
15
the fire: 8
And the priests, Aaron's turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
And the priest shall bring it unto the And if thou bring an oblation of a meat
altar, and wring off his head, and burn offering baken in the oven, it shall be
it on the altar; and the blood thereof unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled
shall be wrung out at the side of the with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed
16 5
altar: And he shall pluck away his with oil. And if thy oblation be a meat
crop with his feathers, and cast it offering baken in a pan, it shall be of
beside the altar on the east part, by fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
17 6
the place of the ashes: And he shall Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour
7
cleave it with the wings thereof, but oil thereon: it is a meat offering. And
shall not divide it asunder: and the if thy oblation be a meat offering
priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon baken in the frying pan, it shall be
8
the wood that is upon the fire: it is a made of fine flour with oil. And thou
burnt sacrifice, an offering made by shalt bring the meat offering that is
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. made of these things unto the LORD:
and when it is presented unto the
Leviticus 2 priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9

And the priest shall take from the meat

And when any will offer a meat
offering a memorial thereof, and shall
offering unto the LORD, his offering burn it upon the altar: it is an offering
shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
oil upon it, and put frankincense the LORD. 10
And that which is left of
2
thereon: And he shall bring it to the meat offering shall be Aaron's and
Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall his sons': it is a thing most holy of the
take thereout his handful of the flour offerings of the LORD made by fire. 11

thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all No meat offering, which ye shall bring
the frankincense thereof; and the unto the LORD, shall be made with
priest shall burn the memorial of it leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor
upon the altar, to be an offering made any honey, in any offering of the LORD
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the made by fire. 12
As for the oblation of
3
LORD: And the remnant of the meat the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto
offerings shall be Aaron's and his the LORD: but they shall not be burnt
sons': it is a thing most holy of the on the altar for a sweet savour. 13
And
4
offerings of the LORD made by fire. every oblation of thy meat offering
shalt thou season with salt; neither the LORD; the fat that covereth the
shalt thou suffer the salt of the inwards, and all the fat that is upon
4
covenant of thy God to be lacking from the inwards, And the two kidneys,
thy meat offering: with all thine and the fat that is on them, which is by
14
offerings thou shalt offer salt. And if the flanks, and the caul above the
thou offer a meat offering of thy liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
5
firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt away. And Aaron's sons shall burn it
offer for the meat offering of thy on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice,
firstfruits green ears of corn dried by which is upon the wood that is on the
the fire, even corn beaten out of full fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a
15 6
ears. And thou shalt put oil upon it, sweet savour unto the LORD. And if
and lay frankincense thereon: it is a his offering for a sacrifice of peace
16
meat offering. And the priest shall offering unto the LORD be of the flock;
burn the memorial of it, part of the male or female, he shall offer it
7
beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil without blemish. If he offer a lamb
thereof, with all the frankincense for his offering, then shall he offer it
8
thereof: it is an offering made by fire before the LORD. And he shall lay his
unto the LORD. hand upon the head of his offering, and
kill it before the tabernacle of the
Leviticus 3 congregation: and Aaron's sons shall
sprinkle the blood thereof round about
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of
upon the altar. 9
And he shall offer of
peace offering, if he offer it of the the sacrifice of the peace offering an
herd; whether it be a male or female, offering made by fire unto the LORD;
he shall offer it without blemish before the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it
2
the LORD. And he shall lay his hand shall he take off hard by the backbone;
upon the head of his offering, and kill it and the fat that covereth the inwards,
at the door of the tabernacle of the and all the fat that is upon the
congregation: and Aaron's sons the inwards, 10
And the two kidneys, and
priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the fat that is upon them, which is by
3
the altar round about. And he shall the flanks, and the caul above the
offer of the sacrifice of the peace liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
offering an offering made by fire unto away. 11
And the priest shall burn it
upon the altar: it is the food of the be done, and shall do against any of
12 3
offering made by fire unto the LORD. them: If the priest that is anointed do
And if his offering be a goat, then he sin according to the sin of the people;
13
shall offer it before the LORD. And then let him bring for his sin, which he
he shall lay his hand upon the head of hath sinned, a young bullock without
it, and kill it before the tabernacle of blemish unto the LORD for a sin
4
the congregation: and the sons of offering. And he shall bring the
Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof bullock unto the door of the tabernacle
14
upon the altar round about. And he of the congregation before the LORD;
shall offer thereof his offering, even an and shall lay his hand upon the
offering made by fire unto the LORD; bullock's head, and kill the bullock
5
the fat that covereth the inwards, and before the LORD. And the priest that
15
all the fat that is upon the inwards, is anointed shall take of the bullock's
And the two kidneys, and the fat that blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of
6
is upon them, which is by the flanks, the congregation: And the priest shall
and the caul above the liver, with the dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
16
kidneys, it shall he take away. And of the blood seven times before the
the priest shall burn them upon the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
7
altar: it is the food of the offering And the priest shall put some of the
made by fire for a sweet savour: all the blood upon the horns of the altar of
17
fat is the LORD'S. It shall be a sweet incense before the LORD, which
perpetual statute for your generations is in the tabernacle of the
throughout all your dwellings, that ye congregation: and shall pour all the
eat neither fat nor blood. blood of the bullock at the bottom of
the altar of the burnt offering, which is
Leviticus 4 at the door of the tabernacle of the
8
congregation. And he shall take off
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
from it all the fat of the bullock for the
2
saying, Speak unto the children of sin offering; the fat that covereth the
Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin inwards, and all the fat that is upon
through ignorance against any of the the inwards, 9
And the two kidneys,
commandments of the LORD and the fat that is upon them, which is
concerning things which ought not to by the flanks, and the caul above the
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take dip his finger in some of the blood, and
10
away, As it was taken off from the sprinkle it seven times before the
18
bullock of the sacrifice of peace LORD, even before the vail. And he
offerings: and the priest shall burn shall put some of the blood upon the
them upon the altar of the burnt horns of the altar which is before the
11
offering. And the skin of the bullock, LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the
and all his flesh, with his head, and congregation, and shall pour out all the
with his legs, and his inwards, and his blood at the bottom of the altar of the
12
dung, Even the whole bullock shall burnt offering, which is at the door of
19
he carry forth without the camp unto a the tabernacle of the congregation.
clean place, where the ashes are And he shall take all his fat from him,
20
poured out, and burn him on the wood and burn it upon the altar. And he
with fire: where the ashes are poured shall do with the bullock as he did with
13
out shall he be burnt. And if the the bullock for a sin offering, so shall
whole congregation of Israel sin he do with this: and the priest shall
through ignorance, and the thing be make an atonement for them, and it
21
hid from the eyes of the assembly, and shall be forgiven them. And he shall
they have done somewhat against any carry forth the bullock without the
of the commandments of the LORD camp, and burn him as he burned the
concerning things which should not be first bullock: it is a sin offering for the
14 22
done, and are guilty; When the sin, congregation. When a ruler hath
which they have sinned against it, is sinned, and done somewhat through
known, then the congregation shall ignorance against any of the
offer a young bullock for the sin, and commandments of the LORD his God
bring him before the tabernacle of the concerning things which should not be
15 23
congregation. And the elders of the done, and is guilty; Or if his sin,
congregation shall lay their hands upon wherein he hath sinned, come to his
the head of the bullock before the knowledge; he shall bring his offering,
LORD: and the bullock shall be killed a kid of the goats, a male without
16 24
before the LORD. And the priest that blemish: And he shall lay his hand
is anointed shall bring of the bullock's upon the head of the goat, and kill it in
blood to the tabernacle of the the place where they kill the burnt
17
congregation: And the priest shall offering before the LORD: it is a sin
 25
offering. And the priest shall take of sweet savour unto the LORD; and the
the blood of the sin offering with his priest shall make an atonement for
32
finger, and put it upon the horns of the him, and it shall be forgiven him.
altar of burnt offering, and shall pour And if he bring a lamb for a sin
out his blood at the bottom of the altar offering, he shall bring it a female
26 33
of burnt offering. And he shall burn without blemish. And he shall lay his
all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of hand upon the head of the sin offering,
the sacrifice of peace offerings: and and slay it for a sin offering in the
the priest shall make an atonement for place where they kill the burnt offering
34
him as concerning his sin, and it shall And the priest shall take of the blood
27
be forgiven him. And if any one of of the sin offering with his finger, and
the common people sin through put it upon the horns of the altar of
ignorance, while he doeth somewhat burnt offering, and shall pour out all
against any of the commandments of the blood thereof at the bottom of the
35
the LORD concerning things which altar: And he shall take away all the
28
ought not to be done, and be guilty; fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, taken away from the sacrifice of the
come to his knowledge: then he shall peace offerings; and the priest shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a burn them upon the altar, according to
female without blemish, for his sin the offerings made by fire unto the
29
which he hath sinned. And he shall LORD: and the priest shall make an
lay his hand upon the head of the sin atonement for his sin that he hath
offering, and slay the sin offering in committed, and it shall be forgiven
30
the place of the burnt offering. And him.
the priest shall take of the blood
thereof with his finger, and put it upon Leviticus 5
the horns of the altar of burnt offering,
and shall pour out all the blood thereof
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of
at the bottom of the altar. 31
And he swearing, and is a witness, whether he

shall take away all the fat thereof, as hath seen or known of it; if he do not

the fat is taken away from off the utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2
sacrifice of peace offerings; and the Or if a soul touch any unclean thing,

priest shall burn it upon the altar for a whether it be a carcase of an unclean

beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle,
or the carcase of unclean creeping
things, and if it be hidden from him; he
3
also shall be unclean, and guilty. Or if
he touch the uncleanness of man,
whatsoever uncleanness it be that a
man shall be defiled withal, and it be
hid from him; when he knoweth of it,
4
then he shall be guilty. Or if a soul
swear, pronouncing with his lips to do
evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be
that a man shall pronounce with an
oath, and it be hid from him; when he
knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in
5
one of these. And it shall be, when he
shall be guilty in one of these things,
that he shall confess that he hath
6 12
sinned in that thing: And he shall
bring his trespass offering unto the
LORD for his sin which he hath sinned,
a female from the flock, a lamb or a
kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and
the priest shall make an atonement for
7
him concerning his sin. And if he be
not able to bring a lamb, then he shall
bring for his trespass, which he hath
committed, two turtledoves, or
young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for
a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
8
offering. And he shall bring them unto
the priest, who shall offer that which is
for the sin offering first, and wring off
his head from his neck, but shall not
9
divide it asunder: And he shall
sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering
upon the side of the altar; and the rest
of the blood shall be wrung out at the
bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
10
And he shall offer the second for a
burnt offering, according to the
manner: and the priest shall make an
atonement for him for his sin which he
hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven
11
him. But if he be not able to bring
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he that sinned shall bring for his
offering the tenth part of an ephah of
fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put
no oil upon it, neither shall he put any
frankincense thereon: for it is a sin
offering. Then shall he bring it to the
priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof,
and burn it on the altar, according to
the offerings made by fire unto the
13
LORD: it is a sin offering. And the
priest shall make an atonement for him
as touching his sin that he hath sinned
in one of these, and it shall be forgiven
two him: and the remnant shall be the
14
priest's, as a meat offering. And the
15
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, If a
soul commit a trespass, and sin
through ignorance, in the holy things
of the LORD; then he shall bring for his
trespass unto the LORD a ram without
blemish out of the flocks, with thy or in a thing taken away by violence,
3
estimation by shekels of silver, after or hath deceived his neighbour; Or
the shekel of the sanctuary, for a have found that which was lost, and
16
trespass offering: And he shall make lieth concerning it, and sweareth
amends for the harm that he hath done falsely; in any of all these that a man
4
in the holy thing, and shall add the doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall
fifth part thereto, and give it unto the be, because he hath sinned, and is
priest: and the priest shall make an guilty, that he shall restore that which
atonement for him with the ram of the he took violently away, or the thing
trespass offering, and it shall be which he hath deceitfully gotten, or
17
forgiven him. And if a soul sin, and that which was delivered him to keep,
5
commit any of these things which are or the lost thing which he found, Or
forbidden to be done by the all that about which he hath sworn
commandments of the LORD; though falsely; he shall even restore it in the
he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and principal, and shall add the fifth part
18
shall bear his iniquity. And he shall more thereto, and give it unto him to
bring a ram without blemish out of the whom it appertaineth, in the day of his
6
flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering. And he shall bring
trespass offering, unto the priest: and his trespass offering unto the LORD, a
the priest shall make an atonement for ram without blemish out of the flock,
him concerning his ignorance wherein with thy estimation, for a trespass
7
he erred and wist it not, and it shall be offering, unto the priest: And the
19
forgiven him. It is a trespass priest shall make an atonement for him
offering: he hath certainly trespassed before the LORD: and it shall be
against the LORD. forgiven him for any thing of all that he
8
hath done in trespassing therein. And
Leviticus 6 the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9

Command Aaron and his sons, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses,
This is the law of the burnt offering: It
2
saying, If a soul sin, and commit a is the burnt offering, because of the
trespass against the LORD, and lie unto burning upon the altar all night unto
his neighbour in that which was the morning, and the fire of the altar
delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, shall be burning in it. 10
And the priest
shall put on his linen garment, and his given it unto them for their portion of
linen breeches shall he put upon his my offerings made by fire; it is most
flesh, and take up the ashes which the holy, as is the sin offering, and as the
18
fire hath consumed with the burnt trespass offering. All the males
offering on the altar, and he shall put among the children of Aaron shall eat
11
them beside the altar. And he shall of it. It shall be a statute for ever in
put off his garments, and put on other your generations concerning the
garments, and carry forth the ashes offerings of the LORD made by fire:
12
without the camp unto a clean place. every one that toucheth them shall be
19
And the fire upon the altar shall be holy. And the LORD spake unto
20
burning in it; it shall not be put out: Moses, saying, This is the offering of
and the priest shall burn wood on it Aaron and of his sons, which they shall
every morning, and lay the burnt offer unto the LORD in the day when
offering in order upon it; and he shall he is anointed; the tenth part of an
burn thereon the fat of the peace ephah of fine flour for a meat offering
13
offerings. The fire shall ever be perpetual, half of it in the morning,
21
burning upon the altar; it shall never and half thereof at night. In a pan it
14
go out. And this is the law of the shall be made with oil; and when it is
meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the
offer it before the LORD, before the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt
15
altar. And he shall take of it his thou offer for a sweet savour unto the
22
handful, of the flour of the meat LORD. And the priest of his sons that
offering, and of the oil thereof, and all is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it
the frankincense which is upon the is a statute for ever unto the LORD, it
23
meat offering, and shall burn it upon shall be wholly burnt. For every meat
the altar for a sweet savour, even the offering for the priest shall be wholly
16 24
memorial of it, unto the LORD. And burnt: it shall not be eaten. And the
25
the remainder thereof shall Aaron and LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
his sons eat: with unleavened bread Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,
shall it be eaten in the holy place; in saying, This is the law of the sin
the court of the tabernacle of the offering: In the place where the burnt
17
congregation they shall eat it. It offering is killed shall the sin offering
shall not be baken with leaven. I have be killed before the LORD: it is most
 26
holy. The priest that offereth it for the caul that is above the liver, with
5
sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it the kidneys, it shall he take away:
be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle And the priest shall burn them upon
27
of the congregation. Whatsoever the altar for an offering made by fire
shall touch the flesh thereof shall be unto the LORD: it is a trespass
6
holy: and when there is sprinkled of offering. Every male among the
the blood thereof upon any garment, priests shall eat thereof: it shall be
thou shalt wash that whereon it was eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
28 7
sprinkled in the holy place. But the As the sin offering is, so is the
earthen vessel wherein it is sodden trespass offering: there is one law for
shall be broken: and if it be sodden in them: the priest that maketh
8
a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, atonement therewith shall have it.
29
and rinsed in water. All the males And the priest that offereth any man's
among the priests shall eat thereof: it burnt offering, even the priest shall
30
is most holy. And no sin offering, have to himself the skin of the burnt
9
whereof any of the blood is brought offering which he hath offered. And
into the tabernacle of the congregation all the meat offering that is baken in
to reconcile withal in the holy place, the oven, and all that is dressed in the
shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the
10
fire. priest's that offereth it. And every
meat offering, mingled with oil, and
Leviticus 7 dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have,
11
one as much as another. And this is
Likewise this is the law of the trespass
the law of the sacrifice of peace
2
offering: it is most holy. In the place offerings, which he shall offer unto the
where they kill the burnt offering shall LORD. 12
If he offer it for a
they kill the trespass offering: and the thanksgiving, then he shall offer with
blood thereof shall he sprinkle round the sacrifice of thanksgiving
3
about upon the altar. And he shall unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and
offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
4
and the fat that covereth the inwards, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine
And the two kidneys, and the fat that flour, fried. 13
Besides the cakes, he
is on them, which is by the flanks, and shall offer for his offering leavened
bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving that soul shall be cut off from his
14 21
of his peace offerings. And of it he people. Moreover the soul that shall
shall offer one out of the whole touch any unclean thing, as the
oblation for an heave offering unto the uncleanness of man, or any unclean
LORD, and it shall be the priest's that beast, or any abominable unclean
sprinkleth the blood of the peace thing, and eat of the flesh of the
15
offerings. And the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which
sacrifice of his peace offerings for pertain unto the LORD, even that soul
22
thanksgiving shall be eaten the same shall be cut off from his people. And
23
day that it is offered; he shall not the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16
leave any of it until the morning. But Speak unto the children of Israel,
if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat,
24
or a voluntary offering, it shall be of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. And
eaten the same day that he offereth the fat of the beast that dieth of itself,
his sacrifice: and on the morrow also and the fat of that which is torn with
17
the remainder of it shall be eaten: beasts, may be used in any other use:
25
But the remainder of the flesh of the but ye shall in no wise eat of it. For
sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt whosoever eateth the fat of the beast,
18
with fire. And if any of the flesh of of which men offer an offering made by
the sacrifice of his peace offerings be fire unto the LORD, even the soul that
eaten at all on the third day, it shall eateth it shall be cut off from his
26
not be accepted, neither shall it be people. Moreover ye shall eat no
imputed unto him that offereth it: it manner of blood, whether it be of fowl
27
shall be an abomination, and the soul or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any
19
And the flesh that toucheth any manner of blood, even that soul shall
28
unclean thing shall not be eaten; it be cut off from his people. And the
29
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
flesh, all that be clean shall eat Speak unto the children of Israel,
20
thereof. But the soul that eateth of saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of
the flesh of the sacrifice of peace his peace offerings unto the LORD shall
offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, bring his oblation unto the LORD of the
30
having his uncleanness upon him, even sacrifice of his peace offerings. His
own hands shall bring the offerings of the trespass offering, and of the
the LORD made by fire, the fat with the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of
38
breast, it shall he bring, that the breast the peace offerings; Which the LORD
may be waved for a wave offering commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in
31
before the LORD. And the priest shall the day that he commanded the
burn the fat upon the altar: but the children of Israel to offer their
32
breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. oblations unto the LORD, in the
And the right shoulder shall ye give wilderness of Sinai.
unto the priest for an heave offering of
the sacrifices of your peace offerings. Leviticus 8
33
He among the sons of Aaron, that
offereth the blood of the peace
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
offerings, and the fat, shall have the saying, Take Aaron and his sons with

right shoulder for his part. 34

For the him, and the garments, and the

wave breast and the heave shoulder anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin

have I taken of the children of Israel offering, and two rams, and a basket of
3
from off the sacrifices of their peace unleavened bread; And gather thou

offerings, and have given them unto all the congregation together unto the

Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a door of the tabernacle of the
4
statute for ever from among the congregation. And Moses did as the

children of Israel. 35
This is the portion LORD commanded him; and the

of the anointing of Aaron, and of the assembly was gathered together unto

anointing of his sons, out of the the door of the tabernacle of the
5
offerings of the LORD made by fire, in congregation. And Moses said unto

the day when he presented them to the congregation, This is the thing

minister unto the LORD in the priest's which the LORD commanded to be
6
office; 36
Which the LORD commanded done. And Moses brought Aaron and

to be given them of the children of his sons, and washed them with water.
7
Israel, in the day that he anointed And he put upon him the coat, and

them, by a statute for ever throughout girded him with the girdle, and clothed

their generations. 37
This is the law of him with the robe, and put the ephod

the burnt offering, of the meat upon him, and he girded him with the

offering, and of the sin offering, and of curious girdle of the ephod, and bound
 8
it unto him therewith. And he put the the two kidneys, and their fat, and
17
breastplate upon him: also he put in Moses burned it upon the altar. But
the breastplate the Urim and the the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and
9
Thummim. And he put the mitre upon his dung, he burnt with fire without the
his head; also upon the mitre, even camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
18
upon his forefront, did he put the And he brought the ram for the burnt
golden plate, the holy crown; as the offering: and Aaron and his sons laid
10
LORD commanded Moses. And Moses their hands upon the head of the ram.
19
took the anointing oil, and anointed the And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled
tabernacle and all that was therein, the blood upon the altar round about.
11 20
and sanctified them. And he And he cut the ram into pieces; and
sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven Moses burnt the head, and the pieces,
21
times, and anointed the altar and all and the fat. And he washed the
his vessels, both the laver and his foot, inwards and the legs in water; and
12
to sanctify them. And he poured of Moses burnt the whole ram upon the
the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a
13
and anointed him, to sanctify him. sweet savour, and an offering made by
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and fire unto the LORD; as the LORD
22
put coats upon them, and girded them commanded Moses. And he brought
with girdles, and put bonnets upon the other ram, the ram of
them; as the LORD commanded Moses. consecration: and Aaron and his sons
14
And he brought the bullock for the laid their hands upon the head of the
23
sin offering: and Aaron and his sons ram. And he slew it; and Moses took
laid their hands upon the head of the of the blood of it, and put it upon the
15
bullock for the sin offering. And he tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the
slew it; and Moses took the blood, and thumb of his right hand, and upon the
24
put it upon the horns of the altar round great toe of his right foot. And he
about with his finger, and purified the brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of
altar, and poured the blood at the the blood upon the tip of their right
bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, ear, and upon the thumbs of their right
16
to make reconciliation upon it. And hands, and upon the great toes of their
he took all the fat that was upon the right feet: and Moses sprinkled the
25
inwards, and caul above the liver, and blood upon the altar round about.
And he took the fat, and the rump, and there eat it with the bread that is in
all the fat that was upon the inwards, the basket of consecrations, as I
and the caul above the liver, and the commanded, saying, Aaron and his
32
two kidneys, and their fat, and the sons shall eat it. And that which
26
right shoulder: And out of the basket remaineth of the flesh and of the bread
33
of unleavened bread, that was before shall ye burn with fire. And ye shall
the LORD, he took one unleavened not go out of the door of the tabernacle
cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and of the congregation in seven days, until
one wafer, and put them on the fat, the days of your consecration be at an
27
and upon the right shoulder: And he end: for seven days shall he consecrate
34
put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon you. As he hath done this day, so the
his sons' hands, and waved them for a LORD hath commanded to do, to make
28 35
wave offering before the LORD. And an atonement for you. Therefore
Moses took them from off their hands, shall ye abide at the door of the
and burnt them on the altar upon the tabernacle of the congregation day and
burnt offering: they were consecrations night seven days, and keep the charge
for a sweet savour: it is an offering of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I
29 36
made by fire unto the LORD. And am commanded. So Aaron and his
Moses took the breast, and waved it sons did all things which the LORD
for a wave offering before the LORD: commanded by the hand of Moses.
for of the ram of consecration it was
Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Leviticus 9
30
Moses. And Moses took of the
anointing oil, and of the blood which
And it came to pass on the eighth day,
was upon the altar, and sprinkled it that Moses called Aaron and his sons,
2
upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and the elders of Israel; And he said

and upon his sons, and upon his sons' unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for

garments with him; and sanctified a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt

Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, offering, without blemish, and offer
3
and his sons' garments with him. 31 them before the LORD. And unto the

And Moses said unto Aaron and to his children of Israel thou shalt speak,

sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a

tabernacle of the congregation: and sin offering; and a calf and a lamb,
 12
both of the first year, without blemish, the camp. And he slew the burnt
4
for a burnt offering; Also a bullock offering; and Aaron's sons presented
and a ram for peace offerings, to unto him the blood, which he sprinkled
13
sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat round about upon the altar. And they
offering mingled with oil: for to day the presented the burnt offering unto him,
5
LORD will appear unto you. And they with the pieces thereof, and the head:
14
brought that which Moses commanded and he burnt them upon the altar.
before the tabernacle of the And he did wash the inwards and the
congregation: and all the congregation legs, and burnt them upon the burnt
15
drew near and stood before the LORD. offering on the altar. And he brought
6
And Moses said, This is the thing the people's offering, and took the
which the LORD commanded that ye goat, which was the sin offering for the
should do: and the glory of the LORD people, and slew it, and offered it for
7 16
shall appear unto you. And Moses sin, as the first. And he brought the
said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and burnt offering, and offered it according
17
offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt to the manner. And he brought the
offering, and make an atonement for meat offering, and took an handful
thyself, and for the people: and offer thereof, and burnt it upon the altar,
the offering of the people, and make beside the burnt sacrifice of the
18
an atonement for them; as the LORD morning. He slew also the bullock
8
commanded. Aaron therefore went and the ram for a sacrifice of peace
unto the altar, and slew the calf of the offerings, which was for the people:
9
sin offering, which was for himself. and Aaron's sons presented unto him
And the sons of Aaron brought the the blood, which he sprinkled upon the
19
blood unto him: and he dipped his altar round about, And the fat of the
finger in the blood, and put it upon the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and
horns of the altar, and poured out the that which covereth the inwards, and
10
blood at the bottom of the altar: But the kidneys, and the caul above the
20
the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul liver: And they put the fat upon the
above the liver of the sin offering, he breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the
21
burnt upon the altar; as the LORD altar: And the breasts and the right
11
commanded Moses. And the flesh shoulder Aaron waved for a wave
and the hide he burnt with fire without offering before the LORD; as Moses
 22
commanded. And Aaron lifted up his near, carry your brethren from before
5
hand toward the people, and blessed the sanctuary out of the camp. So
them, and came down from offering of they went near, and carried them in
the sin offering, and the burnt offering, their coats out of the camp; as Moses
23 6
and peace offerings. And Moses and had said. And Moses said unto Aaron,
Aaron went into the tabernacle of the and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
congregation, and came out, and sons, Uncover not your heads, neither
blessed the people: and the glory of rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest
the LORD appeared unto all the people. wrath come upon all the people: but let
24
And there came a fire out from your brethren, the whole house of
before the LORD, and consumed upon Israel, bewail the burning which the
7
the altar the burnt offering and the fat: LORD hath kindled. And ye shall not
which when all the people saw, they go out from the door of the tabernacle
shouted, and fell on their faces. of the congregation, lest ye die: for the
anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.
Leviticus 10 And they did according to the word of
8
Moses. And the LORD spake unto
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of
Aaron, saying, 9
Do not drink wine nor
Aaron, took either of them his censer, strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with
and put fire therein, and put incense thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of
thereon, and offered strange fire the congregation, lest ye die: it shall
before the LORD, which he commanded be a statute for ever throughout your
2
them not. And there went out fire generations: 10
And that ye may put
from the LORD, and devoured them, difference between holy and unholy,
3
and they died before the LORD. Then and between unclean and clean; 11
And
Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that that ye may teach the children of Israel
the LORD spake, saying, I will be all the statutes which the LORD hath
sanctified in them that come nigh me, spoken unto them by the hand of
and before all the people I will be Moses. 12
And Moses spake unto Aaron,
4
glorified. And Aaron held his peace. and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
And Moses called Mishael and sons that were left, Take the meat
Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle offering that remaineth of the offerings
of Aaron, and said unto them, Come of the LORD made by fire, and eat it
without leaven beside the altar: for it Moses, Behold, this day have they
13
is most holy: And ye shall eat it in offered their sin offering and their
the holy place, because it is thy due, burnt offering before the LORD; and
and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of such things have befallen me: and if I
the LORD made by fire: for so I am had eaten the sin offering to day,
14
commanded. And the wave breast should it have been accepted in the
20
and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a sight of the LORD? And when Moses
clean place; thou, and thy sons, and heard that, he was content.
thy daughters with thee: for they be
thy due, and thy sons' due, which are Leviticus 11
given out of the sacrifices of peace
offerings of the children of Israel. 15 And the LORD spake unto Moses and
2
The heave shoulder and the wave to Aaron, saying unto them, Speak

breast shall they bring with the unto the children of Israel, saying,

offerings made by fire of the fat, to These are the beasts which ye shall eat

wave it for a wave offering before the among all the beasts that are on the
3
LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof,

sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the

as the LORD hath commanded. 16

And cud, among the beasts, that shall ye
4
Moses diligently sought the goat of the eat. Nevertheless these shall ye not

sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: eat of them that chew the cud, or of

and he was angry with Eleazar and them that divide the hoof: as the

Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were camel, because he cheweth the cud,

left alive, saying, 17

Wherefore have ye but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
5
not eaten the sin offering in the holy unto you. And the coney, because he

place, seeing it is most holy, and God cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
6
hath given it you to bear the iniquity of hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the

the congregation, to make atonement hare, because he cheweth the cud, but

for them before the LORD? 18

Behold, divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
7
the blood of it was not brought in unto you. And the swine, though he

within the holy place: ye should indeed divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted,

have eaten it in the holy place, as I yet he cheweth not the cud; he is
8
commanded. 19
And Aaron said unto unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye
not eat, and their carcase shall ye not Yet these may ye eat of every flying
9
touch; they are unclean to you. These creeping thing that goeth upon all four,
shall ye eat of all that are in the which have legs above their feet, to
22
waters: whatsoever hath fins and leap withal upon the earth; Even
scales in the waters, in the seas, and these of them ye may eat; the locust
10
in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And after his kind, and the bald locust after
all that have not fins and scales in the his kind, and the beetle after his kind,
23
seas, and in the rivers, of all that move and the grasshopper after his kind.
in the waters, and of any living thing But all other flying creeping things,
which is in the waters, they shall be an which have four feet, shall be an
11 24
abomination unto you: They shall be abomination unto you. And for these
even an abomination unto you; ye shall ye shall be unclean: whosoever
not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have toucheth the carcase of them shall be
12 25
their carcases in abomination. unclean until the even. And
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in whosoever beareth ought of the
the waters, that shall be an carcase of them shall wash his clothes,
13 26
abomination unto you. And these are and be unclean until the even. The
they which ye shall have in carcases of every beast which divideth
abomination among the fowls; they the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor
shall not be eaten, they are an cheweth the cud, are unclean unto
abomination: the eagle, and the you: every one that toucheth them
14 27
ossifrage, and the ospray, And the shall be unclean. And whatsoever
15
vulture, and the kite after his kind; goeth upon his paws, among all
16
Every raven after his kind; And the manner of beasts that go on all four,
owl, and the night hawk, and the those are unclean unto you: whoso
17
cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, toucheth their carcase shall be unclean
28
And the little owl, and the cormorant, until the even. And he that beareth
18
and the great owl, And the swan, the carcase of them shall wash his
19
and the pelican, and the gier eagle, clothes, and be unclean until the even:
29
And the stork, the heron after her kind, they are unclean unto you. These
20
and the lapwing, and the bat. All also shall be unclean unto you among
fowls that creep, going upon all four, the creeping things that creep upon the
21
shall be an abomination unto you. earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and
 30 38
the tortoise after his kind, And the shall be clean. But if any water be
ferret, and the chameleon, and the put upon the seed, and any part of
31
lizard, and the snail, and the mole. their carcase fall thereon, it shall be
39
These are unclean to you among all unclean unto you. And if any beast,
that creep: whosoever doth touch of which ye may eat, die; he that
them, when they be dead, shall be toucheth the carcase thereof shall be
32 40
unclean until the even. And upon unclean until the even. And he that
whatsoever any of them, when they eateth of the carcase of it shall wash
are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; his clothes, and be unclean until the
whether it be any vessel of wood, or even: he also that beareth the carcase
raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever of it shall wash his clothes, and be
41
vessel it be, wherein any work is done, unclean until the even. And every
it must be put into water, and it shall creeping thing that creepeth upon the
be unclean until the even; so it shall be earth shall be an abomination; it shall
33 42
cleansed. And every earthen vessel, not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth
whereinto any of them falleth, upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth
whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; upon all four, or whatsoever hath more
34
and ye shall break it. Of all meat feet among all creeping things that
which may be eaten, that on which creep upon the earth, them ye shall
43
such water cometh shall be unclean: not eat; for they are an abomination.
and all drink that may be drunk in Ye shall not make yourselves
35
every such vessel shall be unclean. abominable with any creeping thing
And every thing whereupon any part of that creepeth, neither shall ye make
their carcase falleth shall be unclean; yourselves unclean with them, that ye
44
whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, should be defiled thereby. For I am
they shall be broken down: for they the LORD your God: ye shall therefore
are unclean, and shall be unclean unto sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be
36
you. Nevertheless a fountain or pit, holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye
wherein there is plenty of water, shall defile yourselves with any manner of
be clean: but that which toucheth their creeping thing that creepeth upon the
37 45
carcase shall be unclean. And if any earth. For I am the LORD that
part of their carcase fall upon any bringeth you up out of the land of
sowing seed which is to be sown, it Egypt, to be your God: ye shall
 46
therefore be holy, for I am holy. This of the first year for a burnt offering,
is the law of the beasts, and of the and a young pigeon, or a turtledove,
fowl, and of every living creature that for a sin offering, unto the door of the
moveth in the waters, and of every tabernacle of the congregation, unto
7
creature that creepeth upon the earth: the priest: Who shall offer it before
47
To make a difference between the the LORD, and make an atonement for
unclean and the clean, and between her; and she shall be cleansed from
the beast that may be eaten and the the issue of her blood. This is the law
beast that may not be eaten. for her that hath born a male or a
8
female. And if she be not able to
Leviticus 12 bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
for the burnt offering, and the other for
2
saying, Speak unto the children of a sin offering: and the priest shall
Israel, saying, If a woman have make an atonement for her, and she
conceived seed, and born a man child: shall be clean.
then she shall be unclean seven days;
according to the days of the separation Leviticus 13
3
for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his And the LORD spake unto Moses and
4 2
foreskin shall be circumcised. And she Aaron, saying, When a man shall
shall then continue in the blood of her have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a
purifying three and thirty days; she scab, or a bright spot, and it be in the
shall touch no hallowed thing, nor skin of his flesh like the plague of
come into the sanctuary, until the days leprosy; then he shall be brought unto
5
of her purifying be fulfilled. But if she Aaron the priest, or unto one of his
3
bear a maid child, then she shall be sons the priests: And the priest shall
unclean two weeks, as in her look on the plague in the skin of the
separation: and she shall continue in flesh: and when the hair in the plague
the blood of her purifying threescore is turned white, and the plague in sight
6
and six days. And when the days of be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it
her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or is a plague of leprosy: and the priest
for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb shall look on him, and pronounce him
 4
unclean. If the bright spot be white in unclean, and shall not shut him up: for
12
the skin of his flesh, and in sight be he is unclean. And if a leprosy break
not deeper than the skin, and the hair out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy
thereof be not turned white; then the cover all the skin of him that hath the
priest shall shut up him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot,
5 13
plague seven days: And the priest wheresoever the priest looketh; Then
shall look on him the seventh day: the priest shall consider: and, behold,
and, behold, if the plague in his sight if the leprosy have covered all his
be at a stay, and the plague spread not flesh, he shall pronounce him clean
in the skin; then the priest shall shut that hath the plague: it is all turned
6 14
him up seven days more: And the white: he is clean. But when raw
priest shall look on him again the flesh appeareth in him, he shall be
15
seventh day: and, behold, if the plague unclean. And the priest shall see the
be somewhat dark, and the plague raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
spread not in the skin, the priest shall unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it
16
pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: is a leprosy. Or if the raw flesh turn
and he shall wash his clothes, and be again, and be changed unto white, he
7 17
clean. But if the scab spread much shall come unto the priest; And the
abroad in the skin, after that he hath priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
been seen of the priest for his plague be turned into white; then the
cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest shall pronounce him clean that
8 18
priest again: And if the priest see hath the plague: he is clean. The
that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the flesh also, in which, even in the skin
19
skin, then the priest shall pronounce thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
9
him unclean: it is a leprosy. When the And in the place of the boil there be a
plague of leprosy is in a man, then he white rising, or a bright spot, white,
10
shall be brought unto the priest; And and somewhat reddish, and it be
20
the priest shall see him: and, behold, if shewed to the priest; And if, when
the rising be white in the skin, and it the priest seeth it, behold, it be in
have turned the hair white, and there sight lower than the skin, and the hair
11
be quick raw flesh in the rising; It is thereof be turned white; the priest
an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, shall pronounce him unclean: it is a
and the priest shall pronounce him plague of leprosy broken out of the
 21
boil. But if the priest look on it, and, spread not in the skin, but it be
behold, there be no white hairs somewhat dark; it is a rising of the
therein, and if it be not lower than the burning, and the priest shall pronounce
skin, but be somewhat dark; then the him clean: for it is an inflammation of
22 29
priest shall shut him up seven days: the burning. If a man or woman have
And if it spread much abroad in the a plague upon the head or the beard;
30
skin, then the priest shall pronounce Then the priest shall see the plague:
23
him unclean: it is a plague. But if the and, behold, if it be in sight deeper
bright spot stay in his place, and than the skin; and there be in it a
spread not, it is a burning boil; and the yellow thin hair; then the priest shall
24
priest shall pronounce him clean. Or pronounce him unclean: it is a dry
if there be any flesh, in the skin scall, even a leprosy upon the head or
31
whereof there is a hot burning, and the beard. And if the priest look on the
quick flesh that burneth have a white plague of the scall, and, behold, it be
bright spot, somewhat reddish, or not in sight deeper than the skin, and
25
white; Then the priest shall look that there is no black hair in it; then
upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the the priest shall shut up him that hath
32
bright spot be turned white, and it be the plague of the scall seven days:
in sight deeper than the skin; it is a And in the seventh day the priest shall
leprosy broken out of the burning: look on the plague: and, behold, if the
wherefore the priest shall pronounce scall spread not, and there be in it no
him unclean: it is the plague of yellow hair, and the scall be not in
26 33
leprosy. But if the priest look on it, sight deeper than the skin; He shall
and, behold, there be no white hair in be shaven, but the scall shall he not
the bright spot, and it be no lower than shave; and the priest shall shut up him
34
the other skin, but be somewhat dark; that hath the scall seven days more:
then the priest shall shut him up seven And in the seventh day the priest shall
27
days: And the priest shall look upon look on the scall: and, behold, if the
him the seventh day: and if it be scall be not spread in the skin, nor be
spread much abroad in the skin, then in sight deeper than the skin; then the
the priest shall pronounce him unclean: priest shall pronounce him clean: and
28
it is the plague of leprosy. And if the he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
35
bright spot stay in his place, and But if the scall spread much in the
 36
skin after his cleansing; Then the his clothes shall be rent, and his head
priest shall look on him: and, behold, if bare, and he shall put a covering upon
the scall be spread in the skin, the his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean,
46
priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he unclean. All the days wherein the
37
is unclean. But if the scall be in his plague shall be in him he shall be
sight at a stay, and that there is black defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell
hair grown up therein; the scall is alone; without the camp shall his
47
healed, he is clean: and the priest shall habitation be. The garment also that
38
pronounce him clean. If a man also the plague of leprosy is in, whether it
or a woman have in the skin of their be a woollen garment, or a linen
48
flesh bright spots, even white bright garment; Whether it be in the warp,
39
spots; Then the priest shall look: or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
and, behold, if the bright spots in the whether in a skin, or in any thing made
49
skin of their flesh be darkish white; it of skin; And if the plague be
is a freckled spot that groweth in the greenish or reddish in the garment, or
40
skin; he is clean. And the man whose in the skin, either in the warp, or in the
hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
41
yet is he clean. And he that hath his plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed
50
hair fallen off from the part of his head unto the priest: And the priest shall
toward his face, he is forehead bald: look upon the plague, and shut up it
42 51
yet is he clean. And if there be in the that hath the plague seven days:
bald head, or bald forehead, a white And he shall look on the plague on the
reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up seventh day: if the plague be spread in
in his bald head, or his bald forehead. the garment, either in the warp, or in
43
Then the priest shall look upon it: the woof, or in a skin, or in any work
and, behold, if the rising of the sore be that is made of skin; the plague is a
52
white reddish in his bald head, or in his fretting leprosy; it is unclean. He
bald forehead, as the leprosy shall therefore burn that garment,
44
appeareth in the skin of the flesh; He whether warp or woof, in woollen or in
is a leprous man, he is unclean: the linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the
priest shall pronounce him utterly plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it
45 53
unclean; his plague is in his head. shall be burnt in the fire. And if the
And the leper in whom the plague is, priest shall look, and, behold, the
plague be not spread in the garment, Leviticus 14
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
any thing of skin; 54
Then the priest And the LORD spake unto Moses,
shall command that they wash the saying, 2
This shall be the law of the
thing wherein the plague is, and he leper in the day of his cleansing: He
55
shall shut it up seven days more: shall be brought unto the priest: 3
And
And the priest shall look on the plague, the priest shall go forth out of the
after that it is washed: and, behold, if camp; and the priest shall look, and,
the plague have not changed his behold, if the plague of leprosy be
colour, and the plague be not spread; healed in the leper; 4
Then shall the
it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the priest command to take for him that is
fire; it is fret inward, whether it be to be cleansed two birds alive and
56
bare within or without. And if the clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet,
priest look, and, behold, the plague be and hyssop: 5
And the priest shall
somewhat dark after the washing of it; command that one of the birds be
then he shall rend it out of the killed in an earthen vessel over running
garment, or out of the skin, or out of water: 6
As for the living bird, he shall
57
the warp, or out of the woof: And if take it, and the cedar wood, and the
it appear still in the garment, either in scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip
the warp, or in the woof, or in any them and the living bird in the blood of
thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: the bird that was killed over the
thou shalt burn that wherein the running water: 7
And he shall sprinkle
58
plague is with fire. And the garment, upon him that is to be cleansed from
either warp, or woof, or whatsoever the leprosy seven times, and shall
thing of skin it be, which thou shalt pronounce him clean, and shall let the
wash, if the plague be departed from living bird loose into the open field. 8

them, then it shall be washed the And he that is to be cleansed shall

59
second time, and shall be clean.
is the law of the plague of leprosy in a
garment of woollen or linen, either in
the warp, or woof, or any thing of
skins, to pronounce it clean, or to
pronounce it unclean.
This wash his clothes, and shave off all his
hair, and wash himself in water, that
he may be clean: and after that he
shall come into the camp, and shall
tarry abroad out of his tent seven
days. 9
But it shall be on the seventh
day, that he shall shave all his hair off of the log of oil, and pour it into the
16
his head and his beard and his palm of his own left hand: And the
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall priest shall dip his right finger in the oil
shave off: and he shall wash his that is in his left hand, and shall
clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven
10 17
water, and he shall be clean. And on times before the LORD: And of the
the eighth day he shall take two he rest of the oil that is in his hand shall
lambs without blemish, and one ewe the priest put upon the tip of the right
lamb of the first year without blemish, ear of him that is to be cleansed, and
and three tenth deals of fine flour for a upon the thumb of his right hand, and
meat offering, mingled with oil, and upon the great toe of his right foot,
11
one log of oil. And the priest that upon the blood of the trespass
18
maketh him clean shall present the offering: And the remnant of the oil
man that is to be made clean, and that is in the priest's hand he shall
those things, before the LORD, at the pour upon the head of him that is to be
door of the tabernacle of the cleansed: and the priest shall make an
12 19
congregation: And the priest shall atonement for him before the LORD.
take one he lamb, and offer him for a And the priest shall offer the sin
trespass offering, and the log of oil, offering, and make an atonement for
and wave them for a wave offering him that is to be cleansed from his
13
before the LORD: And he shall slay uncleanness; and afterward he shall
20
the lamb in the place where he shall kill the burnt offering: And the priest
kill the sin offering and the burnt shall offer the burnt offering and the
offering, in the holy place: for as the meat offering upon the altar: and the
sin offering is the priest's, so is the priest shall make an atonement for
14 21
trespass offering: it is most holy: him, and he shall be clean. And if he
And the priest shall take some of the be poor, and cannot get so much; then
blood of the trespass offering, and the he shall take one lamb for a trespass
priest shall put it upon the tip of the offering to be waved, to make an
right ear of him that is to be cleansed, atonement for him, and one tenth deal
and upon the thumb of his right hand, of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
22
and upon the great toe of his right offering, and a log of oil; And two
15
foot: And the priest shall take some turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
 30
such as he is able to get; and the one him before the LORD. And he shall
shall be a sin offering, and the other a offer the one of the turtledoves, or of
23
burnt offering. And he shall bring the young pigeons, such as he can get;
31
them on the eighth day for his Even such as he is able to get, the
cleansing unto the priest, unto the one for a sin offering, and the other for
door of the tabernacle of the a burnt offering, with the meat
24
congregation, before the LORD. And offering: and the priest shall make an
the priest shall take the lamb of the atonement for him that is to be
32
trespass offering, and the log of oil, cleansed before the LORD. This is
and the priest shall wave them for a the law of him in whom is the plague of
25
wave offering before the LORD: And leprosy, whose hand is not able to get
he shall kill the lamb of the trespass that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
33
offering, and the priest shall take some And the LORD spake unto Moses and
34
of the blood of the trespass offering, unto Aaron, saying, When ye be
and put it upon the tip of the right ear come into the land of Canaan, which I
of him that is to be cleansed, and upon give to you for a possession, and I put
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the plague of leprosy in a house of the
26 35
the great toe of his right foot: And land of your possession; And he that
the priest shall pour of the oil into the owneth the house shall come and tell
27
palm of his own left hand: And the the priest, saying, It seemeth to me
priest shall sprinkle with his right there is as it were a plague in the
36
finger some of the oil that is in his left house: Then the priest shall
28
hand seven times before the LORD: command that they empty the house,
And the priest shall put of the oil that before the priest go into it to see the
is in his hand upon the tip of the right plague, that all that is in the house be
ear of him that is to be cleansed, and not made unclean: and afterward the
37
upon the thumb of his right hand, and priest shall go in to see the house:
upon the great toe of his right foot, And he shall look on the plague, and,
upon the place of the blood of the behold, if the plague be in the walls of
29
trespass offering: And the rest of the the house with hollow strakes, greenish
oil that is in the priest's hand he shall or reddish, which in sight are lower
38
put upon the head of him that is to be than the wall; Then the priest shall
cleansed, to make an atonement for go out of the house to the door of the
house, and shut up the house seven And he that lieth in the house shall
39
days: And the priest shall come wash his clothes; and he that eateth in
48
again the seventh day, and shall look: the house shall wash his clothes. And
and, behold, if the plague be spread in if the priest shall come in, and look
40
the walls of the house; Then the upon it, and, behold, the plague hath
priest shall command that they take not spread in the house, after the
away the stones in which the plague is, house was plaistered: then the priest
and they shall cast them into an shall pronounce the house clean,
41 49
unclean place without the city: And because the plague is healed. And he
he shall cause the house to be scraped shall take to cleanse the house two
within round about, and they shall pour birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
50
out the dust that they scrape off hyssop: And he shall kill the one of
without the city into an unclean place: the birds in an earthen vessel over
42 51
And they shall take other stones, and running water: And he shall take the
put them in the place of those stones; cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the
and he shall take other morter, and scarlet, and the living bird, and dip
43
shall plaister the house. And if the them in the blood of the slain bird, and
plague come again, and break out in in the running water, and sprinkle the
52
the house, after that he hath taken house seven times: And he shall
away the stones, and after he hath cleanse the house with the blood of the
scraped the house, and after it is bird, and with the running water, and
44
plaistered; Then the priest shall with the living bird, and with the cedar
come and look, and, behold, if the wood, and with the hyssop, and with
53
plague be spread in the house, it is a the scarlet: But he shall let go the
fretting leprosy in the house: it is living bird out of the city into the open
45
unclean. And he shall break down fields, and make an atonement for the
54
the house, the stones of it, and the house: and it shall be clean. This is
timber thereof, and all the morter of the law for all manner of plague of
55
the house; and he shall carry them leprosy, and scall, And for the
forth out of the city into an unclean leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
46 56
place. Moreover he that goeth into And for a rising, and for a scab, and
57
the house all the while that it is shut for a bright spot: To teach when it is
47
up shall be unclean until the even.
unclean, and when it is clean: this is saddle soever he rideth upon that hath
10
the law of leprosy. the issue shall be unclean. And
whosoever toucheth any thing that was
Leviticus 15 under him shall be unclean until the
even: and he that beareth any of those
And the LORD spake unto Moses and
things shall wash his clothes, and
2
to Aaron, saying, Speak unto the bathe himself in water, and be unclean
children of Israel, and say unto them, until the even. 11
And whomsoever he
When any man hath a running issue toucheth that hath the issue, and hath
out of his flesh, because of his issue he not rinsed his hands in water, he shall
3
is unclean. And this shall be his wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
uncleanness in his issue: whether his water, and be unclean until the even. 12

flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be And the vessel of earth, that he
stopped from his issue, it is his toucheth which hath the issue, shall be
4
uncleanness. Every bed, whereon he broken: and every vessel of wood shall
lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: be rinsed in water. 13
And when he that
and every thing, whereon he sitteth, hath an issue is cleansed of his issue;
5
shall be unclean. And whosoever then he shall number to himself seven
toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, days for his cleansing, and wash his
and bathe himself in water, and be clothes, and bathe his flesh in running
6
unclean until the even. And he that water, and shall be clean. 14
And on the
sitteth on any thing whereon he sat eighth day he shall take to him two
that hath the issue shall wash his turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and
clothes, and bathe himself in water, come before the LORD unto the door of
7
and be unclean until the even. And he the tabernacle of the congregation, and
that toucheth the flesh of him that give them unto the priest: 15
And the
hath the issue shall wash his clothes, priest shall offer them, the one for a
and bathe himself in water, and be sin offering, and the other for a burnt
8
unclean until the even. And if he that offering; and the priest shall make an
hath the issue spit upon him that is atonement for him before the LORD for
clean; then he shall wash his clothes, his issue. 16
And if any man's seed of
and bathe himself in water, and be copulation go out from him, then he
9
unclean until the even. And what shall wash all his flesh in water, and be
 17
unclean until the even. And every separation; all the days of the issue of
garment, and every skin, whereon is her uncleanness shall be as the days of
26
the seed of copulation, shall be washed her separation: she shall be unclean.
with water, and be unclean until the Every bed whereon she lieth all the
18
even. The woman also with whom days of her issue shall be unto her as
man shall lie with seed of copulation, the bed of her separation: and
they shall both bathe themselves in whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be
19
water, and be unclean until the even. unclean, as the uncleanness of her
27
And if a woman have an issue, and her separation. And whosoever toucheth
issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be those things shall be unclean, and shall
put apart seven days: and whosoever wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
28
toucheth her shall be unclean until the water, and be unclean until the even.
20
even. And every thing that she lieth But if she be cleansed of her issue,
upon in her separation shall be then she shall number to herself seven
unclean: every thing also that she days, and after that she shall be clean.
21 29
sitteth upon shall be unclean. And And on the eighth day she shall take
whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash unto her two turtles, or two young
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, pigeons, and bring them unto the
22
and be unclean until the even. And priest, to the door of the tabernacle of
30
whosoever toucheth any thing that she the congregation. And the priest
sat upon shall wash his clothes, and shall offer the one for a sin offering,
bathe himself in water, and be unclean and the other for a burnt offering; and
23
until the even. And if it be on her the priest shall make an atonement for
bed, or on any thing whereon she her before the LORD for the issue of
31
sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall her uncleanness. Thus shall ye
24
be unclean until the even. And if any separate the children of Israel from
man lie with her at all, and her flowers their uncleanness; that they die not in
be upon him, he shall be unclean seven their uncleanness, when they defile my
32
days; and all the bed whereon he lieth tabernacle that is among them. This
25
shall be unclean. And if a woman is the law of him that hath an issue,
have an issue of her blood many days and of him whose seed goeth from
33
out of the time of her separation, or if him, and is defiled therewith; And of
it run beyond the time of her her that is sick of her flowers, and of
him that hath an issue, of the man,
and of the woman, and of him that
lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus 16
And the LORD spake unto Moses after
the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they offered before the LORD,
2
and died; And the LORD said unto
Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times into the
holy place within the vail before the
mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that
he die not: for I will appear in the
3
cloud upon the mercy seat. Thus shall
Aaron come into the holy place: with a
young bullock for a sin offering, and a
4
ram for a burnt offering. He shall put
on the holy linen coat, and he shall
have the linen breeches upon his flesh,
and shall be girded with a linen girdle,
and with the linen mitre shall he be
attired: these are holy garments;
therefore shall he wash his flesh in
5
water, and so put them on. And he
shall take of the congregation of the
children of Israel two kids of the goats
for a sin offering, and one ram for a
6
burnt offering. And Aaron shall offer
his bullock of the sin offering, which is
for himself, and make an atonement
7
for himself, and for his house. And he
shall take the two goats, and present
them before the LORD at the door of
8
the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two
goats; one lot for the LORD, and the
9
other lot for the scapegoat. And
Aaron shall bring the goat upon which
the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a
sin offering. 10
But the goat, on which
the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall
be presented alive before the LORD, to
make an atonement with him, and to
let him go for a scapegoat into the
wilderness. 11
And Aaron shall bring the
bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make an atonement
for himself, and for his house, and
shall kill the bullock of the sin offering
which is for himself: 12
And he shall
take a censer full of burning coals of
fire from off the altar before the LORD,
and his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small, and bring it within the
vail: 13
And he shall put the incense
upon the fire before the LORD, that the
cloud of the incense may cover the
mercy seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not: 14
And he shall take of
the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it
with his finger upon the mercy seat
eastward; and before the mercy seat
shall he sprinkle of the blood with his
finger seven times. 15
Then shall he kill
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the goat of the sin offering, that is for And Aaron shall lay both his hands
the people, and bring his blood within upon the head of the live goat, and
the vail, and do with that blood as he confess over him all the iniquities of
did with the blood of the bullock, and the children of Israel, and all their
sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and transgressions in all their sins, putting
16
before the mercy seat: And he shall them upon the head of the goat, and
make an atonement for the holy place, shall send him away by the hand of a
22
because of the uncleanness of the fit man into the wilderness: And the
children of Israel, and because of their goat shall bear upon him all their
transgressions in all their sins: and so iniquities unto a land not inhabited:
shall he do for the tabernacle of the and he shall let go the goat in the
23
congregation, that remaineth among wilderness. And Aaron shall come
them in the midst of their uncleanness. into the tabernacle of the
17
And there shall be no man in the congregation, and shall put off the
tabernacle of the congregation when he linen garments, which he put on when
goeth in to make an atonement in the he went into the holy place, and shall
24
holy place, until he come out, and have leave them there: And he shall wash
made an atonement for himself, and his flesh with water in the holy place,
for his household, and for all the and put on his garments, and come
18
congregation of Israel. And he shall forth, and offer his burnt offering, and
go out unto the altar that is before the the burnt offering of the people, and
LORD, and make an atonement for it; make an atonement for himself, and
25
and shall take of the blood of the for the people. And the fat of the sin
26
bullock, and of the blood of the goat, offering shall he burn upon the altar.
and put it upon the horns of the altar And he that let go the goat for the
19
round about. And he shall sprinkle of scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and
the blood upon it with his finger seven bathe his flesh in water, and afterward
27
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it come into the camp. And the bullock
from the uncleanness of the children of for the sin offering, and the goat for
20
Israel. And when he hath made an the sin offering, whose blood was
end of reconciling the holy place, and brought in to make atonement in the
the tabernacle of the congregation, and holy place, shall one carry forth
the altar, he shall bring the live goat: without the camp; and they shall burn
in the fire their skins, and their flesh, for all their sins once a year. And he
28
and their dung. And he that burneth did as the LORD commanded Moses.
them shall wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward he Leviticus 17
29
shall come into the camp. And this
shall be a statute for ever unto you:
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
that in the seventh month, on the saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto

tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict his sons, and unto all the children of

your souls, and do no work at all, Israel, and say unto them; This is the

whether it be one of your own country, thing which the LORD hath
3
or a stranger that sojourneth among commanded, saying, What man

you: 30
For on that day shall the priest soever there be of the house of Israel,

make an atonement for you, to cleanse that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in

you, that ye may be clean from all your the camp, or that killeth it out of the
4
sins before the LORD. 31
It shall be a camp, And bringeth it not unto the

sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall door of the tabernacle of the

afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. congregation, to offer an offering unto
32
And the priest, whom he shall the LORD before the tabernacle of the

anoint, and whom he shall consecrate LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that

to minister in the priest's office in his man; he hath shed blood; and that

father's stead, shall make the man shall be cut off from among his
5
atonement, and shall put on the linen people: To the end that the children

clothes, even the holy garments: 33 of Israel may bring their sacrifices,

And he shall make an atonement for which they offer in the open field, even

the holy sanctuary, and he shall make that they may bring them unto the

an atonement for the tabernacle of the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle

congregation, and for the altar, and he of the congregation, unto the priest,

shall make an atonement for the and offer them for peace offerings unto
6
priests, and for all the people of the the LORD. And the priest shall

congregation. 34
And this shall be an sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the

everlasting statute unto you, to make LORD at the door of the tabernacle of

an atonement for the children of Israel the congregation, and burn the fat for
7
a sweet savour unto the LORD. And
they shall no more offer their sacrifices the blood thereof, and cover it with
14
unto devils, after whom they have dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the
gone a whoring. This shall be a statute blood of it is for the life thereof:
for ever unto them throughout their therefore I said unto the children of
8
generations. And thou shalt say unto Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no
them, Whatsoever man there be of the manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh
house of Israel, or of the strangers is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth
15
which sojourn among you, that offereth it shall be cut off. And every soul
9
a burnt offering of sacrifice, And that eateth that which died of itself, or
bringeth it not unto the door of the that which was torn with beasts,
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer whether it be one of your own country,
it unto the LORD; even that man shall or a stranger, he shall both wash his
10
be cut off from among his people. clothes, and bathe himself in water,
And whatsoever man there be of the and be unclean until the even: then
16
house of Israel, or of the strangers shall he be clean. But if he wash
that sojourn among you, that eateth them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he
any manner of blood; I will even set shall bear his iniquity.
my face against that soul that eateth
blood, and will cut him off from among Leviticus 18
11
his people. For the life of the flesh is
in the blood: and I have given it to you
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
upon the altar to make an atonement saying, Speak unto the children of

for your souls: for it is the blood that Israel, and say unto them, I am the
3
maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 LORD your God. After the doings of

Therefore I said unto the children of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt,

Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, shall ye not do: and after the doings of

neither shall any stranger that the land of Canaan, whither I bring

sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye
4
And whatsoever man there be of the walk in their ordinances. Ye shall do

children of Israel, or of the strangers my judgments, and keep mine

that sojourn among you, which hunteth ordinances, to walk therein: I am the
5
and catcheth any beast or fowl that LORD your God. Ye shall therefore

may be eaten; he shall even pour out keep my statutes, and my judgments:
which if a man do, he shall live in nakedness of thy daughter in law: she
6
them: I am the LORD. None of you is thy son's wife; thou shalt not
16
shall approach to any that is near of uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt
kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: not uncover the nakedness of thy
7
I am the LORD. The nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's
17
father, or the nakedness of thy mother, nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover
shalt thou not uncover: she is thy the nakedness of a woman and her
mother; thou shalt not uncover her daughter, neither shalt thou take her
8
nakedness. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or her daughter's
father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it daughter, to uncover her nakedness;
9
is thy father's nakedness. The for they are her near kinswomen: it is
18
nakedness of thy sister, the daughter wickedness. Neither shalt thou take
of thy father, or daughter of thy a wife to her sister, to vex her, to
mother, whether she be born at home, uncover her nakedness, beside the
19
or born abroad, even their nakedness other in her life time. Also thou shalt
10
thou shalt not uncover. The not approach unto a woman to uncover
nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of her nakedness, as long as she is put
20
thy daughter's daughter, even their apart for her uncleanness. Moreover
nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for thou shalt not lie carnally with thy
11
theirs is thine own nakedness. The neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with
21
nakedness of thy father's wife's her. And thou shalt not let any of thy
daughter, begotten of thy father, she seed pass through the fire to Molech,
is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her neither shalt thou profane the name of
12 22
nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover thy God: I am the LORD. Thou shalt
the nakedness of thy father's sister: not lie with mankind, as with
13 23
she is thy father's near kinswoman. womankind: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to
of thy mother's sister: for she is thy defile thyself therewith: neither shall
14
mother's near kinswoman. Thou any woman stand before a beast to lie
24
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy down thereto: it is confusion. Defile
father's brother, thou shalt not not ye yourselves in any of these
approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. things: for in all these the nations are
15 25
Thou shalt not uncover the defiled which I cast out before you:
And the land is defiled: therefore I do his father, and keep my sabbaths: I
4
visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and am the LORD your God. Turn ye not
the land itself vomiteth out her unto idols, nor make to yourselves
26
inhabitants. Ye shall therefore keep molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
5
my statutes and my judgments, and And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace
shall not commit any of these offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer
6
abominations; neither any of your own it at your own will. It shall be eaten
nation, nor any stranger that the same day ye offer it, and on the
27
sojourneth among you: (For all these morrow: and if ought remain until the
7
abominations have the men of the land third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
done, which were before you, and the And if it be eaten at all on the third
28
land is defiled;) That the land spue day, it is abominable; it shall not be
8
not you out also, when ye defile it, as accepted. Therefore every one that
it spued out the nations that were eateth it shall bear his iniquity,
29
before you. For whosoever shall because he hath profaned the hallowed
commit any of these abominations, thing of the LORD: and that soul shall
9
even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among his people.
30
be cut off from among their people. And when ye reap the harvest of your
Therefore shall ye keep mine land, thou shalt not wholly reap the
ordinance, that ye commit not any one corners of thy field, neither shalt thou
10
of these abominable customs, which gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
were committed before you, and that And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard,
ye defile not yourselves therein: I am neither shalt thou gather every grape
the LORD your God. of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them
for the poor and stranger: I am the
Leviticus 19 LORD your God. 11
Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
another. 12
And ye shall not swear by
2
saying, Speak unto all the my name falsely, neither shalt thou
congregation of the children of Israel, profane the name of thy God: I am the
and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: LORD. 13
Thou shalt not defraud thy
3
for I the LORD your God am holy. Ye neighbour, neither rob him: the wages
shall fear every man his mother, and of him that is hired shall not abide with
 14
thee all night until the morning. trespass offering unto the LORD, unto
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put the door of the tabernacle of the
a stumblingblock before the blind, but congregation, even a ram for a
15 22
shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. trespass offering. And the priest
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in shall make an atonement for him with
judgment: thou shalt not respect the the ram of the trespass offering before
person of the poor, nor honour the the LORD for his sin which he hath
person of the mighty: but in done: and the sin which he hath done
23
righteousness shalt thou judge thy shall be forgiven him. And when ye
16
neighbour. Thou shalt not go up and shall come into the land, and shall
down as a talebearer among thy have planted all manner of trees for
people: neither shalt thou stand food, then ye shall count the fruit
against the blood of thy neighbour: I thereof as uncircumcised: three years
17
am the LORD. Thou shalt not hate shall it be as uncircumcised unto you:
24
thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in it shall not be eaten of. But in the
any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be
18 25
not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt holy to praise the LORD withal. And
not avenge, nor bear any grudge in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit
against the children of thy people, but thereof, that it may yield unto you the
thou shalt love thy neighbour as increase thereof: I am the LORD your
19 26
thyself: I am the LORD. Ye shall God. Ye shall not eat any thing with
keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let the blood: neither shall ye use
27
thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: enchantment, nor observe times. Ye
thou shalt not sow thy field with shall not round the corners of your
mingled seed: neither shall a garment heads, neither shalt thou mar the
28
mingled of linen and woollen come corners of thy beard. Ye shall not
20
upon thee. And whosoever lieth make any cuttings in your flesh for the
carnally with a woman, that is a dead, nor print any marks upon you: I
29
bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, am the LORD. Do not prostitute thy
and not at all redeemed, nor freedom daughter, to cause her to be a whore;
given her; she shall be scourged; they lest the land fall to whoredom, and the
30
shall not be put to death, because she land become full of wickedness. Ye
21
was not free. And he shall bring his shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence
 31
my sanctuary: I am the LORD. of the land shall stone him with stones.
3
Regard not them that have familiar And I will set my face against that
spirits, neither seek after wizards, to man, and will cut him off from among
be defiled by them: I am the LORD his people; because he hath given of
32
your God. Thou shalt rise up before his seed unto Molech, to defile my
the hoary head, and honour the face of sanctuary, and to profane my holy
4
the old man, and fear thy God: I am name. And if the people of the land
33
the LORD. And if a stranger sojourn do any ways hide their eyes from the
with thee in your land, ye shall not vex man, when he giveth of his seed unto
34 5
him. But the stranger that dwelleth Molech, and kill him not: Then I will
with you shall be unto you as one born set my face against that man, and
among you, and thou shalt love him as against his family, and will cut him off,
thyself; for ye were strangers in the and all that go a whoring after him, to
land of Egypt: I am the LORD your commit whoredom with Molech, from
35 6
God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness among their people. And the soul that
in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or turneth after such as have familiar
36
in measure. Just balances, just spirits, and after wizards, to go a
weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, whoring after them, I will even set my
shall ye have: I am the LORD your face against that soul, and will cut him
7
God, which brought you out of the land off from among his people. Sanctify
37
of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe yourselves therefore, and be ye holy:
8
all my statutes, and all my judgments, for I am the LORD your God. And ye
and do them: I am the LORD. shall keep my statutes, and do them: I
9
am the LORD which sanctify you. For
Leviticus 20 every one that curseth his father or his
mother shall be surely put to death: he
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
hath cursed his father or his mother;
2
saying, Again, thou shalt say to the his blood shall be upon him. 10
And the
children of Israel, Whosoever he be of man that committeth adultery with
the children of Israel, or of the another man's wife, even he that
strangers that sojourn in Israel, that committeth adultery with his
giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the
shall surely be put to death: the people adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11
And the man that lieth with his sickness, and shall uncover her
father's wife hath uncovered his nakedness; he hath discovered her
father's nakedness: both of them shall fountain, and she hath uncovered the
surely be put to death; their blood fountain of her blood: and both of
12
shall be upon them. And if a man lie them shall be cut off from among their
19
with his daughter in law, both of them people. And thou shalt not uncover
shall surely be put to death: they have the nakedness of thy mother's sister,
wrought confusion; their blood shall be nor of thy father's sister: for he
13
upon them. If a man also lie with uncovereth his near kin: they shall
20
mankind, as he lieth with a woman, bear their iniquity. And if a man shall
both of them have committed an lie with his uncle's wife, he hath
abomination: they shall surely be put uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they
to death; their blood shall be upon shall bear their sin; they shall die
14 21
them. And if a man take a wife and childless. And if a man shall take his
her mother, it is wickedness: they shall brother's wife, it is an unclean thing:
be burnt with fire, both he and they; he hath uncovered his brother's
22
that there be no wickedness among nakedness; they shall be childless.
15
you. And if a man lie with a beast, Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes,
he shall surely be put to death: and ye and all my judgments, and do them:
16
shall slay the beast. And if a woman that the land, whither I bring you to
23
approach unto any beast, and lie down dwell therein, spue you not out. And
thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and ye shall not walk in the manners of the
the beast: they shall surely be put to nation, which I cast out before you: for
death; their blood shall be upon them. they committed all these things, and
17 24
And if a man shall take his sister, his therefore I abhorred them. But I
father's daughter, or his mother's have said unto you, Ye shall inherit
daughter, and see her nakedness, and their land, and I will give it unto you to
she see his nakedness; it is a wicked possess it, a land that floweth with
thing; and they shall be cut off in the milk and honey: I am the LORD your
sight of their people: he hath God, which have separated you from
25
uncovered his sister's nakedness; he other people. Ye shall therefore put
18
shall bear his iniquity. And if a man difference between clean beasts and
shall lie with a woman having her unclean, and between unclean fowls
and clean: and ye shall not make your be holy unto their God, and not
souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, profane the name of their God: for the
or by any manner of living thing that offerings of the LORD made by fire,
creepeth on the ground, which I have and the bread of their God, they do
26 7
separated from you as unclean. And offer: therefore they shall be holy.
ye shall be holy unto me: for I the They shall not take a wife that is a
LORD am holy, and have severed you whore, or profane; neither shall they
from other people, that ye should be take a woman put away from her
27 8
mine. A man also or woman that husband: for he is holy unto his God.
hath a familiar spirit, or that is a Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for
wizard, shall surely be put to death: he offereth the bread of thy God: he
they shall stone them with stones: shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD,
9
their blood shall be upon them. which sanctify you, am holy. And the
daughter of any priest, if she profane
Leviticus 21 herself by playing the whore, she
profaneth her father: she shall be
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak
burnt with fire. 10
And he that is the
unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and high priest among his brethren, upon
say unto them, There shall none be whose head the anointing oil was
defiled for the dead among his people: poured, and that is consecrated to put
2
But for his kin, that is near unto him, on the garments, shall not uncover his
that is, for his mother, and for his head, nor rend his clothes; 11
Neither
father, and for his son, and for his shall he go in to any dead body, nor
3
daughter, and for his brother, And for defile himself for his father, or for his
his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto mother; 12
Neither shall he go out of
him, which hath had no husband; for the sanctuary, nor profane the
4
her may he be defiled. But he shall sanctuary of his God; for the crown of
not defile himself, being a chief man the anointing oil of his God is upon
5
among his people, to profane himself. him: I am the LORD. 13
And he shall
They shall not make baldness upon take a wife in her virginity. 14
A widow,
their head, neither shall they shave off or a divorced woman, or profane, or an
the corner of their beard, nor make harlot, these shall he not take: but he
6
any cuttings in their flesh. They shall shall take a virgin of his own people to
 15
wife. Neither shall he profane his Leviticus 22
seed among his people: for I the LORD
do sanctify him. 16
And the LORD spake And the LORD spake unto Moses,
17
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto saying, 2
Speak unto Aaron and to his
Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy sons, that they separate themselves
seed in their generations that hath any from the holy things of the children of
blemish, let him not approach to offer Israel, and that they profane not my
18
the bread of his God. For whatsoever holy name in those things which they
man he be that hath a blemish, he hallow unto me: I am the LORD. 3
Say
shall not approach: a blind man, or a unto them, Whosoever he be of all your
lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or seed among your generations, that
19
any thing superfluous, Or a man that goeth unto the holy things, which the
20
is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, children of Israel hallow unto the
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath LORD, having his uncleanness upon
a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or him, that soul shall be cut off from my
21
scabbed, or hath his stones broken; presence: I am the LORD. 4
What man
No man that hath a blemish of the seed soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper,
of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to or hath a running issue; he shall not
offer the offerings of the LORD made eat of the holy things, until he be
by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not clean. And whoso toucheth any thing
come nigh to offer the bread of his that is unclean by the dead, or a man
22
God. He shall eat the bread of his whose seed goeth from him; 5
Or
God, both of the most holy, and of the whosoever toucheth any creeping
23
holy. Only he shall not go in unto the thing, whereby he may be made
vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, unclean, or a man of whom he may
because he hath a blemish; that he take uncleanness, whatsoever
profane not my sanctuaries: for I the uncleanness he hath; 6
The soul which
24
LORD do sanctify them. And Moses hath touched any such shall be unclean
told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and until even, and shall not eat of the holy
unto all the children of Israel. things, unless he wash his flesh with
7
water. And when the sun is down, he
shall be clean, and shall afterward eat
of the holy things; because it is his
 8
food. That which dieth of itself, or is Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
torn with beasts, he shall not eat to children of Israel, and say unto them,
defile himself therewith: I am the Whatsoever he be of the house of
9
LORD. They shall therefore keep mine Israel, or of the strangers in Israel,
ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and that will offer his oblation for all his
die therefore, if they profane it: I the vows, and for all his freewill offerings,
10
LORD do sanctify them. There shall which they will offer unto the LORD for
19
no stranger eat of the holy thing: a a burnt offering; Ye shall offer at
sojourner of the priest, or an hired your own will a male without blemish,
servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the
11 20
But if the priest buy any soul with goats. But whatsoever hath a
his money, he shall eat of it, and he blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it
21
that is born in his house: they shall eat shall not be acceptable for you. And
12
of his meat. If the priest's daughter whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace
also be married unto a stranger, she offerings unto the LORD to accomplish
may not eat of an offering of the holy his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves
13
things. But if the priest's daughter or sheep, it shall be perfect to be
be a widow, or divorced, and have no accepted; there shall be no blemish
22
child, and is returned unto her father's therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed,
house, as in her youth, she shall eat of or having a wen, or scurvy, or
her father's meat: but there shall no scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto
14
stranger eat thereof. And if a man the LORD, nor make an offering by fire
eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
23
he shall put the fifth part thereof unto Either a bullock or a lamb that hath
it, and shall give it unto the priest with any thing superfluous or lacking in his
15
the holy thing. And they shall not parts, that mayest thou offer for a
profane the holy things of the children freewill offering; but for a vow it shall
24
of Israel, which they offer unto the not be accepted. Ye shall not offer
16
LORD; Or suffer them to bear the unto the LORD that which is bruised, or
iniquity of trespass, when they eat crushed, or broken, or cut; neither
their holy things: for I the LORD do shall ye make any offering thereof in
17 25
sanctify them. And the LORD spake your land. Neither from a stranger's
18
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto hand shall ye offer the bread of your
 3
God of any of these; because their these are my feasts. Six days shall
corruption is in them, and blemishes work be done: but the seventh day is
be in them: they shall not be accepted the sabbath of rest, an holy
26
for you. And the LORD spake unto convocation; ye shall do no work
27
Moses, saying, When a bullock, or a therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD
4
sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then in all your dwellings. These are the
it shall be seven days under the dam; feasts of the LORD, even holy
and from the eighth day and convocations, which ye shall proclaim
5
thenceforth it shall be accepted for an in their seasons. In the fourteenth
28
offering made by fire unto the LORD. day of the first month at even is the
6
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall LORD'S passover. And on the
not kill it and her young both in one fifteenth day of the same month is the
29
day. And when ye will offer a feast of unleavened bread unto the
sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat
30 7
LORD, offer it at your own will. On unleavened bread. In the first day ye
the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall have an holy convocation: ye
8
shall leave none of it until the morrow: shall do no servile work therein. But
31
I am the LORD. Therefore shall ye ye shall offer an offering made by fire
keep my commandments, and do unto the LORD seven days: in the
32
them: I am the LORD. Neither shall seventh day is an holy convocation: ye
9
ye profane my holy name; but I will be shall do no servile work therein. And
10
hallowed among the children of Israel: the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
33
I am the LORD which hallow you, Speak unto the children of Israel, and
That brought you out of the land of say unto them, When ye be come into
Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. the land which I give unto you, and
shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye
Leviticus 23 shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of
11
your harvest unto the priest: And he
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
shall wave the sheaf before the LORD,
2
saying, Speak unto the children of to be accepted for you: on the morrow
Israel, and say unto them, Concerning after the sabbath the priest shall wave
the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall it. 12
And ye shall offer that day when
proclaim to be holy convocations, even ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without
 19
blemish of the first year for a burnt fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
13
offering unto the LORD. And the Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the
meat offering thereof shall be two goats for a sin offering, and two lambs
tenth deals of fine flour mingled with of the first year for a sacrifice of peace
20
oil, an offering made by fire unto the offerings. And the priest shall wave
LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink them with the bread of the first fruits
offering thereof shall be of wine, the for a wave offering before the LORD,
14
fourth part of an hin. And ye shall with the two lambs: they shall be holy
21
eat neither bread, nor parched corn, to the LORD for the priest. And ye
nor green ears, until the selfsame day shall proclaim on the selfsame day,
that ye have brought an offering unto that it may be an holy convocation
your God: it shall be a statute for ever unto you: ye shall do no servile work
throughout your generations in all your therein: it shall be a statute for ever in
15
dwellings. And ye shall count unto all your dwellings throughout your
22
you from the morrow after the generations. And when ye reap the
sabbath, from the day that ye brought harvest of your land, thou shalt not
the sheaf of the wave offering; seven make clean riddance of the corners of
16
sabbaths shall be complete: Even thy field when thou reapest, neither
unto the morrow after the seventh shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy
sabbath shall ye number fifty days; harvest: thou shalt leave them unto
and ye shall offer a new meat offering the poor, and to the stranger: I am the
17 23
unto the LORD. Ye shall bring out of LORD your God. And the LORD spake
24
your habitations two wave loaves of unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the
two tenth deals: they shall be of fine children of Israel, saying, In the
flour; they shall be baken with leaven; seventh month, in the first day of the
they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. month, shall ye have a sabbath, a
18
And ye shall offer with the bread memorial of blowing of trumpets, an
25
seven lambs without blemish of the holy convocation. Ye shall do no
first year, and one young bullock, and servile work therein: but ye shall offer
two rams: they shall be for a burnt an offering made by fire unto the
26
offering unto the LORD, with their LORD. And the LORD spake unto
27
meat offering, and their drink Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day
offerings, even an offering made by of this seventh month there shall be a
day of atonement: it shall be an holy unto the LORD: it is a solemn
convocation unto you; and ye shall assembly; and ye shall do no servile
37
afflict your souls, and offer an offering work therein. These are the feasts of
28
made by fire unto the LORD. And ye the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to
shall do no work in that same day: for be holy convocations, to offer an
it is a day of atonement, to make an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a
atonement for you before the LORD burnt offering, and a meat offering, a
29
your God. For whatsoever soul it be sacrifice, and drink offerings, every
38
that shall not be afflicted in that same thing upon his day: Beside the
day, he shall be cut off from among his sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your
30
people. And whatsoever soul it be gifts, and beside all your vows, and
that doeth any work in that same day, beside all your freewill offerings, which
39
the same soul will I destroy from ye give unto the LORD. Also in the
31
among his people. Ye shall do no fifteenth day of the seventh month,
manner of work: it shall be a statute when ye have gathered in the fruit of
for ever throughout your generations in the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the
32
all your dwellings. It shall be unto LORD seven days: on the first day
you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth
40
afflict your souls: in the ninth day of day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall
the month at even, from even unto take you on the first day the boughs of
even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. goodly trees, branches of palm trees,
33
And the LORD spake unto Moses, and the boughs of thick trees, and
34
saying, Speak unto the children of willows of the brook; and ye shall
Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this rejoice before the LORD your God
41
seventh month shall be the feast of seven days. And ye shall keep it a
tabernacles for seven days unto the feast unto the LORD seven days in the
35
LORD. On the first day shall be an year. It shall be a statute for ever in
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile your generations: ye shall celebrate it
36 42
work therein. Seven days ye shall in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell
offer an offering made by fire unto the in booths seven days; all that are
43
LORD: on the eighth day shall be an Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
holy convocation unto you; and ye That your generations may know that I
shall offer an offering made by fire made the children of Israel to dwell in
 9
booths, when I brought them out of the by an everlasting covenant. And it
land of Egypt: I am the LORD your shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and
44
God. And Moses declared unto the they shall eat it in the holy place: for it
children of Israel the feasts of the is most holy unto him of the offerings
LORD. of the LORD made by fire by a
10
perpetual statute. And the son of an
Leviticus 24 Israelitish woman, whose father was an
Egyptian, went out among the children
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish
2
saying, Command the children of woman and a man of Israel strove
Israel, that they bring unto thee pure together in the camp; 11
And the
oil olive beaten for the light, to cause Israelitish woman's son blasphemed
3
the lamps to burn continually. the name of the LORD, and cursed.
Without the vail of the testimony, in And they brought him unto Moses:
the tabernacle of the congregation, (and his mother's name was Shelomith,
shall Aaron order it from the evening the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of
unto the morning before the LORD Dan:) 12
And they put him in ward, that
continually: it shall be a statute for the mind of the LORD might be shewed
4
ever in your generations. He shall them. 13
And the LORD spake unto
order the lamps upon the pure Moses, saying, 14
Bring forth him that
candlestick before the LORD hath cursed without the camp; and let
5
continually. And thou shalt take fine all that heard him lay their hands upon
flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: his head, and let all the congregation
6
two tenth deals shall be in one cake. stone him. 15
And thou shalt speak unto
And thou shalt set them in two rows, the children of Israel, saying,
six on a row, upon the pure table Whosoever curseth his God shall bear
7
before the LORD. And thou shalt put his sin. 16
And he that blasphemeth the
pure frankincense upon each row, that name of the LORD, he shall surely be
it may be on the bread for a memorial, put to death, and all the congregation
even an offering made by fire unto the shall certainly stone him: as well the
8
LORD. Every sabbath he shall set it in stranger, as he that is born in the land,
order before the LORD continually, when he blasphemeth the name of the
being taken from the children of Israel LORD, shall be put to death. 17
And he
that killeth any man shall surely be put unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD:
18
to death. And he that killeth a beast thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor
19 5
shall make it good; beast for beast. prune thy vineyard. That which
And if a man cause a blemish in his groweth of its own accord of thy
neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it harvest thou shalt not reap, neither
20
be done to him; Breach for breach, gather the grapes of thy vine
eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath undressed: for it is a year of rest unto
6
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it the land. And the sabbath of the land
21
be done to him again. And he that shall be meat for you; for thee, and for
killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and thy servant, and for thy maid, and for
he that killeth a man, he shall be put thy hired servant, and for thy stranger
22 7
to death. Ye shall have one manner that sojourneth with thee, And for thy
of law, as well for the stranger, as for cattle, and for the beast that are in thy
one of your own country: for I am the land, shall all the increase thereof be
23 8
LORD your God. And Moses spake to meat. And thou shalt number seven
the children of Israel, that they should sabbaths of years unto thee, seven
bring forth him that had cursed out of times seven years; and the space of
the camp, and stone him with stones. the seven sabbaths of years shall be
9
And the children of Israel did as the unto thee forty and nine years. Then
LORD commanded Moses. shalt thou cause the trumpet of the
jubile to sound on the tenth day of the
Leviticus 25 seventh month, in the day of
atonement shall ye make the trumpet
And the LORD spake unto Moses in
sound throughout all your land. 10
And
2
mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and
children of Israel, and say unto them, proclaim liberty throughout all the land
When ye come into the land which I unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall
give you, then shall the land keep a be a jubile unto you; and ye shall
3
sabbath unto the LORD. Six years return every man unto his possession,
thou shalt sow thy field, and six years and ye shall return every man unto his
thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and family. 11
A jubile shall that fiftieth year
4
gather in the fruit thereof; But in the be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither
seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest reap that which groweth of itself in it,
nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine and it shall bring forth fruit for three
12 22
undressed. For it is the jubile; it years. And ye shall sow the eighth
shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
13
increase thereof out of the field. In ninth year; until her fruits come in ye
23
the year of this jubile ye shall return shall eat of the old store. The land
14
every man unto his possession. And shall not be sold for ever: for the land
if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, is mine; for ye are strangers and
24
or buyest ought of thy neighbour's sojourners with me. And in all the
hand, ye shall not oppress one land of your possession ye shall grant a
15 25
another: According to the number of redemption for the land. If thy
years after the jubile thou shalt buy of brother be waxen poor, and hath sold
thy neighbour, and according unto the away some of his possession, and if
number of years of the fruits he shall any of his kin come to redeem it, then
16
sell unto thee: According to the shall he redeem that which his brother
26
multitude of years thou shalt increase sold. And if the man have none to
the price thereof, and according to the redeem it, and himself be able to
27
fewness of years thou shalt diminish redeem it; Then let him count the
the price of it: for according to the years of the sale thereof, and restore
number of the years of the fruits doth the overplus unto the man to whom he
17
he sell unto thee. Ye shall not sold it; that he may return unto his
28
therefore oppress one another; but possession. But if he be not able to
thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the restore it to him, then that which is
18
LORD your God. Wherefore ye shall sold shall remain in the hand of him
do my statutes, and keep my that hath bought it until the year of
judgments, and do them; and ye shall jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out,
19
dwell in the land in safety. And the and he shall return unto his
29
land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall possession. And if a man sell a
eat your fill, and dwell therein in dwelling house in a walled city, then he
20
safety. And if ye shall say, What may redeem it within a whole year
shall we eat the seventh year? behold, after it is sold; within a full year may
30
we shall not sow, nor gather in our he redeem it. And if it be not
21
increase: Then I will command my redeemed within the space of a full
blessing upon you in the sixth year, year, then the house that is in the
 39
walled city shall be established for ever Canaan, and to be your God. And if
to him that bought it throughout his thy brother that dwelleth by thee be
generations: it shall not go out in the waxen poor, and be sold unto thee;
31
jubile. But the houses of the villages thou shalt not compel him to serve as
40
which have no wall round about them a bondservant: But as an hired
shall be counted as the fields of the servant, and as a sojourner, he shall
country: they may be redeemed, and be with thee, and shall serve thee unto
32 41
they shall go out in the jubile. the year of jubile: And then shall he
Notwithstanding the cities of the depart from thee, both he and his
Levites, and the houses of the cities of children with him, and shall return unto
their possession, may the Levites his own family, and unto the
33
redeem at any time. And if a man possession of his fathers shall he
42
purchase of the Levites, then the house return. For they are my servants,
that was sold, and the city of his which I brought forth out of the land of
possession, shall go out in the year of Egypt: they shall not be sold as
43
jubile: for the houses of the cities of bondmen. Thou shalt not rule over
the Levites are their possession among him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
34 44
the children of Israel. But the field of Both thy bondmen, and thy
the suburbs of their cities may not be bondmaids, which thou shalt have,
sold; for it is their perpetual shall be of the heathen that are round
35
possession. And if thy brother be about you; of them shall ye buy
45
waxen poor, and fallen in decay with bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover
thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, of the children of the strangers that do
though he be a stranger, or a sojourn among you, of them shall ye
sojourner; that he may live with thee. buy, and of their families that are with
36
Take thou no usury of him, or you, which they begat in your land:
46
increase: but fear thy God; that thy and they shall be your possession.
37
brother may live with thee. Thou And ye shall take them as an
shalt not give him thy money upon inheritance for your children after you,
usury, nor lend him thy victuals for to inherit them for a possession; they
38
increase. I am the LORD your God, shall be your bondmen for ever: but
which brought you forth out of the land over your brethren the children of
of Egypt, to give you the land of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
 47 55
another with rigour. And if a and his children with him. For unto
sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, me the children of Israel are servants;
and thy brother that dwelleth by him they are my servants whom I brought
wax poor, and sell himself unto the forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the
stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the LORD your God.
48
stock of the stranger's family: After
that he is sold he may be redeemed Leviticus 26
again; one of his brethren may redeem
him: 49
Either his uncle, or his uncle's
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven

son, may redeem him, or any that is image, neither rear you up a standing

nigh of kin unto him of his family may image, neither shall ye set up any

redeem him; or if he be able, he may image of stone in your land, to bow

redeem himself. 50
And he shall reckon down unto it: for I am the LORD your
2
with him that bought him from the year God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and

that he was sold to him unto the year reverence my sanctuary: I am the
3
of jubile: and the price of his sale shall LORD. If ye walk in my statutes, and

be according unto the number of years, keep my commandments, and do

4
according to the time of an hired them; Then I will give you rain in due

servant shall it be with him. 51

If there season, and the land shall yield her

be yet many years behind, according increase, and the trees of the field
5
unto them he shall give again the price shall yield their fruit. And your

of his redemption out of the money threshing shall reach unto the vintage,

that he was bought for. 52

And if there and the vintage shall reach unto the

remain but few years unto the year of sowing time: and ye shall eat your

jubile, then he shall count with him, bread to the full, and dwell in your land
6
and according unto his years shall he safely. And I will give peace in the

give him again the price of his land, and ye shall lie down, and none

redemption. 53
And as a yearly hired shall make you afraid: and I will rid

servant shall he be with him: and the evil beasts out of the land, neither
7
other shall not rule with rigour over shall the sword go through your land.

him in thy sight. 54

And if he be not And ye shall chase your enemies, and

redeemed in these years, then he shall they shall fall before you by the sword.
8
go out in the year of jubile, both he, And five of you shall chase an
hundred, and an hundred of you shall you; and ye shall flee when none
18
put ten thousand to flight: and your pursueth you. And if ye will not yet
enemies shall fall before you by the for all this hearken unto me, then I will
9
sword. For I will have respect unto punish you seven times more for your
19
you, and make you fruitful, and sins. And I will break the pride of
multiply you, and establish my your power; and I will make your
10
covenant with you. And ye shall eat heaven as iron, and your earth as
20
old store, and bring forth the old brass: And your strength shall be
11
because of the new. And I will set spent in vain: for your land shall not
my tabernacle among you: and my soul yield her increase, neither shall the
12 21
shall not abhor you. And I will walk trees of the land yield their fruits.
among you, and will be your God, and And if ye walk contrary unto me, and
13
ye shall be my people. I am the will not hearken unto me; I will bring
LORD your God, which brought you seven times more plagues upon you
22
forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye according to your sins. I will also
should not be their bondmen; and I send wild beasts among you, which
have broken the bands of your yoke, shall rob you of your children, and
14
and made you go upright. But if ye destroy your cattle, and make you few
will not hearken unto me, and will not in number; and your high ways shall be
15 23
do all these commandments; And if desolate. And if ye will not be
ye shall despise my statutes, or if your reformed by me by these things, but
24
soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will walk contrary unto me; Then will
will not do all my commandments, but I also walk contrary unto you, and will
16
that ye break my covenant: I also punish you yet seven times for your
25
will do this unto you; I will even sins. And I will bring a sword upon
appoint over you terror, consumption, you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
and the burning ague, that shall my covenant: and when ye are
consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of gathered together within your cities, I
heart: and ye shall sow your seed in will send the pestilence among you;
17
vain, for your enemies shall eat it. and ye shall be delivered into the hand
26
And I will set my face against you, and of the enemy. And when I have
ye shall be slain before your enemies: broken the staff of your bread, ten
they that hate you shall reign over women shall bake your bread in one
oven, and they shall deliver you your hearts in the lands of their enemies;
bread again by weight: and ye shall and the sound of a shaken leaf shall
27
eat, and not be satisfied. And if ye chase them; and they shall flee, as
will not for all this hearken unto me, fleeing from a sword; and they shall
28 37
but walk contrary unto me; Then I fall when none pursueth. And they
will walk contrary unto you also in shall fall one upon another, as it were
fury; and I, even I, will chastise you before a sword, when none pursueth:
29
seven times for your sins. And ye and ye shall have no power to stand
38
shall eat the flesh of your sons, and before your enemies. And ye shall
the flesh of your daughters shall ye perish among the heathen, and the
30
eat. And I will destroy your high land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39
places, and cut down your images, and And they that are left of you shall
cast your carcases upon the carcases pine away in their iniquity in your
of your idols, and my soul shall abhor enemies' lands; and also in the
31
you. And I will make your cities iniquities of their fathers shall they
40
waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto pine away with them. If they shall
desolation, and I will not smell the confess their iniquity, and the iniquity
32
savour of your sweet odours. And I of their fathers, with their trespass
will bring the land into desolation: and which they trespassed against me, and
your enemies which dwell therein shall that also they have walked contrary
33 41
be astonished at it. And I will scatter unto me; And that I also have
you among the heathen, and will draw walked contrary unto them, and have
out a sword after you: and your land brought them into the land of their
shall be desolate, and your cities enemies; if then their uncircumcised
34
waste. Then shall the land enjoy her hearts be humbled, and they then
sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, accept of the punishment of their
42
and ye be in your enemies' land; even iniquity: Then will I remember my
then shall the land rest, and enjoy her covenant with Jacob, and also my
35
sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate covenant with Isaac, and also my
it shall rest; because it did not rest in covenant with Abraham will I
your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. remember; and I will remember the
36 43
And upon them that are left alive of land. The land also shall be left of
you I will send a faintness into their them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: silver, after the shekel of the
4
and they shall accept of the sanctuary. And if it be a female, then
5
punishment of their iniquity: because, thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
even because they despised my And if it be from five years old even
judgments, and because their soul unto twenty years old, then thy
44
abhorred my statutes. And yet for all estimation shall be of the male twenty
that, when they be in the land of their shekels, and for the female ten
6
enemies, I will not cast them away, shekels. And if it be from a month old
neither will I abhor them, to destroy even unto five years old, then thy
them utterly, and to break my estimation shall be of the male five
covenant with them: for I am the LORD shekels of silver, and for the female
45
their God. But I will for their sakes thy estimation shall be three shekels of
7
remember the covenant of their silver. And if it be from sixty years
ancestors, whom I brought forth out of old and above; if it be a male, then thy
the land of Egypt in the sight of the estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and
8
heathen, that I might be their God: I for the female ten shekels. But if he
46
am the LORD. These are the statutes be poorer than thy estimation, then he
and judgments and laws, which the shall present himself before the priest,
LORD made between him and the and the priest shall value him;
children of Israel in mount Sinai by the according to his ability that vowed shall
9
hand of Moses. the priest value him. And if it be a
beast, whereof men bring an offering
Leviticus 27 unto the LORD, all that any man giveth
10
of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a
2
saying, Speak unto the children of good for a bad, or a bad for a good:
Israel, and say unto them, When a and if he shall at all change beast for
man shall make a singular vow, the beast, then it and the exchange thereof
persons shall be for the LORD by thy shall be holy. 11
And if it be any
3
estimation. And thy estimation shall unclean beast, of which they do not
be of the male from twenty years old offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then
even unto sixty years old, even thy he shall present the beast before the
estimation shall be fifty shekels of priest: 12
And the priest shall value it,
whether it be good or bad: as thou field to another man, it shall not be
21
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it redeemed any more. But the field,
13
be. But if he will at all redeem it, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be
then he shall add a fifth part thereof holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted;
14
unto thy estimation. And when a the possession thereof shall be the
22
man shall sanctify his house to be holy priest's. And if a man sanctify unto
unto the LORD, then the priest shall the LORD a field which he hath bought,
estimate it, whether it be good or bad: which is not of the fields of his
23
as the priest shall estimate it, so shall possession; Then the priest shall
15
it stand. And if he that sanctified it reckon unto him the worth of thy
will redeem his house, then he shall estimation, even unto the year of the
add the fifth part of the money of thy jubile: and he shall give thine
estimation unto it, and it shall be his. estimation in that day, as a holy thing
16 24
And if a man shall sanctify unto the unto the LORD. In the year of the
LORD some part of a field of his jubile the field shall return unto him of
possession, then thy estimation shall whom it was bought, even to him to
be according to the seed thereof: an whom the possession of the land did
25
homer of barley seed shall be valued at belong. And all thy estimations shall
17
fifty shekels of silver. If he sanctify be according to the shekel of the
his field from the year of jubile, sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the
26
according to thy estimation it shall shekel. Only the firstling of the
18
stand. But if he sanctify his field beasts, which should be the LORD'S
after the jubile, then the priest shall firstling, no man shall sanctify it;
reckon unto him the money according whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the
27
to the years that remain, even unto the LORD'S. And if it be of an unclean
year of the jubile, and it shall be beast, then he shall redeem it
19
abated from thy estimation. And if according to thine estimation, and shall
he that sanctified the field will in any add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be
wise redeem it, then he shall add the not redeemed, then it shall be sold
28
fifth part of the money of thy according to thy estimation.
estimation unto it, and it shall be Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that
20
assured to him. And if he will not a man shall devote unto the LORD of
redeem the field, or if he have sold the all that he hath, both of man and
beast, and of the field of his And concerning the tithe of the herd,
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: or of the flock, even of whatsoever
every devoted thing is most holy unto passeth under the rod, the tenth shall
29 33
the LORD. None devoted, which shall be holy unto the LORD. He shall not
be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; search whether it be good or bad,
30
but shall surely be put to death. And neither shall he change it: and if he
all the tithe of the land, whether of the change it at all, then both it and the
seed of the land, or of the fruit of the change thereof shall be holy; it shall
34
tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the not be redeemed. These are the
31
LORD. And if a man will at all commandments, which the LORD
redeem ought of his tithes, he shall commanded Moses for the children of
32
add thereto the fifth part thereof. Israel in mount Sinai.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

NUMBERS

11
Numbers 1 Pedahzur. Of Benjamin; Abidan the
12
son of Gideoni. Of Dan; Ahiezer the
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the son of Ammishaddai. 13
Of Asher;
14
wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of Pagiel the son of Ocran. Of Gad;
15
the congregation, on the first day of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Of
16
the second month, in the second year Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

after they were come out of the land of These were the renowned of the

Egypt, saying, 2
Take ye the sum of all congregation, princes of the tribes of

the congregation of the children of their fathers, heads of thousands in

17
Israel, after their families, by the Israel. And Moses and Aaron took

house of their fathers, with the number these men which are expressed by
18
of their names, every male by their their names: And they assembled all

polls; 3
From twenty years old and the congregation together on the first

upward, all that are able to go forth to day of the second month, and they

war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall declared their pedigrees after their

number them by their armies. 4

And families, by the house of their fathers,

with you there shall be a man of every according to the number of the names,

tribe; every one head of the house of from twenty years old and upward, by
19
his fathers. 5
And these are the names their polls. As the LORD commanded

of the men that shall stand with you: Moses, so he numbered them in the
20
of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son wilderness of Sinai. And the children

of Shedeur. 6
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their

son of Zurishaddai. 7
Of Judah; generations, after their families, by the

Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8

Of house of their fathers, according to the

Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 number of the names, by their polls,

Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 every male from twenty years old and

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; upward, all that were able to go forth
21
Elishama the son of Ammihud: of to war; Those that were numbered of

Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,

were forty and six thousand and five names, from twenty years old and
22
hundred. Of the children of Simeon, upward, all that were able to go forth
29
by their generations, after their to war; Those that were numbered of
families, by the house of their fathers, them, even of the tribe of Issachar,
those that were numbered of them, were fifty and four thousand and four
30
according to the number of the names, hundred. Of the children of Zebulun,
by their polls, every male from twenty by their generations, after their
years old and upward, all that were families, by the house of their fathers,
23
able to go forth to war; Those that according to the number of the names,
were numbered of them, even of the from twenty years old and upward, all
31
tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine that were able to go forth to war;
24
thousand and three hundred. Of the Those that were numbered of them,
children of Gad, by their generations, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty
after their families, by the house of and seven thousand and four hundred.
32
their fathers, according to the number Of the children of Joseph, namely, of
of the names, from twenty years old the children of Ephraim, by their
and upward, all that were able to go generations, after their families, by the
25
forth to war; Those that were house of their fathers, according to the
numbered of them, even of the tribe of number of the names, from twenty
Gad, were forty and five thousand six years old and upward, all that were
26 33
hundred and fifty. Of the children of able to go forth to war; Those that
Judah, by their generations, after their were numbered of them, even of the
families, by the house of their fathers, tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand
34
according to the number of the names, and five hundred. Of the children of
from twenty years old and upward, all Manasseh, by their generations, after
27
that were able to go forth to war; their families, by the house of their
Those that were numbered of them, fathers, according to the number of the
even of the tribe of Judah, were names, from twenty years old and
threescore and fourteen thousand and upward, all that were able to go forth
28 35
six hundred. Of the children of to war; Those that were numbered of
Issachar, by their generations, after them, even of the tribe of Manasseh,
their families, by the house of their were thirty and two thousand and two
36
fathers, according to the number of the hundred. Of the children of
Benjamin, by their generations, after tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three
44
their families, by the house of their thousand and four hundred. These
fathers, according to the number of the are those that were numbered, which
names, from twenty years old and Moses and Aaron numbered, and the
upward, all that were able to go forth princes of Israel, being twelve men:
37
to war; Those that were numbered of each one was for the house of his
45
them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, fathers. So were all those that were
were thirty and five thousand and four numbered of the children of Israel, by
38
hundred. Of the children of Dan, by the house of their fathers, from twenty
their generations, after their families, years old and upward, all that were
46
by the house of their fathers, according able to go forth to war in Israel;
to the number of the names, from Even all they that were numbered were
twenty years old and upward, all that six hundred thousand and three
39 47
were able to go forth to war; Those thousand and five hundred and fifty.
that were numbered of them, even of But the Levites after the tribe of their
the tribe of Dan, were threescore and fathers were not numbered among
40 48
two thousand and seven hundred. Of them. For the LORD had spoken unto
49
the children of Asher, by their Moses, saying, Only thou shalt not
generations, after their families, by the number the tribe of Levi, neither take
house of their fathers, according to the the sum of them among the children of
50
number of the names, from twenty Israel: But thou shalt appoint the
years old and upward, all that were Levites over the tabernacle of
41
able to go forth to war; Those that testimony, and over all the vessels
were numbered of them, even of the thereof, and over all things that belong
tribe of Asher, were forty and one to it: they shall bear the tabernacle,
42
thousand and five hundred. Of the and all the vessels thereof; and they
children of Naphtali, throughout their shall minister unto it, and shall encamp
51
generations, after their families, by the round about the tabernacle. And
house of their fathers, according to the when the tabernacle setteth forward,
number of the names, from twenty the Levites shall take it down: and
years old and upward, all that were when the tabernacle is to be pitched,
43
able to go forth to war; Those that the Levites shall set it up: and the
were numbered of them, even of the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put
 52
to death. And the children of Israel and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be
6
shall pitch their tents, every man by captain of the children of Issachar.
his own camp, and every man by his And his host, and those that were
own standard, throughout their hosts. numbered thereof, were fifty and four
53 7
But the Levites shall pitch round thousand and four hundred. Then the
about the tabernacle of testimony, that tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of
there be no wrath upon the Helon shall be captain of the children
8
congregation of the children of Israel: of Zebulun. And his host, and those
and the Levites shall keep the charge that were numbered thereof, were fifty
54
of the tabernacle of testimony. And and seven thousand and four hundred.
9
the children of Israel did according to All that were numbered in the camp
all that the LORD commanded Moses, of Judah were an hundred thousand
so did they. and fourscore thousand and six
thousand and four hundred, throughout
Numbers 2 their armies. These shall first set forth.
10
On the south side shall be the
And the LORD spake unto Moses and
standard of the camp of Reuben
2
unto Aaron, saying, Every man of the according to their armies: and the
children of Israel shall pitch by his own captain of the children of Reuben shall
standard, with the ensign of their be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11
And his
father's house: far off about the host, and those that were numbered
tabernacle of the congregation shall thereof, were forty and six thousand
3
they pitch. And on the east side and five hundred. 12
And those which
toward the rising of the sun shall they pitch by him shall be the tribe of
of the standard of the camp of Judah Simeon: and the captain of the children
pitch throughout their armies: and of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall Zurishaddai. 13
And his host, and those
4
be captain of the children of Judah. that were numbered of them, were fifty
And his host, and those that were and nine thousand and three hundred.
numbered of them, were threescore 14
Then the tribe of Gad: and the
and fourteen thousand and six captain of the sons of Gad shall be
5
hundred. And those that do pitch next Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 15
And his
unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: host, and those that were numbered of
them, were forty and five thousand and thousand and eight thousand and an
16
six hundred and fifty. All that were hundred, throughout their armies. And
numbered in the camp of Reuben were they shall go forward in the third rank.
25
an hundred thousand and fifty and one The standard of the camp of Dan
thousand and four hundred and fifty, shall be on the north side by their
throughout their armies. And they shall armies: and the captain of the children
17
set forth in the second rank. Then of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of
26
the tabernacle of the congregation Ammishaddai. And his host, and
shall set forward with the camp of the those that were numbered of them,
Levites in the midst of the camp: as were threescore and two thousand and
27
they encamp, so shall they set forward, seven hundred. And those that
every man in his place by their encamp by him shall be the tribe of
18
standards. On the west side shall be Asher: and the captain of the children
the standard of the camp of Ephraim of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
28
according to their armies: and the Ocran. And his host, and those that
captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be were numbered of them, were forty
19 29
Elishama the son of Ammihud. And and one thousand and five hundred.
his host, and those that were Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the
numbered of them, were forty captain of the children of Naphtali shall
20 30
thousand and five hundred. And by be Ahira the son of Enan. And his
him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and host, and those that were numbered of
the captain of the children of Manasseh them, were fifty and three thousand
31
shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. and four hundred. All they that were
21
And his host, and those that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an
numbered of them, were thirty and two hundred thousand and fifty and seven
22
thousand and two hundred. Then the thousand and six hundred. They shall
32
tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of go hindmost with their standards.
the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan These are those which were numbered
23
the son of Gideoni. And his host, and of the children of Israel by the house of
those that were numbered of them, their fathers: all those that were
were thirty and five thousand and four numbered of the camps throughout
24
hundred. All that were numbered of their hosts were six hundred thousand
the camp of Ephraim were an hundred and three thousand and five hundred
 33
and fifty. But the Levites were not charge of the whole congregation
numbered among the children of before the tabernacle of the
Israel; as the LORD commanded congregation, to do the service of the
34 8
Moses. And the children of Israel did tabernacle. And they shall keep all
according to all that the LORD the instruments of the tabernacle of
commanded Moses: so they pitched by the congregation, and the charge of
their standards, and so they set the children of Israel, to do the service
9
forward, every one after their families, of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give
according to the house of their fathers. the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons:
they are wholly given unto him out of
Numbers 3 the children of Israel. 10
And thou shalt
appoint Aaron and his sons, and they
These also are the generations of
shall wait on their priest's office: and
Aaron and Moses in the day that the the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. put to death. 11
And the LORD spake
2
And these are the names of the sons unto Moses, saying, 12
And I, behold, I
of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and have taken the Levites from among the
3
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These children of Israel instead of all the
are the names of the sons of Aaron, firstborn that openeth the matrix
the priests which were anointed, whom among the children of Israel: therefore
he consecrated to minister in the the Levites shall be mine; 13
Because
4
priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu all the firstborn are mine; for on the
died before the LORD, when they day that I smote all the firstborn in the
offered strange fire before the LORD, land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all
in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had the firstborn in Israel, both man and
no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar beast: mine shall they be: I am the
ministered in the priest's office in the LORD. 14
And the LORD spake unto
5
sight of Aaron their father. And the Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
6
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, saying, 15
Number the children of Levi
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and after the house of their fathers, by
present them before Aaron the priest, their families: every male from a
7
that they may minister unto him. And month old and upward shalt thou
they shall keep his charge, and the number them. 16
And Moses numbered
them according to the word of the which is by the tabernacle, and by the
17
LORD, as he was commanded. And altar round about, and the cords of it
27
these were the sons of Levi by their for all the service thereof. And of
names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Kohath was the family of the
18
Merari. And these are the names of Amramites, and the family of the
the sons of Gershon by their families; Izeharites, and the family of the
19
Libni, and Shimei. And the sons of Hebronites, and the family of the
Kohath by their families; Amram, and Uzzielites: these are the families of the
20 28
Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the Kohathites. In the number of all the
sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, males, from a month old and upward,
and Mushi. These are the families of were eight thousand and six hundred,
29
the Levites according to the house of keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
21
their fathers. Of Gershon was the The families of the sons of Kohath shall
family of the Libnites, and the family of pitch on the side of the tabernacle
30
the Shimites: these are the families of southward. And the chief of the
22
the Gershonites. Those that were house of the father of the families of
numbered of them, according to the the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the
31
number of all the males, from a month son of Uzziel. And their charge shall
old and upward, even those that were be the ark, and the table, and the
numbered of them were seven candlestick, and the altars, and the
23
thousand and five hundred. The vessels of the sanctuary wherewith
families of the Gershonites shall pitch they minister, and the hanging, and all
24 32
behind the tabernacle westward. And the service thereof. And Eleazar the
the chief of the house of the father of son of Aaron the priest shall be chief
the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the over the chief of the Levites, and have
25
son of Lael. And the charge of the the oversight of them that keep the
33
sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of charge of the sanctuary. Of Merari
the congregation shall be the was the family of the Mahlites, and the
tabernacle, and the tent, the covering family of the Mushites: these are the
34
thereof, and the hanging for the door families of Merari. And those that
of the tabernacle of the congregation, were numbered of them, according to
26
And the hangings of the court, and the number of all the males, from a
the curtain for the door of the court, month old and upward, were six
 35
thousand and two hundred. And the of all the firstborn among the children
chief of the house of the father of the of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites
families of Merari was Zuriel the son of instead of all the firstlings among the
42
Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of cattle of the children of Israel. And
36
the tabernacle northward. And under Moses numbered, as the LORD
the custody and charge of the sons of commanded him, all the firstborn
43
Merari shall be the boards of the among the children of Israel. And all
tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the firstborn males by the number of
the pillars thereof, and the sockets names, from a month old and upward,
thereof, and all the vessels thereof, of those that were numbered of them,
37
and all that serveth thereto, And the were twenty and two thousand two
44
pillars of the court round about, and hundred and threescore and thirteen.
their sockets, and their pins, and their And the LORD spake unto Moses,
38 45
cords. But those that encamp before saying, Take the Levites instead of
the tabernacle toward the east, even all the firstborn among the children of
before the tabernacle of the Israel, and the cattle of the Levites
congregation eastward, shall be Moses, instead of their cattle; and the Levites
46
and Aaron and his sons, keeping the shall be mine: I am the LORD. And
charge of the sanctuary for the charge for those that are to be redeemed of
of the children of Israel; and the the two hundred and threescore and
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put thirteen of the firstborn of the children
39
to death. All that were numbered of of Israel, which are more than the
47
the Levites, which Moses and Aaron Levites; Thou shalt even take five
numbered at the commandment of the shekels apiece by the poll, after the
LORD, throughout their families, all the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take
48
males from a month old and upward, them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
40
were twenty and two thousand. And And thou shalt give the money,
the LORD said unto Moses, Number all wherewith the odd number of them is
the firstborn of the males of the to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his
49
children of Israel from a month old and sons. And Moses took the
upward, and take the number of their redemption money of them that were
41
names. And thou shalt take the over and above them that were
50
Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead redeemed by the Levites: Of the
firstborn of the children of Israel took blue, and put thereon the dishes, and
he the money; a thousand three the spoons, and the bowls, and covers
hundred and threescore and five to cover withal: and the continual
8
shekels, after the shekel of the bread shall be thereon: And they
51
sanctuary: And Moses gave the shall spread upon them a cloth of
money of them that were redeemed scarlet, and cover the same with a
unto Aaron and to his sons, according covering of badgers' skins, and shall
9
to the word of the LORD, as the LORD put in the staves thereof. And they
commanded Moses. shall take a cloth of blue, and cover
the candlestick of the light, and his
Numbers 4 lamps, and his tongs, and his
snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels
And the LORD spake unto Moses and
thereof, wherewith they minister unto
2
unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of it: 10
And they shall put it and all the
the sons of Kohath from among the vessels thereof within a covering of
sons of Levi, after their families, by the badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a
3
house of their fathers, From thirty bar. 11
And upon the golden altar they
years old and upward even until fifty shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover
years old, all that enter into the host, it with a covering of badgers' skins,
to do the work in the tabernacle of the and shall put to the staves thereof: 12

4
congregation. This shall be the And they shall take all the instruments
service of the sons of Kohath in the of ministry, wherewith they minister in
tabernacle of the congregation, about the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth
5
the most holy things: And when the of blue, and cover them with a
camp setteth forward, Aaron shall covering of badgers' skins, and shall
come, and his sons, and they shall take put them on a bar: 13
And they shall
down the covering vail, and cover the take away the ashes from the altar,
6
ark of testimony with it: And shall put and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14

thereon the covering of badgers' skins, And they shall put upon it all the
and shall spread over it a cloth wholly vessels thereof, wherewith they
of blue, and shall put in the staves minister about it, even the censers, the
7
thereof. And upon the table of fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the
shewbread they shall spread a cloth of basons, all the vessels of the altar; and
they shall spread upon it a covering of houses of their fathers, by their
23
badgers skins, and put to the staves of families; From thirty years old and
15
it. And when Aaron and his sons upward until fifty years old shalt thou
have made an end of covering the number them; all that enter in to
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the perform the service, to do the work in
24
sanctuary, as the camp is to set the tabernacle of the congregation.
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath This is the service of the families of the
shall come to bear it: but they shall Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
25
not touch any holy thing, lest they die. And they shall bear the curtains of
These things are the burden of the the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of
sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the the congregation, his covering, and the
16
congregation. And to the office of covering of the badgers' skins that is
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest above upon it, and the hanging for the
pertaineth the oil for the light, and the door of the tabernacle of the
26
sweet incense, and the daily meat congregation, And the hangings of
offering, and the anointing oil, and the the court, and the hanging for the door
oversight of all the tabernacle, and of of the gate of the court, which is by
all that therein is, in the sanctuary, the tabernacle and by the altar round
17
and in the vessels thereof. And the about, and their cords, and all the
LORD spake unto Moses and unto instruments of their service, and all
18
Aaron, saying, Cut ye not off the that is made for them: so shall they
27
tribe of the families of the Kohathites serve. At the appointment of Aaron
19
from among the Levites: But thus do and his sons shall be all the service of
unto them, that they may live, and not the sons of the Gershonites, in all their
die, when they approach unto the most burdens, and in all their service: and
holy things: Aaron and his sons shall ye shall appoint unto them in charge
28
go in, and appoint them every one to all their burdens. This is the service
20
his service and to his burden: But of the families of the sons of Gershon
they shall not go in to see when the in the tabernacle of the congregation:
holy things are covered, lest they die. and their charge shall be under the
21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
22 29
saying, Take also the sum of the priest. As for the sons of Merari,
sons of Gershon, throughout the thou shalt number them after their
 37
families, by the house of their fathers; hundred and fifty. These were they
30
From thirty years old and upward that were numbered of the families of
even unto fifty years old shalt thou the Kohathites, all that might do
number them, every one that entereth service in the tabernacle of the
into the service, to do the work of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron
31
tabernacle of the congregation. And did number according to the
this is the charge of their burden, commandment of the LORD by the
38
according to all their service in the hand of Moses. And those that were
tabernacle of the congregation; the numbered of the sons of Gershon,
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars throughout their families, and by the
39
thereof, and the pillars thereof, and house of their fathers, From thirty
32
sockets thereof, And the pillars of years old and upward even unto fifty
the court round about, and their years old, every one that entereth into
sockets, and their pins, and their the service, for the work in the
40
cords, with all their instruments, and tabernacle of the congregation, Even
with all their service: and by name ye those that were numbered of them,
shall reckon the instruments of the throughout their families, by the house
33
charge of their burden. This is the of their fathers, were two thousand and
41
service of the families of the sons of six hundred and thirty. These are
Merari, according to all their service, in they that were numbered of the
the tabernacle of the congregation, families of the sons of Gershon, of all
under the hand of Ithamar the son of that might do service in the tabernacle
34
Aaron the priest. And Moses and of the congregation, whom Moses and
Aaron and the chief of the congregation Aaron did number according to the
42
numbered the sons of the Kohathites commandment of the LORD. And
after their families, and after the house those that were numbered of the
35
of their fathers, From thirty years old families of the sons of Merari,
and upward even unto fifty years old, throughout their families, by the house
43
every one that entereth into the of their fathers, From thirty years old
service, for the work in the tabernacle and upward even unto fifty years old,
36
of the congregation: And those that every one that entereth into the
were numbered of them by their service, for the work in the tabernacle
44
families were two thousand seven of the congregation, Even those that
were numbered of them after their an issue, and whosoever is defiled by
3
families, were three thousand and two the dead: Both male and female shall
45
hundred. These be those that were ye put out, without the camp shall ye
numbered of the families of the sons of put them; that they defile not their
4
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
numbered according to the word of the And the children of Israel did so, and
46
LORD by the hand of Moses. All put them out without the camp: as the
those that were numbered of the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the
5
Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and children of Israel. And the LORD
6
the chief of Israel numbered, after spake unto Moses, saying, Speak
their families, and after the house of unto the children of Israel, When a
47
their fathers, From thirty years old man or woman shall commit any sin
and upward even unto fifty years old, that men commit, to do a trespass
every one that came to do the service against the LORD, and that person be
7
of the ministry, and the service of the guilty; Then they shall confess their
burden in the tabernacle of the sin which they have done: and he shall
48
congregation, Even those that were recompense his trespass with the
numbered of them, were eight principal thereof, and add unto it the
thousand and five hundred and fifth part thereof, and give it unto him
49 8
fourscore. According to the against whom he hath trespassed.
commandment of the LORD they were But if the man have no kinsman to
numbered by the hand of Moses, every recompense the trespass unto, let the
one according to his service, and trespass be recompensed unto the
according to his burden: thus were LORD, even to the priest; beside the
they numbered of him, as the LORD ram of the atonement, whereby an
9
commanded Moses. atonement shall be made for him.
And every offering of all the holy
Numbers 5 things of the children of Israel, which
they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, 10
And every man's hallowed things
2
saying, Command the children of shall be his: whatsoever any man
Israel, that they put out of the camp giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11
And
every leper, and every one that hath the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19
say unto them, If any man's wife go And the priest shall charge her by an
aside, and commit a trespass against oath, and say unto the woman, If no
13
him, And a man lie with her carnally, man have lain with thee, and if thou
and it be hid from the eyes of her hast not gone aside to uncleanness
husband, and be kept close, and she with another instead of thy husband,
be defiled, and there be no witness be thou free from this bitter water that
20
against her, neither she be taken with causeth the curse: But if thou hast
14
the manner; And the spirit of gone aside to another instead of thy
jealousy come upon him, and he be husband, and if thou be defiled, and
jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: some man have lain with thee beside
21
or if the spirit of jealousy come upon thine husband: Then the priest shall
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and charge the woman with an oath of
15
she be not defiled: Then shall the cursing, and the priest shall say unto
man bring his wife unto the priest, and the woman, The LORD make thee a
he shall bring her offering for her, the curse and an oath among thy people,
tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; when the LORD doth make thy thigh to
22
he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put rot, and thy belly to swell; And this
frankincense thereon; for it is an water that causeth the curse shall go
offering of jealousy, an offering of into thy bowels, to make thy belly to
memorial, bringing iniquity to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the
16 23
remembrance. And the priest shall woman shall say, Amen, amen. And
bring her near, and set her before the the priest shall write these curses in a
17
LORD: And the priest shall take holy book, and he shall blot them out with
24
water in an earthen vessel; and of the the bitter water: And he shall cause
dust that is in the floor of the the woman to drink the bitter water
tabernacle the priest shall take, and that causeth the curse: and the water
18
put it into the water: And the priest that causeth the curse shall enter into
25
shall set the woman before the LORD, her, and become bitter. Then the
and uncover the woman's head, and priest shall take the jealousy offering
put the offering of memorial in her out of the woman's hand, and shall
hands, which is the jealousy offering: wave the offering before the LORD, and
26
and the priest shall have in his hand offer it upon the altar: And the priest
shall take an handful of the offering, themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite,
even the memorial thereof, and burn it to separate themselves unto the LORD:
3
upon the altar, and afterward shall He shall separate himself from wine
27
cause the woman to drink the water. and strong drink, and shall drink no
And when he hath made her to drink vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong
the water, then it shall come to pass, drink, neither shall he drink any liquor
that, if she be defiled, and have done of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or
4
trespass against her husband, that the dried. All the days of his separation
water that causeth the curse shall shall he eat nothing that is made of the
enter into her, and become bitter, and vine tree, from the kernels even to the
5
her belly shall swell, and her thigh husk. All the days of the vow of his
shall rot: and the woman shall be a separation there shall no razor come
28
curse among her people. And if the upon his head: until the days be
woman be not defiled, but be clean; fulfilled, in the which he separateth
then she shall be free, and shall himself unto the LORD, he shall be
29
conceive seed. This is the law of holy, and shall let the locks of the hair
6
jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to of his head grow. All the days that he
another instead of her husband, and is separateth himself unto the LORD he
30 7
defiled; Or when the spirit of shall come at no dead body. He shall
jealousy cometh upon him, and he be not make himself unclean for his
jealous over his wife, and shall set the father, or for his mother, for his
woman before the LORD, and the priest brother, or for his sister, when they
31
shall execute upon her all this law. die: because the consecration of his
8
Then shall the man be guiltless from God is upon his head. All the days of
iniquity, and this woman shall bear her his separation he is holy unto the
9
iniquity. LORD. And if any man die very
suddenly by him, and he hath defiled
Numbers 6 the head of his consecration; then he
shall shave his head in the day of his
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
cleansing, on the seventh day shall he
2
saying, Speak unto the children of shave it. 10
And on the eighth day he
Israel, and say unto them, When either shall bring two turtles, or two young
man or woman shall separate pigeons, to the priest, to the door of
 11
the tabernacle of the congregation: bread: the priest shall offer also his
18
And the priest shall offer the one for a meat offering, and his drink offering.
sin offering, and the other for a burnt And the Nazarite shall shave the head
offering, and make an atonement for of his separation at the door of the
him, for that he sinned by the dead, tabernacle of the congregation, and
and shall hallow his head that same shall take the hair of the head of his
12
day. And he shall consecrate unto separation, and put it in the fire which
the LORD the days of his separation, is under the sacrifice of the peace
19
and shall bring a lamb of the first year offerings. And the priest shall take
for a trespass offering: but the days the sodden shoulder of the ram, and
that were before shall be lost, because one unleavened cake out of the basket,
13
his separation was defiled. And this and one unleavened wafer, and shall
is the law of the Nazarite, when the put them upon the hands of the
days of his separation are fulfilled: he Nazarite, after the hair of his
20
shall be brought unto the door of the separation is shaven: And the priest
14
tabernacle of the congregation: And shall wave them for a wave offering
he shall offer his offering unto the before the LORD: this is holy for the
LORD, one he lamb of the first year priest, with the wave breast and heave
without blemish for a burnt offering, shoulder: and after that the Nazarite
21
and one ewe lamb of the first year may drink wine. This is the law of
without blemish for a sin offering, and the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of
one ram without blemish for peace his offering unto the LORD for his
15
offerings, And a basket of separation, beside that that his hand
unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour shall get: according to the vow which
mingled with oil, and wafers of he vowed, so he must do after the law
22
unleavened bread anointed with oil, of his separation. And the LORD
23
and their meat offering, and their drink spake unto Moses, saying, Speak
16
offerings. And the priest shall bring unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying,
them before the LORD, and shall offer On this wise ye shall bless the children
24
his sin offering, and his burnt offering: of Israel, saying unto them, The
17 25
And he shall offer the ram for a LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD make his face shine upon thee,
26
LORD, with the basket of unleavened and be gracious unto thee: The
LORD lift up his countenance upon eight oxen he gave unto the sons of
27
thee, and give thee peace. And they Merari, according unto their service,
shall put my name upon the children of under the hand of Ithamar the son of
9
Israel; and I will bless them. Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of
Kohath he gave none: because the
Numbers 7 service of the sanctuary belonging unto
them was that they should bear upon
And it came to pass on the day that
their shoulders. 10
And the princes
Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, offered for dedicating of the altar in
and had anointed it, and sanctified it, the day that it was anointed, even the
and all the instruments thereof, both princes offered their offering before the
the altar and all the vessels thereof, altar. 11
And the LORD said unto Moses,
and had anointed them, and sanctified They shall offer their offering, each
2
them; That the princes of Israel, prince on his day, for the dedicating of
heads of the house of their fathers, the altar. 12
And he that offered his
who were the princes of the tribes, and offering the first day was Nahshon the
were over them that were numbered, son of Amminadab, of the tribe of
3
offered: And they brought their Judah: 13
And his offering was one
offering before the LORD, six covered silver charger, the weight thereof was
wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for an hundred and thirty shekels, one
two of the princes, and for each one an silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
ox: and they brought them before the the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
4
tabernacle. And the LORD spake unto them were full of fine flour mingled
5
Moses, saying, Take it of them, that with oil for a meat offering: 14
One
they may be to do the service of the spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of
tabernacle of the congregation; and incense: 15
One young bullock, one
thou shalt give them unto the Levites, ram, one lamb of the first year, for a
6
to every man according to his service. burnt offering: 16
One kid of the goats
And Moses took the wagons and the for a sin offering: 17
And for a sacrifice
oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. of peace offerings, two oxen, five
7
Two wagons and four oxen he gave rams, five he goats, five lambs of the
unto the sons of Gershon, according to first year: this was the offering of
8
their service: And four wagons and Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18
On
 30
the second day Nethaneel the son of offering of Eliab the son of Helon. On
19
Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: the fourth day Elizur the son of
He offered for his offering one silver Shedeur, prince of the children of
31
charger, the weight whereof was an Reuben, did offer: His offering was
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver one silver charger of the weight of an
bowl of seventy shekels, after the hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them bowl of seventy shekels, after the
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
20
meat offering: One spoon of gold of full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
21 32
ten shekels, full of incense: One meat offering: One golden spoon of
33
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of ten shekels, full of incense: One
22
the first year, for a burnt offering: young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
34
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: the first year, for a burnt offering:
23
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
35
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
lambs of the first year: this was the two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. lambs of the first year: this was the
24 36
On the third day Eliab the son of offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Helon, prince of the children of On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of
25
Zebulun, did offer: His offering was Zurishaddai, prince of the children of
37
one silver charger, the weight whereof Simeon, did offer: His offering was
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one one silver charger, the weight whereof
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after was an hundred and thirty shekels, one
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
them full of fine flour mingled with oil the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
26
for a meat offering: One golden them full of fine flour mingled with oil
27 38
spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: for a meat offering: One golden
39
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
28
of the first year, for a burnt offering: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb
40
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: of the first year, for a burnt offering:
29
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
41
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
lambs of the first year: this was the two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
offering of Shelumiel the son of lambs of the first year: this was the
42
Zurishaddai. On the sixth day offering of Elishama the son of
54
Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the Ammihud. On the eighth day offered
43
children of Gad, offered: His offering Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
55
was one silver charger of the weight of the children of Manasseh: His
an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver offering was one silver charger of the
bowl of seventy shekels, after the weight of an hundred and thirty
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a shekels, after the shekel of the
44
meat offering: One golden spoon of sanctuary; both of them full of fine
45
ten shekels, full of incense: One flour mingled with oil for a meat
56
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of offering: One golden spoon of ten
46 57
the first year, for a burnt offering: shekels, full of incense: One young
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
47 58
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, year, for a burnt offering: One kid of
59
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five the goats for a sin offering: And for a
lambs of the first year: this was the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
48
offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
On the seventh day Elishama the son the first year: this was the offering of
60
of Ammihud, prince of the children of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. On the
49
Ephraim, offered: His offering was ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni,
one silver charger, the weight whereof prince of the children of Benjamin,
61
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one offered: His offering was one silver
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after charger, the weight whereof was an
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
them full of fine flour mingled with oil bowl of seventy shekels, after the
50
for a meat offering: One golden shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
51
spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
62
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb meat offering: One golden spoon of
52 63
of the first year, for a burnt offering: ten shekels, full of incense: One
one kid of the goats for a sin offering: young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
53 64
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
65 76
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, year, for a burnt offering: One kid of
77
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five the goats for a sin offering: And for a
lambs of the first year: this was the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
66
offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of the first year: this was the offering of
78
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Pagiel the son of Ocran. On the
67
Dan, offered: His offering was one twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan,
silver charger, the weight whereof was prince of the children of Naphtali,
79
an hundred and thirty shekels, one offered: His offering was one silver
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after charger, the weight whereof was an
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
them full of fine flour mingled with oil bowl of seventy shekels, after the
68
for a meat offering: One golden shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
69
spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
80
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb meat offering: One golden spoon of
70 81
of the first year, for a burnt offering: ten shekels, full of incense: One
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
71 82
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, the first year, for a burnt offering:
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
83
lambs of the first year: this was the And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
offering of Ahiezer the son of two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
72
Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day lambs of the first year: this was the
84
Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
73
children of Asher, offered: His This was the dedication of the altar, in
offering was one silver charger, the the day when it was anointed, by the
weight whereof was an hundred and princes of Israel: twelve chargers of
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve
85
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the spoons of gold: Each charger of
sanctuary; both of them full of fine silver weighing an hundred and thirty
flour mingled with oil for a meat shekels, each bowl seventy: all the
74
offering: One golden spoon of ten silver vessels weighed two thousand
75
shekels, full of incense: One young and four hundred shekels, after the
 86
shekel of the sanctuary: The golden thereof over against the candlestick, as
4
spoons were twelve, full of incense, the LORD commanded Moses. And
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the this work of the candlestick was of
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof,
the spoons was an hundred and twenty unto the flowers thereof, was beaten
87
shekels. All the oxen for the burnt work: according unto the pattern which
offering were twelve bullocks, the rams the LORD had shewed Moses, so he
5
twelve, the lambs of the first year made the candlestick. And the LORD
6
twelve, with their meat offering: and spake unto Moses, saying, Take the
the kids of the goats for sin offering Levites from among the children of
88 7
twelve. And all the oxen for the Israel, and cleanse them. And thus
sacrifice of the peace offerings were shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse
twenty and four bullocks, the rams them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon
sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of them, and let them shave all their
the first year sixty. This was the flesh, and let them wash their clothes,
8
dedication of the altar, after that it was and so make themselves clean. Then
89
anointed. And when Moses was gone let them take a young bullock with his
into the tabernacle of the congregation meat offering, even fine flour mingled
to speak with him, then he heard the with oil, and another young bullock
9
voice of one speaking unto him from shalt thou take for a sin offering. And
off the mercy seat that was upon the thou shalt bring the Levites before the
ark of testimony, from between the tabernacle of the congregation: and
two cherubims: and he spake unto thou shalt gather the whole assembly
10
him. of the children of Israel together:
And thou shalt bring the Levites before
Numbers 8 the LORD: and the children of Israel
shall put their hands upon the Levites:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, 11
And Aaron shall offer the Levites
2
saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say before the LORD for an offering of the
unto him, When thou lightest the children of Israel, that they may
lamps, the seven lamps shall give light execute the service of the LORD. 12
And
3
over against the candlestick. And the Levites shall lay their hands upon
Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps the heads of the bullocks: and thou
shalt offer the one for a sin offering, children of Israel come nigh unto the
20
and the other for a burnt offering, unto sanctuary. And Moses, and Aaron,
the LORD, to make an atonement for and all the congregation of the children
13
the Levites. And thou shalt set the of Israel, did to the Levites according
Levites before Aaron, and before his unto all that the LORD commanded
sons, and offer them for an offering Moses concerning the Levites, so did
14 21
unto the LORD. Thus shalt thou the children of Israel unto them. And
separate the Levites from among the the Levites were purified, and they
children of Israel: and the Levites shall washed their clothes; and Aaron
15
be mine. And after that shall the offered them as an offering before the
Levites go in to do the service of the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement
22
tabernacle of the congregation: and for them to cleanse them. And after
thou shalt cleanse them, and offer that went the Levites in to do their
16
them for an offering. For they are service in the tabernacle of the
wholly given unto me from among the congregation before Aaron, and before
children of Israel; instead of such as his sons: as the LORD had commanded
open every womb, even instead of the Moses concerning the Levites, so did
23
firstborn of all the children of Israel, they unto them. And the LORD spake
17 24
have I taken them unto me. For all unto Moses, saying, This is it that
the firstborn of the children of Israel belongeth unto the Levites: from
are mine, both man and beast: on the twenty and five years old and upward
day that I smote every firstborn in the they shall go in to wait upon the
land of Egypt I sanctified them for service of the tabernacle of the
18 25
myself. And I have taken the Levites congregation: And from the age of
for all the firstborn of the children of fifty years they shall cease waiting
19
Israel. And I have given the Levites upon the service thereof, and shall
26
as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from serve no more: But shall minister
among the children of Israel, to do the with their brethren in the tabernacle of
service of the children of Israel in the the congregation, to keep the charge,
tabernacle of the congregation, and to and shall do no service. Thus shalt
make an atonement for the children of thou do unto the Levites touching their
Israel: that there be no plague among charge.
the children of Israel, when the
 9
Numbers 9 command concerning you. And the
10
LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the Speak unto the children of Israel,

wilderness of Sinai, in the first month saying, If any man of you or of your

of the second year after they were posterity shall be unclean by reason of

come out of the land of Egypt, saying, a dead body, or be in a journey afar
2
Let the children of Israel also keep off, yet he shall keep the passover
11
the passover at his appointed season. 3 unto the LORD. The fourteenth day

In the fourteenth day of this month, at of the second month at even they shall

even, ye shall keep it in his appointed keep it, and eat it with unleavened
12
season: according to all the rites of it, bread and bitter herbs. They shall

and according to all the ceremonies leave none of it unto the morning, nor

thereof, shall ye keep it. 4

And Moses break any bone of it: according to all

spake unto the children of Israel, that the ordinances of the passover they
13
they should keep the passover. 5
And shall keep it. But the man that is

they kept the passover on the clean, and is not in a journey, and

fourteenth day of the first month at forbeareth to keep the passover, even

even in the wilderness of Sinai: the same soul shall be cut off from

according to all that the LORD among his people: because he brought

commanded Moses, so did the children not the offering of the LORD in his

of Israel. 6
And there were certain appointed season, that man shall bear
14
men, who were defiled by the dead his sin. And if a stranger shall

body of a man, that they could not sojourn among you, and will keep the

keep the passover on that day: and passover unto the LORD; according to

they came before Moses and before the ordinance of the passover, and

Aaron on that day: 7

And those men according to the manner thereof, so

said unto him, We are defiled by the shall he do: ye shall have one

dead body of a man: wherefore are we ordinance, both for the stranger, and
15
kept back, that we may not offer an for him that was born in the land.

offering of the LORD in his appointed And on the day that the tabernacle was

season among the children of Israel? 8 reared up the cloud covered the

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, tabernacle, namely, the tent of the

and I will hear what the LORD will testimony: and at even there was upon
the tabernacle as it were the Israel abode in their tents, and
appearance of fire, until the morning. journeyed not: but when it was taken
16 23
So it was alway: the cloud covered it up, they journeyed. At the
by day, and the appearance of fire by commandment of the LORD they rested
17
night. And when the cloud was taken in the tents, and at the commandment
up from the tabernacle, then after that of the LORD they journeyed: they kept
the children of Israel journeyed: and in the charge of the LORD, at the
the place where the cloud abode, there commandment of the LORD by the
the children of Israel pitched their hand of Moses.
18
tents. At the commandment of the
LORD the children of Israel journeyed, Numbers 10
and at the commandment of the LORD
they pitched: as long as the cloud
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
abode upon the tabernacle they rested saying, Make thee two trumpets of

in their tents. 19
And when the cloud silver; of a whole piece shalt thou

tarried long upon the tabernacle many make them: that thou mayest use

days, then the children of Israel kept them for the calling of the assembly,
3
the charge of the LORD, and journeyed and for the journeying of the camps.

not. 20
And so it was, when the cloud And when they shall blow with them,

was a few days upon the tabernacle; all the assembly shall assemble

according to the commandment of the themselves to thee at the door of the

4
LORD they abode in their tents, and tabernacle of the congregation. And if

according to the commandment of the they blow but with one trumpet, then

LORD they journeyed. 21

And so it was, the princes, which are heads of the

when the cloud abode from even unto thousands of Israel, shall gather
5
the morning, and that the cloud was themselves unto thee. When ye blow

taken up in the morning, then they an alarm, then the camps that lie on
6
journeyed: whether it was by day or by the east parts shall go forward. When

night that the cloud was taken up, they ye blow an alarm the second time, then

journeyed. 22
Or whether it were two the camps that lie on the south side

days, or a month, or a year, that the shall take their journey: they shall
7
cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, blow an alarm for their journeys. But

remaining thereon, the children of when the congregation is to be

gathered together, ye shall blow, but host was Nahshon the son of
8 15
ye shall not sound an alarm. And the Amminadab. And over the host of the
sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow tribe of the children of Issachar was
16
with the trumpets; and they shall be to Nethaneel the son of Zuar. And over
you for an ordinance for ever the host of the tribe of the children of
9 17
throughout your generations. And if Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
ye go to war in your land against the And the tabernacle was taken down;
enemy that oppresseth you, then ye and the sons of Gershon and the sons
shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; of Merari set forward, bearing the
18
and ye shall be remembered before the tabernacle. And the standard of the
LORD your God, and ye shall be saved camp of Reuben set forward according
10
from your enemies. Also in the day to their armies: and over his host was
19
of your gladness, and in your solemn Elizur the son of Shedeur. And over
days, and in the beginnings of your the host of the tribe of the children of
months, ye shall blow with the Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
20
trumpets over your burnt offerings, Zurishaddai. And over the host of the
and over the sacrifices of your peace tribe of the children of Gad was
21
offerings; that they may be to you for Eliasaph the son of Deuel. And the
a memorial before your God: I am the Kohathites set forward, bearing the
11
LORD your God. And it came to pass sanctuary: and the other did set up the
22
on the twentieth day of the second tabernacle against they came. And
month, in the second year, that the the standard of the camp of the
cloud was taken up from off the children of Ephraim set forward
12
tabernacle of the testimony. And the according to their armies: and over his
children of Israel took their journeys host was Elishama the son of
23
out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the Ammihud. And over the host of the
cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. tribe of the children of Manasseh was
13 24
And they first took their journey Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. And
according to the commandment of the over the host of the tribe of the
14
LORD by the hand of Moses. In the children of Benjamin was Abidan the
25
first place went the standard of the son of Gideoni. And the standard of
camp of the children of Judah the camp of the children of Dan set
according to their armies: and over his forward, which was the rereward of all
the camps throughout their hosts: and them by day, when they went out of
35
over his host was Ahiezer the son of the camp. And it came to pass, when
26
Ammishaddai. And over the host of the ark set forward, that Moses said,
the tribe of the children of Asher was Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies
27
Pagiel the son of Ocran. And over the be scattered; and let them that hate
36
host of the tribe of the children of thee flee before thee. And when it
28
Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto
Thus were the journeyings of the the many thousands of Israel.
children of Israel according to their
armies, when they set forward. 29
And Numbers 11
Moses said unto Hobab, the son of
Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in
And when the people complained, it

law, We are journeying unto the place displeased the LORD: and the LORD

of which the LORD said, I will give it heard it; and his anger was kindled;

you: come thou with us, and we will do and the fire of the LORD burnt among

thee good: for the LORD hath spoken them, and consumed them that were in
2
good concerning Israel. 30
And he said the uttermost parts of the camp. And

unto him, I will not go; but I will the people cried unto Moses; and when

depart to mine own land, and to my Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire
3
kindred. 31
And he said, Leave us not, I was quenched. And he called the

pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest name of the place Taberah: because

how we are to encamp in the the fire of the LORD burnt among
4
wilderness, and thou mayest be to us them. And the mixt multitude that

instead of eyes. 32
And it shall be, if was among them fell a lusting: and the

thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that children of Israel also wept again, and
5
what goodness the LORD shall do unto said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 We remember the fish, which we did

And they departed from the mount of eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers,

the LORD three days' journey: and the and the melons, and the leeks, and the
6
ark of the covenant of the LORD went onions, and the garlick: But now our

before them in the three days' journey, soul is dried away: there is nothing at

to search out a resting place for them. all, beside this manna, before our
7
34
And the cloud of the LORD was upon eyes. And the manna was as
 16
coriander seed, and the colour thereof wretchedness. And the LORD said
8
as the colour of bdellium. And the unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy
people went about, and gathered it, men of the elders of Israel, whom thou
and ground it in mills, or beat it in a knowest to be the elders of the people,
mortar, and baked it in pans, and and officers over them; and bring them
made cakes of it: and the taste of it unto the tabernacle of the
9
was as the taste of fresh oil. And congregation, that they may stand
17
when the dew fell upon the camp in the there with thee. And I will come
10
night, the manna fell upon it. Then down and talk with thee there: and I
Moses heard the people weep will take of the spirit which is upon
throughout their families, every man in thee, and will put it upon them; and
the door of his tent: and the anger of they shall bear the burden of the
the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses people with thee, that thou bear it not
11 18
also was displeased. And Moses said thyself alone. And say thou unto the
unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou people, Sanctify yourselves against to
afflicted thy servant? and wherefore morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye
have I not found favour in thy sight, have wept in the ears of the LORD,
that thou layest the burden of all this saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
12
people upon me? Have I conceived for it was well with us in Egypt:
all this people? have I begotten them, therefore the LORD will give you flesh,
19
that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one
them in thy bosom, as a nursing father day, nor two days, nor five days,
20
beareth the sucking child, unto the neither ten days, nor twenty days;
land which thou swarest unto their But even a whole month, until it come
13
fathers? Whence should I have flesh out at your nostrils, and it be
to give unto all this people? for they loathsome unto you: because that ye
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, have despised the LORD which is
14
that we may eat. I am not able to among you, and have wept before him,
bear all this people alone, because it is saying, Why came we forth out of
15 21
too heavy for me. And if thou deal Egypt? And Moses said, The people,
thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out among whom I am, are six hundred
of hand, if I have found favour in thy thousand footmen; and thou hast said,
sight; and let me not see my I will give them flesh, that they may
 22
eat a whole month. Shall the flocks for my sake? would God that all the
and the herds be slain for them, to LORD'S people were prophets, and that
suffice them? or shall all the fish of the the LORD would put his spirit upon
30
sea be gathered together for them, to them! And Moses gat him into the
23 31
suffice them? And the LORD said camp, he and the elders of Israel.
unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed And there went forth a wind from the
short? thou shalt see now whether my LORD, and brought quails from the sea,
word shall come to pass unto thee or and let them fall by the camp, as it
24
not. And Moses went out, and told were a day's journey on this side, and
the people the words of the LORD, and as it were a day's journey on the other
gathered the seventy men of the elders side, round about the camp, and as it
of the people, and set them round were two cubits high upon the face of
25 32
about the tabernacle. And the LORD the earth. And the people stood up
came down in a cloud, and spake unto all that day, and all that night, and all
him, and took of the spirit that was the next day, and they gathered the
upon him, and gave it unto the seventy quails: he that gathered least gathered
elders: and it came to pass, that, when ten homers: and they spread them all
the spirit rested upon them, they abroad for themselves round about the
26 33
prophesied, and did not cease. But camp. And while the flesh was yet
there remained two of the men in the between their teeth, ere it was
camp, the name of the one was Eldad, chewed, the wrath of the LORD was
and the name of the other Medad: and kindled against the people, and the
the spirit rested upon them; and they LORD smote the people with a very
34
were of them that were written, but great plague. And he called the name
went not out unto the tabernacle: and of that place Kibroth-hattaavah:
27
they prophesied in the camp. And because there they buried the people
35
there ran a young man, and told that lusted. And the people
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do journeyed from Kibroth- hattaavah
28
prophesy in the camp. And Joshua unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
the son of Nun, the servant of Moses,
one of his young men, answered and
29
said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou
Numbers 12 was kindled against them; and he
10
departed. And the cloud departed
And Miriam and Aaron spake against from off the tabernacle; and, behold,

Moses because of the Ethiopian woman Miriam became leprous, white as snow:

whom he had married: for he had and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and,
11
married an Ethiopian woman. 2
And behold, she was leprous. And Aaron

they said, Hath the LORD indeed said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I

spoken only by Moses? hath he not beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us,

spoken also by us? And the LORD wherein we have done foolishly, and
12
heard it. 3
(Now the man Moses was wherein we have sinned. Let her not

very meek, above all the men which be as one dead, of whom the flesh is

were upon the face of the earth.) 4

And half consumed when he cometh out of
13
the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, his mother's womb. And Moses cried

and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now,
14
Come out ye three unto the tabernacle O God, I beseech thee. And the

of the congregation. And they three LORD said unto Moses, If her father

came out. 5
And the LORD came down had but spit in her face, should she not

in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in be ashamed seven days? let her be

the door of the tabernacle, and called shut out from the camp seven days,

Aaron and Miriam: and they both came and after that let her be received in
15
forth. 6
And he said, Hear now my again. And Miriam was shut out from

words: If there be a prophet among the camp seven days: and the people

you, I the LORD will make myself journeyed not till Miriam was brought
16
known unto him in a vision, and will in again. And afterward the people

speak unto him in a dream. 7

My removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in

servant Moses is not so, who is faithful the wilderness of Paran.

8
in all mine house. With him will I
Numbers 13
speak mouth to mouth, even
apparently, and not in dark speeches;
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
and the similitude of the LORD shall he
2
saying, Send thou men, that they
behold: wherefore then were ye not
may search the land of Canaan, which I
afraid to speak against my servant
9 give unto the children of Israel: of
Moses? And the anger of the LORD
 19
every tribe of their fathers shall ye weak, few or many; And what the
send a man, every one a ruler among land is that they dwell in, whether it be
3
them. And Moses by the good or bad; and what cities they be
commandment of the LORD sent them that they dwell in, whether in tents, or
20
from the wilderness of Paran: all those in strong holds; And what the land
men were heads of the children of is, whether it be fat or lean, whether
4
Israel. And these were their names: there be wood therein, or not. And be
of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the ye of good courage, and bring of the
5
son of Zaccur. Of the tribe of Simeon, fruit of the land. Now the time was the
6 21
Shaphat the son of Hori. Of the tribe time of the firstripe grapes. So they
7
of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. went up, and searched the land from
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as
8 22
Joseph. Of the tribe of Ephraim, men come to Hamath. And they
9
Oshea the son of Nun. Of the tribe of ascended by the south, and came unto
10
Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Of Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and
the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Talmai, the children of Anak, were.
11
Sodi. Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, (Now Hebron was built seven years
23
of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son before Zoan in Egypt.) And they
12
of Susi. Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut
13
the son of Gemalli. Of the tribe of down from thence a branch with one
14
Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. Of cluster of grapes, and they bare it
the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of between two upon a staff; and they
15
Vophsi. Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel brought of the pomegranates, and of
16 24
the son of Machi. These are the the figs. The place was called the
names of the men which Moses sent to brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of
spy out the land. And Moses called grapes which the children of Israel cut
17 25
Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. And down from thence. And they
Moses sent them to spy out the land of returned from searching of the land
26
Canaan, and said unto them, Get you after forty days. And they went and
up this way southward, and go up into came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to
18
the mountain: And see the land, all the congregation of the children of
what it is; and the people that dwelleth Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to
therein, whether they be strong or Kadesh; and brought back word unto
them, and unto all the congregation, sight as grasshoppers, and so we were
and shewed them the fruit of the land. in their sight.
27
And they told him, and said, We
came unto the land whither thou Numbers 14
sentest us, and surely it floweth with
milk and honey; and this is the fruit of
And all the congregation lifted up their

it. 28
Nevertheless the people be strong voice, and cried; and the people wept
2
that dwell in the land, and the cities that night. And all the children of

are walled, and very great: and Israel murmured against Moses and

moreover we saw the children of Anak against Aaron: and the whole

there. 29
The Amalekites dwell in the congregation said unto them, Would

land of the south: and the Hittites, and God that we had died in the land of

the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell Egypt! or would God we had died in
3
in the mountains: and the Canaanites this wilderness! And wherefore hath

dwell by the sea, and by the coast of the LORD brought us unto this land, to

Jordan. 30
And Caleb stilled the people fall by the sword, that our wives and

before Moses, and said, Let us go up at our children should be a prey? were it
4
once, and possess it; for we are well not better for us to return into Egypt?

able to overcome it. 31

But the men And they said one to another, Let us

that went up with him said, We be not make a captain, and let us return into
5
able to go up against the people; for Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell on

they are stronger than we. 32

And they their faces before all the assembly of

brought up an evil report of the land the congregation of the children of

6
which they had searched unto the Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun,

children of Israel, saying, The land, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which

through which we have gone to search were of them that searched the land,
7
it, is a land that eateth up the rent their clothes: And they spake

inhabitants thereof; and all the people unto all the company of the children of

that we saw in it are men of a great Israel, saying, The land, which we

stature. 33
And there we saw the passed through to search it, is an
8
giants, the sons of Anak, which come exceeding good land. If the LORD

of the giants: and we were in our own delight in us, then he will bring us into
this land, and give it us; a land which
 9
floweth with milk and honey. Only LORD was not able to bring this people
rebel not ye against the LORD, neither into the land which he sware unto
fear ye the people of the land; for they them, therefore he hath slain them in
17
are bread for us: their defence is the wilderness. And now, I beseech
departed from them, and the LORD is thee, let the power of my Lord be
10
with us: fear them not. But all the great, according as thou hast spoken,
18
congregation bade stone them with saying, The LORD is longsuffering,
stones. And the glory of the LORD and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity
appeared in the tabernacle of the and transgression, and by no means
congregation before all the children of clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity
11
Israel. And the LORD said unto of the fathers upon the children unto
19
Moses, How long will this people the third and fourth generation.
provoke me? and how long will it be Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of
ere they believe me, for all the signs this people according unto the
12
which I have shewed among them? I greatness of thy mercy, and as thou
will smite them with the pestilence, hast forgiven this people, from Egypt
20
and disinherit them, and will make of even until now. And the LORD said, I
thee a greater nation and mightier have pardoned according to thy word:
13 21
than they. And Moses said unto the But as truly as I live, all the earth
LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, shall be filled with the glory of the
22
(for thou broughtest up this people in LORD. Because all those men which
14
thy might from among them;) And have seen my glory, and my miracles,
they will tell it to the inhabitants of this which I did in Egypt and in the
land: for they have heard that thou wilderness, and have tempted me now
LORD art among this people, that thou these ten times, and have not
23
LORD art seen face to face, and that hearkened to my voice; Surely they
thy cloud standeth over them, and that shall not see the land which I sware
thou goest before them, by daytime in unto their fathers, neither shall any of
24
a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire them that provoked me see it: But
15
by night. Now if thou shalt kill all my servant Caleb, because he had
this people as one man, then the another spirit with him, and hath
nations which have heard the fame of followed me fully, him will I bring into
16
thee will speak, saying, Because the the land whereinto he went; and his
 25
seed shall possess it. (Now the even forty days, each day for a year,
Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty
the valley.) To morrow turn you, and years, and ye shall know my breach of
35
get you into the wilderness by the way promise. I the LORD have said, I will
26
of the Red sea. And the LORD spake surely do it unto all this evil
27
unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, congregation, that are gathered
How long shall I bear with this evil together against me: in this wilderness
congregation, which murmur against they shall be consumed, and there they
36
me? I have heard the murmurings of shall die. And the men, which Moses
the children of Israel, which they sent to search the land, who returned,
28
murmur against me. Say unto them, and made all the congregation to
As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye murmur against him, by bringing up a
37
have spoken in mine ears, so will I do slander upon the land, Even those
29
to you: Your carcases shall fall in men that did bring up the evil report
this wilderness; and all that were upon the land, died by the plague
38
numbered of you, according to your before the LORD. But Joshua the son
whole number, from twenty years old of Nun, and Caleb the son of
and upward, which have murmured Jephunneh, which were of the men that
30 39
against me, Doubtless ye shall not went to search the land, lived still.
come into the land, concerning which I And Moses told these sayings unto all
sware to make you dwell therein, save the children of Israel: and the people
40
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and mourned greatly. And they rose up
31
Joshua the son of Nun. But your little early in the morning, and gat them up
ones, which ye said should be a prey, into the top of the mountain, saying,
them will I bring in, and they shall Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the
know the land which ye have despised. place which the LORD hath promised:
32 41
But as for you, your carcases, they for we have sinned. And Moses said,
33
shall fall in this wilderness. And your Wherefore now do ye transgress the
children shall wander in the wilderness commandment of the LORD? but it
42
forty years, and bear your whoredoms, shall not prosper. Go not up, for the
until your carcases be wasted in the LORD is not among you; that ye be not
34 43
wilderness. After the number of the smitten before your enemies. For the
days in which ye searched the land, Amalekites and the Canaanites are
there before you, and ye shall fall by prepare for a meat offering two tenth
the sword: because ye are turned away deals of flour mingled with the third
7
from the LORD, therefore the LORD will part of an hin of oil. And for a drink
44
not be with you. But they presumed offering thou shalt offer the third part
to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour
8
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, unto the LORD. And when thou
and Moses, departed not out of the preparest a bullock for a burnt offering,
45
camp. Then the Amalekites came or for a sacrifice in performing a vow,
9
down, and the Canaanites which dwelt or peace offerings unto the LORD:
in that hill, and smote them, and Then shall he bring with a bullock a
discomfited them, even unto Hormah. meat offering of three tenth deals of
10
flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
Numbers 15 And thou shalt bring for a drink
offering half an hin of wine, for an
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
offering made by fire, of a sweet
2
saying, Speak unto the children of savour unto the LORD. 11
Thus shall it
Israel, and say unto them, When ye be be done for one bullock, or for one
come into the land of your habitations, ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12

3
which I give unto you, And will make According to the number that ye shall
an offering by fire unto the LORD, a prepare, so shall ye do to every one
burnt offering, or a sacrifice in according to their number. 13
All that
performing a vow, or in a freewill are born of the country shall do these
offering, or in your solemn feasts, to things after this manner, in offering an
make a sweet savour unto the LORD, offering made by fire, of a sweet
4
of the herd, or of the flock: Then savour unto the LORD. 14
And if a
shall he that offereth his offering unto stranger sojourn with you, or
the LORD bring a meat offering of a whosoever be among you in your
tenth deal of flour mingled with the generations, and will offer an offering
5
fourth part of an hin of oil. And the made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. 15

offering shalt thou prepare with the One ordinance shall be both for you of
burnt offering or sacrifice, for one the congregation, and also for the
6
lamb. Or for a ram, thou shalt stranger that sojourneth with you, an
ordinance for ever in your generations: according to the manner, and one kid
25
as ye are, so shall the stranger be of the goats for a sin offering. And
16
before the LORD. One law and one the priest shall make an atonement for
manner shall be for you, and for the all the congregation of the children of
17
stranger that sojourneth with you. Israel, and it shall be forgiven them;
And the LORD spake unto Moses, for it is ignorance: and they shall bring
18
saying, Speak unto the children of their offering, a sacrifice made by fire
Israel, and say unto them, When ye unto the LORD, and their sin offering
26
come into the land whither I bring you, before the LORD, for their ignorance:
19
Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of And it shall be forgiven all the
the bread of the land, ye shall offer up congregation of the children of Israel,
20
an heave offering unto the LORD. Ye and the stranger that sojourneth
shall offer up a cake of the first of your among them; seeing all the people
27
dough for an heave offering: as ye do were in ignorance. And if any soul
the heave offering of the sin through ignorance, then he shall
21
threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. bring a she goat of the first year for a
28
Of the first of your dough ye shall give sin offering. And the priest shall
unto the LORD an heave offering in make an atonement for the soul that
22
your generations. And if ye have sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by
erred, and not observed all these ignorance before the LORD, to make an
commandments, which the LORD hath atonement for him; and it shall be
23 29
spoken unto Moses, Even all that the forgiven him. Ye shall have one law
LORD hath commanded you by the for him that sinneth through ignorance,
hand of Moses, from the day that the both for him that is born among the
LORD commanded Moses, and children of Israel, and for the stranger
30
henceforward among your generations; that sojourneth among them. But the
24
Then it shall be, if ought be soul that doeth ought presumptuously,
committed by ignorance without the whether he be born in the land, or a
knowledge of the congregation, that all stranger, the same reproacheth the
the congregation shall offer one young LORD; and that soul shall be cut off
31
bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet from among his people. Because he
savour unto the LORD, with his meat hath despised the word of the LORD,
offering, and his drink offering, and hath broken his commandment,
 41
that soul shall utterly be cut off; his God. I am the LORD your God, which
32
iniquity shall be upon him. And while brought you out of the land of Egypt,
the children of Israel were in the to be your God: I am the LORD your
wilderness, they found a man that God.
gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33
And they that found him gathering Numbers 16
sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son

And they put him in ward, because it of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan

was not declared what should be done and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On,

to him. 35
And the LORD said unto the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
2
Moses, The man shall be surely put to men: And they rose up before Moses,

death: all the congregation shall stone with certain of the children of Israel,

him with stones without the camp. 36 two hundred and fifty princes of the

And all the congregation brought him assembly, famous in the congregation,
3
without the camp, and stoned him with men of renown: And they gathered

stones, and he died; as the LORD themselves together against Moses and

commanded Moses. 37
And the LORD against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye

spake unto Moses, saying, 38

Speak take too much upon you, seeing all the

unto the children of Israel, and bid congregation are holy, every one of

them that they make them fringes in them, and the LORD is among them:

the borders of their garments wherefore then lift ye up yourselves

4
throughout their generations, and that above the congregation of the LORD?

they put upon the fringe of the borders And when Moses heard it, he fell upon
5
a ribband of blue: 39
And it shall be his face: And he spake unto Korah

unto you for a fringe, that ye may look and unto all his company, saying, Even

upon it, and remember all the to morrow the LORD will shew who are

commandments of the LORD, and do his, and who is holy; and will cause

them; and that ye seek not after your him to come near unto him: even him

own heart and your own eyes, after whom he hath chosen will he cause to
6
which ye use to go a whoring: 40
That come near unto him. This do; Take

ye may remember, and do all my you censers, Korah, and all his
7
commandments, and be holy unto your company; And put fire therein, and
put incense in them before the LORD to and said unto the LORD, Respect not
morrow: and it shall be that the man thou their offering: I have not taken
whom the LORD doth choose, he shall one ass from them, neither have I hurt
16
be holy: ye take too much upon you, one of them. And Moses said unto
8
ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company
Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of before the LORD, thou, and they, and
9 17
Levi: Seemeth it but a small thing Aaron, to morrow: And take every
unto you, that the God of Israel hath man his censer, and put incense in
separated you from the congregation of them, and bring ye before the LORD
Israel, to bring you near to himself to every man his censer, two hundred and
do the service of the tabernacle of the fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron,
18
LORD, and to stand before the each of you his censer. And they
10
congregation to minister unto them? took every man his censer, and put fire
And he hath brought thee near to him, in them, and laid incense thereon, and
and all thy brethren the sons of Levi stood in the door of the tabernacle of
with thee: and seek ye the priesthood the congregation with Moses and
11 19
also? For which cause both thou and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the
all thy company are gathered together congregation against them unto the
against the LORD: and what is Aaron, door of the tabernacle of the
12
that ye murmur against him? And congregation: and the glory of the
Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, LORD appeared unto all the
20
the sons of Eliab: which said, We will congregation. And the LORD spake
13 21
not come up: Is it a small thing that unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
thou hast brought us up out of a land Separate yourselves from among this
that floweth with milk and honey, to congregation, that I may consume
22
kill us in the wilderness, except thou them in a moment. And they fell
make thyself altogether a prince over upon their faces, and said, O God, the
14
us? Moreover thou hast not brought God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one
us into a land that floweth with milk man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with
23
and honey, or given us inheritance of all the congregation? And the LORD
24
fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out spake unto Moses, saying, Speak
the eyes of these men? we will not unto the congregation, saying, Get you
15
come up. And Moses was very wroth, up from about the tabernacle of Korah,
 25
Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose appertained unto Korah, and all their
33
up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; goods. They, and all that
26
and the elders of Israel followed him. appertained to them, went down alive
And he spake unto the congregation, into the pit, and the earth closed upon
saying, Depart, I pray you, from the them: and they perished from among
34
tents of these wicked men, and touch the congregation. And all Israel that
nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed were round about them fled at the cry
27
in all their sins. So they gat up from of them: for they said, Lest the earth
35
the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and swallow us up also. And there came
Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and out a fire from the LORD, and
Abiram came out, and stood in the consumed the two hundred and fifty
36
door of their tents, and their wives, men that offered incense. And the
37
and their sons, and their little children. LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
28
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron
know that the LORD hath sent me to the priest, that he take up the censers
do all these works; for I have not done out of the burning, and scatter thou
29
them of mine own mind. If these the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38
men die the common death of all men, The censers of these sinners against
or if they be visited after the visitation their own souls, let them make them
of all men; then the LORD hath not broad plates for a covering of the altar:
30
sent me. But if the LORD make a for they offered them before the LORD,
new thing, and the earth open her therefore they are hallowed: and they
mouth, and swallow them up, with all shall be a sign unto the children of
39
that appertain unto them, and they go Israel. And Eleazar the priest took
down quick into the pit; then ye shall the brasen censers, wherewith they
understand that these men have that were burnt had offered; and they
31
provoked the LORD. And it came to were made broad plates for a covering
40
pass, as he had made an end of of the altar: To be a memorial unto
speaking all these words, that the the children of Israel, that no stranger,
ground clave asunder that was under which is not of the seed of Aaron, come
32
them: And the earth opened her near to offer incense before the LORD;
mouth, and swallowed them up, and that he be not as Korah, and as his
their houses, and all the men that company: as the LORD said to him by
 41
the hand of Moses. But on the thousand and seven hundred, beside
morrow all the congregation of the them that died about the matter of
50
children of Israel murmured against Korah. And Aaron returned unto
Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye Moses unto the door of the tabernacle
42
have killed the people of the LORD. of the congregation: and the plague
And it came to pass, when the was stayed.
congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they Numbers 17
looked toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the cloud
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
covered it, and the glory of the LORD saying, Speak unto the children of

appeared. 43
And Moses and Aaron Israel, and take of every one of them a

came before the tabernacle of the rod according to the house of their

congregation. 44
And the LORD spake fathers, of all their princes according to

unto Moses, saying, 45

Get you up from the house of their fathers twelve rods:

among this congregation, that I may write thou every man's name upon his
3
consume them as in a moment. And rod. And thou shalt write Aaron's

they fell upon their faces. 46

And Moses name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod

said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and shall be for the head of the house of
4
put fire therein from off the altar, and their fathers. And thou shalt lay them

put on incense, and go quickly unto the up in the tabernacle of the

congregation, and make an atonement congregation before the testimony,

5
for them: for there is wrath gone out where I will meet with you. And it

from the LORD; the plague is begun. 47 shall come to pass, that the man's rod,

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, whom I shall choose, shall blossom:

and ran into the midst of the and I will make to cease from me the

congregation; and, behold, the plague murmurings of the children of Israel,

6
was begun among the people: and he whereby they murmur against you.

put on incense, and made an And Moses spake unto the children of

atonement for the people. 48

And he Israel, and every one of their princes

stood between the dead and the living; gave him a rod apiece, for each prince

and the plague was stayed. 49

Now they one, according to their fathers' houses,

that died in the plague were fourteen even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron
 7 2
was among their rods. And Moses laid priesthood. And thy brethren also of
up the rods before the LORD in the the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
8
tabernacle of witness. And it came to father, bring thou with thee, that they
pass, that on the morrow Moses went may be joined unto thee, and minister
into the tabernacle of witness; and, unto thee: but thou and thy sons with
behold, the rod of Aaron for the house thee shall minister before the
3
of Levi was budded, and brought forth tabernacle of witness. And they shall
buds, and bloomed blossoms, and keep thy charge, and the charge of all
9
yielded almonds. And Moses brought the tabernacle: only they shall not
out all the rods from before the LORD come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary
unto all the children of Israel: and they and the altar, that neither they, nor ye
10 4
looked, and took every man his rod. also, die. And they shall be joined
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring unto thee, and keep the charge of the
Aaron's rod again before the tabernacle of the congregation, for all
testimony, to be kept for a token the service of the tabernacle: and a
against the rebels; and thou shalt quite stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
5
take away their murmurings from me, And ye shall keep the charge of the
11
that they die not. And Moses did so: sanctuary, and the charge of the altar:
as the LORD commanded him, so did that there be no wrath any more upon
12 6
he. And the children of Israel spake the children of Israel. And I, behold, I
unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we have taken your brethren the Levites
13
perish, we all perish. Whosoever from among the children of Israel: to
cometh any thing near unto the you they are given as a gift for the
tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall LORD, to do the service of the
7
we be consumed with dying? tabernacle of the congregation.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee
Numbers 18 shall keep your priest's office for every
thing of the altar, and within the vail;
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou
and ye shall serve: I have given your
and thy sons and thy father's house priest's office unto you as a service of
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh
sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with shall be put to death. 8
And the LORD
thee shall bear the iniquity of your spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have
given thee the charge of mine heave LORD, whether it be of men or beasts,
offerings of all the hallowed things of shall be thine: nevertheless the
the children of Israel; unto thee have I firstborn of man shalt thou surely
given them by reason of the anointing, redeem, and the firstling of unclean
16
and to thy sons, by an ordinance for beasts shalt thou redeem. And those
9
ever. This shall be thine of the most that are to be redeemed from a month
holy things, reserved from the fire: old shalt thou redeem, according to
every oblation of theirs, every meat thine estimation, for the money of five
offering of theirs, and every sin shekels, after the shekel of the
17
offering of theirs, and every trespass sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
offering of theirs, which they shall But the firstling of a cow, or the
render unto me, shall be most holy for firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a
10
thee and for thy sons. In the most goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are
holy place shalt thou eat it; every male holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood
shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat
11
And this is thine; the heave offering for an offering made by fire, for a
18
of their gift, with all the wave offerings sweet savour unto the LORD. And
of the children of Israel: I have given the flesh of them shall be thine, as the
them unto thee, and to thy sons and to wave breast and as the right shoulder
19
thy daughters with thee, by a statute are thine. All the heave offerings of
for ever: every one that is clean in thy the holy things, which the children of
12
house shall eat of it. All the best of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I
the oil, and all the best of the wine, given thee, and thy sons and thy
and of the wheat, the firstfruits of daughters with thee, by a statute for
them which they shall offer unto the ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever
13
LORD, them have I given thee. And before the LORD unto thee and to thy
20
whatsoever is first ripe in the land, seed with thee. And the LORD spake
which they shall bring unto the LORD, unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no
shall be thine; every one that is clean inheritance in their land, neither shalt
14
in thine house shall eat of it. Every thou have any part among them: I am
thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. thy part and thine inheritance among
15 21
Every thing that openeth the matrix the children of Israel. And, behold, I
in all flesh, which they bring unto the have given the children of Levi all the
tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for the children of Israel; and ye shall give
their service which they serve, even thereof the LORD'S heave offering to
29
the service of the tabernacle of the Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts
22
congregation. Neither must the ye shall offer every heave offering of
children of Israel henceforth come nigh the LORD, of all the best thereof, even
30
the tabernacle of the congregation, lest the hallowed part thereof out of it.
23
they bear sin, and die. But the Therefore thou shalt say unto them,
Levites shall do the service of the When ye have heaved the best thereof
tabernacle of the congregation, and from it, then it shall be counted unto
they shall bear their iniquity: it shall the Levites as the increase of the
be a statute for ever throughout your threshingfloor, and as the increase of
31
generations, that among the children the winepress. And ye shall eat it in
24
of Israel they have no inheritance. every place, ye and your households:
But the tithes of the children of Israel, for it is your reward for your service in
32
which they offer as an heave offering the tabernacle of the congregation.
unto the LORD, I have given to the And ye shall bear no sin by reason of
Levites to inherit: therefore I have said it, when ye have heaved from it the
unto them, Among the children of best of it: neither shall ye pollute the
25
Israel they shall have no inheritance. holy things of the children of Israel,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, lest ye die.
26
saying, Thus speak unto the Levites,
and say unto them, When ye take of Numbers 19
the children of Israel the tithes which I
have given you from them for your
And the LORD spake unto Moses and
2
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an unto Aaron, saying, This is the

heave offering of it for the LORD, even ordinance of the law which the LORD

a tenth part of the tithe. 27

And this hath commanded, saying, Speak unto

your heave offering shall be reckoned the children of Israel, that they bring

unto you, as though it were the corn of thee a red heifer without spot, wherein

the threshingfloor, and as the fulness is no blemish, and upon which never
3
of the winepress. 28
Thus ye also shall came yoke: And ye shall give her

offer an heave offering unto the LORD unto Eleazar the priest, that he may

of all your tithes, which ye receive of bring her forth without the camp, and
 4
one shall slay her before his face: purify himself with it on the third day,
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her and on the seventh day he shall be
blood with his finger, and sprinkle of clean: but if he purify not himself the
her blood directly before the tabernacle third day, then the seventh day he
5 13
of the congregation seven times: And shall not be clean. Whosoever
one shall burn the heifer in his sight; toucheth the dead body of any man
her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, that is dead, and purifieth not himself,
6
with her dung, shall he burn: And the defileth the tabernacle of the LORD;
priest shall take cedar wood, and and that soul shall be cut off from
hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the Israel: because the water of separation
7
midst of the burning of the heifer. was not sprinkled upon him, he shall
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, be unclean; his uncleanness is yet
14
and he shall bathe his flesh in water, upon him. This is the law, when a
and afterward he shall come into the man dieth in a tent: all that come into
camp, and the priest shall be unclean the tent, and all that is in the tent,
8 15
until the even. And he that burneth shall be unclean seven days. And
her shall wash his clothes in water, and every open vessel, which hath no
16
bathe his flesh in water, and shall be covering bound upon it, is unclean.
9
unclean until the even. And a man And whosoever toucheth one that is
that is clean shall gather up the ashes slain with a sword in the open fields, or
of the heifer, and lay them up without a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a
17
the camp in a clean place, and it shall grave, shall be unclean seven days.
be kept for the congregation of the And for an unclean person they shall
children of Israel for a water of take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of
10
separation: it is a purification for sin. purification for sin, and running water
18
And he that gathereth the ashes of the shall be put thereto in a vessel: And
heifer shall wash his clothes, and be a clean person shall take hyssop, and
unclean until the even: and it shall be dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon
unto the children of Israel, and unto the tent, and upon all the vessels, and
the stranger that sojourneth among upon the persons that were there, and
11
them, for a statute for ever. He that upon him that touched a bone, or one
19
toucheth the dead body of any man slain, or one dead, or a grave: And
12
shall be unclean seven days. He shall the clean person shall sprinkle upon
the unclean on the third day, and on with Moses, and spake, saying, Would
the seventh day: and on the seventh God that we had died when our
4
day he shall purify himself, and wash brethren died before the LORD! And
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, why have ye brought up the
20
and shall be clean at even. But the congregation of the LORD into this
man that shall be unclean, and shall wilderness, that we and our cattle
5
not purify himself, that soul shall be should die there? And wherefore have
cut off from among the congregation, ye made us to come up out of Egypt,
because he hath defiled the sanctuary to bring us in unto this evil place? it is
of the LORD: the water of separation no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines,
hath not been sprinkled upon him; he or of pomegranates; neither is there
21 6
is unclean. And it shall be a any water to drink. And Moses and
perpetual statute unto them, that he Aaron went from the presence of the
that sprinkleth the water of separation assembly unto the door of the
shall wash his clothes; and he that tabernacle of the congregation, and
toucheth the water of separation shall they fell upon their faces: and the
22
be unclean until even. And glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
7
whatsoever the unclean person And the LORD spake unto Moses,
8
toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul saying, Take the rod, and gather thou
that toucheth it shall be unclean until the assembly together, thou, and
even. Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto
the rock before their eyes; and it shall
Numbers 20 give forth his water, and thou shalt
bring forth to them water out of the
Then came the children of Israel, even
rock: so thou shalt give the
the whole congregation, into the desert congregation and their beasts drink. 9

of Zin in the first month: and the And Moses took the rod from before
people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam the LORD, as he commanded him. 10

2
died there, and was buried there. And And Moses and Aaron gathered the
there was no water for the congregation together before the rock,
congregation: and they gathered and he said unto them, Hear now, ye
themselves together against Moses and rebels; must we fetch you water out of
3
against Aaron. And the people chode this rock? 11
And Moses lifted up his
hand, and with his rod he smote the not pass by me, lest I come out
19
rock twice: and the water came out against thee with the sword. And the
abundantly, and the congregation children of Israel said unto him, We
12
drank, and their beasts also. And the will go by the high way: and if I and
LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, my cattle drink of thy water, then I will
Because ye believed me not, to pay for it: I will only, without doing
sanctify me in the eyes of the children any thing else, go through on my feet.
20
of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring And he said, Thou shalt not go
this congregation into the land which I through. And Edom came out against
13
have given them. This is the water of him with much people, and with a
21
Meribah; because the children of Israel strong hand. Thus Edom refused to
strove with the LORD, and he was give Israel passage through his border:
14
sanctified in them. And Moses sent wherefore Israel turned away from
22
messengers from Kadesh unto the king him. And the children of Israel, even
of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed
Thou knowest all the travail that hath from Kadesh, and came unto mount
15 23
befallen us: How our fathers went Hor. And the LORD spake unto Moses
down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast
24
Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron
16
vexed us, and our fathers: And when shall be gathered unto his people: for
we cried unto the LORD, he heard our he shall not enter into the land which I
voice, and sent an angel, and hath have given unto the children of Israel,
brought us forth out of Egypt: and, because ye rebelled against my word
25
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the at the water of Meribah. Take Aaron
17
uttermost of thy border: Let us pass, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up
26
I pray thee, through thy country: we unto mount Hor: And strip Aaron of
will not pass through the fields, or his garments, and put them upon
through the vineyards, neither will we Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be
drink of the water of the wells: we will gathered unto his people, and shall die
27
go by the king's high way, we will not there. And Moses did as the LORD
turn to the right hand nor to the left, commanded: and they went up into
18
until we have passed thy borders. mount Hor in the sight of all the
28
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt congregation. And Moses stripped
Aaron of his garments, and put them neither is there any water; and our
6
upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died soul loatheth this light bread. And the
there in the top of the mount: and LORD sent fiery serpents among the
Moses and Eleazar came down from the people, and they bit the people; and
29 7
mount. And when all the much people of Israel died. Therefore
congregation saw that Aaron was dead, the people came to Moses, and said,
they mourned for Aaron thirty days, We have sinned, for we have spoken
even all the house of Israel. against the LORD, and against thee;
pray unto the LORD, that he take away
Numbers 21 the serpents from us. And Moses
8
prayed for the people. And the LORD
And when king Arad the Canaanite,
said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery
which dwelt in the south, heard tell serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it
that Israel came by the way of the shall come to pass, that every one that
spies; then he fought against Israel, is bitten, when he looketh upon it,
2
and took some of them prisoners. And shall live. 9
And Moses made a serpent
Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this came to pass, that if a serpent had
people into my hand, then I will utterly bitten any man, when he beheld the
3
destroy their cities. And the LORD serpent of brass, he lived. 10
And the
hearkened to the voice of Israel, and children of Israel set forward, and
delivered up the Canaanites; and they pitched in Oboth. 11
And they journeyed
utterly destroyed them and their cities: from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim,
and he called the name of the place in the wilderness which is before Moab,
4
Hormah. And they journeyed from toward the sunrising. 12
From thence
mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, they removed, and pitched in the
to compass the land of Edom: and the valley of Zared. 13
From thence they
soul of the people was much removed, and pitched on the other side
5
discouraged because of the way. And of Arnon, which is in the wilderness
the people spake against God, and that cometh out of the coasts of the
against Moses, Wherefore have ye Amorites: for Arnon is the border of
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
wilderness? for there is no bread, 14
Wherefore it is said in the book of
 24
the wars of the LORD, What he did in fought against Israel. And Israel
the Red sea, and in the brooks of smote him with the edge of the sword,
15
Arnon, And at the stream of the and possessed his land from Arnon
brooks that goeth down to the dwelling unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Ammon: for the border of the children
16 25
Moab. And from thence they went to of Ammon was strong. And Israel
Beer: that is the well whereof the took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in
LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the all the cities of the Amorites, in
people together, and I will give them Heshbon, and in all the villages
17 26
water. Then Israel sang this song, thereof. For Heshbon was the city of
18
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Sihon the king of the Amorites, who
The princes digged the well, the nobles had fought against the former king of
of the people digged it, by the Moab, and taken all his land out of his
27
direction of the lawgiver, with their hand, even unto Arnon. Wherefore
staves. And from the wilderness they they that speak in proverbs say, Come
19
went to Mattanah: And from into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be
28
Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from built and prepared: For there is a fire
20
Nahaliel to Bamoth: And from gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the
Bamoth in the valley, that is in the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of
country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, Moab, and the lords of the high places
21 29
which looketh toward Jeshimon. And of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king art undone, O people of Chemosh: he
22
of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass hath given his sons that escaped, and
through thy land: we will not turn into his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon
30
the fields, or into the vineyards; we king of the Amorites. We have shot
will not drink of the waters of the well: at them; Heshbon is perished even
but we will go along by the king's high unto Dibon, and we have laid them
23
way, until we be past thy borders. waste even unto Nophah, which
31
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to reacheth unto Medeba. Thus Israel
32
pass through his border: but Sihon dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
gathered all his people together, and And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and
went out against Israel into the they took the villages thereof, and
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and drove out the Amorites that were
 33
there. And they turned and went up river of the land of the children of his
by the way of Bashan: and Og the king people, to call him, saying, Behold,
of Bashan went out against them, he, there is a people come out from Egypt:
and all his people, to the battle at behold, they cover the face of the
34
Edrei. And the LORD said unto earth, and they abide over against me:
6
Moses, Fear him not: for I have Come now therefore, I pray thee,
delivered him into thy hand, and all his curse me this people; for they are too
people, and his land; and thou shalt do mighty for me: peradventure I shall
to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of prevail, that we may smite them, and
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. that I may drive them out of the land:
35
So they smote him, and his sons, for I wot that he whom thou blessest is
and all his people, until there was none blessed, and he whom thou cursest is
7
left him alive: and they possessed his cursed. And the elders of Moab and
land. the elders of Midian departed with the
rewards of divination in their hand;
Numbers 22 and they came unto Balaam, and spake
8
unto him the words of Balak. And he
And the children of Israel set forward,
said unto them, Lodge here this night,
and pitched in the plains of Moab on and I will bring you word again, as the
2
this side Jordan by Jericho. And Balak LORD shall speak unto me: and the
the son of Zippor saw all that Israel princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9

3
had done to the Amorites. And Moab And God came unto Balaam, and said,
was sore afraid of the people, because What men are these with thee? 10
And
they were many: and Moab was Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of
distressed because of the children of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto
4
Israel. And Moab said unto the elders me, saying, 11
Behold, there is a people
of Midian, Now shall this company lick come out of Egypt, which covereth the
up all that are round about us, as the face of the earth: come now, curse me
ox licketh up the grass of the field. And them; peradventure I shall be able to
Balak the son of Zippor was king of the overcome them, and drive them out. 12

5
Moabites at that time. He sent And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt
messengers therefore unto Balaam the not go with them; thou shalt not curse
son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the the people: for they are blessed. 13
And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and
said unto the princes of Balak, Get you
into your land: for the LORD refuseth
to give me leave to go with you.
the princes of Moab rose up, and they
went unto Balak, and said, Balaam
15
refuseth to come with us.
sent yet again princes, more, and more
16
honourable than they.
came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus
saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let
nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from
17
coming unto me: For I will promote
thee unto very great honour, and I will
do whatsoever thou sayest unto me:
come therefore, I pray thee, curse me
18
this people. And Balaam answered
and said unto the servants of Balak, If
Balak would give me his house full of
silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the
word of the LORD my God, to do less
19
or more. Now therefore, I pray you,
tarry ye also here this night, that I
may know what the LORD will say unto
20
me more. And God
Balaam at night, and said unto him, If
the men come to call thee, rise up, and
go with them; but yet the word which I
shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21
And Balaam rose up in the morning,
and saddled his ass, and went with the
22
princes of Moab. And God's anger
was kindled because he went: and the
angel of the LORD stood in the way for
an adversary against him. Now he was
riding upon his ass, and his two
14 23
And servants were with him. And the ass
saw the angel of the LORD standing in
the way, and his sword drawn in his
And Balak hand: and the ass turned aside out of
the way, and went into the field: and
And they Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into
24
the way. But the angel of the LORD
stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, and a wall on that
25
side. And when the ass saw the
angel of the LORD, she thrust herself
unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's
foot against the wall: and he smote her
26
again. And the angel of the LORD
went further, and stood in a narrow
place, where was no way to turn either
27
to the right hand or to the left. And
when the ass saw the angel of the
LORD, she fell down under Balaam:
and Balaam's anger was kindled, and
28
he smote the ass with a staff. And
came unto the LORD opened the mouth of the ass,
and she said unto Balaam, What have I
done unto thee, that thou hast smitten
29
me these three times? And Balaam
said unto the ass, Because thou hast
mocked me: I would there were a
sword in mine hand, for now would I
30
kill thee. And the ass said unto
Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon
which thou hast ridden ever since I camest thou not unto me? am I not
was thine unto this day? was I ever able indeed to promote thee to
38
wont to do so unto thee? And he said, honour? And Balaam said unto Balak,
31
Nay. Then the LORD opened the eyes Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now
of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the any power at all to say any thing? the
LORD standing in the way, and his word that God putteth in my mouth,
39
sword drawn in his hand: and he that shall I speak. And Balaam went
bowed down his head, and fell flat on with Balak, and they came unto
32 40
his face. And the angel of the LORD Kirjath-huzoth. And Balak offered
said unto him, Wherefore hast thou oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam,
smitten thine ass these three times? and to the princes that were with him.
41
behold, I went out to withstand thee, And it came to pass on the morrow,
because thy way is perverse before that Balak took Balaam, and brought
33
me: And the ass saw me, and turned him up into the high places of Baal,
from me these three times: unless she that thence he might see the utmost
had turned from me, surely now also I part of the people.
34
had slain thee, and saved her alive.
And Balaam said unto the angel of the Numbers 23
LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not
that thou stoodest in the way against
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me

me: now therefore, if it displease thee, here seven altars, and prepare me here
2
I will get me back again. 35
And the seven oxen and seven rams. And

angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and

Go with the men: but only the word Balak and Balaam offered on every
3
that I shall speak unto thee, that thou altar a bullock and a ram. And

shalt speak. So Balaam went with the Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy

princes of Balak. 36
And when Balak burnt offering, and I will go:

heard that Balaam was come, he went peradventure the LORD will come to

out to meet him unto a city of Moab, meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth

which is in the border of Arnon, which me I will tell thee. And he went to an
4
is in the utmost coast. 37
And Balak high place. And God met Balaam: and

said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly he said unto him, I have prepared

send unto thee to call thee? wherefore seven altars, and I have offered upon
 5
every altar a bullock and a ram. And not see them all: and curse me them
14
the LORD put a word in Balaam's from thence. And he brought him
mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, into the field of Zophim, to the top of
6
and thus thou shalt speak. And he Pisgah, and built seven altars, and
returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by offered a bullock and a ram on every
15
his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the altar. And he said unto Balak, Stand
7
princes of Moab. And he took up his here by thy burnt offering, while I
16
parable, and said, Balak the king of meet the LORD yonder. And the
Moab hath brought me from Aram, out LORD met Balaam, and put a word in
of the mountains of the east, saying, his mouth, and said, Go again unto
17
Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Balak, and say thus. And when he
8
Israel. How shall I curse, whom God came to him, behold, he stood by his
hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, burnt offering, and the princes of Moab
9
whom the LORD hath not defied? For with him. And Balak said unto him,
18
from the top of the rocks I see him, What hath the LORD spoken? And he
and from the hills I behold him: lo, the took up his parable, and said, Rise up,
people shall dwell alone, and shall not Balak, and hear; hearken unto me,
10 19
be reckoned among the nations. Who thou son of Zippor: God is not a
can count the dust of Jacob, and the man, that he should lie; neither the
number of the fourth part of Israel? Let son of man, that he should repent:
me die the death of the righteous, and hath he said, and shall he not do it? or
11
let my last end be like his! And Balak hath he spoken, and shall he not make
20
said unto Balaam, What hast thou done it good? Behold, I have received
unto me? I took thee to curse mine commandment to bless: and he hath
21
enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed; and I cannot reverse it. He
12
blessed them altogether. And he hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,
answered and said, Must I not take neither hath he seen perverseness in
heed to speak that which the LORD Israel: the LORD his God is with him,
13
hath put in my mouth? And Balak and the shout of a king is among them.
22
said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with God brought them out of Egypt; he
me unto another place, from whence hath as it were the strength of an
23
thou mayest see them: thou shalt see unicorn. Surely there is no
but the utmost part of them, and shalt enchantment against Jacob, neither is
 2
there any divination against Israel: toward the wilderness. And Balaam
according to this time it shall be said of lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel
Jacob and of Israel, What hath God abiding in his tents according to their
24
wrought! Behold, the people shall tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
3
rise up as a great lion, and lift up him. And he took up his parable, and
himself as a young lion: he shall not lie said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said,
down until he eat of the prey, and and the man whose eyes are open hath
25 4
drink the blood of the slain. And said: He hath said, which heard the
Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse words of God, which saw the vision of
26
them at all, nor bless them at all. the Almighty, falling into a trance, but
5
But Balaam answered and said unto having his eyes open: How goodly are
Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that thy tents, O Jacob, and thy
27 6
the LORD speaketh, that I must do? tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I are they spread forth, as gardens by
pray thee, I will bring thee unto the river's side, as the trees of lign
another place; peradventure it will aloes which the LORD hath planted,
7
please God that thou mayest curse me and as cedar trees beside the waters.
28
them from thence. And Balak He shall pour the water out of his
brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, buckets, and his seed shall be in many
29
that looketh toward Jeshimon. And waters, and his king shall be higher
Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here than Agag, and his kingdom shall be
8
seven altars, and prepare me here exalted. God brought him forth out of
30
seven bullocks and seven rams. And Egypt; he hath as it were the strength
Balak did as Balaam had said, and of an unicorn: he shall eat up the
offered a bullock and a ram on every nations his enemies, and shall break
altar. their bones, and pierce them through
9
with his arrows. He couched, he lay
Numbers 24 down as a lion, and as a great lion:
who shall stir him up? Blessed is he
And when Balaam saw that it pleased
that blesseth thee, and cursed is he
the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, that curseth thee. 10
And Balak's anger
as at other times, to seek for was kindled against Balaam, and he
enchantments, but he set his face smote his hands together: and Balak
said unto Balaam, I called thee to a possession, Seir also shall be a
curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou possession for his enemies; and Israel
19
hast altogether blessed them these shall do valiantly. Out of Jacob shall
11
three times. Therefore now flee thou come he that shall have dominion, and
to thy place: I thought to promote thee shall destroy him that remaineth of the
20
unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD city. And when he looked on Amalek,
12
hath kept thee back from honour. he took up his parable, and said,
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I Amalek was the first of the nations;
not also to thy messengers which thou but his latter end shall be that he
13 21
sentest unto me, saying, If Balak perish for ever. And he looked on the
would give me his house full of silver Kenites, and took up his parable, and
and gold, I cannot go beyond the said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and
22
commandment of the LORD, to do thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
either good or bad of mine own mind; Nevertheless the Kenite shall be
but what the LORD saith, that will I wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee
14 23
speak? And now, behold, I go unto away captive. And he took up his
my people: come therefore, and I will parable, and said, Alas, who shall live
24
advertise thee what this people shall when God doeth this! And ships shall
15
do to thy people in the latter days. come from the coast of Chittim, and
And he took up his parable, and said, shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25
the man whose eyes are open hath And Balaam rose up, and went and
16
said: He hath said, which heard the returned to his place: and Balak also
words of God, and knew the knowledge went his way.
of the most High, which saw the vision
of the Almighty, falling into a trance, Numbers 25
17
but having his eyes open: I shall see
him, but not now: I shall behold him,
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the

but not nigh: there shall come a Star people began to commit whoredom
2
out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise with the daughters of Moab. And they

out of Israel, and shall smite the called the people unto the sacrifices of

corners of Moab, and destroy all the their gods: and the people did eat, and
3
children of Sheth. 18
And Edom shall be bowed down to their gods. And Israel
joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the was zealous for my sake among them,
anger of the LORD was kindled against that I consumed not the children of
4 12
Israel. And the LORD said unto Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say,
Moses, Take all the heads of the Behold, I give unto him my covenant of
13
people, and hang them up before the peace: And he shall have it, and his
LORD against the sun, that the fierce seed after him, even the covenant of
anger of the LORD may be turned away an everlasting priesthood; because he
5
from Israel. And Moses said unto the was zealous for his God, and made an
14
judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his atonement for the children of Israel.
6
men that were joined unto Baal-peor. Now the name of the Israelite that was
And, behold, one of the children of slain, even that was slain with the
Israel came and brought unto his Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son
brethren a Midianitish woman in the of Salu, a prince of a chief house
15
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all among the Simeonites. And the
the congregation of the children of name of the Midianitish woman that
Israel, who were weeping before the was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of
door of the tabernacle of the Zur; he was head over a people, and of
7 16
congregation. And when Phinehas, a chief house in Midian. And the
17
the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Vex
18
the priest, saw it, he rose up from the Midianites, and smite them: For
among the congregation, and took a they vex you with their wiles,
8
javelin in his hand; And he went after wherewith they have beguiled you in
the man of Israel into the tent, and the matter of Peor, and in the matter
thrust both of them through, the man of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of
of Israel, and the woman through her Midian, their sister, which was slain in
belly. So the plague was stayed from the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
9
the children of Israel. And those that
died in the plague were twenty and Numbers 26
10
four thousand. And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, 11
Phinehas, the
And it came to pass after the plague,

son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the that the LORD spake unto Moses and

priest, hath turned my wrath away unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the
2
from the children of Israel, while he priest, saying, Take the sum of all the
 11
congregation of the children of Israel, and they became a sign.
from twenty years old and upward, Notwithstanding the children of Korah
12
throughout their fathers' house, all died not. The sons of Simeon after
3
that are able to go to war in Israel. their families: of Nemuel, the family of
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of
with them in the plains of Moab by the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of
4 13
Jordan near Jericho, saying, Take the the Jachinites: Of Zerah, the family
sum of the people, from twenty years of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of
14
old and upward; as the LORD the Shaulites. These are the families
commanded Moses and the children of of the Simeonites, twenty and two
15
Israel, which went forth out of the land thousand and two hundred. The
5
of Egypt. Reuben, the eldest son of children of Gad after their families: of
Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, Zephon, the family of the Zephonites:
of whom cometh the family of the of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of
16
Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Shuni, the family of the Shunites: Of
6
Palluites: Of Hezron, the family of the Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri,
17
Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the the family of the Erites: Of Arod, the
7
Carmites. These are the families of family of the Arodites: of Areli, the
18
the Reubenites: and they that were family of the Arelites. These are the
numbered of them were forty and three families of the children of Gad
thousand and seven hundred and according to those that were numbered
8 9
thirty. And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. of them, forty thousand and five
19
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and hundred. The sons of Judah were Er
Dathan, and Abiram. This is that and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the
20
Dathan and Abiram, which were land of Canaan. And the sons of
famous in the congregation, who strove Judah after their families were; of
against Moses and against Aaron in the Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of
company of Korah, when they strove Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of
10 21
against the LORD: And the earth Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
opened her mouth, and swallowed And the sons of Pharez were; of
them up together with Korah, when Hezron, the family of the Hezronites:
that company died, what time the fire of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22
devoured two hundred and fifty men: These are the families of Judah
according to those that were numbered And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had
of them, threescore and sixteen no sons, but daughters: and the names
23
thousand and five hundred. Of the of the daughters of Zelophehad were
sons of Issachar after their families: of Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
34
Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, Tirzah. These are the families of
24
the family of the Punites: Of Jashub, Manasseh, and those that were
the family of the Jashubites: of numbered of them, fifty and two
35
Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. thousand and seven hundred. These
25
These are the families of Issachar are the sons of Ephraim after their
according to those that were numbered families: of Shuthelah, the family of
of them, threescore and four thousand the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family
26
and three hundred. Of the sons of of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family
36
Zebulun after their families: of Sered, of the Tahanites. And these are the
the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family
37
family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the of the Eranites. These are the
27
family of the Jahleelites. These are families of the sons of Ephraim
the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered
according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and
of them, threescore thousand and five five hundred. These are the sons of
28 38
hundred. The sons of Joseph after Joseph after their families. The sons
their families were Manasseh and of Benjamin after their families: of
29
Ephraim. Of the sons of Manasseh: Bela, the family of the Belaites: of
of Machir, the family of the Machirites: Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of
39
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
30
come the family of the Gileadites. Of Shupham, the family of the
These are the sons of Gilead: of Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of
40
Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of the Huphamites. And the sons of
31
Helek, the family of the Helekites: Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the
And of Asriel, the family of the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman,
41
Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family the family of the Naamites. These
32
of the Shechemites: And of Shemida, are the sons of Benjamin after their
the family of the Shemidaites: and of families: and they that were numbered
33
Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. of them were forty and five thousand
 42 52
and six hundred. These are the sons hundred and thirty. And the LORD
53
of Dan after their families: of Shuham, spake unto Moses, saying, Unto
the family of the Shuhamites. These these the land shall be divided for an
are the families of Dan after their inheritance according to the number of
43 54
families. All the families of the names. To many thou shalt give the
Shuhamites, according to those that more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
were numbered of them, were give the less inheritance: to every one
threescore and four thousand and four shall his inheritance be given according
44 55
hundred. Of the children of Asher to those that were numbered of him.
after their families: of Jimna, the Notwithstanding the land shall be
family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the divided by lot: according to the names
family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the of the tribes of their fathers they shall
45 56
family of the Beriites. Of the sons of inherit. According to the lot shall the
Beriah: of Heber, the family of the possession thereof be divided between
57
Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the many and few. And these are they
46
Malchielites. And the name of the that were numbered of the Levites
47
daughter of Asher was Sarah. These after their families: of Gershon, the
are the families of the sons of Asher family of the Gershonites: of Kohath,
according to those that were numbered the family of the Kohathites: of Merari,
58
of them; who were fifty and three the family of the Merarites. These
48
thousand and four hundred. Of the are the families of the Levites: the
sons of Naphtali after their families: of family of the Libnites, the family of the
Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,
49
of Guni, the family of the Gunites: Of the family of the Mushites, the family
Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of of the Korathites. And Kohath begat
59
Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. Amram. And the name of Amram's
50
These are the families of Naphtali wife was Jochebed, the daughter of
according to their families: and they Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in
that were numbered of them were forty Egypt: and she bare unto Amram
51
and five thousand and four hundred. Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
60
These were the numbered of the sister. And unto Aaron was born
children of Israel, six hundred Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
61
thousand and a thousand seven Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died,
when they offered strange fire before before Eleazar the priest, and before
62
the LORD. And those that were the princes and all the congregation,
numbered of them were twenty and by the door of the tabernacle of the
3
three thousand, all males from a congregation, saying, Our father died
month old and upward: for they were in the wilderness, and he was not in
not numbered among the children of the company of them that gathered
Israel, because there was no themselves together against the LORD
inheritance given them among the in the company of Korah; but died in
63 4
children of Israel. These are they his own sin, and had no sons. Why
that were numbered by Moses and should the name of our father be done
Eleazar the priest, who numbered the away from among his family, because
children of Israel in the plains of Moab he hath no son? Give unto us therefore
64
by Jordan near Jericho. But among a possession among the brethren of
5
these there was not a man of them our father. And Moses brought their
6
whom Moses and Aaron the priest cause before the LORD. And the LORD
7
numbered, when they numbered the spake unto Moses, saying, The
children of Israel in the wilderness of daughters of Zelophehad speak right:
65
Sinai. For the LORD had said of thou shalt surely give them a
them, They shall surely die in the possession of an inheritance among
wilderness. And there was not left a their father's brethren; and thou shalt
man of them, save Caleb the son of cause the inheritance of their father to
8
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. pass unto them. And thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, If a
Numbers 27 man die, and have no son, then ye
shall cause his inheritance to pass unto
Then came the daughters of
his daughter. 9
And if he have no
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son daughter, then ye shall give his
of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of inheritance unto his brethren. 10
And if
Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh he have no brethren, then ye shall give
the son of Joseph: and these are the his inheritance unto his father's
names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, brethren. 11
And if his father have no
2
and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. brethren, then ye shall give his
And they stood before Moses, and inheritance unto his kinsman that is
next to him of his family, and he shall honour upon him, that all the
possess it: and it shall be unto the congregation of the children of Israel
21
children of Israel a statute of may be obedient. And he shall stand
judgment, as the LORD commanded before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask
12
Moses. And the LORD said unto counsel for him after the judgment of
Moses, Get thee up into this mount Urim before the LORD: at his word
Abarim, and see the land which I have shall they go out, and at his word they
13
given unto the children of Israel. And shall come in, both he, and all the
when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt children of Israel with him, even all the
22
be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron congregation. And Moses did as the
14
thy brother was gathered. For ye LORD commanded him: and he took
rebelled against my commandment in Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the
the desert of Zin, in the strife of the priest, and before all the congregation:
23
congregation, to sanctify me at the And he laid his hands upon him, and
water before their eyes: that is the gave him a charge, as the LORD
water of Meribah in Kadesh in the commanded by the hand of Moses.
15
wilderness of Zin. And Moses spake
unto the LORD, saying, 16
Let the Numbers 28
LORD, the God of the spirits of all
flesh, set a man over the congregation,
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
17
Which may go out before them, and saying, Command the children of

which may go in before them, and Israel, and say unto them, My offering,

which may lead them out, and which and my bread for my sacrifices made

may bring them in; that the by fire, for a sweet savour unto me,

congregation of the LORD be not as shall ye observe to offer unto me in

3
sheep which have no shepherd. 18
And their due season. And thou shalt say

the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee unto them, This is the offering made by

Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD;

is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon two lambs of the first year without spot

him; 19
And set him before Eleazar the day by day, for a continual burnt
4
priest, and before all the congregation; offering. The one lamb shalt thou

and give him a charge in their sight. 20 offer in the morning, and the other
5
And thou shalt put some of thine lamb shalt thou offer at even; And a
tenth part of an ephah of flour for a several tenth deal of flour mingled with
meat offering, mingled with the fourth oil for a meat offering unto one lamb;
6
part of an hin of beaten oil. It is a for a burnt offering of a sweet savour,
continual burnt offering, which was a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
14
ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet And their drink offerings shall be half
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the
7
the LORD. And the drink offering third part of an hin unto a ram, and a
thereof shall be the fourth part of an fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this
hin for the one lamb: in the holy place is the burnt offering of every month
15
shalt thou cause the strong wine to be throughout the months of the year.
poured unto the LORD for a drink And one kid of the goats for a sin
8
offering. And the other lamb shalt offering unto the LORD shall be
thou offer at even: as the meat offered, beside the continual burnt
16
offering of the morning, and as the offering, and his drink offering. And
drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer in the fourteenth day of the first month
17
it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet is the passover of the LORD. And in
9
savour unto the LORD. And on the the fifteenth day of this month is the
sabbath day two lambs of the first year feast: seven days shall unleavened
18
without spot, and two tenth deals of bread be eaten. In the first day shall
flour for a meat offering, mingled with be an holy convocation; ye shall do no
10 19
oil, and the drink offering thereof: manner of servile work therein: But
This is the burnt offering of every ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire
sabbath, beside the continual burnt for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two
11
offering, and his drink offering. And young bullocks, and one ram, and
in the beginnings of your months ye seven lambs of the first year: they
20
shall offer a burnt offering unto the shall be unto you without blemish:
LORD; two young bullocks, and one And their meat offering shall be of flour
ram, seven lambs of the first year mingled with oil: three tenth deals
12
without spot; And three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two
21
of flour for a meat offering, mingled tenth deals for a ram; A several
with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth tenth deal shalt thou offer for every
22
deals of flour for a meat offering, lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
13
mingled with oil, for one ram; And a And one goat for a sin offering, to
 23
make an atonement for you. Ye shall Numbers 29
offer these beside the burnt offering in
the morning, which is for a continual And in the seventh month, on the first
24
burnt offering. After this manner ye day of the month, ye shall have an
shall offer daily, throughout the seven holy convocation; ye shall do no servile
days, the meat of the sacrifice made by work: it is a day of blowing the
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: trumpets unto you. 2
And ye shall offer
it shall be offered beside the continual a burnt offering for a sweet savour
25
burnt offering, and his drink offering. unto the LORD; one young bullock, one
And on the seventh day ye shall have ram, and seven lambs of the first year
an holy convocation; ye shall do no without blemish: 3
And their meat
26
servile work. Also in the day of the offering shall be of flour mingled with
firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and
offering unto the LORD, after your two tenth deals for a ram, 4
And one
weeks be out, ye shall have an holy tenth deal for one lamb, throughout
convocation; ye shall do no servile the seven lambs: 5
And one kid of the
27
work: But ye shall offer the burnt goats for a sin offering, to make an
offering for a sweet savour unto the atonement for you: 6
Beside the burnt
LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, offering of the month, and his meat
28
seven lambs of the first year; And offering, and the daily burnt offering,
their meat offering of flour mingled and his meat offering, and their drink
with oil, three tenth deals unto one offerings, according unto their manner,
bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by
29
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, fire unto the LORD. 7
And ye shall have
30
throughout the seven lambs; And on the tenth day of this seventh month
one kid of the goats, to make an an holy convocation; and ye shall
31
atonement for you. Ye shall offer afflict your souls: ye shall not do any
them beside the continual burnt work therein: 8
But ye shall offer a
offering, and his meat offering, (they burnt offering unto the LORD for a
shall be unto you without blemish) and sweet savour; one young bullock, one
their drink offerings. ram, and seven lambs of the first year;
they shall be unto you without
9
blemish: And their meat offering shall
be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals the lambs, shall be according to their
10 19
to one ram, A several tenth deal for number, after the manner: And one
one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: kid of the goats for a sin offering;
11
One kid of the goats for a sin beside the continual burnt offering, and
offering; beside the sin offering of the meat offering thereof, and their
20
atonement, and the continual burnt drink offerings. And on the third day
offering, and the meat offering of it, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen
12
and their drink offerings. And on the lambs of the first year without blemish;
21
fifteenth day of the seventh month ye And their meat offering and their
shall have an holy convocation; ye drink offerings for the bullocks, for the
shall do no servile work, and ye shall rams, and for the lambs, shall be
keep a feast unto the LORD seven according to their number, after the
13 22
days: And ye shall offer a burnt manner: And one goat for a sin
offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a offering; beside the continual burnt
sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen offering, and his meat offering, and his
23
young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen drink offering. And on the fourth day
lambs of the first year; they shall be ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
14
without blemish: And their meat lambs of the first year without blemish:
24
offering shall be of flour mingled with Their meat offering and their drink
oil, three tenth deals unto every offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two and for the lambs, shall be according
25
tenth deals to each ram of the two to their number, after the manner:
15
rams, And a several tenth deal to And one kid of the goats for a sin
16
each lamb of the fourteen lambs: offering; beside the continual burnt
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, his meat offering, and his
26
offering; beside the continual burnt drink offering. And on the fifth day
offering, his meat offering, and his nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
17 27
drink offering. And on the second lambs of the first year without spot:
day ye shall offer twelve young And their meat offering and their drink
bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
18
the first year without spot: And their and for the lambs, shall be according
28
meat offering and their drink offerings to their number, after the manner:
 38
And one goat for a sin offering; beside number, after the manner: And one
the continual burnt offering, and his goat for a sin offering; beside the
29
meat offering, and his drink offering. continual burnt offering, and his meat
39
And on the sixth day eight bullocks, offering, and his drink offering.
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the These things ye shall do unto the LORD
30
first year without blemish: And their in your set feasts, beside your vows,
meat offering and their drink offerings and your freewill offerings, for your
for the bullocks, for the rams, and for burnt offerings, and for your meat
the lambs, shall be according to their offerings, and for your drink offerings,
31 40
number, after the manner: And one and for your peace offerings. And
goat for a sin offering; beside the Moses told the children of Israel
continual burnt offering, his meat according to all that the LORD
32
offering, and his drink offering. And commanded Moses.
on the seventh day seven bullocks, two
rams, and fourteen lambs of the first Numbers 30
33
year without blemish: And their meat
offering and their drink offerings for
And Moses spake unto the heads of

the bullocks, for the rams, and for the the tribes concerning the children of

lambs, shall be according to their Israel, saying, This is the thing which
2
number, after the manner: 34
And one the LORD hath commanded. If a man

goat for a sin offering; beside the vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an

continual burnt offering, his meat oath to bind his soul with a bond; he

offering, and his drink offering. 35

On shall not break his word, he shall do

the eighth day ye shall have a solemn according to all that proceedeth out of
3
assembly: ye shall do no servile work his mouth. If a woman also vow a

therein: 36
But ye shall offer a burnt vow unto the LORD, and bind herself

offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a by a bond, being in her father's house

4
sweet savour unto the LORD: one in her youth; And her father hear her

bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the vow, and her bond wherewith she hath

first year without blemish: 37

Their bound her soul, and her father shall

meat offering and their drink offerings hold his peace at her: then all her

for the bullock, for the ram, and for the vows shall stand, and every bond

lambs, shall be according to their wherewith she hath bound her soul
 5
shall stand. But if her father disallow her vows, or concerning the bond of
her in the day that he heareth; not any her soul, shall not stand: her husband
of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith hath made them void; and the LORD
13
she hath bound her soul, shall stand: shall forgive her. Every vow, and
and the LORD shall forgive her, every binding oath to afflict the soul,
6
because her father disallowed her. her husband may establish it, or her
14
And if she had at all an husband, when husband may make it void. But if her
she vowed, or uttered ought out of her husband altogether hold his peace at
7
lips, wherewith she bound her soul; her from day to day; then he
And her husband heard it, and held his establisheth all her vows, or all her
peace at her in the day that he heard bonds, which are upon her: he
it: then her vows shall stand, and her confirmeth them, because he held his
bonds wherewith she bound her soul peace at her in the day that he heard
8 15
shall stand. But if her husband them. But if he shall any ways make
disallowed her on the day that he them void after that he hath heard
heard it; then he shall make her vow them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16
which she vowed, and that which she These are the statutes, which the
uttered with her lips, wherewith she LORD commanded Moses, between a
bound her soul, of none effect: and the man and his wife, between the father
9
LORD shall forgive her. But every vow and his daughter, being yet in her
of a widow, and of her that is divorced, youth in her father's house.
wherewith they have bound their souls,
shall stand against her. 10
And if she Numbers 31
vowed in her husband's house, or
bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
And the LORD spake unto Moses,
2
11
And her husband heard it, and held saying, Avenge the children of Israel

his peace at her, and disallowed her of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou
3
not: then all her vows shall stand, and be gathered unto thy people. And

every bond wherewith she bound her Moses spake unto the people, saying,

soul shall stand. 12

But if her husband Arm some of yourselves unto the war,

hath utterly made them void on the and let them go against the Midianites,
4
day he heard them; then whatsoever and avenge the LORD of Midian. Of

proceeded out of her lips concerning every tribe a thousand, throughout all
the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the Eleazar the priest, and all the princes
5
war. So there were delivered out of of the congregation, went forth to meet
14
the thousands of Israel, a thousand of them without the camp. And Moses
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for was wroth with the officers of the host,
6
war. And Moses sent them to the war, with the captains over thousands, and
a thousand of every tribe, them and captains over hundreds, which came
15
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, from the battle. And Moses said unto
to the war, with the holy instruments, them, Have ye saved all the women
7 16
and the trumpets to blow in his hand. alive? Behold, these caused the
And they warred against the children of Israel, through the counsel
Midianites, as the LORD commanded of Balaam, to commit trespass against
8
Moses; and they slew all the males. the LORD in the matter of Peor, and
And they slew the kings of Midian, there was a plague among the
17
beside the rest of them that were congregation of the LORD. Now
slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and therefore kill every male among the
Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of little ones, and kill every woman that
18
Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor hath known man by lying with him.
9
they slew with the sword. And the But all the women children, that have
children of Israel took all the women of not known a man by lying with him,
19
Midian captives, and their little ones, keep alive for yourselves. And do ye
and took the spoil of all their cattle, abide without the camp seven days:
and all their flocks, and all their goods. whosoever hath killed any person, and
10
And they burnt all their cities whosoever hath touched any slain,
wherein they dwelt, and all their purify both yourselves and your
11
goodly castles, with fire. And they captives on the third day, and on the
20
took all the spoil, and all the prey, seventh day. And purify all your
12
both of men and of beasts. And they raiment, and all that is made of skins,
brought the captives, and the prey, and all work of goats' hair, and all
21
and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar things made of wood. And Eleazar
the priest, and unto the congregation the priest said unto the men of war
of the children of Israel, unto the camp which went to the battle, This is the
at the plains of Moab, which are by ordinance of the law which the LORD
13 22
Jordan near Jericho. And Moses, and commanded Moses; Only the gold,
 31
and the silver, the brass, the iron, the the tabernacle of the LORD. And
23
tin, and the lead, Every thing that Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the
32
may abide the fire, ye shall make it go LORD commanded Moses. And the
through the fire, and it shall be clean: booty, being the rest of the prey which
nevertheless it shall be purified with the men of war had caught, was six
the water of separation: and all that hundred thousand and seventy
33
abideth not the fire ye shall make go thousand and five thousand sheep,
24
through the water. And ye shall wash And threescore and twelve thousand
34
your clothes on the seventh day, and beeves, And threescore and one
35
ye shall be clean, and afterward ye thousand asses, And thirty and two
25
shall come into the camp. And the thousand persons in all, of women that
26
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, had not known man by lying with him.
36
Take the sum of the prey that was And the half, which was the portion
taken, both of man and of beast, thou, of them that went out to war, was in
and Eleazar the priest, and the chief number three hundred thousand and
27
fathers of the congregation: And seven and thirty thousand and five
37
divide the prey into two parts; between hundred sheep: And the LORD'S
them that took the war upon them, tribute of the sheep was six hundred
38
who went out to battle, and between and threescore and fifteen. And the
28
all the congregation: And levy a beeves were thirty and six thousand;
tribute unto the LORD of the men of of which the LORD'S tribute was
39
war which went out to battle: one soul threescore and twelve. And the asses
of five hundred, both of the persons, were thirty thousand and five hundred;
and of the beeves, and of the asses, of which the LORD'S tribute was
29 40
and of the sheep: Take it of their threescore and one. And the persons
half, and give it unto Eleazar the were sixteen thousand; of which the
priest, for an heave offering of the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two
30 41
LORD. And of the children of Israel's persons. And Moses gave the tribute,
half, thou shalt take one portion of which was the LORD'S heave offering,
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD
42
the asses, and of the flocks, of all commanded Moses. And of the
manner of beasts, and give them unto children of Israel's half, which Moses
43
the Levites, which keep the charge of divided from the men that warred,
 53
(Now the half that pertained unto the hundred and fifty shekels. (For the
congregation was three hundred men of war had taken spoil, every man
54
thousand and thirty thousand and for himself.) And Moses and Eleazar
seven thousand and five hundred the priest took the gold of the captains
44
sheep, And thirty and six thousand of thousands and of hundreds, and
45
beeves, And thirty thousand asses brought it into the tabernacle of the
46
and five hundred, And sixteen congregation, for a memorial for the
47
thousand persons;) Even of the children of Israel before the LORD.
children of Israel's half, Moses took
one portion of fifty, both of man and of Numbers 32
beast, and gave them unto the Levites,
which kept the charge of the
Now the children of Reuben and the

tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD children of Gad had a very great

commanded Moses. 48
And the officers multitude of cattle: and when they saw

which were over thousands of the host, the land of Jazer, and the land of

the captains of thousands, and Gilead, that, behold, the place was a
2
captains of hundreds, came near unto place for cattle; The children of Gad

Moses: 49
And they said unto Moses, and the children of Reuben came and

Thy servants have taken the sum of spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the

the men of war which are under our priest, and unto the princes of the
3
charge, and there lacketh not one man congregation, saying, Ataroth, and

of us. 50
We have therefore brought an Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and

oblation for the LORD, what every man Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam,
4
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and Nebo, and Beon, Even the

and bracelets, rings, earrings, and country which the LORD smote before

tablets, to make an atonement for our the congregation of Israel, is a land for
5
souls before the LORD. 51
And Moses cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

and Eleazar the priest took the gold of Wherefore, said they, if we have found

them, even all wrought jewels. 52

And grace in thy sight, let this land be

all the gold of the offering that they given unto thy servants for a

offered up to the LORD, of the captains possession, and bring us not over
6
of thousands, and of the captains of Jordan. And Moses said unto the

hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, he will yet again leave them in the
7
and shall ye sit here? And wherefore wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this
16
discourage ye the heart of the children people. And they came near unto
of Israel from going over into the land him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
8
which the LORD hath given them? here for our cattle, and cities for our
17
Thus did your fathers, when I sent little ones: But we ourselves will go
them from Kadesh-barnea to see the ready armed before the children of
9
land. For when they went up unto the Israel, until we have brought them
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, unto their place: and our little ones
they discouraged the heart of the shall dwell in the fenced cities because
18
children of Israel, that they should not of the inhabitants of the land. We
go into the land which the LORD had will not return unto our houses, until
10
given them. And the LORD'S anger the children of Israel have inherited
19
was kindled the same time, and he every man his inheritance. For we
11
sware, saying, Surely none of the will not inherit with them on yonder
men that came up out of Egypt, from side Jordan, or forward; because our
twenty years old and upward, shall see inheritance is fallen to us on this side
20
the land which I sware unto Abraham, Jordan eastward. And Moses said
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye
12
they have not wholly followed me: will go armed before the LORD to war,
21
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the And will go all of you armed over
Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: Jordan before the LORD, until he hath
for they have wholly followed the driven out his enemies from before
13 22
LORD. And the LORD'S anger was him, And the land be subdued before
kindled against Israel, and he made the LORD: then afterward ye shall
them wander in the wilderness forty return, and be guiltless before the
years, until all the generation, that had LORD, and before Israel; and this land
done evil in the sight of the LORD, was shall be your possession before the
14 23
consumed. And, behold, ye are risen LORD. But if ye will not do so,
up in your fathers' stead, an increase behold, ye have sinned against the
of sinful men, to augment yet the LORD: and be sure your sin will find
24
fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. you out. Build you cities for your
15
For if ye turn away from after him, little ones, and folds for your sheep;
and do that which hath proceeded out and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the
25
of your mouth. And the children of son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon
Gad and the children of Reuben spake king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will of Og king of Bashan, the land, with
26
do as my lord commandeth. Our little the cities thereof in the coasts, even
34
ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our the cities of the country round about.
cattle, shall be there in the cities of And the children of Gad built Dibon,
27 35
Gilead: But thy servants will pass and Ataroth, and Aroer, And Atroth,
36
over, every man armed for war, before Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
28
the LORD to battle, as my lord saith. And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran,
37
So concerning them Moses commanded fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son And the children of Reuben built
of Nun, and the chief fathers of the Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
29 38
tribes of the children of Israel: And And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their
Moses said unto them, If the children names being changed,) and Shibmah:
of Gad and the children of Reuben will and gave other names unto the cities
39
pass with you over Jordan, every man which they builded. And the children
armed to battle, before the LORD, and of Machir the son of Manasseh went to
the land shall be subdued before you; Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed
40
then ye shall give them the land of the Amorite which was in it. And
30
Gilead for a possession: But if they Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son
41
will not pass over with you armed, they of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
shall have possessions among you in And Jair the son of Manasseh went and
31
the land of Canaan. And the children took the small towns thereof, and
42
of Gad and the children of Reuben called them Havoth-jair. And Nobah
answered, saying, As the LORD hath went and took Kenath, and the villages
32
said unto thy servants, so will we do. thereof, and called it Nobah, after his
We will pass over armed before the own name.
LORD into the land of Canaan, that the
possession of our inheritance on this Numbers 33
33
side Jordan may be ours. And Moses
gave unto them, even to the children
These are the journeys of the children

of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, of Israel, which went forth out of the
land of Egypt with their armies under they removed from Elim, and
2 11
the hand of Moses and Aaron. And encamped by the Red sea. And they
Moses wrote their goings out according removed from the Red sea, and
12
to their journeys by the commandment encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
of the LORD: and these are their And they took their journey out of the
journeys according to their goings out. wilderness of Sin, and encamped in
3 13
And they departed from Rameses in Dophkah. And they departed from
14
the first month, on the fifteenth day of Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
the first month; on the morrow after And they removed from Alush, and
the passover the children of Israel encamped at Rephidim, where was no
15
went out with an high hand in the sight water for the people to drink. And
4
of all the Egyptians. For the Egyptians they departed from Rephidim, and
16
buried all their firstborn, which the pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
LORD had smitten among them: upon And they removed from the desert of
their gods also the LORD executed Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-
5 17
judgments. And the children of Israel hattaavah. And they departed from
removed from Rameses, and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at
6 18
Succoth. And they departed from Hazeroth. And they departed from
19
Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
7
is in the edge of the wilderness. And And they departed from Rithmah, and
20
they removed from Etham, and turned pitched at Rimmon-parez. And they
again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before departed from Rimmon-parez, and
21
Baal- zephon: and they pitched before pitched in Libnah. And they removed
8 22
Migdol. And they departed from from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through And they journeyed from Rissah, and
23
the midst of the sea into the pitched in Kehelathah. And they went
wilderness, and went three days' from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount
24
journey in the wilderness of Etham, Shapher. And they removed from
9
and pitched in Marah. And they mount Shapher, and encamped in
25
removed from Marah, and came unto Haradah. And they removed from
26
Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
of water, and threescore and ten palm And they removed from Makheloth, and
10 27
trees; and they pitched there. And encamped at Tahath. And they
 42
departed from Tahath, and pitched at mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
28
Tarah. And they removed from And they departed from Zalmonah, and
29 43
Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. And pitched in Punon. And they departed
44
they went from Mithcah, and pitched in from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
30
Hashmonah. And they departed from And they departed from Oboth, and
Hashmonah, and encamped at pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of
31 45
Moseroth. And they departed from Moab. And they departed from Iim,
46
Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. and pitched in Dibon-gad. And they
32
And they removed from Bene- removed from Dibon-gad, and
47
jaakan, and encamped at Hor- encamped in Almon-diblathaim. And
33
hagidgad. And they went from Hor- they removed from Almon-diblathaim,
34
hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. and pitched in the mountains of
48
And they removed from Jotbathah, and Abarim, before Nebo. And they
35
encamped at Ebronah. And they departed from the mountains of
departed from Ebronah, and encamped Abarim, and pitched in the plains of
36 49
at Ezion-gaber. And they removed Moab by Jordan near Jericho. And
from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-
37
wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the
50
And they removed from Kadesh, and plains of Moab. And the LORD spake
pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of unto Moses in the plains of Moab by
38 51
the land of Edom. And Aaron the Jordan near Jericho, saying, Speak
priest went up into mount Hor at the unto the children of Israel, and say
commandment of the LORD, and died unto them, When ye are passed over
52
there, in the fortieth year after the Jordan into the land of Canaan; Then
children of Israel were come out of the ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of
land of Egypt, in the first day of the the land from before you, and destroy
39
fifth month. And Aaron was an all their pictures, and destroy all their
hundred and twenty and three years molten images, and quite pluck down
40 53
old when he died in mount Hor. And all their high places: And ye shall
king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt dispossess the inhabitants of the land,
in the south in the land of Canaan, and dwell therein: for I have given you
54
heard of the coming of the children of the land to possess it. And ye shall
41
Israel. And they departed from divide the land by lot for an inheritance
among your families: and to the more going forth thereof shall be from the
ye shall give the more inheritance, and south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go
to the fewer ye shall give the less on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to
5
inheritance: every man's inheritance Azmon: And the border shall fetch a
shall be in the place where his lot compass from Azmon unto the river of
falleth; according to the tribes of your Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be
55 6
fathers ye shall inherit. But if ye will at the sea. And as for the western
not drive out the inhabitants of the border, ye shall even have the great
land from before you; then it shall sea for a border: this shall be your
7
come to pass, that those which ye let west border. And this shall be your
remain of them shall be pricks in your north border: from the great sea ye
8
eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall point out for you mount Hor:
shall vex you in the land wherein ye From mount Hor ye shall point out
56
dwell. Moreover it shall come to your border unto the entrance of
pass, that I shall do unto you, as I Hamath; and the goings forth of the
9
thought to do unto them. border shall be to Zedad: And the
border shall go on to Ziphron, and the
Numbers 34 goings out of it shall be at Hazar-
enan: this shall be your north border.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, 10
And ye shall point out your east
2
saying, Command the children of border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
Israel, and say unto them, When ye 11
And the coast shall go down from
come into the land of Canaan; (this is Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of
the land that shall fall unto you for an Ain; and the border shall descend, and
inheritance, even the land of Canaan shall reach unto the side of the sea of
3
with the coasts thereof:) Then your Chinnereth eastward: 12
And the border
south quarter shall be from the shall go down to Jordan, and the
wilderness of Zin along by the coast of goings out of it shall be at the salt sea:
Edom, and your south border shall be this shall be your land with the coasts
the outmost coast of the salt sea thereof round about. 13
And Moses
4
eastward: And your border shall turn commanded the children of Israel,
from the south to the ascent of saying, This is the land which ye shall
Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the inherit by lot, which the LORD
commanded to give unto the nine children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son
14 26
tribes, and to the half tribe: For the of Parnach. And the prince of the
tribe of the children of Reuben tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel
27
according to the house of their fathers, the son of Azzan. And the prince of
and the tribe of the children of Gad the tribe of the children of Asher,
28
according to the house of their fathers, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. And the
have received their inheritance; and prince of the tribe of the children of
half the tribe of Manasseh have Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
15 29
received their inheritance: The two These are they whom the LORD
tribes and the half tribe have received commanded to divide the inheritance
their inheritance on this side Jordan unto the children of Israel in the land
near Jericho eastward, toward the of Canaan.
16
sunrising. And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, 17
These are the names Numbers 35
of the men which shall divide the land
unto you: Eleazar the priest, and
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the
Joshua the son of Nun. 18
And ye shall plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,
2
take one prince of every tribe, to saying, Command the children of

divide the land by inheritance. 19

And Israel, that they give unto the Levites

the names of the men are these: Of of the inheritance of their possession

the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also

Jephunneh. 20
And of the tribe of the unto the Levites suburbs for the cities
3
children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of round about them. And the cities

Ammihud. 21
Of the tribe of Benjamin, shall they have to dwell in; and the

Elidad the son of Chislon. 22

And the suburbs of them shall be for their

prince of the tribe of the children of cattle, and for their goods, and for all
4
Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23
The their beasts. And the suburbs of the

prince of the children of Joseph, for the cities, which ye shall give unto the

tribe of the children of Manasseh, Levites, shall reach from the wall of the

Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24

And the city and outward a thousand cubits
5
prince of the tribe of the children of round about. And ye shall measure

Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. from without the city on the east side
25
And the prince of the tribe of the two thousand cubits, and on the south
 13
side two thousand cubits, and on the judgment. And of these cities which
west side two thousand cubits, and on ye shall give six cities shall ye have for
14
the north side two thousand cubits and refuge. Ye shall give three cities on
the city shall be in the midst: this shall this side Jordan, and three cities shall
6
be to them the suburbs of the cities. ye give in the land of Canaan, which
15
And among the cities which ye shall shall be cities of refuge. These six
give unto the Levites there shall be six cities shall be a refuge, both for the
cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint children of Israel, and for the stranger,
for the manslayer, that he may flee and for the sojourner among them:
thither: and to them ye shall add forty that every one that killeth any person
7 16
and two cities. So all the cities which unawares may flee thither. And if he
ye shall give to the Levites shall be smite him with an instrument of iron,
forty and eight cities: them shall ye so that he die, he is a murderer: the
8
give with their suburbs. And the cities murderer shall surely be put to death.
17
which ye shall give shall be of the And if he smite him with throwing a
possession of the children of Israel: stone, wherewith he may die, and he
from them that have many ye shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer
18
give many; but from them that have shall surely be put to death. Or if he
few ye shall give few: every one shall smite him with an hand weapon of
give of his cities unto the Levites wood, wherewith he may die, and he
according to his inheritance which he die, he is a murderer: the murderer
9 19
inheriteth. And the LORD spake unto shall surely be put to death. The
10
Moses, saying, Speak unto the revenger of blood himself shall slay the
children of Israel, and say unto them, murderer: when he meeteth him, he
20
When ye be come over Jordan into the shall slay him. But if he thrust him of
11
land of Canaan; Then ye shall hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait,
21
appoint you cities to be cities of refuge that he die; Or in enmity smite him
for you; that the slayer may flee with his hand, that he die: he that
thither, which killeth any person at smote him shall surely be put to death;
12
unawares. And they shall be unto for he is a murderer: the revenger of
you cities for refuge from the avenger; blood shall slay the murderer, when he
22
that the manslayer die not, until he meeteth him. But if he thrust him
stand before the congregation in suddenly without enmity, or have cast
upon him any thing without laying of shall not testify against any person to
23 31
wait, Or with any stone, wherewith a cause him to die. Moreover ye shall
man may die, seeing him not, and cast take no satisfaction for the life of a
it upon him, that he die, and was not murderer, which is guilty of death: but
24 32
his enemy, neither sought his harm: he shall be surely put to death. And
Then the congregation shall judge ye shall take no satisfaction for him
between the slayer and the revenger of that is fled to the city of his refuge,
25
blood according to these judgments: that he should come again to dwell in
And the congregation shall deliver the the land, until the death of the priest.
33
slayer out of the hand of the revenger So ye shall not pollute the land
of blood, and the congregation shall wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the
restore him to the city of his refuge, land: and the land cannot be cleansed
whither he was fled: and he shall abide of the blood that is shed therein, but
34
in it unto the death of the high priest, by the blood of him that shed it.
26
which was anointed with the holy oil. Defile not therefore the land which ye
But if the slayer shall at any time come shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the
without the border of the city of his LORD dwell among the children of
27
refuge, whither he was fled; And the Israel.
revenger of blood find him without the
borders of the city of his refuge, and Numbers 36
the revenger of blood kill the slayer;
he shall not be guilty of blood: 28 And the chief fathers of the families of

Because he should have remained in the children of Gilead, the son of

the city of his refuge until the death of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the

the high priest: but after the death of families of the sons of Joseph, came

the high priest the slayer shall return near, and spake before Moses, and

into the land of his possession. 29

So before the princes, the chief fathers of
2
these things shall be for a statute of the children of Israel: And they said,

judgment unto you throughout your The LORD commanded my lord to give

generations in all your dwellings. 30 the land for an inheritance by lot to the

Whoso killeth any person, the children of Israel: and my lord was

murderer shall be put to death by the commanded by the LORD to give the

mouth of witnesses: but one witness inheritance of Zelophehad our brother

 3 8
unto his daughters. And if they be tribe of his fathers. And every
married to any of the sons of the other daughter, that possesseth an
tribes of the children of Israel, then inheritance in any tribe of the children
shall their inheritance be taken from of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the
the inheritance of our fathers, and family of the tribe of her father, that
shall be put to the inheritance of the the children of Israel may enjoy every
9
tribe whereunto they are received: so man the inheritance of his fathers.
shall it be taken from the lot of our Neither shall the inheritance remove
4
inheritance. And when the jubile of from one tribe to another tribe; but
the children of Israel shall be, then every one of the tribes of the children
shall their inheritance be put unto the of Israel shall keep himself to his own
10
inheritance of the tribe whereunto they inheritance. Even as the LORD
are received: so shall their inheritance commanded Moses, so did the
11
be taken away from the inheritance of daughters of Zelophehad: For
5
the tribe of our fathers. And Moses Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and
commanded the children of Israel Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of
according to the word of the LORD, Zelophehad, were married unto their
12
saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph father's brothers' sons: And they
6
hath said well. This is the thing which were married into the families of the
the LORD doth command concerning sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, and their inheritance remained in the
13
Let them marry to whom they think tribe of the family of their father.
best; only to the family of the tribe of These are the commandments and the
7
their father shall they marry. So shall judgments, which the LORD
not the inheritance of the children of commanded by the hand of Moses unto
Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for the children of Israel in the plains of
every one of the children of Israel shall Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
keep himself to the inheritance of the
THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

DEUTERONOMY

Deuteronomy 1 the sea side, to the land of the

Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto
These be the words which Moses spake the great river, the river Euphrates. 8

unto all Israel on this side Jordan in Behold, I have set the land before you:

the wilderness, in the plain over go in and possess the land which the

against the Red sea, between Paran, LORD sware unto your fathers,

and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give

and Dizahab. 2
(There are eleven days' unto them and to their seed after
9
journey from Horeb by the way of them. And I spake unto you at that

mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) 3

And time, saying, I am not able to bear you
10
it came to pass in the fortieth year, in myself alone: The LORD your God

the eleventh month, on the first day of hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye

the month, that Moses spake unto the are this day as the stars of heaven for
11
children of Israel, according unto all multitude. (The LORD God of your

that the LORD had given him in fathers make you a thousand times so

commandment unto them; 4

After he many more as ye are, and bless you,
12
had slain Sihon the king of the as he hath promised you!) How can I

Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and myself alone bear your cumbrance, and
13
Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at your burden, and your strife? Take

Astaroth in Edrei: 5
On this side Jordan, you wise men, and understanding, and

in the land of Moab, began Moses to known among your tribes, and I will
14
declare this law, saying, 6
The LORD make them rulers over you. And ye

our God spake unto us in Horeb, answered me, and said, The thing

saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in which thou hast spoken is good for us
15
this mount: 7
Turn you, and take your to do. So I took the chief of your

journey, and go to the mount of the tribes, wise men, and known, and

Amorites, and unto all the places nigh made them heads over you, captains

thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and over thousands, and captains over

in the vale, and in the south, and by hundreds, and captains over fifties,
and captains over tens, and officers up, and into what cities we shall come.
16 23
among your tribes. And I charged and the saying pleased me well: and
your judges at that time, saying, Hear I took twelve men of you, one of a
24
the causes between your brethren, and tribe: And they turned and went up
judge righteously between every man into the mountain, and came unto the
25
and his brother, and the stranger that valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
17
is with him. Ye shall not respect And they took of the fruit of the land in
persons in judgment; but ye shall hear their hands, and brought it down unto
the small as well as the great; ye shall us, and brought us word again, and
not be afraid of the face of man; for said, It is a good land which the LORD
26
the judgment is God's: and the cause our God doth give us.
that is too hard for you, bring it unto Notwithstanding ye would not go up,
18
me, and I will hear it. And I but rebelled against the commandment
27
commanded you at that time all the of the LORD your God: And ye
19
things which ye should do. And when murmured in your tents, and said,
we departed from Horeb, we went Because the LORD hated us, he hath
through all that great and terrible brought us forth out of the land of
wilderness, which ye saw by the way of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of
28
the mountain of the Amorites, as the the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither
LORD our God commanded us; and we shall we go up? our brethren have
20
came to Kadesh-barnea. And I said discouraged our heart, saying, The
unto you, Ye are come unto the people is greater and taller than we;
mountain of the Amorites, which the the cities are great and walled up to
21
LORD our God doth give unto us. heaven; and moreover we have seen
29
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the the sons of the Anakims there. Then
land before thee: go up and possess it, I said unto you, Dread not, neither be
30
as the LORD God of thy fathers hath afraid of them. The LORD your God
said unto thee; fear not, neither be which goeth before you, he shall fight
22
discouraged. And ye came near unto for you, according to all that he did for
31
me every one of you, and said, We will you in Egypt before your eyes; And
send men before us, and they shall in the wilderness, where thou hast
search us out the land, and bring us seen how that the LORD thy God bare
word again by what way we must go thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all
the way that ye went, until ye came and said unto me, We have sinned
32
into this place. Yet in this thing ye against the LORD, we will go up and
33
did not believe the LORD your God, fight, according to all that the LORD
Who went in the way before you, to our God commanded us. And when ye
search you out a place to pitch your had girded on every man his weapons
tents in, in fire by night, to shew you of war, ye were ready to go up into the
42
by what way ye should go, and in a hill. And the LORD said unto me, Say
34
cloud by day. And the LORD heard unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for
the voice of your words, and was I am not among you; lest ye be
35 43
wroth, and sware, saying, Surely smitten before your enemies. So I
there shall not one of these men of this spake unto you; and ye would not
evil generation see that good land, hear, but rebelled against the
which I sware to give unto your commandment of the LORD, and went
36 44
fathers, Save Caleb the son of presumptuously up into the hill. And
Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him the Amorites, which dwelt in that
will I give the land that he hath mountain, came out against you, and
trodden upon, and to his children, chased you, as bees do, and destroyed
45
because he hath wholly followed the you in Seir, even unto Hormah. And
37
LORD. Also the LORD was angry with ye returned and wept before the LORD;
me for your sakes, saying, Thou also but the LORD would not hearken to
38 46
shalt not go in thither. But Joshua your voice, nor give ear unto you. So
the son of Nun, which standeth before ye abode in Kadesh many days,
thee, he shall go in thither: encourage according unto the days that ye abode
him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit there.
39
it. Moreover your little ones, which
ye said should be a prey, and your Deuteronomy 2
children, which in that day had no
knowledge between good and evil, they
Then we turned, and took our journey

shall go in thither, and unto them will I into the wilderness by the way of the

give it, and they shall possess it. 40

But Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me:

as for you, turn you, and take your and we compassed mount Seir many
2
journey into the wilderness by the way days. And the LORD spake unto me,
3
of the Red sea. 41
Then ye answered saying, Ye have compassed this
 11
mountain long enough: turn you many, and tall, as the Anakims;
4
northward. And command thou the Which also were accounted giants, as
people, saying, Ye are to pass through the Anakims; but the Moabites call
12
the coast of your brethren the children them Emims. The Horims also dwelt
of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they in Seir beforetime; but the children of
shall be afraid of you: take ye good Esau succeeded them, when they had
5
heed unto yourselves therefore: destroyed them from before them, and
Meddle not with them; for I will not dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto
give you of their land, no, not so much the land of his possession, which the
13
as a footbreadth; because I have given LORD gave unto them. Now rise up,
mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. said I, and get you over the brook
6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, Zered. And we went over the brook
14
that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy Zered. And the space in which we
water of them for money, that ye may came from Kadesh-barnea, until we
7
drink. For the LORD thy God hath were come over the brook Zered, was
blessed thee in all the works of thy thirty and eight years; until all the
hand: he knoweth thy walking through generation of the men of war were
this great wilderness: these forty years wasted out from among the host, as
15
the LORD thy God hath been with thee; the LORD sware unto them. For
8
thou hast lacked nothing. And when indeed the hand of the LORD was
we passed by from our brethren the against them, to destroy them from
children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, among the host, until they were
16
through the way of the plain from consumed. So it came to pass, when
Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned all the men of war were consumed and
17
and passed by the way of the dead from among the people, That
9 18
wilderness of Moab. And the LORD the LORD spake unto me, saying,
said unto me, Distress not the Thou art to pass over through Ar, the
19
Moabites, neither contend with them in coast of Moab, this day: And when
battle: for I will not give thee of their thou comest nigh over against the
land for a possession; because I have children of Ammon, distress them not,
given Ar unto the children of Lot for a nor meddle with them: for I will not
10
possession. The Emims dwelt therein give thee of the land of the children of
in times past, a people great, and Ammon any possession; because I
have given it unto the children of Lot will neither turn unto the right hand
20 28
for a possession. (That also was nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me
accounted a land of giants: giants meat for money, that I may eat; and
dwelt therein in old time; and the give me water for money, that I may
21
Ammonites call them Zamzummims; drink: only I will pass through on my
29
A people great, and many, and tall, as feet; (As the children of Esau which
the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
them before them; and they succeeded dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall
22
them, and dwelt in their stead: As he pass over Jordan into the land which
30
did to the children of Esau, which dwelt the LORD our God giveth us. But
in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us
from before them; and they succeeded pass by him: for the LORD thy God
them, and dwelt in their stead even hardened his spirit, and made his heart
23
unto this day: And the Avims which obstinate, that he might deliver him
31
dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Caphtorims, which came forth out of And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I
Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in have begun to give Sihon and his land
24
their stead.) Rise ye up, take your before thee: begin to possess, that
32
journey, and pass over the river Arnon: thou mayest inherit his land. Then
behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon came out against us, he and all
33
Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, his people, to fight at Jahaz. And the
and his land: begin to possess it, and LORD our God delivered him before us;
25
contend with him in battle. This day and we smote him, and his sons, and
34
will I begin to put the dread of thee all his people. And we took all his
and the fear of thee upon the nations cities at that time, and utterly
that are under the whole heaven, who destroyed the men, and the women,
shall hear report of thee, and shall and the little ones, of every city, we
35
tremble, and be in anguish because of left none to remain: Only the cattle
26
thee. And I sent messengers out of we took for a prey unto ourselves, and
36
the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon the spoil of the cities which we took.
king of Heshbon with words of peace, From Aroer, which is by the brink of
27
saying, Let me pass through thy the river of Arnon, and from the city
land: I will go along by the high way, I that is by the river, even unto Gilead,
there was not one city too strong for king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the
us: the LORD our God delivered all men, women, and children, of every
37 7
unto us: Only unto the land of the city. But all the cattle, and the spoil
children of Ammon thou camest not, of the cities, we took for a prey to
8
nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, ourselves. And we took at that time
nor unto the cities in the mountains, out of the hand of the two kings of the
nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God Amorites the land that was on this side
forbad us. Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
9
mount Hermon; (Which Hermon the
Deuteronomy 3 Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites
10
call it Shenir;) All the cities of the
Then we turned, and went up the way
plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the
came out against us, he and all his kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11
For only
2
people, to battle at Edrei. And the Og king of Bashan remained of the
LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I remnant of giants; behold, his
will deliver him, and all his people, and bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it
his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt not in Rabbath of the children of
do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon Ammon? nine cubits was the length
king of the Amorites, which dwelt at thereof, and four cubits the breadth of
3
Heshbon. So the LORD our God it, after the cubit of a man. 12
And this
delivered into our hands Og also, the land, which we possessed at that time,
king of Bashan, and all his people: and from Aroer, which is by the river
we smote him until none was left to Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the
4
him remaining. And we took all his cities thereof, gave I unto the
cities at that time, there was not a city Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13
And
which we took not from them, the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan,
threescore cities, all the region of being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto
5
Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. the half tribe of Manasseh; all the
All these cities were fenced with high region of Argob, with all Bashan, which
walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled was called the land of giants. 14
Jair the
6
towns a great many. And we utterly son of Manasseh took all the country of
destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and
Maachathi; and called them after his unto all the kingdoms whither thou
22
own name, Bashan- havoth-jair, unto passest. Ye shall not fear them: for
15
this day. And I gave Gilead unto the LORD your God he shall fight for
16 23
Machir. And unto the Reubenites and you. And I besought the LORD at
24
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou
even unto the river Arnon half the hast begun to shew thy servant thy
valley, and the border even unto the greatness, and thy mighty hand: for
river Jabbok, which is the border of the what God is there in heaven or in
17
children of Ammon; The plain also, earth, that can do according to thy
25
and Jordan, and the coast thereof, works, and according to thy might? I
from Chinnereth even unto the sea of pray thee, let me go over, and see the
the plain, even the salt sea, under good land that is beyond Jordan, that
18 26
Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. And I goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But
commanded you at that time, saying, the LORD was wroth with me for your
The LORD your God hath given you this sakes, and would not hear me: and the
land to possess it: ye shall pass over LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee;
armed before your brethren the speak no more unto me of this matter.
27
children of Israel, all that are meet for Get thee up into the top of Pisgah,
19
the war. But your wives, and your and lift up thine eyes westward, and
little ones, and your cattle, (for I know northward, and southward, and
that ye have much cattle,) shall abide eastward, and behold it with thine
in your cities which I have given you; eyes: for thou shalt not go over this
20 28
Until the LORD have given rest unto Jordan. But charge Joshua, and
your brethren, as well as unto you, and encourage him, and strengthen him:
until they also possess the land which for he shall go over before this people,
the LORD your God hath given them and he shall cause them to inherit the
29
beyond Jordan: and then shall ye land which thou shalt see. So we
return every man unto his possession, abode in the valley over against Beth-
21
which I have given you. And I peor.
commanded Joshua at that time,
saying, Thine eyes have seen all that
the LORD your God hath done unto
these two kings: so shall the LORD do
Deuteronomy 4 what nation is there so great, that hath
statutes and judgments so righteous as
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto all this law, which I set before you this
9
the statutes and unto the judgments, day? Only take heed to thyself, and

which I teach you, for to do them, that keep thy soul diligently, lest thou

ye may live, and go in and possess the forget the things which thine eyes have

land which the LORD God of your seen, and lest they depart from thy

fathers giveth you. 2

Ye shall not add heart all the days of thy life: but teach
10
unto the word which I command you, them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

neither shall ye diminish ought from it, Specially the day that thou stoodest

that ye may keep the commandments before the LORD thy God in Horeb,

of the LORD your God which I when the LORD said unto me, Gather

command you. 3
Your eyes have seen me the people together, and I will

what the LORD did because of Baal- make them hear my words, that they

peor: for all the men that followed may learn to fear me all the days that

Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath they shall live upon the earth, and that
11
destroyed them from among you. 4
But they may teach their children. And

ye that did cleave unto the LORD your ye came near and stood under the

God are alive every one of you this mountain; and the mountain burned

day. 5
Behold, I have taught you with fire unto the midst of heaven, with

statutes and judgments, even as the darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12
LORD my God commanded me, that ye And the LORD spake unto you out of

should do so in the land whither ye go the midst of the fire: ye heard the

to possess it. 6
Keep therefore and do voice of the words, but saw no
13
them; for this is your wisdom and your similitude; only ye heard a voice.

understanding in the sight of the And he declared unto you his covenant,

nations, which shall hear all these which he commanded you to perform,

statutes, and say, Surely this great even ten commandments; and he
14
nation is a wise and understanding wrote them upon two tables of stone.

people. 7
For what nation is there so And the LORD commanded me at that

great, who hath God so nigh unto time to teach you statutes and

them, as the LORD our God is in all judgments, that ye might do them in

things that we call upon him for? 8

And the land whither ye go over to possess
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it. Take ye therefore good heed unto good land. Take heed unto
yourselves; for ye saw no manner of yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant
similitude on the day that the LORD of the LORD your God, which he made
spake unto you in Horeb out of the with you, and make you a graven
16
midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt image, or the likeness of any thing,
yourselves, and make you a graven which the LORD thy God hath forbidden
24
image, the similitude of any figure, the thee. For the LORD thy God is a
17 25
likeness of male or female, The consuming fire, even a jealous God.
likeness of any beast that is on the When thou shalt beget children, and
earth, the likeness of any winged fowl children's children, and ye shall have
18
that flieth in the air, The likeness of remained long in the land, and shall
any thing that creepeth on the ground, corrupt yourselves, and make a graven
the likeness of any fish that is in the image, or the likeness of any thing,
19
waters beneath the earth: And lest and shall do evil in the sight of the
thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, LORD thy God, to provoke him to
26
and when thou seest the sun, and the anger: I call heaven and earth to
moon, and the stars, even all the host witness against you this day, that ye
of heaven, shouldest be driven to shall soon utterly perish from off the
worship them, and serve them, which land whereunto ye go over Jordan to
the LORD thy God hath divided unto all possess it; ye shall not prolong your
20
nations under the whole heaven. But days upon it, but shall utterly be
27
the LORD hath taken you, and brought destroyed. And the LORD shall
you forth out of the iron furnace, even scatter you among the nations, and ye
out of Egypt, to be unto him a people shall be left few in number among the
21
of inheritance, as ye are this day. heathen, whither the LORD shall lead
28
Furthermore the LORD was angry with you. And there ye shall serve gods,
me for your sakes, and sware that I the work of men's hands, wood and
should not go over Jordan, and that I stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor
29
should not go in unto that good land, eat, nor smell. But if from thence
which the LORD thy God giveth thee thou shalt seek the LORD thy God,
22
for an inheritance: But I must die in thou shalt find him, if thou seek him
this land, I must not go over Jordan: with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30
but ye shall go over, and possess that When thou art in tribulation, and all
these things are come upon thee, even And because he loved thy fathers,
in the latter days, if thou turn to the therefore he chose their seed after
LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient them, and brought thee out in his sight
31 38
unto his voice; (For the LORD thy with his mighty power out of Egypt;
God is a merciful God;) he will not To drive out nations from before thee
forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor greater and mightier than thou art, to
forget the covenant of thy fathers bring thee in, to give thee their land
32 39
which he sware unto them. For ask for an inheritance, as it is this day.
now of the days that are past, which Know therefore this day, and consider
were before thee, since the day that it in thine heart, that the LORD he is
God created man upon the earth, and God in heaven above, and upon the
40
ask from the one side of heaven unto earth beneath: there is none else.
the other, whether there hath been Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes,
any such thing as this great thing is, or and his commandments, which I
33
hath been heard like it? Did ever command thee this day, that it may go
people hear the voice of God speaking well with thee, and with thy children
out of the midst of the fire, as thou after thee, and that thou mayest
34
hast heard, and live? Or hath God prolong thy days upon the earth, which
assayed to go and take him a nation the LORD thy God giveth thee, for
41
from the midst of another nation, by ever. Then Moses severed three
temptations, by signs, and by wonders, cities on this side Jordan toward the
42
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and sunrising; That the slayer might flee
by a stretched out arm, and by great thither, which should kill his neighbour
terrors, according to all that the LORD unawares, and hated him not in times
your God did for you in Egypt before past; and that fleeing unto one of
35 43
your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, these cities he might live: Namely,
that thou mightest know that the LORD Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain
he is God; there is none else beside country, of the Reubenites; and
36
him. Out of heaven he made thee to Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and
44
hear his voice, that he might instruct Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee And this is the law which Moses set
45
his great fire; and thou heardest his before the children of Israel: These
37
words out of the midst of the fire. are the testimonies, and the statutes,
and the judgments, which Moses spake the LORD and you at that time, to
unto the children of Israel, after they shew you the word of the LORD: for ye
46
came forth out of Egypt, On this side were afraid by reason of the fire, and
6
Jordan, in the valley over against Beth- went not up into the mount;) saying,
peor, in the land of Sihon king of the I am the LORD thy God, which brought
Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom thee out of the land of Egypt, from the
7
Moses and the children of Israel smote, house of bondage. Thou shalt have
8
after they were come forth out of none other gods before me. Thou
47
Egypt: And they possessed his land, shalt not make thee any graven image,
and the land of Og king of Bashan, two or any likeness of any thing that is in
kings of the Amorites, which were on heaven above, or that is in the earth
this side Jordan toward the sunrising; beneath, or that is in the waters
48 9
From Aroer, which is by the bank of beneath the earth: Thou shalt not
the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, bow down thyself unto them, nor serve
49
which is Hermon, And all the plain on them: for I the LORD thy God am a
this side Jordan eastward, even unto jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
the sea of the plain, under the springs fathers upon the children unto the third
of Pisgah. and fourth generation of them that
10
hate me, And shewing mercy unto
Deuteronomy 5 thousands of them that love me and
11
keep my commandments. Thou shalt
And Moses called all Israel, and said
not take the name of the LORD thy God
unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes in vain: for the LORD will not hold him
and judgments which I speak in your guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
ears this day, that ye may learn them, 12
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it,
2
and keep, and do them. The LORD as the LORD thy God hath commanded
our God made a covenant with us in thee. 13
Six days thou shalt labour, and
3
Horeb. The LORD made not this do all thy work: 14
But the seventh day
covenant with our fathers, but with us, is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in
even us, who are all of us here alive it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor
4
this day. The LORD talked with you thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
face to face in the mount out of the manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor
5
midst of the fire, (I stood between thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within darkness, (for the mountain did burn
thy gates; that thy manservant and thy with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
maidservant may rest as well as thou. even all the heads of your tribes, and
15 24
And remember that thou wast a your elders; And ye said, Behold, the
servant in the land of Egypt, and that LORD our God hath shewed us his glory
the LORD thy God brought thee out and his greatness, and we have heard
thence through a mighty hand and by a his voice out of the midst of the fire:
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD we have seen this day that God doth
25
thy God commanded thee to keep the talk with man, and he liveth. Now
16
sabbath day. Honour thy father and therefore why should we die? for this
thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath great fire will consume us: if we hear
commanded thee; that thy days may the voice of the LORD our God any
26
be prolonged, and that it may go well more, then we shall die. For who is
with thee, in the land which the LORD there of all flesh, that hath heard the
17
thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not voice of the living God speaking out of
18
kill. Neither shalt thou commit the midst of the fire, as we have, and
19 20 27
adultery. Neither shalt thou steal. lived? Go thou near, and hear all
Neither shalt thou bear false witness that the LORD our God shall say: and
21
against thy neighbour. Neither shalt speak thou unto us all that the LORD
thou desire thy neighbour's wife, our God shall speak unto thee; and we
28
neither shalt thou covet thy will hear it, and do it. And the LORD
neighbour's house, his field, or his heard the voice of your words, when ye
manservant, or his maidservant, his spake unto me; and the LORD said
ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy unto me, I have heard the voice of the
22
neighbour's. These words the LORD words of this people, which they have
spake unto all your assembly in the spoken unto thee: they have well said
29
mount out of the midst of the fire, of all that they have spoken. O that
the cloud, and of the thick darkness, there were such an heart in them, that
with a great voice: and he added no they would fear me, and keep all my
more. And he wrote them in two tables commandments always, that it might
of stone, and delivered them unto me. be well with them, and with their
23 30
And it came to pass, when ye heard children for ever! Go say to them,
31
the voice out of the midst of the Get you into your tents again. But as
for thee, stand thou here by me, and I thee, in the land that floweth with milk
4
will speak unto thee all the and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD
5
commandments, and the statutes, and our God is one LORD: And thou shalt
the judgments, which thou shalt teach love the LORD thy God with all thine
them, that they may do them in the heart, and with all thy soul, and with
32 6
land which I give them to possess it. all thy might. And these words, which
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the I command thee this day, shall be in
7
LORD your God hath commanded you: thine heart: And thou shalt teach
ye shall not turn aside to the right them diligently unto thy children, and
33
hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
all the ways which the LORD your God thine house, and when thou walkest by
hath commanded you, that ye may the way, and when thou liest down,
8
live, and that it may be well with you, and when thou risest up. And thou
and that ye may prolong your days in shalt bind them for a sign upon thine
the land which ye shall possess. hand, and they shall be as frontlets
9
between thine eyes. And thou shalt
Deuteronomy 6 write them upon the posts of thy
10
house, and on thy gates. And it shall
Now these are the commandments,
be, when the LORD thy God shall have
the statutes, and the judgments, which brought thee into the land which he
the LORD your God commanded to sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
teach you, that ye might do them in Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great
2
the land whither ye go to possess it: and goodly cities, which thou buildedst
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy not, 11
And houses full of all good
God, to keep all his statutes and his things, which thou filledst not, and
commandments, which I command wells digged, which thou diggedst not,
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's vineyards and olive trees, which thou
son, all the days of thy life; and that plantedst not; when thou shalt have
3
thy days may be prolonged. Hear eaten and be full; 12
Then beware lest
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do thou forget the LORD, which brought
it; that it may be well with thee, and thee forth out of the land of Egypt,
that ye may increase mightily, as the from the house of bondage. 13
Thou
LORD God of thy fathers hath promised shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve
 14
him, and shalt swear by his name. And he brought us out from thence,
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the that he might bring us in, to give us
gods of the people which are round the land which he sware unto our
15 24
about you; (For the LORD thy God is fathers. And the LORD commanded
a jealous God among you) lest the us to do all these statutes, to fear the
anger of the LORD thy God be kindled LORD our God, for our good always,
against thee, and destroy thee from off that he might preserve us alive, as it is
16 25
the face of the earth. Ye shall not at this day. And it shall be our
tempt the LORD your God, as ye righteousness, if we observe to do all
17
tempted him in Massah. Ye shall these commandments before the LORD
diligently keep the commandments of our God, as he hath commanded us.
the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he Deuteronomy 7
18
hath commanded thee. And thou
shalt do that which is right and good in
When the LORD thy God shall bring

the sight of the LORD: that it may be thee into the land whither thou goest

well with thee, and that thou mayest to possess it, and hath cast out many

go in and possess the good land which nations before thee, the Hittites, and

the LORD sware unto thy fathers, 19

To the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and

cast out all thine enemies from before the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and

thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20

And the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven

when thy son asketh thee in time to nations greater and mightier than
2
come, saying, What mean the thou; And when the LORD thy God

testimonies, and the statutes, and the shall deliver them before thee; thou

judgments, which the LORD our God shalt smite them, and utterly destroy

hath commanded you? 21

Then thou them; thou shalt make no covenant

shalt say unto thy son, We were with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3
Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Neither shalt thou make marriages

LORD brought us out of Egypt with a with them; thy daughter thou shalt not

mighty hand: 22
And the LORD shewed give unto his son, nor his daughter
4
signs and wonders, great and sore, shalt thou take unto thy son. For they

upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon will turn away thy son from following

all his household, before our eyes: 23 me, that they may serve other gods:
so will the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and destroy thee
5
suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with
them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down
their groves, and burn their graven
6 13
images with fire. For thou art an holy
people unto the LORD thy God: the
LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a
special people unto himself, above all
people that are upon the face of the
7
earth. The LORD did not set his love
upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more in number than any people;
for ye were the fewest of all people:
But because the LORD loved you, and
because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath
the LORD brought you out
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of
the house of bondmen, from the hand
of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
therefore that the LORD thy God, he is
God, the faithful God, which keepeth
covenant and mercy with them that
love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
repayeth them that hate him to their
face, to destroy them: he will not be
slack to him that hateth him, he will
11
repay him to his face. Thou shalt
therefore keep the commandments,
and the statutes, and the judgments,
which I command thee this day, to do
12
them. Wherefore it shall come to
pass, if ye hearken to these
judgments, and keep, and do them,
that the LORD thy God shall keep unto
thee the covenant and the mercy which
he sware unto thy fathers: And he
will love thee, and bless thee, and
multiply thee: he will also bless the
fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy
land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine
oil, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep, in the land which
he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
8 14
Thou shalt be blessed above all
people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among
15
your cattle. And the LORD will take
with a away from thee all sickness, and will
put none of the evil diseases of Egypt,
which thou knowest, upon thee; but
9
Know will lay them upon all them that hate
16
thee. And thou shalt consume all the
people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no
pity upon them: neither shalt thou
10
And serve their gods; for that will be a
17
snare unto thee. If thou shalt say in
thine heart, These nations are more
18
than I; how can I dispossess them?
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but
shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all
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Egypt; The great temptations which abomination into thine house, lest thou
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly
stretched out arm, whereby the LORD abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
thy God brought thee out: so shall the
LORD thy God do unto all the people of Deuteronomy 8
20
whom thou art afraid. Moreover the
LORD thy God will send the hornet
All the commandments which I

among them, until they that are left, command thee this day shall ye

and hide themselves from thee, be observe to do, that ye may live, and

destroyed. 21
Thou shalt not be multiply, and go in and possess the

affrighted at them: for the LORD thy land which the LORD sware unto your
2
God is among you, a mighty God and fathers. And thou shalt remember all

terrible. 22
And the LORD thy God will the way which the LORD thy God led

put out those nations before thee by thee these forty years in the

little and little: thou mayest not wilderness, to humble thee, and to

consume them at once, lest the beasts prove thee, to know what was in thine

of the field increase upon thee. 23

But heart, whether thou wouldest keep his
3
the LORD thy God shall deliver them commandments, or no. And he

unto thee, and shall destroy them with humbled thee, and suffered thee to

a mighty destruction, until they be hunger, and fed thee with manna,

destroyed. 24
And he shall deliver their which thou knewest not, neither did

kings into thine hand, and thou shalt thy fathers know; that he might make

destroy their name from under heaven: thee know that man doth not live by

there shall no man be able to stand bread only, but by every word that

before thee, until thou have destroyed proceedeth out of the mouth of the
4
them. 25
The graven images of their LORD doth man live. Thy raiment

gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt waxed not old upon thee, neither did
5
not desire the silver or gold that is on thy foot swell, these forty years. Thou

them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that,

be snared therein: for it is an as a man chasteneth his son, so the

6
abomination to the LORD thy God. 26 LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Neither shalt thou bring an Therefore thou shalt keep the

commandments of the LORD thy God, drought, where there was no water;
7
to walk in his ways, and to fear him. who brought thee forth water out of
16
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee the rock of flint; Who fed thee in the
into a good land, a land of brooks of wilderness with manna, which thy
water, of fountains and depths that fathers knew not, that he might
8
spring out of valleys and hills; A land humble thee, and that he might prove
of wheat, and barley, and vines, and thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
17
fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of And thou say in thine heart, My
9
oil olive, and honey; A land wherein power and the might of mine hand hath
18
thou shalt eat bread without gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt
scarceness, thou shalt not lack any remember the LORD thy God: for it is
thing in it; a land whose stones are he that giveth thee power to get
iron, and out of whose hills thou wealth, that he may establish his
10
mayest dig brass. When thou hast covenant which he sware unto thy
19
eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless fathers, as it is this day. And it shall
the LORD thy God for the good land be, if thou do at all forget the LORD
11
which he hath given thee. Beware thy God, and walk after other gods,
that thou forget not the LORD thy God, and serve them, and worship them, I
in not keeping his commandments, and testify against you this day that ye
20
his judgments, and his statutes, which shall surely perish. As the nations
12
I command thee this day: Lest when which the LORD destroyeth before your
thou hast eaten and art full, and hast face, so shall ye perish; because ye
built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; would not be obedient unto the voice
13
And when thy herds and thy flocks of the LORD your God.
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is
multiplied, and all that thou hast is Deuteronomy 9
14
multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted
up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over

which brought thee forth out of the Jordan this day, to go in to possess

land of Egypt, from the house of nations greater and mightier than

bondage; 15
Who led thee through that thyself, cities great and fenced up to
2
great and terrible wilderness, wherein heaven, A people great and tall, the

were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and children of the Anakims, whom thou
knowest, and of whom thou hast heard didst depart out of the land of Egypt,
say, Who can stand before the children until ye came unto this place, ye have
3 8
of Anak! Understand therefore this been rebellious against the LORD.
day, that the LORD thy God is he which Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to
goeth over before thee; as a wrath, so that the LORD was angry
9
consuming fire he shall destroy them, with you to have destroyed you.
and he shall bring them down before When I was gone up into the mount to
thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, receive the tables of stone, even the
and destroy them quickly, as the LORD tables of the covenant which the LORD
4
hath said unto thee. Speak not thou made with you, then I abode in the
in thine heart, after that the LORD thy mount forty days and forty nights, I
God hath cast them out from before neither did eat bread nor drink water:
10
thee, saying, For my righteousness the And the LORD delivered unto me two
LORD hath brought me in to possess tables of stone written with the finger
this land: but for the wickedness of of God; and on them was written
these nations the LORD doth drive according to all the words, which the
5
them out from before thee. Not for LORD spake with you in the mount out
thy righteousness, or for the of the midst of the fire in the day of
11
uprightness of thine heart, dost thou the assembly. And it came to pass at
go to possess their land: but for the the end of forty days and forty nights,
wickedness of these nations the LORD that the LORD gave me the two tables
thy God doth drive them out from of stone, even the tables of the
12
before thee, and that he may perform covenant. And the LORD said unto
the word which the LORD sware unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and hence; for thy people which thou hast
6
Jacob. Understand therefore, that the brought forth out of Egypt have
LORD thy God giveth thee not this corrupted themselves; they are quickly
good land to possess it for thy turned aside out of the way which I
righteousness; for thou art a commanded them; they have made
7 13
stiffnecked people. Remember, and them a molten image. Furthermore
forget not, how thou provokedst the the LORD spake unto me, saying, I
LORD thy God to wrath in the have seen this people, and, behold, it
14
wilderness: from the day that thou is a stiffnecked people: Let me
alone, that I may destroy them, and I cast the dust thereof into the brook
22
blot out their name from under that descended out of the mount.
heaven: and I will make of thee a And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at
nation mightier and greater than they. Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the
15 23
So I turned and came down from the LORD to wrath. Likewise when the
mount, and the mount burned with LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea,
fire: and the two tables of the saying, Go up and possess the land
16
covenant were in my two hands. And which I have given you; then ye
I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned rebelled against the commandment of
against the LORD your God, and had the LORD your God, and ye believed
24
made you a molten calf: ye had turned him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
aside quickly out of the way which the Ye have been rebellious against the
17 25
LORD had commanded you. And I LORD from the day that I knew you.
took the two tables, and cast them out Thus I fell down before the LORD forty
of my two hands, and brake them days and forty nights, as I fell down at
18
before your eyes. And I fell down the first; because the LORD had said
26
before the LORD, as at the first, forty he would destroy you. I prayed
days and forty nights: I did neither eat therefore unto the LORD, and said, O
bread, nor drink water, because of all Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and
your sins which ye sinned, in doing thine inheritance, which thou hast
wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to redeemed through thy greatness,
19
provoke him to anger. For I was which thou hast brought forth out of
27
afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, Egypt with a mighty hand.
wherewith the LORD was wroth against Remember thy servants, Abraham,
you to destroy you. But the LORD Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
20
hearkened unto me at that time also. stubbornness of this people, nor to
28
And the LORD was very angry with their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Aaron to have destroyed him: and I Lest the land whence thou broughtest
21
prayed for Aaron also the same time. us out say, Because the LORD was not
And I took your sin, the calf which ye able to bring them into the land which
had made, and burnt it with fire, and he promised them, and because he
stamped it, and ground it very small, hated them, he hath brought them out
29
even until it was as small as dust: and to slay them in the wilderness. Yet
 7
they are thy people and thine in the priest's office in his stead.
inheritance, which thou broughtest out From thence they journeyed unto
by thy mighty power and by thy Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to
8
stretched out arm. Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. At
that time the LORD separated the tribe
Deuteronomy 10 of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, to stand before the LORD
At that time the LORD said unto me,
to minister unto him, and to bless in
Hew thee two tables of stone like unto his name, unto this day. 9
Wherefore
the first, and come up unto me into the Levi hath no part nor inheritance with
mount, and make thee an ark of wood. his brethren; the LORD is his
2
And I will write on the tables the inheritance, according as the LORD thy
words that were in the first tables God promised him. 10
And I stayed in
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put the mount, according to the first time,
3
them in the ark. And I made an ark forty days and forty nights; and the
of shittim wood, and hewed two tables LORD hearkened unto me at that time
of stone like unto the first, and went also, and the LORD would not destroy
up into the mount, having the two thee. 11
And the LORD said unto me,
4
tables in mine hand. And he wrote on Arise, take thy journey before the
the tables, according to the first people, that they may go in and
writing, the ten commandments, which possess the land, which I sware unto
the LORD spake unto you in the mount their fathers to give unto them. 12
And
out of the midst of the fire in the day now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy
of the assembly: and the LORD gave God require of thee, but to fear the
5
them unto me. And I turned myself LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways,
and came down from the mount, and and to love him, and to serve the LORD
put the tables in the ark which I had thy God with all thy heart and with all
made; and there they be, as the LORD thy soul, 13
To keep the
6
commanded me. And the children of commandments of the LORD, and his
Israel took their journey from Beeroth statutes, which I command thee this
of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: day for thy good? 14
Behold, the
there Aaron died, and there he was heaven and the heaven of heavens is
buried; and Eleazar his son ministered the LORD'S thy God, the earth also,
 15
with all that therein is. Only the this day: for I speak not with your
LORD had a delight in thy fathers to children which have not known, and
love them, and he chose their seed which have not seen the chastisement
after them, even you above all people, of the LORD your God, his greatness,
16
as it is this day. Circumcise therefore his mighty hand, and his stretched out
3
the foreskin of your heart, and be no arm, And his miracles, and his acts,
17
more stiffnecked. For the LORD your which he did in the midst of Egypt unto
God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all
4
a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, his land; And what he did unto the
which regardeth not persons, nor army of Egypt, unto their horses, and
18
taketh reward: He doth execute the to their chariots; how he made the
judgment of the fatherless and widow, water of the Red sea to overflow them
and loveth the stranger, in giving him as they pursued after you, and how the
19
food and raiment. Love ye therefore LORD hath destroyed them unto this
5
the stranger: for ye were strangers in day; And what he did unto you in the
20
the land of Egypt. Thou shalt fear wilderness, until ye came into this
6
the LORD thy God; him shalt thou place; And what he did unto Dathan
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son
21
and swear by his name. He is thy of Reuben: how the earth opened her
praise, and he is thy God, that hath mouth, and swallowed them up, and
done for thee these great and terrible their households, and their tents, and
22
things, which thine eyes have seen. all the substance that was in their
7
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with possession, in the midst of all Israel:
threescore and ten persons; and now But your eyes have seen all the great
8
the LORD thy God hath made thee as acts of the LORD which he did.
the stars of heaven for multitude. Therefore shall ye keep all the
commandments which I command you
Deuteronomy 11 this day, that ye may be strong, and
go in and possess the land, whither ye
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD
go to possess it; 9
And that ye may
thy God, and keep his charge, and his prolong your days in the land, which
statutes, and his judgments, and his the LORD sware unto your fathers to
2
commandments, alway. And know ye give unto them and to their seed, a
land that floweth with milk and honey. off the good land which the LORD
10 18
For the land, whither thou goest in to giveth you. Therefore shall ye lay up
possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, these my words in your heart and in
from whence ye came out, where thou your soul, and bind them for a sign
sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it upon your hand, that they may be as
11 19
with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: frontlets between your eyes. And ye
But the land, whither ye go to possess shall teach them your children,
it, is a land of hills and valleys, and speaking of them when thou sittest in
12
drinketh water of the rain of heaven: thine house, and when thou walkest by
A land which the LORD thy God careth the way, when thou liest down, and
20
for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are when thou risest up. And thou shalt
always upon it, from the beginning of write them upon the door posts of
21
the year even unto the end of the year. thine house, and upon thy gates:
13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall That your days may be multiplied, and
hearken diligently unto my the days of your children, in the land
commandments which I command you which the LORD sware unto your
this day, to love the LORD your God, fathers to give them, as the days of
22
and to serve him with all your heart heaven upon the earth. For if ye
14
and with all your soul, That I will shall diligently keep all these
give you the rain of your land in his commandments which I command you,
due season, the first rain and the latter to do them, to love the LORD your
rain, that thou mayest gather in thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to
15 23
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. cleave unto him; Then will the LORD
And I will send grass in thy fields for drive out all these nations from before
thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be you, and ye shall possess greater
16
full. Take heed to yourselves, that nations and mightier than yourselves.
24
your heart be not deceived, and ye Every place whereon the soles of
turn aside, and serve other gods, and your feet shall tread shall be yours:
17
worship them; And then the LORD'S from the wilderness and Lebanon, from
wrath be kindled against you, and he the river, the river Euphrates, even
shut up the heaven, that there be no unto the uttermost sea shall your coast
25
rain, and that the land yield not her be. There shall no man be able to
fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from stand before you: for the LORD your
God shall lay the fear of you and the Deuteronomy 12
dread of you upon all the land that ye
shall tread upon, as he hath said unto These are the statutes and judgments,
26
you. Behold, I set before you this which ye shall observe to do in the
27
day a blessing and a curse; A land, which the LORD God of thy
blessing, if ye obey the commandments fathers giveth thee to possess it, all
of the LORD your God, which I the days that ye live upon the earth. 2

28
command you this day: And a curse, Ye shall utterly destroy all the places,
if ye will not obey the commandments wherein the nations which ye shall
of the LORD your God, but turn aside possess served their gods, upon the
out of the way which I command you high mountains, and upon the hills,
this day, to go after other gods, which and under every green tree: 3
And ye
29
ye have not known. And it shall shall overthrow their altars, and break
come to pass, when the LORD thy God their pillars, and burn their groves with
hath brought thee in unto the land fire; and ye shall hew down the graven
whither thou goest to possess it, that images of their gods, and destroy the
thou shalt put the blessing upon mount names of them out of that place. 4
Ye
Gerizim, and the curse upon mount shall not do so unto the LORD your
30
Ebal. Are they not on the other side God. 5
But unto the place which the
Jordan, by the way where the sun LORD your God shall choose out of all
goeth down, in the land of the your tribes to put his name there, even
Canaanites, which dwell in the unto his habitation shall ye seek, and
champaign over against Gilgal, beside thither thou shalt come: 6
And thither
31
the plains of Moreh? For ye shall ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and
pass over Jordan to go in to possess your sacrifices, and your tithes, and
the land which the LORD your God heave offerings of your hand, and your
giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and vows, and your freewill offerings, and
32
dwell therein. And ye shall observe the firstlings of your herds and of your
to do all the statutes and judgments flocks: 7
And there ye shall eat before
which I set before you this day. the LORD your God, and ye shall
rejoice in all that ye put your hand
unto, ye and your households, wherein
8
the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
Ye shall not do after all the things that eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever
we do here this day, every man thy soul lusteth after, according to the
9
whatsoever is right in his own eyes. blessing of the LORD thy God which he
For ye are not as yet come to the rest hath given thee: the unclean and the
and to the inheritance, which the LORD clean may eat thereof, as of the
10 16
your God giveth you. But when ye go roebuck, and as of the hart. Only ye
over Jordan, and dwell in the land shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it
17
which the LORD your God giveth you to upon the earth as water. Thou
inherit, and when he giveth you rest mayest not eat within thy gates the
from all your enemies round about, so tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of
11
that ye dwell in safety; Then there thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or
shall be a place which the LORD your of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which
God shall choose to cause his name to thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings,
18
dwell there; thither shall ye bring all or heave offering of thine hand: But
that I command you; your burnt thou must eat them before the LORD
offerings, and your sacrifices, your thy God in the place which the LORD
tithes, and the heave offering of your thy God shall choose, thou, and thy
hand, and all your choice vows which son, and thy daughter, and thy
12
ye vow unto the LORD: And ye shall manservant, and thy maidservant, and
rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, the Levite that is within thy gates: and
and your sons, and your daughters, thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy
and your menservants, and your God in all that thou puttest thine hands
19
maidservants, and the Levite that is unto. Take heed to thyself that thou
within your gates; forasmuch as he forsake not the Levite as long as thou
20
hath no part nor inheritance with you. livest upon the earth. When the
13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border,
not thy burnt offerings in every place as he hath promised thee, and thou
14
that thou seest: But in the place shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy
which the LORD shall choose in one of soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest
thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth
21
burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do after. If the place which the LORD
15
all that I command thee. thy God hath chosen to put his name
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and there be too far from thee, then thou
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, goest to possess them, and thou
which the LORD hath given thee, as I succeedest them, and dwellest in their
30
have commanded thee, and thou shalt land; Take heed to thyself that thou
eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul be not snared by following them, after
22
lusteth after. Even as the roebuck that they be destroyed from before
and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thee; and that thou enquire not after
them: the unclean and the clean shall their gods, saying, How did these
23
eat of them alike. Only be sure that nations serve their gods? even so will I
31
thou eat not the blood: for the blood is do likewise. Thou shalt not do so
the life; and thou mayest not eat the unto the LORD thy God: for every
24
life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat abomination to the LORD, which he
it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as hateth, have they done unto their
25
water. Thou shalt not eat it; that it gods; for even their sons and their
may go well with thee, and with thy daughters they have burnt in the fire
32
children after thee, when thou shalt do to their gods. What thing soever I
that which is right in the sight of the command you, observe to do it: thou
26
LORD. Only thy holy things which shalt not add thereto, nor diminish
thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt from it.
take, and go unto the place which the
LORD shall choose: 27
And thou shalt Deuteronomy 13
offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and
the blood, upon the altar of the LORD
If there arise among you a prophet, or

thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee
2
shall be poured out upon the altar of a sign or a wonder, And the sign or

the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the wonder come to pass, whereof he

the flesh. 28
Observe and hear all these spake unto thee, saying, Let us go

words which I command thee, that it after other gods, which thou hast not
3
may go well with thee, and with thy known, and let us serve them; Thou

children after thee for ever, when thou shalt not hearken unto the words of

doest that which is good and right in that prophet, or that dreamer of

the sight of the LORD thy God. 29

When dreams: for the LORD your God

the LORD thy God shall cut off the proveth you, to know whether ye love

nations from before thee, whither thou the LORD your God with all your heart
 4 10
and with all your soul. Ye shall walk And thou shalt stone him with
after the LORD your God, and fear him, stones, that he die; because he hath
and keep his commandments, and obey sought to thrust thee away from the
his voice, and ye shall serve him, and LORD thy God, which brought thee out
5
cleave unto him. And that prophet, or of the land of Egypt, from the house of
11
that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to bondage. And all Israel shall hear,
death; because he hath spoken to turn and fear, and shall do no more any
you away from the LORD your God, such wickedness as this is among you.
12
which brought you out of the land of If thou shalt hear say in one of thy
Egypt, and redeemed you out of the cities, which the LORD thy God hath
13
house of bondage, to thrust thee out of given thee to dwell there, saying,
the way which the LORD thy God Certain men, the children of Belial, are
commanded thee to walk in. So shalt gone out from among you, and have
thou put the evil away from the midst withdrawn the inhabitants of their city,
6
of thee. If thy brother, the son of thy saying, Let us go and serve other gods,
14
mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or which ye have not known; Then shalt
the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, thou enquire, and make search, and
which is as thine own soul, entice thee ask diligently; and, behold, if it be
secretly, saying, Let us go and serve truth, and the thing certain, that such
15
other gods, which thou hast not abomination is wrought among you;
7
known, thou, nor thy fathers; Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants
Namely, of the gods of the people of that city with the edge of the sword,
which are round about you, nigh unto destroying it utterly, and all that is
thee, or far off from thee, from the one therein, and the cattle thereof, with
16
end of the earth even unto the other the edge of the sword. And thou
8
end of the earth; Thou shalt not shalt gather all the spoil of it into the
consent unto him, nor hearken unto midst of the street thereof, and shalt
him; neither shall thine eye pity him, burn with fire the city, and all the spoil
neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thereof every whit, for the LORD thy
9
thou conceal him: But thou shalt God: and it shall be an heap for ever;
17
surely kill him; thine hand shall be first it shall not be built again. And there
upon him to put him to death, and shall cleave nought of the cursed thing
afterwards the hand of all the people. to thine hand: that the LORD may turn
from the fierceness of his anger, and that divide the cloven hoof; as the
shew thee mercy, and have camel, and the hare, and the coney:
compassion upon thee, and multiply for they chew the cud, but divide not
thee, as he hath sworn unto thy the hoof; therefore they are unclean
18 8
fathers; When thou shalt hearken to unto you. And the swine, because it
the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the
all his commandments which I cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall
command thee this day, to do that not eat of their flesh, nor touch their
9
which is right in the eyes of the LORD dead carcase. These ye shall eat of all
thy God. that are in the waters: all that have
10
fins and scales shall ye eat: And
Deuteronomy 14 whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye
11
may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
Ye are the children of the LORD your
Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 12
But
God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor these are they of which ye shall not
make any baldness between your eyes eat: the eagle, and ossifrage, and the
2
for the dead. for thou art an holy ospray, 13
And the glede, and the kite,
people unto the LORD thy God, and the and the vulture after his kind, 14
And
LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar every raven after his kind, 15
And the
people unto himself, above all the owl, and the night hawk, and the
3
nations that are upon the earth. Thou cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16

4
shalt not eat any abominable thing. The little owl, and the great owl, and
These are the beasts which ye shall the swan, 17
And the pelican, and the
5
eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, gier eagle, and the cormorant, 18
And
The hart, and the roebuck, and the the stork, and the heron after her kind,
fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the and the lapwing, and the bat. 19
And
pygarg, and the wild ox, and the every creeping thing that flieth is
6
chamois. And every beast that unclean unto you: they shall not be
parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft eaten. 20
But of all clean fowls ye may
into two claws, and cheweth the cud eat. 21
Ye shall not eat of any thing
7
among the beasts, that ye shall eat. that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of unto the stranger that is in thy gates,
them that chew the cud, or of them that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell
it unto an alien: for thou art an holy three years thou shalt bring forth all
people unto the LORD thy God. Thou the tithe of thine increase the same
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's year, and shalt lay it up within thy
22 29
milk. Thou shalt truly tithe all the gates: And the Levite, (because he
increase of thy seed, that the field hath no part nor inheritance with
23
bringeth forth year by year. And thee,) and the stranger, and the
thou shalt eat before the LORD thy fatherless, and the widow, which are
God, in the place which he shall choose within thy gates, shall come, and shall
to place his name there, the tithe of eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy
thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, God may bless thee in all the work of
and the firstlings of thy herds and of thine hand which thou doest.
thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to
fear the LORD thy God always. 24
And if Deuteronomy 15
the way be too long for thee, so that
thou art not able to carry it; or if the
At the end of every seven years thou
2
place be too far from thee, which the shalt make a release. And this is the

LORD thy God shall choose to set his manner of the release: Every creditor

name there, when the LORD thy God that lendeth ought unto his neighbour

hath blessed thee: 25

Then shalt thou shall release it; he shall not exact it of

turn it into money, and bind up the his neighbour, or of his brother;

money in thine hand, and shalt go unto because it is called the LORD'S release.
3
the place which the LORD thy God shall Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it

choose: 26
And thou shalt bestow that again: but that which is thine with thy
4
money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth brother thine hand shall release;

after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for Save when there shall be no poor

wine, or for strong drink, or for among you; for the LORD shall greatly

whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou bless thee in the land which the LORD

shalt eat there before the LORD thy thy God giveth thee for an inheritance
5
God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and to possess it: Only if thou carefully

thine household, 27
And the Levite that hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy

is within thy gates; thou shalt not God, to observe to do all these

forsake him; for he hath no part nor commandments which I command thee
6
inheritance with thee. 28
At the end of this day. For the LORD thy God
blesseth thee, as he promised thee: unto thee, and serve thee six years;
and thou shalt lend unto many nations, then in the seventh year thou shalt let
13
but thou shalt not borrow; and thou him go free from thee. And when
shalt reign over many nations,but they thou sendest him out free from thee,
7
shall not reign over thee. If there be thou shalt not let him go away empty:
14
among you a poor man of one of thy Thou shalt furnish him liberally out
brethren within any of thy gates in thy of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and
land which the LORD thy God giveth out of thy winepress: of that wherewith
thee, thou shalt not harden thine the LORD thy God hath blessed thee
15
heart, nor shut thine hand from thy thou shalt give unto him. And thou
8
poor brother: But thou shalt open shalt remember that thou wast a
thine hand wide unto him, and shalt bondman in the land of Egypt, and the
surely lend him sufficient for his need, LORD thy God redeemed thee:
9
in that which he wanteth. Beware therefore I command thee this thing to
16
that there be not a thought in thy day. And it shall be, if he say unto
wicked heart, saying, The seventh thee, I will not go away from thee;
year, the year of release, is at hand; because he loveth thee and thine
17
and thine eye be evil against thy poor house, because he is well with thee;
brother, and thou givest him nought; Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust
and he cry unto the LORD against thee, it through his ear unto the door, and
10
and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt he shall be thy servant for ever. And
surely give him, and thine heart shall also unto thy maidservant thou shalt
18
not be grieved when thou givest unto do likewise. It shall not seem hard
him: because that for this thing the unto thee, when thou sendest him
LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy away free from thee; for he hath been
works, and in all that thou puttest worth a double hired servant to thee,
11
thine hand unto. For the poor shall in serving thee six years: and the
never cease out of the land: therefore I LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
19
command thee, saying, Thou shalt that thou doest. All the firstling
open thine hand wide unto thy brother, males that come of thy herd and of thy
to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD
12
land. And if thy brother, an Hebrew thy God: thou shalt do no work with
man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear
 20
the firstling of thy sheep.
eat it before the LORD thy God year by
year in the place which the LORD shall
choose, thou and thy household.
if there be any blemish therein, as if it
be lame, or blind, or have any ill
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto
22
the LORD thy God. Thou shalt eat it
within thy gates: the unclean and the
clean person shall eat it alike, as the
23
roebuck, and as the hart.
shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou
shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Deuteronomy 16
Observe the month of Abib, and keep
the passover unto the LORD thy God:
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy
God brought thee forth out of Egypt by
2
night. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice
the passover unto the LORD thy God,
of the flock and the herd, in the place
which the LORD shall choose to place
3
his name there. Thou shalt eat no
leavened bread with it; seven days
shalt thou eat unleavened
therewith, even the bread of affliction;
for thou camest forth out of the land of
Egypt in haste: that thou
remember the day when thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt all the
4
days of thy life. And there shall be no
Thou shalt leavened bread seen with thee in all
thy coast seven days; neither shall
there any thing of the flesh, which thou
21
And sacrificedst the first day at even,
5
remain all night until the morning.
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover
within any of thy gates, which the
6
LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the
place which the LORD thy God shall
choose to place his name in, there thou
Only thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at
the going down of the sun, at the
season that thou camest forth out of
7
Egypt. And thou shalt roast and eat it
in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the
morning, and go unto thy tents. 8
Six
days thou shalt eat unleavened bread:
and on the seventh day shall be a
solemn assembly to the LORD thy God:
thou shalt do no work therein. 9
Seven
weeks shalt thou number unto thee:
begin to number the seven weeks from
such time as thou beginnest to put the
sickle to the corn. 10
And thou shalt
keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD
bread thy God with a tribute of a freewill
offering of thine hand, which thou shalt
give unto the LORD thy God, according
mayest as the LORD thy God hath blessed
thee: 11
And thou shalt rejoice before
the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son,
and thy daughter, and thy manservant,
and thy maidservant, and the Levite of the LORD thy God which he hath
18
that is within thy gates, and the given thee. Judges and officers shalt
stranger, and the fatherless, and the thou make thee in all thy gates, which
widow, that are among you, in the the LORD thy God giveth thee,
place which the LORD thy God hath throughout thy tribes: and they shall
12 19
chosen to place his name there. And judge the people with just judgment.
thou shalt remember that thou wast a Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou
bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt shalt not respect persons, neither take
13
observe and do these statutes. Thou a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of
shalt observe the feast of tabernacles the wise, and pervert the words of the
20
seven days, after that thou hast righteous. That which is altogether
14
gathered in thy corn and thy wine: just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, live, and inherit the land which the
21
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou
and thy manservant, and thy shalt not plant thee a grove of any
maidservant, and the Levite, the trees near unto the altar of the LORD
stranger, and the fatherless, and the thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
15 22
widow, that are within thy gates. Neither shalt thou set thee up any
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn image; which the LORD thy God
feast unto the LORD thy God in the hateth.
place which the LORD shall choose:
because the LORD thy God shall bless Deuteronomy 17
thee in all thine increase, and in all the
works of thine hands, therefore thou
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD

shalt surely rejoice. 16

Three times in a thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein

year shall all thy males appear before is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for

the LORD thy God in the place which that is an abomination unto the LORD
2
he shall choose; in the feast of thy God. If there be found among

unleavened bread, and in the feast of you, within any of thy gates which the

weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: LORD thy God giveth thee, man or

and they shall not appear before the woman, that hath wrought wickedness

LORD empty: 17
Every man shall give in the sight of the LORD thy God, in
3
as he is able, according to the blessing transgressing his covenant, And hath
 10
gone and served other gods, and sentence of judgment: And thou
worshipped them, either the sun, or shalt do according to the sentence,
moon, or any of the host of heaven, which they of that place which the
4
which I have not commanded; And it LORD shall choose shall shew thee;
be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and thou shalt observe to do according
11
and enquired diligently, and, behold, it to all that they inform thee:
be true, and the thing certain, that According to the sentence of the law
such abomination is wrought in Israel: which they shall teach thee, and
5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man according to the judgment which they
or that woman, which have committed shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou
that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even shalt not decline from the sentence
that man or that woman, and shalt which they shall shew thee, to the right
6 12
stone them with stones, till they die. hand, nor to the left. And the man
At the mouth of two witnesses, or that will do presumptuously, and will
three witnesses, shall he that is worthy not hearken unto the priest that
of death be put to death; but at the standeth to minister there before the
mouth of one witness he shall not be LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even
7
put to death. The hands of the that man shall die: and thou shalt put
13
witnesses shall be first upon him to put away the evil from Israel. And all the
him to death, and afterward the hands people shall hear, and fear, and do no
14
of all the people. So thou shalt put the more presumptuously. When thou art
8
evil away from among you. If there come unto the land which the LORD
arise a matter too hard for thee in thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess
judgment, between blood and blood, it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt
between plea and plea, and between say, I will set a king over me, like as
15
stroke and stroke, being matters of all the nations that are about me;
controversy within thy gates: then Thou shalt in any wise set him king
shalt thou arise, and get thee up into over thee, whom the LORD thy God
the place which the LORD thy God shall shall choose: one from among thy
9
choose; And thou shalt come unto the brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
priests the Levites, and unto the judge thou mayest not set a stranger over
16
that shall be in those days, and thee, which is not thy brother. But
enquire; and they shall shew thee the he shall not multiply horses to himself,
nor cause the people to return to they have no inheritance among their
Egypt, to the end that he should brethren: the LORD is their
multiply horses: forasmuch as the inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3
LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall And this shall be the priest's due from
17
henceforth return no more that way. the people, from them that offer a
Neither shall he multiply wives to sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep;
himself, that his heart turn not away: and they shall give unto the priest the
neither shall he greatly multiply to shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the
18 4
himself silver and gold. And it shall maw. The firstfruit also of thy corn, of
be, when he sitteth upon the throne of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first
his kingdom, that he shall write him a of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou
5
copy of this law in a book out of that give him. For the LORD thy God hath
which is before the priests the Levites: chosen him out of all thy tribes, to
19
And it shall be with him, and he shall stand to minister in the name of the
6
read therein all the days of his life: LORD, him and his sons for ever. And
that he may learn to fear the LORD his if a Levite come from any of thy gates
God, to keep all the words of this law out of all Israel, where he sojourned,
20
and these statutes, to do them: That and come with all the desire of his
his heart be not lifted up above his mind unto the place which the LORD
7
brethren, and that he turn not aside shall choose; Then he shall minister
from the commandment, to the right in the name of the LORD his God, as all
hand, or to the left: to the end that he his brethren the Levites do, which
8
may prolong his days in his kingdom, stand there before the LORD. They
he, and his children, in the midst of shall have like portions to eat, beside
Israel. that which cometh of the sale of his
9
patrimony. When thou art come into
Deuteronomy 18 the land which the LORD thy God
giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do
The priests the Levites, and all the
after the abominations of those
tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor nations. 10
There shall not be found
inheritance with Israel: they shall eat among you any one that maketh his
the offerings of the LORD made by fire, son or his daughter to pass through
2
and his inheritance. Therefore shall the fire, or that useth divination, or an
 20
observer of times, or an enchanter, or name, I will require it of him. But the
11
a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter prophet, which shall presume to speak
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a a word in my name, which I have not
12
necromancer. For all that do these commanded him to speak, or that shall
things are an abomination unto the speak in the name of other gods, even
21
LORD: and because of these that prophet shall die. And if thou
abominations the LORD thy God doth say in thine heart, How shall we know
13
drive them out from before thee. the word which the LORD hath not
22
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD spoken? When a prophet speaketh in
14
thy God. For these nations, which the name of the LORD, if the thing
thou shalt possess, hearkened unto follow not, nor come to pass, that is
observers of times, and unto diviners: the thing which the LORD hath not
but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it
15
not suffered thee so to do. The LORD presumptuously: thou shalt not be
thy God will raise up unto thee a afraid of him.
Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy
brethren, like unto me; unto him ye Deuteronomy 19
16
shall hearken; According to all that
thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in
When the LORD thy God hath cut off

Horeb in the day of the assembly, the nations, whose land the LORD thy

saying, Let me not hear again the voice God giveth thee, and thou succeedest

of the LORD my God, neither let me them, and dwellest in their cities, and
2
see this great fire any more, that I die in their houses; Thou shalt separate

not. 17
And the LORD said unto me, three cities for thee in the midst of thy

They have well spoken that which they land, which the LORD thy God giveth
3
have spoken. 18
I will raise them up a thee to possess it. Thou shalt prepare

Prophet from among their brethren, thee a way, and divide the coasts of

like unto thee, and will put my words thy land, which the LORD thy God

in his mouth; and he shall speak unto giveth thee to inherit, into three parts,
4
them all that I shall command him. 19 that every slayer may flee thither.

And it shall come to pass, that And this is the case of the slayer,

whosoever will not hearken unto my which shall flee thither, that he may

words which he shall speak in my live: Whoso killeth his neighbour

 12
ignorantly, whom he hated not in time fleeth into one of these cities: Then
5
past; As when a man goeth into the the elders of his city shall send and
wood with his neighbour to hew wood, fetch him thence, and deliver him into
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the the hand of the avenger of blood, that
13
axe to cut down the tree, and the head he may die. Thine eye shall not pity
slippeth from the helve, and lighteth him, but thou shalt put away the guilt
upon his neighbour, that he die; he of innocent blood from Israel, that it
14
shall flee unto one of those cities, and may go well with thee. Thou shalt
6
live: Lest the avenger of the blood not remove thy neighbour's landmark,
pursue the slayer, while his heart is which they of old time have set in thine
hot, and overtake him, because the inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in
way is long, and slay him; whereas he the land that the LORD thy God giveth
15
was not worthy of death, inasmuch as thee to possess it. One witness shall
7
he hated him not in time past. not rise up against a man for any
Wherefore I command thee, saying, iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that
Thou shalt separate three cities for he sinneth: at the mouth of two
8
thee. And if the LORD thy God witnesses, or at the mouth of three
enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn witnesses, shall the matter be
16
unto thy fathers, and give thee all the established. If a false witness rise up
land which he promised to give unto against any man to testify against him
9 17
thy fathers; If thou shalt keep all that which is wrong; Then both the
these commandments to do them, men, between whom the controversy
which I command thee this day, to love is, shall stand before the LORD, before
the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in the priests and the judges, which shall
18
his ways; then shalt thou add three be in those days; And the judges
cities more for thee, beside these shall make diligent inquisition: and,
10
three: That innocent blood be not behold, if the witness be a false
shed in thy land, which the LORD thy witness, and hath testified falsely
19
God giveth thee for an inheritance, and against his brother; Then shall ye do
11
so blood be upon thee. But if any unto him, as he had thought to have
man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait done unto his brother: so shalt thou
20
for him, and rise up against him, and put the evil away from among you.
smite him mortally that he die, and And those which remain shall hear, and
fear, and shall henceforth commit no
more any such evil among you.
thine eye shall not pity; but life shall
go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 20
When thou goest out to battle against
thine enemies, and seest horses, and
chariots, and a people more than thou,
be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy
God is with thee, which brought thee
2
up out of the land of Egypt.
shall be, when ye are come nigh unto
the battle, that the priest
approach and speak unto the people,
And shall say unto them, Hear,
Israel, ye approach this day unto battle
against your enemies: let not your
hearts faint, fear not, and
tremble, neither be ye terrified
4
because of them; For the LORD your
God is he that goeth with you, to fight
for you against your enemies, to save
5
you. And the officers shall speak unto
the people, saying, What man is there
that hath built a new house, and hath
not dedicated it? let him go and return
to his house, lest he die in the battle,
and another man dedicate it.
what man is he that hath planted a
vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it?
let him also go and return unto his
21
And house, lest he die in the battle, and
7
another man eat of it. And what man
is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? let him go and
return unto his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man take her. 8
And the officers shall speak further
unto the people, and they shall say,
What man is there that is fearful and
fainthearted? let him go and return
unto his house, lest his brethren's
heart faint as well as his heart. 9
And it
And it shall be, when the officers have made
an end of speaking unto the people,
shall that they shall make captains of the
3
armies to lead the people. 10
When
O thou comest nigh unto a city to fight
against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11
And it shall be, if it make thee
do not answer of peace, and open unto thee,
then it shall be, that all the people that
is found therein shall be tributaries
unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12
And if it will make no peace with thee,
but will make war against thee, then
thou shalt besiege it: 13
And when the
LORD thy God hath delivered it into
thine hands, thou shalt smite every
male thereof with the edge of the
6
And sword: 14
But the women, and the little
ones, and the cattle, and all that is in
the city, even all the spoil thereof,
shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou Deuteronomy 21
shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies,
which the LORD thy God hath given If one be found slain in the land which
15
thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the the LORD thy God giveth thee to
cities which are very far off from thee, possess it, lying in the field, and it be
which are not of the cities of these not known who hath slain him: 2
Then
16
nations. But of the cities of these thy elders and thy judges shall come
people, which the LORD thy God doth forth, and they shall measure unto the
give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt cities which are round about him that
17
save alive nothing that breatheth: is slain: 3
And it shall be, that the city
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; which is next unto the slain man, even
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the elders of that city shall take an
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the heifer, which hath not been wrought
Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD with, and which hath not drawn in the
18
thy God hath commanded thee: That yoke; 4
And the elders of that city shall
they teach you not to do after all their bring down the heifer unto a rough
abominations, which they have done valley, which is neither eared nor
unto their gods; so should ye sin sown, and shall strike off the heifer's
19
against the LORD your God. When neck there in the valley: 5
And the
thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in priests the sons of Levi shall come
making war against it to take it, thou near; for them the LORD thy God hath
shalt not destroy the trees thereof by chosen to minister unto him, and to
forcing an axe against them: for thou bless in the name of the LORD; and by
mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not their word shall every controversy and
cut them down (for the tree of the field every stroke be tried: 6
And all the
is man's life) to employ them in the elders of that city, that are next unto
20
siege: Only the trees which thou the slain man, shall wash their hands
knowest that they be not trees for over the heifer that is beheaded in the
meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them valley: 7
And they shall answer and
down; and thou shalt build bulwarks say, Our hands have not shed this
against the city that maketh war with blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8

thee, until it be subdued. Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people

Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and
lay not innocent blood unto thy people when he maketh his sons to inherit
of Israel's charge. And the blood shall that which he hath, that he may not
9
be forgiven them. So shalt thou put make the son of the beloved firstborn
away the guilt of innocent blood from before the son of the hated, which is
17
among you, when thou shalt do that indeed the firstborn: But he shall
which is right in the sight of the LORD. acknowledge the son of the hated for
10
When thou goest forth to war against the firstborn, by giving him a double
thine enemies, and the LORD thy God portion of all that he hath: for he is the
hath delivered them into thine hands, beginning of his strength; the right of
11 18
and thou hast taken them captive, the firstborn is his. If a man have a
And seest among the captives a stubborn and rebellious son, which will
beautiful woman, and hast a desire not obey the voice of his father, or the
unto her, that thou wouldest have her voice of his mother, and that, when
12
to thy wife; Then thou shalt bring they have chastened him, will not
19
her home to thine house; and she shall hearken unto them: Then shall his
13
shave her head, and pare her nails; father and his mother lay hold on him,
And she shall put the raiment of her and bring him out unto the elders of
captivity from off her, and shall remain his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20
in thine house, and bewail her father And they shall say unto the elders of
and her mother a full month: and after his city, This our son is stubborn and
that thou shalt go in unto her, and be rebellious, he will not obey our voice;
21
her husband, and she shall be thy wife. he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And
14
And it shall be, if thou have no all the men of his city shall stone him
delight in her, then thou shalt let her with stones, that he die: so shalt thou
go whither she will; but thou shalt not put evil away from among you; and all
22
sell her at all for money, thou shalt not Israel shall hear, and fear. And if a
make merchandise of her, because man have committed a sin worthy of
15
thou hast humbled her. If a man death, and he be to be put to death,
23
have two wives, one beloved, and and thou hang him on a tree: His
another hated, and they have born him body shall not remain all night upon
children, both the beloved and the the tree, but thou shalt in any wise
hated; and if the firstborn son be hers bury him that day; (for he that is
16
that was hated: Then it shall be, hanged is accursed of God;) that thy
land be not defiled, which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 22
Thou shalt not see the brother's ox or
his sheep go astray, and hide thyself
from them: thou shalt in any case
bring them again unto thy brother.
And if thy brother be not nigh unto
thee, or if thou know him not, then
thou shalt bring it unto thine own
house, and it shall be with thee until
thy brother seek after it, and thou
3
shalt restore it to him again.
manner shalt thou do with his ass; and
so shalt thou do with his raiment; and
with all lost things of thy brother's,
which he hath lost, and thou hast
found, shalt thou do likewise: thou
4
mayest not hide thyself. Thou shalt
not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall
down by the way, and hide thyself from
them: thou shalt surely help him to lift
5
them up again. The woman shall not
wear that which pertaineth unto a man,
neither shall a man put on a woman's
garment: for all that do so
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
If a bird's nest chance to be before
thee in the way in any tree, or on the
ground, whether they be young ones,
or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the
young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt
7
not take the dam with the young: But
thou shalt in any wise let the dam go,
and take the young to thee; that it
may be well with thee, and that thou
mayest prolong thy days. 8
When thou
buildest a new house, then thou shalt
make a battlement for thy roof, that
2
thou bring not blood upon thine house,
if any man fall from thence. 9
Thou
shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers
seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which
thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy
vineyard, be defiled. 10
Thou shalt not
In like plow with an ox and an ass together. 11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of
divers sorts, as of woollen and linen
together. 12
Thou shalt make thee
fringes upon the four quarters of thy
vesture, wherewith thou coverest
thyself. 13
If any man take a wife, and
go in unto her, and hate her, 14
And
give occasions of speech against her,
and bring up an evil name upon her,
and say, I took this woman, and when
I came to her, I found her not a maid:
15
Then shall the father of the damsel,
are and her mother, take and bring forth
6
the tokens of the damsel's virginity
unto the elders of the city in the gate:
16
And the damsel's father shall say
unto the elders, I gave my daughter
unto this man to wife, and he hateth
 17
her; And, lo, he hath given occasions
of speech against her, saying, I found
not thy daughter a maid; and yet these
are the tokens of my
virginity. And they shall spread the
cloth before the elders of the city.
And the elders of that city shall take
19
that man and chastise him;
shall amerce him in an
shekels of silver, and give them unto
the father of the damsel, because he
hath brought up an evil name upon a
virgin of Israel: and she shall be his
wife; he may not put her away all his
20
days. But if this thing be true, and
the tokens of virginity be not found for
21
the damsel: Then they shall bring
out the damsel to the door of her
father's house, and the men of her city
shall stone her with stones that she
die: because she hath wrought folly in
Israel, to play the whore in her father's
house: so shalt thou put evil away
22
from among you. If a man be found
lying with a woman married to an
husband, then they shall both of them
die, both the man that lay with the
woman, and the woman: so shalt thou
put away evil from Israel.
damsel that is a virgin be betrothed
unto an husband, and a man find her in
the city, and lie with her; 24
shall bring them both out unto the gate
of that city, and ye shall stone them
with stones that they die; the damsel,
because she cried not, being in the
daughter's city; and the man, because he hath
humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou
18 25
shalt put away evil from among you.
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in
And they the field, and the man force her, and
hundred lie with her: then the man only that lay
26
with her shall die: But unto the
damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is
in the damsel no sin worthy of death:
for as when a man riseth against his
neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is
27
this matter: For he found her in the
field, and the betrothed damsel cried,
28
and there was none to save her. If a
man find a damsel that is a virgin,
which is not betrothed, and lay hold on
her, and lie with her, and they be
29
found; Then the man that lay with
her shall give unto the damsel's father
fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be
his wife; because he hath humbled her,
he may not put her away all his days.
30
A man shall not take his father's
wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
23
If a Deuteronomy 23
He that is wounded in the stones, or
Then ye hath his privy member cut off, shall not
enter into the congregation of the
 2
LORD. A bastard shall not enter into he go abroad out of the camp, he shall
11
the congregation of the LORD; even to not come within the camp: But it
his tenth generation shall he not enter shall be, when evening cometh on, he
3
into the congregation of the LORD. An shall wash himself with water: and
Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter when the sun is down, he shall come
12
into the congregation of the LORD; into the camp again. Thou shalt have
even to their tenth generation shall a place also without the camp, whither
13
they not enter into the congregation of thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou
4
the LORD for ever: Because they met shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon;
you not with bread and with water in and it shall be, when thou wilt ease
the way, when ye came forth out of thyself abroad, thou shalt dig
Egypt; and because they hired against therewith, and shalt turn back and
14
thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor cover that which cometh from thee:
5
of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. For the LORD thy God walketh in the
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and
not hearken unto Balaam; but the to give up thine enemies before thee;
LORD thy God turned the curse into a therefore shall thy camp be holy: that
blessing unto thee, because the LORD he see no unclean thing in thee, and
6 15
thy God loved thee. Thou shalt not turn away from thee. Thou shalt not
seek their peace nor their prosperity all deliver unto his master the servant
7
thy days for ever. Thou shalt not which is escaped from his master unto
16
abhor an Edomite; for he is thy thee: He shall dwell with thee, even
brother: thou shalt not abhor an among you, in that place which he
Egyptian; because thou wast a shall choose in one of thy gates, where
8
stranger in his land. The children that it liketh him best: thou shalt not
17
are begotten of them shall enter into oppress him. There shall be no
the congregation of the LORD in their whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a
9 18
third generation. When the host sodomite of the sons of Israel. Thou
goeth forth against thine enemies, then shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or
10
keep thee from every wicked thing. the price of a dog, into the house of
If there be among you any man, that is the LORD thy God for any vow: for
not clean by reason of uncleanness even both these are abomination unto
19
that chanceth him by night, then shall the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not
lend upon usury to thy brother; usury Deuteronomy 24
of money, usury of victuals, usury of
any thing that is lent upon usury: 20
When a man hath taken a wife, and
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon married her, and it come to pass that
usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt she find no favour in his eyes, because
not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy he hath found some uncleanness in
God may bless thee in all that thou her: then let him write her a bill of
settest thine hand to in the land divorcement, and give it in her hand,
21
whither thou goest to possess it. and send her out of his house. 2
And
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the when she is departed out of his house,
LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to she may go and be another man's wife.
pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely 3
And if the latter husband hate her,
require it of thee; and it would be sin and write her a bill of divorcement, and
22
in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her
23
vow, it shall be no sin in thee. That out of his house; or if the latter
which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt husband die, which took her to be his
keep and perform; even a freewill wife; 4
Her former husband, which sent
offering, according as thou hast vowed her away, may not take her again to be
unto the LORD thy God, which thou his wife, after that she is defiled; for
24
hast promised with thy mouth. When that is abomination before the LORD:
thou comest into thy neighbour's and thou shalt not cause the land to
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes sin, which the LORD thy God giveth
thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou thee for an inheritance. 5
When a man
25
shalt not put any in thy vessel. When hath taken a new wife, he shall not go
thou comest into the standing corn of out to war, neither shall he be charged
thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck with any business: but he shall be free
the ears with thine hand; but thou at home one year, and shall cheer up
shalt not move a sickle unto thy his wife which he hath taken. 6
No man
neighbour's standing corn. shall take the nether or the upper
millstone to pledge: for he taketh a
7
man's life to pledge. If a man be
found stealing any of his brethren of
the children of Israel, and maketh
merchandise of him, or selleth him; The fathers shall not be put to death
then that thief shall die; and thou shalt for the children, neither shall the
8
put evil away from among you. Take children be put to death for the
heed in the plague of leprosy, that fathers: every man shall be put to
17
thou observe diligently, and do death for his own sin. Thou shalt not
according to all that the priests the pervert the judgment of the stranger,
Levites shall teach you: as I nor of the fatherless; nor take a
18
commanded them, so ye shall observe widow's raiment to pledge: But thou
9
to do. Remember what the LORD thy shalt remember that thou wast a
God did unto Miriam by the way, after bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy
that ye were come forth out of Egypt. God redeemed thee thence: therefore I
10 19
When thou dost lend thy brother any command thee to do this thing.
thing, thou shalt not go into his house When thou cuttest down thine harvest
11
to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in
abroad, and the man to whom thou the field, thou shalt not go again to
dost lend shall bring out the pledge fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for
12
abroad unto thee. And if the man be the fatherless, and for the widow: that
poor, thou shalt not sleep with his the LORD thy God may bless thee in all
13 20
pledge: In any case thou shalt the work of thine hands. When thou
deliver him the pledge again when the beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not
sun goeth down, that he may sleep in go over the boughs again: it shall be
his own raiment, and bless thee: and it for the stranger, for the fatherless, and
21
shall be righteousness unto thee before for the widow. When thou gatherest
14
the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt
oppress an hired servant that is poor not glean it afterward: it shall be for
and needy, whether he be of thy the stranger, for the fatherless, and for
22
brethren, or of thy strangers that are the widow. And thou shalt remember
15
in thy land within thy gates: At his that thou wast a bondman in the land
day thou shalt give him his hire, of Egypt: therefore I command thee to
neither shall the sun go down upon it; do this thing.
for he is poor, and setteth his heart
upon it: lest he cry against thee unto
16
the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 25 up unto his brother a name in Israel,
he will not perform the duty of my
If there be a controversy between husband's brother. 8
Then the elders of

men, and they come unto judgment, his city shall call him, and speak unto

that the judges may judge them; then him: and if he stand to it, and say, I
9
they shall justify the righteous, and like not to take her; Then shall his

condemn the wicked. 2

And it shall be, brother's wife come unto him in the

if the wicked man be worthy to be presence of the elders, and loose his

beaten, that the judge shall cause him shoe from off his foot, and spit in his

to lie down, and to be beaten before face, and shall answer and say, So

his face, according to his fault, by a shall it be done unto that man that will
10
certain number. 3
Forty stripes he may not build up his brother's house. And

give him, and not exceed: lest, if he his name shall be called in Israel, The

should exceed, and beat him above house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
11
these with many stripes, then thy When men strive together one with

brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 another, and the wife of the one

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he draweth near for to deliver her

treadeth out the corn. 5

If brethren husband out of the hand of him that

dwell together, and one of them die, smiteth him, and putteth forth her
12
and have no child, the wife of the dead hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

shall not marry without unto a Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine
13
stranger: her husband's brother shall eye shall not pity her. Thou shalt not

go in unto her, and take her to him to have in thy bag divers weights, a great
14
wife, and perform the duty of an and a small. Thou shalt not have in

husband's brother unto her. 6

And it thine house divers measures, a great
15
shall be, that the firstborn which she and a small. But thou shalt have a

beareth shall succeed in the name of perfect and just weight, a perfect and

his brother which is dead, that his just measure shalt thou have: that thy

name be not put out of Israel. 7

And if days may be lengthened in the land
16
the man like not to take his brother's which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

wife, then let his brother's wife go up For all that do such things, and all that

to the gate unto the elders, and say, do unrighteously, are an abomination
17
My husband's brother refuseth to raise unto the LORD thy God. Remember
 4
what Amalek did unto thee by the way, for to give us. And the priest shall
when ye were come forth out of Egypt; take the basket out of thine hand, and
18
How he met thee by the way, and set it down before the altar of the
5
smote the hindmost of thee, even all LORD thy God. And thou shalt speak
that were feeble behind thee, when and say before the LORD thy God, A
thou wast faint and weary; and he Syrian ready to perish was my father,
19
feared not God. Therefore it shall be, and he went down into Egypt, and
when the LORD thy God hath given sojourned there with a few, and
thee rest from all thine enemies round became there a nation, great, mighty,
6
about, in the land which the LORD thy and populous: And the Egyptians evil
God giveth thee for an inheritance to entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid
7
possess it, that thou shalt blot out the upon us hard bondage: And when we
remembrance of Amalek from under cried unto the LORD God of our
heaven; thou shalt not forget it. fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and
looked on our affliction, and our
Deuteronomy 26 labour, and our oppression: 8
And the
LORD brought us forth out of Egypt
And it shall be, when thou art come in
with a mighty hand, and with an
unto the land which the LORD thy God outstretched arm, and with great
giveth thee for an inheritance, and terribleness, and with signs, and with
2
possessest it, and dwellest therein; wonders: 9
And he hath brought us into
That thou shalt take of the first of all this place, and hath given us this land,
the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt even a land that floweth with milk and
bring of thy land that the LORD thy honey. 10
And now, behold, I have
God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a brought the firstfruits of the land,
basket, and shalt go unto the place which thou, O LORD, hast given me.
which the LORD thy God shall choose And thou shalt set it before the LORD
3
to place his name there. And thou thy God, and worship before the LORD
shalt go unto the priest that shall be in thy God: 11
And thou shalt rejoice in
those days, and say unto him, I every good thing which the LORD thy
profess this day unto the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto
God, that I am come unto the country thine house, thou, and the Levite, and
which the LORD sware unto our fathers the stranger that is among you. 12
When thou hast made an end of tithing with all thine heart, and with all thy
17
all the tithes of thine increase the third soul. Thou hast avouched the LORD
year, which is the year of tithing, and this day to be thy God, and to walk in
hast given it unto the Levite, the his ways, and to keep his statutes, and
stranger, the fatherless, and the his commandments, and his
widow, that they may eat within thy judgments, and to hearken unto his
13 18
gates, and be filled; Then thou shalt voice: And the LORD hath avouched
say before the LORD thy God, I have thee this day to be his peculiar people,
brought away the hallowed things out as he hath promised thee, and that
of mine house, and also have given thou shouldest keep all his
19
them unto the Levite, and unto the commandments; And to make thee
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the high above all nations which he hath
widow, according to all thy made, in praise, and in name, and in
commandments which thou hast honour; and that thou mayest be an
commanded me: I have not holy people unto the LORD thy God, as
transgressed thy commandments, he hath spoken.
14
neither have I forgotten them: I
have not eaten thereof in my Deuteronomy 27
mourning, neither have I taken away
ought thereof for any unclean use, nor
And Moses with the elders of Israel

given ought thereof for the dead: but I commanded the people, saying, Keep

have hearkened to the voice of the all the commandments which I

2
LORD my God, and have done command you this day. And it shall

according to all that thou hast be on the day when ye shall pass over

commanded me. 15
Look down from thy Jordan unto the land which the LORD

holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set

thy people Israel, and the land which thee up great stones, and plaister them
3
thou hast given us, as thou swarest with plaister: And thou shalt write

unto our fathers, a land that floweth upon them all the words of this law,

with milk and honey. 16

This day the when thou art passed over, that thou

LORD thy God hath commanded thee mayest go in unto the land which the

to do these statutes and judgments: LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that

thou shalt therefore keep and do them floweth with milk and honey; as the
 14
LORD God of thy fathers hath promised Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the
4
thee. Therefore it shall be when ye be Levites shall speak, and say unto all
15
gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up the men of Israel with a loud voice,
these stones, which I command you Cursed be the man that maketh any
this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt graven or molten image, an
5
plaister them with plaister. And there abomination unto the LORD, the work
shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD of the hands of the craftsman, and
thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt putteth it in a secret place. And all the
6 16
not lift up any iron tool upon them. people shall answer and say, Amen.
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD Cursed be he that setteth light by his
thy God of whole stones: and thou father or his mother. And all the people
17
shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that
7
the LORD thy God: And thou shalt removeth his neighbour's landmark.
18
offer peace offerings, and shalt eat And all the people shall say, Amen.
there, and rejoice before the LORD thy Cursed be he that maketh the blind to
8
God. And thou shalt write upon the wander out of the way. And all the
19
stones all the words of this law very people shall say, Amen. Cursed be
9
plainly. And Moses and the priests the he that perverteth the judgment of the
Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, stranger, fatherless, and widow. And
20
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this all the people shall say, Amen.
day thou art become the people of the Cursed be he that lieth with his father's
10
LORD thy God. Thou shalt therefore wife; because he uncovereth his
obey the voice of the LORD thy God, father's skirt. And all the people shall
21
and do his commandments and his say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth
statutes, which I command thee this with any manner of beast. And all the
11 22
day. And Moses charged the people people shall say, Amen. Cursed be
12
the same day, saying, These shall he that lieth with his sister, the
stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the daughter of his father, or the daughter
people, when ye are come over Jordan; of his mother. And all the people shall
23
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth
13
Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: with his mother in law. And all the
24
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal people shall say, Amen. Cursed be
to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.
 25 8
And all the people shall say, Amen. flee before thee seven ways. The
Cursed be he that taketh reward to LORD shall command the blessing upon
slay an innocent person. And all the thee in thy storehouses, and in all that
26
people shall say, Amen. Cursed be thou settest thine hand unto; and he
he that confirmeth not all the words of shall bless thee in the land which the
9
this law to do them. And all the people LORD thy God giveth thee. The LORD
shall say, Amen. shall establish thee an holy people unto
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if
Deuteronomy 28 thou shalt keep the commandments of
the LORD thy God, and walk in his
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
ways. 10
And all people of the earth
hearken diligently unto the voice of the shall see that thou art called by the
LORD thy God, to observe and to do all name of the LORD; and they shall be
his commandments which I command afraid of thee. 11
And the LORD shall
thee this day, that the LORD thy God make thee plenteous in goods, in the
will set thee on high above all nations fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
2
of the earth: And all these blessings cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, the land which the LORD sware unto
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of thy fathers to give thee. 12
The LORD
3
the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou shall open unto thee his good treasure,
be in the city, and blessed shalt thou the heaven to give the rain unto thy
4
be in the field. Blessed shall be the land in his season, and to bless all the
fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend
ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the unto many nations, and thou shalt not
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of borrow. 13
And the LORD shall make
5
thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy thee the head, and not the tail; and
6
basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou shalt be above only, and thou
thou be when thou comest in, and shalt not be beneath; if that thou
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest hearken unto the commandments of
7
out. The LORD shall cause thine the LORD thy God, which I command
enemies that rise up against thee to be thee this day, to observe and to do
smitten before thy face: they shall them: 14
And thou shalt not go aside
come out against thee one way, and from any of the words which I
command thee this day, to the right mildew; and they shall pursue thee
23
hand, or to the left, to go after other until thou perish. And thy heaven
15
gods to serve them. But it shall come that is over thy head shall be brass,
to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto and the earth that is under thee shall
24
the voice of the LORD thy God, to be iron. The LORD shall make the
observe to do all his commandments rain of thy land powder and dust: from
and his statutes which I command thee heaven shall it come down upon thee,
25
this day; that all these curses shall until thou be destroyed. The LORD
16
come upon thee, and overtake thee: shall cause thee to be smitten before
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and thine enemies: thou shalt go out one
17
cursed shalt thou be in the field. way against them, and flee seven ways
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy before them: and shalt be removed
18 26
store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy into all the kingdoms of the earth.
body, and the fruit of thy land, the And thy carcase shall be meat unto all
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of
19
thy sheep. Cursed shalt thou be the earth, and no man shall fray them
27
when thou comest in, and cursed shalt away. The LORD will smite thee with
20
thou be when thou goest out. The the botch of Egypt, and with the
LORD shall send upon thee cursing, emerods, and with the scab, and with
vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou the itch, whereof thou canst not be
28
settest thine hand unto for to do, until healed. The LORD shall smite thee
thou be destroyed, and until thou with madness, and blindness, and
29
perish quickly; because of the astonishment of heart: And thou
wickedness of thy doings, whereby shalt grope at noonday, as the blind
21
thou hast forsaken me. The LORD gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not
shall make the pestilence cleave unto prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be
thee, until he have consumed thee only oppressed and spoiled evermore,
30
from off the land, whither thou goest and no man shall save thee. Thou
22
to possess it. The LORD shall smite shalt betroth a wife, and another man
thee with a consumption, and with a shall lie with her: thou shalt build an
fever, and with an inflammation, and house, and thou shalt not dwell
with an extreme burning, and with the therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard,
sword, and with blasting, and with and shalt not gather the grapes
 31 39
thereof. Thine ox shall be slain shall consume it. Thou shalt plant
before thine eyes, and thou shalt not vineyards, and dress them, but shalt
eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently neither drink of the wine, nor gather
taken away from before thy face, and the grapes; for the worms shall eat
40
shall not be restored to thee: thy them. Thou shalt have olive trees
sheep shall be given unto thine throughout all thy coasts, but thou
enemies, and thou shalt have none to shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for
32 41
rescue them. Thy sons and thy thine olive shall cast his fruit. Thou
daughters shall be given unto another shalt beget sons and daughters, but
people, and thine eyes shall look, and thou shalt not enjoy them; for they
42
fail with longing for them all the day shall go into captivity. All thy trees
long: and there shall be no might in and fruit of thy land shall the locust
33 43
thine hand. The fruit of thy land, and consume. The stranger that is within
all thy labours, shall a nation which thee shall get up above thee very high;
44
thou knowest not eat up; and thou and thou shalt come down very low.
shalt be only oppressed and crushed He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt
34
alway: So that thou shalt be mad for not lend to him: he shall be the head,
45
the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt and thou shalt be the tail. Moreover
35
see. The LORD shall smite thee in all these curses shall come upon thee,
the knees, and in the legs, with a sore and shall pursue thee, and overtake
botch that cannot be healed, from the thee, till thou be destroyed; because
sole of thy foot unto the top of thy thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of
36
head. The LORD shall bring thee, and the LORD thy God, to keep his
thy king which thou shalt set over commandments and his statutes which
46
thee, unto a nation which neither thou he commanded thee: And they shall
nor thy fathers have known; and there be upon thee for a sign and for a
47
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
37
stone. And thou shalt become an Because thou servedst not the LORD
astonishment, a proverb, and a thy God with joyfulness, and with
byword, among all nations whither the gladness of heart, for the abundance of
38 48
LORD shall lead thee. Thou shalt all things; Therefore shalt thou serve
carry much seed out into the field, and thine enemies which the LORD shall
shalt gather but little in; for the locust send against thee, in hunger, and in
thirst, and in nakedness, and in want remnant of his children which he shall
55
of all things: and he shall put a yoke of leave: So that he will not give to any
iron upon thy neck, until he have of them of the flesh of his children
49
destroyed thee. The LORD shall bring whom he shall eat: because he hath
a nation against thee from far, from nothing left him in the siege, and in
the end of the earth, as swift as the the straitness, wherewith thine
eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue enemies shall distress thee in all thy
50 56
thou shalt not understand; A nation gates. The tender and delicate
of fierce countenance, which shall not woman among you, which would not
regard the person of the old, nor shew adventure to set the sole of her foot
51
favour to the young: And he shall eat upon the ground for delicateness and
the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of tenderness, her eye shall be evil
thy land, until thou be destroyed: toward the husband of her bosom, and
which also shall not leave thee either toward her son, and toward her
57
corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of daughter, And toward her young one
thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until that cometh out from between her feet,
52
he have destroyed thee. And he shall and toward her children which she shall
besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy bear: for she shall eat them for want of
high and fenced walls come down, all things secretly in the siege and
wherein thou trustedst, throughout all straitness, wherewith thine enemy
58
thy land: and he shall besiege thee in shall distress thee in thy gates. If
all thy gates throughout all thy land, thou wilt not observe to do all the
which the LORD thy God hath given words of this law that are written in
53
thee. And thou shalt eat the fruit of this book, that thou mayest fear this
thine own body, the flesh of thy sons glorious and fearful name, THE LORD
59
and of thy daughters, which the LORD THY GOD; Then the LORD will make
thy God hath given thee, in the siege, thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues
and in the straitness, wherewith thine of thy seed, even great plagues, and of
54
enemies shall distress thee: So that long continuance, and sore sicknesses,
60
the man that is tender among you, and and of long continuance. Moreover
very delicate, his eye shall be evil he will bring upon thee all the diseases
toward his brother, and toward the of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of;
61
wife of his bosom, and toward the and they shall cleave unto thee. Also
every sickness, and every plague, shalt fear, and for the sight of thine
68
which is not written in the book of this eyes which thou shalt see. And the
law, them will the LORD bring upon LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again
62
thee, until thou be destroyed. And ye with ships, by the way whereof I spake
shall be left few in number, whereas ye unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more
were as the stars of heaven for again: and there ye shall be sold unto
multitude; because thou wouldest not your enemies for bondmen and
63
obey the voice of the LORD thy God. bondwomen, and no man shall buy
And it shall come to pass, that as the you.
LORD rejoiced over you to do you
good, and to multiply you; so the LORD Deuteronomy 29
will rejoice over you to destroy you,
and to bring you to nought; and ye
These are the words of the covenant,

shall be plucked from off the land which the LORD commanded Moses to

whither thou goest to possess it. 64

And make with the children of Israel in the

the LORD shall scatter thee among all land of Moab, beside the covenant
2
people, from the one end of the earth which he made with them in Horeb.

even unto the other; and there thou And Moses called unto all Israel, and

shalt serve other gods, which neither said unto them, Ye have seen all that

thou nor thy fathers have known, even the LORD did before your eyes in the

wood and stone. 65

And among these land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto
3
nations shalt thou find no ease, neither all his servants, and unto all his land;

shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but The great temptations which thine eyes

the LORD shall give thee there a have seen, the signs, and those great
4
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, miracles: Yet the LORD hath not

and sorrow of mind: 66

And thy life given you an heart to perceive, and

shall hang in doubt before thee; and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this
5
thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt day. And I have led you forty years in

have none assurance of thy life: 67

In the wilderness: your clothes are not

the morning thou shalt say, Would God waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is
6
it were even! and at even thou shalt not waxen old upon thy foot. Ye have

say, Would God it were morning! for not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk

the fear of thine heart wherewith thou wine or strong drink: that ye might
 7
know that I am the LORD your God. dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we
And when ye came unto this place, came through the nations which ye
17
Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the passed by; And ye have seen their
king of Bashan, came out against us abominations, and their idols, wood
8
unto battle, and we smote them: And and stone, silver and gold, which were
18
we took their land, and gave it for an among them:) Lest there should be
inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to among you man, or woman, or family,
the Gadites, and to the half tribe of or tribe, whose heart turneth away this
9
Manasseh. Keep therefore the words day from the LORD our God, to go and
of this covenant, and do them, that ye serve the gods of these nations; lest
10
may prosper in all that ye do. Ye there should be among you a root that
19
stand this day all of you before the beareth gall and wormwood; And it
LORD your God; your captains of your come to pass, when he heareth the
tribes, your elders, and your officers, words of this curse, that he bless
11
with all the men of Israel, Your little himself in his heart, saying, I shall
ones, your wives, and thy stranger that have peace, though I walk in the
is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy imagination of mine heart, to add
12 20
wood unto the drawer of thy water: drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will
That thou shouldest enter into not spare him, but then the anger of
covenant with the LORD thy God, and the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke
into his oath, which the LORD thy God against that man, and all the curses
13
maketh with thee this day: That he that are written in this book shall lie
may establish thee to day for a people upon him, and the LORD shall blot out
21
unto himself, and that he may be unto his name from under heaven. And
thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, the LORD shall separate him unto evil
and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, out of all the tribes of Israel, according
14
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. to all the curses of the covenant that
22
Neither with you only do I make this are written in this book of the law:
15
covenant and this oath; But with him So that the generation to come of your
that standeth here with us this day children that shall rise up after you,
before the LORD our God, and also and the stranger that shall come from
with him that is not here with us this a far land, shall say, when they see the
16
day: (For ye know how we have plagues of that land, and the
sicknesses which the LORD hath laid Deuteronomy 30
23
upon it; And that the whole land
thereof is brimstone, and salt, and And it shall come to pass, when all
burning, that it is not sown, nor these things are come upon thee, the
beareth, nor any grass groweth blessing and the curse, which I have
therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, set before thee, and thou shalt call
and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, them to mind among all the nations,
which the LORD overthrew in his whither the LORD thy God hath driven
24
anger, and in his wrath: Even all thee, 2
And shalt return unto the LORD
nations shall say, Wherefore hath the thy God, and shalt obey his voice
LORD done thus unto this land? what according to all that I command thee
meaneth the heat of this great anger? this day, thou and thy children, with all
25
Then men shall say, Because they thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3

have forsaken the covenant of the That then the LORD thy God will turn
LORD God of their fathers, which he thy captivity, and have compassion
made with them when he brought them upon thee, and will return and gather
26
forth out of the land of Egypt: For thee from all the nations, whither the
they went and served other gods, and LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4
If
worshipped them, gods whom they any of thine be driven out unto the
knew not, and whom he had not given outmost parts of heaven, from thence
27
unto them: And the anger of the will the LORD thy God gather thee, and
LORD was kindled against this land, to from thence will he fetch thee: 5
And
bring upon it all the curses that are the LORD thy God will bring thee into
28
written in this book: And the LORD the land which thy fathers possessed,
rooted them out of their land in anger, and thou shalt possess it; and he will
and in wrath, and in great indignation, do thee good, and multiply thee above
and cast them into another land, as it thy fathers. 6
And the LORD thy God
29
is this day. The secret things belong will circumcise thine heart, and the
unto the LORD our God: but those heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy
things which are revealed belong unto God with all thine heart, and with all
us and to our children for ever, that we thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7
And
may do all the words of this law. the LORD thy God will put all these
curses upon thine enemies, and on
them that hate thee, which persecuted the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,
8
thee. And thou shalt return and obey and to keep his commandments and his
the voice of the LORD, and do all his statutes and his judgments, that thou
commandments which I command thee mayest live and multiply: and the
9
this day. And the LORD thy God will LORD thy God shall bless thee in the
make thee plenteous in every work of land whither thou goest to possess it.
17
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, But if thine heart turn away, so that
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn
fruit of thy land, for good: for the away, and worship other gods, and
18
LORD will again rejoice over thee for serve them; I denounce unto you
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: this day, that ye shall surely perish,
10
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice and that ye shall not prolong your days
of the LORD thy God, to keep his upon the land, whither thou passest
19
commandments and his statutes which over Jordan to go to possess it. I call
are written in this book of the law, and heaven and earth to record this day
if thou turn unto the LORD thy God against you, that I have set before you
with all thine heart, and with all thy life and death, blessing and cursing:
11
soul. For this commandment which I therefore choose life, that both thou
20
command thee this day, it is not and thy seed may live: That thou
hidden from thee, neither is it far off. mayest love the LORD thy God, and
12
It is not in heaven, that thou that thou mayest obey his voice, and
shouldest say, Who shall go up for us that thou mayest cleave unto him: for
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that he is thy life, and the length of thy
13
we may hear it, and do it? Neither is days: that thou mayest dwell in the
it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest land which the LORD sware unto thy
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
and bring it unto us, that we may hear Jacob, to give them.
14
it, and do it? But the word is very
nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in Deuteronomy 31
15
thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
See, I have set before thee this day life
And Moses went and spake these
2
and good, and death and evil; 16
In words unto all Israel. And he said

that I command thee this day to love unto them, I am an hundred and
twenty years old this day; I can no the priests the sons of Levi, which bare
more go out and come in: also the the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
10
LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt and unto all the elders of Israel. And
3
not go over this Jordan. The LORD Moses commanded them, saying, At
thy God, he will go over before thee, the end of every seven years, in the
and he will destroy these nations from solemnity of the year of release, in the
11
before thee, and thou shalt possess feast of tabernacles, When all Israel
them: and Joshua, he shall go over is come to appear before the LORD thy
4
before thee, as the LORD hath said. God in the place which he shall choose,
And the LORD shall do unto them as he thou shalt read this law before all
12
did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Israel in their hearing. Gather the
Amorites, and unto the land of them, people together, men, and women, and
5
whom he destroyed. And the LORD children, and thy stranger that is
shall give them up before your face, within thy gates, that they may hear,
that ye may do unto them according and that they may learn, and fear the
unto all the commandments which I LORD your God, and observe to do all
6 13
have commanded you. Be strong and the words of this law: And that their
of a good courage, fear not, nor be children, which have not known any
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, thing, may hear, and learn to fear the
he it is that doth go with thee; he will LORD your God, as long as ye live in
7
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And the land whither ye go over Jordan to
14
Moses called unto Joshua, and said possess it. And the LORD said unto
unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be Moses, Behold, thy days approach that
strong and of a good courage: for thou thou must die: call Joshua, and present
must go with this people unto the land yourselves in the tabernacle of the
which the LORD hath sworn unto their congregation, that I may give him a
fathers to give them; and thou shalt charge. And Moses and Joshua went,
8
cause them to inherit it. And the and presented themselves in the
15
LORD, he it is that doth go before tabernacle of the congregation. And
thee; he will be with thee, he will not the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in
fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the
9
not, neither be dismayed. And Moses cloud stood over the door of the
16
wrote this law, and delivered it unto tabernacle. And the LORD said unto
Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with them as a witness; for it shall not be
thy fathers; and this people will rise forgotten out of the mouths of their
up, and go a whoring after the gods of seed: for I know their imagination
the strangers of the land, whither they which they go about, even now, before
go to be among them, and will forsake I have brought them into the land
22
me, and break my covenant which I which I sware. Moses therefore wrote
17
have made with them. Then my this song the same day, and taught it
23
anger shall be kindled against them in the children of Israel. And he gave
that day, and I will forsake them, and I Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and
will hide my face from them, and they said, Be strong and of a good courage:
shall be devoured, and many evils and for thou shalt bring the children of
troubles shall befall them; so that they Israel into the land which I sware unto
24
will say in that day. Are not these evils them: and I will be with thee. And it
come upon us, because our God is not came to pass, when Moses had made
18
among us? And I will surely hide my an end of writing the words of this law
25
face in that day for all the evils which in a book, until they were finished,
they shall have wrought, in that they That Moses commanded the Levites,
19
are turned unto other gods. Now which bare the ark of the covenant of
26
therefore write ye this song for you, the LORD, saying, Take this book of
and teach it the children of Israel: put the law, and put it in the side of the
it in their mouths, that this song may ark of the covenant of the LORD your
be a witness for me against the God, that it may be there for a witness
20 27
children of Israel. For when I shall against thee. For I know thy
have brought them into the land which rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold,
I sware unto their fathers, that floweth while I am yet alive with you this day,
with milk and honey; and they shall ye have been rebellious against the
have eaten and filled themselves, and LORD; and how much more after my
28
waxen fat; then will they turn unto death? Gather unto me all the elders
other gods, and serve them, and of your tribes, and your officers, that I
21
provoke me, and break my covenant. may speak these words in their ears,
And it shall come to pass, when many and call heaven and earth to record
29
evils and troubles are befallen them, against them. For I know that after
that this song shall testify against my death ye will utterly corrupt
yourselves, and turn aside from the generations: ask thy father, and he will
way which I have commanded you; and shew thee; thy elders, and they will
8
evil will befall you in the latter days; tell thee. When the most High divided
because ye will do evil in the sight of to the nations their inheritance, when
the LORD, to provoke him to anger he separated the sons of Adam, he set
30
through the work of your hands. And the bounds of the people according to
9
Moses spake in the ears of all the the number of the children of Israel.
congregation of Israel the words of this For the LORD'S portion is his people;
10
song, until they were ended. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He
found him in a desert land, and in the
Deuteronomy 32 waste howling wilderness; he led him
about, he instructed him, he kept him
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will
as the apple of his eye. 11
As an eagle
speak; and hear, O earth, the words of stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her
2
my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as young, spreadeth abroad her wings,
the rain, my speech shall distil as the taketh them, beareth them on her
dew, as the small rain upon the tender wings: 12
So the LORD alone did lead
herb, and as the showers upon the him, and there was no strange god
3
grass: Because I will publish the with him. 13
He made him ride on the
name of the LORD: ascribe ye high places of the earth, that he might
4
greatness unto our God. He is the eat the increase of the fields; and he
Rock, his work is perfect: for all his made him to suck honey out of the
ways are judgment: a God of truth and rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14

5
without iniquity, just and right is he. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with
They have corrupted themselves, their fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of
spot is not the spot of his children: Bashan, and goats, with the fat of
they are a perverse and crooked kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink
6
generation. Do ye thus requite the the pure blood of the grape. 15
But
LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou
not he thy father that hath bought art waxen fat, thou art grown thick,
thee? hath he not made thee, and thou art covered with fatness; then he
7
established thee? Remember the days forsook God which made him, and
of old, consider the years of many lightly esteemed the Rock of his
 16 25
salvation. They provoked him to poison of serpents of the dust. The
jealousy with strange gods, with sword without, and terror within, shall
abominations provoked they him to destroy both the young man and the
17
anger. They sacrificed unto devils, virgin, the suckling also with the man
26
not to God; to gods whom they knew of gray hairs. I said, I would scatter
not, to new gods that came newly up, them into corners, I would make the
18
whom your fathers feared not. Of the remembrance of them to cease from
27
Rock that begat thee thou art among men: Were it not that I
unmindful, and hast forgotten God that feared the wrath of the enemy, lest
19
formed thee. And when the LORD their adversaries should behave
saw it, he abhorred them, because of themselves strangely, and lest they
the provoking of his sons, and of his should say, Our hand is high, and the
20 28
daughters. And he said, I will hide LORD hath not done all this. For they
my face from them, I will see what are a nation void of counsel, neither is
29
their end shall be: for they are a very there any understanding in them. O
froward generation, children in whom that they were wise, that they
21
is no faith. They have moved me to understood this, that they would
30
jealousy with that which is not God; consider their latter end! How should
they have provoked me to anger with one chase a thousand, and two put ten
their vanities: and I will move them to thousand to flight, except their Rock
jealousy with those which are not a had sold them, and the LORD had shut
31
people; I will provoke them to anger them up? For their rock is not as our
22
with a foolish nation. For a fire is Rock, even our enemies themselves
32
kindled in mine anger, and shall burn being judges. For their vine is of the
unto the lowest hell, and shall consume vine of Sodom, and of the fields of
the earth with her increase, and set on Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of
33
fire the foundations of the mountains. gall, their clusters are bitter: Their
23
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I wine is the poison of dragons, and the
24 34
will spend mine arrows upon them. cruel venom of asps. Is not this laid
They shall be burnt with hunger, and up in store with me, and sealed up
35
devoured with burning heat, and with among my treasures? To me
bitter destruction: I will also send the belongeth vengeance, and
teeth of beasts upon them, with the recompence; their foot shall slide in
due time: for the day of their calamity all the words of this song in the ears of
is at hand, and the things that shall the people, he, and Hoshea the son of
36 45
come upon them make haste. For the Nun. And Moses made an end of
LORD shall judge his people, and speaking all these words to all Israel:
46
repent himself for his servants, when And he said unto them, Set your
he seeth that their power is gone, and hearts unto all the words which I
37
there is none shut up, or left. And he testify among you this day, which ye
shall say, Where are their gods, their shall command your children to
38
rock in whom they trusted, Which did observe to do, all the words of this
47
eat the fat of their sacrifices, and law. For it is not a vain thing for
drank the wine of their drink offerings? you; because it is your life: and
let them rise up and help you, and be through this thing ye shall prolong
39
your protection. See now that I, your days in the land, whither ye go
48
even I, am he, and there is no god over Jordan to possess it. And the
with me: I kill, and I make alive; I LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame
49
wound, and I heal: neither is there any day, saying, Get thee up into this
40
that can deliver out of my hand. For mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo,
I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I which is in the land of Moab, that is
41
live for ever. If I whet my glittering over against Jericho; and behold the
sword, and mine hand take hold on land of Canaan, which I give unto the
50
judgment; I will render vengeance to children of Israel for a possession:
mine enemies, and will reward them And die in the mount whither thou
42
that hate me. I will make mine goest up, and be gathered unto thy
arrows drunk with blood, and my sword people; as Aaron thy brother died in
shall devour flesh; and that with the mount Hor, and was gathered unto his
51
blood of the slain and of the captives, people: Because ye trespassed
from the beginning of revenges upon against me among the children of
43
the enemy. Rejoice, O ye nations, Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh,
with his people: for he will avenge the in the wilderness of Zin; because ye
blood of his servants, and will render sanctified me not in the midst of the
52
vengeance to his adversaries, and will children of Israel. Yet thou shalt see
be merciful unto his land, and to his the land before thee; but thou shalt
44
people. And Moses came and spake
 9
not go thither unto the land which I Meribah; Who said unto his father
give the children of Israel. and to his mother, I have not seen
him; neither did he acknowledge his
Deuteronomy 33 brethren, nor knew his own children:
for they have observed thy word, and
And this is the blessing, wherewith
kept thy covenant. 10
They shall teach
Moses the man of God blessed the Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy
2
children of Israel before his death. law: they shall put incense before thee,
And he said, The LORD came from and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine
Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto altar. 11
Bless, LORD, his substance,
them; he shined forth from mount and accept the work of his hands:
Paran, and he came with ten thousands smite through the loins of them that
of saints: from his right hand went a rise against him, and of them that hate
3
fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the him, that they rise not again. 12
And of
people; all his saints are in thy hand: Benjamin he said, The beloved of the
and they sat down at thy feet; every LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and
4
one shall receive of thy words. Moses the LORD shall cover him all the day
commanded us a law, even the long, and he shall dwell between his
inheritance of the congregation of shoulders. 13
And of Joseph he said,
5
Jacob. And he was king in Jeshurun, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for
when the heads of the people and the the precious things of heaven, for the
tribes of Israel were gathered together. dew, and for the deep that coucheth
6
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let beneath, 14
And for the precious fruits
7
not his men be few. And this is the brought forth by the sun, and for the
blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, precious things put forth by the moon,
LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring 15
And for the chief things of the
him unto his people: let his hands be ancient mountains, and for the
sufficient for him; and be thou an help precious things of the lasting hills, 16

8
to him from his enemies. And of Levi And for the precious things of the earth
he said, Let thy Thummim and thy and fulness thereof, and for the good
Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou will of him that dwelt in the bush: let
didst prove at Massah, and with whom the blessing come upon the head of
thou didst strive at the waters of Joseph, and upon the top of the head
 25
of him that was separated from his let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes
17
brethren. His glory is like the shall be iron and brass; and as thy
26
firstling of his bullock, and his horns days, so shall thy strength be. There
are like the horns of unicorns: with is none like unto the God of Jeshurun,
them he shall push the people together who rideth upon the heaven in thy
to the ends of the earth: and they are help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and The eternal God is thy refuge, and
18
they are the thousands of Manasseh. underneath are the everlasting arms:
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, and he shall thrust out the enemy from
Zebulun, in thy going out; and, before thee; and shall say, Destroy
19 28
Issachar, in thy tents. They shall call them. Israel then shall dwell in
the people unto the mountain; there safety alone: the fountain of Jacob
they shall offer sacrifices of shall be upon a land of corn and wine;
righteousness: for they shall suck of also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29
the abundance of the seas, and of Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like
20
treasures hid in the sand. And of Gad unto thee, O people saved by the
he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth LORD, the shield of thy help, and who
Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth is the sword of thy excellency! and
21
the arm with the crown of the head. thine enemies shall be found liars unto
And he provided the first part for thee; and thou shalt tread upon their
himself, because there, in a portion of high places.
the lawgiver, was he seated; and he
came with the heads of the people, he Deuteronomy 34
executed the justice of the LORD, and
his judgments with Israel. 22
And of
And Moses went up from the plains of

Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to

shall leap from Bashan. 23

And of the top of Pisgah, that is over against

Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all
2
with favour, and full with the blessing the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all

of the LORD: possess thou the west Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and

and the south. 24

And of Asher he said, Manasseh, and all the land of Judah,
3
Let Asher be blessed with children; let unto the utmost sea, And the south,

him be acceptable to his brethren, and and the plain of the valley of Jericho,
 4
the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
the LORD said unto him, This is the thirty days: so the days of weeping
9
land which I sware unto Abraham, unto and mourning for Moses were ended.
Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will And Joshua the son of Nun was full of
give it unto thy seed: I have caused the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid
thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou his hands upon him: and the children
5
shalt not go over thither. So Moses of Israel hearkened unto him, and did
10
the servant of the LORD died there in as the LORD commanded Moses. And
the land of Moab, according to the there arose not a prophet since in
6
word of the LORD. And he buried him Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD
11
in a valley in the land of Moab, over knew face to face, In all the signs
against Beth-peor: but no man and the wonders, which the LORD sent
knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. him to do in the land of Egypt to
7
And Moses was an hundred and Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to
12
twenty years old when he died: his eye all his land, And in all that mighty
was not dim, nor his natural force hand, and in all the great terror which
8
abated. And the children of Israel Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
THE BOOK OF

JOSHUA

Joshua 1 which Moses my servant commanded

thee: turn not from it to the right hand
Now after the death of Moses the or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
8
servant of the LORD it came to pass, whithersoever thou goest. This book

that the LORD spake unto Joshua the of the law shall not depart out of thy

son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein

Moses my servant is dead; now day and night, that thou mayest

therefore arise, go over this Jordan, observe to do according to all that is

thou, and all this people, unto the land written therein: for then thou shalt

which I do give to them, even to the make thy way prosperous, and then
9
children of Israel. 3
Every place that thou shalt have good success. Have

the sole of your foot shall tread upon, not I commanded thee? Be strong and

that have I given unto you, as I said of a good courage; be not afraid,

unto Moses. 4
From the wilderness and neither be thou dismayed: for the

this Lebanon even unto the great river, LORD thy God is with thee
10
the river Euphrates, all the land of the whithersoever thou goest. Then

Hittites, and unto the great sea toward Joshua commanded the officers of the
11
the going down of the sun, shall be people, saying, Pass through the

your coast. 5
There shall not any man host, and command the people, saying,

be able to stand before thee all the Prepare you victuals; for within three

days of thy life: as I was with Moses, days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to

so I will be with thee: I will not fail go in to possess the land, which the

thee, nor forsake thee. 6

Be strong and LORD your God giveth you to possess
12
of a good courage: for unto this people it. And to the Reubenites, and to the

shalt thou divide for an inheritance the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
13
land, which I sware unto their fathers Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

to give them. 7
Only be thou strong Remember the word which Moses the

and very courageous, that thou mayest servant of the LORD commanded you,

observe to do according to all the law, saying, The LORD your God hath given
you rest, and hath given you this land. saying, Go view the land, even Jericho.
14
Your wives, your little ones, and your And they went, and came into an
cattle, shall remain in the land which harlot's house, named Rahab, and
2
Moses gave you on this side Jordan; lodged there. And it was told the king
but ye shall pass before your brethren of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came
armed, all the mighty men of valour, men in hither to night of the children of
15 3
and help them; Until the LORD have Israel to search out the country. And
given your brethren rest, as he hath the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab,
given you, and they also have saying, Bring forth the men that are
possessed the land which the LORD come to thee, which are entered into
your God giveth them: then ye shall thine house: for they be come to
4
return unto the land of your search out all the country. And the
possession, and enjoy it, which Moses woman took the two men, and hid
the LORD'S servant gave you on this them, and said thus, There came men
16
side Jordan toward the sunrising. unto me, but I wist not whence they
5
And they answered Joshua, saying, All were: And it came to pass about the
that thou commandest us we will do, time of shutting of the gate, when it
and whithersoever thou sendest us, we was dark, that the men went out:
17
will go. According as we hearkened whither the men went I wot not:
unto Moses in all things, so will we pursue after them quickly; for ye shall
6
hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy overtake them. But she had brought
God be with thee, as he was with them up to the roof of the house, and
18
Moses. Whosoever he be that doth hid them with the stalks of flax, which
7
rebel against thy commandment, and she had laid in order upon the roof.
will not hearken unto thy words in all And the men pursued after them the
that thou commandest him, he shall be way to Jordan unto the fords: and as
put to death: only be strong and of a soon as they which pursued after them
8
good courage. were gone out, they shut the gate.
And before they were laid down, she
Joshua 2 came up unto them upon the roof; 9

And she said unto the men, I know that

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of
the LORD hath given you the land, and
Shittim two men to spy secretly, that your terror is fallen upon us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land faint until the pursuers be returned: and
10 17
because of you. For we have heard afterward may ye go your way. And
how the LORD dried up the water of the men said unto her, We will be
the Red sea for you, when ye came out blameless of this thine oath which thou
18
of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two hast made us swear. Behold, when
kings of the Amorites, that were on the we come into the land, thou shalt bind
other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom this line of scarlet thread in the window
11
ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as which thou didst let us down by: and
we had heard these things, our hearts thou shalt bring thy father, and thy
did melt, neither did there remain any mother, and thy brethren, and all thy
19
more courage in any man, because of father's household, home unto thee.
you: for the LORD your God, he is God And it shall be, that whosoever shall go
in heaven above, and in earth beneath. out of the doors of thy house into the
12
Now therefore, I pray you, swear street, his blood shall be upon his
unto me by the LORD, since I have head, and we will be guiltless: and
shewed you kindness, that ye will also whosoever shall be with thee in the
shew kindness unto my father's house, house, his blood shall be on our head,
13 20
and give me a true token: And that if any hand be upon him. And if thou
ye will save alive my father, and my utter this our business, then we will be
mother, and my brethren, and my quit of thine oath which thou hast
21
sisters, and all that they have, and made us to swear. And she said,
14
deliver our lives from death. And the According unto your words, so be it.
men answered her, Our life for yours, if And she sent them away, and they
ye utter not this our business. And it departed: and she bound the scarlet
22
shall be, when the LORD hath given us line in the window. And they went,
the land, that we will deal kindly and and came unto the mountain, and
15
truly with thee. Then she let them abode there three days, until the
down by a cord through the window: pursuers were returned: and the
for her house was upon the town wall, pursuers sought them throughout all
16 23
and she dwelt upon the wall. And she the way, but found them not. So the
said unto them, Get you to the two men returned, and descended from
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; the mountain, and passed over, and
and hide yourselves there three days, came to Joshua the son of Nun, and

told him all things that befell them:
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the
LORD hath delivered into our hands all
the land; for even all the inhabitants of
the country do faint because of us.
Joshua 3
And Joshua rose early in the morning;
and they removed from Shittim, and
came to Jordan, he and all the children
of Israel, and lodged there before they
2
passed over. And it came to pass
after three days, that the officers went
3
through the host; And
commanded the people, saying, When
ye see the ark of the covenant of the
LORD your God, and the priests the
Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove
from your place, and go after it.
there shall be a space between you and
it, about two thousand cubits
measure: come not near unto it, that
ye may know the way by which ye
must go: for ye have not passed this
5
way heretofore. And Joshua said unto
the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LORD will do
6
among you. And Joshua spake unto
the priests, saying, Take up the ark of
the covenant, and pass over before the
people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.
24 7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This
day will I begin to magnify thee in the
sight of all Israel, that they may know
that, as I was with Moses, so I will be
8
with thee. And thou shalt command
the priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are come to
the brink of the water of Jordan, ye
shall stand still in Jordan. 9
And Joshua
said unto the children of Israel, Come
hither, and hear the words of the LORD
your God. 10
And Joshua said, Hereby
ye shall know that the living God is
among you, and that he will without
they fail drive out from before you the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
Jebusites. 11
Behold, the ark of the
4
Yet covenant of the Lord of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan. 12
by Now therefore take you twelve men out
of the tribes of Israel, out of every
tribe a man. 13
And it shall come to
pass, as soon as the soles of the feet
of the priests that bear the ark of the
LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall
wonders rest in the waters of Jordan, that the
waters of Jordan shall be cut off from
the waters that come down from
above; and they shall stand upon an
heap. 14
And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests carry them over with you, and leave
bearing the ark of the covenant before them in the lodging place, where ye
15 4
the people; And as they that bare shall lodge this night. Then Joshua
the ark were come unto Jordan, and called the twelve men, whom he had
the feet of the priests that bare the ark prepared of the children of Israel, out
5
were dipped in the brim of the water, of every tribe a man: And Joshua said
(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all unto them, Pass over before the ark of
16
the time of harvest,) That the waters the LORD your God into the midst of
which came down from above stood Jordan, and take ye up every man of
and rose up upon an heap very far you a stone upon his shoulder,
from the city Adam, that is beside according unto the number of the
6
Zaretan: and those that came down tribes of the children of Israel: That
toward the sea of the plain, even the this may be a sign among you, that
salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and when your children ask their fathers in
the people passed over right against time to come, saying, What mean ye
17 7
Jericho. And the priests that bare the by these stones? Then ye shall
ark of the covenant of the LORD stood answer them, That the waters of
firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan were cut off before the ark of
Jordan, and all the Israelites passed the covenant of the LORD; when it
over on dry ground, until all the people passed over Jordan, the waters of
were passed clean over Jordan. Jordan were cut off: and these stones
shall be for a memorial unto the
Joshua 4 children of Israel for ever. 8
And the
children of Israel did so as Joshua
And it came to pass, when all the
commanded, and took up twelve stones
people were clean passed over Jordan, out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD
that the LORD spake unto Joshua, spake unto Joshua, according to the
2
saying, Take you twelve men out of number of the tribes of the children of
3
the people, out of every tribe a man, Israel, and carried them over with
And command ye them, saying, Take them unto the place where they
you hence out of the midst of Jordan, lodged, and laid them down there. 9

out of the place where the priests' feet And Joshua set up twelve stones in the
stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall midst of Jordan, in the place where the
feet of the priests which bare the ark midst of Jordan, and the soles of the
of the covenant stood: and they are priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry
10
there unto this day. For the priests land, that the waters of Jordan
which bare the ark stood in the midst returned unto their place, and flowed
of Jordan, until every thing was over all his banks, as they did before.
19
finished that the LORD commanded And the people came up out of
Joshua to speak unto the people, Jordan on the tenth day of the first
according to all that Moses commanded month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the
20
Joshua: and the people hasted and east border of Jericho. And those
11
passed over. And it came to pass, twelve stones, which they took out of
21
when all the people were clean passed Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
over, that the ark of the LORD passed And he spake unto the children of
over, and the priests, in the presence Israel, saying, When your children shall
12
of the people. And the children of ask their fathers in time to come,
22
Reuben, and the children of Gad, and saying, What mean these stones?
half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over Then ye shall let your children know,
armed before the children of Israel, as saying, Israel came over this Jordan on
13 23
Moses spake unto them: About forty dry land. For the LORD your God
thousand prepared for war passed over dried up the waters of Jordan from
before the LORD unto battle, to the before you, until ye were passed over,
14
plains of Jericho. On that day the as the LORD your God did to the Red
LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of sea, which he dried up from before us,
24
all Israel; and they feared him, as they until we were gone over: That all the
15
feared Moses, all the days of his life. people of the earth might know the
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, hand of the LORD, that it is mighty:
16
saying, Command the priests that that ye might fear the LORD your God
bear the ark of the testimony, that for ever.
17
they come up out of Jordan. Joshua
therefore commanded the priests, Joshua 5
18
saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
And it came to pass, when the priests
And it came to pass, when all the

that bare the ark of the covenant of kings of the Amorites, which were on

the LORD were come up out of the the side of Jordan westward, and all
 7
the kings of the Canaanites, which milk and honey. And their children,
were by the sea, heard that the LORD whom he raised up in their stead, them
had dried up the waters of Jordan from Joshua circumcised: for they were
before the children of Israel, until we uncircumcised, because they had not
8
were passed over, that their heart circumcised them by the way. And it
melted, neither was there spirit in came to pass, when they had done
them any more, because of the circumcising all the people, that they
2
children of Israel. At that time the abode in their places in the camp, till
9
LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee they were whole. And the LORD said
sharp knives, and circumcise again the unto Joshua, This day have I rolled
3
children of Israel the second time. away the reproach of Egypt from off
And Joshua made him sharp knives, you. Wherefore the name of the place
10
and circumcised the children of Israel is called Gilgal unto this day. And the
4
at the hill of the foreskins. And this is children of Israel encamped in Gilgal,
the cause why Joshua did circumcise: and kept the passover on the
All the people that came out of Egypt, fourteenth day of the month at even in
11
that were males, even all the men of the plains of Jericho. And they did
war, died in the wilderness by the way, eat of the old corn of the land on the
5
after they came out of Egypt. Now all morrow after the passover, unleavened
the people that came out were cakes, and parched corn in the
12
circumcised: but all the people that selfsame day. And the manna ceased
were born in the wilderness by the way on the morrow after they had eaten of
as they came forth out of Egypt, them the old corn of the land; neither had
6
they had not circumcised. For the the children of Israel manna any more;
children of Israel walked forty years in but they did eat of the fruit of the land
13
the wilderness, till all the people that of Canaan that year. And it came to
were men of war, which came out of pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that
Egypt, were consumed, because they he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto behold, there stood a man over against
whom the LORD sware that he would him with his sword drawn in his hand:
not shew them the land, which the and Joshua went unto him, and said
LORD sware unto their fathers that he unto him, Art thou for us, or for our
14
would give us, a land that floweth with adversaries? And he said, Nay; but
 6
as captain of the host of the LORD am before him. And Joshua the son of
I now come. And Joshua fell on his face Nun called the priests, and said unto
to the earth, and did worship, and said them, Take up the ark of the covenant,
unto him, What saith my lord unto his and let seven priests bear seven
15
servant? And the captain of the trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
7
LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose of the LORD. And he said unto the
thy shoe from off thy foot; for the people, Pass on, and compass the city,
place whereon thou standest is holy. and let him that is armed pass on
8
And Joshua did so. before the ark of the LORD. And it
came to pass, when Joshua had spoken
Joshua 6 unto the people, that the seven priests
bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
Now Jericho was straitly shut up
horns passed on before the LORD, and
because of the children of Israel: none blew with the trumpets: and the ark of
2
went out, and none came in. And the the covenant of the LORD followed
LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have them. 9
And the armed men went
given into thine hand Jericho, and the before the priests that blew with the
king thereof, and the mighty men of trumpets, and the rereward came after
3
valour. And ye shall compass the city, the ark, the priests going on, and
all ye men of war, and go round about blowing with the trumpets. 10
And
the city once. Thus shalt thou do six Joshua had commanded the people,
4
days. And seven priests shall bear saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make
before the ark seven trumpets of rams any noise with your voice, neither shall
horns: and the seventh day ye shall any word proceed out of your mouth,
compass the city seven times, and the until the day I bid you shout; then
5
priests shall blow with the trumpets. shall ye shout. 11
So the ark of the
And it shall come to pass, that when LORD compassed the city, going about
they make a long blast with the ram's it once: and they came into the camp,
horn, and when ye hear the sound of and lodged in the camp. 12
And Joshua
the trumpet, all the people shall shout rose early in the morning, and the
with a great shout; and the wall of the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13

city shall fall down flat, and the people And seven priests bearing seven
shall ascend up every man straight trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
of the LORD went on continually, and shouted when the priests blew with the
blew with the trumpets: and the armed trumpets: and it came to pass, when
men went before them; but the the people heard the sound of the
rereward came after the ark of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a
LORD, the priests going on, and great shout, that the wall fell down
14
blowing with the trumpets. And the flat, so that the people went up into
second day they compassed the city the city, every man straight before
21
once, and returned into the camp: so him, and they took the city. And they
15
they did six days. And it came to utterly destroyed all that was in the
pass on the seventh day, that they city, both man and woman, young and
rose early about the dawning of the old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with
22
day, and compassed the city after the the edge of the sword. But Joshua
same manner seven times: only on had said unto the two men that had
that day they compassed the city spied out the country, Go into the
16
seven times. And it came to pass at harlot's house, and bring out thence
the seventh time, when the priests the woman, and all that she hath, as
23
blew with the trumpets, Joshua said ye sware unto her. And the young
unto the people, Shout; for the LORD men that were spies went in, and
17
hath given you the city. And the city brought Rahab, and her father, and her
shall be accursed, even it, and all that mother, and her brethren, and all that
are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab she had; and they brought out all her
the harlot shall live, she and all that kindred, and left them without the
24
are with her in the house, because she camp of Israel. And they burnt the
18
hid the messengers that we sent. city with fire, and all that was therein:
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves only the silver, and the gold, and the
from the accursed thing, lest ye make vessels of brass and of iron, they put
yourselves accursed, when ye take of into the treasury of the house of the
25
the accursed thing, and make the camp LORD. And Joshua saved Rahab the
19
of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But harlot alive, and her father's
all the silver, and gold, and vessels of household, and all that she had; and
brass and iron, are consecrated unto she dwelleth in Israel even unto this
the LORD: they shall come into the day; because she hid the messengers,
20 26
treasury of the LORD. So the people which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
And Joshua adjured them at that time, smote of them about thirty and six
saying, Cursed be the man before the men: for they chased them from before
LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this the gate even unto Shebarim, and
city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation smote them in the going down:
thereof in his firstborn, and in his wherefore the hearts of the people
6
youngest son shall he set up the gates melted, and became as water. And
27
of it. So the LORD was with Joshua; Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the
and his fame was noised throughout all earth upon his face before the ark of
the country. the LORD until the eventide, he and
the elders of Israel, and put dust upon
Joshua 7 their heads. 7
And Joshua said, Alas, O
Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all
But the children of Israel committed a
brought this people over Jordan, to
trespass in the accursed thing: for deliver us into the hand of the
Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Amorites, to destroy us? would to God
Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of we had been content, and dwelt on the
Judah, took of the accursed thing: and other side Jordan! 8
O Lord, what shall
the anger of the LORD was kindled I say, when Israel turneth their backs
2
against the children of Israel. And before their enemies! 9
For the
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, Canaanites and all the inhabitants of
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east the land shall hear of it, and shall
side of Bethel, and spake unto them, environ us round, and cut off our name
saying, Go up and view the country. from the earth: and what wilt thou do
3
And the men went up and viewed Ai. unto thy great name? 10
And the LORD
And they returned to Joshua, and said said unto Joshua, Get thee up;
unto him, Let not all the people go up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy
but let about two or three thousand face? 11
Israel hath sinned, and they
men go up and smite Ai; and make not have also transgressed my covenant
all the people to labour thither; for which I commanded them: for they
4
they are but few. So there went up have even taken of the accursed thing,
thither of the people about three and have also stolen, and dissembled
thousand men: and they fled before also, and they have put it even among
5
the men of Ai. And the men of Ai their own stuff. 12
Therefore the

children of Israel could not stand
before their enemies, but turned their
backs before their enemies, because
they were accursed: neither will I be
with you any more, except ye destroy
13
the accursed from among you. Up,
sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify
yourselves against to morrow: for thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, There is
an accursed thing in the midst of thee,
O Israel: thou canst not stand before
thine enemies, until ye take away the
14
accursed thing from among you. In
the morning therefore ye shall be
brought according to your tribes: and it
shall be, that the tribe which the LORD
taketh shall come according to the
families thereof; and the family which
the LORD shall take shall come by
households; and the household which
the LORD shall take shall come man by
15
man. And it shall be, that he that is
taken with the accursed thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath:
because he hath transgressed the
covenant of the LORD, and because he
16
hath wrought folly in Israel. So
Joshua rose up early in the morning,
and brought Israel by their tribes; and
17
the tribe of Judah was taken: And he
brought the family of Judah; and he
took the family of the Zarhites: and he
brought the family of the Zarhites man
18
by man; and Zabdi was taken: And
he brought his household man by man;
and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son
of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe
19
of Judah, was taken. And Joshua said
unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee,
glory to the LORD God of Israel, and
make confession unto him; and tell me
now what thou hast done; hide it not
20
from me. And Achan answered
Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned
against the LORD God of Israel, and
21
thus and thus have I done: When I
saw among the spoils a goodly
Babylonish garment, and two hundred
shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold
of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted
them, and took them; and, behold,
they are hid in the earth in the midst
22
of my tent, and the silver under it.
So Joshua sent messengers, and they
ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was
hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23
And they took them out of the midst
of the tent, and brought them unto
Joshua, and unto all the children of
Israel, and laid them out before the
24
LORD. And Joshua, and all Israel
with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the garment, and
the wedge of gold, and his sons, and
his daughters, and his oxen, and his
asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and
all that he had: and they brought them shall lie in wait against the city, even
25
unto the valley of Achor. And Joshua behind the city: go not very far from
5
said, Why hast thou troubled us? the the city, but be ye all ready: And I,
LORD shall trouble thee this day. And and all the people that are with me,
all Israel stoned him with stones, and will approach unto the city: and it shall
burned them with fire, after they had come to pass, when they come out
26
stoned them with stones. And they against us, as at the first, that we will
6
raised over him a great heap of stones flee before them, (For they will come
unto this day. So the LORD turned out after us) till we have drawn them
from the fierceness of his anger. from the city; for they will say, They
Wherefore the name of that place was flee before us, as at the first: therefore
7
called, The valley of Achor, unto this we will flee before them. Then ye
day. shall rise up from the ambush, and
seize upon the city: for the LORD your
Joshua 8 God will deliver it into your hand. 8
And
it shall be, when ye have taken the
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear
city, that ye shall set the city on fire:
not, neither be thou dismayed: take all according to the commandment of the
the people of war with thee, and arise, LORD shall ye do. See, I have
go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy commanded you. 9
Joshua therefore
hand the king of Ai, and his people, sent them forth: and they went to lie in
2
and his city, and his land: And thou ambush, and abode between Bethel
shalt do to Ai and her king as thou and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but
didst unto Jericho and her king: only Joshua lodged that night among the
the spoil thereof, and the cattle people. 10
And Joshua rose up early in
thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto the morning, and numbered the
yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the people, and went up, he and the elders
3
city behind it. So Joshua arose, and of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11

all the people of war, to go up against And all the people, even the people of
Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty war that were with him, went up, and
thousand mighty men of valour, and drew nigh, and came before the city,
4
sent them away by night. And he and pitched on the north side of Ai:
commanded them, saying, Behold, ye now there was a valley between them
 12
and Ai. And he took about five they ran as soon as he had stretched
thousand men, and set them to lie in out his hand: and they entered into the
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the city, and took it, and hasted and set
13 20
west side of the city. And when they the city on fire. And when the men of
had set the people, even all the host Ai looked behind them, they saw, and,
that was on the north of the city, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended
their liers in wait on the west of the up to heaven, and they had no power
city, Joshua went that night into the to flee this way or that way: and the
14
midst of the valley. And it came to people that fled to the wilderness
21
pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that turned back upon the pursuers. And
they hasted and rose up early, and the when Joshua and all Israel saw that the
men of the city went out against Israel ambush had taken the city, and that
to battle, he and all his people, at a the smoke of the city ascended, then
time appointed, before the plain; but they turned again, and slew the men of
22
he wist not that there were liers in Ai. And the other issued out of the
15
ambush against him behind the city. city against them; so they were in the
And Joshua and all Israel made as if midst of Israel, some on this side, and
they were beaten before them, and fled some on that side: and they smote
16
by the way of the wilderness. And all them, so that they let none of them
23
the people that were in Ai were called remain or escape. And the king of Ai
together to pursue after them: and they took alive, and brought him to
24
they pursued after Joshua, and were Joshua. And it came to pass, when
17
drawn away from the city. And there Israel had made an end of slaying all
was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the
went not out after Israel: and they left wilderness wherein they chased them,
the city open, and pursued after Israel. and when they were all fallen on the
18
And the LORD said unto Joshua, edge of the sword, until they were
Stretch out the spear that is in thy consumed, that all the Israelites
hand toward Ai; for I will give it into returned unto Ai, and smote it with the
25
thine hand. And Joshua stretched out edge of the sword. And so it was,
the spear that he had in his hand that all that fell that day, both of men
19
toward the city. And the ambush and women, were twelve thousand,
26
arose quickly out of their place, and even all the men of Ai. For Joshua
drew not his hand back, wherewith he the priests the Levites, which bare the
stretched out the spear, until he had ark of the covenant of the LORD, as
utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of well the stranger, as he that was born
27
Ai. Only the cattle and the spoil of among them; half of them over against
that city Israel took for a prey unto mount Gerizim, and half of them over
themselves, according unto the word of against mount Ebal; as Moses the
the LORD which he commanded servant of the LORD had commanded
28
Joshua. And Joshua burnt Ai, and before, that they should bless the
34
made it an heap for ever, even a people of Israel. And afterward he
29
desolation unto this day. And the read all the words of the law, the
king of Ai he hanged on a tree until blessings and cursings, according to all
35
eventide: and as soon as the sun was that is written in the book of the law.
down, Joshua commanded that they There was not a word of all that Moses
should take his carcase down from the commanded, which Joshua read not
tree, and cast it at the entering of the before all the congregation of Israel,
gate of the city, and raise thereon a with the women, and the little ones,
great heap of stones, that remaineth and the strangers that were conversant
30
unto this day. Then Joshua built an among them.
altar unto the LORD God of Israel in
mount Ebal, 31
As Moses the servant of Joshua 9
the LORD commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book of
And it came to pass, when all the

the law of Moses, an altar of whole kings which were on this side Jordan,

stones, over which no man hath lift up in the hills, and in the valleys, and in

any iron: and they offered thereon all the coasts of the great sea over

burnt offerings unto the LORD, and against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the

sacrificed peace offerings. 32

And he Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,

wrote there upon the stones a copy of the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard
2
the law of Moses, which he wrote in the thereof; That they gathered

presence of the children of Israel. 33 themselves together, to fight with

And all Israel, and their elders, and Joshua and with Israel, with one
3
officers, and their judges, stood on this accord. And when the inhabitants of

side the ark and on that side before Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
 4
unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work We are your servants: therefore now
12
wilily, and went and made as if they make ye a league with us. This our
had been ambassadors, and took old bread we took hot for our provision out
sacks upon their asses, and wine of our houses on the day we came
5
bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; forth to go unto you; but now, behold,
13
And old shoes and clouted upon their it is dry, and it is mouldy: And these
feet, and old garments upon them; and bottles of wine, which we filled, were
all the bread of their provision was dry new; and, behold, they be rent: and
6
and mouldy. And they went to Joshua these our garments and our shoes are
unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto become old by reason of the very long
14
him, and to the men of Israel, We be journey. And the men took of their
come from a far country: now victuals, and asked not counsel at the
7 15
therefore make ye a league with us. mouth of the LORD. And Joshua
And the men of Israel said unto the made peace with them, and made a
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among league with them, to let them live: and
us; and how shall we make a league the princes of the congregation sware
8 16
with you? And they said unto Joshua, unto them. And it came to pass at
We are thy servants. And Joshua said the end of three days after they had
unto them, Who are ye? and from made a league with them, that they
9
whence come ye? And they said unto heard that they were their neighbours,
17
him, From a very far country thy and that they dwelt among them.
servants are come because of the And the children of Israel journeyed,
name of the LORD thy God: for we and came unto their cities on the third
have heard the fame of him, and all day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and
10
that he did in Egypt, And all that he Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-
18
did to the two kings of the Amorites, jearim. And the children of Israel
that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king smote them not, because the princes of
of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, the congregation had sworn unto them
11
which was at Ashtaroth. Wherefore by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
our elders and all the inhabitants of congregation murmured against the
19
our country spake to us, saying, Take princes. But all the princes said unto
victuals with you for the journey, and all the congregation, We have sworn
go to meet them, and say unto them, unto them by the LORD God of Israel:
now therefore we may not touch them. for the congregation, and for the altar
20
This we will do to them; we will even of the LORD, even unto this day, in the
let them live, lest wrath be upon us, place which he should choose.
because of the oath which we sware
unto them. 21
And the princes said unto Joshua 10
them, Let them live; but let them be
hewers of wood and drawers of water
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-

unto all the congregation; as the zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how

princes had promised them. 22

And Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly

Joshua called for them, and he spake destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho

unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye and her king, so he had done to Ai and

beguiled us, saying, We are very far her king; and how the inhabitants of

from you; when ye dwell among us? 23 Gibeon had made peace with Israel,
2
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there and were among them; That they

shall none of you be freed from being feared greatly, because Gibeon was a

bondmen, and hewers of wood and great city, as one of the royal cities,

drawers of water for the house of my and because it was greater than Ai,
3
God. 24
And they answered Joshua, and and all the men thereof were mighty.

said, Because it was certainly told thy Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of

servants, how that the LORD thy God Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of

commanded his servant Moses to give Hebron, and unto Piram king of

you all the land, and to destroy all the Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of

inhabitants of the land from before Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon,
4
you, therefore we were sore afraid of saying, Come up unto me, and help

our lives because of you, and have me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it

done this thing. 25

And now, behold, we hath made peace with Joshua and with
5
are in thine hand: as it seemeth good the children of Israel. Therefore the

and right unto thee to do unto us, do. five kings of the Amorites, the king of
26
And so did he unto them, and Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king

delivered them out of the hand of the of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the

children of Israel, that they slew them king of Eglon, gathered themselves

not. 27
And Joshua made them that day together, and went up, they and all

hewers of wood and drawers of water their hosts, and encamped before
 6
Gibeon, and made war against it. And Israel, and he said in the sight of
the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon
the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley
13
thy hand from thy servants; come up of Ajalon. And the sun stood still,
to us quickly, and save us, and help and the moon stayed, until the people
us: for all the kings of the Amorites had avenged themselves upon their
that dwell in the mountains are enemies. Is not this written in the book
7
gathered together against us. So of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the
Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and midst of heaven, and hasted not to go
14
all the people of war with him, and all down about a whole day. And there
8
the mighty men of valour. And the was no day like that before it or after
LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: it, that the LORD hearkened unto the
for I have delivered them into thine voice of a man: for the LORD fought
15
hand; there shall not a man of them for Israel. And Joshua returned, and
9
stand before thee. Joshua therefore all Israel with him, unto the camp to
16
came unto them suddenly, and went up Gilgal. But these five kings fled, and
10
from Gilgal all night. And the LORD hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
17
discomfited them before Israel, and And it was told Joshua, saying, The
slew them with a great slaughter at five kings are found hid in a cave at
18
Gibeon, and chased them along the Makkedah. And Joshua said, Roll
way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and great stones upon the mouth of the
smote them to Azekah, and unto cave, and set men by it for to keep
11 19
Makkedah. And it came to pass, as them: And stay ye not, but pursue
they fled from before Israel, and were after your enemies, and smite the
in the going down to Beth-horon, that hindmost of them; suffer them not to
the LORD cast down great stones from enter into their cities: for the LORD
heaven upon them unto Azekah, and your God hath delivered them into your
20
they died: they were more which died hand. And it came to pass, when
with hailstones than they whom the Joshua and the children of Israel had
children of Israel slew with the sword. made an end of slaying them with a
12
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in very great slaughter, till they were
the day when the LORD delivered up consumed, that the rest which
the Amorites before the children of remained of them entered into fenced
 21
cities. And all the people returned to hid, and laid great stones in the cave's
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in mouth, which remain until this very
28
peace: none moved his tongue against day. And that day Joshua took
22
any of the children of Israel. Then Makkedah, and smote it with the edge
said Joshua, Open the mouth of the of the sword, and the king thereof he
cave, and bring out those five kings utterly destroyed, them, and all the
23
unto me out of the cave. And they souls that were therein; he let none
did so, and brought forth those five remain: and he did to the king of
kings unto him out of the cave, the Makkedah as he did unto the king of
29
king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, Jericho. Then Joshua passed from
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
24 30
Lachish, and the king of Eglon. And it Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
came to pass, when they brought out And the LORD delivered it also, and the
those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua king thereof, into the hand of Israel;
called for all the men of Israel, and and he smote it with the edge of the
said unto the captains of the men of sword, and all the souls that were
war which went with him, Come near, therein; he let none remain in it; but
put your feet upon the necks of these did unto the king thereof as he did
31
kings. And they came near, and put unto the king of Jericho. And Joshua
25
their feet upon the necks of them. passed from Libnah, and all Israel with
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, him, unto Lachish, and encamped
32
nor be dismayed, be strong and of against it, and fought against it: And
good courage: for thus shall the LORD the LORD delivered Lachish into the
do to all your enemies against whom hand of Israel, which took it on the
26
ye fight. And afterward Joshua smote second day, and smote it with the edge
them, and slew them, and hanged of the sword, and all the souls that
them on five trees: and they were were therein, according to all that he
33
hanging upon the trees until the had done to Libnah. Then Horam
27
evening. And it came to pass at the king of Gezer came up to help Lachish;
time of the going down of the sun, that and Joshua smote him and his people,
34
Joshua commanded, and they took until he had left him none remaining.
them down off the trees, and cast them And from Lachish Joshua passed unto
into the cave wherein they had been Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they
encamped against it, and fought smote them from Kadesh-barnea even
35
against it: And they took it on that unto Gaza, and all the country of
42
day, and smote it with the edge of the Goshen, even unto Gibeon. And all
sword, and all the souls that were these kings and their land did Joshua
therein he utterly destroyed that day, take at one time, because the LORD
43
according to all that he had done to God of Israel fought for Israel. And
36
Lachish. And Joshua went up from Joshua returned, and all Israel with
Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
37
Hebron; and they fought against it:
And they took it, and smote it with the Joshua 11
edge of the sword, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and
And it came to pass, when Jabin king

all the souls that were therein; he left of Hazor had heard those things, that

none remaining, according to all that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to

he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it the king of Shimron, and to the king of
2
utterly, and all the souls that were Achshaph, And to the kings that were

therein. 38
And Joshua returned, and all on the north of the mountains, and of

Israel with him, to Debir; and fought the plains south of Chinneroth, and in

against it: 39
And he took it, and the the valley, and in the borders of Dor on
3
king thereof, and all the cities thereof; the west, And to the Canaanite on the

and they smote them with the edge of east and on the west, and to the

the sword, and utterly destroyed all Amorite, and the Hittite, and the

the souls that were therein; he left Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the

none remaining: as he had done to mountains, and to the Hivite under

4
Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. And

king thereof; as he had done also to they went out, they and all their hosts

Libnah, and to her king. 40

So Joshua with them, much people, even as the

smote all the country of the hills, and sand that is upon the sea shore in

of the south, and of the vale, and of multitude, with horses and chariots
5
the springs, and all their kings: he left very many. And when all these kings

none remaining, but utterly destroyed were met together, they came and

all that breathed, as the LORD God of pitched together at the waters of
6
Israel commanded. 41
And Joshua Merom, to fight against Israel. And
the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not their strength, Israel burned none of
afraid because of them: for to morrow them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua
14
about this time will I deliver them up burn. And all the spoil of these cities,
all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough and the cattle, the children of Israel
their horses, and burn their chariots took for a prey unto themselves; but
7
with fire. So Joshua came, and all the every man they smote with the edge of
people of war with him, against them the sword, until they had destroyed
by the waters of Merom suddenly; and them, neither left they any to breathe.
8 15
they fell upon them. And the LORD As the LORD commanded Moses his
delivered them into the hand of Israel, servant, so did Moses command
who smote them, and chased them Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left
unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth- nothing undone of all that the LORD
16
maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh commanded Moses. So Joshua took
eastward; and they smote them, until all that land, the hills, and all the south
9
they left them none remaining. And country, and all the land of Goshen,
Joshua did unto them as the LORD and the valley, and the plain, and the
bade him: he houghed their horses, mountain of Israel, and the valley of
10 17
and burnt their chariots with fire. the same; Even from the mount
And Joshua at that time turned back, Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
and took Hazor, and smote the king Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon
thereof with the sword: for Hazor under mount Hermon: and all their
beforetime was the head of all those kings he took, and smote them, and
11 18
kingdoms. And they smote all the slew them. Joshua made war a long
19
souls that were therein with the edge time with all those kings. There was
of the sword, utterly destroying them: not a city that made peace with the
there was not any left to breathe: and children of Israel, save the Hivites the
12
he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they
20
cities of those kings, and all the kings took in battle. For it was of the LORD
of them, did Joshua take, and smote to harden their hearts, that they
them with the edge of the sword, and should come against Israel in battle,
he utterly destroyed them, as Moses that he might destroy them utterly,
the servant of the LORD commanded. and that they might have no favour,
13
But as for the cities that stood still in but that he might destroy them, as the
 21
LORD commanded Moses. And at plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the
that time came Joshua, and cut off the east, and unto the sea of the plain,
Anakims from the mountains, from even the salt sea on the east, the way
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south,
4
from all the mountains of Judah, and under Ashdoth-pisgah: And the coast
from all the mountains of Israel: of Og king of Bashan, which was of the
Joshua destroyed them utterly with remnant of the giants, that dwelt at
22 5
their cities. There was none of the Ashtaroth and at Edrei, And reigned
Anakims left in the land of the children in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and
of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in in all Bashan, unto the border of the
23
Ashdod, there remained. So Joshua Geshurites and the Maachathites, and
took the whole land, according to all half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of
6
that the LORD said unto Moses; and Heshbon. Them did Moses the servant
Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto of the LORD and the children of Israel
Israel according to their divisions by smite: and Moses the servant of the
their tribes. And the land rested from LORD gave it for a possession unto the
war. Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
7
half tribe of Manasseh. And these are
Joshua 12 the kings of the country which Joshua
and the children of Israel smote on this
Now these are the kings of the land,
side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad
which the children of Israel smote, and in the valley of Lebanon even unto the
possessed their land on the other side mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir;
Jordan toward the rising of the sun, which Joshua gave unto the tribes of
from the river Arnon unto mount Israel for a possession according to
2
Hermon, and all the plain on the east: their divisions; 8
In the mountains, and
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in the valleys, and in the plains, and in
in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, the springs, and in the wilderness, and
which is upon the bank of the river in the south country; the Hittites, the
Arnon, and from the middle of the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the
river, and from half Gilead, even unto Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
the river Jabbok, which is the border of Jebusites: 9
The king of Jericho, one;
3
the children of Ammon; And from the the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
 10
one; The king of Jerusalem, one; the Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto
11
king of Hebron, one; The king of the borders of Ekron northward, which
Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; is counted to the Canaanite: five lords
12
The king of Eglon, one; the king of of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and
13
Gezer, one; The king of Debir, one; the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the
14
the king of Geder, one; The king of Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
15 4
Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; Avites: From the south, all the land of
The king of Libnah, one; the king of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is
16
Adullam, one; The king of Makkedah, beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to
17 5
one; the king of Bethel, one; The the borders of the Amorites: And the
king of Tappuah, one; the king of land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon,
18
Hepher, one; The king of Aphek, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad
19
one; the king of Lasharon, one; The under mount Hermon unto the entering
6
king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, into Hamath. All the inhabitants of
20
one; The king of Shimron-meron, the hill country from Lebanon unto
21
one; the king of Achshaph, one; The Misrephoth-maim, and all the
king of Taanach, one; the king of Sidonians, them will I drive out from
22
Megiddo, one; The king of Kedesh, before the children of Israel: only
one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites
23
one; The king of Dor in the coast of for an inheritance, as I have
7
Dor, one; the king of the nations of commanded thee. Now therefore
24
Gilgal, one; The king of Tirzah, one: divide this land for an inheritance unto
all the kings thirty and one. the nine tribes, and the half tribe of
8
Manasseh, With whom the Reubenites
Joshua 13 and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them,
Now Joshua was old and stricken in
beyond Jordan eastward, even as
years; and the LORD said unto him, Moses the servant of the LORD gave
Thou art old and stricken in years, and them; 9
From Aroer, that is upon the
there remaineth yet very much land to bank of the river Arnon, and the city
2
be possessed. This is the land that that is in the midst of the river, and all
yet remaineth: all the borders of the the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10
And
3
Philistines, and all Geshuri, From all the cities of Sihon king of the
 21
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, and Beth-jeshimoth, And all the
unto the border of the children of cities of the plain, and all the kingdom
11
Ammon; And Gilead, and the border of Sihon king of the Amorites, which
of the Geshurites and Maachathites, reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses
and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan smote with the princes of Midian, Evi,
12
unto Salcah; All the kingdom of Og and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and
in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth Reba, which were dukes of Sihon,
22
and in Edrei, who remained of the dwelling in the country. Balaam also
remnant of the giants: for these did the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did
13
Moses smite, and cast them out. the children of Israel slay with the
Nevertheless the children of Israel sword among them that were slain by
23
expelled not the Geshurites, nor the them. And the border of the children
Maachathites: but the Geshurites and of Reuben was Jordan, and the border
the Maachathites dwell among the thereof. This was the inheritance of the
14
Israelites until this day. Only unto children of Reuben after their families,
24
the tribe of Levi he gave none the cities and the villages thereof.
inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD And Moses gave inheritance unto the
God of Israel made by fire are their tribe of Gad, even unto the children of
15 25
inheritance, as he said unto them. Gad according to their families. And
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the their coast was Jazer, and all the cities
children of Reuben inheritance of Gilead, and half the land of the
16
according to their families. And their children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is
26
coast was from Aroer, that is on the before Rabbah; And from Heshbon
bank of the river Arnon, and the city unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim;
that is in the midst of the river, and all and from Mahanaim unto the border of
17 27
the plain by Medeba; Heshbon, and Debir; And in the valley, Beth-aram,
all her cities that are in the plain; and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and
Dibon, and Bamoth- baal, and Beth- Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of
18
baal-meon, And Jahaza, and Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his
19
Kedemoth, and Mephaath, And border, even unto the edge of the sea
Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth- of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan
20 28
shahar in the mount of the valley, eastward. This is the inheritance of
And Beth- peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, the children of Gad after their families,
 29
the cities, and their villages. And inheritance, as the LORD commanded
Moses gave inheritance unto the half by the hand of Moses, for the nine
3
tribe of Manasseh: and this was the tribes, and for the half tribe. For
possession of the half tribe of the Moses had given the inheritance of two
children of Manasseh by their families. tribes and an half tribe on the other
30
And their coast was from Mahanaim, side Jordan: but unto the Levites he
4
all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king gave none inheritance among them.
of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, For the children of Joseph were two
which are in Bashan, threescore cities: tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
31
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and therefore they gave no part unto the
Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Levites in the land, save cities to dwell
Bashan, were pertaining unto the in, with their suburbs for their cattle
5
children of Machir the son of Manasseh, and for their substance. As the LORD
even to the one half of the children of commanded Moses, so the children of
32 6
Machir by their families. These are Israel did, and they divided the land.
the countries which Moses did Then the children of Judah came unto
distribute for inheritance in the plains Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of
of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him,
33
Jericho, eastward. But unto the tribe Thou knowest the thing that the LORD
of Levi Moses gave not any said unto Moses the man of God
inheritance: the LORD God of Israel concerning me and thee in Kadesh-
7
was their inheritance, as he said unto barnea. Forty years old was I when
them. Moses the servant of the LORD sent me
from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the
Joshua 14 land; and I brought him word again as
8
it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my
And these are the countries which the
brethren that went up with me made
children of Israel inherited in the land the heart of the people melt: but I
of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, wholly followed the LORD my God. 9

and Joshua the son of Nun, and the And Moses sware on that day, saying,
heads of the fathers of the tribes of the Surely the land whereon thy feet have
children of Israel, distributed for trodden shall be thine inheritance, and
2
inheritance to them. By lot was their thy children's for ever, because thou
hast wholly followed the LORD my God. Joshua 15
10
And now, behold, the LORD hath
kept me alive, as he said, these forty This then was the lot of the tribe of the

and five years, even since the LORD children of Judah by their families;

spake this word unto Moses, while the even to the border of Edom the

children of Israel wandered in the wilderness of Zin southward was the

2
wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day uttermost part of the south coast.

fourscore and five years old. 11

As yet I And their south border was from the

am as strong this day as I was in the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that
3
day that Moses sent me: as my looketh southward: And it went out to

strength was then, even so is my the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and

strength now, for war, both to go out, passed along to Zin, and ascended up

and to come in. 12

Now therefore give on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea,

me this mountain, whereof the LORD and passed along to Hezron, and went

spake in that day; for thou heardest in up to Adar, and fetched a compass to
4
that day how the Anakims were there, Karkaa: From thence it passed toward

and that the cities were great and Azmon, and went out unto the river of

fenced: if so be the LORD will be with Egypt; and the goings out of that coast

me, then I shall be able to drive them were at the sea: this shall be your
5
out, as the LORD said. 13
And Joshua south coast. And the east border was

blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the the salt sea, even unto the end of

son of Jephunneh Hebron for an Jordan. And their border in the north

inheritance. 14
Hebron therefore quarter was from the bay of the sea at
6
became the inheritance of Caleb the the uttermost part of Jordan: And the

son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto border went up to Beth-hogla, and

this day, because that he wholly passed along by the north of Beth-

followed the LORD God of Israel. 15

And arabah; and the border went up to the
7
the name of Hebron before was stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great And the border went up toward Debir

man among the Anakims. And the land from the valley of Achor, and so

had rest from war. northward, looking toward Gilgal, that

is before the going up to Adummim,
which is on the south side of the river:
and the border passed toward the according to the commandment of the
waters of En-shemesh, and the goings LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba
8
out thereof were at En-rogel: And the the father of Anak, which city is
14
border went up by the valley of the son Hebron. And Caleb drove thence the
of Hinnom unto the south side of the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of
15
the border went up to the top of the Anak. And he went up thence to the
mountain that lieth before the valley of inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
16
Hinnom westward, which is at the end Debir before was Kirjath- sepher.
9
of the valley of the giants northward: And Caleb said, He that smiteth
And the border was drawn from the top Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him
of the hill unto the fountain of the will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17
water of Nephtoah, and went out to the And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the
cities of mount Ephron; and the border brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave
18
was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath- him Achsah his daughter to wife. And
10
jearim: And the border compassed it came to pass, as she came unto him,
from Baalah westward unto mount that she moved him to ask of her
Seir, and passed along unto the side of father a field: and she lighted off her
mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
19
the north side, and went down to Beth- wouldest thou? Who answered, Give
11
shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: me a blessing; for thou hast given me
And the border went out unto the side a south land; give me also springs of
of Ekron northward: and the border water. And he gave her the upper
20
was drawn to Shicron, and passed springs, and the nether springs. This
along to mount Baalah, and went out is the inheritance of the tribe of the
unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the children of Judah according to their
12 21
border were at the sea. And the west families. And the uttermost cities of
border was to the great sea, and the the tribe of the children of Judah
coast thereof. This is the coast of the toward the coast of Edom southward
22
children of Judah round about were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
13
according to their families. And unto And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23
Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 25
part among the children of Judah, Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, And
Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Ashdod with her towns and her
26
Hezron, which is Hazor, Amam, and villages, Gaza with her towns and her
27
Shema, and Moladah, And Hazar- villages, unto the river of Egypt, and
gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, the great sea, and the border thereof:
28 48
And Hazar-shual, and Beer- sheba, And in the mountains, Shamir, and
29 49
and Bizjothjah, Baalah, and Iim, and Jattir, and Socoh, And Dannah, and
30 50
Azem, And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, And
31 51
Hormah, And Ziklag, and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, And
32
Madmannah, and Sansannah, And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven
52
Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and cities with their villages: Arab, and
53
Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and Dumah, and Eshean, And Janum, and
33 54
nine, with their villages: And in the Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, And
valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is
34
Ashnah, And Zanoah, and En- Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their
35 55
gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, villages: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph,
56
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and and Juttah, And Jezreel, and
36 57
Azekah, And Sharaim, and Adithaim, Jokdeam, and Zanoah, Cain, Gibeah,
and Gederah, and Gederothaim; and Timnah; ten cities with their
37 58
fourteen cities with their villages: villages: Halhul, Beth-zur, and
59
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, Gedor, And Maarath, and Beth-
38
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their
39 60
Joktheel, Lachish, and Bozkath, and villages: Kirjath- baal, which is
40
Eglon, And Cabbon, and Lahmam, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities
41 61
and Kithlish, And Gederoth, Beth- with their villages: In the wilderness,
62
dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
42
sixteen cities with their villages: And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and
43 63
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, And En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
44
Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, And As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of
Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine Jerusalem, the children of Judah could
45
cities with their villages: Ekron, with not drive them out: but the Jebusites
46
her towns and her villages: From dwell with the children of Judah at
Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay Jerusalem unto this day.
47
near Ashdod, with their villages:
 9
Joshua 16 families. And the separate cities for
the children of Ephraim were among
And the lot of the children of Joseph the inheritance of the children of

fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the Manasseh, all the cities with their
10
water of Jericho on the east, to the villages. And they drave not out the

wilderness that goeth up from Jericho Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the

throughout mount Bethel, 2

And goeth Canaanites dwell among the

out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth Ephraimites unto this day, and serve

along unto the borders of Archi to under tribute.

3
Ataroth, And goeth down westward to
Joshua 17
the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of
Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer:
There was also a lot for the tribe of
and the goings out thereof are at the
4 Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of
sea. So the children of Joseph,
Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn
Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
5 of Manasseh, the father of Gilead:
inheritance. And the border of the
because he was a man of war,
children of Ephraim according to their
2
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
families was thus: even the border of
There was also a lot for the rest of the
their inheritance on the east side was
children of Manasseh by their families;
Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the
6 for the children of Abiezer, and for the
upper; And the border went out
children of Helek, and for the children
toward the sea to Michmethah on the
of Asriel, and for the children of
north side; and the border went about
Shechem, and for the children of
eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and
7 Hepher, and for the children of
passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Shemida: these were the male children
And it went down from Janohah to
of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their
Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to
3
8 families. But Zelophehad, the son of
Jericho, and went out at Jordan. The
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of
border went out from Tappuah
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no
westward unto the river Kanah; and
sons, but daughters: and these are the
the goings out thereof were at the sea.
names of his daughters, Mahlah, and
This is the inheritance of the tribe of
4
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. And
the children of Ephraim by their

they came near before Eleazar the
priest, and before Joshua the son of
Nun, and before the princes, saying,
The LORD commanded Moses to give
us an inheritance among our brethren.
Therefore according
commandment of the LORD he gave
them an inheritance
5 12
brethren of their father. And there fell
ten portions to Manasseh, beside the
land of Gilead and Bashan, which were
6
on the other side Jordan;
daughters of Manasseh
inheritance among his sons: and the
rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of
7 14
Gilead. And the coast of Manasseh
was from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the border
went along on the right hand unto the
inhabitants of En- tappuah.
Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but
Tappuah on the border of Manasseh
belonged to the children of Ephraim;
And the coast descended unto the river
Kanah, southward of the river: these
cities of Ephraim are among the cities
of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh
also was on the north side of the river,
and the outgoings of it were at the
10
sea: Southward it was Ephraim's,
and northward it was Manasseh's, and
the sea is his border; and they met
together in Asher on the north, and in
11
Issachar on the east. And Manasseh
had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-
shean and her towns, and Ibleam and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor
and her towns, and the inhabitants of
to the Endor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and her towns,
among the and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her
towns, even three countries. Yet the
children of Manasseh could not drive
out the inhabitants of those cities; but
Because the the Canaanites would dwell in that
13
had an land. Yet it came to pass, when the
children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute;
but did not utterly drive them out.
And the children of Joseph spake unto
Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given
me but one lot and one portion to
8
Now inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed
15
me hitherto? And Joshua answered
9
them, If thou be a great people, then
get thee up to the wood country, and
cut down for thyself there in the land
of the Perizzites and of the giants, if
mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16
And the children of Joseph said, The
hill is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites that dwell in the land of the
valley have chariots of iron, both they
who are of Beth-shean and her towns,
and they who are of the valley of
 17
Jezreel. And Joshua spake unto the coast on the south, and the house of
house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and Joseph shall abide in their coasts on
6
to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great the north. Ye shall therefore describe
people, and hast great power: thou the land into seven parts, and bring
18
shalt not have one lot only: But the the description hither to me, that I
mountain shall be thine; for it is a may cast lots for you here before the
7
wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and LORD our God. But the Levites have
the outgoings of it shall be thine: for no part among you; for the priesthood
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, of the LORD is their inheritance: and
though they have iron chariots, and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of
though they be strong. Manasseh, have received their
inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,
Joshua 18 which Moses the servant of the LORD
8
gave them. And the men arose, and
And the whole congregation of the
went away: and Joshua charged them
children of Israel assembled together that went to describe the land, saying,
at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of Go and walk through the land, and
the congregation there. And the land describe it, and come again to me, that
2
was subdued before them. And there I may here cast lots for you before the
remained among the children of Israel LORD in Shiloh. 9
And the men went
seven tribes, which had not yet and passed through the land, and
3
received their inheritance. And described it by cities into seven parts
Joshua said unto the children of Israel, in a book, and came again to Joshua to
How long are ye slack to go to possess the host at Shiloh. 10
And Joshua cast
the land, which the LORD God of your lots for them in Shiloh before the
4
fathers hath given you? Give out from LORD: and there Joshua divided the
among you three men for each tribe: land unto the children of Israel
and I will send them, and they shall according to their divisions. 11
And the
rise, and go through the land, and lot of the tribe of the children of
describe it according to the inheritance Benjamin came up according to their
of them; and they shall come again to families: and the coast of their lot
5
me. And they shall divide it into came forth between the children of
seven parts: Judah shall abide in their Judah and the children of Joseph. 12
And their border on the north side was going up of Adummim, and descended
from Jordan; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of
18
to the side of Jericho on the north side, Reuben, And passed along toward
and went up through the mountains the side over against Arabah
westward; and the goings out thereof northward, and went down unto
13 19
were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. Arabah: And the border passed along
And the border went over from thence to the side of Beth-hoglah northward:
toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is and the outgoings of the border were
Bethel, southward; and the border at the north bay of the salt sea at the
descended to Ataroth-adar, near the south end of Jordan: this was the south
20
hill that lieth on the south side of the coast. And Jordan was the border of
14
nether Beth-horon. And the border it on the east side. This was the
was drawn thence, and compassed the inheritance of the children of Benjamin,
corner of the sea southward, from the by the coasts thereof round about,
21
hill that lieth before Beth- horon according to their families. Now the
southward; and the goings out thereof cities of the tribe of the children of
were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath- Benjamin according to their families
jearim, a city of the children of Judah: were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the
15 22
this was the west quarter. And the valley of Keziz, And Beth-arabah,
23
south quarter was from the end of and Zemaraim, and Bethel, And
24
Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, And
on the west, and went out to the well Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and
16
of waters of Nephtoah: And the Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
25 26
border came down to the end of the Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
mountain that lieth before the valley of And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and
27
the son of Hinnom, and which is in the Mozah, And Rekem, and Irpeel, and
28
valley of the giants on the north, and Taralah, And Zelah, Eleph, and
descended to the valley of Hinnom, to Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath,
the side of Jebusi on the south, and and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their
17
descended to En-rogel, And was villages. This is the inheritance of the
drawn from the north, and went forth children of Benjamin according to their
to En-shemesh, and went forth toward families.
Geliloth, which is over against the
Joshua 19 Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth,
and reached to the river that is before
And the second lot came forth to Jokneam; 12
And turned from Sarid

Simeon, even for the tribe of the eastward toward the sunrising unto the

children of Simeon according to their border of Chisloth-tabor, and then

families: and their inheritance was goeth out to daberath, and goeth up to
13
within the inheritance of the children of Japhia, And from thence passeth on

Judah. 2
And they had in their along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to

inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-

14
Moladah, 3
And Hazar-shual, and Balah, methoar to Neah; And the border

and Azem, 4
And Eltolad, and Bethul, compasseth it on the north side to

and Hormah, 5
And Ziklag, and Beth- Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof
15
marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 6
And are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: And

Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron,

cities and their villages: 7

Ain, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve
16
Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages. This is the

cities and their villages: 8

And all the inheritance of the children of Zebulun

villages that were round about these according to their families, these cities
17
cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the with their villages. And the fourth lot

south. This is the inheritance of the came out to Issachar, for the children

tribe of the children of Simeon of Issachar according to their families.

18
according to their families. 9
Out of the And their border was toward Jezreel,
19
portion of the children of Judah was and Chesulloth, and Shunem, And

the inheritance of the children of Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

20
Simeon: for the part of the children of And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21
Judah was too much for them: And Remeth, and En-gannim, and
22
therefore the children of Simeon had En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; And

their inheritance within the inheritance the coast reacheth to Tabor, and

of them. 10
And the third lot came up Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and

for the children of Zebulun according to the outgoings of their border were at

their families: and the border of their Jordan: sixteen cities with their
23
inheritance was unto Sarid: 11
And their villages. This is the inheritance of

border went up toward the sea, and the tribe of the children of Issachar
 34
according to their families, the cities And then the coast turneth westward
24
and their villages. And the fifth lot to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from
came out for the tribe of the children thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to
25
of Asher according to their families. Zebulun on the south side, and
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, reacheth to Asher on the west side,
26
and Beten, and Achshaph, And and to Judah upon Jordan toward the
35
Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; sunrising. And the fenced cities are
and reacheth to Carmel westward, and Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,
27 36
to Shihor- libnath; And turneth and Chinnereth, And Adamah, and
37
toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, Ramah, and Hazor, And Kedesh, and
38
and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the Edrei, and En-hazor, And Iron, and
valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and
side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with
28 39
goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, their villages. This is the inheritance
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
29
and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; according to their families, the cities
40
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and their villages. And the seventh
and to the strong city Tyre; and the lot came out for the tribe of the
coast turneth to Hosah; and the children of Dan according to their
41
outgoings thereof are at the sea from families. And the coast of their
30
the coast to Achzib: Ummah also, inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,
42
and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two and Ir- shemesh, And Shaalabbin,
31 43
cities with their villages. This is the and Ajalon, and Jethlah, And Elon,
44
inheritance of the tribe of the children and Thimnathah, and Ekron, And
45
of Asher according to their families, Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
32
these cities with their villages. The And Jehud, and Bene- berak, and Gath-
46
sixth lot came out to the children of rimmon, And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon,
47
Naphtali, even for the children of with the border before Japho. And
33
Naphtali according to their families. the coast of the children of Dan went
And their coast was from Heleph, from out too little for them: therefore the
Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, children of Dan went up to fight
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and against Leshem, and took it, and smote
the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and they shall be your refuge from the
4
called Leshem, Dan, after the name of avenger of blood. And when he that
48
Dan their father. This is the doth flee unto one of those cities shall
inheritance of the tribe of the children stand at the entering of the gate of the
of Dan according to their families, city, and shall declare his cause in the
49
these cities with their villages. When ears of the elders of that city, they
they had made an end of dividing the shall take him into the city unto them,
land for inheritance by their coasts, the and give him a place, that he may
5
children of Israel gave an inheritance dwell among them. And if the avenger
to Joshua the son of Nun among them: of blood pursue after him, then they
50
According to the word of the LORD shall not deliver the slayer up into his
they gave him the city which he asked, hand; because he smote his neighbour
even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: unwittingly, and hated him not
6
and he built the city, and dwelt beforetime. And he shall dwell in that
51
therein. These are the inheritances city, until he stand before the
which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua congregation for judgment, and until
the son of Nun, and the heads of the the death of the high priest that shall
fathers of the tribes of the children of be in those days: then shall the slayer
Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot return, and come unto his own city,
in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door and unto his own house, unto the city
7
of the tabernacle of the congregation. from whence he fled. And they
So they made an end of dividing the appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount
country. Naphtali, and Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is
Joshua 20 Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho

The LORD also spake unto Joshua,
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the
2
saying, Speak to the children of wilderness upon the plain out of the
Israel, saying, Appoint out for you tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in
3
you by the hand of Moses: That the Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9

slayer that killeth any person unawares These were the cities appointed for all
and unwittingly may flee thither: and the children of Israel, and for the
 6
stranger that sojourneth among them, of Manasseh, ten cities. And the
that whosoever killeth any person at children of Gershon had by lot out of
unawares might flee thither, and not the families of the tribe of Issachar,
die by the hand of the avenger of and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
blood, until he stood before the of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
congregation. half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,
7
thirteen cities. The children of Merari
Joshua 21 by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
Then came near the heads of the
and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the cities. 8
And the children of Israel gave
priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, by lot unto the Levites these cities with
and unto the heads of the fathers of their suburbs, as the LORD commanded
2
the tribes of the children of Israel; by the hand of Moses. 9
And they gave
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in out of the tribe of the children of
the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD Judah, and out of the tribe of the
commanded by the hand of Moses to children of Simeon, these cities which
give us cities to dwell in, with the are here mentioned by name, 10
Which
3
suburbs thereof for our cattle. And the children of Aaron, being of the
the children of Israel gave unto the families of the Kohathites, who were of
Levites out of their inheritance, at the the children of Levi, had: for theirs was
commandment of the LORD, these the first lot. 11
And they gave them the
4
cities and their suburbs. And the lot city of Arba the father of Anak, which
came out for the families of the city is Hebron, in the hill country of
Kohathites: and the children of Aaron Judah, with the suburbs thereof round
the priest, which were of the Levites, about it. 12
But the fields of the city,
had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and the villages thereof, gave they to
and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen possession. 13
Thus they gave to the
5
cities. And the rest of the children of children of Aaron the priest Hebron
Kohath had by lot out of the families of with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge
the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the for the slayer; and Libnah with her
tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe suburbs, 14
And Jattir with her suburbs,
 15 27
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, And remained. And unto the children of
Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
16
her suburbs, And Ain with her out of the other half tribe of Manasseh
suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, they gave Golan in Bashan with her
and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
17
nine cities out of those two tribes. slayer; and Beesh-terah with her
28
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, suburbs; two cities. And out of the
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her
18 29
her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim
19 30
four cities. All the cities of the with her suburbs; four cities. And out
children of Aaron, the priests, were of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
20 31
thirteen cities with their suburbs. suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
And the families of the children of Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob
32
Kohath, the Levites which remained of with her suburbs; four cities. And out
the children of Kohath, even they had of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of
21
Ephraim. For they gave them refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-
Shechem with her suburbs in mount dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with
33
Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the her suburbs; three cities. All the
22
slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, cities of the Gershonites according to
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and their families were thirteen cities with
34
Beth-horon with her suburbs; four their suburbs. And unto the families
23
cities. And out of the tribe of Dan, of the children of Merari, the rest of
Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun,
24
with her suburbs, Aijalon with her Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah
35
suburbs, Gath- rimmon with her with her suburbs, Dimnah with her
25
suburbs; four cities. And out of the suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs;
36
half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her four cities. And out of the tribe of
suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and
26 37
suburbs; two cities. All the cities Jahazah with her suburbs, Kedemoth
were ten with their suburbs for the with her suburbs, and Mephaath with
38
families of the children of Kohath that her suburbs; four cities. And out of
 2
the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with Manasseh, And said unto them, Ye
her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for have kept all that Moses the servant of
the slayer; and Mahanaim with her the LORD commanded you, and have
39
suburbs, Heshbon with her suburbs, obeyed my voice in all that I
3
Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in commanded you: Ye have not left
40
all. So all the cities for the children your brethren these many days unto
of Merari by their families, which were this day, but have kept the charge of
remaining of the families of the the commandment of the LORD your
4
Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. God. And now the LORD your God
41
All the cities of the Levites within the hath given rest unto your brethren, as
possession of the children of Israel he promised them: therefore now
were forty and eight cities with their return ye, and get you unto your tents,
42
suburbs. These cities were every one and unto the land of your possession,
with their suburbs round about them: which Moses the servant of the LORD
43 5
thus were all these cities. And the gave you on the other side Jordan.
LORD gave unto Israel all the land But take diligent heed to do the
which he sware to give unto their commandment and the law, which
fathers; and they possessed it, and Moses the servant of the LORD charged
44
dwelt therein. And the LORD gave you, to love the LORD your God, and to
them rest round about, according to all walk in all his ways, and to keep his
that he sware unto their fathers: and commandments, and to cleave unto
there stood not a man of all their him, and to serve him with all your
6
enemies before them; the LORD heart and with all your soul. So
delivered all their enemies into their Joshua blessed them, and sent them
45 7
hand. There failed not ought of any away: and they went unto their tents.
good thing which the LORD had spoken Now to the one half of the tribe of
unto the house of Israel; all came to Manasseh Moses had given possession
pass. in Bashan: but unto the other half
thereof gave Joshua among their
Joshua 22 brethren on this side Jordan westward.
And when Joshua sent them away also
Then Joshua called the Reubenites,
unto their tents, then he blessed them,
and the Gadites, and the half tribe of 8
And he spake unto them, saying,
Return with much riches unto your Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
tents, and with very much cattle, with and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into
silver, and with gold, and with brass, the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of
14
and with iron, and with very much Eleazar the priest, And with him ten
raiment: divide the spoil of your princes, of each chief house a prince
9
enemies with your brethren. And the throughout all the tribes of Israel; and
children of Reuben and the children of each one was an head of the house of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh their fathers among the thousands of
15
returned, and departed from the Israel. And they came unto the
children of Israel out of Shiloh, which children of Reuben, and to the children
is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the of Gad, and to the half tribe of
country of Gilead, to the land of their Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and
16
possession, whereof they were they spake with them, saying, Thus
possessed, according to the word of saith the whole congregation of the
10
the LORD by the hand of Moses. And LORD, What trespass is this that ye
when they came unto the borders of have committed against the God of
Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, Israel, to turn away this day from
the children of Reuben and the children following the LORD, in that ye have
of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh builded you an altar, that ye might
17
built there an altar by Jordan, a great rebel this day against the LORD? Is
11
altar to see to. And the children of the iniquity of Peor too little for us,
Israel heard say, Behold, the children from which we are not cleansed until
of Reuben and the children of Gad and this day, although there was a plague
18
the half tribe of Manasseh have built in the congregation of the LORD, But
an altar over against the land of that ye must turn away this day from
Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at following the LORD? and it will be,
12
the passage of the children of Israel. seeing ye rebel to day against the
And when the children of Israel heard LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth
of it, the whole congregation of the with the whole congregation of Israel.
19
children of Israel gathered themselves Notwithstanding, if the land of your
together at Shiloh, to go up to war possession be unclean, then pass ye
13
against them. And the children of over unto the land of the possession of
Israel sent unto the children of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S
tabernacle dwelleth, and
possession among us: but rebel not
against the LORD, nor rebel against us,
in building you an altar beside the altar
20
of the LORD our God. Did not Achan
the son of Zerah commit a trespass in
the accursed thing, and wrath fell on
all the congregation of Israel? and that
man perished not alone in his iniquity.
21
Then the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh answered, and said unto the
22
heads of the thousands of Israel,
LORD God of gods, the LORD God of
gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall
know; if it be in rebellion, or if in
transgression against the LORD, (save
23
us not this day,) That we have built
us an altar to turn from following the
LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt
offering or meat offering, or if to offer
peace offerings thereon, let the LORD
24
himself require it; And if we have not
rather done it for fear of this thing,
saying, In time to come your children
might speak unto our children, saying,
What have ye to do with the LORD God
25
of Israel? For the LORD hath made
Jordan a border between us and you,
ye children of Reuben and children of
Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so
shall your children make our children
cease from fearing the LORD.
take Therefore we said, Let us now prepare
to build us an altar, not for burnt
27
offering, nor for sacrifice: But that it
may be a witness between us, and you,
and our generations after us, that we
might do the service of the LORD
before him with our burnt offerings,
and with our sacrifices, and with our
peace offerings; that your children may
not say to our children in time to
28
come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
Therefore said we, that it shall be,
The when they should so say to us or to
our generations in time to come, that
we may say again, Behold the pattern
of the altar of the LORD, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offerings,
nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness
29
between us and you. God forbid that
we should rebel against the LORD, and
turn this day from following the LORD,
to build an altar for burnt offerings, for
meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside
the altar of the LORD our God that is
30
before his tabernacle. And when
Phinehas the priest, and the princes of
the congregation and heads of the
thousands of Israel which were with
him, heard the words that the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the children of Manasseh spake, it
31
pleased them. And Phinehas the son
26
of Eleazar the priest said unto the
children of Reuben, and to the children their heads, and for their judges, and
of Gad, and to the children of for their officers, and said unto them, I
3
Manasseh, This day we perceive that am old and stricken in age: And ye
the LORD is among us, because ye have seen all that the LORD your God
have not committed this trespass hath done unto all these nations
against the LORD: now ye have because of you; for the LORD your God
4
delivered the children of Israel out of is he that hath fought for you.
32
the hand of the LORD. And Phinehas Behold, I have divided unto you by lot
the son of Eleazar the priest, and the these nations that remain, to be an
princes, returned from the children of inheritance for your tribes, from
Reuben, and from the children of Gad, Jordan, with all the nations that I have
out of the land of Gilead, unto the land cut off, even unto the great sea
5
of Canaan, to the children of Israel, westward. And the LORD your God,
33
and brought them word again. And he shall expel them from before you,
the thing pleased the children of and drive them from out of your sight;
Israel; and the children of Israel and ye shall possess their land, as the
blessed God, and did not intend to go LORD your God hath promised unto
6
up against them in battle, to destroy you. Be ye therefore very courageous
the land wherein the children of to keep and to do all that is written in
34
Reuben and Gad dwelt. And the the book of the law of Moses, that ye
children of Reuben and the children of turn not aside therefrom to the right
7
Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a hand or to the left; That ye come not
witness between us that the LORD is among these nations, these that
God. remain among you; neither make
mention of the names of their gods,
Joshua 23 nor cause to swear by them, neither
serve them, nor bow yourselves unto
And it came to pass a long time after
them: 8
But cleave unto the LORD your
that the LORD had given rest unto God, as ye have done unto this day. 9

Israel from all their enemies round For the LORD hath driven out from
about, that Joshua waxed old and before you great nations and strong:
2
stricken in age. And Joshua called for but as for you, no man hath been able
all Israel, and for their elders, and for to stand before you unto this day. 10
One man of you shall chase a When ye have transgressed the
thousand: for the LORD your God, he it covenant of the LORD your God, which
is that fighteth for you, as he hath he commanded you, and have gone
11
promised you. Take good heed and served other gods, and bowed
therefore unto yourselves, that ye love yourselves to them; then shall the
12
the LORD your God. Else if ye do in anger of the LORD be kindled against
any wise go back, and cleave unto the you, and ye shall perish quickly from
remnant of these nations, even these off the good land which he hath given
that remain among you, and shall unto you.
make marriages with them, and go in
unto them, and they to you: 13
Know Joshua 24
for a certainty that the LORD your God
will no more drive out any of these
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of

nations from before you; but they shall Israel to Shechem, and called for the

be snares and traps unto you, and elders of Israel, and for their heads,

scourges in your sides, and thorns in and for their judges, and for their

your eyes, until ye perish from off this officers; and they presented
2
good land which the LORD your God themselves before God. And Joshua

hath given you. 14

And, behold, this said unto all the people, Thus saith the

day I am going the way of all the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt

earth: and ye know in all your hearts on the other side of the flood in old

and in all your souls, that not one thing time, even Terah, the father of

hath failed of all the good things which Abraham, and the father of Nachor:
3
the LORD your God spake concerning and they served other gods. And I

you; all are come to pass unto you, took your father Abraham from the

and not one thing hath failed thereof. other side of the flood, and led him
15
Therefore it shall come to pass, that throughout all the land of Canaan, and

as all good things are come upon you, multiplied his seed, and gave him
4
which the LORD your God promised Isaac. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob

you; so shall the LORD bring upon you and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount

all evil things, until he have destroyed Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his
5
you from off this good land which the children went down into Egypt. I sent

LORD your God hath given you. 16 Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued
Egypt, according to that which I did sent the hornet before you, which
among them: and afterward I brought drave them out from before you, even
6
you out. And I brought your fathers the two kings of the Amorites; but not
13
out of Egypt: and ye came unto the with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
sea; and the Egyptians pursued after And I have given you a land for which
your fathers with chariots and ye did not labour, and cities which ye
7
horsemen unto the Red sea. And built not, and ye dwell in them; of the
when they cried unto the LORD, he put vineyards and oliveyards which ye
14
darkness between you and the planted not do ye eat. Now therefore
Egyptians, and brought the sea upon fear the LORD, and serve him in
them, and covered them; and your sincerity and in truth: and put away
eyes have seen what I have done in the gods which your fathers served on
Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a the other side of the flood, and in
8 15
long season. And I brought you into Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if
the land of the Amorites, which dwelt it seem evil unto you to serve the
on the other side Jordan; and they LORD, choose you this day whom ye
fought with you: and I gave them into will serve; whether the gods which
your hand, that ye might possess their your fathers served that were on the
land; and I destroyed them from other side of the flood, or the gods of
9
before you. Then Balak the son of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred but as for me and my house, we will
16
against Israel, and sent and called serve the LORD. And the people
10
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: answered and said, God forbid that we
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; should forsake the LORD, to serve
17
therefore he blessed you still: so I other gods; For the LORD our God,
11
delivered you out of his hand. And ye he it is that brought us up and our
went over Jordan, and came unto fathers out of the land of Egypt, from
Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought the house of bondage, and which did
against you, the Amorites, and the those great signs in our sight, and
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the preserved us in all the way wherein we
Hittites, and the Girgashites, the went, and among all the people
18
Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I through whom we passed: And the
12
delivered them into your hand. And I LORD drave out from before us all the
people, even the Amorites which dwelt the people, Behold, this stone shall be
in the land: therefore will we also a witness unto us; for it hath heard all
19
serve the LORD; for he is our God. the words of the LORD which he spake
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye unto us: it shall be therefore a witness
28
cannot serve the LORD: for he is an unto you, lest ye deny your God. So
holy God; he is a jealous God; he will Joshua let the people depart, every
29
not forgive your transgressions nor man unto his inheritance. And it
20
your sins. If ye forsake the LORD, came to pass after these things, that
and serve strange gods, then he will Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of
turn and do you hurt, and consume the LORD, died, being an hundred and
30
you, after that he hath done you good. ten years old. And they buried him in
21
And the people said unto Joshua, the border of his inheritance in
22
Nay; but we will serve the LORD. Timnath-serah, which is in mount
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of
31
are witnesses against yourselves that Gaash. And Israel served the LORD
ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve all the days of Joshua, and all the days
him. And they said, We are witnesses. of the elders that overlived Joshua, and
23
Now therefore put away, said he, the which had known all the works of the
32
strange gods which are among you, LORD, that he had done for Israel.
and incline your heart unto the LORD And the bones of Joseph, which the
24
God of Israel. And the people said children of Israel brought up out of
unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a
25
serve, and his voice will we obey. So parcel of ground which Jacob bought of
Joshua made a covenant with the the sons of Hamor the father of
people that day, and set them a Shechem for an hundred pieces of
statute and an ordinance in Shechem. silver: and it became the inheritance of
26 33
And Joshua wrote these words in the the children of Joseph. And Eleazar
book of the law of God, and took a the son of Aaron died; and they buried
great stone, and set it up there under him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas
an oak, that was by the sanctuary of his son, which was given him in mount
27
the LORD. And Joshua said unto all Ephraim.
THE BOOK OF

JUDGES

Judges 1 brought him to Jerusalem, and there

8
he died. Now the children of Judah
Now after the death of Joshua it came had fought against Jerusalem, and had

to pass, that the children of Israel taken it, and smitten it with the edge
9
asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go of the sword, and set the city on fire.

up for us against the Canaanites first, And afterward the children of Judah

to fight against them? 2

And the LORD went down to fight against the

said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have Canaanites, that dwelt in the

delivered the land into his hand. 3

And mountain, and in the south, and in the
10
Judah said unto Simeon his brother, valley. And Judah went against the

Come up with me into my lot, that we Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now

may fight against the Canaanites; and the name of Hebron before was

I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. Kirjath- arba:) and they slew Sheshai,
11
So Simeon went with him. 4
And Judah and Ahiman, and Talmai. And from

went up; and the LORD delivered the thence he went against the inhabitants

Canaanites and the Perizzites into their of Debir: and the name of Debir before
12
hand: and they slew of them in Bezek was Kirjath-sepher: And Caleb said,

ten thousand men. 5

And they found He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and

Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my
13
against him, and they slew the daughter to wife. And Othniel the

Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6

But son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother,

Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued took it: and he gave him Achsah his
14
after him, and caught him, and cut off daughter to wife. And it came to

his thumbs and his great toes. 7

And pass, when she came to him, that she

Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten moved him to ask of her father a field:

kings, having their thumbs and their and she lighted from off her ass; and
15
great toes cut off, gathered their meat Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

under my table: as I have done, so And she said unto him, Give me a

God hath requited me. And they blessing: for thou hast given me a
 24
south land; give me also springs of city before was Luz.) And the spies
water. And Caleb gave her the upper saw a man come forth out of the city,
16
springs and the nether springs. And and they said unto him, Shew us, we
the children of the Kenite, Moses' pray thee, the entrance into the city,
25
father in law, went up out of the city of and we will shew thee mercy. And
palm trees with the children of Judah when he shewed them the entrance
into the wilderness of Judah, which into the city, they smote the city with
lieth in the south of Arad; and they the edge of the sword; but they let go
17 26
went and dwelt among the people. the man and all his family. And the
And Judah went with Simeon his man went into the land of the Hittites,
brother, and they slew the Canaanites and built a city, and called the name
that inhabited Zephath, and utterly thereof Luz: which is the name thereof
27
destroyed it. And the name of the city unto this day. Neither did Manasseh
18
was called Hormah. Also Judah took drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean
Gaza with the coast thereof, and and her towns, nor Taanach and her
Askelon with the coast thereof, and towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and
19
Ekron with the coast thereof. And her towns, nor the inhabitants of
the LORD was with Judah; and he Ibleam and her towns, nor the
drave out the inhabitants of the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns:
mountain; but could not drive out the but the Canaanites would dwell in that
28
inhabitants of the valley, because they land. And it came to pass, when
20
had chariots of iron. And they gave Israel was strong, that they put the
Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and Canaanites to tribute, and did not
29
he expelled thence the three sons of utterly drive them out. Neither did
21
Anak. And the children of Benjamin Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that
did not drive out the Jebusites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites
30
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwelt in Gezer among them. Neither
dwell with the children of Benjamin in did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants
22
Jerusalem unto this day. And the of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of
house of Joseph, they also went up Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt
against Bethel: and the LORD was with among them, and became tributaries.
23 31
them. And the house of Joseph sent Neither did Asher drive out the
to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw
of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, down their altars: but ye have not
32
nor of Rehob: But the Asherites obeyed my voice: why have ye done
3
dwelt among the Canaanites, the this? Wherefore I also said, I will not
inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out from before you; but
33
drive them out. Neither did Naphtali they shall be as thorns in your sides,
drive out the inhabitants of Beth- and their gods shall be a snare unto
4
shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth- you. And it came to pass, when the
anath; but he dwelt among the angel of the LORD spake these words
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the unto all the children of Israel, that the
5
land: nevertheless the inhabitants of people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath And they called the name of that place
34
became tributaries unto them. And Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto
6
the Amorites forced the children of Dan the LORD. And when Joshua had let
into the mountain: for they would not the people go, the children of Israel
suffer them to come down to the went every man unto his inheritance to
35 7
valley: But the Amorites would dwell possess the land. And the people
in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in served the LORD all the days of
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joshua, and all the days of the elders
Joseph prevailed, so that they became that outlived Joshua, who had seen all
36
tributaries. And the coast of the the great works of the LORD, that he
8
Amorites was from the going up to did for Israel. And Joshua the son of
Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. Nun, the servant of the LORD, died,
9
being an hundred and ten years old.
Judges 2 And they buried him in the border of
his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the
And an angel of the LORD came up
mount of Ephraim, on the north side of
from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I the hill Gaash. 10
And also all that
made you to go up out of Egypt, and generation were gathered unto their
have brought you unto the land which I fathers: and there arose another
sware unto your fathers; and I said, I generation after them, which knew not
will never break my covenant with you. the LORD, nor yet the works which he
2
And ye shall make no league with the had done for Israel. 11
And the children
of Israel did evil in the sight of the was with the judge, and delivered them
12
LORD, and served Baalim: And they out of the hand of their enemies all the
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, days of the judge: for it repented the
which brought them out of the land of LORD because of their groanings by
Egypt, and followed other gods, of the reason of them that oppressed them
19
gods of the people that were round and vexed them. And it came to
about them, and bowed themselves pass, when the judge was dead, that
unto them, and provoked the LORD to they returned, and corrupted
13
anger. And they forsook the LORD, themselves more than their fathers, in
14
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And following other gods to serve them,
the anger of the LORD was hot against and to bow down unto them; they
Israel, and he delivered them into the ceased not from their own doings, nor
20
hands of spoilers that spoiled them, from their stubborn way. And the
and he sold them into the hands of anger of the LORD was hot against
their enemies round about, so that Israel; and he said, Because that this
they could not any longer stand before people hath transgressed my covenant
15
their enemies. Whithersoever they which I commanded their fathers, and
21
went out, the hand of the LORD was have not hearkened unto my voice; I
against them for evil, as the LORD had also will not henceforth drive out any
said, and as the LORD had sworn unto from before them of the nations which
22
them: and they were greatly Joshua left when he died: That
16
distressed. Nevertheless the LORD through them I may prove Israel,
raised up judges, which delivered them whether they will keep the way of the
out of the hand of those that spoiled LORD to walk therein, as their fathers
17 23
them. And yet they would not did keep it, or not. Therefore the
hearken unto their judges, but they LORD left those nations, without
went a whoring after other gods, and driving them out hastily; neither
bowed themselves unto them: they delivered he them into the hand of
turned quickly out of the way which Joshua.
their fathers walked in, obeying the
commandments of the LORD; but they
18
did not so. And when the LORD
raised them up judges, then the LORD
Judges 3 of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim
9
eight years. And when the children of
Now these are the nations which the Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

LORD left, to prove Israel by them, raised up a deliverer to the children of

even as many of Israel as had not Israel, who delivered them, even

known all the wars of Canaan; 2

Only Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's
10
that the generations of the children of younger brother. And the Spirit of

Israel might know, to teach them war, the LORD came upon him, and he

at the least such as before knew judged Israel, and went out to war:

nothing thereof; 3
Namely, five lords of and the LORD delivered Chushan-

the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into

and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that his hand; and his hand prevailed
11
dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount against Chushan- rishathaim. And

Baal-hermon unto the entering in of the land had rest forty years. And
12
Hamath. 4
And they were to prove Othniel the son of Kenaz died. And

Israel by them, to know whether they the children of Israel did evil again in

would hearken unto the the sight of the LORD: and the LORD

commandments of the LORD, which he strengthened Eglon the king of Moab

commanded their fathers by the hand against Israel, because they had done
13
of Moses. 5
And the children of Israel evil in the sight of the LORD. And he

dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, gathered unto him the children of

and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Ammon and Amalek, and went and

Hivites, and Jebusites: 6

And they took smote Israel, and possessed the city of
14
their daughters to be their wives, and palm trees. So the children of Israel

gave their daughters to their sons, and served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
15
served their gods. 7
And the children of years. But when the children of

Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

and forgat the LORD their God, and raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the

served Baalim and the groves. 8 son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man

Therefore the anger of the LORD was lefthanded: and by him the children of

hot against Israel, and he sold them Israel sent a present unto Eglon the
16
into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Moab. But Ehud made him a

king of Mesopotamia: and the children dagger which had two edges, of a cubit
length; and he did gird it under his not the doors of the parlour; therefore
17
raiment upon his right thigh. And he they took a key, and opened them:
brought the present unto Eglon king of and, behold, their lord was fallen down
18 26
Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. dead on the earth. And Ehud escaped
And when he had made an end to offer while they tarried, and passed beyond
the present, he sent away the people the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
19 27
that bare the present. But he himself And it came to pass, when he was
turned again from the quarries that come, that he blew a trumpet in the
were by Gilgal, and said, I have a mountain of Ephraim, and the children
secret errand unto thee, O king: who of Israel went down with him from the
28
said, Keep silence. And all that stood mount, and he before them. And he
20
by him went out from him. And Ehud said unto them, Follow after me: for
came unto him; and he was sitting in a the LORD hath delivered your enemies
summer parlour, which he had for the Moabites into your hand. And they
himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a went down after him, and took the
message from God unto thee. And he fords of Jordan toward Moab, and
21 29
arose out of his seat. And Ehud put suffered not a man to pass over. And
forth his left hand, and took the dagger they slew of Moab at that time about
from his right thigh, and thrust it into ten thousand men, all lusty, and all
22
his belly: And the haft also went in men of valour; and there escaped not a
30
after the blade; and the fat closed man. So Moab was subdued that day
upon the blade, so that he could not under the hand of Israel. And the land
31
draw the dagger out of his belly; and had rest fourscore years. And after
23
the dirt came out. Then Ehud went him was Shamgar the son of Anath,
forth through the porch, and shut the which slew of the Philistines six
doors of the parlour upon him, and hundred men with an ox goad: and he
24
locked them. When he was gone out, also delivered Israel.
his servants came; and when they saw
that, behold, the doors of the parlour Judges 4
were locked, they said, Surely he
covereth his feet in his summer
And the children of Israel again did

chamber. 25
And they tarried till they evil in the sight of the LORD, when
2
were ashamed: and, behold, he opened Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold
them into the hand of Jabin king of sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.
Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the And Deborah arose, and went with
10
captain of whose host was Sisera, Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called
which dwelt in Harosheth of the Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and
3
Gentiles. And the children of Israel he went up with ten thousand men at
cried unto the LORD: for he had nine his feet: and Deborah went up with
11
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty him. Now Heber the Kenite, which
years he mightily oppressed the was of the children of Hobab the father
4
children of Israel. And Deborah, a in law of Moses, had severed himself
prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
5
judged Israel at that time. And she unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by
12
dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah Kedesh. And they shewed Sisera that
between Ramah and Bethel in mount Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up
13
Ephraim: and the children of Israel to mount Tabor. And Sisera gathered
6
came up to her for judgment. And she together all his chariots, even nine
sent and called Barak the son of hundred chariots of iron, and all the
Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and people that were with him, from
said unto him, Hath not the LORD God Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the
14
of Israel commanded, saying, Go and river of Kishon. And Deborah said
draw toward mount Tabor, and take unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in
with thee ten thousand men of the which the LORD hath delivered Sisera
children of Naphtali and of the children into thine hand: is not the LORD gone
7
of Zebulun? And I will draw unto thee out before thee? So Barak went down
to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain from mount Tabor, and ten thousand
15
of Jabin's army, with his chariots and men after him. And the LORD
his multitude; and I will deliver him discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots,
8
into thine hand. And Barak said unto and all his host, with the edge of the
her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will sword before Barak; so that Sisera
go: but if thou wilt not go with me, lighted down off his chariot, and fled
9 16
then I will not go. And she said, I will away on his feet. But Barak pursued
surely go with thee: notwithstanding after the chariots, and after the host,
the journey that thou takest shall not unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all
be for thine honour; for the LORD shall the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of

the sword; and there was not a man
17
left. Howbeit Sisera fled away on his
feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
Heber the Kenite: for there was peace
between Jabin the king of Hazor and
18
the house of Heber the Kenite.
Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said
unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to
me; fear not. And when he had turned
in unto her into the tent, she covered
24
Canaan before the children of Israel.
And the hand of the children of Israel
prospered, and prevailed against Jabin
the king of Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
And
Judges 5
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son
2
of Abinoam on that day, saying,

him with a mantle. 19

And he said unto Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of

her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water Israel, when the people willingly
3
to drink; for I am thirsty. And she offered themselves. Hear, O ye kings;

opened a bottle of milk, and gave him give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will

drink, and covered him. 20

Again he sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise
4
said unto her, Stand in the door of the to the LORD God of Israel. LORD,

tent, and it shall be, when any man when thou wentest out of Seir, when

doth come and enquire of thee, and thou marchedst out of the field of

say, Is there any man here? that thou Edom, the earth trembled, and the

shalt say, No. 21

Then Jael Heber's wife heavens dropped, the clouds also
5
took a nail of the tent, and took an dropped water. The mountains melted

hammer in her hand, and went softly from before the LORD, even that Sinai
6
unto him, and smote the nail into his from before the LORD God of Israel.

temples, and fastened it into the In the days of Shamgar the son of

ground: for he was fast asleep and Anath, in the days of Jael, the

weary. So he died. 22
And, behold, as highways were unoccupied, and the
7
Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to travelers walked through byways. The

meet him, and said unto him, Come, inhabitants of the villages ceased, they

and I will shew thee the man whom ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah
8
thou seekest. And when he came into arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and They chose new gods; then was war in

the nail was in his temples. 23

So God the gates: was there a shield or spear
9
subdued on that day Jabin the king of seen among forty thousand in Israel?
 17
My heart is toward the governors of there were great searchings of heart.
Israel, that offered themselves willingly Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why
among the people. Bless ye the LORD. did Dan remain in ships? Asher
10
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, continued on the sea shore, and abode
18
ye that sit in judgment, and walk by in his breaches. Zebulun and
11
the way. They that are delivered Naphtali were a people that jeoparded
from the noise of archers in the places their lives unto the death in the high
19
of drawing water, there shall they places of the field. The kings came
rehearse the righteous acts of the and fought, then fought the kings of
LORD, even the righteous acts toward Canaan in Taanach by the waters of
the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20
then shall the people of the LORD go They fought from heaven; the stars
12
down to the gates. Awake, awake, in their courses fought against Sisera.
21
Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: The river of Kishon swept them
arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity away, that ancient river, the river
13
captive, thou son of Abinoam. Then Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden
22
he made him that remaineth have down strength. Then were the
dominion over the nobles among the horsehoofs broken by the means of the
people: the LORD made me have pransings, the pransings of their
14 23
dominion over the mighty. Out of mighty ones. Curse ye Meroz, said
Ephraim was there a root of them the angel of the LORD, curse ye
against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, bitterly the inhabitants thereof;
among thy people; out of Machir came because they came not to the help of
down governors, and out of Zebulun the LORD, to the help of the LORD
24
they that handle the pen of the writer. against the mighty. Blessed above
15
And the princes of Issachar were women shall Jael the wife of Heber the
with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Kenite be, blessed shall she be above
25
Barak: he was sent on foot into the women in the tent. He asked water,
valley. For the divisions of Reuben and she gave him milk; she brought
16 26
there were great thoughts of heart. forth butter in a lordly dish. She put
Why abodest thou among the her hand to the nail, and her right
sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the hand to the workmen's hammer; and
flocks? For the divisions of Reuben with the hammer she smote Sisera,
she smote off his head, when she had mountains, and caves, and strong
3
pierced and stricken through his holds. And so it was, when Israel had
27
temples. At her feet he bowed, he sown, that the Midianites came up, and
fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, the Amalekites, and the children of the
he fell: where he bowed, there he fell east, even they came up against them;
28 4
down dead. The mother of Sisera And they encamped against them,
looked out at a window, and cried and destroyed the increase of the
through the lattice, Why is his chariot earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and
so long in coming? why tarry the left no sustenance for Israel, neither
29 5
wheels of his chariots? Her wise sheep, nor ox, nor ass. For they came
ladies answered her, yea, she returned up with their cattle and their tents, and
30
answer to herself, Have they not they came as grasshoppers for
sped? have they not divided the prey; multitude; for both they and their
to every man a damsel or two; to camels were without number: and they
6
Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey entered into the land to destroy it.
of divers colours of needlework, of And Israel was greatly impoverished
divers colours of needlework on both because of the Midianites; and the
sides, meet for the necks of them that children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
31 7
take the spoil? So let all thine And it came to pass, when the
enemies perish, O LORD: but let them children of Israel cried unto the LORD
8
that love him be as the sun when he because of the Midianites, That the
goeth forth in his might. And the land LORD sent a prophet unto the children
had rest forty years. of Israel, which said unto them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought
Judges 6 you up from Egypt, and brought you
9
forth out of the house of bondage;
And the children of Israel did evil in
And I delivered you out of the hand of
the sight of the LORD: and the LORD the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
delivered them into the hand of Midian all that oppressed you, and drave them
2
seven years. And the hand of Midian out from before you, and gave you
prevailed against Israel: and because their land; 10
And I said unto you, I am
of the Midianites the children of Israel the LORD your God; fear not the gods
made them the dens which are in the of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but ye have not obeyed my come unto thee, and bring forth my
11
voice. And there came an angel of present, and set it before thee. And he
the LORD, and sat under an oak which said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19
was in Ophrah, that pertained unto And Gideon went in, and made ready
Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son a kid, and unleavened cakes of an
Gideon threshed wheat by the ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a
winepress, to hide it from the basket, and he put the broth in a pot,
12
Midianites. And the angel of the and brought it out unto him under the
20
LORD appeared unto him, and said oak, and presented it. And the angel
unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou of God said unto him, Take the flesh
13
mighty man of valour. And Gideon and the unleavened cakes, and lay
said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD them upon this rock, and pour out the
21
be with us, why then is all this befallen broth. And he did so. Then the angel
us? and where be all his miracles which of the LORD put forth the end of the
our fathers told us of, saying, Did not staff that was in his hand, and touched
the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
now the LORD hath forsaken us, and and there rose up fire out of the rock,
delivered us into the hands of the and consumed the flesh and the
14
Midianites. And the LORD looked unleavened cakes. Then the angel of
22
upon him, and said, Go in this thy the LORD departed out of his sight.
might, and thou shalt save Israel from And when Gideon perceived that he
the hand of the Midianites: have not I was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said,
15
sent thee? And he said unto him, Oh Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have
my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
23
behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, And the LORD said unto him, Peace
and I am the least in my father's be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not
16 24
house. And the LORD said unto him, die. Then Gideon built an altar there
Surely I will be with thee, and thou unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-
shalt smite the Midianites as one man. shalom: unto this day it is yet in
17 25
And he said unto him, If now I have Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. And it
found grace in thy sight, then shew me came to pass the same night, that the
18
a sign that thou talkest with me. LORD said unto him, Take thy father's
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I young bullock, even the second bullock
of seven years old, and throw down the morning: if he be a god, let him plead
altar of Baal that thy father hath, and for himself, because one hath cast
26 32
cut down the grove that is by it: And down his altar. Therefore on that day
build an altar unto the LORD thy God he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let
upon the top of this rock, in the Baal plead against him, because he
33
ordered place, and take the second hath thrown down his altar. Then all
bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the Midianites and the Amalekites and
the wood of the grove which thou shalt the children of the east were gathered
27
cut down. Then Gideon took ten men together, and went over, and pitched
34
of his servants, and did as the LORD in the valley of Jezreel. But the Spirit
had said unto him: and so it was, of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he
because he feared his father's blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was
35
household, and the men of the city, gathered after him. And he sent
that he could not do it by day, that he messengers throughout all Manasseh;
28
did it by night. And when the men of who also was gathered after him: and
the city arose early in the morning, he sent messengers unto Asher, and
behold, the altar of Baal was cast unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and
36
down, and the grove was cut down that they came up to meet them. And
was by it, and the second bullock was Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save
29
offered upon the altar that was built. Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37
And they said one to another, Who Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in
hath done this thing? And when they the floor; and if the dew be on the
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon fleece only, and it be dry upon all the
the son of Joash hath done this thing. earth beside, then shall I know that
30
Then the men of the city said unto thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as
38
Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may thou hast said. And it was so: for he
die: because he hath cast down the rose up early on the morrow, and
altar of Baal, and because he hath cut thrust the fleece together, and wringed
31
down the grove that was by it. And the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of
39
Joash said unto all that stood against water. And Gideon said unto God,
him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye Let not thine anger be hot against me,
save him? he that will plead for him, and I will speak but this once: let me
let him be put to death whilst it is yet prove, I pray thee, but this once with
the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the same shall go with thee; and of
the fleece, and upon all the ground let whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall
40
there be dew. And God did so that not go with thee, the same shall not
5
night: for it was dry upon the fleece go. So he brought down the people
only, and there was dew on all the unto the water: and the LORD said
ground. unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of
the water with his tongue, as a dog
Judges 7 lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself;
likewise every one that boweth down
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all
upon his knees to drink. 6
And the
the people that were with him, rose up number of them that lapped, putting
early, and pitched beside the well of their hand to their mouth, were three
Harod: so that the host of the hundred men: but all the rest of the
Midianites were on the north side of people bowed down upon their knees
them, by the hill of Moreh, in the to drink water. 7
And the LORD said
2
valley. And the LORD said unto unto Gideon, By the three hundred
Gideon, The people that are with thee men that lapped will I save you, and
are too many for me to give the deliver the Midianites into thine hand:
Midianites into their hands, lest Israel and let all the other people go every
vaunt themselves against me, saying, man unto his place. 8
So the people
3
Mine own hand hath saved me. Now took victuals in their hand, and their
therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of trumpets: and he sent all the rest of
the people, saying, Whosoever is Israel every man unto his tent, and
fearful and afraid, let him return and retained those three hundred men: and
depart early from mount Gilead. And the host of Midian was beneath him in
there returned of the people twenty the valley. 9
And it came to pass the
and two thousand; and there remained same night, that the LORD said unto
4
ten thousand. And the LORD said him, Arise, get thee down unto the
unto Gideon, The people are yet too host; for I have delivered it into thine
many; bring them down unto the hand. 10
But if thou fear to go down, go
water, and I will try them for thee thou with Phurah thy servant down to
there: and it shall be, that of whom I the host: 11
And thou shalt hear what
say unto thee, This shall go with thee, they say; and afterward shall thine
 17
hands be strengthened to go down within the pitchers. And he said unto
unto the host. Then went he down with them, Look on me, and do likewise:
Phurah his servant unto the outside of and, behold, when I come to the
the armed men that were in the host. outside of the camp, it shall be that, as
12 18
And the Midianites and the I do, so shall ye do. When I blow
Amalekites and all the children of the with a trumpet, I and all that are with
east lay along in the valley like me, then blow ye the trumpets also on
grasshoppers for multitude; and their every side of all the camp, and say,
camels were without number, as the The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
13 19
sand by the sea side for multitude. So Gideon, and the hundred men
And when Gideon was come, behold, that were with him, came unto the
there was a man that told a dream outside of the camp in the beginning of
unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I the middle watch; and they had but
dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of newly set the watch: and they blew the
barley bread tumbled into the host of trumpets, and brake the pitchers that
20
Midian, and came unto a tent, and were in their hands. And the three
smote it that it fell, and overturned it, companies blew the trumpets, and
14
that the tent lay along. And his brake the pitchers, and held the lamps
fellow answered and said, This is in their left hands, and the trumpets in
nothing else save the sword of Gideon their right hands to blow withal: and
the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for they cried, The sword of the LORD, and
21
into his hand hath God delivered of Gideon. And they stood every man
15
Midian, and all the host. And it was in his place round about the camp: and
22
so, when Gideon heard the telling of all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
the dream, and the interpretation And the three hundred blew the
thereof, that he worshipped, and trumpets, and the LORD set every
returned into the host of Israel, and man's sword against his fellow, even
said, Arise; for the LORD hath throughout all the host: and the host
delivered into your hand the host of fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to
16
Midian. And he divided the three the border of Abel- meholah, unto
23
hundred men into three companies, Tabbath. And the men of Israel
and he put a trumpet in every man's gathered themselves together out of
hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of
all Manasseh, and pursued after the And Gideon came to Jordan, and
24
Midianites. And Gideon sent passed over, he, and the three hundred
messengers throughout all mount men that were with him, faint, yet
5
Ephraim, saying, Come down against pursuing them. And he said unto the
the Midianites, and take before them men of Succoth, Give, I pray you,
the waters unto Beth-barah and loaves of bread unto the people that
Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim follow me; for they be faint, and I am
gathered themselves together, and pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna,
6
took the waters unto Beth-barah and kings of Midian. And the princes of
25
Jordan. And they took two princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah
the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, we should give bread unto thine army?
7
and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of And Gideon said, Therefore when the
Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought LORD hath delivered Zebah and
the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will
on the other side Jordan. tear your flesh with the thorns of the
8
wilderness and with briers. And he
Judges 8 went up thence to Penuel, and spake
unto them likewise: and the men of
And the men of Ephraim said unto
Penuel answered him as the men of
him, Why hast thou served us thus, Succoth had answered him. 9
And he
that thou calledst us not, when thou spake also unto the men of Penuel,
wentest to fight with the Midianites? saying, When I come again in peace, I
2
And they did chide with him sharply. will break down this tower. 10
Now
And he said unto them, What have I Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor,
done now in comparison of you? Is not and their hosts with them, about
the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim fifteen thousand men, all that were left
3
better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? of all the hosts of the children of the
God hath delivered into your hands the east: for there fell an hundred and
princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
what was I able to do in comparison of 11
And Gideon went up by the way of
you? Then their anger was abated them that dwelt in tents on the east of
4
toward him, when he had said that. Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the
 12
host: for the host was secure. And and slay them. But the youth drew not
when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he his sword: for he feared, because he
21
pursued after them, and took the two was yet a youth. Then Zebah and
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall
13
and discomfited all the host. And upon us: for as the man is, so is his
Gideon the son of Joash returned from strength. And Gideon arose, and slew
14
battle before the sun was up, And Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away
caught a young man of the men of the ornaments that were on their
22
Succoth, and enquired of him: and he camels' necks. Then the men of
described unto him the princes of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over
Succoth, and the elders thereof, even us, both thou, and thy son, and thy
15
threescore and seventeen men. And son's son also: for thou hast delivered
23
he came unto the men of Succoth, and us from the hand of Midian. And
said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with Gideon said unto them, I will not rule
whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are over you, neither shall my son rule
the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now over you: the LORD shall rule over
24
in thine hand, that we should give you. And Gideon said unto them, I
16
bread unto thy men that are weary? would desire a request of you, that ye
And he took the elders of the city, and would give me every man the earrings
thorns of the wilderness and briers, of his prey. (For they had golden
and with them he taught the men of earrings, because they were
17 25
Succoth. And he beat down the Ishmaelites.) And they answered, We
tower of Penuel, and slew the men of will willingly give them. And they
18
the city. Then said he unto Zebah spread a garment, and did cast therein
26
and Zalmunna, What manner of men every man the earrings of his prey.
were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And And the weight of the golden earrings
they answered, As thou art, so were that he requested was a thousand and
they; each one resembled the children seven hundred shekels of gold; beside
19
of a king. And he said, They were my ornaments, and collars, and purple
brethren, even the sons of my mother: raiment that was on the kings of
as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved Midian, and beside the chains that
20 27
them alive, I would not slay you. And were about their camels' necks. And
he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, Gideon made an ephod thereof, and
put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and Judges 9
all Israel went thither a whoring after
it: which thing became a snare unto And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal
28
Gideon, and to his house. Thus was went to Shechem unto his mother's
Midian subdued before the children of brethren, and communed with them,
Israel, so that they lifted up their and with all the family of the house of
heads no more. And the country was in his mother's father, saying, 2
Speak, I
quietness forty years in the days of pray you, in the ears of all the men of
29
Gideon. And Jerubbaal the son of Shechem, Whether is better for you,
Joash went and dwelt in his own house. either that all the sons of Jerubbaal,
30
And Gideon had threescore and ten which are threescore and ten persons,
sons of his body begotten: for he had reign over you, or that one reign over
31
many wives. And his concubine that you? remember also that I am your
was in Shechem, she also bare him a bone and your flesh. 3
And his mother's
son, whose name he called Abimelech. brethren spake of him in the ears of all
32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in the men of Shechem all these words:
a good old age, and was buried in the and their hearts inclined to follow
sepulchre of Joash his father, in Abimelech; for they said, He is our
33
Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. And it brother. 4
And they gave him
came to pass, as soon as Gideon was threescore and ten pieces of silver out
dead, that the children of Israel turned of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith
again, and went a whoring after Abimelech hired vain and light persons,
Baalim, and made Baal-berith their which followed him. 5
And he went unto
34
god. And the children of Israel his father's house at Ophrah, and slew
remembered not the LORD their God, his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal,
who had delivered them out of the being threescore and ten persons,
hands of all their enemies on every upon one stone: notwithstanding yet
35
side: Neither shewed they kindness Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal
to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, was left; for he hid himself. 6
And all
Gideon, according to all the goodness the men of Shechem gathered
which he had shewed unto Israel. together, and all the house of Millo,
and went, and made Abimelech king,
by the plain of the pillar that was in
 7
Shechem. And when they told it to if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and
Jotham, he went and stood in the top his house, and have done unto him
of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his according to the deserving of his
17
voice, and cried, and said unto them, hands; (For my father fought for
Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, you, and adventured his life far, and
8
that God may hearken unto you. The delivered you out of the hand of
18
trees went forth on a time to anoint a Midian: And ye are risen up against
king over them; and they said unto the my father's house this day, and have
9
olive tree, Reign thou over us. But slain his sons, threescore and ten
the olive tree said unto them, Should I persons, upon one stone, and have
leave my fatness, wherewith by me made Abimelech, the son of his
they honour God and man, and go to maidservant, king over the men of
10
be promoted over the trees? And the Shechem, because he is your brother;)
19
trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, If ye then have dealt truly and
11
and reign over us. But the fig tree sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his
said unto them, Should I forsake my house this day, then rejoice ye in
sweetness, and my good fruit, and go Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in
12 20
to be promoted over the trees? Then you: But if not, let fire come out
said the trees unto the vine, Come from Abimelech, and devour the men
13
thou, and reign over us. And the vine of Shechem, and the house of Millo;
said unto them, Should I leave my and let fire come out from the men of
wine, which cheereth God and man, Shechem, and from the house of Millo,
21
and go to be promoted over the trees? and devour Abimelech. And Jotham
14
Then said all the trees unto the ran away, and fled, and went to Beer,
bramble, Come thou, and reign over and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech
15 22
us. And the bramble said unto the his brother. When Abimelech had
23
trees, If in truth ye anoint me king reigned three years over Israel, Then
over you, then come and put your trust God sent an evil spirit between
in my shadow: and if not, let fire come Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
out of the bramble, and devour the and the men of Shechem dealt
16 24
cedars of Lebanon. Now therefore, if treacherously with Abimelech: That
ye have done truly and sincerely, in the cruelty done to the threescore and
that ye have made Abimelech king, and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and
their blood be laid upon Abimelech come to Shechem; and, behold, they
32
their brother, which slew them; and fortify the city against thee. Now
upon the men of Shechem, which aided therefore up by night, thou and the
25
him in the killing of his brethren. And people that is with thee, and lie in wait
33
the men of Shechem set liers in wait in the field: And it shall be, that in
for him in the top of the mountains, the morning, as soon as the sun is up,
and they robbed all that came along thou shalt rise early, and set upon the
that way by them: and it was told city: and, behold, when he and the
26
Abimelech. And Gaal the son of Ebed people that is with him come out
came with his brethren, and went over against thee, then mayest thou do to
34
to Shechem: and the men of Shechem them as thou shalt find occasion.
27
put their confidence in him. And they And Abimelech rose up, and all the
went out into the fields, and gathered people that were with him, by night,
their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and they laid wait against Shechem in
35
and made merry, and went into the four companies. And Gaal the son of
house of their god, and did eat and Ebed went out, and stood in the
28
drink, and cursed Abimelech. And entering of the gate of the city: and
Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech rose up, and the people that
36
Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that were with him, from lying in wait.
we should serve him? is not he the son And when Gaal saw the people, he said
of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? to Zebul, Behold, there come people
serve the men of Hamor the father of down from the top of the mountains.
Shechem: for why should we serve And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest
29
him? And would to God this people the shadow of the mountains as if they
37
were under my hand! then would I were men. And Gaal spake again and
remove Abimelech. And he said to said, See there come people down by
Abimelech, Increase thine army, and the middle of the land, and another
30
come out. And when Zebul the ruler company come along by the plain of
38
of the city heard the words of Gaal the Meonenim. Then said Zebul unto
31
son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. him, Where is now thy mouth,
And he sent messengers unto wherewith thou saidst, Who is
Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal Abimelech, that we should serve him?
the son of Ebed and his brethren be is not this the people that thou hast
despised? go out, I pray now, and fight
39
with them. And Gaal went out before
the men of Shechem, and fought with
40
Abimelech. And Abimelech chased
him, and he fled before him, and many
were overthrown and wounded, even
41
unto the entering of the gate.
Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul
thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that
they should not dwell in Shechem.
And it came to pass on the morrow,
that the people went out into the field;
43
and they told Abimelech. And he
took the people, and divided them into
three companies, and laid wait in the
field, and looked, and, behold, the
people were come forth out of the city;
and he rose up against them, and
44
smote them. And Abimelech, and the
company that was with him, rushed
forward, and stood in the entering of
the gate of the city: and the two other
companies ran upon all the people that
were in the fields, and slew them.
And Abimelech fought against the city
all that day; and he took the city, and
slew the people that was therein, and
beat down the city, and sowed it with
46
salt. And when all the men of the
tower of Shechem heard that, they
entered into an hold of the house of
47
the god Berith. And it was told
Abimelech, that all the men of the
tower of Shechem were gathered
48
together. And Abimelech gat him up
to mount Zalmon, he and all the people
that were with him; and Abimelech
took an axe in his hand, and cut down
a bough from the trees, and took it,
And and laid it on his shoulder, and said
unto the people that were with him,
What ye have seen me do, make haste,
42 49
and do as I have done. And all the
people likewise cut down every man his
bough, and followed Abimelech, and
put them to the hold, and set the hold
on fire upon them; so that all the men
of the tower of Shechem died also,
50
about a thousand men and women.
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and
encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51
But there was a strong tower within
the city, and thither fled all the men
and women, and all they of the city,
and shut it to them, and gat them up
52
to the top of the tower. And
45
Abimelech came unto the tower, and
fought against it, and went hard unto
the door of the tower to burn it with
53
fire. And a certain woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's
54
head, and all to brake his skull. Then
he called hastily unto the young man
his armourbearer, and said unto him,
Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men
say not of me, A woman slew him. And
his young man thrust him through, and Ammon, and the gods of the
55
he died. And when the men of Israel Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and
7
saw that Abimelech was dead, they served not him. And the anger of the
56
departed every man unto his place. LORD was hot against Israel, and he
Thus God rendered the wickedness of sold them into the hands of the
Abimelech, which he did unto his Philistines, and into the hands of the
8
father, in slaying his seventy brethren: children of Ammon. And that year
57
And all the evil of the men of they vexed and oppressed the children
Shechem did God render upon their of Israel: eighteen years, all the
heads: and upon them came the curse children of Israel that were on the
of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. other side Jordan in the land of the
9
Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Judges 10 Moreover the children of Ammon
passed over Jordan to fight also
And after Abimelech there arose to
against Judah, and against Benjamin,
defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the and against the house of Ephraim; so
son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he that Israel was sore distressed. 10
And
2
dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. the children of Israel cried unto the
And he judged Israel twenty and three LORD, saying, We have sinned against
years, and died, and was buried in thee, both because we have forsaken
3
Shamir. And after him arose Jair, a our God, and also served Baalim. 11

Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and And the LORD said unto the children of
4
two years. And he had thirty sons Israel, Did not I deliver you from the
that rode on thirty ass colts, and they Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from
had thirty cities, which are called the children of Ammon, and from the
Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in Philistines? 12
The Zidonians also, and
5
the land of Gilead. And Jair died, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
6
was buried in Camon. And the oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I
children of Israel did evil again in the delivered you out of their hand. 13
Yet
sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, ye have forsaken me, and served other
and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, gods: wherefore I will deliver you no
and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of more. 14
Go and cry unto the gods
Moab, and the gods of the children of which ye have chosen; let them deliver
 15
you in the time of your tribulation. vain men to Jephthah, and went out
4
And the children of Israel said unto the with him. And it came to pass in
LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto process of time, that the children of
5
us whatsoever seemeth good unto Ammon made war against Israel. And
thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, it was so, that when the children of
16
this day. And they put away the Ammon made war against Israel, the
strange gods from among them, and elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah
6
served the LORD: and his soul was out of the land of Tob: And they said
17
grieved for the misery of Israel. Then unto Jephthah, Come, and be our
the children of Ammon were gathered captain, that we may fight with the
7
together, and encamped in Gilead. And children of Ammon. And Jephthah
the children of Israel assembled said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not
themselves together, and encamped in ye hate me, and expel me out of my
18
Mizpeh. And the people and princes father's house? and why are ye come
8
of Gilead said one to another, What unto me now when ye are in distress?
man is he that will begin to fight And the elders of Gilead said unto
against the children of Ammon? he Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to
shall be head over all the inhabitants of thee now, that thou mayest go with us,
Gilead. and fight against the children of
Ammon, and be our head over all the
Judges 11 inhabitants of Gilead. 9
And Jephthah
said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a
bring me home again to fight against
mighty man of valour, and he was the the children of Ammon, and the LORD
son of an harlot: and Gilead begat deliver them before me, shall I be your
2
Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bare him head? 10
And the elders of Gilead said
sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness
they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto between us, if we do not so according
him, Thou shalt not inherit in our to thy words. 11
Then Jephthah went
father's house; for thou art the son of with the elders of Gilead, and the
3
a strange woman. Then Jephthah fled people made him head and captain
from his brethren, and dwelt in the over them: and Jephthah uttered all
land of Tob: and there were gathered his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. 12
And Jephthah sent messengers unto Moab: for Arnon was the border of
19
the king of the children of Ammon, Moab. And Israel sent messengers
saying, What hast thou to do with me, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the
that thou art come against me to fight king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto
13
in my land? And the king of the him, Let us pass, we pray thee,
20
children of Ammon answered unto the through thy land into my place. But
messengers of Jephthah, Because Sihon trusted not Israel to pass
Israel took away my land, when they through his coast: but Sihon gathered
came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even all his people together, and pitched in
21
unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now Jahaz, and fought against Israel. And
therefore restore those lands again the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon
14
peaceably. And Jephthah sent and all his people into the hand of
messengers again unto the king of the Israel, and they smote them: so Israel
15
children of Ammon: And said unto possessed all the land of the Amorites,
22
him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took the inhabitants of that country. And
not away the land of Moab, nor the they possessed all the coasts of the
16
land of the children of Ammon: But Amorites, from Arnon even unto
when Israel came up from Egypt, and Jabbok, and from the wilderness even
23
walked through the wilderness unto the unto Jordan. So now the LORD God
17
Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Then of Israel hath dispossessed the
Israel sent messengers unto the king Amorites from before his people Israel,
24
of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, and shouldest thou possess it? Wilt
pass through thy land: but the king of not thou possess that which Chemosh
Edom would not hearken thereto. And thy god giveth thee to possess? So
in like manner they sent unto the king whomsoever the LORD our God shall
of Moab: but he would not consent: drive out from before us, them will we
18 25
and Israel abode in Kadesh. Then possess. And now art thou any thing
they went along through the better than Balak the son of Zippor,
wilderness, and compassed the land of king of Moab? did he ever strive
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came against Israel, or did he ever fight
26
by the east side of the land of Moab, against them, While Israel dwelt in
and pitched on the other side of Arnon, Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer
but came not within the border of and her towns, and in all the cities that
be along by the coasts of Arnon, three Thus the children of Ammon were
hundred years? why therefore did ye subdued before the children of Israel.
27 34
not recover them within that time? And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto
Wherefore I have not sinned against his house, and, behold, his daughter
thee, but thou doest me wrong to war came out to meet him with timbrels
against me: the LORD the Judge be and with dances: and she was his only
judge this day between the children of child; beside her he had neither son
28 35
Israel and the children of Ammon. nor daughter. And it came to pass,
Howbeit the king of the children of when he saw her, that he rent his
Ammon hearkened not unto the words clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter!
29
of Jephthah which he sent him. Then thou hast brought me very low, and
the Spirit of the LORD came upon thou art one of them that trouble me:
Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, for I have opened my mouth unto the
36
and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh LORD, and I cannot go back. And she
of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he said unto him, My father, if thou hast
passed over unto the children of opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do
30
Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow to me according to that which hath
unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt proceeded out of thy mouth;
without fail deliver the children of forasmuch as the LORD hath taken
31
Ammon into mine hands, Then it vengeance for thee of thine enemies,
37
shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth even of the children of Ammon. And
of the doors of my house to meet me, she said unto her father, Let this thing
when I return in peace from the be done for me: let me alone two
children of Ammon, shall surely be the months, that I may go up and down
LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a upon the mountains, and bewail my
32 38
burnt offering. So Jephthah passed virginity, I and my fellows. And he
over unto the children of Ammon to said, Go. And he sent her away for two
fight against them; and the LORD months: and she went with her
33
delivered them into his hands. And companions, and bewailed her virginity
39
he smote them from Aroer, even till upon the mountains. And it came to
thou come to Minnith, even twenty pass at the end of two months, that
cities, and unto the plain of the she returned unto her father, who did
vineyards, with a very great slaughter. with her according to his vow which he
had vowed: and she knew no man. And the passages of Jordan before the
40
it was a custom in Israel, That the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when
daughters of Israel went yearly to those Ephraimites which were escaped
lament the daughter of Jephthah the said, Let me go over; that the men of
Gileadite four days in a year. Gilead said unto him, Art thou an
6
Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then
Judges 12 said they unto him, Say now
Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for
And the men of Ephraim gathered
he could not frame to pronounce it
themselves together, and went right. Then they took him, and slew
northward, and said unto Jephthah, him at the passages of Jordan: and
Wherefore passedst thou over to fight there fell at that time of the
against the children of Ammon, and Ephraimites forty and two thousand. 7

didst not call us to go with thee? we And Jephthah judged Israel six years.
will burn thine house upon thee with Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and
2
fire. And Jephthah said unto them, I was buried in one of the cities of
and my people were at great strife with Gilead. 8
And after him Ibzan of
the children of Ammon; and when I Bethlehem judged Israel. 9
And he had
called you, ye delivered me not out of thirty sons, and thirty daughters,
3
their hands. And when I saw that ye whom he sent abroad, and took in
delivered me not, I put my life in my thirty daughters from abroad for his
hands, and passed over against the sons. And he judged Israel seven
children of Ammon, and the LORD years. 10
Then died Ibzan, and was
delivered them into my hand: buried at Bethlehem. 11
And after him
wherefore then are ye come up unto Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and
4
me this day, to fight against me? he judged Israel ten years. 12
And Elon
Then Jephthah gathered together all the Zebulonite died, and was buried in
the men of Gilead, and fought with Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13

Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a
Ephraim, because they said, Ye Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14
And he
Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim had forty sons and thirty nephews, that
among the Ephraimites, and among the rode on threescore and ten ass colts:
5
Manassites. And the Gileadites took and he judged Israel eight years. 15
 7
And Abdon the son of Hillel the told he me his name: But he said
Pirathonite died, and was buried in unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive,
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the and bear a son; and now drink no wine
mount of the Amalekites. nor strong drink, neither eat any
unclean thing: for the child shall be a
Judges 13 Nazarite to God from the womb to the
8
day of his death. Then Manoah
And the children of Israel did evil
intreated the LORD, and said, O my
again in the sight of the LORD; and the Lord, let the man of God which thou
LORD delivered them into the hand of didst send come again unto us, and
2
the Philistines forty years. And there teach us what we shall do unto the
was a certain man of Zorah, of the child that shall be born. 9
And God
family of the Danites, whose name was hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and
Manoah; and his wife was barren, and the angel of God came again unto the
3
bare not. And the angel of the LORD woman as she sat in the field: but
appeared unto the woman, and said Manoah her husband was not with her.
unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, 10
And the woman made haste, and
and bearest not: but thou shalt ran, and shewed her husband, and said
4
conceive, and bear a son. Now unto him, Behold, the man hath
therefore beware, I pray thee, and appeared unto me, that came unto me
drink not wine nor strong drink, and the other day. 11
And Manoah arose,
5
eat not any unclean thing: For, lo, and went after his wife, and came to
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; the man, and said unto him, Art thou
and no razor shall come on his head: the man that spakest unto the woman?
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto And he said, I am. 12
And Manoah said,
God from the womb: and he shall begin Now let thy words come to pass. How
to deliver Israel out of the hand of the shall we order the child, and how shall
6
Philistines. Then the woman came we do unto him? 13
And the angel of
and told her husband, saying, A man of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that
God came unto me, and his I said unto the woman let her beware.
countenance was like the countenance 14
She may not eat of any thing that
of an angel of God, very terrible: but I cometh of the vine, neither let her
asked him not whence he was, neither drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any
 23
unclean thing: all that I commanded But his wife said unto him, If the
15
her let her observe. And Manoah said LORD were pleased to kill us, he would
unto the angel of the LORD, I pray not have received a burnt offering and
thee, let us detain thee, until we shall a meat offering at our hands, neither
16
have made ready a kid for thee. And would he have shewed us all these
the angel of the LORD said unto things, nor would as at this time have
24
Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will told us such things as these. And the
not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt woman bare a son, and called his name
offer a burnt offering, thou must offer Samson: and the child grew, and the
25
it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not LORD blessed him. And the Spirit of
17
that he was an angel of the LORD. the LORD began to move him at times
And Manoah said unto the angel of the in the camp of Dan between Zorah and
LORD, What is thy name, that when Eshtaol.
thy sayings come to pass we may do
thee honour? 18
And the angel of the Judges 14
LORD said unto him, Why askest thou
thus after my name, seeing it is
And Samson went down to Timnath,

secret? 19
So Manoah took a kid with a and saw a woman in Timnath of the
2
meat offering, and offered it upon a daughters of the Philistines. And he

rock unto the LORD: and the angel did came up, and told his father and his

wonderously; and Manoah and his wife mother, and said, I have seen a

looked on. 20
For it came to pass, when woman in Timnath of the daughters of

the flame went up toward heaven from the Philistines: now therefore get her
3
off the altar, that the angel of the for me to wife. Then his father and

LORD ascended in the flame of the his mother said unto him, Is there

altar. And Manoah and his wife looked never a woman among the daughters

on it, and fell on their faces to the of thy brethren, or among all my

ground. 21
But the angel of the LORD people, that thou goest to take a wife

did no more appear to Manoah and to of the uncircumcised Philistines? And

his wife. Then Manoah knew that he Samson said unto his father, Get her
4
was an angel of the LORD. 22
And for me; for she pleaseth me well. But

Manoah said unto his wife, We shall his father and his mother knew not

surely die, because we have seen God. that it was of the LORD, that he sought
an occasion against the Philistines: for
at that time the Philistines
5 13
dominion over Israel. Then
Samson down, and his father and his
mother, to Timnath, and came to the
vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a
young lion roared against him.
the Spirit of the LORD came mightily
upon him, and he rent him as he would
have rent a kid, and he had nothing in
his hand: but he told not his father or
7 15
his mother what he had done.
went down, and talked with
woman; and she pleased Samson well.
8
And after a time he returned to take
her, and he turned aside to see the
carcase of the lion: and, behold, there
was a swarm of bees and honey in the
9
carcase of the lion. And he took
thereof in his hands, and went on
eating, and came to his father and
mother, and he gave them, and they
did eat: but he told not them that he
had taken the honey out of the carcase
10
of the lion. So his father went down
unto the woman: and Samson made
there a feast; for so used the young
11
men to do. And it came to pass,
when they saw him, that they brought
thirty companions to be with him.
And Samson said unto them, I will now
put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can
certainly declare it me within the seven
days of the feast, and find it out, then
had I will give you thirty sheets and thirty
went change of garments: But if ye cannot
declare it me, then shall ye give me
thirty sheets and thirty change of
garments. And they said unto him, Put
6 14
And forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
And he said unto them, Out of the
eater came forth meat, and out of the
strong came forth sweetness. And they
could not in three days expound the
And he riddle. And it came to pass on the
the seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife, Entice thy husband,
that he may declare unto us the riddle,
lest we burn thee and thy father's
house with fire: have ye called us to
16
take that we have? is it not so? And
Samson's wife wept before him, and
said, Thou dost but hate me, and
lovest me not: thou hast put forth a
riddle unto the children of my people,
and hast not told it me. And he said
unto her, Behold, I have not told it my
father nor my mother, and shall I tell it
17
thee? And she wept before him the
seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it came to pass on the seventh
day, that he told her, because she lay
12
sore upon him: and she told the riddle
18
to the children of her people. And
the men of the city said unto him on
the seventh day before the sun went
down, What is sweeter than honey? tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
5
and what is stronger than a lion? And between two tails. And when he had
he said unto them, If ye had not set the brands on fire, he let them go
plowed with my heifer, ye had not into the standing corn of the
19
found out my riddle. And the Spirit Philistines, and burnt up both the
of the LORD came upon him, and he shocks, and also the standing corn,
6
went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty with the vineyards and olives. Then
men of them, and took their spoil, and the Philistines said, Who hath done
gave change of garments unto them this? And they answered, Samson, the
which expounded the riddle. And his son in law of the Timnite, because he
anger was kindled, and he went up to had taken his wife, and given her to his
20
his father's house. But Samson's wife companion. And the Philistines came
was given to his companion, whom he up, and burnt her and her father with
7
had used as his friend. fire. And Samson said unto them,
Though ye have done this, yet will I be
Judges 15 avenged of you, and after that I will
8
cease. And he smote them hip and
But it came to pass within a while
thigh with a great slaughter: and he
after, in the time of wheat harvest, went down and dwelt in the top of the
that Samson visited his wife with a kid; rock Etam. 9
Then the Philistines went
and he said, I will go in to my wife into up, and pitched in Judah, and spread
the chamber. But her father would not themselves in Lehi. 10
And the men of
2
suffer him to go in. And her father Judah said, Why are ye come up
said, I verily thought that thou hadst against us? And they answered, To
utterly hated her; therefore I gave her bind Samson are we come up, to do to
to thy companion: is not her younger him as he hath done to us. 11
Then
sister fairer than she? take her, I pray three thousand men of Judah went to
3
thee, instead of her. And Samson said the top of the rock Etam, and said to
concerning them, Now shall I be more Samson, Knowest thou not that the
blameless than the Philistines, though I Philistines are rulers over us? what is
4
do them a displeasure. And Samson this that thou hast done unto us? And
went and caught three hundred foxes, he said unto them, As they did unto
and took firebrands, and turned tail to me, so have I done unto them. 12
And
 19
they said unto him, We are come down uncircumcised? But God clave an
to bind thee, that we may deliver thee hollow place that was in the jaw, and
into the hand of the Philistines. And there came water thereout; and when
Samson said unto them, Swear unto he had drunk, his spirit came again,
me, that ye will not fall upon me and he revived: wherefore he called
13
yourselves. And they spake unto the name thereof En-hakkore, which is
20
him, saying, No; but we will bind thee in Lehi unto this day. And he judged
fast, and deliver thee into their hand: Israel in the days of the Philistines
but surely we will not kill thee. And twenty years.
they bound him with two new cords,
and brought him up from the rock. 14 Judges 16
And when he came unto Lehi, the
Philistines shouted against him: and
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw
2
the Spirit of the LORD came mightily there an harlot, and went in unto her.

upon him, and the cords that were And it was told the Gazites, saying,

upon his arms became as flax that was Samson is come hither. And they

burnt with fire, and his bands loosed compassed him in, and laid wait for

from off his hands. 15

And he found a him all night in the gate of the city,

new jawbone of an ass, and put forth and were quiet all the night, saying, In

his hand, and took it, and slew a the morning, when it is day, we shall
3
thousand men therewith. 16
And kill him. And Samson lay till midnight,

Samson said, With the jawbone of an and arose at midnight, and took the

ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of doors of the gate of the city, and the

an ass have I slain a thousand men. 17 two posts, and went away with them,

And it came to pass, when he had bar and all, and put them upon his

made an end of speaking, that he cast shoulders, and carried them up to the
4
away the jawbone out of his hand, and top of an hill that is before Hebron.

called that place Ramath-lehi. 18

And And it came to pass afterward, that he

he was sore athirst, and called on the loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
5
LORD, and said, Thou hast given this whose name was Delilah. And the

great deliverance into the hand of thy lords of the Philistines came up unto

servant: and now shall I die for thirst, her, and said unto her, Entice him, and

and fall into the hand of the see wherein his great strength lieth,
and by what means we may prevail
against him, that we may bind him to
afflict him: and we will give thee every
one of us eleven hundred pieces of
6
silver. And Delilah said to Samson,
Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lieth, and wherewith
mightest be bound to afflict thee.
Samson said unto her, If they bind me
with seven green withs that were never
dried, then shall I be weak, and be as
8
another man. Then the lords of the
Philistines brought up to her seven
green withs which had not been dried,
and she bound him with them.
there were men lying in wait, abiding
with her in the chamber. And she said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he brake the withs, as a
thread of tow is broken
toucheth the fire. So his strength was
10
not known. And Delilah said unto
Samson, Behold, thou hast
me, and told me lies: now tell me, I
pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be
11
bound. And he said unto her, If they
bind me fast with new ropes that never
were occupied, then shall I be weak,
12
and be as another man.
therefore took new ropes, and bound
him therewith, and said unto him, The
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And
there were liers in wait abiding in the
chamber. And he brake them from off
13
his arms like a thread. And Delilah
said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me
wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And he said unto her, If thou weavest
thou the seven locks of my head with the
7 14
And web. And she fastened it with the
pin, and said unto him, The Philistines
be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked
out of his sleep, and went away with
the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15
And she said unto him, How canst
thou say, I love thee, when thine heart
9
Now is not with me? thou hast mocked me
these three times, and hast not told
16
me wherein thy great strength lieth.
And it came to pass, when she pressed
him daily with her words, and urged
when it him, so that his soul was vexed unto
17
death; That he told her all his heart,
and said unto her. There hath not
mocked come a razor upon mine head; for I
have been a Nazarite unto God from
my mother's womb: if I be shaven,
then my strength will go from me, and
I shall become weak, and be like any
18
other man. And when Delilah saw
Delilah that he had told her all his heart, she
sent and called for the lords of the
Philistines, saying, Come up this once,
for he hath shewed me all his heart.
Then the lords of the Philistines came
up unto her, and brought money in
19
their hand. And she made him sleep
upon her knees; and she called for a
man, and she caused him to shave off
the seven locks of his head; and she
began to afflict him, and his strength
20
went from him. And she said, The
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And
he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I
will go out as at other times before,
and shake myself. And he wist not that
the LORD was departed from him.
But the Philistines took him, and put
out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, and bound him with fetters of
brass; and he did grind in the prison
22
house. Howbeit the hair of his head
began to grow again after he was
23
shaven. Then the lords
Philistines gathered them together for
to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon
their god, and to rejoice: for they said,
Our god hath delivered Samson our
24
enemy into our hand. And when the
people saw him, they praised their
god: for they said, Our
delivered into our hands our enemy,
and the destroyer of our
25
which slew many of us.
to pass, when their hearts were merry,
that they said, Call for Samson, that he
may make us sport. And they called for
Samson out of the prison house; and
he made them sport: and they set him
26
between the pillars. And Samson
said unto the lad that held him by the
hand, Suffer me that I may feel the
pillars whereupon the house standeth,
27
that I may lean upon them. Now the
house was full of men and women; and
all the lords of the Philistines were
there; and there were upon the roof
about three thousand men and women,
that beheld while Samson made sport.
21 28
And Samson called unto the LORD,
and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I
pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray
thee, only this once, O God, that I may
be at once avenged of the Philistines
29
for my two eyes. And Samson took
hold of the two middle pillars upon
of the which the house stood, and on which it
was borne up, of the one with his right
30
hand, and of the other with his left.
And Samson said, Let me die with the
Philistines. And he bowed himself with
all his might; and the house fell upon
the lords, and upon all the people that
god hath were therein. So the dead which he
slew at his death were more than they
31
country, which he slew in his life. Then his
And it came brethren and all the house of his father
came down, and took him, and brought
him up, and buried him between Zorah
and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of
 7
Manoah his father. And he judged his own eyes. And there was a young
Israel twenty years. man out of Bethlehemjudah of the
family of Judah, who was a Levite, and
Judges 17 he sojourned there. 8
And the man
departed out of the city from
And there was a man of mount
Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he
2
Ephraim, whose name was Micah. And could find a place: and he came to
he said unto his mother, The eleven mount Ephraim to the house of Micah,
hundred shekels of silver that were as he journeyed. 9
And Micah said unto
taken from thee, about which thou him, Whence comest thou? And he said
cursedst, and spakest of also in mine unto him, I am a Levite of
ears, behold, the silver is with me; I Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn
took it. And his mother said, Blessed where I may find a place. 10
And Micah
3
be thou of the LORD, my son. And said unto him, Dwell with me, and be
when he had restored the eleven unto me a father and a priest, and I
hundred shekels of silver to his will give thee ten shekels of silver by
mother, his mother said, I had wholly the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy
dedicated the silver unto the LORD victuals. So the Levite went in. 11
And
from my hand for my son, to make a the Levite was content to dwell with
graven image and a molten image: the man; and the young man was unto
now therefore I will restore it unto him as one of his sons. 12
And Micah
4
thee. Yet he restored the money unto consecrated the Levite; and the young
his mother; and his mother took two man became his priest, and was in the
hundred shekels of silver, and gave house of Micah. 13
Then said Micah,
them to the founder, who made thereof Now know I that the LORD will do me
a graven image and a molten image: good, seeing I have a Levite to my
5
and they were in the house of Micah. priest.
And the man Micah had an house of
gods, and made an ephod, and Judges 18
teraphim, and consecrated one of his
sons, who became his priest. 6
In those In those days there was no king in
days there was no king in Israel, but Israel: and in those days the tribe of
every man did that which was right in the Danites sought them an inheritance
 8
to dwell in; for unto that day all their and had no business with any man.
inheritance had not fallen unto them And they came unto their brethren to
2
among the tribes of Israel. And the Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren
9
children of Dan sent of their family five said unto them, What say ye? And
men from their coasts, men of valour, they said, Arise, that we may go up
from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy against them: for we have seen the
out the land, and to search it; and they land, and, behold, it is very good: and
said unto them, Go, search the land: are ye still? be not slothful to go, and
10
who when they came to mount to enter to possess the land. When
Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they ye go, ye shall come unto a people
3
lodged there. When they were by the secure, and to a large land: for God
house of Micah, they knew the voice of hath given it into your hands; a place
the young man the Levite: and they where there is no want of any thing
11
turned in thither, and said unto him, that is in the earth. And there went
Who brought thee hither? and what from thence of the family of the
makest thou in this place? and what Danites, out of Zorah and out of
4
hast thou here? And he said unto Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed
12
them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with weapons of war. And they went
with me, and hath hired me, and I am up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in
5
his priest. And they said unto him, Judah: wherefore they called that place
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it
13
we may know whether our way which is behind Kirjath-jearim. And they
6
we go shall be prosperous. And the passed thence unto mount Ephraim,
14
priest said unto them, Go in peace: and came unto the house of Micah.
before the LORD is your way wherein Then answered the five men that went
7
ye go. Then the five men departed, to spy out the country of Laish, and
and came to Laish, and saw the people said unto their brethren, Do ye know
that were therein, how they dwelt that there is in these houses an ephod,
careless, after the manner of the and teraphim, and a graven image, and
Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there a molten image? now therefore
15
was no magistrate in the land, that consider what ye have to do. And
might put them to shame in any thing; they turned thitherward, and came to
and they were far from the Zidonians, the house of the young man the Levite,
even unto the house of Micah, and house were gathered together, and
16 23
saluted him. And the six hundred overtook the children of Dan. And
men appointed with their weapons of they cried unto the children of Dan.
war, which were of the children of Dan, And they turned their faces, and said
17
stood by the entering of the gate. unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou
24
And the five men that went to spy out comest with such a company? And he
the land went up, and came in thither, said, Ye have taken away my gods
and took the graven image, and the which I made, and the priest, and ye
ephod, and the teraphim, and the are gone away: and what have I more?
molten image: and the priest stood in and what is this that ye say unto me,
25
the entering of the gate with the six What aileth thee? And the children of
hundred men that were appointed with Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be
18
weapons of war. And these went into heard among us, lest angry fellows run
Micah's house, and fetched the carved upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with
26
image, the ephod, and the teraphim, the lives of thy household. And the
and the molten image. Then said the children of Dan went their way: and
19
priest unto them, What do ye? And when Micah saw that they were too
they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay strong for him, he turned and went
27
thine hand upon thy mouth, and go back unto his house. And they took
with us, and be to us a father and a the things which Micah had made, and
priest: is it better for thee to be a the priest which he had, and came unto
priest unto the house of one man, or Laish, unto a people that were at quiet
that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a and secure: and they smote them with
20
family in Israel? And the priest's the edge of the sword, and burnt the
28
heart was glad, and he took the ephod, city with fire. And there was no
and the teraphim, and the graven deliverer, because it was far from
image, and went in the midst of the Zidon, and they had no business with
21
people. So they turned and any man; and it was in the valley that
departed, and put the little ones and lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a
29
the cattle and the carriage before city, and dwelt therein. And they
22
them. And when they were a good called the name of the city Dan, after
way from the house of Micah, the men the name of Dan their father, who was
that were in the houses near to Micah's born unto Israel: howbeit the name of

the city was Laish at the first.
the children of Dan set up the graven
image: and Jonathan, the
Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and
his sons were priests to the tribe of
Dan until the day of the captivity of the
31
land. And they set them up Micah's
graven image, which he made, all the
time that the house of God was in
Shiloh.
Judges 19
And it came to pass in those days,
when there was no king in Israel, that
there was a certain Levite sojourning
on the side of mount Ephraim, who
took to him a concubine
2
Bethlehemjudah. And his concubine
played the whore against him, and
went away from him unto her father's
house to Bethlehemjudah,
3
there four whole months.
husband arose, and went after her, to
speak friendly unto her, and to bring
her again, having his servant with him,
and a couple of asses: and she brought
him into her father's house: and when
the father of the damsel saw him, he
4
rejoiced to meet him. And his father
in law, the damsel's father, retained
him; and he abode with him three
days: so they did eat and drink, and
30 5
And lodged there. And it came to pass on
the fourth day, when they arose early
son of in the morning, that he rose up to
depart: and the damsel's father said
unto his son in law, Comfort thine
heart with a morsel of bread, and
6
afterward go your way. And they sat
down, and did eat and drink both of
them together: for the damsel's father
had said unto the man, Be content, I
pray thee, and tarry all night, and let
thine heart be merry. 7
And when the
man rose up to depart, his father in
law urged him: therefore he lodged
there again. 8
And he arose early in the
morning on the fifth day to depart: and
the damsel's father said, Comfort thine
out of heart, I pray thee. And they tarried
until afternoon, and they did eat both
of them. 9
And when the man rose up
to depart, he, and his concubine, and
and was his servant, his father in law, the
And her damsel's father, said unto him, Behold,
now the day draweth toward evening, I
pray you tarry all night: behold, the
day groweth to an end, lodge here,
that thine heart may be merry; and to
morrow get you early on your way,
that thou mayest go home. 10
But the
man would not tarry that night, but he
rose up and departed, and came over
against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and
there were with him two asses saddled,
 11
his concubine also was with him. And the side of mount Ephraim; from
when they were by Jebus, the day was thence am I: and I went to
far spent; and the servant said unto Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going
his master, Come, I pray thee, and let to the house of the LORD; and there is
19
us turn in into this city of the no man that receiveth me to house.
12
Jebusites, and lodge in it. And his Yet there is both straw and provender
master said unto him, We will not turn for our asses; and there is bread and
aside hither into the city of a stranger, wine also for me, and for thy
that is not of the children of Israel; we handmaid, and for the young man
13
will pass over to Gibeah. And he said which is with thy servants: there is no
20
unto his servant, Come, and let us want of any thing. And the old man
draw near to one of these places to said, Peace be with thee; howsoever
lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. let all thy wants lie upon me; only
14 21
And they passed on and went their lodge not in the street. So he
way; and the sun went down upon brought him into his house, and gave
them when they were by Gibeah, which provender unto the asses: and they
15
belongeth to Benjamin. And they washed their feet, and did eat and
22
turned aside thither, to go in and to drink. Now as they were making
lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, their hearts merry, behold, the men of
he sat him down in a street of the city: the city, certain sons of Belial, beset
for there was no man that took them the house round about, and beat at the
16
into his house to lodging. And, door, and spake to the master of the
behold, there came an old man from house, the old man, saying, Bring forth
his work out of the field at even, which the man that came into thine house,
23
was also of mount Ephraim; and he that we may know him. And the
sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of man, the master of the house, went
17
the place were Benjamites. And out unto them, and said unto them,
when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do
a wayfaring man in the street of the not so wickedly; seeing that this man
city: and the old man said, Whither is come into mine house, do not this
24
goest thou? and whence comest thou? folly. Behold, here is my daughter a
18
And he said unto him, We are maiden, and his concubine; them I will
passing from Bethlehemjudah toward bring out now, and humble ye them,
and do with them what seemeth good Judges 20
unto you: but unto this man do not so
vile a thing. 25
But the men would not Then all the children of Israel went
hearken to him: so the man took his out, and the congregation was
concubine, and brought her forth unto gathered together as one man, from
them; and they knew her, and abused Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land
her all the night until the morning: and of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2

when the day began to spring, they let And the chief of all the people, even of
26
her go. Then came the woman in the all the tribes of Israel, presented
dawning of the day, and fell down at themselves in the assembly of the
the door of the man's house where her people of God, four hundred thousand
27
lord was, till it was light. And her footmen that drew sword. 3
(Now the
lord rose up in the morning, and children of Benjamin heard that the
opened the doors of the house, and children of Israel were gone up to
went out to go his way: and, behold, Mizpeh.) Then said the children of
the woman his concubine was fallen Israel, Tell us, how was this
down at the door of the house, and her wickedness? 4
And the Levite, the
28
hands were upon the threshold. And husband of the woman that was slain,
he said unto her, Up, and let us be answered and said, I came into Gibeah
going. But none answered. Then the that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my
man took her up upon an ass, and the concubine, to lodge. 5
And the men of
man rose up, and gat him unto his Gibeah rose against me, and beset the
29
place. And when he was come into house round about upon me by night,
his house, he took a knife, and laid and thought to have slain me: and my
hold on his concubine, and divided her, concubine have they forced, that she is
together with her bones, into twelve dead. 6
And I took my concubine, and
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts cut her in pieces, and sent her
30
of Israel. And it was so, that all that throughout all the country of the
saw it said, There was no such deed inheritance of Israel: for they have
done nor seen from the day that the committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
children of Israel came up out of the 7
Behold, ye are all children of Israel;
land of Egypt unto this day: consider of give here your advice and counsel. 8

it, take advice, and speak your minds. And all the people arose as one man,
saying, We will not any of us go to his Gibeah, which were numbered seven
16
tent, neither will we any of us turn into hundred chosen men. Among all this
9
his house. But now this shall be the people there were seven hundred
thing which we will do to Gibeah; we chosen men lefthanded; every one
10
will go up by lot against it; And we could sling stones at an hair breadth,
17
will take ten men of an hundred and not miss. And the men of Israel,
throughout all the tribes of Israel, and beside Benjamin, were numbered four
an hundred of a thousand, and a hundred thousand men that drew
18
thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch sword: all these were men of war.
victual for the people, that they may And the children of Israel arose, and
do, when they come to Gibeah of went up to the house of God, and
Benjamin, according to all the folly that asked counsel of God, and said, Which
11
they have wrought in Israel. So all of us shall go up first to the battle
the men of Israel were gathered against the children of Benjamin? And
against the city, knit together as one the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
12 19
man. And the tribes of Israel sent And the children of Israel rose up in
men through all the tribe of Benjamin, the morning, and encamped against
20
saying, What wickedness is this that is Gibeah. And the men of Israel went
13
done among you? Now therefore out to battle against Benjamin; and the
deliver us the men, the children of men of Israel put themselves in array
21
Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we to fight against them at Gibeah. And
may put them to death, and put away the children of Benjamin came forth
evil from Israel. But the children of out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to
Benjamin would not hearken to the the ground of the Israelites that day
22
voice of their brethren the children of twenty and two thousand men. And
14
Israel: But the children of Benjamin the people the men of Israel
gathered themselves together out of encouraged themselves, and set their
the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle again in array in the place where
15
battle against the children of Israel. they put themselves in array the first
23
And the children of Benjamin were day. (And the children of Israel went
numbered at that time out of the cities up and wept before the LORD until
twenty and six thousand men that even, and asked counsel of the LORD,
drew sword, beside the inhabitants of saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children of Benjamin my the people, and were drawn away from
brother? And the LORD said, Go up the city; and they began to smite of
24
against him.) And the children of the people, and kill, as at other times,
Israel came near against the children in the highways, of which one goeth up
25
of Benjamin the second day. And to the house of God, and the other to
Benjamin went forth against them out Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of
32
of Gibeah the second day, and Israel. And the children of Benjamin
destroyed down to the ground of the said, They are smitten down before us,
children of Israel again eighteen as at the first. But the children of
thousand men; all these drew the Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them
26 33
sword. Then all the children of from the city unto the highways. And
Israel, and all the people, went up, and all the men of Israel rose up out of
came unto the house of God, and wept, their place, and put themselves in
and sat there before the LORD, and array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in
fasted that day until even, and offered wait of Israel came forth out of their
burnt offerings and peace offerings places, even out of the meadows of
27 34
before the LORD. And the children of Gibeah. And there came against
Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out
ark of the covenant of God was there of all Israel, and the battle was sore:
28
in those days, And Phinehas, the son but they knew not that evil was near
35
of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood them. And the LORD smote Benjamin
before it in those days,) saying, Shall I before Israel: and the children of Israel
yet again go out to battle against the destroyed of the Benjamites that day
children of Benjamin my brother, or twenty and five thousand and an
shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go hundred men: all these drew the
36
up; for to morrow I will deliver them sword. So the children of Benjamin
29
into thine hand. And Israel set liers saw that they were smitten: for the
30
in wait round about Gibeah. And the men of Israel gave place to the
children of Israel went up against the Benjamites, because they trusted unto
children of Benjamin on the third day, the liers in wait which they had set
37
and put themselves in array against beside Gibeah. And the liers in wait
31
Gibeah, as at other times. And the hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and
children of Benjamin went out against the liers in wait drew themselves
along, and smote all the city with the gleaned of them in the highways five
38
edge of the sword. Now there was an thousand men; and pursued hard after
appointed sign between the men of them unto Gidom, and slew two
46
Israel and the liers in wait, that they thousand men of them. So that all
should make a great flame with smoke which fell that day of Benjamin were
39
rise up out of the city. And when the twenty and five thousand men that
men of Israel retired in the battle, drew the sword; all these were men of
47
Benjamin began to smite and kill of the valour. But six hundred men turned
men of Israel about thirty persons: for and fled to the wilderness unto the
they said, Surely they are smitten rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock
40 48
down before us, as in the first battle. Rimmon four months. And the men
But when the flame began to arise up of Israel turned again upon the
out of the city with a pillar of smoke, children of Benjamin, and smote them
the Benjamites looked behind them, with the edge of the sword, as well the
and, behold, the flame of the city men of every city, as the beast, and all
41
ascended up to heaven. And when that came to hand: also they set on
the men of Israel turned again, the fire all the cities that they came to.
men of Benjamin were amazed: for
they saw that evil was come upon Judges 21
42
them. Therefore they turned their
backs before the men of Israel unto the
Now the men of Israel had sworn in

way of the wilderness; but the battle Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of

overtook them; and them which came us give his daughter unto Benjamin to
2
out of the cities they destroyed in the wife. And the people came to the

midst of them. 43
Thus they inclosed house of God, and abode there till even

the Benjamites round about, and before God, and lifted up their voices,
3
chased them, and trode them down and wept sore; And said, O LORD God

with ease over against Gibeah toward of Israel, why is this come to pass in

the sunrising. 44
And there fell of Israel, that there should be to day one
4
Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all tribe lacking in Israel? And it came to

these were men of valour. 45

And they pass on the morrow, that the people

turned and fled toward the wilderness rose early, and built there an altar, and

unto the rock of Rimmon: and they offered burnt offerings and peace
 5
offerings. And the children of Israel hundred young virgins, that had known
said, Who is there among all the tribes no man by lying with any male: and
of Israel that came not up with the they brought them unto the camp to
congregation unto the LORD? For they Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13
had made a great oath concerning him And the whole congregation sent
that came not up to the LORD to some to speak to the children of
Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put Benjamin that were in the rock
6
to death. And the children of Israel Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto
14
repented them for Benjamin their them. And Benjamin came again at
brother, and said, There is one tribe that time; and they gave them wives
7
cut off from Israel this day. How shall which they had saved alive of the
we do for wives for them that remain, women of Jabesh- gilead: and yet so
15
seeing we have sworn by the LORD they sufficed them not. And the
that we will not give them of our people repented them for Benjamin,
8
daughters to wives? And they said, because that the LORD had made a
16
What one is there of the tribes of Israel breach in the tribes of Israel. Then
that came not up to Mizpeh to the the elders of the congregation said,
LORD? And, behold, there came none How shall we do for wives for them
to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the that remain, seeing the women are
9 17
assembly. For the people were destroyed out of Benjamin? And they
numbered, and, behold, there were said, There must be an inheritance for
none of the inhabitants of Jabesh- them that be escaped of Benjamin,
10
gilead there. And the congregation that a tribe be not destroyed out of
18
sent thither twelve thousand men of Israel. Howbeit we may not give
the valiantest, and commanded them, them wives of our daughters: for the
saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of children of Israel have sworn, saying,
Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the Cursed be he that giveth a wife to
19
sword, with the women and the Benjamin. Then they said, Behold,
11
children. And this is the thing that ye there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh
shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every yearly in a place which is on the north
male, and every woman that hath lain side of Bethel, on the east side of the
12
by man. And they found among the highway that goeth up from Bethel to
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four Shechem, and on the south of
 20
Lebonah. Therefore they commanded
the children of Benjamin, saying, Go
21
and lie in wait in the vineyards;
see, and, behold, if the daughters of
Shiloh come out to dance in dances,
then come ye out of the vineyards, and
catch you every man his wife of the
daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land
22
of Benjamin. And it shall be, when
their fathers or their brethren come
unto us to complain, that we will say
unto them, Be favourable unto them
for our sakes: because we reserved not
to each man his wife in the war: for ye
did not give unto them at this time,
23
that ye should be guilty. And the
children of Benjamin did so, and took
And them wives, according to their number,
of them that danced, whom they
caught: and they went and returned
unto their inheritance, and repaired the
24
cities, and dwelt in them. And the
children of Israel departed thence at
that time, every man to his tribe and
to his family, and they went out from
25
thence every man to his inheritance.
In those days there was no king in
Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
THE BOOK OF

RUTH

Ruth 1 place where she was, and her two

daughters in law with her; and they
Now it came to pass in the days when went on the way to return unto the
8
the judges ruled, that there was a land of Judah. And Naomi said unto

famine in the land. And a certain man her two daughters in law, Go, return

of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in each to her mother's house: the LORD

the country of Moab, he, and his wife, deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt
9
and his two sons. 2
And the name of with the dead, and with me. The

the man was Elimelech, and the name LORD grant you that ye may find rest,

of his wife Naomi, and the name of his each of you in the house of her

two sons Mahlon and Chilion, husband. Then she kissed them; and
10
Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they lifted up their voice, and wept.

they came into the country of Moab, And they said unto her, Surely we will
11
and continued there. 3
And Elimelech return with thee unto thy people.

Naomi's husband died; and she was And Naomi said, Turn again, my

left, and her two sons. 4

And they took daughters: why will ye go with me? are

them wives of the women of Moab; the there yet any more sons in my womb,
12
name of the one was Orpah, and the that they may be your husbands?

name of the other Ruth: and they Turn again, my daughters, go your

dwelled there about ten years. 5

And way; for I am too old to have an

Mahlon and Chilion died also both of husband. If I should say, I have hope,

them; and the woman was left of her if I should have an husband also to
13
two sons and her husband. 6
Then she night, and should also bear sons;

arose with her daughters in law, that Would ye tarry for them till they were

she might return from the country of grown? would ye stay for them from

Moab: for she had heard in the country having husbands? nay, my daughters;

of Moab how that the LORD had visited for it grieveth me much for your sakes

his people in giving them bread. 7 that the hand of the LORD is gone out
14
Wherefore she went forth out of the against me. And they lifted up their
voice, and wept again: and Orpah of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem
kissed her mother in law; but Ruth in the beginning of barley harvest.
15
clave unto her. And she said, Behold,
thy sister in law is gone back unto her Ruth 2
people, and unto her gods: return thou
after thy sister in law. 16
And Ruth said,
And Naomi had a kinsman of her

Intreat me not to leave thee, or to husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of

return from following after thee: for the family of Elimelech; and his name
2
whither thou goest, I will go; and was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess

where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the

people shall be my people, and thy God field, and glean ears of corn after him

my God: 17
Where thou diest, will I die, in whose sight I shall find grace. And
3
and there will I be buried: the LORD do she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

so to me, and more also, if ought but And she went, and came, and gleaned

death part thee and me. 18

When she in the field after the reapers: and her

saw that she was stedfastly minded to hap was to light on a part of the field

go with her, then she left speaking belonging unto Boaz, who was of the
4
unto her. 19
So they two went until kindred of Elimelech. And behold,

they came to Bethlehem. And it came Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said

to pass, when they were come to unto the reapers, The LORD be with

Bethlehem, that all the city was moved you. And they answered him, The
5
about them, and they said, Is this LORD bless thee. Then said Boaz unto

Naomi? 20
And she said unto them, Call his servant that was set over the
6
me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the reapers, Whose damsel is this? And

Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with the servant that was set over the

me. 21
I went out full, and the LORD reapers answered and said, It is the

hath brought me home again empty: Moabitish damsel that came back with
7
why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Naomi out of the country of Moab:

LORD hath testified against me, and And she said, I pray you, let me glean

the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22

So and gather after the reapers among

Naomi returned, and Ruth the the sheaves: so she came, and hath

Moabitess, her daughter in law, with continued even from the morning until

her, which returned out of the country now, that she tarried a little in the
 8 14
house. Then said Boaz unto Ruth, handmaidens. And Boaz said unto
Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not her, At mealtime come thou hither, and
to glean in another field, neither go eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in
from hence, but abide here fast by my the vinegar. And she sat beside the
9
maidens: Let thine eyes be on the reapers: and he reached her parched
field that they do reap, and go thou corn, and she did eat, and was
15
after them: have I not charged the sufficed, and left. And when she was
young men that they shall not touch risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
thee? and when thou art athirst, go young men, saying, Let her glean even
unto the vessels, and drink of that among the sheaves, and reproach her
10 16
which the young men have drawn. not: And let fall also some of the
Then she fell on her face, and bowed handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
herself to the ground, and said unto them, that she may glean them, and
17
him, Why have I found grace in thine rebuke her not. So she gleaned in
eyes, that thou shouldest take the field until even, and beat out that
knowledge of me, seeing I am a she had gleaned: and it was about an
11 18
stranger? And Boaz answered and ephah of barley. And she took it up,
said unto her, It hath fully been and went into the city: and her mother
shewed me, all that thou hast done in law saw what she had gleaned: and
unto thy mother in law since the death she brought forth, and gave to her that
of thine husband: and how thou hast she had reserved after she was
19
left thy father and thy mother, and the sufficed. And her mother in law said
land of thy nativity, and art come unto unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to
a people which thou knewest not day? and where wroughtest thou?
12
heretofore. The LORD recompense blessed be he that did take knowledge
thy work, and a full reward be given of thee. And she shewed her mother in
thee of the LORD God of Israel, under law with whom she had wrought, and
13
whose wings thou art come to trust. said, The man's name with whom I
20
Then she said, Let me find favour in wrought to day is Boaz. And Naomi
thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast said unto her daughter in law, Blessed
comforted me, and for that thou hast be he of the LORD, who hath not left
spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, off his kindness to the living and to the
though I be not like unto one of thine dead. And Naomi said unto her, The
 5
man is near of kin unto us, one of our do. And she said unto her, All that
21 6
next kinsmen. And Ruth the thou sayest unto me I will do. And
Moabitess said, He said unto me also, she went down unto the floor, and did
Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, according to all that her mother in law
22 7
until they have ended all my harvest. bade her. And when Boaz had eaten
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter and drunk, and his heart was merry,
in law, It is good, my daughter, that he went to lie down at the end of the
thou go out with his maidens, that they heap of corn: and she came softly, and
23
meet thee not in any other field. So uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
8
she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz And it came to pass at midnight, that
to glean unto the end of barley harvest the man was afraid, and turned
and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with himself: and, behold, a woman lay at
9
her mother in law. his feet. And he said, Who art thou?
And she answered, I am Ruth thine
Ruth 3 handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt
over thine handmaid; for thou art a
Then Naomi her mother in law said
near kinsman. 10
And he said, Blessed
unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for
rest for thee, that it may be well with thou hast shewed more kindness in the
2
thee? And now is not Boaz of our latter end than at the beginning,
kindred, with whose maidens thou inasmuch as thou followedst not young
wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to men, whether poor or rich. 11
And now,
3
night in the threshingfloor. Wash my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee
thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and all that thou requirest: for all the city
put thy raiment upon thee, and get of my people doth know that thou art a
thee down to the floor: but make not virtuous woman. 12
And now it is true
thyself known unto the man, until he that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit
4
shall have done eating and drinking. there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13

And it shall be, when he lieth down,
that thou shalt mark the place where
he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and
uncover his feet, and lay thee down;
and he will tell thee what thou shalt
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the
morning, that if he will perform unto
thee the part of a kinsman, well; let
him do the kinsman's part: but if he
will not do the part of a kinsman to
thee, then will I do the part of a
kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth:
14
lie down until the morning. And she
lay at his feet until the morning: and
she rose up before one could know
another. And he said, Let it not be
known that a woman came into the
15
floor. Also he said, Bring the vail
that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.
And when she held it, he measured six
measures of barley, and laid it on her:
16
and she went into the city. And when
she came to her mother in law, she
said, Who art thou, my daughter? And
she told her all that the man had done
17
to her. And she said, These six
measures of barley gave he me; for he
said to me, Go not empty unto thy
18
mother in law. Then said she, Sit
still, my daughter, until thou know how
the matter will fall: for the man will not
be in rest, until he have finished the
thing this day.
Ruth 4
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and
sat him down there: and, behold, the
and said, Sit ye down here. And they
3
sat down. And he said unto the
kinsman, Naomi, that is come again
out of the country of Moab, selleth a
parcel of land, which was our brother
4
Elimelech's: And I thought to
advertise thee, saying, Buy it before
the inhabitants, and before the elders
of my people. If thou wilt redeem it,
redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem
it, then tell me, that I may know: for
there is none to redeem it beside thee;
and I am after thee. And he said, I will
5
redeem it. Then said Boaz, What day
thou buyest the field of the hand of
Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth
the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to
raise up the name of the dead upon his
6
inheritance. And the kinsman said, I
cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar
mine own inheritance: redeem thou my
right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7
Now this was the manner in former
time in Israel concerning redeeming
and concerning changing, for to
confirm all things; a man plucked off
his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour:
and this was a testimony in Israel. 8

kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz,
unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! Buy it for thee. So he drew off his
turn aside, sit down here. And he shoe. 9
And Boaz said unto the elders,
2
turned aside, and sat down. And he and unto all the people, Ye are
took ten men of the elders of the city, witnesses this day, that I have bought
 14
all that was Elimelech's, and all that and she bare a son. And the women
was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD,
10
of Naomi. Moreover Ruth the which hath not left thee this day
Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I without a kinsman, that his name may
15
purchased to be my wife, to raise up be famous in Israel. And he shall be
the name of the dead upon his unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a
inheritance, that the name of the dead nourisher of thine old age: for thy
be not cut off from among his daughter in law, which loveth thee,
brethren, and from the gate of his which is better to thee than seven
11 16
place: ye are witnesses this day. And sons, hath born him. And Naomi took
all the people that were in the gate, the child, and laid it in her bosom, and
17
and the elders, said, We are witnesses. became nurse unto it. And the
The LORD make the woman that is women her neighbours gave it a name,
come into thine house like Rachel and saying, There is a son born to Naomi;
like Leah, which two did build the and they called his name Obed: he is
house of Israel: and do thou worthily in the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18
Ephratah, and be famous in Now these are the generations of
12 19
Bethlehem: And let thy house be like Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, And
the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat
20
unto Judah, of the seed which the Amminadab, And Amminadab begat
LORD shall give thee of this young Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
13 21
woman. So Boaz took Ruth, and she And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz
22
was his wife: and when he went in unto begat Obed, And Obed begat Jesse,
her, the LORD gave her conception, and Jesse begat David.
THE FIRST BOOK OF

1st SAMUEL

OTHERWISE CALLED
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS

1 Samuel 1 provoked her; therefore she wept, and

8
did not eat. Then said Elkanah her
Now there was a certain man of husband to her, Hannah, why weepest

Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, thou? and why eatest thou not? and

and his name was Elkanah, the son of why is thy heart grieved? am not I
9
Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of better to thee than ten sons? So

Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 Hannah rose up after they had eaten in

And he had two wives; the name of the Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now

one was Hannah, and the name of the Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post
10
other Peninnah: and Peninnah had of the temple of the LORD. And she

children, but Hannah had no children. 3 was in bitterness of soul, and prayed
11
And this man went up out of his city unto the LORD, and wept sore. And

yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of

the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the

two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, affliction of thine handmaid, and

the priests of the LORD, were there. 4 remember me, and not forget thine

And when the time was that Elkanah handmaid, but wilt give unto thine

offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, handmaid a man child, then I will give

and to all her sons and her daughters, him unto the LORD all the days of his

portions: 5
But unto Hannah he gave a life, and there shall no razor come
12
worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: upon his head. And it came to pass,

but the LORD had shut up her womb. 6 as she continued praying before the
13
And her adversary also provoked her LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

sore, for to make her fret, because the Now Hannah, she spake in her heart;

LORD had shut up her womb. 7

And as only her lips moved, but her voice was

he did so year by year, when she went not heard: therefore Eli thought she
14
up to the house of the LORD, so she had been drunken. And Eli said unto
her, How long wilt thou be drunken? be weaned, and then I will bring him,
15
put away thy wine from thee. And that he may appear before the LORD,
23
Hannah answered and said, No, my and there abide for ever. And
lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do
spirit: I have drunken neither wine nor what seemeth thee good; tarry until
strong drink, but have poured out my thou have weaned him; only the LORD
16
soul before the LORD. Count not establish his word. So the woman
thine handmaid for a daughter of abode, and gave her son suck until she
24
Belial: for out of the abundance of my weaned him. And when she had
complaint and grief have I spoken weaned him, she took him up with her,
17
hitherto. Then Eli answered and said, with three bullocks, and one ephah of
Go in peace: and the God of Israel flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought
grant thee thy petition that thou hast him unto the house of the LORD in
18 25
asked of him. And she said, Let thine Shiloh: and the child was young. And
handmaid find grace in thy sight. So they slew a bullock, and brought the
26
the woman went her way, and did eat, child to Eli. And she said, Oh my
and her countenance was no more sad. lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am
19
And they rose up in the morning the woman that stood by thee here,
27
early, and worshipped before the praying unto the LORD. For this child
LORD, and returned, and came to their I prayed; and the LORD hath given me
28
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew my petition which I asked of him:
Hannah his wife; and the LORD Therefore also I have lent him to the
20
remembered her. Wherefore it came LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be
to pass, when the time was come lent to the LORD. And he worshipped
about after Hannah had conceived, that the LORD there.
she bare a son, and called his name
Samuel, saying, Because I have asked 1 Samuel 2
21
him of the LORD. And the man
Elkanah, and all his house, went up to
And Hannah prayed, and said, My

offer unto the LORD the yearly heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn

sacrifice, and his vow. 22

But Hannah is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is

went not up; for she said unto her enlarged over mine enemies; because I
2
husband, I will not go up until the child rejoice in thy salvation. There is none
 11
holy as the LORD: for there is none anointed. And Elkanah went to
beside thee: neither is there any rock Ramah to his house. And the child did
3
like our God. Talk no more so minister unto the LORD before Eli the
12
exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy priest. Now the sons of Eli were sons
13
come out of your mouth: for the LORD of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
is a God of knowledge, and by him And the priest's custom with the people
4
actions are weighed. The bows of the was, that, when any man offered
mighty men are broken, and they that sacrifice, the priest's servant came,
5
stumbled are girded with strength. while the flesh was in seething, with a
14
They that were full have hired out fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
themselves for bread; and they that And he struck it into the pan, or kettle,
were hungry ceased: so that the or caldron, or pot; all that the
barren hath born seven; and she that fleshhook brought up the priest took
6
hath many children is waxed feeble. for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto
15
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he all the Israelites that came thither.
bringeth down to the grave, and Also before they burnt the fat, the
7
bringeth up. The LORD maketh poor, priest's servant came, and said to the
and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast
8
lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out for the priest; for he will not have
16
of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar sodden flesh of thee, but raw. And if
from the dunghill, to set them among any man said unto him, Let them not
princes, and to make them inherit the fail to burn the fat presently, and then
throne of glory: for the pillars of the take as much as thy soul desireth;
earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set then he would answer him, Nay; but
9
the world upon them. He will keep the thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I
17
feet of his saints, and the wicked shall will take it by force. Wherefore the
be silent in darkness; for by strength sin of the young men was very great
10
shall no man prevail. The adversaries before the LORD: for men abhorred the
18
of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; offering of the LORD. But Samuel
out of heaven shall he thunder upon ministered before the LORD, being a
19
them: the LORD shall judge the ends of child, girded with a linen ephod.
the earth; and he shall give strength Moreover his mother made him a little
unto his king, and exalt the horn of his coat, and brought it to him from year

to year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife,
and said, The LORD give thee seed of
this woman for the loan which is lent to
the LORD. And they went unto their
21
own home. And the LORD visited
Hannah, so that she conceived, and
bare three sons and two daughters.
And the child Samuel grew before the
22
LORD. Now Eli was very old, and
heard all that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the
women that assembled at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he said unto them, Why do ye
such things? for I hear of your evil
24
dealings by all this people. Nay, my
sons; for it is no good report that I
hear: ye make the LORD'S people to
25
transgress. If one man sin against
another, the judge shall judge him: but
if a man sin against the LORD, who
shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding
they hearkened not unto the voice of
their father, because the LORD would
26
slay them. And the child Samuel
grew on, and was in favour both with
27
the LORD, and also with men.
there came a man of God unto Eli, and
said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Did I plainly appear unto the house of
thy father, when they were in Egypt in
28
Pharaoh's house? And did I choose
20
him out of all the tribes of Israel to be
my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to
burn incense, to wear an ephod before
me? and did I give unto the house of
thy father all the offerings made by fire
29
of the children of Israel? Wherefore
kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine
offering, which I have commanded in
my habitation; and honourest thy sons
above me, to make yourselves fat with
the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel
30
my people? Wherefore the LORD God
of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
23
house, and the house of thy father,
should walk before me for ever: but
now the LORD saith, Be it far from me;
for them that honour me I will honour,
and they that despise me shall be
31
lightly esteemed. Behold, the days
come, that I will cut off thine arm, and
the arm of thy father's house, that
there shall not be an old man in thine
32
house. And thou shalt see an enemy
in my habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and there
shall not be an old man in thine house
33
for ever. And the man of thine,
And whom I shall not cut off from mine
altar, shall be to consume thine eyes,
and to grieve thine heart: and all the
increase of thine house shall die in the
34
flower of their age. And this shall be
 6
a sign unto thee, that shall come upon and lay down. And the LORD called
thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose
in one day they shall die both of them. and went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
35
And I will raise me up a faithful for thou didst call me. And he
priest, that shall do according to that answered, I called not, my son; lie
7
which is in mine heart and in my mind: down again. Now Samuel did not yet
and I will build him a sure house; and know the LORD, neither was the word
8
he shall walk before mine anointed for of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
36
ever. And it shall come to pass, that And the LORD called Samuel again the
every one that is left in thine house third time. And he arose and went to
shall come and crouch to him for a Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, call me. And Eli perceived that the
9
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into LORD had called the child. Therefore
one of the priests' offices, that I may Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and
eat a piece of bread. it shall be, if he call thee, that thou
shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy
1 Samuel 3 servant heareth. So Samuel went and
10
lay down in his place. And the LORD
And the child Samuel ministered unto
came, and stood, and called as at other
the LORD before Eli. And the word of times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel
the LORD was precious in those days; answered, Speak; for thy servant
2
there was no open vision. And it came heareth. 11
And the LORD said to
to pass at that time, when Eli was laid Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in
down in his place, and his eyes began Israel, at which both the ears of every
3
to wax dim, that he could not see; one that heareth it shall tingle. 12
In
And ere the lamp of God went out in that day I will perform against Eli all
the temple of the LORD, where the ark things which I have spoken concerning
of God was, and Samuel was laid down his house: when I begin, I will also
4
to sleep; That the LORD called make an end. 13
For I have told him
5
Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. that I will judge his house for ever for
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am the iniquity which he knoweth; because
I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I his sons made themselves vile, and he
called not; lie down again. And he went restrained them not. 14
And therefore I
have sworn unto the house of Eli, that Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched
2
the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be in Aphek. And the Philistines put
purged with sacrifice nor offering for themselves in array against Israel: and
15
ever. And Samuel lay until the when they joined battle, Israel was
morning, and opened the doors of the smitten before the Philistines: and they
house of the LORD. And Samuel feared slew of the army in the field about four
16 3
to shew Eli the vision. Then Eli called thousand men. And when the people
Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. were come into the camp, the elders of
17
And he answered, Here am I. And he Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD
said, What is the thing that the LORD smitten us to day before the
hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the
not from me: God do so to thee, and covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh
more also, if thou hide any thing from unto us, that, when it cometh among
me of all the things that he said unto us, it may save us out of the hand of
18 4
thee. And Samuel told him every our enemies. So the people sent to
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he Shiloh, that they might bring from
said, It is the LORD: let him do what thence the ark of the covenant of the
19
seemeth him good. And Samuel LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between
grew, and the LORD was with him, and the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli,
did let none of his words fall to the Hophni and Phinehas, were there with
20 5
ground. And all Israel from Dan even the ark of the covenant of God. And
to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was when the ark of the covenant of the
established to be a prophet of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel
21
LORD. And the LORD appeared again shouted with a great shout, so that the
6
in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed earth rang again. And when the
himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the Philistines heard the noise of the
word of the LORD. shout, they said, What meaneth the
noise of this great shout in the camp of
1 Samuel 4 the Hebrews? And they understood that
the ark of the LORD was come into the
And the word of Samuel came to all
camp. 7
And the Philistines were afraid,
Israel. Now Israel went out against the for they said, God is come into the
Philistines to battle, and pitched beside camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for
there hath not been such
8
heretofore. Woe unto us! who shall
deliver us out of the hand of these
mighty Gods? these are the Gods that
smote the Egyptians with
9
plagues in the wilderness. Be strong,
and quit yourselves like men, O ye
Philistines, that ye be not servants
unto the Hebrews, as they have been
to you: quit yourselves like men, and
10
fight. And the Philistines fought, and
Israel was smitten, and they fled every
man into his tent: and there was a
very great slaughter; for there fell of
Israel thirty thousand footmen.
the ark of God was taken; and the two
sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
12
slain. And there ran a man
Benjamin out of the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes
rent, and with earth upon his head.
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a
seat by the wayside watching: for his
heart trembled for the ark of God. And
when the man came into the city, and
told it, all the city cried out.
when Eli heard the noise of the crying,
he said, What meaneth the noise of
this tumult? And the man came in
15
hastily, and told Eli. Now Eli was
ninety and eight years old; and his
eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16
And the man said unto Eli, I am he
a thing that came out of the army, and I fled
to day out of the army. And he said,
17
What is there done, my son? And the
messenger answered and said, Israel is
all the fled before the Philistines, and there
hath been also a great slaughter
among the people, and thy two sons
also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
18
and the ark of God is taken. And it
came to pass, when he made mention
of the ark of God, that he fell from off
the seat backward by the side of the
gate, and his neck brake, and he died:
for he was an old man, and heavy. And
11 19
And he had judged Israel forty years. And
his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife,
was with child, near to be delivered:
of and when she heard the tidings that
the ark of God was taken, and that her
father in law and her husband were
13
dead, she bowed herself and travailed;
20
for her pains came upon her. And
about the time of her death the women
that stood by her said unto her, Fear
not; for thou hast born a son. But she
14
And answered not, neither did she regard
21
it. And she named the child I-
chabod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God
was taken, and because of her father
22
in law and her husband. And she
said, The glory is departed from Israel:
for the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 5 the Philistines unto them, and said,
What shall we do with the ark of the
And the Philistines took the ark of God of Israel? And they answered, Let

God, and brought it from Eben-ezer the ark of the God of Israel be carried

unto Ashdod. 2
When the Philistines about unto Gath. And they carried the
9
took the ark of God, they brought it ark of the God of Israel about thither.

into the house of Dagon, and set it by And it was so, that, after they had

Dagon. 3
And when they of Ashdod carried it about, the hand of the LORD

arose early on the morrow, behold, was against the city with a very great

Dagon was fallen upon his face to the destruction: and he smote the men of

earth before the ark of the LORD. And the city, both small and great, and

they took Dagon, and set him in his they had emerods in their secret parts.
10
place again. 4
And when they arose Therefore they sent the ark of God to

early on the morrow morning, behold, Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark

Dagon was fallen upon his face to the of God came to Ekron, that the

ground before the ark of the LORD; Ekronites cried out, saying, They have

and the head of Dagon and both the brought about the ark of the God of

palms of his hands were cut off upon Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
11
the threshold; only the stump of Dagon So they sent and gathered together

was left to him. 5

Therefore neither the all the lords of the Philistines, and said,

priests of Dagon, nor any that come Send away the ark of the God of Israel,

into Dagon's house, tread on the and let it go again to his own place,

threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this that it slay us not, and our people: for

day. 6
But the hand of the LORD was there was a deadly destruction

heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he throughout all the city; the hand of
12
destroyed them, and smote them with God was very heavy there. And the

emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts men that died not were smitten with

thereof. 7
And when the men of Ashdod the emerods: and the cry of the city

saw that it was so, they said, The ark went up to heaven.

of the God of Israel shall not abide with

us: for his hand is sore upon us, and
8
upon Dagon our god. They sent
therefore and gathered all the lords of
1 Samuel 6 cart, and take two milch kine, on which
there hath come no yoke, and tie the
And the ark of the LORD was in the kine to the cart, and bring their calves
8
country of the Philistines seven home from them: And take the ark of

months. 2
And the Philistines called for the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and

the priests and the diviners, saying, put the jewels of gold, which ye return

What shall we do to the ark of the him for a trespass offering, in a coffer

LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send by the side thereof; and send it away,
9
it to his place. 3
And they said, If ye that it may go. And see, if it goeth up

send away the ark of the God of Israel, by the way of his own coast to Beth-

send it not empty; but in any wise shemesh, then he hath done us this

return him a trespass offering: then ye great evil: but if not, then we shall

shall be healed, and it shall be known know that it is not his hand that smote

to you why his hand is not removed us; it was a chance that happened to
10
from you. 4
Then said they, What shall us. And the men did so; and took

be the trespass offering which we shall two milch kine, and tied them to the

return to him? They answered, Five cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11
golden emerods, and five golden mice, And they laid the ark of the LORD

according to the number of the lords of upon the cart, and the coffer with the

the Philistines: for one plague was on mice of gold and the images of their
12
you all, and on your lords. 5
Wherefore emerods. And the kine took the

ye shall make images of your emerods, straight way to the way of Beth-

and images of your mice that mar the shemesh, and went along the highway,

land; and ye shall give glory unto the lowing as they went, and turned not

God of Israel: peradventure he will aside to the right hand or to the left;

lighten his hand from off you, and from and the lords of the Philistines went

off your gods, and from off your land. 6 after them unto the border of Beth-
13
Wherefore then do ye harden your shemesh. And they of Beth-shemesh

hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh were reaping their wheat harvest in the

hardened their hearts? when he had valley: and they lifted up their eyes,

wrought wonderfully among them, did and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14
they not let the people go, and they And the cart came into the field of

departed? 7
Now therefore make a new Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood
 20
there, where there was a great stone: great slaughter. And the men of
and they clave the wood of the cart, Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to
and offered the kine a burnt offering stand before this holy LORD God? and
15 21
unto the LORD. And the Levites took to whom shall he go up from us? And
down the ark of the LORD, and the they sent messengers to the
coffer that was with it, wherein the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying,
jewels of gold were, and put them on The Philistines have brought again the
the great stone: and the men of Beth- ark of the LORD; come ye down, and
shemesh offered burnt offerings and fetch it up to you.
sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto
the LORD. 16
And when the five lords of 1 Samuel 7
the Philistines had seen it, they
returned to Ekron the same day. 17
And
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came,

these are the golden emerods which and brought up the ark of the LORD,

the Philistines returned for a trespass and brought it into the house of

offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified

one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the
2
Gath one, for Ekron one; 18
And the LORD. And it came to pass, while the

golden mice, according to the number ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the

of all the cities of the Philistines time was long; for it was twenty years:

belonging to the five lords, both of and all the house of Israel lamented
3
fenced cities, and of country villages, after the LORD. And Samuel spake

even unto the great stone of Abel, unto all the house of Israel, saying, If

whereon they set down the ark of the ye do return unto the LORD with all

LORD: which stone remaineth unto this your hearts, then put away the strange

day in the field of Joshua, the Beth- gods and Ashtaroth from among you,

shemite. 19
And he smote the men of and prepare your hearts unto the

Beth-shemesh, because they had LORD, and serve him only: and he will

looked into the ark of the LORD, even deliver you out of the hand of the
4
he smote of the people fifty thousand Philistines. Then the children of Israel

and threescore and ten men: and the did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
5
people lamented, because the LORD and served the LORD only. And

had smitten many of the people with a Samuel said, Gather all Israel to
Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the the name of it Eben-ezer, saying,
6 13
LORD. And they gathered together to Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it So the Philistines were subdued, and
out before the LORD, and fasted on they came no more into the coast of
that day, and said there, We have Israel: and the hand of the LORD was
sinned against the LORD. And Samuel against the Philistines all the days of
14
judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. Samuel. And the cities which the
7
And when the Philistines heard that Philistines had taken from Israel were
the children of Israel were gathered restored to Israel, from Ekron even
together to Mizpeh, the lords of the unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did
Philistines went up against Israel. And Israel deliver out of the hands of the
when the children of Israel heard it, Philistines. And there was peace
8 15
they were afraid of the Philistines. between Israel and the Amorites.
And the children of Israel said to And Samuel judged Israel all the days
16
Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the of his life. And he went from year to
LORD our God for us, that he will save year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,
9
us out of the hand of the Philistines. and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all
17
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and those places. And his return was to
offered it for a burnt offering wholly Ramah; for there was his house; and
unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto there he judged Israel; and there he
the LORD for Israel; and the LORD built an altar unto the LORD.
10
heard him. And as Samuel was
offering up the burnt offering, the 1 Samuel 8
Philistines drew near to battle against
Israel: but the LORD thundered with a
And it came to pass, when Samuel was
great thunder on that day upon the old, that he made his sons judges over
2
Philistines, and discomfited them; and Israel. Now the name of his firstborn

they were smitten before Israel. 11

And was Joel; and the name of his second,

the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3
and pursued the Philistines, and smote And his sons walked not in his ways,

them, until they came under Beth-car. but turned aside after lucre, and took
4
12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it bribes, and perverted judgment. Then

between Mizpeh and Shen, and called all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to and will set them to ear his ground,
5
Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto and to reap his harvest, and to make
him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons his instruments of war, and
13
walk not in thy ways: now make us a instruments of his chariots. And he
6
king to judge us like all the nations. will take your daughters to be
But the thing displeased Samuel, when confectionaries, and to be cooks, and
14
they said, Give us a king to judge us. to be bakers. And he will take your
7
And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. fields, and your vineyards, and your
And the LORD said unto Samuel, oliveyards, even the best of them, and
15
Hearken unto the voice of the people in give them to his servants. And he
all that they say unto thee: for they will take the tenth of your seed, and of
have not rejected thee, but they have your vineyards, and give to his
16
rejected me, that I should not reign officers, and to his servants. And he
8
over them. According to all the works will take your menservants, and your
which they have done since the day maidservants, and your goodliest
that I brought them up out of Egypt young men, and your asses, and put
17
even unto this day, wherewith they them to his work. He will take the
have forsaken me, and served other tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be
9 18
gods, so do they also unto thee. Now his servants. And ye shall cry out in
therefore hearken unto their voice: that day because of your king which ye
howbeit yet protest solemnly unto shall have chosen you; and the LORD
19
them, and shew them the manner of will not hear you in that day.
10
the king that shall reign over them. Nevertheless the people refused to
And Samuel told all the words of the obey the voice of Samuel; and they
LORD unto the people that asked of said, Nay; but we will have a king over
11 20
him a king. And he said, This will be us; That we also may be like all the
the manner of the king that shall reign nations; and that our king may judge
over you: He will take your sons, and us, and go out before us, and fight our
21
appoint them for himself, for his battles. And Samuel heard all the
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and words of the people, and he rehearsed
12 22
some shall run before his chariots. them in the ears of the LORD. And
And he will appoint him captains over the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken
thousands, and captains over fifties; unto their voice, and make them a
king. And Samuel said unto the men of
Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
1 Samuel 9
Now there was a man of Benjamin,
whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel,
the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath,
the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a
2
mighty man of power. And he had a
son, whose name was Saul, a choice
young man, and a goodly: and there
was not among the children of Israel a
goodlier person than he:
shoulders and upward he was higher
3
than any of the people. And the asses
of Kish Saul's father were lost. And
Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one
of the servants with thee, and arise, go
4
seek the asses. And
through mount Ephraim, and passed
through the land of Shalisha, but they
found them not: then they
through the land of Shalim, and there
they were not: and he passed through
the land of the Benjamites, but they
5
found them not. And when they were
come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to
his servant that was with him, Come,
and let us return; lest my father leave
caring for the asses, and take thought
6
for us. And he said unto him, Behold
now, there is in this city a man of God,
and he is an honourable man; all that
he saith cometh surely to pass: now let
us go thither; peradventure he can
shew us our way that we should go. 7
Then said Saul to his servant, But,
behold, if we go, what shall we bring
the man? for the bread is spent in our
vessels, and there is not a present to
bring to the man of God: what have
we? 8
And the servant answered Saul
again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of
silver: that will I give to the man of
from his God, to tell us our way. 9
(Beforetime
in Israel, when a man went to enquire
of God, thus he spake, Come, and let
us go to the seer: for he that is now
called a Prophet was beforetime called
a Seer.) 10
Then said Saul to his
he passed servant, Well said; come, let us go. So
they went unto the city where the man
of God was. 11
And as they went up the
passed hill to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and
said unto them, Is the seer here? 12
And they answered them, and said, He
is; behold, he is before you: make
haste now, for he came to day to the
city; for there is a sacrifice of the
people to day in the high place: 13
As
soon as ye be come into the city, ye
shall straightway find him, before he
go up to the high place to eat: for the
people will not eat until he come, And on whom is all the desire of Israel?
because he doth bless the sacrifice; Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's
21
and afterwards they eat that be house? And Saul answered and said,
bidden. Now therefore get you up; for Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest
14
about this time ye shall find him. of the tribes of Israel? and my family
And they went up into the city: and the least of all the families of the tribe
when they were come into the city, of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest
22
behold, Samuel came out against thou so to me? And Samuel took
15
them, for to go up to the high place. Saul and his servant, and brought
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his them into the parlour, and made them
16
ear a day before Saul came, saying, sit in the chiefest place among them
To morrow about this time I will send that were bidden, which were about
23
thee a man out of the land of thirty persons. And Samuel said unto
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to the cook, Bring the portion which I
be captain over my people Israel, that gave thee, of which I said unto thee,
24
he may save my people out of the hand Set it by thee. And the cook took up
of the Philistines: for I have looked the shoulder, and that which was upon
upon my people, because their cry is it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel
17
come unto me. And when Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it
saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, before thee, and eat: for unto this time
Behold the man whom I spake to thee hath it been kept for thee since I said,
of! this same shall reign over my I have invited the people. So Saul did
18 25
people. Then Saul drew near to eat with Samuel that day. And when
Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, they were come down from the high
I pray thee, where the seer's house is. place into the city, Samuel communed
19 26
And Samuel answered Saul, and with Saul upon the top of the house.
said, I am the seer: go up before me And they arose early: and it came to
unto the high place; for ye shall eat pass about the spring of the day, that
with me to day, and to morrow I will Samuel called Saul to the top of the
let thee go, and will tell thee all that is house, saying, Up, that I may send
20
in thine heart. And as for thine asses thee away. And Saul arose, and they
that were lost three days ago, set not went out both of them, he and Samuel,
27
thy mind on them; for they are found. abroad. And as they were going
down to the end of the city, Samuel
said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on
before us, (and he passed on,) but
stand thou still a while, that I may
shew thee the word of God.
1 Samuel 10
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and
poured it upon his head, and kissed
him, and said, Is it not because the
LORD hath anointed thee to be captain
2
over his inheritance? When thou art
departed from me to day, then thou
shalt find two men by Rachel's
sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at
Zelzah; and they will say unto thee,
The asses which thou wentest to seek
are found: and, lo, thy father hath left
the care of the asses, and sorroweth
for you, saying, What shall I do for my
3
son? Then shalt thou go on forward
from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall
meet thee three men going up to God
to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and
another carrying three loaves of bread,
4
and another carrying a bottle of wine:
And they will salute thee, and give
thee two loaves of bread; which thou
5
shalt receive of their hands. After
that thou shalt come to the hill of God,
where is the garrison of the Philistines:
and it shall come to pass, when thou
art come thither to the city, that thou
shalt meet a company of prophets
coming down from the high place with
a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe,
and a harp, before them; and they
shall prophesy: 6
And the Spirit of the
LORD will come upon thee, and thou
shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into another man. 7
And let it
be, when these signs are come unto
thee, that thou do as occasion serve
thee; for God is with thee. 8
And thou
shalt go down before me to Gilgal;
and, behold, I will come down unto
thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings:
seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come
to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt
do. 9
And it was so, that when he had
turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and all
those signs came to pass that day. 10
And when they came thither to the hill,
behold, a company of prophets met
him; and the Spirit of God came upon
him, and he prophesied among them. 11
And it came to pass, when all that
knew him beforetime saw that, behold,
he prophesied among the prophets,
then the people said one to another,
What is this that is come unto the son
of Kish? Is Saul also among the
 12
prophets? And one of the same place near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
21
answered and said, But who is their When he had caused the tribe of
father? Therefore it became a proverb, Benjamin to come near by their
13
Is Saul also among the prophets? families, the family of Matri was taken,
And when he had made an end of and Saul the son of Kish was taken:
prophesying, he came to the high and when they sought him, he could
14 22
place. And Saul's uncle said unto him not be found. Therefore they
and to his servant, Whither went ye? enquired of the LORD further, if the
And he said, To seek the asses: and man should yet come thither. And the
when we saw that they were no where, LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid
15 23
we came to Samuel. And Saul's uncle himself among the stuff. And they
said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel ran and fetched him thence: and when
16
said unto you. And Saul said unto his he stood among the people, he was
uncle, He told us plainly that the asses higher than any of the people from his
24
were found. But of the matter of the shoulders and upward. And Samuel
kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he said to all the people, See ye him
17
told him not. And Samuel called the whom the LORD hath chosen, that
people together unto the LORD to there is none like him among all the
18
Mizpeh; And said unto the children of people? And all the people shouted,
25
Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of and said, God save the king. Then
Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, Samuel told the people the manner of
and delivered you out of the hand of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book,
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of and laid it up before the LORD. And
all kingdoms, and of them that Samuel sent all the people away, every
19 26
oppressed you: And ye have this day man to his house. And Saul also
rejected your God, who himself saved went home to Gibeah; and there went
you out of all your adversities and your with him a band of men, whose hearts
27
tribulations; and ye have said unto God had touched. But the children of
him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now Belial said, How shall this man save
therefore present yourselves before the us? And they despised him, and
LORD by your tribes, and by your brought him no presents. But he held
20
thousands. And when Samuel had his peace.
caused all the tribes of Israel to come
1 Samuel 11 and after Samuel, so shall it be done
unto his oxen. And the fear of the
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, LORD fell on the people, and they
8
and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: came out with one consent. And when

and all the men of Jabesh said unto he numbered them in Bezek, the

Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and children of Israel were three hundred

we will serve thee. 2

And Nahash the thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
9
Ammonite answered them, On this thousand. And they said unto the

condition will I make a covenant with messengers that came, Thus shall ye

you, that I may thrust out all your say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To

right eyes, and lay it for a reproach morrow, by that time the sun be hot,

upon all Israel. 3

And the elders of ye shall have help. And the

Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven messengers came and shewed it to the
10
days respite, that we may send men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

messengers unto all the coasts of Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To

Israel: and then, if there be no man to morrow we will come out unto you, and

save us, we will come out to thee. 4 ye shall do with us all that seemeth
11
Then came the messengers to Gibeah good unto you. And it was so on the

of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears morrow, that Saul put the people in

of the people: and all the people lifted three companies; and they came into

up their voices, and wept. 5

And, the midst of the host in the morning

behold, Saul came after the herd out of watch, and slew the Ammonites until

the field; and Saul said, What aileth the heat of the day: and it came to

the people that they weep? And they pass, that they which remained were

told him the tidings of the men of scattered, so that two of them were
12
Jabesh. 6
And the Spirit of God came not left together. And the people

upon Saul when he heard those tidings, said unto Samuel, Who is he that said,

and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 Shall Saul reign over us? bring the

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed men, that we may put them to death.
13
them in pieces, and sent them And Saul said, There shall not a man

throughout all the coasts of Israel by be put to death this day: for to day the

the hands of messengers, saying, LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

14
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul Then said Samuel to the people,
Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and ye have not found ought in my hand.
15 6
renew the kingdom there. And all the And they answered, He is witness.
people went to Gilgal; and there they And Samuel said unto the people, It is
made Saul king before the LORD in the LORD that advanced Moses and
Gilgal; and there they sacrificed Aaron, and that brought your fathers
7
sacrifices of peace offerings before the up out of the land of Egypt. Now
LORD; and there Saul and all the men therefore stand still, that I may reason
of Israel rejoiced greatly. with you before the LORD of all the
righteous acts of the LORD, which he
1 Samuel 12 did to you and to your fathers. 8
When
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your
And Samuel said unto all Israel,
fathers cried unto the LORD, then the
Behold, I have hearkened unto your LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which
voice in all that ye said unto me, and brought forth your fathers out of
2
have made a king over you. And now, Egypt, and made them dwell in this
behold, the king walketh before you: place. 9
And when they forgat the
and I am old and grayheaded; and, LORD their God, he sold them into the
behold, my sons are with you: and I hand of Sisera, captain of the host of
have walked before you from my Hazor, and into the hand of the
3
childhood unto this day. Behold, here Philistines, and into the hand of the
I am: witness against me before the king of Moab, and they fought against
LORD, and before his anointed: whose them. 10
And they cried unto the LORD,
ox have I taken? or whose ass have I and said, We have sinned, because we
taken? or whom have I defrauded? have forsaken the LORD, and have
whom have I oppressed? or of whose served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now
hand have I received any bribe to blind deliver us out of the hand of our
mine eyes therewith? and I will restore enemies, and we will serve thee. 11
And
4
it you. And they said, Thou hast not the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan,
defrauded us, nor oppressed us, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and
neither hast thou taken ought of any delivered you out of the hand of your
5
man's hand. And he said unto them, enemies on every side, and ye dwelled
The LORD is witness against you, and safe. 12
And when ye saw that Nahash
his anointed is witness this day, that the king of the children of Ammon
 20
came against you, ye said unto me, to ask us a king. And Samuel said
Nay; but a king shall reign over us: unto the people, Fear not: ye have
when the LORD your God was your done all this wickedness: yet turn not
13
king. Now therefore behold the king aside from following the LORD, but
21
whom ye have chosen, and whom ye serve the LORD with all your heart;
have desired! and, behold, the LORD And turn ye not aside: for then should
14
hath set a king over you. If ye will ye go after vain things, which cannot
22
fear the LORD, and serve him, and profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
obey his voice, and not rebel against For the LORD will not forsake his
the commandment of the LORD, then people for his great name's sake:
shall both ye and also the king that because it hath pleased the LORD to
23
reigneth over you continue following make you his people. Moreover as
15
the LORD your God: But if ye will not for me, God forbid that I should sin
obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the LORD in ceasing to pray for
against the commandment of the you: but I will teach you the good and
24
LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD the right way: Only fear the LORD,
be against you, as it was against your and serve him in truth with all your
16
fathers. Now therefore stand and see heart: for consider how great things he
25
this great thing, which the LORD will hath done for you. But if ye shall still
17
do before your eyes. Is it not wheat do wickedly, ye shall be consumed,
harvest to day? I will call unto the both ye and your king.
LORD, and he shall send thunder and
rain; that ye may perceive and see 1 Samuel 13
that your wickedness is great, which ye
have done in the sight of the LORD, in
Saul reigned one year; and when he
2
asking you a king. 18
So Samuel called had reigned two years over Israel,

unto the LORD; and the LORD sent Saul chose him three thousand men of

thunder and rain that day: and all the Israel; whereof two thousand were

people greatly feared the LORD and with Saul in Michmash and in mount

Samuel. 19
And all the people said unto Bethel, and a thousand were with

Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and

LORD thy God, that we die not: for we the rest of the people he sent every
3
have added unto all our sins this evil, man to his tent. And Jonathan smote
 10
the garrison of the Philistines that was burnt offering. And it came to pass,
in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. that as soon as he had made an end of
And Saul blew the trumpet throughout offering the burnt offering, behold,
all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews Samuel came; and Saul went out to
4 11
hear. And all Israel heard say that meet him, that he might salute him.
Saul had smitten a garrison of the And Samuel said, What hast thou
Philistines, and that Israel also was done? And Saul said, Because I saw
had in abomination with the Philistines. that the people were scattered from
And the people were called together me, and that thou camest not within
5
after Saul to Gilgal. And the the days appointed, and that the
Philistines gathered themselves Philistines gathered themselves
12
together to fight with Israel, thirty together at Michmash; Therefore
thousand chariots, and six thousand said I, The Philistines will come down
horsemen, and people as the sand now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not
which is on the sea shore in multitude: made supplication unto the LORD: I
and they came up, and pitched in forced myself therefore, and offered a
6 13
Michmash, eastward from Beth- aven. burnt offering. And Samuel said to
When the men of Israel saw that they Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou
were in a strait, (for the people were hast not kept the commandment of the
distressed,) then the people did hide LORD thy God, which he commanded
themselves in caves, and in thickets, thee: for now would the LORD have
and in rocks, and in high places, and in established thy kingdom upon Israel
7 14
pits. And some of the Hebrews went for ever. But now thy kingdom shall
over Jordan to the land of Gad and not continue: the LORD hath sought
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in him a man after his own heart, and the
Gilgal, and all the people followed him LORD hath commanded him to be
8
trembling. And he tarried seven days, captain over his people, because thou
according to the set time that Samuel hast not kept that which the LORD
15
had appointed: but Samuel came not commanded thee. And Samuel arose,
to Gilgal; and the people were and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah
9
scattered from him. And Saul said, of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the
Bring hither a burnt offering to me, people that were present with him,
16
and peace offerings. And he offered the about six hundred men. And Saul,
and Jonathan his son, and the people 1 Samuel 14
that were present with them, abode in
Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines Now it came to pass upon a day, that
17
encamped in Michmash. And the Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the
spoilers came out of the camp of the young man that bare his armour,
Philistines in three companies: one Come, and let us go over to the
company turned unto the way that Philistines' garrison, that is on the
leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of other side. But he told not his father. 2

18
Shual: And another company turned
the way to Beth-horon: and another
company turned to the way of the
border that looketh to the valley of
Zeboim toward the wilderness.
there was no smith found throughout
all the land of Israel: for the Philistines
said, Lest the Hebrews make
20
swords or spears:
Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to sharpen every man his share, and
his coulter, and his
21
mattock. Yet they had a file for the
mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to
22
sharpen the goads.
pass in the day of battle, that there
was neither sword nor spear found in
the hand of any of the people that
were with Saul and Jonathan: but with
Saul and with Jonathan his son was
23
there found. And the garrison of the
Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part
of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree
which is in Migron: and the people that
were with him were about six hundred
19
Now men; 3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-
chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in
them Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the
But all the people knew not that Jonathan was
gone. 4
And between the passages, by
which Jonathan sought to go over unto
axe, and his the Philistines' garrison, there was a
sharp rock on the one side and a sharp
rock on the other side: and the name
of the one was Bozez, and the name of
So it came to the other Seneh. 5
The forefront of the
one was situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other southward
over against Gibeah. 6
And Jonathan
said to the young man that bare his
armour, Come, and let us go over unto
the garrison of these uncircumcised: it
may be that the LORD will work for us:
for there is no restraint to the LORD to
7
save by many or by few. And his
armourbearer said unto him, Do all land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
15
that is in thine heart: turn thee; And there was trembling in the host,
behold, I am with thee according to thy in the field, and among all the people:
8
heart. Then said Jonathan, Behold, the garrison, and the spoilers, they
we will pass over unto these men, and also trembled, and the earth quaked:
9 16
we will discover ourselves unto them. so it was a very great trembling. And
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of
come to you; then we will stand still in Benjamin looked; and, behold, the
our place, and will not go up unto multitude melted away, and they went
10 17
them. But if they say thus, Come up on beating down one another. Then
unto us; then we will go up: for the said Saul unto the people that were
LORD hath delivered them into our with him, Number now, and see who is
hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. gone from us. And when they had
11
And both of them discovered numbered, behold, Jonathan and his
18
themselves unto the garrison of the armourbearer were not there. And
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of ark of God. For the ark of God was at
19
the holes where they had hid that time with the children of Israel.
12
themselves. And the men of the And it came to pass, while Saul talked
garrison answered Jonathan and his unto the priest, that the noise that was
armourbearer, and said, Come up to in the host of the Philistines went on
us, and we will shew you a thing. And and increased: and Saul said unto the
20
Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, priest, Withdraw thine hand. And
Come up after me: for the LORD hath Saul and all the people that were with
delivered them into the hand of Israel. him assembled themselves, and they
13
And Jonathan climbed up upon his came to the battle: and, behold, every
hands and upon his feet, and his man's sword was against his fellow,
armourbearer after him: and they fell and there was a very great
21
before Jonathan; and his armourbearer discomfiture. Moreover the Hebrews
14
slew after him. And that first that were with the Philistines before
slaughter, which Jonathan and his that time, which went up with them
armourbearer made, was about twenty into the camp from the country round
men, within as it were an half acre of about, even they also turned to be with
the Israelites that were with Saul and land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes
22
Jonathan. Likewise all the men of have been enlightened, because I
30
Israel which had hid themselves in tasted a little of this honey. How
mount Ephraim, when they heard that much more, if haply the people had
the Philistines fled, even they also eaten freely to day of the spoil of their
followed hard after them in the battle. enemies which they found? for had
23
So the LORD saved Israel that day: there not been now a much greater
31
and the battle passed over unto Beth- slaughter among the Philistines? And
24
aven. And the men of Israel were they smote the Philistines that day
distressed that day: for Saul had from Michmash to Aijalon: and the
32
adjured the people, saying, Cursed be people were very faint. And the
the man that eateth any food until people flew upon the spoil, and took
evening, that I may be avenged on sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew
mine enemies. So none of the people them on the ground: and the people
25 33
tasted any food. And all they of the did eat them with the blood. Then
land came to a wood; and there was they told Saul, saying, Behold, the
26
honey upon the ground. And when people sin against the LORD, in that
the people were come into the wood, they eat with the blood. And he said,
behold, the honey dropped; but no Ye have transgressed: roll a great
34
man put his hand to his mouth: for the stone unto me this day. And Saul
27
people feared the oath. But Jonathan said, Disperse yourselves among the
heard not when his father charged the people, and say unto them, Bring me
people with the oath: wherefore he put hither every man his ox, and every
forth the end of the rod that was in his man his sheep, and slay them here,
hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and eat; and sin not against the LORD
and put his hand to his mouth; and his in eating with the blood. And all the
28
eyes were enlightened. Then people brought every man his ox with
35
answered one of the people, and said, him that night, and slew them there.
Thy father straitly charged the people And Saul built an altar unto the LORD:
with an oath, saying, Cursed be the the same was the first altar that he
36
man that eateth any food this day. And built unto the LORD. And Saul said,
29
the people were faint. Then said Let us go down after the Philistines by
Jonathan, My father hath troubled the night, and spoil them until the morning
 45
light, and let us not leave a man of surely die, Jonathan. And the people
them. And they said, Do whatsoever said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who
seemeth good unto thee. Then said the hath wrought this great salvation in
priest, Let us draw near hither unto Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth,
37
God. And Saul asked counsel of God, there shall not one hair of his head fall
Shall I go down after the Philistines? to the ground; for he hath wrought
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of with God this day. So the people
46
Israel? But he answered him not that rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
38
day. And Saul said, Draw ye near Then Saul went up from following the
hither, all the chief of the people: and Philistines: and the Philistines went to
47
know and see wherein this sin hath their own place. So Saul took the
39
been this day. For, as the LORD kingdom over Israel, and fought
liveth, which saveth Israel, though it against all his enemies on every side,
be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely against Moab, and against the children
die. But there was not a man among all of Ammon, and against Edom, and
40
the people that answered him. Then against the kings of Zobah, and against
said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one the Philistines: and whithersoever he
48
side, and I and Jonathan my son will turned himself, he vexed them. And
be on the other side. And the people he gathered an host, and smote the
said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of
41 49
unto thee. Therefore Saul said unto the hands of them that spoiled them.
the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan,
lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the
42
but the people escaped. And Saul names of his two daughters were
said, Cast lots between me and these; the name of the firstborn Merab,
50
Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was and the name of the younger Michal:
43
taken. Then Saul said to Jonathan, And the name of Saul's wife was
Tell me what thou hast done. And Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz:
Jonathan told him, and said, I did but and the name of the captain of his host
taste a little honey with the end of the was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's
51
rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I uncle. And Kish was the father of
44
must die. And Saul answered, God Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was
52
do so and more also: for thou shalt the son of Abiel. And there was sore
war against the Philistines all the days smote the Amalekites from Havilah
of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong until thou comest to Shur, that is over
8
man, or any valiant man, he took him against Egypt. And he took Agag the
unto him. king of the Amalekites alive, and
utterly destroyed all the people with
1 Samuel 15 the edge of the sword. 9
But Saul and
the people spared Agag, and the best
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD
of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of
sent me to anoint thee to be king over the fatlings, and the lambs, and all
his people, over Israel: now therefore that was good, and would not utterly
hearken thou unto the voice of the destroy them: but every thing that was
2
words of the LORD. Thus saith the vile and refuse, that they destroyed
LORD of hosts, I remember that which utterly. 10
Then came the word of the
Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait LORD unto Samuel, saying, 11
It
for him in the way, when he came up repenteth me that I have set up Saul
3
from Egypt. Now go and smite to be king: for he is turned back from
Amalek, and utterly destroy all that following me, and hath not performed
they have, and spare them not; but my commandments. And it grieved
slay both man and woman, infant and Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all
suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. night. 12
And when Samuel rose early
4
And Saul gathered the people to meet Saul in the morning, it was
together, and numbered them in told Samuel, saying, Saul came to
Telaim, two hundred thousand Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a
footmen, and ten thousand men of place, and is gone about, and passed
5
Judah. And Saul came to a city of on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13
And
6
Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, unto him, Blessed be thou of the
depart, get you down from among the LORD: I have performed the
Amalekites, lest I destroy you with commandment of the LORD. 14
And
them: for ye shewed kindness to all the Samuel said, What meaneth then this
children of Israel, when they came up bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and
out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15

7
from among the Amalekites. And Saul And Saul said, They have brought them
from the Amalekites: for the people to obey is better than sacrifice, and to
23
spared the best of the sheep and of the hearken than the fat of rams. For
oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and
God; and the rest we have utterly stubbornness is as iniquity and
16
destroyed. Then Samuel said unto idolatry. Because thou hast rejected
Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the the word of the LORD, he hath also
24
LORD hath said to me this night. And rejected thee from being king. And
17
he said unto him, Say on. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned:
Samuel said, When thou wast little in for I have transgressed the
thine own sight, wast thou not made commandment of the LORD, and thy
the head of the tribes of Israel, and the words: because I feared the people,
18 25
LORD anointed thee king over Israel? and obeyed their voice. Now
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin,
and said, Go and utterly destroy the and turn again with me, that I may
26
sinners the Amalekites, and fight worship the LORD. And Samuel said
against them until they be consumed. unto Saul, I will not return with thee:
19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey for thou hast rejected the word of the
the voice of the LORD, but didst fly LORD, and the LORD hath rejected
27
upon the spoil, and didst evil in the thee from being king over Israel.
20
sight of the LORD? And Saul said And as Samuel turned about to go
unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his
28
voice of the LORD, and have gone the mantle, and it rent. And Samuel said
way which the LORD sent me, and have unto him, The LORD hath rent the
brought Agag the king of Amalek, and kingdom of Israel from thee this day,
have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. and hath given it to a neighbour of
21 29
But the people took of the spoil, thine, that is better than thou. And
sheep and oxen, the chief of the things also the Strength of Israel will not lie
which should have been utterly nor repent: for he is not a man, that
30
destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD he should repent. Then he said, I
22
thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, have sinned: yet honour me now, I
Hath the LORD as great delight in pray thee, before the elders of my
burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in people, and before Israel, and turn
obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, again with me, that I may worship the
 31
LORD thy God. So Samuel turned call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will
again after Saul; and Saul worshipped shew thee what thou shalt do: and
32
the LORD. Then said Samuel, Bring thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I
4
ye hither to me Agag the king of the name unto thee. And Samuel did that
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him which the LORD spake, and came to
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the Bethlehem. And the elders of the town
33
bitterness of death is past. And trembled at his coming, and said,
5
Samuel said, As thy sword hath made Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
women childless, so shall thy mother Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto
be childless among women. And the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before come with me to the sacrifice. And he
34
the LORD in Gilgal. Then Samuel sanctified Jesse and his sons, and
6
went to Ramah; and Saul went up to called them to the sacrifice. And it
35
his house to Gibeah of Saul. And came to pass, when they were come,
Samuel came no more to see Saul until that he looked on Eliab, and said,
the day of his death: nevertheless Surely the LORD'S anointed is before
7
Samuel mourned for Saul: and the him. But the LORD said unto Samuel,
LORD repented that he had made Saul Look not on his countenance, or on the
king over Israel. height of his stature; because I have
refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
1 Samuel 16 man seeth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the LORD
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How
looketh on the heart. 8
Then Jesse
long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I called Abinadab, and made him pass
have rejected him from reigning over before Samuel. And he said, Neither
Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I hath the LORD chosen this. 9
Then
will send thee to Jesse the Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And
Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen
2
king among his sons. And Samuel this. 10
Again, Jesse made seven of his
said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he sons to pass before Samuel. And
will kill me. And the LORD said, Take Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD
an heifer with thee, and say, I am hath not chosen these. 11
And Samuel
3
come to sacrifice to the LORD. And said unto Jesse, Are here all thy
children? And he said, There remaineth and a man of war, and prudent in
yet the youngest, and, behold, he matters, and a comely person, and the
19
keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said LORD is with him. Wherefore Saul
unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we sent messengers unto Jesse, and said,
12
will not sit down till he come hither. Send me David thy son, which is with
20
And he sent, and brought him in. Now the sheep. And Jesse took an ass
he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,
countenance, and goodly to look to. and a kid, and sent them by David his
21
And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: son unto Saul. And David came to
13
for this is he. Then Samuel took the Saul, and stood before him: and he
horn of oil, and anointed him in the loved him greatly; and he became his
22
midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of armourbearer. And Saul sent to
the LORD came upon David from that Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee,
day forward. So Samuel rose up, and stand before me; for he hath found
14 23
went to Ramah. But the Spirit of the favour in my sight. And it came to
LORD departed from Saul, and an evil pass, when the evil spirit from God was
15
spirit from the LORD troubled him. upon Saul, that David took an harp,
And Saul's servants said unto him, and played with his hand: so Saul was
Behold now, an evil spirit from God refreshed, and was well, and the evil
16
troubleth thee. Let our lord now spirit departed from him.
command thy servants, which are
before thee, to seek out a man, who is 1 Samuel 17
a cunning player on an harp: and it
shall come to pass, when the evil spirit
Now the Philistines gathered together

from God is upon thee, that he shall their armies to battle, and were

play with his hand, and thou shalt be gathered together at Shochoh, which

well. 17
And Saul said unto his belongeth to Judah, and pitched

servants, Provide me now a man that between Shochoh and Azekah, in

2
can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the

Then answered one of the servants, men of Israel were gathered together,

and said, Behold, I have seen a son of and pitched by the valley of Elah, and

Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning set the battle in array against the
3
in playing, and a mighty valiant man, Philistines. And the Philistines stood
 12
on a mountain on the one side, and dismayed, and greatly afraid. Now
Israel stood on a mountain on the David was the son of that Ephrathite of
other side: and there was a valley Bethlehemjudah, whose name was
4
between them. And there went out a Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the
champion out of the camp of the man went among men for an old man
13
Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, in the days of Saul. And the three
whose height was six cubits and a eldest sons of Jesse went and followed
5
span. And he had an helmet of brass Saul to the battle: and the names of
upon his head, and he was armed with his three sons that went to the battle
a coat of mail; and the weight of the were Eliab the first born, and next unto
coat was five thousand shekels of him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
6 14
brass. And he had greaves of brass And David was the youngest: and
15
upon his legs, and a target of brass the three eldest followed Saul. But
7
between his shoulders. And the staff David went and returned from Saul to
16
of his spear was like a weaver's beam; feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
and his spear's head weighed six And the Philistine drew near morning
hundred shekels of iron: and one and evening, and presented himself
8 17
bearing a shield went before him. And forty days. And Jesse said unto
he stood and cried unto the armies of David his son, Take now for thy
Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye brethren an ephah of this parched
come out to set your battle in array? corn, and these ten loaves, and run to
18
am not I a Philistine, and ye servants the camp to thy brethren; And carry
to Saul? choose you a man for you, these ten cheeses unto the captain of
9
and let him come down to me. If he their thousand, and look how thy
19
be able to fight with me, and to kill brethren fare, and take their pledge.
me, then will we be your servants: but Now Saul, and they, and all the men of
if I prevail against him, and kill him, Israel, were in the valley of Elah,
20
then shall ye be our servants, and fighting with the Philistines. And
10
serve us. And the Philistine said, I David rose up early in the morning,
defy the armies of Israel this day; give and left the sheep with a keeper, and
me a man, that we may fight together. took, and went, as Jesse had
11
When Saul and all Israel heard those commanded him; and he came to the
words of the Philistine, they were trench, as the host was going forth to
 21
the fight, and shouted for the battle. unto the men; and Eliab's anger was
For Israel and the Philistines had put kindled against David, and he said,
the battle in array, army against army. Why camest thou down hither? and
22
And David left his carriage in the with whom hast thou left those few
hand of the keeper of the carriage, and sheep in the wilderness? I know thy
ran into the army, and came and pride, and the naughtiness of thine
23
saluted his brethren. And as he heart; for thou art come down that
29
talked with them, behold, there came thou mightest see the battle. And
up the champion, the Philistine of David said, What have I now done? Is
30
Gath, Goliath by name, out of the there not a cause? And he turned
armies of the Philistines, and spake from him toward another, and spake
according to the same words: and after the same manner: and the people
24
David heard them. And all the men answered him again after the former
31
of Israel, when they saw the man, fled manner. And when the words were
25
from him, and were sore afraid. And heard which David spake, they
the men of Israel said, Have ye seen rehearsed them before Saul: and he
32
this man that is come up? surely to sent for him. And David said to Saul,
defy Israel is he come up: and it shall Let no man's heart fail because of him;
be, that the man who killeth him, the thy servant will go and fight with this
33
king will enrich him with great riches, Philistine. And Saul said to David,
and will give him his daughter, and Thou art not able to go against this
make his father's house free in Israel. Philistine to fight with him: for thou art
26
And David spake to the men that but a youth, and he a man of war from
34
stood by him, saying, What shall be his youth. And David said unto Saul,
done to the man that killeth this Thy servant kept his father's sheep,
Philistine, and taketh away the and there came a lion, and a bear, and
35
reproach from Israel? for who is this took a lamb out of the flock: And I
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should went out after him, and smote him,
27
defy the armies of the living God? and delivered it out of his mouth: and
And the people answered him after this when he arose against me, I caught
manner, saying, So shall it be done to him by his beard, and smote him, and
28 36
the man that killeth him. And Eliab slew him. Thy servant slew both the
his eldest brother heard when he spake lion and the bear: and this

uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one
of them, seeing he hath defied the
armies of the living God.
moreover, The LORD that delivered me
out of the paw of the lion, and out of
the paw of the bear, he will deliver me
out of the hand of this Philistine. And
Saul said unto David, Go, and the
38
LORD be with thee. And Saul armed
David with his armour, and he put an
helmet of brass upon his head; also he
armed him with a coat of mail.
David girded his sword
armour, and he assayed to go; for he
had not proved it. And David said unto
Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have
not proved them. And David put them
40
off him. And he took his staff in his
hand, and chose him
stones out of the brook, and put them
in a shepherd's bag which he had, even
in a scrip; and his sling was in his
hand: and he drew
41
Philistine. And the Philistine came on
and drew near unto David; and the
man that bare the shield went before
42
him. And when the Philistine looked
about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and
ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am
I a dog, that thou comest to me with
staves? And the Philistine cursed David
44
by his gods. And the Philistine said
to David, Come to me, and I will give
37
David said thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and
45
to the beasts of the field. Then said
David to the Philistine, Thou comest to
me with a sword, and with a spear, and
with a shield: but I come to thee in the
name of the LORD of hosts, the God of
the armies of Israel, whom thou hast
46
defied. This day will the LORD deliver
thee into mine hand; and I will smite
39
And thee, and take thine head from thee;
upon his and I will give the carcases of the host
of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts
of the earth; that all the earth may
47
know that there is a God in Israel.
And all this assembly shall know that
five smooth the LORD saveth not with sword and
spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and
48
he will give you into our hands. And
it came to pass, when the Philistine
near to the arose, and came and drew nigh to
meet David, that David hasted, and ran
toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49
And David put his hand in his bag,
and took thence a stone, and slang it,
and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his
43
forehead; and he fell upon his face to
50
the earth. So David prevailed over
the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and
slew him; but there was no sword in answered, I am the son of thy servant
51
the hand of David. Therefore David Jesse the Bethlehemite.
ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and
took his sword, and drew it out of the 1 Samuel 18
sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut
off his head therewith. And when the
And it came to pass, when he had

Philistines saw their champion was made an end of speaking unto Saul,

dead, they fled. 52

And the men of that the soul of Jonathan was knit with

Israel and of Judah arose, and the soul of David, and Jonathan loved
2
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, him as his own soul. And Saul took

until thou come to the valley, and to him that day, and would let him go no
3
the gates of Ekron. And the wounded more home to his father's house.

of the Philistines fell down by the way Then Jonathan and David made a

to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto covenant, because he loved him as his
4
Ekron. 53
And the children of Israel own soul. And Jonathan stripped

returned from chasing after the himself of the robe that was upon him,

Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. and gave it to David, and his
54
And David took the head of the garments, even to his sword, and to
5
Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; his bow, and to his girdle. And David

but he put his armour in his tent. 55 went out whithersoever Saul sent him,

And when Saul saw David go forth and behaved himself wisely: and Saul

against the Philistine, he said unto set him over the men of war, and he

Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, was accepted in the sight of all the

whose son is this youth? And Abner people, and also in the sight of Saul's
6
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I servants. And it came to pass as they

cannot tell. 56
And the king said, came, when David was returned from

Enquire thou whose son the stripling the slaughter of the Philistine, that the

is. 57
And as David returned from the women came out of all cities of Israel,

slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took singing and dancing, to meet king

him, and brought him before Saul with Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with
7
the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 instruments of musick. And the

And Saul said to him, Whose son art women answered one another as they

thou, thou young man? And David played, and said, Saul hath slain his
thousands, and David his ten wife: only be thou valiant for me, and
8
thousands. And Saul was very wroth, fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said,
and the saying displeased him; and he Let not mine hand be upon him, but let
said, They have ascribed unto David the hand of the Philistines be upon
18
ten thousands, and to me they have him. And David said unto Saul, Who
ascribed but thousands: and what can am I? and what is my life, or my
9
he have more but the kingdom? And father's family in Israel, that I should
19
Saul eyed David from that day and be son in law to the king? But it
10
forward. And it came to pass on the came to pass at the time when Merab
morrow, that the evil spirit from God Saul's daughter should have been
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in given to David, that she was given
20
the midst of the house: and David unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
played with his hand, as at other And Michal Saul's daughter loved
times: and there was a javelin in Saul's David: and they told Saul, and the
11 21
hand. And Saul cast the javelin; for thing pleased him. And Saul said, I
he said, I will smite David even to the will give him her, that she may be a
wall with it. And David avoided out of snare to him, and that the hand of the
12
his presence twice. And Saul was Philistines may be against him.
afraid of David, because the LORD was Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou
with him, and was departed from Saul. shalt this day be my son in law in the
13 22
Therefore Saul removed him from one of the twain. And Saul
him, and made him his captain over a commanded his servants, saying,
thousand; and he went out and came Commune with David secretly, and say,
14
in before the people. And David Behold, the king hath delight in thee,
behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and all his servants love thee: now
15 23
and the LORD was with him. therefore be the king's son in law.
Wherefore when Saul saw that he And Saul's servants spake those words
behaved himself very wisely, he was in the ears of David. And David said,
16
afraid of him. But all Israel and Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a
Judah loved David, because he went king's son in law, seeing that I am a
17 24
out and came in before them. And poor man, and lightly esteemed? And
Saul said to David, Behold my elder the servants of Saul told him, saying,
25
daughter Merab, her will I give thee to On this manner spake David. And
Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, son delighted much in David: and
The king desireth not any dowry, but Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my
an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, father seeketh to kill thee: now
to be avenged of the king's enemies. therefore, I pray thee, take heed to
But Saul thought to make David fall by thyself until the morning, and abide in
26 3
the hand of the Philistines. And when a secret place, and hide thyself: And
his servants told David these words, it I will go out and stand beside my
pleased David well to be the king's son father in the field where thou art, and I
in law: and the days were not expired. will commune with my father of thee;
27 4
Wherefore David arose and went, he and what I see, that I will tell thee.
and his men, and slew of the Philistines And Jonathan spake good of David unto
two hundred men; and David brought Saul his father, and said unto him, Let
their foreskins, and they gave them in not the king sin against his servant,
full tale to the king, that he might be against David; because he hath not
the king's son in law. And Saul gave sinned against thee, and because his
28
him Michal his daughter to wife. And works have been to thee-ward very
5
Saul saw and knew that the LORD was good: For he did put his life in his
with David, and that Michal Saul's hand, and slew the Philistine, and the
29
daughter loved him. And Saul was LORD wrought a great salvation for all
yet the more afraid of David; and Saul Israel: thou sawest it, and didst
30
became David's enemy continually. rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin
Then the princes of the Philistines went against innocent blood, to slay David
6
forth: and it came to pass, after they without a cause? And Saul hearkened
went forth, that David behaved himself unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul
more wisely than all the servants of sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not
7
Saul; so that his name was much set be slain. And Jonathan called David,
by. and Jonathan shewed him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to
1 Samuel 19 Saul, and he was in his presence, as in
8
times past. And there was war again:
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son,
and David went out, and fought with
and to all his servants, that they the Philistines, and slew them with a
2
should kill David. But Jonathan Saul's great slaughter; and they fled from
 9 18
him. And the evil spirit from the should I kill thee? So David fled, and
LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his escaped, and came to Samuel to
house with his javelin in his hand: and Ramah, and told him all that Saul had
10
David played with his hand. And Saul done to him. And he and Samuel went
19
sought to smite David even to the wall and dwelt in Naioth. And it was told
with the javelin; but he slipped away Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth
20
out of Saul's presence, and he smote in Ramah. And Saul sent messengers
the javelin into the wall: and David to take David: and when they saw the
11
fled, and escaped that night. Saul company of the prophets prophesying,
also sent messengers unto David's and Samuel standing as appointed over
house, to watch him, and to slay him in them, the Spirit of God was upon the
the morning: and Michal David's wife messengers of Saul, and they also
21
told him, saying, If thou save not thy prophesied. And when it was told
life to night, to morrow thou shalt be Saul, he sent other messengers, and
12
slain. So Michal let David down they prophesied likewise. And Saul
through a window: and he went, and sent messengers again the third time,
13 22
fled, and escaped. And Michal took and they prophesied also. Then went
an image, and laid it in the bed, and he also to Ramah, and came to a great
put a pillow of goats hair for his well that is in Sechu: and he asked and
14
bolster, and covered it with a cloth. said, Where are Samuel and David?
And when Saul sent messengers to And one said, Behold, they be at
15 23
take David, she said, He is sick. And Naioth in Ramah. And he went
Saul sent the messengers again to see thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the
David, saying, Bring him up to me in Spirit of God was upon him also, and
16
the bed, that I may slay him. And he went on, and prophesied, until he
24
when the messengers were come in, came to Naioth in Ramah. And he
behold, there was an image in the bed, stript off his clothes also, and
with a pillow of goats' hair for his prophesied before Samuel in like
17
bolster. And Saul said unto Michal, manner, and lay down naked all that
Why hast thou deceived me so, and day and all that night. Wherefore they
sent away mine enemy, that he is say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
escaped? And Michal answered Saul,
He said unto me, Let me go; why
1 Samuel 20 be very wroth, then be sure that evil is
8
determined by him. Therefore thou
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for

and came and said before Jonathan, thou hast brought thy servant into a

What have I done? what is mine covenant of the LORD with thee:

iniquity? and what is my sin before thy notwithstanding, if there be in me

father, that he seeketh my life? 2

And iniquity, slay me thyself; for why

he said unto him, God forbid; thou shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9
shalt not die: behold, my father will do And Jonathan said, Far be it from

nothing either great or small, but that thee: for if I knew certainly that evil

he will shew it me: and why should my were determined by my father to come

father hide this thing from me? it is not upon thee, then would not I tell it
10
so. 3
And David sware moreover, and thee? Then said David to Jonathan,

said, Thy father certainly knoweth that Who shall tell me? or what if thy father
11
I have found grace in thine eyes; and answer thee roughly? And Jonathan

he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, said unto David, Come, and let us go

lest he be grieved: but truly as the out into the field. And they went out
12
LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, both of them into the field. And

there is but a step between me and Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God

death. 4
Then said Jonathan unto of Israel, when I have sounded my

David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I father about to morrow any time, or

will even do it for thee. 5

And David the third day, and, behold, if there be

said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow good toward David, and I then send
13
is the new moon, and I should not fail not unto thee, and shew it thee; The

to sit with the king at meat: but let me LORD do so and much more to

go, that I may hide myself in the field Jonathan: but if it please my father to

unto the third day at even. 6

If thy do thee evil, then I will shew it thee,

father at all miss me, then say, David and send thee away, that thou mayest

earnestly asked leave of me that he go in peace: and the LORD be with

might run to Bethlehem his city: for thee, as he hath been with my father.
14
there is a yearly sacrifice there for all And thou shalt not only while yet I

the family. 7
If he say thus, It is well; live shew me the kindness of the
15
thy servant shall have peace: but if he LORD, that I die not: But also thou
 24
shalt not cut off thy kindness from my ever. So David hid himself in the
house for ever: no, not when the LORD field: and when the new moon was
hath cut off the enemies of David every come, the king sat him down to eat
16 25
one from the face of the earth. So meat. And the king sat upon his
Jonathan made a covenant with the seat, as at other times, even upon a
house of David, saying, Let the LORD seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose,
even require it at the hand of David's and Abner sat by Saul's side, and
17 26
enemies. And Jonathan caused David David's place was empty.
to swear again, because he loved him: Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing
for he loved him as he loved his own that day: for he thought, Something
18
soul. Then Jonathan said to David, hath befallen him, he is not clean;
27
To morrow is the new moon: and thou surely he is not clean. And it came to
shalt be missed, because thy seat will pass on the morrow, which was the
19
be empty. And when thou hast second day of the month, that David's
stayed three days, then thou shalt go place was empty: and Saul said unto
down quickly, and come to the place Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh
where thou didst hide thyself when the not the son of Jesse to meat, neither
28
business was in hand, and shalt remain yesterday, nor to day? And Jonathan
20
by the stone Ezel. And I will shoot answered Saul, David earnestly asked
29
three arrows on the side thereof, as leave of me to go to Bethlehem: And
21
though I shot at a mark. And, he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our
behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, family hath a sacrifice in the city; and
find out the arrows. If I expressly say my brother, he hath commanded me to
unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on be there: and now, if I have found
this side of thee, take them; then come favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I
thou: for there is peace to thee, and no pray thee, and see my brethren.
22
hurt; as the LORD liveth. But if I say Therefore he cometh not unto the
30
thus unto the young man, Behold, the king's table. Then Saul's anger was
arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: kindled against Jonathan, and he said
23
for the LORD hath sent thee away. unto him, Thou son of the perverse
And as touching the matter which thou rebellious woman, do not I know that
and I have spoken of, behold, the thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to
LORD be between thee and me for thine own confusion, and unto the
 40
confusion of thy mother's nakedness? And Jonathan gave his artillery unto
31
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry
41
upon the ground, thou shalt not be them to the city. And as soon as the
established, nor thy kingdom. lad was gone, David arose out of a
Wherefore now send and fetch him place toward the south, and fell on his
32
unto me, for he shall surely die. And face to the ground, and bowed himself
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and three times: and they kissed one
said unto him, Wherefore shall he be another, and wept one with another,
33 42
slain? what hath he done? And Saul until David exceeded. And Jonathan
cast a javelin at him to smite him: said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch
whereby Jonathan knew that it was as we have sworn both of us in the
determined of his father to slay David. name of the LORD, saying, The LORD
34
So Jonathan arose from the table in be between me and thee, and between
fierce anger, and did eat no meat the my seed and thy seed for ever. And he
second day of the month: for he was arose and departed: and Jonathan
grieved for David, because his father went into the city.
35
had done him shame. And it came to
pass in the morning, that Jonathan 1 Samuel 21
went out into the field at the time
appointed with David, and a little lad
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech

with him. 36
And he said unto his lad, the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at

Run, find out now the arrows which I the meeting of David, and said unto

shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an him, Why art thou alone, and no man
2
arrow beyond him. 37
And when the lad with thee? And David said unto

was come to the place of the arrow Ahimelech the priest, The king hath

which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan commanded me a business, and hath

cried after the lad, and said, Is not the said unto me, Let no man know any

arrow beyond thee? 38

And Jonathan thing of the business whereabout I

cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, send thee, and what I have

stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered commanded thee: and I have

up the arrows, and came to his master. appointed my servants to such and
3
39
But the lad knew not any thing: only such a place. Now therefore what is

Jonathan and David knew the matter. under thine hand? give me five loaves
of bread in mine hand, or what there is thou wilt take that, take it: for there is
4
present. And the priest answered no other save that here. And David
David, and said, There is no common said, There is none like that; give it
10
bread under mine hand, but there is me. And David arose, and fled that
hallowed bread; if the young men have day for fear of Saul, and went to
11
kept themselves at least from women. Achish the king of Gath. And the
5
And David answered the priest, and servants of Achish said unto him, Is
said unto him, Of a truth women have not this David the king of the land? did
been kept from us about these three they not sing one to another of him in
days, since I came out, and the vessels dances, saying, Saul hath slain his
of the young men are holy, and the thousands, and David his ten
12
bread is in a manner common, yea, thousands? And David laid up these
though it were sanctified this day in words in his heart, and was sore afraid
6 13
the vessel. So the priest gave him of Achish the king of Gath. And he
hallowed bread: for there was no bread changed his behaviour before them,
there but the shewbread, that was and feigned himself mad in their
taken from before the LORD, to put hot hands, and scrabbled on the doors of
bread in the day when it was taken the gate, and let his spittle fall down
7 14
away. Now a certain man of the upon his beard. Then said Achish
servants of Saul was there that day, unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man
detained before the LORD; and his is mad: wherefore then have ye
15
name was Doeg, an Edomite, the brought him to me? Have I need of
chiefest of the herdmen that belonged mad men, that ye have brought this
8
to Saul. And David said unto fellow to play the mad man in my
Ahimelech, And is there not here under presence? shall this fellow come into
thine hand spear or sword? for I have my house?
neither brought my sword nor my
weapons with me, because the king's 1 Samuel 22
9
business required haste. And the
priest said, The sword of Goliath the
David therefore departed thence, and

Philistine, whom thou slewest in the escaped to the cave Adullam: and

valley of Elah, behold, it is here when his brethren and all his father's

wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if house heard it, they went down thither
 2
to him. And every one that was in hath made a league with the son of
distress, and every one that was in Jesse, and there is none of you that is
debt, and every one that was sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that
discontented, gathered themselves my son hath stirred up my servant
unto him; and he became a captain against me, to lie in wait, as at this
9
over them: and there were with him day? Then answered Doeg the
3
about four hundred men. And David Edomite, which was set over the
went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he servants of Saul, and said, I saw the
said unto the king of Moab, Let my son of Jesse coming to Nob, to
10
father and my mother, I pray thee, Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And he
come forth, and be with you, till I know enquired of the LORD for him, and
4
what God will do for me. And he gave him victuals, and gave him the
11
brought them before the king of Moab: sword of Goliath the Philistine. Then
and they dwelt with him all the while the king sent to call Ahimelech the
5
that David was in the hold. And the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his
prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not father's house, the priests that were in
in the hold; depart, and get thee into Nob: and they came all of them to the
12
the land of Judah. Then David king. And Saul said, Hear now, thou
departed, and came into the forest of son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I
6 13
Hareth. When Saul heard that David am, my lord. And Saul said unto him,
was discovered, and the men that were Why have ye conspired against me,
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou
under a tree in Ramah, having his hast given him bread, and a sword,
spear in his hand, and all his servants and hast enquired of God for him, that
7
were standing about him;) Then Saul he should rise against me, to lie in
14
said unto his servants that stood about wait, as at this day? Then Ahimelech
him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the answered the king, and said, And who
son of Jesse give every one of you is so faithful among all thy servants as
fields and vineyards, and make you all David, which is the king's son in law,
captains of thousands, and captains of and goeth at thy bidding, and is
8 15
hundreds; That all of you have honourable in thine house? Did I
conspired against me, and there is then begin to enquire of God for him?
none that sheweth me that my son be it far from me: let not the king
 23
impute any thing unto his servant, nor of thy father's house. Abide thou
to all the house of my father: for thy with me, fear not: for he that seeketh
servant knew nothing of all this, less or my life seeketh thy life: but with me
16
more. And the king said, Thou shalt thou shalt be in safeguard.
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy
father's house. 17
And the king said 1 Samuel 23
unto the footmen that stood about him,
Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD;
Then they told David, saying, Behold,

because their hand also is with David, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and
2
and because they knew when he fled, they rob the threshingfloors.

and did not shew it to me. But the Therefore David enquired of the LORD,

servants of the king would not put saying, Shall I go and smite these

forth their hand to fall upon the priests Philistines? And the LORD said unto

of the LORD. 18
And the king said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines,
3
Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the and save Keilah. And David's men

priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, said unto him, Behold, we be afraid

and he fell upon the priests, and slew here in Judah: how much more then if

on that day fourscore and five persons we come to Keilah against the armies
4
that did wear a linen ephod. 19
And of the Philistines? Then David

Nob, the city of the priests, smote he enquired of the LORD yet again. And

with the edge of the sword, both men the LORD answered him and said,

and women, children and sucklings, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will
5
and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

the edge of the sword. 20

And one of So David and his men went to Keilah,

the sons of Ahimelech the son of and fought with the Philistines, and

Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and brought away their cattle, and smote

fled after David. 21

And Abiathar them with a great slaughter. So David
6
shewed David that Saul had slain the saved the inhabitants of Keilah. And it

LORD'S priests. 22
And David said unto came to pass, when Abiathar the son of

Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that

Doeg the Edomite was there, that he he came down with an ephod in his
7
would surely tell Saul: I have hand. And it was told Saul that David

occasioned the death of all the persons was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God
hath delivered him into mine hand; for that Saul was come out to seek his life:
he is shut in, by entering into a town and David was in the wilderness of
8 16
that hath gates and bars. And Saul Ziph in a wood. And Jonathan Saul's
called all the people together to war, to son arose, and went to David into the
go down to Keilah, to besiege David wood, and strengthened his hand in
9 17
and his men. And David knew that God. And he said unto him, Fear not:
Saul secretly practised mischief against for the hand of Saul my father shall not
him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, find thee; and thou shalt be king over
10
Bring hither the ephod. Then said Israel, and I shall be next unto thee;
David, O LORD God of Israel, thy and that also Saul my father knoweth.
18
servant hath certainly heard that Saul And they two made a covenant
seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy before the LORD: and David abode in
11
the city for my sake. Will the men of the wood, and Jonathan went to his
19
Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will house. Then came up the Ziphites to
Saul come down, as thy servant hath Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
heard? O LORD God of Israel, I hide himself with us in strong holds in
beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which
12 20
LORD said, He will come down. Then is on the south of Jeshimon? Now
said David, Will the men of Keilah therefore, O king, come down
deliver me and my men into the hand according to all the desire of thy soul
of Saul? And the LORD said, They will to come down; and our part shall be to
13 21
deliver thee up. Then David and his deliver him into the king's hand. And
men, which were about six hundred, Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD;
22
arose and departed out of Keilah, and for ye have compassion on me. Go, I
went whithersoever they could go. And pray you, prepare yet, and know and
it was told Saul that David was see his place where his haunt is, and
escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to who hath seen him there: for it is told
14 23
go forth. And David abode in the me that he dealeth very subtilly. See
wilderness in strong holds, and therefore, and take knowledge of all
remained in a mountain in the the lurking places where he hideth
wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought himself, and come ye again to me with
him every day, but God delivered him the certainty, and I will go with you:
15
not into his hand. And David saw and it shall come to pass, if he be in
 2
the land, that I will search him out David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
throughout all the thousands of Judah. Then Saul took three thousand chosen
24
And they arose, and went to Ziph men out of all Israel, and went to seek
before Saul: but David and his men David and his men upon the rocks of
3
were in the wilderness of Maon, in the the wild goats. And he came to the
25
plain on the south of Jeshimon. Saul sheepcotes by the way, where was a
also and his men went to seek him. cave; and Saul went in to cover his
And they told David: wherefore he feet: and David and his men remained
4
came down into a rock, and abode in in the sides of the cave. And the men
the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul of David said unto him, Behold the day
heard that, he pursued after David in of which the LORD said unto thee,
26
the wilderness of Maon. And Saul Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into
went on this side of the mountain, and thine hand, that thou mayest do to him
David and his men on that side of the as it shall seem good unto thee. Then
mountain: and David made haste to David arose, and cut off the skirt of
5
get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and Saul's robe privily. And it came to
his men compassed David and his men pass afterward, that David's heart
27
round about to take them. But there smote him, because he had cut off
6
came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Saul's skirt. And he said unto his
Haste thee, and come; for the men, The LORD forbid that I should do
28
Philistines have invaded the land. this thing unto my master, the LORD'S
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing anointed, to stretch forth mine hand
after David, and went against the against him, seeing he is the anointed
7
Philistines: therefore they called that of the LORD. So David stayed his
29
place Sela- hammahlekoth. And servants with these words, and
David went up from thence, and dwelt suffered them not to rise against Saul.
in strong holds at En-gedi. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and
8
went on his way. David also arose
1 Samuel 24 afterward, and went out of the cave,
and cried after Saul, saying, My lord
And it came to pass, when Saul was
the king. And when Saul looked behind
returned from following the Philistines, him, David stooped with his face to the
that it was told him, saying, Behold, earth, and bowed himself. 9
And David
said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou David? And Saul lifted up his voice,
17
men's words, saying, Behold, David and wept. And he said to David,
10
seeketh thy hurt? Behold, this day Thou art more righteous than I: for
thine eyes have seen how that the thou hast rewarded me good, whereas
18
LORD had delivered thee to day into I have rewarded thee evil. And thou
mine hand in the cave: and some bade hast shewed this day how that thou
me kill thee: but mine eye spared hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as
thee; and I said, I will not put forth when the LORD had delivered me into
19
mine hand against my lord; for he is thine hand, thou killedst me not. For
11
the LORD'S anointed. Moreover, my if a man find his enemy, will he let him
father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy go well away? wherefore the LORD
robe in my hand: for in that I cut off reward thee good for that thou hast
20
the skirt of thy robe and killed thee done unto me this day. And now,
not, know thou and see that there is behold, I know well that thou shalt
neither evil nor transgression in mine surely be king, and that the kingdom of
hand, and I have not sinned against Israel shall be established in thine
21
thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take hand. Swear now therefore unto me
12
it. The LORD judge between me and by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off
thee, and the LORD avenge me of my seed after me, and that thou wilt
thee: but mine hand shall not be upon not destroy my name out of my
13 22
thee. As saith the proverb of the father's house. And David sware unto
ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from Saul. And Saul went home; but David
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be and his men gat them up unto the
14
upon thee. After whom is the king of hold.
Israel come out? after whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 1 Samuel 25
15
The LORD therefore be judge, and
judge between me and thee, and see,
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites
and plead my cause, and deliver me were gathered together, and lamented

out of thine hand. 16

And it came to him, and buried him in his house at

pass, when David had made an end of Ramah. And David arose, and went
2
speaking these words unto Saul, that down to the wilderness of Paran. And

Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son there was a man in Maon, whose
possessions were in Carmel; and the all those words in the name of David,
10
man was very great, and he had three and ceased. And Nabal answered
thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: David's servants, and said, Who is
and he was shearing his sheep in David? and who is the son of Jesse?
3
Carmel. Now the name of the man there be many servants now a days
was Nabal; and the name of his wife that break away every man from his
11
Abigail: and she was a woman of good master. Shall I then take my bread,
understanding, and of a beautiful and my water, and my flesh that I
countenance: but the man was churlish have killed for my shearers, and give it
and evil in his doings; and he was of unto men, whom I know not whence
4 12
the house of Caleb. And David heard they be? So David's young men
in the wilderness that Nabal did shear turned their way, and went again, and
5 13
his sheep. And David sent out ten came and told him all those sayings.
young men, and David said unto the And David said unto his men, Gird ye
young men, Get you up to Carmel, and on every man his sword. And they
go to Nabal, and greet him in my girded on every man his sword; and
6
name: And thus shall ye say to him David also girded on his sword: and
that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both there went up after David about four
to thee, and peace be to thine house, hundred men; and two hundred abode
7 14
and peace be unto all that thou hast. by the stuff. But one of the young
And now I have heard that thou hast men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,
shearers: now thy shepherds which Behold, David sent messengers out of
were with us, we hurt them not, the wilderness to salute our master;
15
neither was there ought missing unto and he railed on them. But the men
them, all the while they were in were very good unto us, and we were
8
Carmel. Ask thy young men, and they not hurt, neither missed we any thing,
will shew thee. Wherefore let the as long as we were conversant with
16
young men find favour in thine eyes: them, when we were in the fields:
for we come in a good day: give, I pray They were a wall unto us both by night
thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand and day, all the while we were with
17
unto thy servants, and to thy son them keeping the sheep. Now
9
David. And when David's young men therefore know and consider what thou
came, they spake to Nabal according to wilt do; for evil is determined against
our master, and against all his audience, and hear the words of thine
25
household: for he is such a son of handmaid. Let not my lord, I pray
Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. thee, regard this man of Belial, even
18
Then Abigail made haste, and took Nabal: for as his name is, so is he;
two hundred loaves, and two bottles of Nabal is his name, and folly is with
wine, and five sheep ready dressed, him: but I thine handmaid saw not the
and five measures of parched corn, and young men of my lord, whom thou
26
an hundred clusters of raisins, and two didst send. Now therefore, my lord,
hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
19
asses. And she said unto her liveth, seeing the LORD hath
servants, Go on before me; behold, I withholden thee from coming to shed
come after you. But she told not her blood, and from avenging thyself with
20
husband Nabal. And it was so, as she thine own hand, now let thine enemies,
rode on the ass, that she came down and they that seek evil to my lord, be
27
by the covert of the hill, and, behold, as Nabal. And now this blessing
David and his men came down against which thine handmaid hath brought
21
her; and she met them. Now David unto my lord, let it even be given unto
28
had said, Surely in vain have I kept all the young men that follow my lord. I
that this fellow hath in the wilderness, pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine
so that nothing was missed of all that handmaid: for the LORD will certainly
pertained unto him: and he hath make my lord a sure house; because
22
requited me evil for good. So and my lord fighteth the battles of the
more also do God unto the enemies of LORD, and evil hath not been found in
29
David, if I leave of all that pertain to thee all thy days. Yet a man is risen
him by the morning light any that to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul:
23
pisseth against the wall. And when but the soul of my lord shall be bound
Abigail saw David, she hasted, and in the bundle of life with the LORD thy
lighted off the ass, and fell before God; and the souls of thine enemies,
David on her face, and bowed herself them shall he sling out, as out of the
24 30
to the ground, And fell at his feet, middle of a sling. And it shall come
and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me to pass, when the LORD shall have
let this iniquity be: and let thine done to my lord according to all the
handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine good that he hath spoken concerning
thee, and shall have appointed thee pass in the morning, when the wine
31
ruler over Israel; That this shall be was gone out of Nabal, and his wife
no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart had told him these things, that his
unto my lord, either that thou hast heart died within him, and he became
38
shed blood causeless, or that my lord as a stone. And it came to pass
hath avenged himself: but when the about ten days after, that the LORD
39
LORD shall have dealt well with my smote Nabal, that he died. And when
lord, then remember thine handmaid. David heard that Nabal was dead, he
32
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath
the LORD God of Israel, which sent pleaded the cause of my reproach from
33
thee this day to meet me: And the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his
blessed be thy advice, and blessed be servant from evil: for the LORD hath
thou, which hast kept me this day from returned the wickedness of Nabal upon
coming to shed blood, and from his own head. And David sent and
avenging myself with mine own hand. communed with Abigail, to take her to
34 40
For in very deed, as the LORD God of him to wife. And when the servants
Israel liveth, which hath kept me back of David were come to Abigail to
from hurting thee, except thou hadst Carmel, they spake unto her, saying,
hasted and come to meet me, surely David sent us unto thee to take thee to
41
there had not been left unto Nabal by him to wife. And she arose, and
the morning light any that pisseth bowed herself on her face to the earth,
35
against the wall. So David received and said, Behold, let thine handmaid
of her hand that which she had brought be a servant to wash the feet of the
42
him, and said unto her, Go up in peace servants of my lord. And Abigail
to thine house; see, I have hearkened hasted, and arose, and rode upon an
to thy voice, and have accepted thy ass, with five damsels of hers that
36
person. And Abigail came to Nabal; went after her; and she went after the
and, behold, he held a feast in his messengers of David, and became his
43
house, like the feast of a king; and wife. David also took Ahinoam of
Nabal's heart was merry within him, for Jezreel; and they were also both of
44
he was very drunken: wherefore she them his wives. But Saul had given
told him nothing, less or more, until Michal his daughter, David's wife, to
37
the morning light. But it came to
Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and
Gallim. his spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but Abner and the people lay
1 Samuel 26 round about him. 8
Then said Abishai to
David, God hath delivered thine enemy
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to
into thine hand this day: now therefore
Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide let me smite him, I pray thee, with the
himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is spear even to the earth at once, and I
2
before Jeshimon? Then Saul arose, will not smite him the second time. 9

and went down to the wilderness of
Ziph, having three thousand chosen
men of Israel with him, to seek David
3
in the wilderness of Ziph.
pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is
before Jeshimon, by the
David abode in the wilderness, and he
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him
not: for who can stretch forth his hand
against the LORD'S anointed, and be
And Saul guiltless? 10
David said furthermore, As
the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
way. But him; or his day shall come to die; or he
shall descend into battle, and perish. 11

saw that Saul came after him into the The LORD forbid that I should stretch
4
wilderness. David therefore sent out forth mine hand against the LORD'S
spies, and understood that Saul was anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou
5
come in very deed. And David arose, now the spear that is at his bolster,
and came to the place where Saul had and the cruse of water, and let us go.
pitched: and David beheld the place 12
So David took the spear and the
where Saul lay, and Abner the son of cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and
Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul they gat them away, and no man saw
lay in the trench, and the people it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for
6
pitched round about him. Then they were all asleep; because a deep
answered David and said to Ahimelech sleep from the LORD was fallen upon
the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of them. 13
Then David went over to the
Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who other side, and stood on the top of an
will go down with me to Saul to the hill afar off; a great space being
camp? And Abishai said, I will go down between them: 14
And David cried to
7
with thee. So David and Abishai came the people, and to Abner the son of
to the people by night: and, behold, Ner, saying, Answerest thou not,
 21
Abner? Then Abner answered and said, partridge in the mountains. Then
15
Who art thou that criest to the king? said Saul, I have sinned: return, my
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a son David: for I will no more do thee
valiant man? and who is like to thee in harm, because my soul was precious in
Israel? wherefore then hast thou not thine eyes this day: behold, I have
kept thy lord the king? for there came played the fool, and have erred
22
one of the people in to destroy the king exceedingly. And David answered
16
thy lord. This thing is not good that and said, Behold the king's spear! and
thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye let one of the young men come over
23
are worthy to die, because ye have not and fetch it. The LORD render to
kept your master, the LORD'S every man his righteousness and his
anointed. And now see where the faithfulness: for the LORD delivered
king's spear is, and the cruse of water thee into my hand to day, but I would
17
that was at his bolster. And Saul not stretch forth mine hand against the
24
knew David's voice, and said, Is this LORD'S anointed. And, behold, as
thy voice, my son David? And David thy life was much set by this day in
18
said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. mine eyes, so let my life be much set
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him
25
thus pursue after his servant? for what deliver me out of all tribulation. Then
have I done? or what evil is in mine Saul said to David, Blessed be thou,
19
hand? Now therefore, I pray thee, let my son David: thou shalt both do great
my lord the king hear the words of his things, and also shalt still prevail. So
servant. If the LORD have stirred thee David went on his way, and Saul
up against me, let him accept an returned to his place.
offering: but if they be the children of
men, cursed be they before the LORD; 1 Samuel 27
for they have driven me out this day
from abiding in the inheritance of the
And David said in his heart, I shall

LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 now perish one day by the hand of

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to Saul: there is nothing better for me

the earth before the face of the LORD: than that I should speedily escape into

for the king of Israel is come out to the land of the Philistines; and Saul

seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a shall despair of me, to seek me any
more in any coast of Israel: so shall I apparel, and returned, and came to
2 10
escape out of his hand. And David Achish. And Achish said, Whither
arose, and he passed over with the six have ye made a road to day? And
hundred men that were with him unto David said, Against the south of Judah,
Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. and against the south of the
3
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, Jerahmeelites, and against the south of
11
he and his men, every man with his the Kenites. And David saved neither
household, even David with his two man nor woman alive, to bring tidings
wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell
4
Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. on us, saying, So did David, and so will
And it was told Saul that David was be his manner all the while he dwelleth
12
fled to Gath: and he sought no more in the country of the Philistines. And
5
again for him. And David said unto Achish believed David, saying, He hath
Achish, If I have now found grace in made his people Israel utterly to abhor
thine eyes, let them give me a place in him; therefore he shall be my servant
some town in the country, that I may for ever.
dwell there: for why should thy servant
dwell in the royal city with thee? 6
Then 1 Samuel 28
Achish gave him Ziklag that day:
wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the
And it came to pass in those days,

kings of Judah unto this day. 7

And the that the Philistines gathered their

time that David dwelt in the country of armies together for warfare, to fight

the Philistines was a full year and four with Israel. And Achish said unto

months. 8
And David and his men went David, Know thou assuredly, that thou

up, and invaded the Geshurites, and shalt go out with me to battle, thou
2
the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for and thy men. And David said to

those nations were of old the Achish, Surely thou shalt know what

inhabitants of the land, as thou goest thy servant can do. And Achish said to

to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 David, Therefore will I make thee
3
And David smote the land, and left keeper of mine head for ever. Now

neither man nor woman alive, and took Samuel was dead, and all Israel had

away the sheep, and the oxen, and the lamented him, and buried him in

asses, and the camels, and the Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul
 11
had put away those that had familiar thing. Then said the woman, Whom
spirits, and the wizards, out of the shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
4 12
land. And the Philistines gathered Bring me up Samuel. And when the
themselves together, and came and woman saw Samuel, she cried with a
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered loud voice: and the woman spake to
all Israel together, and they pitched in Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived
5 13
Gilboa. And when Saul saw the host me? for thou art Saul. And the king
of the Philistines, he was afraid, and said unto her, Be not afraid: for what
6
his heart greatly trembled. And when sawest thou? And the woman said unto
Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the
14
answered him not, neither by dreams earth. And he said unto her, What
7
nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Then form is he of? And she said, An old
said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a man cometh up; and he is covered with
woman that hath a familiar spirit, that a mantle. And Saul perceived that it
I may go to her, and enquire of her. was Samuel, and he stooped with his
And his servants said to him, Behold, face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15
there is a woman that hath a familiar And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast
8
spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
himself, and put on other raiment, and And Saul answered, I am sore
he went, and two men with him, and distressed; for the Philistines make war
they came to the woman by night: and against me, and God is departed from
he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by me, and answereth me no more,
the familiar spirit, and bring me him neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
9
up, whom I shall name unto thee. therefore I have called thee, that thou
And the woman said unto him, Behold, mayest make known unto me what I
16
thou knowest what Saul hath done, shall do. Then said Samuel,
how he hath cut off those that have Wherefore then dost thou ask of me,
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of seeing the LORD is departed from thee,
17
the land: wherefore then layest thou a and is become thine enemy? And the
10
snare for my life, to cause me to die? LORD hath done to him, as he spake by
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, me: for the LORD hath rent the
saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall kingdom out of thine hand, and given it
18
no punishment happen to thee for this to thy neighbour, even to David:
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of
the LORD, nor executedst his fierce
wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the
LORD done this thing unto thee this
19
day. Moreover the LORD will also
deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt
thou and thy sons be with me: the
LORD also shall deliver the host of
Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20
Then Saul fell straightway all along
on the earth, and was sore afraid,
because of the words of Samuel: and
there was no strength in him; for he
had eaten no bread all the day, nor all
the night. 21
And the woman came unto
Saul, and saw that he was sore
troubled, and said unto him, Behold,
thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice,
and I have put my life in my hand, and
have hearkened unto thy words which
thou spakest unto me. 22
Now
therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou
also unto the voice of thine handmaid,
and let me set a morsel of bread
before thee; and eat, that thou mayest
have strength, when thou goest on thy
way. 23
But he refused, and said, I will
not eat. But his servants, together with
the woman, compelled him; and he
hearkened unto their voice. So
arose from the earth, and sat upon the
bed. 24
And the woman had a fat calf in
the house; and she hasted, and killed
it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and
25
did bake unleavened bread thereof:
And she brought it before Saul, and
before his servants; and they did eat.
Then they rose up, and went away that
night.
1 Samuel 29
Now the Philistines gathered together
all their armies to Aphek: and the
Israelites pitched by a fountain which
2
is in Jezreel. And the lords of the
Philistines passed on by hundreds, and
by thousands: but David and his men
passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3
Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What do these Hebrews
here? And Achish said unto the princes
of the Philistines, Is not this David, the
servant of Saul the king of Israel,
which hath been with me these days,
or these years, and I have found no
fault in him since he fell unto me unto
4
this day? And the princes of the
Philistines were wroth with him; and
the princes of the Philistines said unto
him, Make this fellow return, that he
may go again to his place which thou
he hast appointed him, and let him not go
down with us to battle, lest in the
battle he be an adversary to us: for
wherewith should he reconcile himself up early to depart in the morning, to
unto his master? should it not be with return into the land of the Philistines.
5
the heads of these men? Is not this And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
David, of whom they sang one to
another in dances, saying, Saul slew 1 Samuel 30
his thousands, and David his ten
thousands? 6
Then Achish called David,
And it came to pass, when David and

and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD his men were come to Ziklag on the

liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy third day, that the Amalekites had

going out and thy coming in with me in invaded the south, and Ziklag, and

the host is good in my sight: for I have smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2
not found evil in thee since the day of And had taken the women captives,

thy coming unto me unto this day: that were therein: they slew not any,

nevertheless the lords favour thee not. either great or small, but carried them
3
7
Wherefore now return, and go in away, and went on their way. So

peace, that thou displease not the David and his men came to the city,

lords of the Philistines. 8

And David and, behold, it was burned with fire;

said unto Achish, But what have I and their wives, and their sons, and
4
done? and what hast thou found in thy their daughters, were taken captives.

servant so long as I have been with Then David and the people that were

thee unto this day, that I may not go with him lifted up their voice and wept,

fight against the enemies of my lord until they had no more power to weep.
5
the king? 9
And Achish answered and And David's two wives were taken

said to David, I know that thou art captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and

good in my sight, as an angel of God: Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6
notwithstanding the princes of the And David was greatly distressed; for

Philistines have said, He shall not go the people spake of stoning him,

up with us to the battle. 10

Wherefore because the soul of all the people was

now rise up early in the morning with grieved, every man for his sons and for

thy master's servants that are come his daughters: but David encouraged
7
with thee: and as soon as ye be up himself in the LORD his God. And

early in the morning, and have light, David said to Abiathar the priest,

depart. 11
So David and his men rose Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me
hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag
8 15
thither the ephod to David. And David with fire. And David said to him,
enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I Canst thou bring me down to this
pursue after this troop? shall I company? And he said, Swear unto me
overtake them? And he answered him, by God, that thou wilt neither kill me,
Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake nor deliver me into the hands of my
9
them, and without fail recover all. So master, and I will bring thee down to
16
David went, he and the six hundred this company. And when he had
men that were with him, and came to brought him down, behold, they were
the brook Besor, where those that were spread abroad upon all the earth,
10
left behind stayed. But David eating and drinking, and dancing,
pursued, he and four hundred men: for because of all the great spoil that they
two hundred abode behind, which were had taken out of the land of the
so faint that they could not go over the Philistines, and out of the land of
11 17
brook Besor. And they found an Judah. And David smote them from
Egyptian in the field, and brought him the twilight even unto the evening of
to David, and gave him bread, and he the next day: and there escaped not a
did eat; and they made him drink man of them, save four hundred young
12
water; And they gave him a piece of men, which rode upon camels, and
18
a cake of figs, and two clusters of fled. And David recovered all that
raisins: and when he had eaten, his the Amalekites had carried away: and
19
spirit came again to him: for he had David rescued his two wives. And
eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, there was nothing lacking to them,
13
three days and three nights. And neither small nor great, neither sons
David said unto him, To whom nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any
belongest thou? and whence art thou? thing that they had taken to them:
20
And he said, I am a young man of David recovered all. And David took
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and all the flocks and the herds, which they
my master left me, because three days drave before those other cattle, and
14 21
agone I fell sick. We made an said, This is David's spoil. And David
invasion upon the south of the came to the two hundred men, which
Cherethites, and upon the coast which were so faint that they could not follow
belongeth to Judah, and upon the David, whom they had made also to
abide at the brook Besor: and they which were in Siphmoth, and to them
29
went forth to meet David, and to meet which were in Eshtemoa, And to
the people that were with him: and them which were in Rachal, and to
when David came near to the people, them which were in the cities of the
22
he saluted them. Then answered all Jerahmeelites, and to them which were
30
the wicked men and men of Belial, of in the cities of the Kenites, And to
those that went with David, and said, them which were in Hormah, and to
Because they went not with us, we will them which were in Chor-ashan, and to
31
not give them ought of the spoil that them which were in Athach, And to
we have recovered, save to every man them which were in Hebron, and to all
his wife and his children, that they may the places where David himself and his
23
lead them away, and depart. Then men were wont to haunt.
said David, Ye shall not do so, my
brethren, with that which the LORD 1 Samuel 31
hath given us, who hath preserved us,
and delivered the company that came
Now the Philistines fought against

against us into our hand. 24

For who Israel: and the men of Israel fled from

will hearken unto you in this matter? before the Philistines, and fell down
2
but as his part is that goeth down to slain in mount Gilboa. And the

the battle, so shall his part be that Philistines followed hard upon Saul and

tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part upon his sons; and the Philistines slew

alike. 25
And it was so from that day Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-
3
forward, that he made it a statute and shua, Saul's sons. And the battle

an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 went sore against Saul, and the

And when David came to Ziklag, he archers hit him; and he was sore
4
sent of the spoil unto the elders of wounded of the archers. Then said

Judah, even to his friends, saying, Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy

Behold a present for you of the spoil of sword, and thrust me through

the enemies of the LORD; 27

To them therewith; lest these uncircumcised

which were in Bethel, and to them come and thrust me through, and

which were in south Ramoth, and to abuse me. But his armourbearer would

them which were in Jattir, 28

And to not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
5
them which were in Aroer, and to them Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
And when his armourbearer saw that off his head, and stripped off his
Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his armour, and sent into the land of the
6
sword, and died with him. So Saul Philistines round about, to publish it in
died, and his three sons, and his the house of their idols, and among the
10
armourbearer, and all his men, that people. And they put his armour in
7
same day together. And when the the house of Ashtaroth: and they
men of Israel that were on the other fastened his body to the wall of Beth-
11
side of the valley, and they that were shan. And when the inhabitants of
on the other side Jordan, saw that the Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the
12
men of Israel fled, and that Saul and Philistines had done to Saul; All the
his sons were dead, they forsook the valiant men arose, and went all night,
cities, and fled; and the Philistines and took the body of Saul and the
8
came and dwelt in them. And it came bodies of his sons from the wall of
to pass on the morrow, when the Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and
13
Philistines came to strip the slain, that burnt them there. And they took
they found Saul and his three sons their bones, and buried them under a
9
fallen in mount Gilboa. And they cut tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
THE SECOND BOOK OF

2nd SAMUEL

OTHERWISE CALLED
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS

2 Samuel 1 leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the

chariots and horsemen followed hard
Now it came to pass after the death of after him. 7
And when he looked behind

Saul, when David was returned from him, he saw me, and called unto me.
8
the slaughter of the Amalekites, and And I answered, Here am I. And he

David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2 said unto me, Who art thou? And I
9
It came even to pass on the third day, answered him, I am an Amalekite.

that, behold, a man came out of the And he said unto me again, Stand, I

camp from Saul with his clothes rent, pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for

and earth upon his head: and so it anguish is come upon me, because my
10
was, when he came to David, that he life is yet whole in me. So I stood

fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 upon him, and slew him, because I was

And David said unto him, From whence sure that he could not live after that he

comest thou? And he said unto him, was fallen: and I took the crown that

Out of the camp of Israel am I was upon his head, and the bracelet

escaped. 4
And David said unto him, that was on his arm, and have brought
11
How went the matter? I pray thee, tell them hither unto my lord. Then

me. And he answered, That the people David took hold on his clothes, and

are fled from the battle, and many of rent them; and likewise all the men
12
the people also are fallen and dead; that were with him: And they

and Saul and Jonathan his son are mourned, and wept, and fasted until

dead also. 5
And David said unto the even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his

young man that told him, How knowest son, and for the people of the LORD,

thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be and for the house of Israel; because
13
dead? 6
And the young man that told they were fallen by the sword. And

him said, As I happened by chance David said unto the young man that

upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul told him, Whence art thou? And he
answered, I am the son of a stranger, Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in
14
an Amalekite. And David said unto their lives, and in their death they
him, How wast thou not afraid to were not divided: they were swifter
stretch forth thine hand to destroy the than eagles, they were stronger than
15 24
LORD'S anointed? And David called lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep
one of the young men, and said, Go over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
near, and fall upon him. And he smote with other delights, who put on
16
him that he died. And David said ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
25
unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; How are the mighty fallen in the
for thy mouth hath testified against midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou
26
thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S wast slain in thine high places. I am
17
anointed. And David lamented with distressed for thee, my brother
this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou
18
Jonathan his son: (Also he bade been unto me: thy love to me was
them teach the children of Judah the wonderful, passing the love of women.
27
use of the bow: behold, it is written in How are the mighty fallen, and the
19
the book of Jasher.) The beauty of weapons of war perished!
Israel is slain upon thy high places:
how are the mighty fallen! 20
Tell it not 2 Samuel 2
in Gath, publish it not in the streets of
Askelon; lest the daughters of the
And it came to pass after this, that

Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of David enquired of the LORD, saying,

the uncircumcised triumph. 21

Ye Shall I go up into any of the cities of

mountains of Gilboa, let there be no Judah? And the LORD said unto him,

dew, neither let there be rain, upon Go up. And David said, Whither shall I
2
you, nor fields of offerings: for there go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. So

the shield of the mighty is vilely cast David went up thither, and his two

away, the shield of Saul, as though he wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,

had not been anointed with oil. 22

From and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
3
the blood of the slain, from the fat of And his men that were with him did

the mighty, the bow of Jonathan David bring up, every man with his

turned not back, and the sword of Saul household: and they dwelt in the cities
4
returned not empty. 23
Saul and of Hebron. And the men of Judah
came, and there they anointed David the son of Saul, went out from
13
king over the house of Judah. And they Mahanaim to Gibeon. And Joab the
told David, saying, That the men of son of Zeruiah, and the servants of
Jabesh-gilead were they that buried David, went out, and met together by
5
Saul. And David sent messengers the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down,
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and the one on the one side of the pool,
said unto them, Blessed be ye of the and the other on the other side of the
14
LORD, that ye have shewed this pool. And Abner said to Joab, Let the
kindness unto your lord, even unto young men now arise, and play before
6 15
Saul, and have buried him. And now us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
the LORD shew kindness and truth Then there arose and went over by
unto you: and I also will requite you number twelve of Benjamin, which
this kindness, because ye have done pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of
7
this thing. Therefore now let your Saul, and twelve of the servants of
16
hands be strengthened, and be ye David. And they caught every one
valiant: for your master Saul is dead, his fellow by the head, and thrust his
and also the house of Judah have sword in his fellow's side; so they fell
8
anointed me king over them. But down together: wherefore that place
Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is
17
host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, in Gibeon. And there was a very sore
9
and brought him over to Mahanaim; battle that day; and Abner was beaten,
And made him king over Gilead, and and the men of Israel, before the
18
over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, servants of David. And there were
and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and
10
and over all Israel. Ish-bosheth Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as
19
Saul's son was forty years old when he light of foot as a wild roe. And
began to reign over Israel, and reigned Asahel pursued after Abner; and in
two years. But the house of Judah going he turned not to the right hand
11 20
followed David. And the time that nor to the left from following Abner.
David was king in Hebron over the Then Abner looked behind him, and
house of Judah was seven years and said, Art thou Asahel? And he
12 21
six months. And Abner the son of answered, I am. And Abner said to
Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand
or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one people had gone up every one from
28
of the young men, and take thee his following his brother. So Joab blew a
armour. But Asahel would not turn trumpet, and all the people stood still,
22
aside from following of him. And and pursued after Israel no more,
29
Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee neither fought they any more. And
aside from following me: wherefore Abner and his men walked all that
should I smite thee to the ground? how night through the plain, and passed
then should I hold up my face to Joab over Jordan, and went through all
23
thy brother? Howbeit he refused to Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
30
turn aside: wherefore Abner with the And Joab returned from following
hinder end of the spear smote him Abner: and when he had gathered all
under the fifth rib, that the spear came the people together, there lacked of
out behind him; and he fell down David's servants nineteen men and
31
there, and died in the same place: and Asahel. But the servants of David
it came to pass, that as many as came had smitten of Benjamin, and of
to the place where Asahel fell down Abner's men, so that three hundred
24 32
and died stood still. Joab also and and threescore men died. And they
Abishai pursued after Abner: and the took up Asahel, and buried him in the
sun went down when they were come sepulchre of his father, which was in
to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went
Giah by the way of the wilderness of all night, and they came to Hebron at
25
Gibeon. And the children of Benjamin break of day.
gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and 2 Samuel 3
26
stood on the top of an hill. Then
Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall
Now there was long war between the

the sword devour for ever? knowest house of Saul and the house of David:

thou not that it will be bitterness in the but David waxed stronger and

latter end? how long shall it be then, stronger, and the house of Saul waxed
2
ere thou bid the people return from weaker and weaker. And unto David

following their brethren? 27

And Joab were sons born in Hebron: and his

said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the
3
spoken, surely then in the morning the Jezreelitess; And his second, Chileab,
of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Abner a word again, because he feared
12
Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the him. And Abner sent messengers to
son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
4
king of Geshur; And the fourth, the land? saying also, Make thy league
Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the with me, and, behold, my hand shall
5
fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; be with thee, to bring about all Israel
13
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah unto thee. And he said, Well; I will
David's wife. These were born to David make a league with thee: but one thing
6
in Hebron. And it came to pass, while I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt
there was war between the house of not see my face, except thou first bring
Saul and the house of David, that Michal Saul's daughter, when thou
14
Abner made himself strong for the comest to see my face. And David
7
house of Saul. And Saul had a sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's
concubine, whose name was Rizpah, son, saying, Deliver me my wife
the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth Michal, which I espoused to me for an
15
said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
8
gone in unto my father's concubine? And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her
Then was Abner very wroth for the from her husband, even from Phaltiel
16
words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a the son of Laish. And her husband
dog's head, which against Judah do went with her along weeping behind
shew kindness this day unto the house her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto
17
of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and him, Go, return. And he returned.
to his friends, and have not delivered And Abner had communication with the
thee into the hand of David, that thou elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for
chargest me to day with a fault David in times past to be king over
9 18
concerning this woman? So do God to you: Now then do it: for the LORD
Abner, and more also, except, as the hath spoken of David, saying, By the
LORD hath sworn to David, even so I hand of my servant David I will save
10
do to him; To translate the kingdom my people Israel out of the hand of the
from the house of Saul, and to set up Philistines, and out of the hand of all
19
the throne of David over Israel and their enemies. And Abner also spake
over Judah, from Dan even to Beer- in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner
11
sheba. And he could not answer went also to speak in the ears of David
in Hebron all that seemed good to messengers after Abner, which brought
Israel, and that seemed good to the him again from the well of Sirah: but
20 27
whole house of Benjamin. So Abner David knew it not. And when Abner
came to David to Hebron, and twenty was returned to Hebron, Joab took him
men with him. And David made Abner aside in the gate to speak with him
and the men that were with him a quietly, and smote him there under the
21
feast. And Abner said unto David, I fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of
28
will arise and go, and will gather all Asahel his brother. And afterward
Israel unto my lord the king, that they when David heard it, he said, I and my
may make a league with thee, and that kingdom are guiltless before the LORD
thou mayest reign over all that thine for ever from the blood of Abner the
29
heart desireth. And David sent Abner son of Ner: Let it rest on the head of
22
away; and he went in peace. And, Joab, and on all his father's house; and
Behold, the servants of David and Joab let there not fail from the house of
came from pursuing a troop, and Joab one that hath an issue, or that is
brought in a great spoil with them: but a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or
Abner was not with David in Hebron; that falleth on the sword, or that
30
for he had sent him away, and he was lacketh bread. So Joab and Abishai
23
gone in peace. When Joab and all the his brother slew Abner, because he had
host that was with him were come, slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in
31
they told Joab, saying, Abner the son the battle. And David said to Joab,
of Ner came to the king, and he hath and to all the people that were with
sent him away, and he is gone in him, Rend your clothes, and gird you
24
peace. Then Joab came to the king, with sackcloth, and mourn before
and said, What hast thou done? Abner. And king David himself followed
32
behold, Abner came unto thee; why is the bier. And they buried Abner in
it that thou hast sent him away, and he Hebron: and the king lifted up his
25
is quite gone? Thou knowest Abner voice, and wept at the grave of Abner;
33
the son of Ner, that he came to deceive and all the people wept. And the king
thee, and to know thy going out and lamented over Abner, and said, Died
34
thy coming in, and to know all that Abner as a fool dieth? Thy hands
26
thou doest. And when Joab was were not bound, nor thy feet put into
come out from David, he sent fetters: as a man falleth before wicked
 3
men, so fellest thou. And all the people reckoned to Benjamin: And the
35
wept again over him. And when all Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were
4
the people came to cause David to eat sojourners there until this day.) And
meat while it was yet day, David Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that
sware, saying, So do God to me, and was lame of his feet. He was five years
more also, if I taste bread, or ought old when the tidings came of Saul and
36
else, till the sun be down. And all the Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse
people took notice of it, and it pleased took him up, and fled: and it came to
them: as whatsoever the king did pass, as she made haste to flee, that
37
pleased all the people. For all the he fell, and became lame. And his
5
people and all Israel understood that name was Mephibosheth. And the
day that it was not of the king to slay sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab
38
Abner the son of Ner. And the king and Baanah, went, and came about the
said unto his servants, Know ye not heat of the day to the house of Ish-
6
that there is a prince and a great man bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
39
fallen this day in Israel? And I am And they came thither into the midst of
this day weak, though anointed king; the house, as though they would have
and these men the sons of Zeruiah be fetched wheat; and they smote him
too hard for me: the LORD shall reward under the fifth rib: and Rechab and
7
the doer of evil according to his Baanah his brother escaped. For
wickedness. when they came into the house, he lay
on his bed in his bedchamber, and they
2 Samuel 4 smote him, and slew him, and
beheaded him, and took his head, and
And when Saul's son heard that Abner
gat them away through the plain all
was dead in Hebron, his hands were night. 8
And they brought the head of
feeble, and all the Israelites were Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and
2
troubled. And Saul's son had two men said to the king, Behold the head of
that were captains of bands: the name Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine
of the one was Baanah, and the name enemy, which sought thy life; and the
of the other Rechab, the sons of LORD hath avenged my lord the king
Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9
And
Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was David answered Rechab and Baanah
his brother, the sons of Rimmon the came to the king to Hebron; and king
Beerothite, and said unto them, As the David made a league with them in
LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my Hebron before the LORD: and they
10 4
soul out of all adversity, When one anointed David king over Israel.
told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, David was thirty years old when he
thinking to have brought good tidings, began to reign, and he reigned forty
5
I took hold of him, and slew him in years. In Hebron he reigned over
Ziklag, who thought that I would have Judah seven years and six months: and
11
given him a reward for his tidings: in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and
6
How much more, when wicked men three years over all Israel and Judah.
have slain a righteous person in his And the king and his men went to
own house upon his bed? shall I not Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
therefore now require his blood of your inhabitants of the land: which spake
hand, and take you away from the unto David, saying, Except thou take
12
earth? And David commanded his away the blind and the lame, thou
young men, and they slew them, and shalt not come in hither: thinking,
7
cut off their hands and their feet, and David cannot come in hither.
hanged them up over the pool in Nevertheless David took the strong
Hebron. But they took the head of Ish- hold of Zion: the same is the city of
8
bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre David. And David said on that day,
of Abner in Hebron. Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,
and smiteth the Jebusites, and the
2 Samuel 5 lame and the blind, that are hated of
David's soul, he shall be chief and
Then came all the tribes of Israel to
captain. Wherefore they said, The blind
David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, and the lame shall not come into the
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. house. 9
So David dwelt in the fort, and
2
Also in time past, when Saul was king called it the city of David. And David
over us, thou wast he that leddest out built round about from Millo and
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD inward. 10
And David went on, and
said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people grew great, and the LORD God of hosts
Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over was with him. 11
And Hiram king of
3
Israel. So all the elders of Israel Tyre sent messengers to David, and
cedar trees, and carpenters, and Therefore he called the name of that
21
masons: and they built David an place Baal-perazim. And there they
12
house. And David perceived that the left their images, and David and his
22
LORD had established him king over men burned them. And the
Israel, and that he had exalted his Philistines came up yet again, and
13
kingdom for his people Israel's sake. spread themselves in the valley of
23
And David took him more concubines Rephaim. And when David enquired
and wives out of Jerusalem, after he of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go
was come from Hebron: and there were up; but fetch a compass behind them,
yet sons and daughters born to David. and come upon them over against the
14 24
And these be the names of those mulberry trees. And let it be, when
that were born unto him in Jerusalem; thou hearest the sound of a going in
Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, the tops of the mulberry trees, that
15
and Solomon, Ibhar also, and then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then
16
Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, shall the LORD go out before thee, to
25
And Elishama, and Eliada, and smite the host of the Philistines. And
17
Eliphalet. But when the Philistines David did so, as the LORD had
heard that they had anointed David commanded him; and smote the
king over Israel, all the Philistines Philistines from Geba until thou come
came up to seek David; and David to Gazer.
heard of it, and went down to the hold.
18
The Philistines also came and spread 2 Samuel 6
19
themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
And David enquired of the LORD,
Again, David gathered together all the

saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2
wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And David arose, and went with all

And the LORD said unto David, Go up: the people that were with him from

for I will doubtless deliver the Baale of Judah, to bring up from

Philistines into thine hand. 20

And David thence the ark of God, whose name is

came to Baal-perazim, and David called by the name of the LORD of

smote them there, and said, The LORD hosts that dwelleth between the
3
hath broken forth upon mine enemies cherubims. And they set the ark of

before me, as the breach of waters. God upon a new cart, and brought it
 12
out of the house of Abinadab that was household. And it was told king
in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the David, saying, The LORD hath blessed
4
sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. the house of Obed- edom, and all that
And they brought it out of the house of pertaineth unto him, because of the
Abinadab which was at Gibeah, ark of God. So David went and brought
accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio up the ark of God from the house of
5
went before the ark. And David and Obed-edom into the city of David with
13
all the house of Israel played before gladness. And it was so, that when
the LORD on all manner of instruments they that bare the ark of the LORD had
made of fir wood, even on harps, and gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
14
on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on fatlings. And David danced before
6
cornets, and on cymbals. And when the LORD with all his might; and David
15
they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, was girded with a linen ephod. So
Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of David and all the house of Israel
God, and took hold of it; for the oxen brought up the ark of the LORD with
7
shook it. And the anger of the LORD shouting, and with the sound of the
16
was kindled against Uzzah; and God trumpet. And as the ark of the LORD
smote him there for his error; and came into the city of David, Michal
8
there he died by the ark of God. And Saul's daughter looked through a
David was displeased, because the window, and saw king David leaping
LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and dancing before the LORD; and she
17
and he called the name of the place despised him in her heart. And they
9
Perez-uzzah to this day. And David brought in the ark of the LORD, and set
was afraid of the LORD that day, and it in his place, in the midst of the
said, How shall the ark of the LORD tabernacle that David had pitched for
10
come to me? So David would not it: and David offered burnt offerings
18
remove the ark of the LORD unto him and peace offerings before the LORD.
into the city of David: but David And as soon as David had made an end
carried it aside into the house of Obed- of offering burnt offerings and peace
11
edom the Gittite. And the ark of the offerings, he blessed the people in the
19
LORD continued in the house of Obed- name of the LORD of hosts. And he
edom the Gittite three months: and the dealt among all the people, even
LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his among the whole multitude of Israel,
 3
as well to the women as men, to every God dwelleth within curtains. And
one a cake of bread, and a good piece Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that
of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all is in thine heart; for the LORD is with
4
the people departed every one to his thee. And it came to pass that night,
20
house. Then David returned to bless that the word of the LORD came unto
5
his household. And Michal the daughter Nathan, saying, Go and tell my
of Saul came out to meet David, and servant David, Thus saith the LORD,
said, How glorious was the king of Shalt thou build me an house for me to
6
Israel today, who uncovered himself to dwell in? Whereas I have not dwelt in
day in the eyes of the handmaids of his any house since the time that I
servants, as one of the vain fellows brought up the children of Israel out of
21
shamelessly uncovereth himself! And Egypt, even to this day, but have
7
David said unto Michal, It was before walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
the LORD, which chose me before thy In all the places wherein I have walked
father, and before all his house, to with all the children of Israel spake I a
appoint me ruler over the people of the word with any of the tribes of Israel,
LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play whom I commanded to feed my people
22
before the LORD. And I will yet be Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an
8
more vile than thus, and will be base in house of cedar? Now therefore so
mine own sight: and of the shalt thou say unto my servant David,
maidservants which thou hast spoken Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took
23
of, of them shall I be had in honour. thee from the sheepcote, from
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul following the sheep, to be ruler over
9
had no child unto the day of her death. my people, over Israel: And I was
with thee whithersoever thou wentest,
2 Samuel 7 and have cut off all thine enemies out
of thy sight, and have made thee a
And it came to pass, when the king sat great name, like unto the name of the
in his house, and the LORD had given great men that are in the earth. 10

him rest round about from all his Moreover I will appoint a place for my
2
enemies; That the king said unto people Israel, and will plant them, that
Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell they may dwell in a place of their own,
in an house of cedar, but the ark of and move no more; neither shall the
children of wickedness afflict them any thy servant's house for a great while to
11
more, as beforetime, And as since come. And is this the manner of man,
20
the time that I commanded judges to O Lord GOD? And what can David
be over my people Israel, and have say more unto thee? for thou, Lord
21
caused thee to rest from all thine GOD, knowest thy servant. For thy
enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee word's sake, and according to thine
12
that he will make thee an house. And own heart, hast thou done all these
when thy days be fulfilled, and thou great things, to make thy servant know
22
shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set them. Wherefore thou art great, O
up thy seed after thee, which shall LORD God: for there is none like thee,
proceed out of thy bowels, and I will neither is there any God beside thee,
13
establish his kingdom. He shall build according to all that we have heard
23
an house for my name, and I will with our ears. And what one nation
stablish the throne of his kingdom for in the earth is like thy people, even
14
ever. I will be his father, and he like Israel, whom God went to redeem
shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, for a people to himself, and to make
I will chasten him with the rod of men, him a name, and to do for you great
and with the stripes of the children of things and terrible, for thy land, before
15
men: But my mercy shall not depart thy people, which thou redeemedst to
away from him, as I took it from Saul, thee from Egypt, from the nations and
16 24
whom I put away before thee. And their gods? For thou hast confirmed
thine house and thy kingdom shall be to thyself thy people Israel to be a
established for ever before thee: thy people unto thee for ever: and thou,
17 25
throne shall be established for ever. LORD, art become their God. And
According to all these words, and now, O LORD God, the word that thou
according to all this vision, so did hast spoken concerning thy servant,
18
Nathan speak unto David. Then went and concerning his house, establish it
26
king David in, and sat before the for ever, and do as thou hast said.
LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord And let thy name be magnified for
GOD? and what is my house, that thou ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the
19
hast brought me hitherto? And this God over Israel: and let the house of
was yet a small thing in thy sight, O thy servant David be established
27
Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of before thee. For thou, O LORD of
hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to hundred horsemen, and twenty
thy servant, saying, I will build thee an thousand footmen: and David houghed
house: therefore hath thy servant all the chariot horses, but reserved of
5
found in his heart to pray this prayer them for an hundred chariots. And
28
unto thee. And now, O Lord GOD, when the Syrians of Damascus came to
thou art that God, and thy words be succour Hadadezer king of Zobah,
true, and thou hast promised this David slew of the Syrians two and
29 6
goodness unto thy servant: twenty thousand men. Then David put
Therefore now let it please thee to garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and
bless the house of thy servant, that it the Syrians became servants to David,
may continue for ever before thee: for and brought gifts. And the LORD
thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and preserved David whithersoever he
7
with thy blessing let the house of thy went. And David took the shields of
servant be blessed for ever. gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to
2 Samuel 8 Jerusalem. 8
And from Betah, and from
Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king
And after this it came to pass, that
David took exceeding much brass. 9

David smote the Philistines, and When Toi king of Hamath heard that
subdued them: and David took Metheg- David had smitten all the host of
ammah out of the hand of the Hadadezer, 10
Then Toi sent Joram his
2
Philistines. And he smote Moab, and son unto king David, to salute him, and
measured them with a line, casting to bless him, because he had fought
them down to the ground; even with against Hadadezer, and smitten him:
two lines measured he to put to death, for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And
and with one full line to keep alive. Joram brought with him vessels of
And so the Moabites became David's silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels
3
servants, and brought gifts. David of brass: 11
Which also king David did
smote also Hadadezer, the son of dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver
Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to and gold that he had dedicated of all
recover his border at the river nations which he subdued; 12
Of Syria,
4
Euphrates. And David took from him and of Moab, and of the children of
a thousand chariots, and seven Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of
Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, And the king said, Is there not yet any
13
son of Rehob, king of Zobah. And of the house of Saul, that I may shew
David gat him a name when he the kindness of God unto him? And
returned from smiting of the Syrians in Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath
4
the valley of salt, being eighteen yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
14
thousand men. And he put garrisons And the king said unto him, Where is
in Edom; throughout all Edom put he he? And Ziba said unto the king,
garrisons, and all they of Edom became Behold, he is in the house of Machir,
5
David's servants. And the LORD the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. Then
preserved David whithersoever he king David sent, and fetched him out of
15
went. And David reigned over all the house of Machir, the son of
6
Israel; and David executed judgment Ammiel, from Lo-debar. Now when
16
and justice unto all his people. And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the son of Saul, was come unto David, he
host; and Jehoshaphat the son of fell on his face, and did reverence. And
17
Ahilud was recorder; And Zadok the David said, Mephibosheth. And he
7
son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son answered, Behold thy servant! And
of Abiathar, were the priests; and David said unto him, Fear not: for I will
18
Seraiah was the scribe; And Benaiah surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan
the son of Jehoiada was over both the thy father's sake, and will restore thee
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and all the land of Saul thy father; and
David's sons were chief rulers. thou shalt eat bread at my table
8
continually. And he bowed himself,
2 Samuel 9 and said, What is thy servant, that
thou shouldest look upon such a dead
And David said, Is there yet any that
dog as I am? 9
Then the king called to
is left of the house of Saul, that I may Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto
shew him kindness for Jonathan's him, I have given unto thy master's
2
sake? And there was of the house of son all that pertained to Saul and to all
Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. his house. 10
Thou therefore, and thy
And when they had called him unto sons, and thy servants, shall till the
David, the king said unto him, Art thou land for him, and thou shalt bring in
3
Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. the fruits, that thy master's son may
have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy hath not David rather sent his servants
master's son shall eat bread alway at unto thee, to search the city, and to
4
my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons spy it out, and to overthrow it?
11
and twenty servants. Then said Ziba Wherefore Hanun took David's
unto the king, According to all that my servants, and shaved off the one half
lord the king hath commanded his of their beards, and cut off their
servant, so shall thy servant do. As for garments in the middle, even to their
5
Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall buttocks, and sent them away. When
eat at my table, as one of the king's they told it unto David, he sent to
12
sons. And Mephibosheth had a young meet them, because the men were
son, whose name was Micha. And all greatly ashamed: and the king said,
that dwelt in the house of Ziba were Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
13 6
servants unto Mephibosheth. So grown, and then return. And when
Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for the children of Ammon saw that they
he did eat continually at the king's stank before David, the children of
table; and was lame on both his feet. Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of
Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba,
2 Samuel 10 twenty thousand footmen, and of king
Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-
And it came to pass after this, that the tob twelve thousand men. 7
And when
king of the children of Ammon died, David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all
and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. the host of the mighty men. 8
And the
2
Then said David, I will shew kindness children of Ammon came out, and put
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his the battle in array at the entering in of
father shewed kindness unto me. And the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and
David sent to comfort him by the hand of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah,
of his servants for his father. And were by themselves in the field. 9

David's servants came into the land of When Joab saw that the front of the
3
the children of Ammon. And the battle was against him before and
princes of the children of Ammon said behind, he chose of all the choice men
unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou of Israel, and put them in array against
that David doth honour thy father, that the Syrians: 10
And the rest of the
he hath sent comforters unto thee? people he delivered into the hand of
Abishai his brother, that he might put seven hundred chariots of the Syrians,
them in array against the children of and forty thousand horsemen, and
11
Ammon. And he said, If the Syrians smote Shobach the captain of their
19
be too strong for me, then thou shalt host, who died there. And when all
help me: but if the children of Ammon the kings that were servants to
be too strong for thee, then I will come Hadarezer saw that they were smitten
12
and help thee. Be of good courage, before Israel, they made peace with
and let us play the men for our people, Israel, and served them. So the
and for the cities of our God: and the Syrians feared to help the children of
LORD do that which seemeth him good. Ammon any more.
13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people
that were with him, unto the battle 2 Samuel 11
against the Syrians: and they fled
before him. 14
And when the children of
And it came to pass, after the year

Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, was expired, at the time when kings go

then fled they also before Abishai, and forth to battle, that David sent Joab,

entered into the city. So Joab returned and his servants with him, and all

from the children of Ammon, and came Israel; and they destroyed the children

to Jerusalem. 15
And when the Syrians of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But
2
saw that they were smitten before David tarried still at Jerusalem. And it

Israel, they gathered themselves came to pass in an eveningtide, that

together. 16
And Hadarezer sent, and David arose from off his bed, and

brought out the Syrians that were walked upon the roof of the king's

beyond the river: and they came to house: and from the roof he saw a

Helam; and Shobach the captain of the woman washing herself; and the

host of Hadarezer went before them. 17 woman was very beautiful to look
3
And when it was told David, he upon. And David sent and enquired

gathered all Israel together, and after the woman. And one said, Is not

passed over Jordan, and came to this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam,
4
Helam. And the Syrians set themselves the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And

in array against David, and fought with David sent messengers, and took her;

him. 18
And the Syrians fled before and she came in unto him, and he lay

Israel; and David slew the men of with her; for she was purified from her
 13
uncleanness: and she returned unto morrow. And when David had called
5
her house. And the woman conceived, him, he did eat and drink before him;
and sent and told David, and said, I and he made him drunk: and at even
6
am with child. And David sent to he went out to lie on his bed with the
Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the servants of his lord, but went not down
7 14
Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. to his house. And it came to pass in
And when Uriah was come unto him, the morning, that David wrote a letter
David demanded of him how Joab did, to Joab, and sent it by the hand of
15
and how the people did, and how the Uriah. And he wrote in the letter,
8
war prospered. And David said to saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of
Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash the hottest battle, and retire ye from
thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16
king's house, and there followed him a And it came to pass, when Joab
9
mess of meat from the king. But observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah slept at the door of the king's Uriah unto a place where he knew that
17
house with all the servants of his lord, valiant men were. And the men of
10
and went not down to his house. And the city went out, and fought with
when they had told David, saying, Joab: and there fell some of the people
Uriah went not down unto his house, of the servants of David; and Uriah the
18
David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not Hittite died also. Then Joab sent and
from thy journey? why then didst thou told David all the things concerning the
11 19
not go down unto thine house? And war; And charged the messenger,
Uriah said unto David, The ark, and saying, When thou hast made an end
Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and of telling the matters of the war unto
20
my lord Joab, and the servants of my the king, And if so be that the king's
lord, are encamped in the open fields; wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
shall I then go into mine house, to eat Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto
and to drink, and to lie with my wife? the city when ye did fight? knew ye not
21
as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I that they would shoot from the wall?
12
will not do this thing. And David said Who smote Abimelech the son of
to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a
morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah piece of a millstone upon him from the
abode in Jerusalem that day, and the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went
ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy him, There were two men in one city;
22 2
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. the one rich, and the other poor. The
So the messenger went, and came and rich man had exceeding many flocks
3
shewed David all that Joab had sent and herds: But the poor man had
23
him for. And the messenger said nothing, save one little ewe lamb,
unto David, Surely the men prevailed which he had bought and nourished up:
against us, and came out unto us into and it grew up together with him, and
the field, and we were upon them even with his children; it did eat of his own
24
unto the entering of the gate. And meat, and drank of his own cup, and
the shooters shot from off the wall lay in his bosom, and was unto him as
4
upon thy servants; and some of the a daughter. And there came a
king's servants be dead, and thy traveller unto the rich man, and he
25
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. spared to take of his own flock and of
Then David said unto the messenger, his own herd, to dress for the
Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not wayfaring man that was come unto
this thing displease thee, for the sword him; but took the poor man's lamb,
devoureth one as well as another: and dressed it for the man that was
5
make thy battle more strong against come to him. And David's anger was
the city, and overthrow it: and greatly kindled against the man; and
26
encourage thou him. And when the he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth,
wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her the man that hath done this thing shall
6
husband was dead, she mourned for surely die: And he shall restore the
27
her husband. And when the lamb fourfold, because he did this
7
mourning was past, David sent and thing, and because he had no pity.
fetched her to his house, and she And Nathan said to David, Thou art the
became his wife, and bare him a son. man. Thus saith the LORD God of
But the thing that David had done Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel,
displeased the LORD. and I delivered thee out of the hand of
8
Saul; And I gave thee thy master's
2 Samuel 12 house, and thy master's wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the house of
And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. Israel and of Judah; and if that had
And he came unto him, and said unto been too little, I would moreover have
 9
given unto thee such and such things. went in, and lay all night upon the
17
Wherefore hast thou despised the earth. And the elders of his house
commandment of the LORD, to do evil arose, and went to him, to raise him up
in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the from the earth: but he would not,
18
Hittite with the sword, and hast taken neither did he eat bread with them.
his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain And it came to pass on the seventh
him with the sword of the children of day, that the child died. And the
10
Ammon. Now therefore the sword servants of David feared to tell him
shall never depart from thine house; that the child was dead: for they said,
because thou hast despised me, and Behold, while the child was yet alive,
hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite we spake unto him, and he would not
11
to be thy wife. Thus saith the LORD, hearken unto our voice: how will he
Behold, I will raise up evil against thee then vex himself, if we tell him that the
19
out of thine own house, and I will take child is dead? But when David saw
thy wives before thine eyes, and give that his servants whispered, David
them unto thy neighbour, and he shall perceived that the child was dead:
lie with thy wives in the sight of this therefore David said unto his servants,
12
sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I Is the child dead? And they said, He is
20
will do this thing before all Israel, and dead. Then David arose from the
13
before the sun. And David said unto earth, and washed, and anointed
Nathan, I have sinned against the himself, and changed his apparel, and
LORD. And Nathan said unto David, came into the house of the LORD, and
The LORD also hath put away thy sin; worshipped: then he came to his own
14
thou shalt not die. Howbeit, because house; and when he required, they set
21
by this deed thou hast given great bread before him, and he did eat.
occasion to the enemies of the LORD to Then said his servants unto him, What
blaspheme, the child also that is born thing is this that thou hast done? thou
15
unto thee shall surely die. And didst fast and weep for the child, while
Nathan departed unto his house. And it was alive; but when the child was
22
the LORD struck the child that Uriah's dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
wife bare unto David, and it was very And he said, While the child was yet
16
sick. David therefore besought God alive, I fasted and wept: for I said,
for the child; and David fasted, and Who can tell whether GOD will be
gracious to me, that the child may under axes of iron, and made them
23
live? But now he is dead, wherefore pass through the brickkiln: and thus
should I fast? can I bring him back did he unto all the cities of the children
again? I shall go to him, but he shall of Ammon. So David and all the people
24
not return to me. And David returned unto Jerusalem.
comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and
went in unto her, and lay with her: and 2 Samuel 13
she bare a son, and he called his name
Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 25 And it came to pass after this, that

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the Absalom the son of David had a fair

prophet; and he called his name sister, whose name was Tamar; and
2
Jedidiah, because of the LORD. 26
And Amnon the son of David loved her.

Joab fought against Rabbah of the And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell

children of Ammon, and took the royal sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a

city. 27
And Joab sent messengers to virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for
3
David, and said, I have fought against him to do any thing to her. But

Rabbah, and have taken the city of Amnon had a friend, whose name was

waters. 28
Now therefore gather the Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's

rest of the people together, and brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil
4
encamp against the city, and take it: man. And he said unto him, Why art

lest I take the city, and it be called thou, being the king's son, lean from

after my name. 29
And David gathered day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And

all the people together, and went to Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar,
5
Rabbah, and fought against it, and my brother Absalom's sister. And

took it. 30
And he took their king's Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down

crown from off his head, the weight on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and

whereof was a talent of gold with the when thy father cometh to see thee,

precious stones: and it was set on say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister

David's head. And he brought forth the Tamar come, and give me meat, and

spoil of the city in great abundance. 31 dress the meat in my sight, that I may
6
And he brought forth the people that see it, and eat it at her hand. So

were therein, and put them under Amnon lay down, and made himself

saws, and under harrows of iron, and sick: and when the king was come to
see him, Amnon said unto the king, I
pray thee, let Tamar my sister come,
and make me a couple of cakes in my
sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Then David sent home to Tamar,
saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's
8
house, and dress him meat. So Tamar
went to her brother Amnon's house;
and he was laid down. And she took
flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes
in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
And she took a pan, and poured them
out before him; but he refused to eat.
And Amnon said, Have out all men
from me. And they went out every man
10
from him. And Amnon said unto
Tamar, Bring the meat into
chamber, that I may eat of thine hand.
And Tamar took the cakes which she
had made, and brought them into the
11
chamber to Amnon her brother.
when she had brought them unto him
to eat, he took hold of her, and said
unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12
And she answered him, Nay, my
brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not
13
thou this folly. And I, whither shall I
cause my shame to go? and as for
thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools
in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee,
speak unto the king; for he will not
14
withhold me from thee. Howbeit he
would not hearken unto her voice: but,
being stronger than she, forced her,
15
and lay with her. Then Amnon hated
7
her exceedingly; so that the hatred
wherewith he hated her was greater
than the love wherewith he had loved
her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise,
16
be gone. And she said unto him,
There is no cause: this evil in sending
me away is greater than the other that
9
thou didst unto me. But he would not
17
hearken unto her. Then he called his
servant that ministered unto him, and
said, Put now this woman out from me,
18
and bolt the door after her. And she
had a garment of divers colours upon
the her: for with such robes were the
king's daughters that were virgins
apparelled. Then his servant brought
her out, and bolted the door after her.
19
And And Tamar put ashes on her head,
and rent her garment of divers colours
that was on her, and laid her hand on
20
her head, and went on crying. And
Absalom her brother said unto her,
Hath Amnon thy brother been with
thee? but hold now thy peace, my
sister: he is thy brother; regard not
this thing. So Tamar remained desolate
21
in her brother Absalom's house. But
when king David heard of all these
22
things, he was very wroth. And
Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon
neither good nor bad: for Absalom that tidings came to David, saying,
hated Amnon, because he had forced Absalom hath slain all the king's sons,
23 31
his sister Tamar. And it came to pass and there is not one of them left.
after two full years, that Absalom had Then the king arose, and tare his
sheepshearers in Baal- hazor, which is garments, and lay on the earth; and all
beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited his servants stood by with their clothes
24 32
all the king's sons. And Absalom rent. And Jonadab, the son of
came to the king, and said, Behold Shimeah David's brother, answered
now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; and said, Let not my lord suppose that
let the king, I beseech thee, and his they have slain all the young men the
25
servants go with thy servant. And king's sons; for Amnon only is dead:
the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, for by the appointment of Absalom this
let us not all now go, lest we be hath been determined from the day
33
chargeable unto thee. And he pressed that he forced his sister Tamar. Now
him: howbeit he would not go, but therefore let not my lord the king take
26
blessed him. Then said Absalom, If the thing to his heart, to think that all
not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon the king's sons are dead: for Amnon
34
go with us. And the king said unto him, only is dead. But Absalom fled. And
27
Why should he go with thee? But the young man that kept the watch
Absalom pressed him, that he let lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,
Amnon and all the king's sons go with behold, there came much people by the
28 35
him. Now Absalom had commanded way of the hill side behind him. And
his servants, saying, Mark ye now Jonadab said unto the king, Behold,
when Amnon's heart is merry with the king's sons come: as thy servant
36
wine, and when I say unto you, Smite said, so it is. And it came to pass, as
Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have soon as he had made an end of
not I commanded you? be courageous speaking, that, behold, the king's sons
29
and be valiant. And the servants of came, and lifted up their voice and
Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom wept: and the king also and all his
37
had commanded. Then all the king's servants wept very sore. But
sons arose, and every man gat him up Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the
30
upon his mule, and fled. And it came son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And
to pass, while they were in the way, David mourned for his son every day.
38
So Absalom fled, and went to against thine handmaid, and they said,
39
Geshur, and was there three years. Deliver him that smote his brother,
And the soul of king David longed to go that we may kill him, for the life of his
forth unto Absalom: for he was brother whom he slew; and we will
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing destroy the heir also: and so they shall
he was dead. quench my coal which is left, and shall
not leave to my husband neither name
2 Samuel 14 nor remainder upon the earth. 8
And
the king said unto the woman, Go to
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived thine house, and I will give charge
that the king's heart was toward concerning thee. 9
And the woman of
2
Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoah, Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O
and fetched thence a wise woman, and king, the iniquity be on me, and on my
said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself father's house: and the king and his
to be a mourner, and put on now throne be guiltless. 10
And the king
mourning apparel, and anoint not said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee,
thyself with oil, but be as a woman bring him to me, and he shall not touch
that had a long time mourned for the thee any more. 11
Then said she, I pray
3
dead: And come to the king, and thee, let the king remember the LORD
speak on this manner unto him. So thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer
4
Joab put the words in her mouth. And the revengers of blood to destroy any
when the woman of Tekoah spake to more, lest they destroy my son. And he
the king, she fell on her face to the said, As the LORD liveth, there shall
ground, and did obeisance, and said, not one hair of thy son fall to the
5
Help, O king. And the king said unto earth. 12
Then the woman said, Let
her, What aileth thee? And she thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak
answered, I am indeed a widow one word unto my lord the king. And
6
woman, and mine husband is dead. he said, Say on. 13
And the woman
And thy handmaid had two sons, and said, Wherefore then hast thou thought
they two strove together in the field, such a thing against the people of God?
and there was none to part them, but for the king doth speak this thing as
the one smote the other, and slew him. one which is faulty, in that the king
7
And, behold, the whole family is risen doth not fetch home again his
 14
banished. For we must needs die, thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he
and are as water spilt on the ground, put all these words in the mouth of
20
which cannot be gathered up again; thine handmaid: To fetch about this
neither doth God respect any person: form of speech hath thy servant Joab
yet doth he devise means, that his done this thing: and my lord is wise,
15
banished be not expelled from him. according to the wisdom of an angel of
Now therefore that I am come to speak God, to know all things that are in the
21
of this thing unto my lord the king, it is earth. And the king said unto Joab,
because the people have made me Behold now, I have done this thing: go
afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will therefore, bring the young man
22
now speak unto the king; it may be Absalom again. And Joab fell to the
that the king will perform the request ground on his face, and bowed himself,
16
of his handmaid. For the king will and thanked the king: and Joab said,
hear, to deliver his handmaid out of Today thy servant knoweth that I have
the hand of the man that would found grace in thy sight, my lord, O
destroy me and my son together out of king, in that the king hath fulfilled the
17 23
the inheritance of God. Then thine request of his servant. So Joab arose
handmaid said, The word of my lord and went to Geshur, and brought
24
the king shall now be comfortable: for Absalom to Jerusalem. And the king
as an angel of God, so is my lord the said, Let him turn to his own house,
king to discern good and bad: and let him not see my face. So
therefore the LORD thy God will be Absalom returned to his own house,
18 25
with thee. Then the king answered and saw not the king's face. But in
and said unto the woman, Hide not all Israel there was none to be so much
from me, I pray thee, the thing that I praised as Absalom for his beauty:
shall ask thee. And the woman said, from the sole of his foot even to the
19
Let my lord the king now speak. And crown of his head there was no blemish
26
the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in him. And when he polled his head,
with thee in all this? And the woman (for it was at every year's end that he
answered and said, As thy soul liveth, polled it: because the hair was heavy
my lord the king, none can turn to the on him, therefore he polled it:) he
right hand or to the left from ought weighed the hair of his head at two
that my lord the king hath spoken: for hundred shekels after the king's
 27
weight. And unto Absalom there 2 Samuel 15
were born three sons, and one
daughter, whose name was Tamar: she And it came to pass after this, that
28
was a woman of a fair countenance. Absalom prepared him chariots and
So Absalom dwelt two full years in horses, and fifty men to run before
Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. him. 2
And Absalom rose up early, and
29
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to stood beside the way of the gate: and
have sent him to the king; but he it was so, that when any man that had
would not come to him: and when he a controversy came to the king for
sent again the second time, he would judgment, then Absalom called unto
30
not come. Therefore he said unto his him, and said, Of what city art thou?
servants, See, Joab's field is near And he said, Thy servant is of one of
mine, and he hath barley there; go and the tribes of Israel. 3
And Absalom said
set it on fire. And Absalom's servants unto him, See, thy matters are good
31
set the field on fire. Then Joab arose, and right; but there is no man deputed
and came to Absalom unto his house, of the king to hear thee. 4
Absalom
and said unto him, Wherefore have thy said moreover, Oh that I were made
32
servants set my field on fire? And judge in the land, that every man
Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent which hath any suit or cause might
unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I come unto me, and I would do him
may send thee to the king, to say, justice! 5
And it was so, that when any
Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it man came nigh to him to do him
had been good for me to have been obeisance, he put forth his hand, and
there still: now therefore let me see took him, and kissed him. 6
And on this
the king's face; and if there be any manner did Absalom to all Israel that
33
iniquity in me, let him kill me. So came to the king for judgment: so
Joab came to the king, and told him: Absalom stole the hearts of the men of
and when he had called for Absalom, Israel. 7
And it came to pass after forty
he came to the king, and bowed years, that Absalom said unto the king,
himself on his face to the ground I pray thee, let me go and pay my
before the king: and the king kissed vow, which I have vowed unto the
Absalom. LORD, in Hebron. 8
For thy servant
vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur
in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall forth, and all his household after him.
bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, And the king left ten women, which
9 17
then I will serve the LORD. And the were concubines, to keep the house.
king said unto him, Go in peace. So he And the king went forth, and all the
10
arose, and went to Hebron. But people after him, and tarried in a place
18
Absalom sent spies throughout all the that was far off. And all his servants
tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye passed on beside him; and all the
hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and
shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. all the Gittites, six hundred men which
11
And with Absalom went two hundred came after him from Gath, passed on
19
men out of Jerusalem, that were before the king. Then said the king
called; and they went in their to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest
simplicity, and they knew not any thou also with us? return to thy place,
12
thing. And Absalom sent for and abide with the king: for thou art a
20
Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's stranger, and also an exile. Whereas
counsellor, from his city, even from thou camest but yesterday, should I
Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And this day make thee go up and down
the conspiracy was strong; for the with us? seeing I go whither I may,
people increased continually with return thou, and take back thy
13
Absalom. And there came a brethren: mercy and truth be with
21
messenger to David, saying, The thee. And Ittai answered the king,
hearts of the men of Israel are after and said, As the LORD liveth, and as
14
Absalom. And David said unto all his my lord the king liveth, surely in what
servants that were with him at place my lord the king shall be,
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for whether in death or life, even there
22
we shall not else escape from Absalom: also will thy servant be. And David
make speed to depart, lest he overtake said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And
us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his
and smite the city with the edge of the men, and all the little ones that were
15 23
sword. And the king's servants said with him. And all the country wept
unto the king, Behold, thy servants are with a loud voice, and all the people
ready to do whatsoever my lord the passed over: the king also himself
16
king shall appoint. And the king went passed over the brook Kidron, and all
the people passed over, toward the And David said, O LORD, I pray thee,
24
way of the wilderness. And lo Zadok turn the counsel of Ahithophel into
32
also, and all the Levites were with him, foolishness. And it came to pass,
bearing the ark of the covenant of that when David was come to the top
God: and they set down the ark of of the mount, where he worshipped
God; and Abiathar went up, until all God, behold, Hushai the Archite came
the people had done passing out of the to meet him with his coat rent, and
25 33
city. And the king said unto Zadok, earth upon his head: Unto whom
Carry back the ark of God into the city: David said, If thou passest on with me,
if I shall find favour in the eyes of the then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
34
LORD, he will bring me again, and But if thou return to the city, and
26
shew me both it, and his habitation: say unto Absalom, I will be thy
But if he thus say, I have no delight in servant, O king; as I have been thy
thee; behold, here am I, let him do to father's servant hitherto, so will I now
27
me as seemeth good unto him. The also be thy servant: then mayest thou
king said also unto Zadok the priest, for me defeat the counsel of
35
Art not thou a seer? return into the city Ahithophel. And hast thou not there
in peace, and your two sons with you, with thee Zadok and Abiathar the
Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son priests? therefore it shall be, that what
28
of Abiathar. See, I will tarry in the thing soever thou shalt hear out of the
plain of the wilderness, until there king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok
29 36
come word from you to certify me. and Abiathar the priests. Behold,
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried they have there with them their two
the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and
30
they tarried there. And David went Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them
up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and ye shall send unto me every thing that
37
wept as he went up, and had his head ye can hear. So Hushai David's
covered, and he went barefoot: and all friend came into the city, and Absalom
the people that was with him covered came into Jerusalem.
every man his head, and they went up,
31
weeping as they went up. And one
told David, saying, Ahithophel is
among the conspirators with Absalom.
2 Samuel 16 people and all the mighty men were on
7
his right hand and on his left. And
And when David was a little past the thus said Shimei when he cursed,

top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant Come out, come out, thou bloody man,
8
of Mephibosheth met him, with a and thou man of Belial: The LORD

couple of asses saddled, and upon hath returned upon thee all the blood

them two hundred loaves of bread, and of the house of Saul, in whose stead

an hundred bunches of raisins, and an thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath

hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle delivered the kingdom into the hand of

of wine. 2
And the king said unto Ziba, Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art

What meanest thou by these? And Ziba taken in thy mischief, because thou art
9
said, The asses be for the king's a bloody man. Then said Abishai the

household to ride on; and the bread son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why

and summer fruit for the young men to should this dead dog curse my lord the

eat; and the wine, that such as be faint king? let me go over, I pray thee, and
10
in the wilderness may drink. 3
And the take off his head. And the king said,

king said, And where is thy master's What have I to do with you, ye sons of

son? And Ziba said unto the king, Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the

Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he LORD hath said unto him, Curse David.

said, Today shall the house of Israel Who shall then say, Wherefore hast
11
restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 thou done so? And David said to

Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold,

thine are all that pertained unto my son, which came forth of my

Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly bowels, seeketh my life: how much

beseech thee that I may find grace in more now may this Benjamite do it? let

thy sight, my lord, O king. 5

And when him alone, and let him curse; for the
12
king David came to Bahurim, behold, LORD hath bidden him. It may be

thence came out a man of the family of that the LORD will look on mine

the house of Saul, whose name was affliction, and that the LORD will

Shimei, the son of Gera: he came requite me good for his cursing this
13
forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 day. And as David and his men went

And he cast stones at David, and at all by the way, Shimei went along on the

the servants of king David: and all the hill's side over against him, and cursed
as he went, and threw stones at him, unto his father's concubines in the
14 23
and cast dust. And the king, and all sight of all Israel. And the counsel of
the people that were with him, came Ahithophel, which he counselled in
weary, and refreshed themselves those days, was as if a man had
15
there. And Absalom, and all the enquired at the oracle of God: so was
people the men of Israel, came to all the counsel of Ahithophel both with
16
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. David and with Absalom.
And it came to pass, when Hushai the
Archite, David's friend, was come unto 2 Samuel 17
Absalom, that Hushai said unto
Absalom, God save the king, God save
Moreover Ahithophel said unto

the king. 17
And Absalom said to Absalom, Let me now choose out

Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy twelve thousand men, and I will arise
2
friend? why wentest thou not with thy and pursue after David this night:

friend? 18
And Hushai said unto And I will come upon him while he is

Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, weary and weak handed, and will make

and this people, and all the men of him afraid: and all the people that are

Israel, choose, his will I be, and with with him shall flee; and I will smite the
3
him will I abide. 19
And again, whom king only: And I will bring back all the

should I serve? should I not serve in people unto thee: the man whom thou

the presence of his son? as I have seekest is as if all returned: so all the
4
served in thy father's presence, so will people shall be in peace. And the

I be in thy presence. 20
Then said saying pleased Absalom well, and all
5
Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel the elders of Israel. Then said

among you what we shall do. 21

And Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite

Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in also, and let us hear likewise what he
6
unto thy father's concubines, which he saith. And when Hushai was come to

hath left to keep the house; and all Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,

Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after

of thy father: then shall the hands of this manner: shall we do after his
7
all that are with thee be strong. 22
So saying? if not; speak thou. And

they spread Absalom a tent upon the Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel

top of the house; and Absalom went in that Ahithophel hath given is not good
 8
at this time. For, said Hushai, thou Absalom and all the men of Israel said,
knowest thy father and his men, that The counsel of Hushai the Archite is
they be mighty men, and they be better than the counsel of Ahithophel.
chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed For the LORD had appointed to defeat
of her whelps in the field: and thy the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the
father is a man of war, and will not intent that the LORD might bring evil
9 15
lodge with the people. Behold, he is upon Absalom. Then said Hushai
hid now in some pit, or in some other unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests,
place: and it will come to pass, when Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel
some of them be overthrown at the Absalom and the elders of Israel; and
16
first, that whosoever heareth it will thus and thus have I counselled.
say, There is a slaughter among the Now therefore send quickly, and tell
10
people that follow Absalom. And he David, saying, Lodge not this night in
also that is valiant, whose heart is as the plains of the wilderness, but
the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: speedily pass over; lest the king be
for all Israel knoweth that thy father is swallowed up, and all the people that
17
a mighty man, and they which be with are with him. Now Jonathan and
11
him are valiant men. Therefore I Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they
counsel that all Israel be generally might not be seen to come into the
gathered unto thee, from Dan even to city: and a wench went and told them;
18
Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the and they went and told king David.
sea for multitude; and that thou go to Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told
12
battle in thine own person. So shall Absalom: but they went both of them
we come upon him in some place away quickly, and came to a man's
where he shall be found, and we will house in Bahurim, which had a well in
19
light upon him as the dew falleth on his court; whither they went down.
the ground: and of him and of all the And the woman took and spread a
men that are with him there shall not covering over the well's mouth, and
13
be left so much as one. Moreover, if spread ground corn thereon; and the
20
he be gotten into a city, then shall all thing was not known. And when
Israel bring ropes to that city, and we Absalom's servants came to the woman
will draw it into the river, until there be to the house, they said, Where is
14
not one small stone found there. And Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the
woman said unto them, They be gone
over the brook of water. And when
they had sought and could not find
them, they returned to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass, after they were
departed, that they came up out of the
well, and went and told king David,
and said unto David, Arise, and pass
quickly over the water: for thus hath
Ahithophel counselled against you.
Then David arose, and all the people
that were with him, and they passed
over Jordan: by the morning light there
lacked not one of them that was not
gone over Jordan. 23
And when
Ahithophel saw that his counsel was
not followed, he saddled his ass, and
arose, and gat him home to his house,
to his city, and put his household in
order, and hanged himself, and died,
and was buried in the sepulchre of his
father. 24
Then David came
Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over
Jordan, he and all the men of Israel
with him. 25
And Absalom made Amasa
captain of the host instead of Joab:
which Amasa was a man's son, whose
name was Ithra an Israelite, that went
in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,
sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. 26
Israel and Absalom pitched in the land
of Gilead. 27
And it came to pass, when
David was come to Mahanaim, that
Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of
the children of Ammon, and Machir the
son of Ammiel of Lo- debar, and
21 28
Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen
vessels, and wheat, and barley, and
flour, and parched corn, and beans,
29
and lentiles, and parched pulse, And
honey, and butter, and sheep, and
22
cheese of kine, for David, and for the
people that were with him, to eat: for
they said, The people is hungry, and
weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Samuel 18
And David numbered the people that
were with him, and set captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds
2
over them. And David sent forth a
third part of the people under the hand
to of Joab, and a third part under the
hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,
Joab's brother, and a third part under
the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the
king said unto the people, I will surely
3
go forth with you myself also. But the
people answered, Thou shalt not go
forth: for if we flee away, they will not
So care for us; neither if half of us die,
will they care for us: but now thou art
worth ten thousand of us: therefore
now it is better that thou succour us
 4
out of the city. And the king said unto him, and why didst thou not smite him
them, What seemeth you best I will do. there to the ground? and I would have
And the king stood by the gate side, given thee ten shekels of silver, and a
12
and all the people came out by girdle. And the man said unto Joab,
5
hundreds and by thousands. And the Though I should receive a thousand
king commanded Joab and Abishai and shekels of silver in mine hand, yet
Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake would I not put forth mine hand
with the young man, even with against the king's son: for in our
Absalom. And all the people heard hearing the king charged thee and
when the king gave all the captains Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that
6 13
charge concerning Absalom. So the none touch the young man Absalom.
people went out into the field against Otherwise I should have wrought
Israel: and the battle was in the wood falsehood against mine own life: for
7
of Ephraim; Where the people of there is no matter hid from the king,
Israel were slain before the servants of and thou thyself wouldest have set
14
David, and there was there a great thyself against me. Then said Joab, I
slaughter that day of twenty thousand may not tarry thus with thee. And he
8
men. For the battle was there took three darts in his hand, and thrust
scattered over the face of all the them through the heart of Absalom,
country: and the wood devoured more while he was yet alive in the midst of
15
people that day than the sword the oak. And ten young men that
9
devoured. And Absalom met the bare Joab's armour compassed about
16
servants of David. And Absalom rode and smote Absalom, and slew him.
upon a mule, and the mule went under And Joab blew the trumpet, and the
the thick boughs of a great oak, and people returned from pursuing after
17
his head caught hold of the oak, and Israel: for Joab held back the people.
he was taken up between the heaven And they took Absalom, and cast him
and the earth; and the mule that was into a great pit in the wood, and laid a
10
under him went away. And a certain very great heap of stones upon him:
man saw it, and told Joab, and said, and all Israel fled every one to his
18
Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an tent. Now Absalom in his lifetime had
11
oak. And Joab said unto the man taken and reared up for himself a
that told him, And, behold, thou sawest pillar, which is in the king's dale: for
 26
he said, I have no son to keep my drew near. And the watchman saw
name in remembrance: and he called another man running: and the
the pillar after his own name: and it is watchman called unto the porter, and
called unto this day, Absalom's place. said, Behold another man running
19
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, alone. And the king said, He also
27
Let me now run, and bear the king bringeth tidings. And the watchman
tidings, how that the LORD hath said, Me thinketh the running of the
20
avenged him of his enemies. And foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz
Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not the son of Zadok. And the king said,
bear tidings this day, but thou shalt He is a good man, and cometh with
28
bear tidings another day: but this day good tidings. And Ahimaaz called,
thou shalt bear no tidings, because the and said unto the king, All is well. And
21
king's son is dead. Then said Joab to he fell down to the earth upon his face
Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast before the king, and said, Blessed be
seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto the LORD thy God, which hath
22
Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz delivered up the men that lifted up
29
the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But their hand against my lord the king.
howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also And the king said, Is the young man
run after Cushi. And Joab said, Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered,
Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, When Joab sent the king's servant, and
seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? me thy servant, I saw a great tumult,
23 30
But howsoever, said he, let me run. but I knew not what it was. And the
And he said unto him, Run. Then king said unto him, Turn aside, and
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, stand here. And he turned aside, and
24 31
and overran Cushi. And David sat stood still. And, behold, Cushi came;
between the two gates: and the and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the
watchman went up to the roof over the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee
gate unto the wall, and lifted up his this day of all them that rose up
32
eyes, and looked, and behold a man against thee. And the king said unto
25
running alone. And the watchman Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe?
cried, and told the king. And the king And Cushi answered, The enemies of
said, If he be alone, there is tidings in my lord the king, and all that rise
his mouth. And he came apace, and against thee to do thee hurt, be as
 33
that young man is. And the king was
much moved, and went up
chamber over the gate, and wept: and
as he went, thus he said, O my son
Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
would God I had died for thee, O
Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel 19
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king
weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
And the victory that day was turned
into mourning unto all the people: for
the people heard say that day how the
3
king was grieved for his son.
people gat them by stealth that day
into the city, as people being ashamed
steal away when they flee in battle.
But the king covered his face, and the
king cried with a loud voice, O my son
Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5
And Joab came into the house to the
king, and said, Thou hast shamed this
day the faces of all thy servants, which
this day have saved thy life, and the
lives of thy sons and of thy daughters,
and the lives of thy wives, and the
6
lives of thy concubines; In that thou
lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy
friends. For thou hast declared this
day, that thou regardest
princes nor servants: for this day I
perceive, that if Absalom had lived,
to the and all we had died this day, then it
7
had pleased thee well. Now therefore
arise, go forth, and speak comfortably
unto thy servants: for I swear by the
LORD, if thou go not forth, there will
not tarry one with thee this night: and
that will be worse unto thee than all
the evil that befell thee from thy youth
8
until now. Then the king arose, and
sat in the gate. And they told unto all
2
the people, saying, Behold, the king
doth sit in the gate. And all the people
came before the king: for Israel had
fled every man to his tent. 9
And all the
And the people were at strife throughout all the
tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved
us out of the hand of our enemies, and
4
he delivered us out of the hand of the
Philistines; and now he is fled out of
the land for Absalom. 10
And Absalom,
whom we anointed over us, is dead in
battle. Now therefore why speak ye not
a word of bringing the king back? 11
And king David sent to Zadok and to
Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak
unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why
are ye the last to bring the king back
to his house? seeing the speech of all
Israel is come to the king, even to his
house. 12
Ye are my brethren, ye are
neither my bones and my flesh: wherefore
then are ye the last to bring back the
 13
king? And say ye to Amasa, Art thou know that I have sinned: therefore,
not of my bone, and of my flesh? God behold, I am come the first this day of
do so to me, and more also, if thou be all the house of Joseph to go down to
21
not captain of the host before me meet my lord the king. But Abishai
14
continually in the room of Joab. And the son of Zeruiah answered and said,
he bowed the heart of all the men of Shall not Shimei be put to death for
Judah, even as the heart of one man; this, because he cursed the LORD'S
22
so that they sent this word unto the anointed? And David said, What have
king, Return thou, and all thy servants. I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah,
15
So the king returned, and came to that ye should this day be adversaries
Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to unto me? shall there any man be put to
go to meet the king, to conduct the death this day in Israel? for do not I
16
king over Jordan. And Shimei the son know that I am this day king over
23
of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Israel? Therefore the king said unto
Bahurim, hasted and came down with Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the
24
the men of Judah to meet king David. king sware unto him. And
17
And there were a thousand men of Mephibosheth the son of Saul came
Benjamin with him, and Ziba the down to meet the king, and had
servant of the house of Saul, and his neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed
fifteen sons and his twenty servants his beard, nor washed his clothes, from
with him; and they went over Jordan the day the king departed until the day
18 25
before the king. And there went over he came again in peace. And it came
a ferry boat to carry over the king's to pass, when he was come to
household, and to do what he thought Jerusalem to meet the king, that the
good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell king said unto him, Wherefore wentest
26
down before the king, as he was come not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
19
over Jordan; And said unto the king, And he answered, My lord, O king, my
Let not my lord impute iniquity unto servant deceived me: for thy servant
me, neither do thou remember that said, I will saddle me an ass, that I
which thy servant did perversely the may ride thereon, and go to the king;
27
day that my lord the king went out of because thy servant is lame. And he
Jerusalem, that the king should take it hath slandered thy servant unto my
20
to his heart. For thy servant doth lord the king; but my lord the king is
as an angel of God: do therefore what wherefore then should thy servant be
28 36
is good in thine eyes. For all of my yet a burden unto my lord the king?
father's house were but dead men Thy servant will go a little way over
before my lord the king: yet didst thou Jordan with the king: and why should
set thy servant among them that did the king recompense it me with such a
37
eat at thine own table. What right reward? Let thy servant, I pray thee,
therefore have I yet to cry any more turn back again, that I may die in mine
29
unto the king? And the king said own city, and be buried by the grave of
unto him, Why speakest thou any more my father and of my mother. But
of thy matters? I have said, Thou and behold thy servant Chimham; let him
30
Ziba divide the land. And go over with my lord the king; and do
Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, to him what shall seem good unto
38
let him take all, forasmuch as my lord thee. And the king answered,
the king is come again in peace unto Chimham shall go over with me, and I
31
his own house. And Barzillai the will do to him that which shall seem
Gileadite came down from Rogelim, good unto thee: and whatsoever thou
and went over Jordan with the king, to shalt require of me, that will I do for
32 39
conduct him over Jordan. Now thee. And all the people went over
Barzillai was a very aged man, even Jordan. And when the king was come
fourscore years old: and he had over, the king kissed Barzillai, and
provided the king of sustenance while blessed him; and he returned unto his
40
he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very own place. Then the king went on to
33
great man. And the king said unto Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:
Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and and all the people of Judah conducted
I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. the king, and also half the people of
34 41
And Barzillai said unto the king, How Israel. And, behold, all the men of
long have I to live, that I should go up Israel came to the king, and said unto
35
with the king unto Jerusalem? I am the king, Why have our brethren the
this day fourscore years old: and can I men of Judah stolen thee away, and
discern between good and evil? can thy have brought the king, and his
servant taste what I eat or what I household, and all David's men with
42
drink? can I hear any more the voice of him, over Jordan? And all the men of
singing men and singing women? Judah answered the men of Israel,

Because the king is near of kin to us:
wherefore then be ye angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all of the
king's cost? or hath he given us any
43
gift? And the men of Israel answered
the men of Judah, and said, We have
ten parts in the king, and we have also
more right in David than ye: why then
did ye despise us, that our advice
should not be first had in bringing back
our king? And the words of the men of
Judah were fiercer than the words of
the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 20
And there happened to be there a man
of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the
son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew
a trumpet, and said, We have no part
in David, neither have we inheritance
in the son of Jesse: every man to his
2
tents, O Israel. So every man of
Israel went up from after David, and
followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but
the men of Judah clave unto their king,
3
from Jordan even to Jerusalem. And
David came to his house at Jerusalem;
and the king took the ten women his
concubines, whom he had left to keep
the house, and put them in ward, and
fed them, but went not in unto them.
So they were shut up unto the day of
4
their death, living in widowhood.
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble
me the men of Judah within three
5
days, and be thou here present. So
Amasa went to assemble the men of
Judah: but he tarried longer than the
6
set time which he had appointed him.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall
Sheba the son of Bichri do us more
harm than did Absalom: take thou thy
lord's servants, and pursue after him,
lest he get him fenced cities, and
7
escape us. And there went out after
him Joab's men, and the Cherethites,
and the Pelethites, and all the mighty
men: and they went out of Jerusalem,
to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8
When they were at the great stone
which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before
them. And Joab's garment that he had
put on was girded unto him, and upon
it a girdle with a sword fastened upon
his loins in the sheath thereof; and as
he went forth it fell out. 9
And Joab
said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my
brother? And Joab took Amasa by the
beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10
But Amasa took no heed to the
sword that was in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth rib,
and shed out his bowels to the ground,
and struck him not again; and he died.
So Joab and Abishai his brother
pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. wont to speak in old time, saying, They
11
And one of Joab's men stood by him, shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so
19
and said, He that favoureth Joab, and they ended the matter. I am one of
he that is for David, let him go after them that are peaceable and faithful in
12
Joab. And Amasa wallowed in blood Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city
in the midst of the highway. And when and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
the man saw that all the people stood swallow up the inheritance of the
20
still, he removed Amasa out of the LORD? And Joab answered and said,
highway into the field, and cast a cloth Far be it, far be it from me, that I
21
upon him, when he saw that every one should swallow up or destroy. The
13
that came by him stood still. When matter is not so: but a man of mount
he was removed out of the highway, all Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by
the people went on after Joab, to name, hath lifted up his hand against
14
pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. the king, even against David: deliver
And he went through all the tribes of him only, and I will depart from the
Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, city. And the woman said unto Joab,
and all the Berites: and they were Behold, his head shall be thrown to
22
gathered together, and went also after thee over the wall. Then the woman
15
him. And they came and besieged went unto all the people in her wisdom.
him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they And they cut off the head of Sheba the
cast up a bank against the city, and it son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab.
stood in the trench: and all the people And he blew a trumpet, and they
that were with Joab battered the wall, retired from the city, every man to his
16
to throw it down. Then cried a wise tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem
23
woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, unto the king. Now Joab was over all
I pray you, unto Joab, Come near the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son
17
hither, that I may speak with thee. of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
24
And when he was come near unto her, and over the Pelethites: And Adoram
the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat
25
answered, I am he. Then she said unto the son of Ahilud was recorder: And
him, Hear the words of thine Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and
26
handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. Abiathar were the priests: And Ira
18
Then she spake, saying, They were
also the Jairite was a chief ruler about them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of
David. Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And
7
the king said, I will give them. But
2 Samuel 21 the king spared Mephibosheth, the son
of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of
Then there was a famine in the days of the LORD'S oath that was between
David three years, year after year; and them, between David and Jonathan the
David enquired of the LORD. And the son of Saul. 8
But the king took the two
LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,
his bloody house, because he slew the whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and
2
Gibeonites. And the king called the Mephibosheth; and the five sons of
Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she
the Gibeonites were not of the children brought up for Adriel the son of
of Israel, but of the remnant of the Barzillai the Meholathite: 9
And he
Amorites; and the children of Israel delivered them into the hands of the
had sworn unto them: and Saul sought Gibeonites, and they hanged them in
to slay them in his zeal to the children the hill before the LORD: and they fell
3
of Israel and Judah.) Wherefore David all seven together, and were put to
said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I death in the days of harvest, in the
do for you? and wherewith shall I make first days, in the beginning of barley
the atonement, that ye may bless the harvest. 10
And Rizpah the daughter of
4
inheritance of the LORD? And the Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for
Gibeonites said unto him, We will have her upon the rock, from the beginning
no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his of harvest until water dropped upon
house; neither for us shalt thou kill any them out of heaven, and suffered
man in Israel. And he said, What ye neither the birds of the air to rest on
5
shall say, that will I do for you. And them by day, nor the beasts of the
they answered the king, The man that field by night. 11
And it was told David
consumed us, and that devised against what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the
us that we should be destroyed from concubine of Saul, had done. 12
And
remaining in any of the coasts of David went and took the bones of Saul
6
Israel, Let seven men of his sons be and the bones of Jonathan his son from
delivered unto us, and we will hang the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had
 19
stolen them from the street of Beth- sons of the giant. And there was
shan, where the Philistines had hanged again a battle in Gob with the
them, when the Philistines had slain Philistines, where Elhanan the son of
13
Saul in Gilboa: And he brought up Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the
from thence the bones of Saul and the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff
bones of Jonathan his son; and they of whose spear was like a weaver's
20
gathered the bones of them that were beam. And there was yet a battle in
14
hanged. And the bones of Saul and Gath, where was a man of great
Jonathan his son buried they in the stature, that had on every hand six
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the fingers, and on every foot six toes,
sepulchre of Kish his father: and they four and twenty in number; and he
21
performed all that the king also was born to the giant. And when
commanded. And after that God was he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
15
intreated for the land. Moreover the Shimeah the brother of David slew
22
Philistines had yet war again with him. These four were born to the
Israel; and David went down, and his giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
servants with him, and fought against David, and by the hand of his servants.
the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the 2 Samuel 22
sons of the giant, the weight of whose
spear weighed three hundred shekels
And David spake unto the LORD the

of brass in weight, he being girded with words of this song in the day that the

a new sword, thought to have slain LORD had delivered him out of the

David. 17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah hand of all his enemies, and out of the
2
succoured him, and smote the hand of Saul: And he said, The LORD

Philistine, and killed him. Then the men is my rock, and my fortress, and my
3
of David sware unto him, saying, Thou deliverer; The God of my rock; in him

shalt go no more out with us to battle, will I trust: he is my shield, and the

that thou quench not the light of horn of my salvation, my high tower,

Israel. 18
And it came to pass after this, and my refuge, my saviour; thou
4
that there was again a battle with the savest me from violence. I will call on

Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:

Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5
When the waves of death compassed He delivered me from my strong
me, the floods of ungodly men made enemy, and from them that hated me:
6 19
me afraid; The sorrows of hell for they were too strong for me.
compassed me about; the snares of They prevented me in the day of my
7 20
death prevented me; In my distress I calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
called upon the LORD, and cried to my He brought me forth also into a large
God: and he did hear my voice out of place: he delivered me, because he
21
his temple, and my cry did enter into delighted in me. The LORD rewarded
8
his ears. Then the earth shook and me according to my righteousness:
trembled; the foundations of heaven according to the cleanness of my hands
22
moved and shook, because he was hath he recompensed me. For I have
9
wroth. There went up a smoke out of kept the ways of the LORD, and have
23
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth not wickedly departed from my God.
10
devoured: coals were kindled by it. For all his judgments were before me:
He bowed the heavens also, and came and as for his statutes, I did not depart
24
down; and darkness was under his from them. I was also upright before
11
feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and him, and have kept myself from mine
25
did fly: and he was seen upon the iniquity. Therefore the LORD hath
12
wings of the wind. And he made recompensed me according to my
darkness pavilions round about him, righteousness; according to my
26
dark waters, and thick clouds of the cleanness in his eye sight. With the
13
skies. Through the brightness before merciful thou wilt shew thyself
14
him were coals of fire kindled. The merciful, and with the upright man
27
LORD thundered from heaven, and the thou wilt shew thyself upright. With
15
most High uttered his voice. And he the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
sent out arrows, and scattered them; and with the froward thou wilt shew
16 28
lightning, and discomfited them. And thyself unsavoury. And the afflicted
the channels of the sea appeared, the people thou wilt save: but thine eyes
foundations of the world were are upon the haughty, that thou
29
discovered, at the rebuking of the mayest bring them down. For thou
LORD, at the blast of the breath of his art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD
17 30
nostrils. He sent from above, he took will lighten my darkness. For by thee
18
me; he drew me out of many waters; I have run through a troop: by my God
 31 44
have I leaped over a wall. As for them abroad. Thou also hast
God, his way is perfect; the word of delivered me from the strivings of my
the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all people, thou hast kept me to be head
32
them that trust in him. For who is of the heathen: a people which I knew
45
God, save the LORD? and who is a not shall serve me. Strangers shall
33
rock, save our God? God is my submit themselves unto me: as soon
strength and power: and he maketh as they hear, they shall be obedient
34 46
my way perfect. He maketh my feet unto me. Strangers shall fade away,
like hinds feet: and setteth me upon and they shall be afraid out of their
35 47
my high places. He teacheth my close places. The LORD liveth; and
hands to war; so that a bow of steel is blessed be my rock; and exalted be the
36 48
broken by mine arms. Thou hast also God of the rock of my salvation. It is
given me the shield of thy salvation: God that avengeth me, and that
49
and thy gentleness hath made me bringeth down the people under me,
37
great. Thou hast enlarged my steps And that bringeth me forth from mine
under me; so that my feet did not slip. enemies: thou also hast lifted me up
38
I have pursued mine enemies, and on high above them that rose up
destroyed them; and turned not again against me: thou hast delivered me
39 50
until I had consumed them. And I from the violent man. Therefore I
have consumed them, and wounded will give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
them, that they could not arise: yea, among the heathen, and I will sing
40 51
they are fallen under my feet. For praises unto thy name. He is the
thou hast girded me with strength to tower of salvation for his king: and
battle: them that rose up against me sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto
41
hast thou subdued under me. Thou David, and to his seed for evermore.
hast also given me the necks of mine
enemies, that I might destroy them 2 Samuel 23
42
that hate me. They looked, but there
was none to save; even unto the
Now these be the last words of David.

LORD, but he answered them not. 43 David the son of Jesse said, and the

Then did I beat them as small as the man who was raised up on high, the

dust of the earth, I did stamp them as anointed of the God of Jacob, and the
2
the mire of the street, and did spread sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The
 10
Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and Israel were gone away: He arose,
3
his word was in my tongue. The God and smote the Philistines until his hand
of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake was weary, and his hand clave unto the
to me, He that ruleth over men must sword: and the LORD wrought a great
4
be just, ruling in the fear of God. And victory that day; and the people
11
he shall be as the light of the morning, returned after him only to spoil. And
when the sun riseth, even a morning after him was Shammah the son of
without clouds; as the tender grass Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines
springing out of the earth by clear were gathered together into a troop,
5
shining after rain. Although my house where was a piece of ground full of
be not so with God; yet he hath made lentiles: and the people fled from the
12
with me an everlasting covenant, Philistines. But he stood in the midst
ordered in all things, and sure: for this of the ground, and defended it, and
is all my salvation, and all my desire, slew the Philistines: and the LORD
6 13
although he make it not to grow. But wrought a great victory. And three of
the sons of Belial shall be all of them the thirty chief went down, and came
as thorns thrust away, because they to David in the harvest time unto the
7
cannot be taken with hands: But the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the
man that shall touch them must be Philistines pitched in the valley of
14
fenced with iron and the staff of a Rephaim. And David was then in an
spear; and they shall be utterly burned hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
8 15
with fire in the same place. These be was then in Bethlehem. And David
the names of the mighty men whom longed, and said, Oh that one would
David had: The Tachmonite that sat in give me drink of the water of the well
16
the seat, chief among the captains; the of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up And the three mighty men brake
his spear against eight hundred, whom through the host of the Philistines, and
9
he slew at one time. And after him drew water out of the well of
was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and
Ahohite, one of the three mighty men took it, and brought it to David:
with David, when they defied the nevertheless he would not drink
Philistines that were there gathered thereof, but poured it out unto the
17
together to battle, and the men of LORD. And he said, Be it far from
me, O LORD, that I should do this: is the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
27
not this the blood of the men that went Tekoite, Abiezer the Anethothite,
28
in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he Mebunnai the Hushathite, Zalmon
would not drink it. These things did the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
18 29
these three mighty men. And Heleb the son of Baanah, a
Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out
Zeruiah, was chief among three. And of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30
he lifted up his spear against three Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of
31
hundred, and slew them, and had the the brooks of Gaash, Abi-albon the
19 32
name among three. Was he not most Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
honourable of three? therefore he was Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of
33
their captain: howbeit he attained not Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the
20
unto the first three. And Benaiah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the
34
son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant Hararite, Eliphelet the son of
man, of Kabzeel, who had done many Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite,
acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: Eliam the son of Ahithophel the
35
he went down also and slew a lion in Gilonite, Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai
21 36
the midst of a pit in time of snow: the Arbite, Igal the son of Nathan of
37
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Zelek the
man: and the Egyptian had a spear in Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite,
his hand; but he went down to him armourbearer to Joab the son of
38
with a staff, and plucked the spear out Zeruiah, Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an
39
of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite: thirty and
22
with his own spear. These things did seven in all.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had
the name among three mighty men. 23 2 Samuel 24
He was more honourable than the
thirty, but he attained not to the first
And again the anger of the LORD was

three. And David set him over his kindled against Israel, and he moved

guard. 24
Asahel the brother of Joab David against them to say, Go, number
2
was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son Israel and Judah. For the king said to

of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25
Shammah the Joab the captain of the host, which was

Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26

Helez with him, Go now through all the tribes
of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-
sheba, and number ye the people, that
I may know the number of the people.
3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the
LORD thy God add unto the people,
how many soever they
hundredfold, and that the eyes of my
lord the king may see it: but why doth
my lord the king delight in this thing?
Notwithstanding the king's
prevailed against Joab, and against the
captains of the host. And Joab and the
captains of the host went out from the
presence of the king, to number the
5 13
people of Israel. And they passed
over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on
the right side of the city that lieth in
the midst of the river of Gad, and
6
toward Jazer: Then they came to
Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-
hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan,
7
and about to Zidon, And came to the
strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities
of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites:
and they went out to the south of
8
Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
they had gone through all the land,
they came to Jerusalem at the end of
nine months and twenty days.
Joab gave up the sum of the number of
the people unto the king: and there
were in Israel eight hundred thousand
valiant men that drew the sword; and
the men of Judah were five hundred
10
thousand men. And David's heart
smote him after that he had numbered
the people. And David said unto the
LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I
be, an have done: and now, I beseech thee, O
LORD, take away the iniquity of thy
servant; for I have done very foolishly.
4 11
For when David was up in the
word morning, the word of the LORD came
unto the prophet Gad, David's seer,
12
saying, Go and say unto David, Thus
saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them, that I
may do it unto thee. So Gad came to
David, and told him, and said unto
him, Shall seven years of famine come
unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee
three months before thine enemies,
while they pursue thee? or that there
be three days' pestilence in thy land?
now advise, and see what answer I
14
shall return to him that sent me. And
David said unto Gad, I am in a great
strait: let us fall now into the hand of
So when the LORD; for his mercies are great:
and let me not fall into the hand of
15
man. So the LORD sent a pestilence
9
And upon Israel from the morning even to
the time appointed: and there died of
the people from Dan even to Beer-
16
sheba seventy thousand men. And
when the angel stretched out his hand
upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD his servant? And David said, To buy
repented him of the evil, and said to the threshingfloor of thee, to build an
the angel that destroyed the people, It altar unto the LORD, that the plague
22
is enough: stay now thine hand. And may be stayed from the people. And
the angel of the LORD was by the Araunah said unto David, Let my lord
threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. the king take and offer up what
17
And David spake unto the LORD seemeth good unto him: behold, here
when he saw the angel that smote the be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and
people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, threshing instruments and other
23
and I have done wickedly: but these instruments of the oxen for wood. All
sheep, what have they done? let thine these things did Araunah, as a king,
hand, I pray thee, be against me, and give unto the king. And Araunah said
18
against my father's house. And Gad unto the king, The LORD thy God
24
came that day to David, and said unto accept thee. And the king said unto
him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it
LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah of thee at a price: neither will I offer
19
the Jebusite. And David, according to burnt offerings unto the LORD my God
the saying of Gad, went up as the of that which doth cost me nothing. So
20
LORD commanded. And Araunah David bought the threshingfloor and
25
looked, and saw the king and his the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
servants coming on toward him: and And David built there an altar unto the
Araunah went out, and bowed himself LORD, and offered burnt offerings and
before the king on his face upon the peace offerings. So the LORD was
21
ground. And Araunah said, intreated for the land, and the plague
Wherefore is my lord the king come to was stayed from Israel.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE

1st KINGS

COMMONLY CALLED
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS

1 Kings 1 Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest:

and they following Adonijah helped
Now king David was old and stricken him. 8
But Zadok the priest, and

in years; and they covered him with Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and

clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Rei, and the mighty men which

Let there be sought for my lord the belonged to David, were not with
9
king a young virgin: and let her stand Adonijah. And Adonijah slew sheep

before the king, and let her cherish and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of

him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and

my lord the king may get heat. 3

So called all his brethren the king's sons,

they sought for a fair damsel and all the men of Judah the king's
10
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and servants: But Nathan the prophet,

found Abishag a Shunammite, and and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
11
brought her to the king. 4
And the Solomon his brother, he called not.

damsel was very fair, and cherished Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-

the king, and ministered to him: but sheba the mother of Solomon, saying,

the king knew her not. 5

Then Adonijah Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the

the son of Haggith exalted himself, son of Haggith doth reign, and David
12
saying, I will be king: and he prepared our lord knoweth it not? Now

him chariots and horsemen, and fifty therefore come, let me, I pray thee,

men to run before him. 6

And his father give thee counsel, that thou mayest

had not displeased him at any time in save thine own life, and the life of thy
13
saying, Why hast thou done so? and he son Solomon. Go and get thee in

also was a very goodly man; and his unto king David, and say unto him,

mother bare him after Absalom. 7

And Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear

he conferred with Joab the son of unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly
 22
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, offenders. And, lo, while she yet
and he shall sit upon my throne? why talked with the king, Nathan the
14 23
then doth Adonijah reign? Behold, prophet also came in. And they told
while thou yet talkest there with the the king, saying, Behold Nathan the
king, I also will come in after thee, and prophet. And when he was come in
15
confirm thy words. And Bath-sheba before the king, he bowed himself
went in unto the king into the before the king with his face to the
24
chamber: and the king was very old; ground. And Nathan said, My lord, O
and Abishag the Shunammite king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall
16
ministered unto the king. And Bath- reign after me, and he shall sit upon
25
sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto my throne? For he is gone down this
the king. And the king said, What day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle
17
wouldest thou? And she said unto and sheep in abundance, and hath
him, My lord, thou swarest by the called all the king's sons, and the
LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, captains of the host, and Abiathar the
saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son priest; and, behold, they eat and drink
shall reign after me, and he shall sit before him, and say, God save king
18 26
upon my throne. And now, behold, Adonijah. But me, even me thy
Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord servant, and Zadok the priest, and
19
the king, thou knowest it not: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy
27
he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and servant Solomon, hath he not called.
sheep in abundance, and hath called all Is this thing done by my lord the king,
the sons of the king, and Abiathar the and thou hast not shewed it unto thy
priest, and Joab the captain of the servant, who should sit on the throne
28
host: but Solomon thy servant hath he of my lord the king after him? Then
20
not called. And thou, my lord, O king David answered and said, Call me
king, the eyes of all Israel are upon Bath-sheba. And she came into the
thee, that thou shouldest tell them who king's presence, and stood before the
29
shall sit on the throne of my lord the king. And the king sware, and said,
21
king after him. Otherwise it shall As the LORD liveth, that hath
30
come to pass, when my lord the king redeemed my soul out of all distress,
shall sleep with his fathers, that I and Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD
my son Solomon shall be counted God of Israel, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me,
and he shall sit upon my throne in my
stead; even so will I certainly do this
31
day. Then Bath-sheba bowed with
her face to the earth,
reverence to the king, and said, Let my
lord king David live for ever.
king David said, Call me Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they
33
came before the king. The king also
said unto them, Take with you the
servants of your lord,
Solomon my son to ride upon mine own
mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan
the prophet anoint him there king over
Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet,
and say, God save king Solomon.
Then ye shall come up after him, that
he may come and sit upon my throne;
for he shall be king in my stead: and I
have appointed him to be ruler over
36
Israel and over Judah. And Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada answered the king,
and said, Amen: the LORD God of my
lord the king say so too.
LORD hath been with my lord the king,
even so be he with Solomon, and make
his throne greater than the throne of
38
my lord king David. So Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went
down, and caused Solomon to ride
upon king David's mule, and brought
39
him to Gihon. And Zadok the priest
and did took an horn of oil out of the
tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And
32
And they blew the trumpet; and all the
40
people said, God save king Solomon.
And all the people came up after him,
and the people piped with pipes, and
rejoiced with great joy, so that the
41
earth rent with the sound of them.
and cause And Adonijah and all the guests that
were with him heard it as they had
34
made an end of eating. And when Joab
heard the sound of the trumpet, he
said, Wherefore is this noise of the city
42
being in an uproar? And while he yet
35
spake, behold, Jonathan the son of
Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah
said unto him, Come in; for thou art a
valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43
And Jonathan answered and said to
Adonijah, Verily our lord king David
44
hath made Solomon king. And the
king hath sent with him Zadok the
37
As the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and
they have caused him to ride upon the
45
king's mule: And Zadok the priest
and Nathan the prophet have anointed
him king in Gihon: and they are come
up from thence rejoicing, so that the himself to king Solomon: and Solomon
city rang again. This is the noise that said unto him, Go to thine house.
46
ye have heard. And also Solomon
sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 1 Kings 2
And moreover the king's servants came
to bless our lord king David, saying,
Now the days of David drew nigh that

God make the name of Solomon better he should die; and he charged Solomon
2
than thy name, and make his throne his son, saying, I go the way of all

greater than thy throne. And the king the earth: be thou strong therefore,
3
bowed himself upon the bed. 48
And and shew thyself a man; And keep

also thus said the king, Blessed be the the charge of the LORD thy God, to

LORD God of Israel, which hath given walk in his ways, to keep his statutes,

one to sit on my throne this day, mine and his commandments, and his

eyes even seeing it. 49

And all the judgments, and his testimonies, as it is

guests that were with Adonijah were written in the law of Moses, that thou

afraid, and rose up, and went every mayest prosper in all that thou doest,

man his way. 50

And Adonijah feared and whithersoever thou turnest
4
because of Solomon, and arose, and thyself: That the LORD may continue

went, and caught hold on the horns of his word which he spake concerning

the altar. 51
And it was told Solomon, me, saying, If thy children take heed to

saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king their way, to walk before me in truth

Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold with all their heart and with all their

on the horns of the altar, saying, Let soul, there shall not fail thee (said he)
5
king Solomon swear unto me to day a man on the throne of Israel.

that he will not slay his servant with Moreover thou knowest also what Joab

the sword. 52
And Solomon said, If he the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what

will shew himself a worthy man, there he did to the two captains of the hosts

shall not an hair of him fall to the of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner,

earth: but if wickedness shall be found and unto Amasa the son of Jether,

in him, he shall die. 53

So king Solomon whom he slew, and shed the blood of

sent, and they brought him down from war in peace, and put the blood of war

the altar. And he came and bowed upon his girdle that was about his
loins, and in his shoes that were on his
 6
feet. Do therefore according to thy somewhat to say unto thee. And she
15
wisdom, and let not his hoar head go said, Say on. And he said, Thou
7
down to the grave in peace. But shew knowest that the kingdom was mine,
kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the and that all Israel set their faces on
Gileadite, and let them be of those that me, that I should reign: howbeit the
eat at thy table: for so they came to kingdom is turned about, and is
me when I fled because of Absalom thy become my brother's: for it was his
8 16
brother. And, behold, thou hast with from the LORD. And now I ask one
thee Shimei the son of Gera, a petition of thee, deny me not. And she
17
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed said unto him, Say on. And he said,
me with a grievous curse in the day Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the
when I went to Mahanaim: but he king, (for he will not say thee nay,)
came down to meet me at Jordan, and that he give me Abishag the
18
I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I Shunammite to wife. And Bath-sheba
will not put thee to death with the said, Well; I will speak for thee unto
9 19
sword. Now therefore hold him not the king. Bath-sheba therefore went
guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and unto king Solomon, to speak unto him
knowest what thou oughtest to do unto for Adonijah. And the king rose up to
him; but his hoar head bring thou meet her, and bowed himself unto her,
10
down to the grave with blood. So and sat down on his throne, and
David slept with his fathers, and was caused a seat to be set for the king's
11
buried in the city of David. And the mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20
days that David reigned over Israel Then she said, I desire one small
were forty years: seven years reigned petition of thee; I pray thee, say me
he in Hebron, and thirty and three not nay. And the king said unto her,
12
years reigned he in Jerusalem. Then Ask on, my mother: for I will not say
21
sat Solomon upon the throne of David thee nay. And she said, Let Abishag
his father; and his kingdom was the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
13 22
established greatly. And Adonijah the thy brother to wife. And king
son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the Solomon answered and said unto his
mother of Solomon. And she said, mother, And why dost thou ask
Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?
14
Peaceably. He said moreover, I have ask for him the kingdom also; for he is

mine elder brother; even for him, and
for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab
the son of Zeruiah.
Solomon sware by the LORD, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if
Adonijah have not spoken this word
24
against his own life.
as the LORD liveth,
established me, and set me on the
throne of David my father, and who
hath made me an
promised, Adonijah shall be put to
25
death this day. And king Solomon
sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he
26
died. And unto Abiathar the priest
said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,
unto thine own fields; for thou art
worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put thee to death, because thou
barest the ark of the Lord GOD before
David my father, and because thou
hast been afflicted in all wherein my
father was afflicted.
thrust out Abiathar from being priest
unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the
word of the LORD, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab
had turned after Adonijah, though he
turned not after Absalom. And Joab
fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD,
and caught hold on the horns of the
29
altar. And it was told king Solomon
that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle
23
Then king of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the
altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon
30
him. And Benaiah came to the
Now therefore, tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto
which hath him, Thus saith the king, Come forth.
And he said, Nay; but I will die here.
And Benaiah brought the king word
house, as he again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus
31
he answered me. And the king said
unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall
upon him, and bury him; that thou
mayest take away the innocent blood,
which Joab shed, from me, and from
32
the house of my father. And the
LORD shall return his blood upon his
own head, who fell upon two men more
righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David
not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the
son of Ner, captain of the host of
27
So Solomon Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,
33
captain of the host of Judah. Their
blood shall therefore return upon the
head of Joab, and upon the head of his
28
seed for ever: but upon David, and
upon his seed, and upon his house,
and upon his throne, shall there be
34
peace for ever from the LORD. So
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,
and fell upon him, and slew him: and
he was buried in his own house in the Know for a certain, on the day thou
35
wilderness. And the king put Benaiah goest out, and walkest abroad any
the son of Jehoiada in his room over whither, that thou shalt surely die? and
the host: and Zadok the priest did the thou saidst unto me, The word that I
36 43
king put in the room of Abiathar. And have heard is good. Why then hast
the king sent and called for Shimei, thou not kept the oath of the LORD,
and said unto him, Build thee an house and the commandment that I have
44
in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go charged thee with? The king said
37
not forth thence any whither. For it moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all
shall be, that on the day thou goest the wickedness which thine heart is
out, and passest over the brook privy to, that thou didst to David my
Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that father: therefore the LORD shall return
thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall thy wickedness upon thine own head;
38 45
be upon thine own head. And Shimei And king Solomon shall be blessed,
said unto the king, The saying is good: and the throne of David shall be
as my lord the king hath said, so will established before the LORD for ever.
46
thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in So the king commanded Benaiah the
39
Jerusalem many days. And it came son of Jehoiada; which went out, and
to pass at the end of three years, that fell upon him, that he died. And the
two of the servants of Shimei ran away kingdom was established in the hand of
unto Achish son of Maachah king of Solomon.
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying,
Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40
And 1 Kings 3
Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and
went to Gath to Achish to seek his
And Solomon made affinity with

servants: and Shimei went, and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took

brought his servants from Gath. 41

And Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her

it was told Solomon that Shimei had into the city of David, until he had

gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was made an end of building his own

come again. 42
And the king sent and house, and the house of the LORD, and
2
called for Shimei, and said unto him, the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Did I not make thee to swear by the Only the people sacrificed in high

LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, places, because there was no house
built unto the name of the LORD, until speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon
3 11
those days. And Solomon loved the had asked this thing. And God said
LORD, walking in the statutes of David unto him, Because thou hast asked this
his father: only he sacrificed and burnt thing, and hast not asked for thyself
4
incense in high places. And the king long life; neither hast asked riches for
went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine
that was the great high place: a enemies; but hast asked for thyself
12
thousand burnt offerings did Solomon understanding to discern judgment;
5
offer upon that altar. In Gibeon the Behold, I have done according to thy
LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream words: lo, I have given thee a wise and
by night: and God said, Ask what I an understanding heart; so that there
6
shall give thee. And Solomon said, was none like thee before thee, neither
Thou hast shewed unto thy servant after thee shall any arise like unto
13
David my father great mercy, thee. And I have also given thee that
according as he walked before thee in which thou hast not asked, both riches,
truth, and in righteousness, and in and honour: so that there shall not be
uprightness of heart with thee; and any among the kings like unto thee all
14
thou hast kept for him this great thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my
kindness, that thou hast given him a ways, to keep my statutes and my
son to sit on his throne, as it is this commandments, as thy father David
7
day. And now, O LORD my God, thou did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
15
hast made thy servant king instead of And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it
David my father: and I am but a little was a dream. And he came to
child: I know not how to go out or Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of
8
come in. And thy servant is in the the covenant of the LORD, and offered
midst of thy people which thou hast up burnt offerings, and offered peace
chosen, a great people, that cannot be offerings, and made a feast to all his
9 16
numbered nor counted for multitude. servants. Then came there two
Give therefore thy servant an women, that were harlots, unto the
17
understanding heart to judge thy king, and stood before him. And the
people, that I may discern between one woman said, O my lord, I and this
good and bad: for who is able to judge woman dwell in one house; and I was
10
this thy so great a people? And the delivered of a child with her in the
 18
house. And it came to pass the third said, O my lord, give her the living
day after that I was delivered, that this child, and in no wise slay it. But the
woman was delivered also: and we other said, Let it be neither mine nor
27
were together; there was no stranger thine, but divide it. Then the king
with us in the house, save we two in answered and said, Give her the living
19
the house. And this woman's child child, and in no wise slay it: she is the
28
died in the night; because she overlaid mother thereof. And all Israel heard
20
it. And she arose at midnight, and of the judgment which the king had
took my son from beside me, while judged; and they feared the king: for
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her they saw that the wisdom of God was
bosom, and laid her dead child in my in him, to do judgment.
21
bosom. And when I rose in the
morning to give my child suck, behold, 1 Kings 4
it was dead: but when I had considered
it in the morning, behold, it was not
So king Solomon was king over all
2
my son, which I did bear. 22
And the Israel. And these were the princes

other woman said, Nay; but the living which he had; Azariah the son of
3
is my son, and the dead is thy son. Zadok the priest, Elihoreph and

And this said, No; but the dead is thy Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;

son, and the living is my son. Thus Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the
4
they spake before the king. 23
Then recorder. And Benaiah the son of

said the king, The one saith, This is my Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
5
son that liveth, and thy son is the and Abiathar were the priests: And

dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy Azariah the son of Nathan was over the

son is the dead, and my son is the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan

living. 24
And the king said, Bring me a was principal officer, and the king's
6
sword. And they brought a sword friend: And Ahishar was over the

before the king. 25

And the king said, household: and Adoniram the son of
7
Divide the living child in two, and give Abda was over the tribute. And

half to the one, and half to the other. Solomon had twelve officers over all
26
Then spake the woman whose the Israel, which provided victuals for the

living child was unto the king, for her king and his household: each man his
8
bowels yearned upon her son, and she month in a year made provision. And
these are their names: The son of Hur, Judah and Israel were many, as the
9
in mount Ephraim: The son of Dekar, sand which is by the sea in multitude,
in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth- eating and drinking, and making
10 21
shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: The merry. And Solomon reigned over all
son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him kingdoms from the river unto the land
pertained Sochoh, and all the land of of the Philistines, and unto the border
11
Hepher: The son of Abinadab, in all of Egypt: they brought presents, and
the region of Dor; which had Taphath served Solomon all the days of his life.
12 22
the daughter of Solomon to wife: And Solomon's provision for one day
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him was thirty measures of fine flour, and
23
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and threescore measures of meal, Ten fat
all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah oxen, and twenty oxen out of the
beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to pastures, and an hundred sheep,
Abel-meholah, even unto the place beside harts, and roebucks, and
13 24
that is beyond Jokneam: The son of fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. For he
Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him had dominion over all the region on
pertained the towns of Jair the son of this side the river, from Tiphsah even
Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him to Azzah, over all the kings on this side
also pertained the region of Argob, the river: and he had peace on all
25
which is in Bashan, threescore great sides round about him. And Judah
14
cities with walls and brasen bars: and Israel dwelt safely, every man
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had under his vine and under his fig tree,
15
Mahanaim: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the
26
he also took Basmath the daughter of days of Solomon. And Solomon had
16
Solomon to wife: Baanah the son of forty thousand stalls of horses for his
17
Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: chariots, and twelve thousand
27
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in horsemen. And those officers
18
Issachar: Shimei the son of Elah, in provided victual for king Solomon, and
19
Benjamin: Geber the son of Uri was for all that came unto king Solomon's
in the country of Gilead, in the country table, every man in his month: they
28
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of lacked nothing. Barley also and
Og king of Bashan; and he was the straw for the horses and dromedaries
20
only officer which was in the land. brought they unto the place where the
officers were, every man according to could not build an house unto the
29
his charge. And God gave Solomon name of the LORD his God for the wars
wisdom and understanding exceeding which were about him on every side,
much, and largeness of heart, even as until the LORD put them under the
30 4
the sand that is on the sea shore. soles of his feet. But now the LORD
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the my God hath given me rest on every
wisdom of all the children of the east side, so that there is neither adversary
31 5
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I
For he was wiser than all men; than purpose to build an house unto the
Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and name of the LORD my God, as the
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: LORD spake unto David my father,
and his fame was in all nations round saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon
32
about. And he spake three thousand thy throne in thy room, he shall build
6
proverbs: and his songs were a an house unto my name. Now
33
thousand and five. And he spake of therefore command thou that they hew
trees, from the cedar tree that is in me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my
Lebanon even unto the hyssop that servants shall be with thy servants:
springeth out of the wall: he spake also and unto thee will I give hire for thy
of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping servants according to all that thou
34
things, and of fishes. And there came shalt appoint: for thou knowest that
of all people to hear the wisdom of there is not among us any that can
Solomon, from all kings of the earth, skill to hew timber like unto the
7
which had heard of his wisdom. Sidonians. And it came to pass, when
Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
1 Kings 5 that he rejoiced greatly, and said,
Blessed be the LORD this day, which
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his
hath given unto David a wise son over
servants unto Solomon; for he had this great people. 8
And Hiram sent to
heard that they had anointed him king Solomon, saying, I have considered the
in the room of his father: for Hiram things which thou sentest to me for:
2
was ever a lover of David. And and I will do all thy desire concerning
3
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou timber of cedar, and concerning timber
knowest how that David my father of fir. 9
My servants shall bring them
down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I great stones, costly stones, and hewed
will convey them by sea in floats unto stones, to lay the foundation of the
18
the place that thou shalt appoint me, house. And Solomon's builders and
and will cause them to be discharged Hiram's builders did hew them, and the
there, and thou shalt receive them: stonesquarers: so they prepared
and thou shalt accomplish my desire, timber and stones to build the house.
10
in giving food for my household. So
Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and 1 Kings 6
11
fir trees according to all his desire.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
And it came to pass in the four

thousand measures of wheat for food hundred and eightieth year after the

to his household, and twenty measures children of Israel were come out of the

of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to land of Egypt, in the fourth year of

Hiram year by year. 12

And the LORD Solomon's reign over Israel, in the

gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised month Zif, which is the second month,

him: and there was peace between that he began to build the house of the
2
Hiram and Solomon; and they two LORD. And the house which king

made a league together. 13

And king Solomon built for the LORD, the length

Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; thereof was threescore cubits, and the

and the levy was thirty thousand men. breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the
3
14
And he sent them to Lebanon ten height thereof thirty cubits. And the

thousand a month by courses: a month porch before the temple of the house,

they were in Lebanon, and two months twenty cubits was the length thereof,

at home: and Adoniram was over the according to the breadth of the house;

levy. 15
And Solomon had threescore and ten cubits was the breadth thereof
4
and ten thousand that bare burdens, before the house. And for the house
5
and fourscore thousand hewers in the he made windows of narrow lights.

mountains; 16
Beside the chief of And against the wall of the house he

Solomon's officers which were over the built chambers round about, against

work, three thousand and three the walls of the house round about,

hundred, which ruled over the people both of the temple and of the oracle:
6
that wrought in the work. 17
And the and he made chambers round about:

king commanded, and they brought The nethermost chamber was five
cubits broad, and the middle was six Solomon built the house, and finished
15
cubits broad, and the third was seven it. And he built the walls of the
cubits broad: for without in the wall of house within with boards of cedar, both
the house he made narrowed rests the floor of the house, and the walls of
round about, that the beams should the cieling: and he covered them on
not be fastened in the walls of the the inside with wood, and covered the
7 16
house. And the house, when it was in floor of the house with planks of fir.
building, was built of stone made ready And he built twenty cubits on the sides
before it was brought thither: so that of the house, both the floor and the
there was neither hammer nor axe nor walls with boards of cedar: he even
any tool of iron heard in the house, built them for it within, even for the
8 17
while it was in building. The door for oracle, even for the most holy place.
the middle chamber was in the right And the house, that is, the temple
18
side of the house: and they went up before it, was forty cubits long. And
with winding stairs into the middle the cedar of the house within was
chamber, and out of the middle into carved with knops and open flowers:
9
the third. So he built the house, and all was cedar; there was no stone
19
finished it; and covered the house with seen. And the oracle he prepared in
10
beams and boards of cedar. And the house within, to set there the ark
20
then he built chambers against all the of the covenant of the LORD. And the
house, five cubits high: and they oracle in the forepart was twenty
rested on the house with timber of cubits in length, and twenty cubits in
11
cedar. And the word of the LORD breadth, and twenty cubits in the
12
came to Solomon, saying, height thereof: and he overlaid it with
Concerning this house which thou art in pure gold; and so covered the altar
21
building, if thou wilt walk in my which was of cedar. So Solomon
statutes, and execute my judgments, overlaid the house within with pure
and keep all my commandments to gold: and he made a partition by the
walk in them; then will I perform my chains of gold before the oracle; and
22
word with thee, which I spake unto he overlaid it with gold. And the
13
David thy father: And I will dwell whole house he overlaid with gold,
among the children of Israel, and will until he had finished all the house: also
14
not forsake my people Israel. So the whole altar that was by the oracle
 23
he overlaid with gold. And within the and open flowers, and overlaid them
oracle he made two cherubims of olive with gold, and spread gold upon the
24 33
tree, each ten cubits high. And five cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
cubits was the one wing of the cherub, So also made he for the door of the
and five cubits the other wing of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part
34
cherub: from the uttermost part of the of the wall. And the two doors were
one wing unto the uttermost part of of fir tree: the two leaves of the one
25
the other were ten cubits. And the door were folding, and the two leaves
35
other cherub was ten cubits: both the of the other door were folding. And
cherubims were of one measure and he carved thereon cherubims and palm
26
one size. The height of the one trees and open flowers: and covered
cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of them with gold fitted upon the carved
27 36
the other cherub. And he set the work. And he built the inner court
cherubims within the inner house: and with three rows of hewed stone, and a
37
they stretched forth the wings of the row of cedar beams. In the fourth
cherubims, so that the wing of the one year was the foundation of the house
38
touched the one wall, and the wing of of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
the other cherub touched the other And in the eleventh year, in the month
wall; and their wings touched one Bul, which is the eighth month, was the
28
another in the midst of the house. house finished throughout all the parts
And he overlaid the cherubims with thereof, and according to all the
29
gold. And he carved all the walls of fashion of it. So was he seven years in
the house round about with carved building it.
figures of cherubims and palm trees
and open flowers, within and without. 1 Kings 7
30
And the floor of the house he
overlaid with gold, within and without.
But Solomon was building his own
31
And for the entering of the oracle he house thirteen years, and he finished
2
made doors of olive tree: the lintel and all his house. He built also the house

side posts were a fifth part of the wall. of the forest of Lebanon; the length
32
The two doors also were of olive thereof was an hundred cubits, and the

tree; and he carved upon them breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the

carvings of cherubims and palm trees height thereof thirty cubits, upon four
 11
rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams And above were costly stones, after
3
upon the pillars. And it was covered the measures of hewed stones, and
12
with cedar above upon the beams, that cedars. And the great court round
lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a about was with three rows of hewed
4
row. And there were windows in three stones, and a row of cedar beams, both
rows, and light was against light in for the inner court of the house of the
5
three ranks. And all the doors and LORD, and for the porch of the house.
13
posts were square, with the windows: And king Solomon sent and fetched
14
and light was against light in three Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's
6
ranks. And he made a porch of son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his
pillars; the length thereof was fifty father was a man of Tyre, a worker in
cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty brass: and he was filled with wisdom,
cubits: and the porch was before them: and understanding, and cunning to
and the other pillars and the thick work all works in brass. And he came
7
beam were before them. Then he to king Solomon, and wrought all his
15
made a porch for the throne where he work. For he cast two pillars of
might judge, even the porch of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:
judgment: and it was covered with and a line of twelve cubits did compass
16
cedar from one side of the floor to the either of them about. And he made
8
other. And his house where he dwelt two chapiters of molten brass, to set
had another court within the porch, upon the tops of the pillars: the height
which was of the like work. Solomon of the one chapiter was five cubits, and
made also an house for Pharaoh's the height of the other chapiter was
17
daughter, whom he had taken to wife, five cubits: And nets of checker
9
like unto this porch. All these were of work, and wreaths of chain work, for
costly stones, according to the the chapiters which were upon the top
measures of hewed stones, sawed with of the pillars; seven for the one
saws, within and without, even from chapiter, and seven for the other
18
the foundation unto the coping, and so chapiter. And he made the pillars,
on the outside toward the great court. and two rows round about upon the
10
And the foundation was of costly one network, to cover the chapiters
stones, even great stones, stones of that were upon the top, with
ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. pomegranates: and so did he for the
 19
other chapiter. And the chapiters it was an hand breadth thick, and the
that were upon the top of the pillars brim thereof was wrought like the brim
were of lily work in the porch, four of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it
20 27
cubits. And the chapiters upon the contained two thousand baths. And
two pillars had pomegranates also he made ten bases of brass; four
above, over against the belly which cubits was the length of one base, and
was by the network: and the four cubits the breadth thereof, and
28
pomegranates were two hundred in three cubits the height of it. And the
rows round about upon the other work of the bases was on this manner:
21
chapiter. And he set up the pillars in they had borders, and the borders
29
the porch of the temple: and he set up were between the ledges: And on the
the right pillar, and called the name borders that were between the ledges
thereof Jachin: and he set up the left were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and
pillar, and he called the name thereof upon the ledges there was a base
22
Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars above: and beneath the lions and oxen
was lily work: so was the work of the were certain additions made of thin
23 30
pillars finished. And he made a work. And every base had four
molten sea, ten cubits from the one brasen wheels, and plates of brass:
brim to the other: it was round all and the four corners thereof had
about, and his height was five cubits: undersetters: under the laver were
and a line of thirty cubits did compass undersetters molten, at the side of
24 31
it round about. And under the brim every addition. And the mouth of it
of it round about there were knops within the chapiter and above was a
compassing it, ten in a cubit, cubit: but the mouth thereof was round
compassing the sea round about: the after the work of the base, a cubit and
knops were cast in two rows, when it an half: and also upon the mouth of it
25
was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, were gravings with their borders,
32
three looking toward the north, and foursquare, not round. And under the
three looking toward the west, and borders were four wheels; and the
three looking toward the south, and axletrees of the wheels were joined to
three looking toward the east: and the the base: and the height of a wheel
33
sea was set above upon them, and all was a cubit and a half a cubit. And
26
their hinder parts were inward. And the work of the wheels was like the
work of a chariot wheel: their the chapiters that were on the top of
axletrees, and their naves, and their the two pillars; and the two networks,
felloes, and their spokes, were all to cover the two bowls of the chapiters
34
molten. And there were four which were upon the top of the pillars;
42
undersetters to the four corners of one And four hundred pomegranates for
base: and the undersetters were of the the two networks, even two rows of
35
very base itself. And in the top of the pomegranates for one network, to
base was there a round compass of cover the two bowls of the chapiters
43
half a cubit high: and on the top of the that were upon the pillars; And the
base the ledges thereof and the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
36 44
borders thereof were of the same. And one sea, and twelve oxen under
45
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, the sea; And the pots, and the
and on the borders thereof, he graved shovels, and the basons: and all these
cherubims, lions, and palm trees, vessels, which Hiram made to king
according to the proportion of every Solomon for the house of the LORD,
37 46
one, and additions round about. were of bright brass. In the plain of
After this manner he made the ten Jordan did the king cast them, in the
bases: all of them had one casting, one clay ground between Succoth and
38 47
measure, and one size. Then made Zarthan. And Solomon left all the
he ten lavers of brass: one laver vessels unweighed, because they were
contained forty baths: and every laver exceeding many: neither was the
48
was four cubits: and upon every one of weight of the brass found out. And
39
the ten bases one laver. And he put Solomon made all the vessels that
five bases on the right side of the pertained unto the house of the LORD:
house, and five on the left side of the the altar of gold, and the table of gold,
49
house: and he set the sea on the right whereupon the shewbread was, And
side of the house eastward over the candlesticks of pure gold, five on
40
against the south. And Hiram made the right side, and five on the left,
the lavers, and the shovels, and the before the oracle, with the flowers, and
50
basons. So Hiram made an end of the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
doing all the work that he made king And the bowls, and the snuffers, and
41
Solomon for the house of the LORD: the basons, and the spoons, and the
The two pillars, and the two bowls of censers of pure gold; and the hinges of
gold, both for the doors of the inner assembled unto him, were with him
house, the most holy place, and for the before the ark, sacrificing sheep and
doors of the house, to wit, of the oxen, that could not be told nor
51 6
temple. So was ended all the work numbered for multitude. And the
that king Solomon made for the house priests brought in the ark of the
of the LORD. And Solomon brought in covenant of the LORD unto his place,
the things which David his father had into the oracle of the house, to the
dedicated; even the silver, and the most holy place, even under the wings
7
gold, and the vessels, did he put of the cherubims. For the cherubims
among the treasures of the house of spread forth their two wings over the
the LORD. place of the ark, and the cherubims
covered the ark and the staves thereof
1 Kings 8 above. 8
And they drew out the staves,
that the ends of the staves were seen
Then Solomon assembled the elders of
out in the holy place before the oracle,
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they were not seen without: and
the chief of the fathers of the children there they are unto this day. 9
There
of Israel, unto king Solomon in was nothing in the ark save the two
Jerusalem, that they might bring up tables of stone, which Moses put there
the ark of the covenant of the LORD at Horeb, when the LORD made a
out of the city of David, which is Zion. covenant with the children of Israel,
2
And all the men of Israel assembled when they came out of the land of
themselves unto king Solomon at the Egypt. 10
And it came to pass, when the
feast in the month Ethanim, which is priests were come out of the holy
3
the seventh month. And all the elders place, that the cloud filled the house of
of Israel came, and the priests took up the LORD, 11
So that the priests could
4
the ark. And they brought up the ark not stand to minister because of the
of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had
congregation, and all the holy vessels filled the house of the LORD. 12
Then
that were in the tabernacle, even those spake Solomon, The LORD said that he
did the priests and the Levites bring would dwell in thick darkness. 13
I have
5
up. And king Solomon, and all the surely built thee an house to dwell in, a
congregation of Israel, that were settled place for thee to abide in for
 14
ever. And the king turned his face brought them out of the land of Egypt.
22
about, and blessed all the congregation And Solomon stood before the altar
of Israel: (and all the congregation of of the LORD in the presence of all the
15
Israel stood;) And he said, Blessed congregation of Israel, and spread
23
be the LORD God of Israel, which forth his hands toward heaven: And
spake with his mouth unto David my he said, LORD God of Israel, there is
father, and hath with his hand fulfilled no God like thee, in heaven above, or
16
it, saying, Since the day that I on earth beneath, who keepest
brought forth my people Israel out of covenant and mercy with thy servants
Egypt, I chose no city out of all the that walk before thee with all their
24
tribes of Israel to build an house, that heart: Who hast kept with thy
my name might be therein; but I chose servant David my father that thou
17
David to be over my people Israel. promisedst him: thou spakest also with
And it was in the heart of David my thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with
25
father to build an house for the name thine hand, as it is this day.
18
of the LORD God of Israel. And the Therefore now, LORD God of Israel,
LORD said unto David my father, keep with thy servant David my father
Whereas it was in thine heart to build that thou promisedst him, saying,
an house unto my name, thou didst There shall not fail thee a man in my
19
well that it was in thine heart. sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the that thy children take heed to their
house; but thy son that shall come way, that they walk before me as thou
26
forth out of thy loins, he shall build the hast walked before me. And now, O
20
house unto my name. And the LORD God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee,
hath performed his word that he spake, be verified, which thou spakest unto
27
and I am risen up in the room of David thy servant David my father. But will
my father, and sit on the throne of God indeed dwell on the earth? behold,
Israel, as the LORD promised, and the heaven and heaven of heavens
have built an house for the name of cannot contain thee; how much less
21 28
the LORD God of Israel. And I have this house that I have builded? Yet
set there a place for the ark, wherein have thou respect unto the prayer of
is the covenant of the LORD, which he thy servant, and to his supplication, O
made with our fathers, when he LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry
and to the prayer, which thy servant no rain, because they have sinned
29
prayeth before thee to day: That against thee; if they pray toward this
thine eyes may be open toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn
house night and day, even toward the from their sin, when thou afflictest
36
place of which thou hast said, My name them: Then hear thou in heaven, and
shall be there: that thou mayest forgive the sin of thy servants, and of
hearken unto the prayer which thy thy people Israel, that thou teach them
30
servant shall make toward this place. the good way wherein they should
And hearken thou to the supplication of walk, and give rain upon thy land,
thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which thou hast given to thy people for
37
when they shall pray toward this place: an inheritance. If there be in the
and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling land famine, if there be pestilence,
place: and when thou hearest, forgive. blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be
31
If any man trespass against his caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them
neighbour, and an oath be laid upon in the land of their cities; whatsoever
him to cause him to swear, and the plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38
oath come before thine altar in this What prayer and supplication soever
32
house: Then hear thou in heaven, be made by any man, or by all thy
and do, and judge thy servants, people Israel, which shall know every
condemning the wicked, to bring his man the plague of his own heart, and
way upon his head; and justifying the spread forth his hands toward this
39
righteous, to give him according to his house: Then hear thou in heaven thy
33
righteousness. When thy people dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
Israel be smitten down before the and give to every man according to his
enemy, because they have sinned ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for
against thee, and shall turn again to thou, even thou only, knowest the
40
thee, and confess thy name, and pray, hearts of all the children of men;)
and make supplication unto thee in this That they may fear thee all the days
34
house: Then hear thou in heaven, that they live in the land which thou
41
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, gavest unto our fathers. Moreover
and bring them again unto the land concerning a stranger, that is not of
35
which thou gavest unto their fathers. thy people Israel, but cometh out of a
42
When heaven is shut up, and there is far country for thy name's sake; (For
they shall hear of thy great name, and with all their heart, and with all their
of thy strong hand, and of thy soul, in the land of their enemies,
stretched out arm;) when he shall which led them away captive, and pray
43
come and pray toward this house; unto thee toward their land, which thou
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, gavest unto their fathers, the city
and do according to all that the which thou hast chosen, and the house
49
stranger calleth to thee for: that all which I have built for thy name:
people of the earth may know thy Then hear thou their prayer and their
name, to fear thee, as do thy people supplication in heaven thy dwelling
50
Israel; and that they may know that place, and maintain their cause, And
this house, which I have builded, is forgive thy people that have sinned
44
called by thy name. If thy people go against thee and all their
out to battle against their enemy, transgressions wherein they have
whithersoever thou shalt send them, transgressed against thee, and give
and shall pray unto the LORD toward them compassion before them who
the city which thou hast chosen, and carried them captive, that they may
51
toward the house that I have built for have compassion on them: For they
45
thy name: Then hear thou in heaven be thy people, and thine inheritance,
their prayer and their supplication, and which thou broughtest forth out of
46
maintain their cause. If they sin Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of
52
against thee, (for there is no man that iron: That thine eyes may be open
sinneth not,) and thou be angry with unto the supplication of thy servant,
them, and deliver them to the enemy, and unto the supplication of thy people
so that they carry them away captives Israel, to hearken unto them in all that
53
unto the land of the enemy, far or they call for unto thee. For thou
47
near; Yet if they shall bethink didst separate them from among all the
themselves in the land whither they people of the earth, to be thine
were carried captives, and repent, and inheritance, as thou spakest by the
make supplication unto thee in the land hand of Moses thy servant, when thou
of them that carried them captives, broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O
54
saying, We have sinned, and have done Lord GOD. And it was so, that when
perversely, we have committed Solomon had made an end of praying
48
wickedness; And so return unto thee all this prayer and supplication unto
 63
the LORD, he arose from before the And Solomon offered a sacrifice of
altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his peace offerings, which he offered unto
knees with his hands spread up to the LORD, two and twenty thousand
55
heaven. And he stood, and blessed oxen, and an hundred and twenty
all the congregation of Israel with a thousand sheep. So the king and all
56
loud voice, saying, Blessed be the the children of Israel dedicated the
64
LORD, that hath given rest unto his house of the LORD. The same day
people Israel, according to all that he did the king hallow the middle of the
promised: there hath not failed one court that was before the house of the
word of all his good promise, which he LORD: for there he offered burnt
promised by the hand of Moses his offerings, and meat offerings, and the
57
servant. The LORD our God be with fat of the peace offerings: because the
us, as he was with our fathers: let him brasen altar that was before the LORD
58
not leave us, nor forsake us: That he was too little to receive the burnt
may incline our hearts unto him, to offerings, and meat offerings, and the
65
walk in all his ways, and to keep his fat of the peace offerings. And at
commandments, and his statutes, and that time Solomon held a feast, and all
his judgments, which he commanded Israel with him, a great congregation,
59
our fathers. And let these my words, from the entering in of Hamath unto
wherewith I have made supplication the river of Egypt, before the LORD our
before the LORD, be nigh unto the God, seven days and seven days, even
66
LORD our God day and night, that he fourteen days. On the eighth day he
maintain the cause of his servant, and sent the people away: and they
the cause of his people Israel at all blessed the king, and went unto their
60
times, as the matter shall require: tents joyful and glad of heart for all the
That all the people of the earth may goodness that the LORD had done for
know that the LORD is God, and that David his servant, and for Israel his
61
there is none else. Let your heart people.
therefore be perfect with the LORD our
God, to walk in his statutes, and to 1 Kings 9
keep his commandments, as at this
day. 62
And the king, and all Israel with
And it came to pass, when Solomon

him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. had finished the building of the house
 8
of the LORD, and the king's house, and people: And at this house, which is
all Solomon's desire which he was high, every one that passeth by it shall
2
pleased to do, That the LORD be astonished, and shall hiss; and they
appeared to Solomon the second time, shall say, Why hath the LORD done
as he had appeared unto him at thus unto this land, and to this house?
3 9
Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, And they shall answer, Because they
I have heard thy prayer and thy forsook the LORD their God, who
supplication, that thou hast made brought forth their fathers out of the
before me: I have hallowed this house, land of Egypt, and have taken hold
which thou hast built, to put my name upon other gods, and have worshipped
there for ever; and mine eyes and them, and served them: therefore hath
4
mine heart shall be there perpetually. the LORD brought upon them all this
10
And if thou wilt walk before me, as evil. And it came to pass at the end
David thy father walked, in integrity of of twenty years, when Solomon had
heart, and in uprightness, to do built the two houses, the house of the
11
according to all that I have LORD, and the king's house, (Now
commanded thee, and wilt keep my Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished
5
statutes and my judgments: Then I Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees,
will establish the throne of thy kingdom and with gold, according to all his
upon Israel for ever, as I promised to desire,) that then king Solomon gave
David thy father, saying, There shall Hiram twenty cities in the land of
12
not fail thee a man upon the throne of Galilee. And Hiram came out from
6
Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
following me, ye or your children, and had given him; and they pleased him
13
will not keep my commandments and not. And he said, What cities are
my statutes which I have set before these which thou hast given me, my
you, but go and serve other gods, and brother? And he called them the land
7 14
worship them: Then will I cut off of Cabul unto this day. And Hiram
Israel out of the land which I have sent to the king sixscore talents of
15
given them; and this house, which I gold. And this is the reason of the
have hallowed for my name, will I cast levy which king Solomon raised; for to
out of my sight; and Israel shall be a build the house of the LORD, and his
proverb and a byword among all own house, and Millo, and the wall of
 24
Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, wrought in the work. But Pharaoh's
16
and Gezer. For Pharaoh king of Egypt daughter came up out of the city of
had gone up, and taken Gezer, and David unto her house which Solomon
burnt it with fire, and slain the had built for her: then did he build
25
Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and Millo. And three times in a year did
given it for a present unto his Solomon offer burnt offerings and
17
daughter, Solomon's wife. And peace offerings upon the altar which he
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon built unto the LORD, and he burnt
18
the nether, and Baalath, and Tadmor incense upon the altar that was before
19 26
in the wilderness, in the land, And all the LORD. So he finished the house.
the cities of store that Solomon had, And king Solomon made a navy of
and cities for his chariots, and cities for ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside
his horsemen, and that which Solomon Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in
27
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in
Lebanon, and in all the land of his the navy his servants, shipmen that
20
dominion. And all the people that had knowledge of the sea, with the
28
were left of the Amorites, Hittites, servants of Solomon. And they came
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold,
which were not of the children of four hundred and twenty talents, and
21
Israel, Their children that were left brought it to king Solomon.
after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able 1 Kings 10
utterly to destroy, upon those did
Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice
And when the queen of Sheba heard of
unto this day. 22
But of the children of the fame of Solomon concerning the

Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: name of the LORD, she came to prove
2
but they were men of war, and his him with hard questions. And she

servants, and his princes, and his came to Jerusalem with a very great

captains, and rulers of his chariots, and train, with camels that bare spices, and

his horsemen. 23
These were the chief very much gold, and precious stones:

of the officers that were over and when she was come to Solomon,

Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, she communed with him of all that was
3
which bare rule over the people that in her heart. And Solomon told her all
her questions: there was not any thing the navy also of Hiram, that brought
hid from the king, which he told her gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir
4
not. And when the queen of Sheba great plenty of almug trees, and
12
had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and precious stones. And the king made
5
the house that he had built, And the of the almug trees pillars for the house
meat of his table, and the sitting of his of the LORD, and for the king's house,
servants, and the attendance of his harps also and psalteries for singers:
ministers, and their apparel, and his there came no such almug trees, nor
13
cupbearers, and his ascent by which he were seen unto this day. And king
went up unto the house of the LORD; Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba
6
there was no more spirit in her. And all her desire, whatsoever she asked,
she said to the king, It was a true beside that which Solomon gave her of
report that I heard in mine own land of his royal bounty. So she turned and
7
thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I went to her own country, she and her
14
believed not the words, until I came, servants. Now the weight of gold
and mine eyes had seen it: and, that came to Solomon in one year was
behold, the half was not told me: thy six hundred threescore and six talents
15
wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the of gold. Beside that he had of the
8
fame which I heard. Happy are thy merchantmen, and of the traffick of the
men, happy are these thy servants, spice merchants, and of all the kings of
which stand continually before thee, Arabia, and of the governors of the
9 16
and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be country. And king Solomon made two
the LORD thy God, which delighted in hundred targets of beaten gold: six
thee, to set thee on the throne of hundred shekels of gold went to one
17
Israel: because the LORD loved Israel target. And he made three hundred
for ever, therefore made he thee king, shields of beaten gold; three pound of
10
to do judgment and justice. And she gold went to one shield: and the king
gave the king an hundred and twenty put them in the house of the forest of
18
talents of gold, and of spices very Lebanon. Moreover the king made a
great store, and precious stones: there great throne of ivory, and overlaid it
19
came no more such abundance of with the best gold. The throne had
spices as these which the queen of six steps, and the top of the throne
11
Sheba gave to king Solomon. And was round behind: and there were
stays on either side on the place of the as the sycomore trees that are in the
28
seat, and two lions stood beside the vale, for abundance. And Solomon
20
stays. And twelve lions stood there had horses brought out of Egypt, and
on the one side and on the other upon linen yarn: the king's merchants
29
the six steps: there was not the like received the linen yarn at a price.
21
made in any kingdom. And all king And a chariot came up and went out of
Solomon's drinking vessels were of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,
gold, and all the vessels of the house and an horse for an hundred and fifty:
of the forest of Lebanon were of pure and so for all the kings of the Hittites,
gold; none were of silver: it was and for the kings of Syria, did they
nothing accounted of in the days of bring them out by their means.
22
Solomon. For the king had at sea a
navy of Tharshish with the navy of 1 Kings 11
Hiram: once in three years came the
navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and
But king Solomon loved many strange

silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. women, together with the daughter of
23
So king Solomon exceeded all the Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,

kings of the earth for riches and for Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
2
wisdom. 24
And all the earth sought to Hittites; Of the nations concerning

Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which which the LORD said unto the children

God had put in his heart. 25

And they of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them,

brought every man his present, vessels neither shall they come in unto you:

of silver, and vessels of gold, and for surely they will turn away your

garments, and armour, and spices, heart after their gods: Solomon clave
3
horses, and mules, a rate year by year. unto these in love. And he had seven
26
And Solomon gathered together hundred wives, princesses, and three

chariots and horsemen: and he had a hundred concubines: and his wives
4
thousand and four hundred chariots, turned away his heart. For it came to

and twelve thousand horsemen, whom pass, when Solomon was old, that his

he bestowed in the cities for chariots, wives turned away his heart after other

and with the king at Jerusalem. 27

And gods: and his heart was not perfect

the king made silver to be in Jerusalem with the LORD his God, as was the
5
as stones, and cedars made he to be heart of David his father. For
Solomon went after Ashtoreth the son for David my servant's sake, and
goddess of the Zidonians, and after for Jerusalem's sake which I have
14
Milcom the abomination of the chosen. And the LORD stirred up an
6
Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
the sight of the LORD, and went not Edomite: he was of the king's seed in
15
fully after the LORD, as did David his Edom. For it came to pass, when
7
father. Then did Solomon build an David was in Edom, and Joab the
high place for Chemosh, the captain of the host was gone up to
abomination of Moab, in the hill that is bury the slain, after he had smitten
16
before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the every male in Edom; (For six months
abomination of the children of Ammon. did Joab remain there with all Israel,
8
And likewise did he for all his strange until he had cut off every male in
17
wives, which burnt incense and Edom:) That Hadad fled, he and
9
sacrificed unto their gods. And the certain Edomites of his father's
LORD was angry with Solomon, servants with him, to go into Egypt;
18
because his heart was turned from the Hadad being yet a little child. And
LORD God of Israel, which had they arose out of Midian, and came to
10
appeared unto him twice, And had Paran: and they took men with them
commanded him concerning this thing, out of Paran, and they came to Egypt,
that he should not go after other gods: unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which
but he kept not that which the LORD gave him an house, and appointed him
11 19
commanded. Wherefore the LORD victuals, and gave him land. And
said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this Hadad found great favour in the sight
is done of thee, and thou hast not kept of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife
my covenant and my statutes, which I the sister of his own wife, the sister of
20
have commanded thee, I will surely Tahpenes the queen. And the sister
rend the kingdom from thee, and will of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his
12
give it to thy servant. son, whom Tahpenes weaned in
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in
do it for David thy father's sake: but I Pharaoh's household among the sons of
21
will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Pharaoh. And when Hadad heard in
13
Howbeit I will not rend away all the Egypt that David slept with his fathers,
kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy and that Joab the captain of the host
 29
was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let of Joseph. And it came to pass at
me depart, that I may go to mine own that time when Jeroboam went out of
22
country. Then Pharaoh said unto Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the
him, But what hast thou lacked with Shilonite found him in the way; and he
me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to had clad himself with a new garment;
30
thine own country? And he answered, and they two were alone in the field:
Nothing: howbeit let me go in any And Ahijah caught the new garment
23
wise. And God stirred him up that was on him, and rent it in twelve
31
another adversary, Rezon the son of pieces: And he said to Jeroboam,
Eliadah, which fled from his lord Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
24
Hadadezer king of Zobah: And he LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will
gathered men unto him, and became rend the kingdom out of the hand of
captain over a band, when David slew Solomon, and will give ten tribes to
32
them of Zobah: and they went to thee: (But he shall have one tribe for
Damascus, and dwelt therein, and my servant David's sake, and for
25
reigned in Damascus. And he was an Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have
adversary to Israel all the days of chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
33
Solomon, beside the mischief that Because that they have forsaken me,
Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and and have worshipped Ashtoreth the
26
reigned over Syria. And Jeroboam goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the
the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose god of the children of Ammon, and
mother's name was Zeruah, a widow have not walked in my ways, to do
woman, even he lifted up his hand that which is right in mine eyes, and to
27
against the king. And this was the keep my statutes and my judgments,
34
cause that he lifted up his hand against as did David his father. Howbeit I
the king: Solomon built Millo, and will not take the whole kingdom out of
repaired the breaches of the city of his hand: but I will make him prince all
28
David his father. And the man the days of his life for David my
Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: servant's sake, whom I chose, because
and Solomon seeing the young man he kept my commandments and my
35
that he was industrious, he made him statutes: But I will take the kingdom
ruler over all the charge of the house out of his son's hand, and will give it
 36
unto thee, even ten tribes. And unto 1 Kings 12
his son will I give one tribe, that David
my servant may have a light alway And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for
before me in Jerusalem, the city which all Israel were come to Shechem to
I have chosen me to put my name make him king. 2
And it came to pass,
37
there. And I will take thee, and thou when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
shalt reign according to all that thy was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he
soul desireth, and shalt be king over was fled from the presence of king
38
Israel. And it shall be, if thou wilt Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in
hearken unto all that I command thee, Egypt;) 3
That they sent and called
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that him. And Jeroboam and all the
is right in my sight, to keep my congregation of Israel came, and spake
statutes and my commandments, as unto Rehoboam, saying, 4
Thy father
David my servant did; that I will be made our yoke grievous: now therefore
with thee, and build thee a sure house, make thou the grievous service of thy
as I built for David, and will give Israel father, and his heavy yoke which he
39
unto thee. And I will for this afflict put upon us, lighter, and we will serve
40
the seed of David, but not for ever. thee. 5
And he said unto them, Depart
Solomon sought therefore to kill yet for three days, then come again to
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and me. And the people departed. 6
And
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of king Rehoboam consulted with the old
Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death men, that stood before Solomon his
41
of Solomon. And the rest of the acts father while he yet lived, and said,
of Solomon, and all that he did, and his How do ye advise that I may answer
wisdom, are they not written in the this people? 7
And they spake unto
42
book of the acts of Solomon? And him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant
the time that Solomon reigned in unto this people this day, and wilt
Jerusalem over all Israel was forty serve them, and answer them, and
43
years. And Solomon slept with his speak good words to them, then they
fathers, and was buried in the city of will be thy servants for ever. 8
But he
David his father: and Rehoboam his forsook the counsel of the old men,
son reigned in his stead. which they had given him, and
consulted with the young men that
were grown up with him, and which LORD, that he might perform his
9
stood before him: And he said unto saying, which the LORD spake by
them, What counsel give ye that we Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the
16
may answer this people, who have son of Nebat. So when all Israel saw
spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that the king hearkened not unto them,
which thy father did put upon us the people answered the king, saying,
10
lighter? And the young men that What portion have we in David? neither
were grown up with him spake unto have we inheritance in the son of
him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see
unto this people that spake unto thee, to thine own house, David. So Israel
17
saying, Thy father made our yoke departed unto their tents. But as for
heavy, but make thou it lighter unto the children of Israel which dwelt in
us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
18
little finger shall be thicker than my over them. Then king Rehoboam
11
father's loins. And now whereas my sent Adoram, who was over the
father did lade you with a heavy yoke, tribute; and all Israel stoned him with
I will add to your yoke: my father hath stones, that he died. Therefore king
chastised you with whips, but I will Rehoboam made speed to get him up
12 19
chastise you with scorpions. So to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Jeroboam and all the people came to So Israel rebelled against the house of
20
Rehoboam the third day, as the king David unto this day. And it came to
had appointed, saying, Come to me pass, when all Israel heard that
13
again the third day. And the king Jeroboam was come again, that they
answered the people roughly, and sent and called him unto the
forsook the old men's counsel that they congregation, and made him king over
14
gave him; And spake to them after all Israel: there was none that followed
the counsel of the young men, saying, the house of David, but the tribe of
21
My father made your yoke heavy, and I Judah only. And when Rehoboam
will add to your yoke: my father also was come to Jerusalem, he assembled
chastised you with whips, but I will all the house of Judah, with the tribe of
15
chastise you with scorpions. Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto thousand chosen men, which were
the people; for the cause was from the warriors, to fight against the house of
 30
Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
22
Rehoboam the son of Solomon. But And this thing became a sin: for the
the word of God came unto Shemaiah people went to worship before the one,
23 31
the man of God, saying, Speak unto even unto Dan. And he made an
Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of house of high places, and made priests
Judah, and unto all the house of Judah of the lowest of the people, which were
32
and Benjamin, and to the remnant of not of the sons of Levi. And
24
the people, saying, Thus saith the Jeroboam ordained a feast in the
LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight eighth month, on the fifteenth day of
against your brethren the children of the month, like unto the feast that is in
Israel: return every man to his house; Judah, and he offered upon the altar.
for this thing is from me. They So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the
hearkened therefore to the word of the calves that he had made: and he
LORD, and returned to depart, placed in Bethel the priests of the high
25 33
according to the word of the LORD. places which he had made. So he
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount offered upon the altar which he had
Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the
26
out from thence, and built Penuel. eighth month, even in the month which
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now he had devised of his own heart; and
shall the kingdom return to the house ordained a feast unto the children of
27
of David: If this people go up to do Israel: and he offered upon the altar,
sacrifice in the house of the LORD at and burnt incense.
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this
people turn again unto their lord, even 1 Kings 13
unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and
they shall kill me, and go again to
And, behold, there came a man of God

Rehoboam king of Judah. 28

Whereupon out of Judah by the word of the LORD

the king took counsel, and made two unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by
2
calves of gold, and said unto them, It the altar to burn incense. And he

is too much for you to go up to cried against the altar in the word of

Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus

which brought thee up out of the land saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be

of Egypt. 29
And he set the one in born unto the house of David, Josiah
by name; and upon thee shall he offer go in with thee, neither will I eat bread
9
the priests of the high places that burn nor drink water in this place: For so
incense upon thee, and men's bones was it charged me by the word of the
3
shall be burnt upon thee. And he LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink
gave a sign the same day, saying, This water, nor turn again by the same way
10
is the sign which the LORD hath that thou camest. So he went
spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, another way, and returned not by the
11
and the ashes that are upon it shall be way that he came to Bethel. Now
4
poured out. And it came to pass, there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel;
when king Jeroboam heard the saying and his sons came and told him all the
of the man of God, which had cried works that the man of God had done
against the altar in Bethel, that he put that day in Bethel: the words which he
forth his hand from the altar, saying, had spoken unto the king, them they
12
Lay hold on him. And his hand, which told also to their father. And their
he put forth against him, dried up, so father said unto them, What way went
that he could not pull it in again to he? For his sons had seen what way
5
him. The altar also was rent, and the the man of God went, which came from
13
ashes poured out from the altar, Judah. And he said unto his sons,
according to the sign which the man of Saddle me the ass. So they saddled
14
God had given by the word of the him the ass: and he rode thereon,
6
LORD. And the king answered and And went after the man of God, and
said unto the man of God, Intreat now found him sitting under an oak: and he
the face of the LORD thy God, and pray said unto him, Art thou the man of God
for me, that my hand may be restored that camest from Judah? And he said, I
15
me again. And the man of God am. Then he said unto him, Come
16
besought the LORD, and the king's home with me, and eat bread. And
hand was restored him again, and he said, I may not return with thee,
7
became as it was before. And the nor go in with thee: neither will I eat
king said unto the man of God, Come bread nor drink water with thee in this
17
home with me, and refresh thyself, and place: For it was said to me by the
8
I will give thee a reward. And the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no
man of God said unto the king, If thou bread nor drink water there, nor turn
wilt give me half thine house, I will not again to go by the way that thou
 18
camest. He said unto him, I am a
prophet also as thou art; and an angel
spake unto me by the word of the
LORD, saying, Bring him back with
thee into thine house, that he may eat
bread and drink water. But he lied unto
19
him. So he went back with him, and
did eat bread in his house, and drank
20
water. And it came to pass, as they
sat at the table, that the word of the
LORD came unto the prophet
21
brought him back: And he cried unto
the man of God that came from Judah,
saying, Thus saith
Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the
mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept
the commandment which the LORD thy
22
God commanded thee,
back, and hast eaten bread and drunk
water in the place, of the which the
LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread,
and drink no water; thy carcase shall
not come unto the sepulchre of thy
23
fathers. And it came to pass, after he
had eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the ass,
to wit, for the prophet whom he had
24
brought back. And when he was
gone, a lion met him by the way, and
slew him: and his carcase was cast in
the way, and the ass stood by it, the
lion also stood by the carcase.
behold, men passed by, and saw the
carcase cast in the way, and the lion
standing by the carcase: and they
came and told it in the city where the
26
old prophet dwelt. And when the
prophet that brought him back from
the way heard thereof, he said, It is
the man of God, who was disobedient
unto the word of the LORD: therefore
the LORD hath delivered him unto the
lion, which hath torn him, and slain
that him, according to the word of the
27
LORD, which he spake unto him. And
he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle
28
the LORD, me the ass. And they saddled him.
And he went and found his carcase cast
in the way, and the ass and the lion
standing by the carcase: the lion had
But camest not eaten the carcase, nor torn the
29
ass. And the prophet took up the
carcase of the man of God, and laid it
upon the ass, and brought it back: and
the old prophet came to the city, to
30
mourn and to bury him. And he laid
his carcase in his own grave; and they
mourned over him, saying, Alas, my
31
brother! And it came to pass, after
he had buried him, that he spake to his
sons, saying, When I am dead, then
bury me in the sepulchre wherein the
man of God is buried; lay my bones
32
beside his bones: For the saying
25
And, which he cried by the word of the LORD
against the altar in Bethel, and against
all the houses of the high places which Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh
are in the cities of Samaria, shall to ask a thing of thee for her son; for
33
surely come to pass. After this thing he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say
Jeroboam returned not from his evil unto her: for it shall be, when she
way, but made again of the lowest of cometh in, that she shall feign herself
6
the people priests of the high places: to be another woman. And it was so,
whosoever would, he consecrated him, when Ahijah heard the sound of her
and he became one of the priests of feet as she came in at the door, that
34
the high places. And this thing he said, Come in, thou wife of
became sin unto the house of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to
Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to be another? for I am sent to thee with
7
destroy it from off the face of the heavy tidings. Go, tell Jeroboam,
earth. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from
1 Kings 14 among the people, and made thee
8
prince over my people Israel, And
At that time Abijah the son of
rent the kingdom away from the house
2
Jeroboam fell sick. And Jeroboam said of David, and gave it thee: and yet
to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and thou hast not been as my servant
disguise thyself, that thou be not David, who kept my commandments,
known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and and who followed me with all his heart,
get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is to do that only which was right in mine
Ahijah the prophet, which told me that eyes; 9
But hast done evil above all
3
I should be king over this people. And that were before thee: for thou hast
take with thee ten loaves, and gone and made thee other gods, and
cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and molten images, to provoke me to
go to him: he shall tell thee what shall anger, and hast cast me behind thy
4
become of the child. And Jeroboam's back: 10
Therefore, behold, I will bring
wife did so, and arose, and went to evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and
Shiloh, and came to the house of will cut off from Jeroboam him that
Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for pisseth against the wall, and him that
his eyes were set by reason of his age. is shut up and left in Israel, and will
5
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, which he spake by the hand of his
11 19
till it be all gone. Him that dieth of servant Ahijah the prophet. And the
Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he
eat; and him that dieth in the field warred, and how he reigned, behold,
shall the fowls of the air eat: for the they are written in the book of the
12 20
LORD hath spoken it. Arise thou chronicles of the kings of Israel. And
therefore, get thee to thine own house: the days which Jeroboam reigned were
and when thy feet enter into the city, two and twenty years: and he slept
13
the child shall die. And all Israel with his fathers, and Nadab his son
21
shall mourn for him, and bury him: for reigned in his stead. And Rehoboam
he only of Jeroboam shall come to the the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.
grave, because in him there is found Rehoboam was forty and one years old
some good thing toward the LORD God when he began to reign, and he
14
of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem,
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a the city which the LORD did choose out
king over Israel, who shall cut off the of all the tribes of Israel, to put his
house of Jeroboam that day: but what? name there. And his mother's name
15 22
even now. For the LORD shall smite was Naamah an Ammonitess. And
Israel, as a reed is shaken in the Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD,
water, and he shall root up Israel out and they provoked him to jealousy with
of this good land, which he gave to their sins which they had committed,
23
their fathers, and shall scatter them above all that their fathers had done.
beyond the river, because they have For they also built them high places,
made their groves, provoking the LORD and images, and groves, on every high
16 24
to anger. And he shall give Israel up hill, and under every green tree. And
because of the sins of Jeroboam, who there were also sodomites in the land:
17
did sin, and who made Israel to sin. and they did according to all the
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and abominations of the nations which the
departed, and came to Tirzah: and LORD cast out before the children of
25
when she came to the threshold of the Israel. And it came to pass in the
18
door, the child died; And they buried fifth year of king Rehoboam, that
him; and all Israel mourned for him, Shishak king of Egypt came up against
26
according to the word of the LORD, Jerusalem: And he took away the
treasures of the house of the LORD, which he had done before him: and his
and the treasures of the king's house; heart was not perfect with the LORD
he even took away all: and he took his God, as the heart of David his
4
away all the shields of gold which father. Nevertheless for David's sake
27
Solomon had made. And king did the LORD his God give him a lamp
Rehoboam made in their stead brasen in Jerusalem, to set up his son after
5
shields, and committed them unto the him, and to establish Jerusalem:
hands of the chief of the guard, which Because David did that which was right
28
kept the door of the king's house. in the eyes of the LORD, and turned
And it was so, when the king went into not aside from any thing that he
the house of the LORD, that the guard commanded him all the days of his life,
bare them, and brought them back into save only in the matter of Uriah the
29 6
the guard chamber. Now the rest of Hittite. And there was war between
the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days
7
did, are they not written in the book of of his life. Now the rest of the acts of
30
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Abijam, and all that he did, are they
And there was war between Rehoboam not written in the book of the
31
and Jeroboam all their days. And chronicles of the kings of Judah? And
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and there was war between Abijam and
8
was buried with his fathers in the city Jeroboam. And Abijam slept with his
of David. And his mother's name was fathers; and they buried him in the city
Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam of David: and Asa his son reigned in
9
his son reigned in his stead. his stead. And in the twentieth year
of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa
1 Kings 15 over Judah. 10
And forty and one years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
Now in the eighteenth year of king
mother's name was Maachah, the
Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned daughter of Abishalom. 11
And Asa did
2
Abijam over Judah. Three years that which was right in the eyes of the
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his LORD, as did David his father. 12
And
mother's name was Maachah, the he took away the sodomites out of the
3
daughter of Abishalom. And he land, and removed all the idols that his
walked in all the sins of his father, fathers had made. 13
And also Maachah
his mother, even her he removed from Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts
being queen, because she had made an which he had against the cities of
idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and
idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth,
14 21
But the high places were not with all the land of Naphtali. And it
removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was came to pass, when Baasha heard
15
perfect with the LORD all his days. thereof, that he left off building of
22
And he brought in the things which his Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. Then
father had dedicated, and the things king Asa made a proclamation
which himself had dedicated, into the throughout all Judah; none was
house of the LORD, silver, and gold, exempted: and they took away the
16
and vessels. And there was war stones of Ramah, and the timber
between Asa and Baasha king of Israel thereof, wherewith Baasha had
17
all their days. And Baasha king of builded; and king Asa built with them
23
Israel went up against Judah, and built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. The
Ramah, that he might not suffer any to rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his
go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. might, and all that he did, and the
18
Then Asa took all the silver and the cities which he built, are they not
gold that were left in the treasures of written in the book of the chronicles of
the house of the LORD, and the the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the
treasures of the king's house, and time of his old age he was diseased in
24
delivered them into the hand of his his feet. And Asa slept with his
servants: and king Asa sent them to fathers, and was buried with his
Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the fathers in the city of David his father:
son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
19 25
at Damascus, saying, There is a stead. And Nadab the son of
league between me and thee, and Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in
between my father and thy father: the second year of Asa king of Judah,
26
behold, I have sent unto thee a and reigned over Israel two years.
present of silver and gold; come and And he did evil in the sight of the
break thy league with Baasha king of LORD, and walked in the way of his
20
Israel, that he may depart from me. father, and in his sin wherewith he
27
So Ben- hadad hearkened unto king made Israel to sin. And Baasha the
son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, 1 Kings 16
conspired against him; and Baasha
smote him at Gibbethon, which Then the word of the LORD came to
belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha,
and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. saying, 2
Forasmuch as I exalted thee
28
Even in the third year of Asa king of out of the dust, and made thee prince
Judah did Baasha slay him, and over my people Israel; and thou hast
29
reigned in his stead. And it came to walked in the way of Jeroboam, and
pass, when he reigned, that he smote hast made my people Israel to sin, to
all the house of Jeroboam; he left not provoke me to anger with their sins; 3

to Jeroboam any that breathed, until Behold, I will take away the posterity
he had destroyed him, according unto of Baasha, and the posterity of his
the saying of the LORD, which he house; and will make thy house like
spake by his servant Ahijah the the house of Jeroboam the son of
30
Shilonite: Because of the sins of Nebat. 4
Him that dieth of Baasha in
Jeroboam which he sinned, and which the city shall the dogs eat; and him
he made Israel sin, by his provocation that dieth of his in the fields shall the
wherewith he provoked the LORD God fowls of the air eat. 5
Now the rest of
31
of Israel to anger. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did,
the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in
are they not written in the book of the the book of the chronicles of the kings
32
chronicles of the kings of Israel? And of Israel? 6
So Baasha slept with his
there was war between Asa and Baasha fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and
33
king of Israel all their days. In the Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7
And
third year of Asa king of Judah began also by the hand of the prophet Jehu
Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over the son of Hanani came the word of the
all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four LORD against Baasha, and against his
34
years. And he did evil in the sight of house, even for all the evil that he did
the LORD, and walked in the way of in the sight of the LORD, in provoking
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he him to anger with the work of his
made Israel to sin. hands, in being like the house of
8
Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa
king of Judah began Elah the son of people that were encamped heard say,
Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also
9
two years. And his servant Zimri, slain the king: wherefore all Israel
captain of half his chariots, conspired made Omri, the captain of the host,
against him, as he was in Tirzah, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17
drinking himself drunk in the house of And Omri went up from Gibbethon,
10
Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. and all Israel with him, and they
18
And Zimri went in and smote him, and besieged Tirzah. And it came to
killed him, in the twenty and seventh pass, when Zimri saw that the city was
year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned taken, that he went into the palace of
11
in his stead. And it came to pass, the king's house, and burnt the king's
19
when he began to reign, as soon as he house over him with fire, and died,
sat on his throne, that he slew all the For his sins which he sinned in doing
house of Baasha: he left him not one evil in the sight of the LORD, in
that pisseth against a wall, neither of walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in
12
his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. Thus his sin which he did, to make Israel to
20
did Zimri destroy all the house of sin. Now the rest of the acts of
Baasha, according to the word of the Zimri, and his treason that he wrought,
LORD, which he spake against Baasha are they not written in the book of the
13 21
by Jehu the prophet, For all the sins chronicles of the kings of Israel?
of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, Then were the people of Israel divided
by which they sinned, and by which into two parts: half of the people
they made Israel to sin, in provoking followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to
the LORD God of Israel to anger with make him king; and half followed Omri.
14 22
their vanities. Now the rest of the But the people that followed Omri
acts of Elah, and all that he did, are prevailed against the people that
they not written in the book of the followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so
15 23
chronicles of the kings of Israel? In Tibni died, and Omri reigned. In the
the twenty and seventh year of Asa thirty and first year of Asa king of
king of Judah did Zimri reign seven Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,
days in Tirzah. And the people were twelve years: six years reigned he in
24
encamped against Gibbethon, which Tirzah. And he bought the hill
16
belonged to the Philistines. And the Samaria of Shemer for two talents of
 33
silver, and built on the hill, and called built in Samaria. And Ahab made a
the name of the city which he built, grove; and Ahab did more to provoke
after the name of Shemer, owner of the LORD God of Israel to anger than
25
the hill, Samaria. But Omri wrought all the kings of Israel that were before
34
evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did him. In his days did Hiel the
26
worse than all that were before him. Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
For he walked in all the way of foundation thereof in Abiram his
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof
sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to in his youngest son Segub, according
provoke the LORD God of Israel to to the word of the LORD, which he
27
anger with their vanities. Now the spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
rest of the acts of Omri which he did,
and his might that he shewed, are they 1 Kings 17
not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28
So
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the

Omri slept with his fathers, and was inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab,

buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son As the LORD God of Israel liveth,

reigned in his stead. 29

And in the thirty before whom I stand, there shall not

and eighth year of Asa king of Judah be dew nor rain these years, but
2
began Ahab the son of Omri to reign according to my word. And the word
3
over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri of the LORD came unto him, saying,

reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty Get thee hence, and turn thee

and two years. 30

And Ahab the son of eastward, and hide thyself by the
4
Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

above all that were before him. 31

And And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of

it came to pass, as if it had been a the brook; and I have commanded the
5
light thing for him to walk in the sins of ravens to feed thee there. So he went

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he and did according unto the word of the

took to wife Jezebel the daughter of LORD: for he went and dwelt by the
6
Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

went and served Baal, and worshipped And the ravens brought him bread and

him. 32
And he reared up an altar for flesh in the morning, and bread and

Baal in the house of Baal, which he had flesh in the evening; and he drank of
 7 15
the brook. And it came to pass after a earth. And she went and did
while, that the brook dried up, because according to the saying of Elijah: and
8
there had been no rain in the land. she, and he, and her house, did eat
16
And the word of the LORD came unto many days. And the barrel of meal
9
him, saying, Arise, get thee to wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil
Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, fail, according to the word of the
17
and dwell there: behold, I have LORD, which he spake by Elijah. And
commanded a widow woman there to it came to pass after these things, that
10
sustain thee. So he arose and went the son of the woman, the mistress of
to Zarephath. And when he came to the house, fell sick; and his sickness
the gate of the city, behold, the widow was so sore, that there was no breath
18
woman was there gathering of sticks: left in him. And she said unto Elijah,
and he called to her, and said, Fetch What have I to do with thee, O thou
me, I pray thee, a little water in a man of God? art thou come unto me to
11
vessel, that I may drink. And as she call my sin to remembrance, and to
19
was going to fetch it, he called to her, slay my son? And he said unto her,
and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a Give me thy son. And he took him out
12
morsel of bread in thine hand. And of her bosom, and carried him up into
she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I a loft, where he abode, and laid him
20
have not a cake, but an handful of upon his own bed. And he cried unto
meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a the LORD, and said, O LORD my God,
cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two hast thou also brought evil upon the
sticks, that I may go in and dress it for widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying
21
me and my son, that we may eat it, her son? And he stretched himself
13
and die. And Elijah said unto her, upon the child three times, and cried
Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my
but make me thereof a little cake first, God, I pray thee, let this child's soul
22
and bring it unto me, and after make come into him again. And the LORD
14
for thee and for thy son. For thus heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul
saith the LORD God of Israel, The of the child came into him again, and
23
barrel of meal shall not waste, neither he revived. And Elijah took the child,
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day and brought him down out of the
that the LORD sendeth rain upon the chamber into the house, and delivered
him unto his mother: and Elijah said, Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah
24
See, thy son liveth. And the woman met him: and he knew him, and fell on
said to Elijah, Now by this I know that his face, and said, Art thou that my
8
thou art a man of God, and that the lord Elijah? And he answered him, I
word of the LORD in thy mouth is am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
9
truth. here. And he said, What have I
sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy
1 Kings 18 servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay
10
me? As the LORD thy God liveth,
And it came to pass after many days,
there is no nation or kingdom, whither
that the word of the LORD came to my lord hath not sent to seek thee:
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, and when they said, He is not there;
shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send he took an oath of the kingdom and
2
rain upon the earth. And Elijah went nation, that they found thee not. 11
And
to shew himself unto Ahab. And there now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord,
3
was a sore famine in Samaria. And Behold, Elijah is here. 12
And it shall
Ahab called Obadiah, which was the come to pass, as soon as I am gone
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD
4
feared the LORD greatly: For it was shall carry thee whither I know not;
so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets and so when I come and tell Ahab, and
of the LORD, that Obadiah took an he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
hundred prophets, and hid them by but I thy servant fear the LORD from
fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread my youth. 13
Was it not told my lord
5
and water.) And Ahab said unto what I did when Jezebel slew the
Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all prophets of the LORD, how I hid an
fountains of water, and unto all hundred men of the LORD'S prophets
brooks: peradventure we may find by fifty in a cave, and fed them with
grass to save the horses and mules bread and water? 14
And now thou
6
alive, that we lose not all the beasts. sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
So they divided the land between them is here: and he shall slay me. 15
And
to pass throughout it: Ahab went one Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts
way by himself, and Obadiah went liveth, before whom I stand, I will
7
another way by himself. And as surely shew myself unto him to day. 16
 24
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and fire under: And call ye on the name
told him: and Ahab went to meet of your gods, and I will call on the
17
Elijah. And it came to pass, when name of the LORD: and the God that
Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto answereth by fire, let him be God. And
him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? all the people answered and said, It is
18 25
And he answered, I have not well spoken. And Elijah said unto the
troubled Israel; but thou, and thy prophets of Baal, Choose you one
father's house, in that ye have bullock for yourselves, and dress it
forsaken the commandments of the first; for ye are many; and call on the
LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. name of your gods, but put no fire
19 26
Now therefore send, and gather to under. And they took the bullock
me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and which was given them, and they
the prophets of Baal four hundred and dressed it, and called on the name of
fifty, and the prophets of the groves Baal from morning even until noon,
four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was
20
table. So Ahab sent unto all the no voice, nor any that answered. And
children of Israel, and gathered the they leaped upon the altar which was
27
prophets together unto mount Carmel. made. And it came to pass at noon,
21
And Elijah came unto all the people, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
and said, How long halt ye between aloud: for he is a god; either he is
two opinions? if the LORD be God, talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. journey, or peradventure he sleepeth,
28
And the people answered him not a and must be awaked. And they cried
22
word. Then said Elijah unto the aloud, and cut themselves after their
people, I, even I only, remain a manner with knives and lancets, till the
29
prophet of the LORD; but Baal's blood gushed out upon them. And it
prophets are four hundred and fifty came to pass, when midday was past,
23
men. Let them therefore give us two and they prophesied until the time of
bullocks; and let them choose one the offering of the evening sacrifice,
bullock for themselves, and cut it in that there was neither voice, nor any
30
pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no to answer, nor any that regarded.
fire under: and I will dress the other And Elijah said unto all the people,
bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no Come near unto me. And all the people
came near unto him. And he repaired
the altar of the LORD that was broken
31
down. And Elijah took twelve stones,
according to the number of the tribes
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the
word of the LORD came, saying, Israel
32
shall be thy name: And with the
stones he built an altar in the name of
the LORD: and he made a trench about
the altar, as great as would contain
33
two measures of seed. And he put
the wood in order, and cut the bullock
in pieces, and laid him on the wood,
and said, Fill four barrels with water,
and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and
34
on the wood. And he said, Do it the
second time. And they did it the second
time. And he said, Do it the third time.
35
And they did it the third time.
the water ran round about the altar;
and he filled the trench also
36
water. And it came to pass at the
time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came
near, and said, LORD God of Abraham,
Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known
this day that thou art God in Israel,
and that I am thy servant, and that I
have done all these things at thy word.
37
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this
people may know that thou art the
LORD God, and that thou hast turned
38
their heart back again. Then the fire
of the LORD fell, and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust, and licked up the
39
water that was in the trench. And
when all the people saw it, they fell on
their faces: and they said, The LORD,
he is the God; the LORD, he is the
40
God. And Elijah said unto them, Take
the prophets of Baal; let not one of
them escape. And they took them: and
Elijah brought them down to the brook
41
Kishon, and slew them there. And
Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat
and drink; for there is a sound of
42
abundance of rain. So Ahab went up
to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up
to the top of Carmel; and he cast
himself down upon the earth, and put
43
And his face between his knees, And said
to his servant, Go up now, look toward
with the sea. And he went up, and looked,
and said, There is nothing. And he
44
said, Go again seven times. And it
came to pass at the seventh time, that
he said, Behold, there ariseth a little
cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab,
Prepare thy chariot, and get thee
45
down, that the rain stop thee not.
And it came to pass in the mean while,
that the heaven was black with clouds
and wind, and there was a great rain.
46
And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the LORD was on
Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and
ran before Ahab to the entrance of
Jezreel.
1 Kings 19
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah
had done, and withal how he had slain
2
all the prophets with the sword. Then
Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah,
saying, So let the gods do to me, and
more also, if I make not thy life as the
life of one of them by to morrow about
3
this time. And when he saw that, he
arose, and went for his life, and came
to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to
4
Judah, and left his servant there. But
he himself went a day's journey into
the wilderness, and came and sat down
under a juniper tree: and he requested
for himself that he might die; and said,
It is enough; now, O LORD, take away
my life; for I am not better than my
5
fathers. And as he lay and slept under
a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise
6
and eat. And he looked, and, behold,
there was a cake baken on the coals,
and a cruse of water at his head. And
he did eat and drink, and laid him
7
down again. And the angel of the
LORD came again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and eat;
because the journey is too great for
8
thee. And he arose, and did eat and
drink, and went in the strength of that
meat forty days and forty nights unto
Horeb the mount of God. 9
And he
came thither unto a cave, and lodged
there; and, behold, the word of the
LORD came to him, and he said unto
him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10
And he said, I have been very jealous
for the LORD God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the sword;
and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away. 11
And he
said, Go forth, and stand upon the
mount before the LORD. And, behold,
the LORD passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains, and
brake in pieces the rocks before the
LORD; but the LORD was not in the
wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the LORD was not in
the earthquake: 12
And after the
earthquake a fire; but the LORD was
not in the fire: and after the fire a still
small voice. 13
And it was so, when
Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his
face in his mantle, and went out, and
stood in the entering in of the cave.
And, behold, there came a voice unto
him, and said, What doest thou here, then I will follow thee. And he said
14
Elijah? And he said, I have been very unto him, Go back again: for what
21
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: have I done to thee? And he
because the children of Israel have returned back from him, and took a
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down yoke of oxen, and slew them, and
thine altars, and slain thy prophets boiled their flesh with the instruments
with the sword; and I, even I only, am of the oxen, and gave unto the people,
left; and they seek my life, to take it and they did eat. Then he arose, and
15
away. And the LORD said unto him, went after Elijah, and ministered unto
Go, return on thy way to the him.
wilderness of Damascus: and when
thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king 1 Kings 20
16
over Syria: And Jehu the son of
Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria

over Israel: and Elisha the son of gathered all his host together: and

Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou there were thirty and two kings with

anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 him, and horses, and chariots: and he

And it shall come to pass, that him that went up and besieged Samaria, and
2
escapeth the sword of Hazael shall warred against it. And he sent

Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from messengers to Ahab king of Israel into

the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 the city, and said unto him, Thus saith
3
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is

Israel, all the knees which have not mine; thy wives also and thy children,
4
bowed unto Baal, and every mouth even the goodliest, are mine. And the

which hath not kissed him. 19

So he king of Israel answered and said, My

departed thence, and found Elisha the lord, O king, according to thy saying, I
5
son of Shaphat, who was plowing with am thine, and all that I have. And the

twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he messengers came again, and said,

with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying,

him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 Although I have sent unto thee, saying,

And he left the oxen, and ran after Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and

Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, thy gold, and thy wives, and thy
6
kiss my father and my mother, and children; Yet I will send my servants
unto thee to morrow about this time, they set themselves in array against
13
and they shall search thine house, and the city. And, behold, there came a
the houses of thy servants; and it shall prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
eyes, they shall put it in their hand, seen all this great multitude? behold, I
7
and take it away. Then the king of will deliver it into thine hand this day;
Israel called all the elders of the land, and thou shalt know that I am the
14
and said, Mark, I pray you, and see LORD. And Ahab said, By whom? And
how this man seeketh mischief: for he he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by
sent unto me for my wives, and for my the young men of the princes of the
children, and for my silver, and for my provinces. Then he said, Who shall
8
gold; and I denied him not. And all order the battle? And he answered,
15
the elders and all the people said unto Thou. Then he numbered the young
him, Hearken not unto him, nor men of the princes of the provinces,
9
consent. Wherefore he said unto the and they were two hundred and thirty
messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord two: and after them he numbered all
the king, All that thou didst send for to the people, even all the children of
16
thy servant at the first I will do: but Israel, being seven thousand. And
this thing I may not do. And the they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad
messengers departed, and brought him was drinking himself drunk in the
10
word again. And Ben-hadad sent pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty
17
unto him, and said, The gods do so and two kings that helped him. And
unto me, and more also, if the dust of the young men of the princes of the
Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for provinces went out first; and Ben-
11
all the people that follow me. And hadad sent out, and they told him,
the king of Israel answered and said, saying, There are men come out of
18
Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on Samaria. And he said, Whether they
his harness boast himself as he that be come out for peace, take them
12
putteth it off. And it came to pass, alive; or whether they be come out for
19
when Ben-hadad heard this message, war, take them alive. So these young
as he was drinking, he and the kings in men of the princes of the provinces
the pavilions,that he said unto his came out of the city, and the army
20
servants, Set yourselves in array. And which followed them. And they slew
every one his man: and the Syrians
fled; and Israel pursued them: and
Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped
on an horse with the horsemen.
the king of Israel went out, and smote
the horses and chariots, and slew the
Syrians with a great slaughter.
the prophet came to the king of Israel,
and said unto him, Go, strengthen
thyself, and mark, and see what thou
doest: for at the return of the year the
king of Syria will come up against thee.
23
And the servants of the king of Syria
said unto him, Their gods are gods of
the hills; therefore they were stronger
than we; but let us fight against them
in the plain, and surely we shall be
24
stronger than they. And do this
thing, Take the kings away, every man
out of his place, and put captains in
25
their rooms: And number thee an
army, like the army that thou hast lost,
horse for horse, and chariot
chariot: and we will fight against them
in the plain, and surely we shall be
stronger than they. And he hearkened
26
unto their voice, and did so.
came to pass at the return of the year,
that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians,
and went up to Aphek, to fight against
27
Israel. And the children of Israel
were numbered, and were all present,
and went against them: and
children of Israel pitched before them
like two little flocks of kids; but the
28
Syrians filled the country. And there
21
And came a man of God, and spake unto
the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith
the LORD, Because the Syrians have
22
And said, The LORD is God of the hills, but
he is not God of the valleys, therefore
will I deliver all this great multitude
into thine hand, and ye shall know that
29
I am the LORD. And they pitched one
over against the other seven days. And
so it was, that in the seventh day the
battle was joined: and the children of
Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred
30
thousand footmen in one day. But
the rest fled to Aphek, into the city;
and there a wall fell upon twenty and
seven thousand of the men that were
left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came
31
into the city, into an inner chamber.
And his servants said unto him, Behold
for now, we have heard that the kings of
the house of Israel are merciful kings:
let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on
our loins, and ropes upon our heads,
And it and go out to the king of Israel:
32
peradventure he will save thy life. So
they girded sackcloth on their loins,
and put ropes on their heads, and
came to the king of Israel, and said,
Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray
the thee, let me live. And he said, Is he

yet alive? he is my brother.
men did diligently observe whether any
thing would come from him, and did
hastily catch it: and they said, Thy
brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go
ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came
forth to him; and he caused him to
34
come up into the chariot.
hadad said unto him, The cities, which
my father took from thy father, I will
restore; and thou shalt make streets
for thee in Damascus, as my father
made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I
will send thee away with this covenant.
So he made a covenant with him, and
35
sent him away. And a certain man of
the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD,
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
36
refused to smite him. Then said he
unto him, Because thou
obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold,
as soon as thou art departed from me,
a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as
he was departed from him, a lion found
37
him, and slew him. Then he found
another man, and said, Smite me, I
pray thee. And the man smote him, so
that in smiting he wounded him.
the prophet departed, and waited for
the king by the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon his face.
And as the king passed by, he cried
33
Now the unto the king: and he said, Thy servant
went out into the midst of the battle;
and, behold, a man turned aside, and
brought a man unto me, and said,
Keep this man: if by any means he be
missing, then shall thy life be for his
life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of
40
And Ben- silver. And as thy servant was busy
here and there, he was gone. And the
king of Israel said unto him, So shall
thy judgment be; thyself hast decided
41
it. And he hasted, and took the
ashes away from his face; and the king
of Israel discerned him that he was of
42
the prophets. And he said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Because thou
hast let go out of thy hand a man
whom I appointed to utter destruction,
therefore thy life shall go for his life,
43
and thy people for his people. And
hast not the king of Israel went to his house
heavy and displeased, and came to
Samaria.
1 Kings 21
And it came to pass after these things,
that Naboth the Jezreelite had a
38
So vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by
2
the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying,
39 Give me thy vineyard, that I may have
it for a garden of herbs, because it is
near unto my house: and I will give she wrote in the letters, saying,
thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high
10
if it seem good to thee, I will give thee among the people: And set two men,
3
the worth of it in money. And Naboth sons of Belial, before him, to bear
said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, witness against him, saying, Thou didst
that I should give the inheritance of blaspheme God and the king. And then
4
my fathers unto thee. And Ahab came carry him out, and stone him, that he
11
into his house heavy and displeased may die. And the men of his city,
because of the word which Naboth the even the elders and the nobles who
Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he were the inhabitants in his city, did as
had said, I will not give thee the Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid was written in the letters which she
12
him down upon his bed, and turned had sent unto them. They proclaimed
away his face, and would eat no bread. a fast, and set Naboth on high among
5 13
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and the people. And there came in two
said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, men, children of Belial, and sat before
6
that thou eatest no bread? And he him: and the men of Belial witnessed
said unto her, Because I spake unto against him, even against Naboth, in
Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto the presence of the people, saying,
him, Give me thy vineyard for money; Naboth did blaspheme God and the
or else, if it please thee, I will give king. Then they carried him forth out of
thee another vineyard for it: and he the city, and stoned him with stones,
14
answered, I will not give thee my that he died. Then they sent to
7
vineyard. And Jezebel his wife said Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and
15
unto him, Dost thou now govern the is dead. And it came to pass, when
kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,
bread, and let thine heart be merry: I and was dead, that Jezebel said to
will give thee the vineyard of Naboth Ahab, Arise, take possession of the
8
the Jezreelite. So she wrote letters in vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
Ahab's name, and sealed them with his which he refused to give thee for
seal, and sent the letters unto the money: for Naboth is not alive, but
16
elders and to the nobles that were in dead. And it came to pass, when
9
his city, dwelling with Naboth. And Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that
Ahab rose up to go down to the the city the dogs shall eat; and him
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to that dieth in the field shall the fowls of
17 25
take possession of it. And the word the air eat. But there was none like
of the LORD came to Elijah the unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
18
Tishbite, saying, Arise, go down to work wickedness in the sight of the
meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred
26
Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard up. And he did very abominably in
of Naboth, whither he is gone down to following idols, according to all things
19
possess it. And thou shalt speak unto as did the Amorites, whom the LORD
27
him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast cast out before the children of Israel.
thou killed, and also taken possession? And it came to pass, when Ahab heard
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, those words, that he rent his clothes,
Thus saith the LORD, In the place and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went
20 28
shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. softly. And the word of the LORD
29
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
found me, O mine enemy? And he Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself
answered, I have found thee: because before me? because he humbleth
thou hast sold thyself to work evil in himself before me, I will not bring the
21
the sight of the LORD. Behold, I will evil in his days: but in his son's days
bring evil upon thee, and will take will I bring the evil upon his house.
away thy posterity, and will cut off
from Ahab him that pisseth against the 1 Kings 22
wall, and him that is shut up and left in
Israel, 22
And will make thine house
And they continued three years
2
like the house of Jeroboam the son of without war between Syria and Israel.

Nebat, and like the house of Baasha And it came to pass in the third year,

the son of Ahijah, for the provocation that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
3
wherewith thou hast provoked me to came down to the king of Israel. And

anger, and made Israel to sin. 23

And of the king of Israel said unto his

Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, servants, Know ye that Ramoth in

The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take

of Jezreel. 24
Him that dieth of Ahab in it not out of the hand of the king of
 4
Syria? And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Chenaanah made him horns of iron:
Wilt thou go with me to battle to and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With
Ramoth- gilead? And Jehoshaphat said these shalt thou push the Syrians, until
12
to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, thou have consumed them. And all
my people as thy people, my horses as the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go
5
thy horses. And Jehoshaphat said up to Ramoth- gilead, and prosper: for
unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray the LORD shall deliver it into the king's
6 13
thee, at the word of the LORD to day. hand. And the messenger that was
Then the king of Israel gathered the gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,
prophets together, about four hundred saying, Behold now, the words of the
men, and said unto them, Shall I go prophets declare good unto the king
against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or with one mouth: let thy word, I pray
shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; thee, be like the word of one of them,
14
for the Lord shall deliver it into the and speak that which is good. And
7
hand of the king. And Jehoshaphat Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what
said, Is there not here a prophet of the the LORD saith unto me, that will I
15
LORD besides, that we might enquire speak. So he came to the king. And
8
of him? And the king of Israel said the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle,
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by or shall we forbear? And he answered
whom we may enquire of the LORD: him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
but I hate him; for he doth not shall deliver it into the hand of the
16
prophesy good concerning me, but evil. king. And the king said unto him,
And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king How many times shall I adjure thee
9
say so. Then the king of Israel called that thou tell me nothing but that
an officer, and said, Hasten hither which is true in the name of the LORD?
10 17
Micaiah the son of Imlah. And the And he said, I saw all Israel
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king scattered upon the hills, as sheep that
of Judah sat each on his throne, having have not a shepherd: and the LORD
put on their robes, in a void place in said, These have no master: let them
the entrance of the gate of Samaria; return every man to his house in
18
and all the prophets prophesied before peace. And the king of Israel said
11
them. And Zedekiah the son of unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
 27
that he would prophesy no good king's son; And say, Thus saith the
19
concerning me, but evil? And he king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
said, Hear thou therefore the word of feed him with bread of affliction and
the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on with water of affliction, until I come in
28
his throne, and all the host of heaven peace. And Micaiah said, If thou
standing by him on his right hand and return at all in peace, the LORD hath
20
on his left. And the LORD said, Who not spoken by me. And he said,
29
shall persuade Ahab, that he may go Hearken, O people, every one of you.
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
said on this manner, and another said the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-
21 30
on that manner. And there came gilead. And the king of Israel said
forth a spirit, and stood before the unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
22
LORD, and said, I will persuade him. myself, and enter into the battle; but
And the LORD said unto him, put thou on thy robes. And the king of
Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, Israel disguised himself, and went into
31
and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth the battle. But the king of Syria
of all his prophets. And he said, Thou commanded his thirty and two captains
shalt persuade him, and prevail also: that had rule over his chariots, saying,
23
go forth, and do so. Now therefore, Fight neither with small nor great, save
32
behold, the LORD hath put a lying only with the king of Israel. And it
spirit in the mouth of all these thy came to pass, when the captains of the
prophets, and the LORD hath spoken chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
24
evil concerning thee. But Zedekiah said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And
the son of Chenaanah went near, and they turned aside to fight against him:
33
smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, and Jehoshaphat cried out. And it
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD came to pass, when the captains of the
25
from me to speak unto thee? And chariots perceived that it was not the
Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in king of Israel, that they turned back
34
that day, when thou shalt go into an from pursuing him. And a certain
26
inner chamber to hide thyself. And man drew a bow at a venture, and
the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, smote the king of Israel between the
and carry him back unto Amon the joints of the harness: wherefore he
governor of the city, and to Joash the said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn
thine hand, and carry me out of the all the ways of Asa his father; he
35
host; for I am wounded. And the turned not aside from it, doing that
battle increased that day: and the king which was right in the eyes of the
was stayed up in his chariot against LORD: nevertheless the high places
the Syrians, and died at even: and the were not taken away; for the people
blood ran out of the wound into the offered and burnt incense yet in the
36 44
midst of the chariot. And there went high places. And Jehoshaphat made
45
a proclamation throughout the host peace with the king of Israel. Now
about the going down of the sun, the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
saying, Every man to his city, and and his might that he shewed, and how
37
every man to his own country. So he warred, are they not written in the
the king died, and was brought to book of the chronicles of the kings of
46
Samaria; and they buried the king in Judah? And the remnant of the
38
Samaria. And one washed the chariot sodomites, which remained in the days
in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs of his father Asa, he took out of the
47
licked up his blood; and they washed land. There was then no king in
48
his armour; according unto the word of Edom: a deputy was king.
39
the LORD which he spake. Now the Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish
rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he to go to Ophir for gold: but they went
did, and the ivory house which he not; for the ships were broken at
49
made, and all the cities that he built, Ezion-geber. Then said Ahaziah the
are they not written in the book of the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
40
chronicles of the kings of Israel? So servants go with thy servants in the
50
Ahab slept with his fathers; and ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
41
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began and was buried with his fathers in the
to reign over Judah in the fourth year city of David his father: and Jehoram
42 51
of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. Ahaziah
was thirty and five years old when he the son of Ahab began to reign over
began to reign; and he reigned twenty Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year
and five years in Jerusalem. And his of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
52
mother's name was Azubah the reigned two years over Israel. And
43
daughter of Shilhi. And he walked in he did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and walked in the way of his father,
and in the way of his mother, and in
the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
53
who made Israel to sin: For he
served Baal, and worshipped him, and
provoked to anger the LORD God of
Israel, according to all that his father
had done.
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE

2nd KINGS

COMMONLY CALLED
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS

2 Kings 1 because there is not a God in Israel,

that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-
Then Moab rebelled against Israel zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou

after the death of Ahab. 2

And Ahaziah shalt not come down from that bed on

fell down through a lattice in his upper which thou art gone up, but shalt
7
chamber that was in Samaria, and was surely die. And he said unto them,

sick: and he sent messengers, and said What manner of man was he which

unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub came up to meet you, and told you
8
the god of Ekron whether I shall these words? And they answered him,

recover of this disease. 3

But the angel He was an hairy man, and girt with a

of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, girdle of leather about his loins. And he
9
Arise, go up to meet the messengers of said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. Then

the king of Samaria, and say unto the king sent unto him a captain of

them, Is it not because there is not a fifty with his fifty. And he went up to

God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of him: and, behold, he sat on the top of

Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 4

Now an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou

therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come
10
shalt not come down from that bed on down. And Elijah answered and said

which thou art gone up, but shalt to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of

surely die. And Elijah departed. 5

And God, then let fire come down from

when the messengers turned back unto heaven, and consume thee and thy

him, he said unto them, Why are ye fifty. And there came down fire from

now turned back? 6

And they said unto heaven, and consumed him and his
11
him, There came a man up to meet us, fifty. Again also he sent unto him

and said unto us, Go, turn again unto another captain of fifty with his fifty.

the king that sent you, and say unto And he answered and said unto him, O

him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not man of God, thus hath the king said,
 12
Come down quickly. And Elijah second year of Jehoram the son of
answered and said unto them, If I be a Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he
18
man of God, let fire come down from had no son. Now the rest of the acts
heaven, and consume thee and thy of Ahaziah which he did, are they not
fifty. And the fire of God came down written in the book of the chronicles of
from heaven, and consumed him and the kings of Israel?
13
his fifty. And he sent again a captain
of the third fifty with his fifty. And the 2 Kings 2
third captain of fifty went up, and came
and fell on his knees before Elijah, and
And it came to pass, when the LORD

besought him, and said unto him, O would take up Elijah into heaven by a

man of God, I pray thee, let my life, whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha
2
and the life of these fifty thy servants, from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto

be precious in thy sight. 14

Behold, Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the

there came fire down from heaven, and LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And

burnt up the two captains of the former Elisha said unto him, As the LORD

fifties with their fifties: therefore let liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not

my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 leave thee. So they went down to
3
And the angel of the LORD said unto Bethel. And the sons of the prophets

Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid that were at Bethel came forth to

of him. And he arose, and went down Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest

with him unto the king. 16

And he said thou that the LORD will take away thy

unto him, Thus saith the LORD, master from thy head to day? And he

Forasmuch as thou hast sent said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your
4
messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub peace. And Elijah said unto him,

the god of Ekron, is it not because Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the

there is no God in Israel to enquire of LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he

his word? therefore thou shalt not said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy

come down off that bed on which thou soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So
5
art gone up, but shalt surely die. 17
So they came to Jericho. And the sons of

he died according to the word of the the prophets that were at Jericho came

LORD which Elijah had spoken. And to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest

Jehoram reigned in his stead in the thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head to day? And he
answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your
6
peace. And Elijah said unto him,
Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD
hath sent me to Jordan. And he said,
As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And they
7
two went on. And fifty men of the
sons of the prophets went, and stood
to view afar off: and they two stood by
8 15
Jordan. And Elijah took his mantle,
and wrapped it together, and smote
the waters, and they were divided
hither and thither, so that they two
9
went over on dry ground. And it came
to pass, when they were gone over,
that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I
shall do for thee, before I be taken
away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray
thee, let a double portion of thy spirit
10
be upon me. And he said, Thou hast
asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if
thou see me when I am taken from
thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if
11
not, it shall not be so. And it came to
pass, as they still went on, and talked,
that, behold, there appeared a chariot
of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went up
12
by a whirlwind into heaven.
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father,
my father, the chariot of Israel, and
the horsemen thereof. And he saw him
no more: and he took hold of his own
13
clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
He took up also the mantle of Elijah
that fell from him, and went back, and
14
stood by the bank of Jordan; And he
took the mantle of Elijah that fell from
him, and smote the waters, and said,
Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and
when he also had smitten the waters,
they parted hither and thither: and
Elisha went over. And when the sons
of the prophets which were to view at
Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit
of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they
came to meet him, and bowed
themselves to the ground before him.
16
And they said unto him, Behold now,
there be with thy servants fifty strong
men; let them go, we pray thee, and
seek thy master: lest peradventure the
Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up,
and cast him upon some mountain, or
into some valley. And he said, Ye shall
17
not send. And when they urged him
till he was ashamed, he said, Send.
They sent therefore fifty men; and they
sought three days, but found him not.
18
And when they came again to him,
(for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto
And them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19
And the men of the city said unto
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my
lord seeth: but the water is naught, LORD; but not like his father, and like
20
and the ground barren. And he said, his mother: for he put away the image
3
Bring me a new cruse, and put salt of Baal that his father had made.
21
therein. And they bring it to him. Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins
And he went forth unto the spring of of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which
the waters, and cast the salt in there, made Israel to sin; he departed not
4
and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have therefrom. And Mesha king of Moab
healed these waters; there shall not be was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto
from thence any more death or barren the king of Israel an hundred thousand
22
land. So the waters were healed unto lambs, and an hundred thousand rams,
5
this day, according to the saying of with the wool. But it came to pass,
23
Elisha which he spake. And he went when Ahab was dead, that the king of
up from thence unto Bethel: and as he Moab rebelled against the king of
6
was going up by the way, there came Israel. And king Jehoram went out of
forth little children out of the city, and Samaria the same time, and numbered
7
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, all Israel. And he went and sent to
thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
24
And he turned back, and looked on The king of Moab hath rebelled against
them, and cursed them in the name of me: wilt thou go with me against Moab
the LORD. And there came forth two to battle? And he said, I will go up: I
she bears out of the wood, and tare am as thou art, my people as thy
25 8
forty and two children of them. And people, and my horses as thy horses.
he went from thence to mount Carmel, And he said, Which way shall we go
and from thence he returned to up? And he answered, The way through
9
Samaria. the wilderness of Edom. So the king
of Israel went, and the king of Judah,
2 Kings 3 and the king of Edom: and they
fetched a compass of seven days'
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began
journey: and there was no water for
to reign over Israel in Samaria the the host, and for the cattle that
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of followed them. 10
And the king of Israel
2
Judah, and reigned twelve years. And said, Alas! that the LORD hath called
he wrought evil in the sight of the these three kings together, to deliver
 11
them into the hand of Moab!
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
prophet of the LORD, that we may
enquire of the LORD by him? And one
of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the
son of Shaphat, which poured water on
12
the hands of Elijah. And Jehoshaphat
said, The word of the LORD is with
him. So the king of Israel
Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
13
went down to him. And Elisha said
unto the king of Israel, What have I to
do with thee? get thee to the prophets
of thy father, and to the prophets of
thy mother. And the king of Israel said
unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath
called these three kings together, to
deliver them into the hand of Moab.
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts
liveth, before whom I stand, surely,
were it not that I regard the presence
of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I
would not look toward thee, nor see
15
thee. But now bring me a minstrel.
And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD
16
came upon him. And he said, Thus
saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
17
ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye
shall not see wind, neither shall ye see
rain; yet that valley shall be filled with
water, that ye may drink, both ye, and
18
But your cattle, and your beasts. And
this is but a light thing in the sight of
the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites
19
also into your hand. And ye shall
smite every fenced city, and every
choice city, and shall fell every good
tree, and stop all wells of water, and
mar every good piece of land with
20
stones. And it came to pass in the
and morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water
by the way of Edom, and the country
21
was filled with water. And when all
the Moabites heard that the kings were
come up to fight against them, they
gathered all that were able to put on
armour, and upward, and stood in the
22
border. And they rose up early in the
14
morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water
23
on the other side as red as blood:
And they said, This is blood: the kings
are surely slain, and they have smitten
one another: now therefore, Moab, to
24
the spoil. And when they came to the
camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and smote the Moabites, so that they
fled before them: but they went
forward smiting the Moabites, even in
25
their country. And they beat down
the cities, and on every good piece of
land cast every man his stone, and
filled it; and they stopped all the wells
 4
of water, and felled all the good trees: borrow not a few. And when thou art
only in Kir-haraseth left they the come in, thou shalt shut the door upon
stones thereof; howbeit the slingers thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour
26
went about it, and smote it. And out into all those vessels, and thou
5
when the king of Moab saw that the shalt set aside that which is full. So
battle was too sore for him, he took she went from him, and shut the door
with him seven hundred men that drew upon her and upon her sons, who
swords, to break through even unto brought the vessels to her; and she
6
the king of Edom: but they could not. poured out. And it came to pass,
27
Then he took his eldest son that when the vessels were full, that she
should have reigned in his stead, and said unto her son, Bring me yet a
offered him for a burnt offering upon vessel. And he said unto her, There is
7
the wall. And there was great not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
indignation against Israel: and they Then she came and told the man of
departed from him, and returned to God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and
their own land. pay thy debt, and live thou and thy
8
children of the rest. And it fell on a
2 Kings 4 day, that Elisha passed to Shunem,
where was a great woman; and she
Now there cried a certain woman of
constrained him to eat bread. And so it
the wives of the sons of the prophets was, that as oft as he passed by, he
unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my turned in thither to eat bread. 9
And
husband is dead; and thou knowest she said unto her husband, Behold
that thy servant did fear the LORD: now, I perceive that this is an holy
and the creditor is come to take unto man of God, which passeth by us
2
him my two sons to be bondmen. And continually. 10
Let us make a little
Elisha said unto her, What shall I do chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and
for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the let us set for him there a bed, and a
house? And she said, Thine handmaid table, and a stool, and a candlestick:
hath not any thing in the house, save a and it shall be, when he cometh to us,
3
pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow that he shall turn in thither. 11
And it
thee vessels abroad of all thy fell on a day, that he came thither, and
neighbours, even empty vessels; he turned into the chamber, and lay
 12 22
there. And he said to Gehazi his door upon him, and went out. And
servant, Call this Shunammite. And she called unto her husband, and said,
when he had called her, she stood Send me, I pray thee, one of the young
13
before him. And he said unto him, men, and one of the asses, that I may
Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast run to the man of God, and come
23
been careful for us with all this care; again. And he said, Wherefore wilt
what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou go to him to day? it is neither new
thou be spoken for to the king, or to moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It
24
the captain of the host? And she shall be well. Then she saddled an
answered, I dwell among mine own ass, and said to her servant, Drive,
14
people. And he said, What then is to and go forward; slack not thy riding for
25
be done for her? And Gehazi answered, me, except I bid thee. So she went
Verily she hath no child, and her and came unto the man of God to
15
husband is old. And he said, Call her. mount Carmel. And it came to pass,
And when he had called her, she stood when the man of God saw her afar off,
16
in the door. And he said, About this that he said to Gehazi his servant,
26
season, according to the time of life, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
thou shalt embrace a son. And she Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and
said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it
17
do not lie unto thine handmaid. And well with thy husband? is it well with
the woman conceived, and bare a son the child? And she answered, It is well.
27
at that season that Elisha had said And when she came to the man of
unto her, according to the time of life. God to the hill, she caught him by the
18
And when the child was grown, it fell feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust
on a day, that he went out to his father her away. And the man of God said,
19
to the reapers. And he said unto his Let her alone; for her soul is vexed
father, My head, my head. And he said within her: and the LORD hath hid it
20 28
to a lad, Carry him to his mother. from me, and hath not told me. Then
And when he had taken him, and she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?
29
brought him to his mother, he sat on did I not say, Do not deceive me?
21
her knees till noon, and then died. Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy
And she went up, and laid him on the loins, and take my staff in thine hand,
bed of the man of God, and shut the and go thy way: if thou meet any man,
salute him not; and if any salute thee, herself to the ground, and took up her
38
answer him not again: and lay my staff son, and went out. And Elisha came
30
upon the face of the child. And the again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth
mother of the child said, As the LORD in the land; and the sons of the
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not prophets were sitting before him: and
leave thee. And he arose, and followed he said unto his servant, Set on the
31
her. And Gehazi passed on before great pot, and seethe pottage for the
39
them, and laid the staff upon the face sons of the prophets. And one went
of the child; but there was neither out into the field to gather herbs, and
voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went found a wild vine, and gathered thereof
again to meet him, and told him, wild gourds his lap full, and came and
32
saying, The child is not awaked. And shred them into the pot of pottage: for
40
when Elisha was come into the house, they knew them not. So they poured
behold, the child was dead, and laid out for the men to eat. And it came to
33
upon his bed. He went in therefore, pass, as they were eating of the
and shut the door upon them twain, pottage, that they cried out, and said,
34
and prayed unto the LORD. And he O thou man of God, there is death in
went up, and lay upon the child, and the pot. And they could not eat
41
put his mouth upon his mouth, and his thereof. But he said, Then bring
eyes upon his eyes, and his hands meal. And he cast it into the pot; and
upon his hands: and he stretched he said, Pour out for the people, that
himself upon the child; and the flesh of they may eat. And there was no harm
35 42
the child waxed warm. Then he in the pot. And there came a man
returned, and walked in the house to from Baal-shalisha, and brought the
and fro; and went up, and stretched man of God bread of the firstfruits,
himself upon him: and the child twenty loaves of barley, and full ears
sneezed seven times, and the child of corn in the husk thereof. And he
36
opened his eyes. And he called said, Give unto the people, that they
43
Gehazi, and said, Call this may eat. And his servitor said, What,
Shunammite. So he called her. And should I set this before an hundred
when she was come in unto him, he men? He said again, Give the people,
37
said, Take up thy son. Then she went that they may eat: for thus saith the
in, and fell at his feet, and bowed LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave
 44
thereof. So he set it before them, And it came to pass, when the king of
and they did eat, and left thereof, Israel had read the letter, that he rent
according to the word of the LORD. his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill
and to make alive, that this man doth
2 Kings 5 send unto me to recover a man of his
leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray
Now Naaman, captain of the host of
you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel
the king of Syria, was a great man with against me. 8
And it was so, when
his master, and honourable, because Elisha the man of God had heard that
by him the LORD had given deliverance the king of Israel had rent his clothes,
unto Syria: he was also a mighty man that he sent to the king, saying,
2
in valour, but he was a leper. And the Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes?
Syrians had gone out by companies, let him come now to me, and he shall
and had brought away captive out of know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9

the land of Israel a little maid; and she So Naaman came with his horses and
3
waited on Naaman's wife. And she with his chariot, and stood at the door
said unto her mistress, Would God my of the house of Elisha. 10
And Elisha
lord were with the prophet that is in sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go
Samaria! for he would recover him of and wash in the Jordan seven times,
4
his leprosy. And one went in, and told and thy flesh shall come again to thee,
his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the and thou shalt be clean. 11
But Naaman
5
maid that is of the land of Israel. And was wroth, and went away, and said,
the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I Behold, I thought, He will surely come
will send a letter unto the king of out to me, and stand, and call on the
Israel. And he departed, and took with name of the LORD his God, and strike
him ten talents of silver, and six his hand over the place, and recover
thousand pieces of gold, and ten the leper. 12
Are not Abana and
6
changes of raiment. And he brought Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better
the letter to the king of Israel, saying, than all the waters of Israel? may I not
Now when this letter is come unto wash in them, and be clean? So he
thee, behold, I have therewith sent turned and went away in a rage. 13
And
Naaman my servant to thee, that thou his servants came near, and spake
7
mayest recover him of his leprosy. unto him, and said, My father, if the
 20
prophet had bid thee do some great departed from him a little way. But
thing, wouldest thou not have done it? Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man
how much rather then, when he saith of God, said, Behold, my master hath
14
to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then spared Naaman this Syrian, in not
went he down, and dipped himself receiving at his hands that which he
seven times in Jordan, according to the brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will
saying of the man of God: and his flesh run after him, and take somewhat of
21
came again like unto the flesh of a him. So Gehazi followed after
15
little child, and he was clean. And he Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
returned to the man of God, he and all running after him, he lighted down
his company, and came, and stood from the chariot to meet him, and said,
22
before him: and he said, Behold, now I Is all well? And he said, All is well.
know that there is no God in all earth, My master hath sent me, saying,
but in Israel: now therefore, I pray Behold, even now there be come to me
16
thee, take a blessing of thy servant. from mount Ephraim two young men of
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before the sons of the prophets: give them, I
whom I stand, I will receive none. And pray thee, a talent of silver, and two
23
he urged him to take it; but he changes of garments. And Naaman
17
refused. And Naaman said, Shall said, Be content, take two talents. And
there not then, I pray thee, be given to he urged him, and bound two talents of
thy servant two mules' burden of silver in two bags, with two changes of
earth? for thy servant will henceforth garments, and laid them upon two of
offer neither burnt offering nor his servants; and they bare them
24
sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the before him. And when he came to
18
LORD. In this thing the LORD pardon the tower, he took them from their
thy servant, that when my master hand, and bestowed them in the
goeth into the house of Rimmon to house: and he let the men go, and
25
worship there, and he leaneth on my they departed. But he went in, and
hand, and I bow myself in the house of stood before his master. And Elisha
Rimmon: when I bow down myself in said unto him, Whence comest thou,
the house of Rimmon, the LORD Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went
19 26
pardon thy servant in this thing. And no whither. And he said unto him,
he said unto him, Go in peace. So he Went not mine heart with thee, when
the man turned again from his chariot
to meet thee? Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments, and
oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep,
and oxen, and menservants,
27
maidservants? The leprosy therefore
of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and
unto thy seed for ever. And he went
out from his presence a leper as white
as snow.
2 Kings 6
And the sons of the prophets said unto
Elisha, Behold now, the place where we
dwell with thee is too strait for us.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan,
and take thence every man a beam,
and let us make us a place there,
where we may dwell. And he answered,
3
Go ye. And one said, Be content, I
pray thee, and go with thy servants.
4
And he answered, I will go.
went with them. And when they came
to Jordan, they cut down wood.
as one was felling a beam, the axe
head fell into the water: and he cried,
and said, Alas, master! for
6
borrowed. And the man of God said,
Where fell it? And he shewed him the
place. And he cut down a stick, and
cast it in thither; and the iron did
7
swim. Therefore said he, Take it up to
thee. And he put out his hand, and
8
took it. Then the king of Syria warred
against Israel, and took counsel with
his servants, saying, In such and such
9
and a place shall be my camp. And the
man of God sent unto the king of
Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass
not such a place; for thither the
10
Syrians are come down. And the king
of Israel sent to the place which the
man of God told him and warned him
of, and saved himself there, not once
11
nor twice. Therefore the heart of the
king of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants, and
2
said unto them, Will ye not shew me
which of us is for the king of Israel? 12
And one of his servants said, None, my
lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet
that is in Israel, telleth the king of
Israel the words that thou speakest in
thy bedchamber. 13
And he said, Go
So he and spy where he is, that I may send
and fetch him. And it was told him,
5
But saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14
Therefore sent he thither horses, and
chariots, and a great host: and they
it was came by night, and compassed the city
about. 15
And when the servant of the
man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the
city both with horses and chariots. And
his servant said unto him, Alas, my
 16 23
master! how shall we do? And he drink, and go to their master. And he
answered, Fear not: for they that be prepared great provision for them: and
with us are more than they that be when they had eaten and drunk, he
17
with them. And Elisha prayed, and sent them away, and they went to their
said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, master. So the bands of Syria came no
24
that he may see. And the LORD opened more into the land of Israel. And it
the eyes of the young man; and he came to pass after this, that Ben-
saw: and, behold, the mountain was hadad king of Syria gathered all his
full of horses and chariots of fire round host, and went up, and besieged
18 25
about Elisha. And when they came Samaria. And there was a great
down to him, Elisha prayed unto the famine in Samaria: and, behold, they
LORD, and said, Smite this people, I besieged it, until an ass's head was
pray thee, with blindness. And he sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and
smote them with blindness according the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung
19 26
to the word of Elisha. And Elisha said for five pieces of silver. And as the
unto them, This is not the way, neither king of Israel was passing by upon the
is this the city: follow me, and I will wall, there cried a woman unto him,
27
bring you to the man whom ye seek. saying, Help, my lord, O king. And
20
But he led them to Samaria. And it he said, If the LORD do not help thee,
came to pass, when they were come whence shall I help thee? out of the
28
into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
open the eyes of these men, that they And the king said unto her, What aileth
may see. And the LORD opened their thee? And she answered, This woman
eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they said unto me, Give thy son, that we
21
were in the midst of Samaria. And may eat him to day, and we will eat my
29
the king of Israel said unto Elisha, son to morrow. So we boiled my son,
when he saw them, My father, shall I and did eat him: and I said unto her on
22
smite them? shall I smite them? And the next day, Give thy son, that we
he answered, Thou shalt not smite may eat him: and she hath hid her
30
them: wouldest thou smite those whom son. And it came to pass, when the
thou hast taken captive with thy sword king heard the words of the woman,
and with thy bow? set bread and water that he rent his clothes; and he passed
before them, that they may eat and by upon the wall, and the people
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
31 3
within upon his flesh. Then he said, thereof. And there were four leprous
God do so and more also to me, if the men at the entering in of the gate: and
head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall they said one to another, Why sit we
32 4
stand on him this day. But Elisha sat here until we die? If we say, We will
in his house, and the elders sat with enter into the city, then the famine is
him; and the king sent a man from in the city, and we shall die there: and
before him: but ere the messenger if we sit still here, we die also. Now
came to him, he said to the elders, See therefore come, and let us fall unto the
ye how this son of a murderer hath host of the Syrians: if they save us
sent to take away mine head? look, alive, we shall live; and if they kill us,
5
when the messenger cometh, shut the we shall but die. And they rose up in
door, and hold him fast at the door: is the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
not the sound of his master's feet Syrians: and when they were come to
33
behind him? And while he yet talked the uttermost part of the camp of
with them, behold, the messenger Syria, behold, there was no man there.
6
came down unto him: and he said, For the Lord had made the host of the
Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and
should I wait for the LORD any longer? a noise of horses, even the noise of a
great host: and they said one to
2 Kings 7 another, Lo, the king of Israel hath
hired against us the kings of the
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of
Hittites, and the kings of the
the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To Egyptians, to come upon us. 7

morrow about this time shall a Wherefore they arose and fled in the
measure of fine flour be sold for a twilight, and left their tents, and their
shekel, and two measures of barley for horses, and their asses, even the camp
2
a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. as it was, and fled for their life. 8
And
Then a lord on whose hand the king when these lepers came to the
leaned answered the man of God, and uttermost part of the camp, they went
said, Behold, if the LORD would make into one tent, and did eat and drink,
windows in heaven, might this thing and carried thence silver, and gold,
be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see and raiment, and went and hid it; and

came again, and entered into another
tent, and carried thence also, and went
9
and hid it. Then they said one to
another, We do not well: this day is a
day of good tidings, and we hold our
peace: if we tarry till the morning light,
some mischief will come upon us: now
therefore come, that we may go and
10
tell the king's household. So they
came and called unto the porter of the
city: and they told them, saying, We
came to the camp of the Syrians, and,
behold, there was no man there,
neither voice of man, but horses tied,
and asses tied, and the tents as they
11
were. And he called the porters; and
they told it to the king's house within.
12
And the king arose in the night, and
said unto his servants, I will now shew
you what the Syrians have done to us.
They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the
camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the
city, we shall catch them alive, and get
13
into the city. And one of his servants
answered and said, Let some take, I
pray thee, five of the horses
remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the multitude
of Israel that are left in it: behold, I
say, they are even as all the multitude
of the Israelites that are consumed:)
14
and let us send and see. They took
therefore two chariot horses; and the
king sent after the host of the Syrians,
15
saying, Go and see. And they went
after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the
way was full of garments and vessels,
which the Syrians had cast away in
their haste. And the messengers
16
returned, and told the king. And the
people went out, and spoiled the tents
of the Syrians. So a measure of fine
flour was sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel,
17
according to the word of the LORD.
And the king appointed the lord on
whose hand he leaned to have the
charge of the gate: and the people
trode upon him in the gate, and he
died, as the man of God had said, who
spake when the king came down to
18
him. And it came to pass as the man
of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel,
and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to morrow about this
19
time in the gate of Samaria: And
that lord answered the man of God,
that and said, Now, behold, if the LORD
should make windows in heaven, might
such a thing be? And he said, Behold,
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but
20
shalt not eat thereof. And so it fell
out unto him: for the people trode
upon him in the gate, and he died.
2 Kings 8
Then spake Elisha unto the woman,
whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine
household, and sojourn wheresoever
thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath
called for a famine; and it shall also
come upon the land seven years.
the woman arose, and did after the
saying of the man of God: and she
went with her household,
sojourned in the land of the Philistines
3
seven years. And it came to pass at
the seven years' end, that the woman
returned out of the land
Philistines: and she went forth to cry
unto the king for her house and for her
4
land. And the king talked with Gehazi
the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great
5
things that Elisha hath done.
came to pass, as he was telling the
king how he had restored a dead body
to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
son he had restored to life, cried to the
king for her house and for her land.
And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this
is the woman, and this is her son,
whom Elisha restored to life.
when the king asked the woman, she
told him. So the king appointed unto
her a certain officer, saying, Restore all
that was hers, and all the fruits of the
field since the day that she left the
land, even until now. 7
And Elisha came
to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king
of Syria was sick; and it was told him,
saying, The man of God is come hither.
8
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a
present in thine hand, and go, meet
2
And the man of God, and enquire of the
LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of
this disease? 9
So Hazael went to meet
and him, and took a present with him, even
of every good thing of Damascus, forty
camels' burden, and came and stood
before him, and said, Thy son Ben-
of the hadad king of Syria hath sent me to
thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease? 10
And Elisha said unto him,
Go, say unto him, Thou mayest
certainly recover: howbeit the LORD
hath shewed me that he shall surely
And it die. 11
And he settled his countenance
stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and
the man of God wept. 12
And Hazael
said, Why weepeth my lord? And he
answered, Because I know the evil that
thou wilt do unto the children of Israel:
their strong holds wilt thou set on fire,
and their young men wilt thou slay
6
And with the sword, and wilt dash their
children, and rip up their women with chariots with him: and he rose by
13
child. And Hazael said, But what, is night, and smote the Edomites which
thy servant a dog, that he should do compassed him about, and the captains
this great thing? And Elisha answered, of the chariots: and the people fled
22
The LORD hath shewed me that thou into their tents. Yet Edom revolted
14
shalt be king over Syria. So he from under the hand of Judah unto this
departed from Elisha, and came to his day. Then Libnah revolted at the same
23
master; who said to him, What said time. And the rest of the acts of
Elisha to thee? And he answered, He Joram, and all that he did, are they not
told me that thou shouldest surely written in the book of the chronicles of
15 24
recover. And it came to pass on the the kings of Judah? And Joram slept
morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and with his fathers, and was buried with
dipped it in water, and spread it on his his fathers in the city of David: and
25
face, so that he died: and Hazael Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
16
reigned in his stead. And in the fifth In the twelfth year of Joram the son of
year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son
Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of of Jehoram king of Judah begin to
26
Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat reign. Two and twenty years old was
17
king of Judah began to reign. Thirty Ahaziah when he began to reign; and
and two years old was he when he he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And
began to reign; and he reigned eight his mother's name was Athaliah, the
18 27
years in Jerusalem. And he walked in daughter of Omri king of Israel. And
the way of the kings of Israel, as did he walked in the way of the house of
the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the
Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he
19
the sight of the LORD. Yet the LORD was the son in law of the house of
28
would not destroy Judah for David his Ahab. And he went with Joram the
servant's sake, as he promised him to son of Ahab to the war against Hazael
give him alway a light, and to his king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the
20 29
children. In his days Edom revolted Syrians wounded Joram. And king
from under the hand of Judah, and Joram went back to be healed in
21
made a king over themselves. So Jezreel of the wounds which the
Joram went over to Zair, and all the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when
he fought against Hazael king of Syria. the people of the LORD, even over
7
And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Israel. And thou shalt smite the
Judah went down to see Joram the son house of Ahab thy master, that I may
of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was avenge the blood of my servants the
sick. prophets, and the blood of all the
servants of the LORD, at the hand of
2 Kings 9 Jezebel. 8
For the whole house of Ahab
shall perish: and I will cut off from
And Elisha the prophet called one of
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall,
the children of the prophets, and said and him that is shut up and left in
unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take Israel: 9
And I will make the house of
this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the
2
Ramoth-gilead: And when thou son of Nebat, and like the house of
comest thither, look out there Jehu the Baasha the son of Ahijah: 10
And the
son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of
and go in, and make him arise up from Jezreel, and there shall be none to
among his brethren, and carry him to bury her. And he opened the door, and
3
an inner chamber; Then take the box fled. 11
Then Jehu came forth to the
of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, servants of his lord: and one said unto
Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed him, Is all well? wherefore came this
thee king over Israel. Then open the mad fellow to thee? And he said unto
4
door, and flee, and tarry not. So the them, Ye know the man, and his
young man, even the young man the communication. 12
And they said, It is
5
prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And false; tell us now. And he said, Thus
when he came, behold, the captains of and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus
the host were sitting; and he said, I saith the LORD, I have anointed thee
have an errand to thee, O captain. And king over Israel. 13
Then they hasted,
Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he and took every man his garment, and
6
said, To thee, O captain. And he put it under him on the top of the
arose, and went into the house; and he stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,
poured the oil on his head, and said Jehu is king. 14
So Jehu the son of
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
Israel, I have anointed thee king over conspired against Joram. (Now Joram

had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all
Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15
But king Joram was returned to be
healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him, when he
fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And
Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let
none go forth nor escape out of the
16
city to go to tell it in Jezreel. So Jehu
rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel;
for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king
of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17
And there stood a watchman on the
tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said,
I see a company. And Joram said, Take
an horseman, and send to meet them,
18
and let him say, Is it peace? So
there went one on horseback to meet
him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it
peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou
to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
And the watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he
19
cometh not again. Then he sent out
a second on horseback, which came to
them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is
it peace? And Jehu answered, What
hast thou to do with peace? turn thee
20
behind me. And the watchman told,
saying, He came even unto them, and
cometh not again: and the driving is
like the driving of Jehu the son of
21
Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. And
Joram said, Make ready. And his
chariot was made ready. And Joram
king of Israel and Ahaziah king of
Judah went out, each in his chariot,
and they went out against Jehu, and
met him in the portion of Naboth the
22
Jezreelite. And it came to pass, when
Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What
peace, so long as the whoredoms of
thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts
23
are so many? And Joram turned his
hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah,
24
There is treachery, O Ahaziah. And
Jehu drew a bow with his full strength,
and smote Jehoram between his arms,
and the arrow went out at his heart,
25
and he sunk down in his chariot.
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain,
Take up, and cast him in the portion of
the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for
remember how that, when I and thou
rode together after Ahab his father, the
26
LORD laid this burden upon him;
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood
of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,
saith the LORD; and I will requite thee
in this plat, saith the LORD. Now
therefore take and cast him into the
plat of ground, according to the word
27
of the LORD. But when Ahaziah the
king of Judah saw this, he fled by the
way of the garden house. And Jehu said, This is the word of the LORD,
followed after him, and said, Smite him which he spake by his servant Elijah
also in the chariot. And they did so at the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of
the going up to Gur, which is by Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
37
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and Jezebel: And the carcase of Jezebel
28
died there. And his servants carried shall be as dung upon the face of the
him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and field in the portion of Jezreel; so that
buried him in his sepulchre with his they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
29
fathers in the city of David. And in
the eleventh year of Joram the son of 2 Kings 10
Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over
Judah. 30
And when Jehu was come to
And Ahab had seventy sons in

Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and

painted her face, and tired her head, sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of

and looked out at a window. 31

And as Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that
2
Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, brought up Ahab's children, saying,

Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? Now as soon as this letter cometh to
32
And he lifted up his face to the you, seeing your master's sons are

window, and said, Who is on my side? with you, and there are with you

who? And there looked out to him two chariots and horses, a fenced city also,
3
or three eunuchs. 33
And he said, and armour; Look even out the best

Throw her down. So they threw her and meetest of your master's sons, and

down: and some of her blood was set him on his father's throne, and
4
sprinkled on the wall, and on the fight for your master's house. But

horses: and he trode her under foot. 34 they were exceedingly afraid, and said,

And when he was come in, he did eat Behold, two kings stood not before
5
and drink, and said, Go, see now this him: how then shall we stand? And he

cursed woman, and bury her: for she is that was over the house, and he that

a king's daughter. 35
And they went to was over the city, the elders also, and

bury her: but they found no more of the bringers up of the children, sent to

her than the skull, and the feet, and Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and

the palms of her hands. 36

Wherefore will do all that thou shalt bid us; we

they came again, and told him. And he will not make any king: do thou that
 6 12
which is good in thine eyes. Then he he left him none remaining. And he
wrote a letter the second time to them, arose and departed, and came to
saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will Samaria. And as he was at the
13
hearken unto my voice, take ye the shearing house in the way, Jehu met
heads of the men your master's sons, with the brethren of Ahaziah king of
and come to me to Jezreel by to Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they
morrow this time. Now the king's sons, answered, We are the brethren of
being seventy persons, were with the Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the
great men of the city, which brought children of the king and the children of
7 14
them up. And it came to pass, when the queen. And he said, Take them
the letter came to them, that they took alive. And they took them alive, and
the king's sons, and slew seventy slew them at the pit of the shearing
persons, and put their heads in house, even two and forty men;
15
baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. neither left he any of them. And
8
And there came a messenger, and when he was departed thence, he
told him, saying, They have brought lighted on Jehonadab the son of
the heads of the king's sons. And he Rechab coming to meet him: and he
said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the saluted him, and said to him, Is thine
entering in of the gate until the heart right, as my heart is with thy
9
morning. And it came to pass in the heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is.
morning, that he went out, and stood, If it be, give me thine hand. And he
and said to all the people, Ye be gave him his hand; and he took him up
16
righteous: behold, I conspired against to him into the chariot. And he said,
my master, and slew him: but who Come with me, and see my zeal for the
10
slew all these? Know now that there LORD. So they made him ride in his
17
shall fall unto the earth nothing of the chariot. And when he came to
word of the LORD, which the LORD Samaria, he slew all that remained
spake concerning the house of Ahab: unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had
for the LORD hath done that which he destroyed him, according to the saying
11
spake by his servant Elijah. So Jehu of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
18
slew all that remained of the house of And Jehu gathered all the people
Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, together, and said unto them, Ahab
and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until served Baal a little; but Jehu shall
 19
serve him much. Now therefore call
unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests; let none
be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice
to do to Baal; whosoever shall be
wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did
it in subtilty, to the intent that he
might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn
assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed
21
it. And Jehu sent through all Israel:
and all the worshippers of Baal came,
so that there was not a man left that
came not. And they came into the
house of Baal; and the house of Baal
was full from one end to another.
And he said unto him that was over the
vestry, Bring forth vestments for all
the worshippers of Baal. And
23
brought them forth vestments.
Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of
Rechab, into the house of Baal, and
said unto the worshippers of Baal,
Search, and look that there be here
with you none of the servants of the
LORD, but the worshippers of Baal
24
only. And when they went in to offer
sacrifices and burnt offerings,
appointed fourscore men without, and
said, If any of the men whom I have
brought into your hands escape, he
that letteth him go, his life shall be for
25
the life of him. And it came to pass,
as soon as he had made an end of
offering the burnt offering, that Jehu
said to the guard and to the captains,
Go in, and slay them; let none come
forth. And they smote them with the
edge of the sword; and the guard and
the captains cast them out, and went
26
to the city of the house of Baal. And
they brought forth the images out of
27
the house of Baal, and burned them.
And they brake down the image of
Baal, and brake down the house of
Baal, and made it a draught house
28
unto this day. Thus Jehu destroyed
29
Baal out of Israel. Howbeit from the
22
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not
from after them, to wit, the golden
he calves that were in Bethel, and that
30
And were in Dan. And the LORD said unto
Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
executing that which is right in mine
eyes, and hast done unto the house of
Ahab according to all that was in mine
heart, thy children of the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of
31
Israel. But Jehu took no heed to walk
Jehu in the law of the LORD God of Israel
with all his heart: for he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam, which made
32
Israel to sin. In those days the LORD
began to cut Israel short: and Hazael
smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
33
From Jordan eastward, all the land of him into the house of the LORD, and
Gilead, the Gadites, and the made a covenant with them, and took
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from an oath of them in the house of the
Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, LORD, and shewed them the king's
34 5
even Gilead and Bashan. Now the son. And he commanded them,
rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he saying, This is the thing that ye shall
did, and all his might, are they not do; A third part of you that enter in on
written in the book of the chronicles of the sabbath shall even be keepers of
35 6
the kings of Israel? And Jehu slept the watch of the king's house; And a
with his fathers: and they buried him third part shall be at the gate of Sur;
in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son and a third part at the gate behind the
36
reigned in his stead. And the time guard: so shall ye keep the watch of
that Jehu reigned over Israel in the house, that it be not broken down.
7
Samaria was twenty and eight years. And two parts of all you that go forth
on the sabbath, even they shall keep
2 Kings 11 the watch of the house of the LORD
8
about the king. And ye shall compass
And when Athaliah the mother of
the king round about, every man with
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, his weapons in his hand: and he that
she arose and destroyed all the seed cometh within the ranges, let him be
2
royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of slain: and be ye with the king as he
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took goeth out and as he cometh in. 9
And
Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him the captains over the hundreds did
from among the king's sons which according to all things that Jehoiada
were slain; and they hid him, even him the priest commanded: and they took
and his nurse, in the bedchamber from every man his men that were to come
3
Athaliah, so that he was not slain. in on the sabbath, with them that
And he was with her hid in the house should go out on the sabbath, and
of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did came to Jehoiada the priest. 10
And to
4
reign over the land. And the seventh the captains over hundreds did the
year Jehoiada sent and fetched the priest give king David's spears and
rulers over hundreds, with the captains shields, that were in the temple of the
and the guard, and brought them to LORD. 11
And the guard stood, every
man with his weapons in his hand, between the king also and the people.
18
round about the king, from the right And all the people of the land went
corner of the temple to the left corner into the house of Baal, and brake it
of the temple, along by the altar and down; his altars and his images brake
12
the temple. And he brought forth the they in pieces thoroughly, and slew
king's son, and put the crown upon Mattan the priest of Baal before the
him, and gave him the testimony; and altars. And the priest appointed officers
19
they made him king, and anointed him; over the house of the LORD. And he
and they clapped their hands, and said, took the rulers over hundreds, and the
13
God save the king. And when captains, and the guard, and all the
Athaliah heard the noise of the guard people of the land; and they brought
and of the people, she came to the down the king from the house of the
14
people into the temple of the LORD. LORD, and came by the way of the
And when she looked, behold, the king gate of the guard to the king's house.
stood by a pillar, as the manner was, And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20
and the princes and the trumpeters by And all the people of the land
the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and
rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and they slew Athaliah with the sword
21
Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, beside the king's house. Seven years
15
Treason, Treason. But Jehoiada the old was Jehoash when he began to
priest commanded the captains of the reign.
hundreds, the officers of the host, and
said unto them, Have her forth without 2 Kings 12
the ranges: and him that followeth her
kill with the sword. For the priest had
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash

said, Let her not be slain in the house began to reign; and forty years reigned

of the LORD. 16
And they laid hands on he in Jerusalem. And his mother's
2
her; and she went by the way by the name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. And

which the horses came into the king's Jehoash did that which was right in the

house: and there was she slain. 17

And sight of the LORD all his days wherein
3
Jehoiada made a covenant between the Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

LORD and the king and the people that But the high places were not taken

they should be the LORD'S people; away: the people still sacrificed and
 4 10
burnt incense in the high places. And LORD. And it was so, when they saw
Jehoash said to the priests, All the that there was much money in the
money of the dedicated things that is chest, that the king's scribe and the
brought into the house of the LORD, high priest came up, and they put up in
even the money of every one that bags, and told the money that was
11
passeth the account, the money that found in the house of the LORD. And
every man is set at, and all the money they gave the money, being told, into
that cometh into any man's heart to the hands of them that did the work,
5
bring into the house of the LORD, Let that had the oversight of the house of
the priests take it to them, every man the LORD: and they laid it out to the
of his acquaintance: and let them carpenters and builders, that wrought
12
repair the breaches of the house, upon the house of the LORD, And to
wheresoever any breach shall be masons, and hewers of stone, and to
6
found. But it was so, that in the three buy timber and hewed stone to repair
and twentieth year of king Jehoash the the breaches of the house of the LORD,
priests had not repaired the breaches and for all that was laid out for the
7 13
of the house. Then king Jehoash house to repair it. Howbeit there
called for Jehoiada the priest, and the were not made for the house of the
other priests, and said unto them, Why LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons,
repair ye not the breaches of the trumpets, any vessels of gold, or
house? now therefore receive no more vessels of silver, of the money that
money of your acquaintance, but was brought into the house of the
14
deliver it for the breaches of the LORD: But they gave that to the
8
house. And the priests consented to workmen, and repaired therewith the
15
receive no more money of the people, house of the LORD. Moreover they
neither to repair the breaches of the reckoned not with the men, into whose
9
house. But Jehoiada the priest took a hand they delivered the money to be
chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
16
and set it beside the altar, on the right faithfully. The trespass money and
side as one cometh into the house of sin money was not brought into the
the LORD: and the priests that kept the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
17
door put therein all the money that Then Hazael king of Syria went up,
was brought into the house of the and fought against Gath, and took it:
and Hazael set his face to go up to Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which
18
Jerusalem. And Jehoash king of made Israel to sin; he departed not
3
Judah took all the hallowed things that therefrom. And the anger of the LORD
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and was kindled against Israel, and he
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, delivered them into the hand of Hazael
had dedicated, and his own hallowed king of Syria, and into the hand of
things, and all the gold that was found Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their
4
in the treasures of the house of the days. And Jehoahaz besought the
LORD, and in the king's house, and LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto
sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he him: for he saw the oppression of
19
went away from Jerusalem. And the Israel, because the king of Syria
5
rest of the acts of Joash, and all that oppressed them. (And the LORD gave
he did, are they not written in the book Israel a saviour, so that they went out
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? from under the hand of the Syrians:
20
And his servants arose, and made a and the children of Israel dwelt in their
6
conspiracy, and slew Joash in the tents, as beforetime. Nevertheless
house of Millo, which goeth down to they departed not from the sins of the
21
Silla. For Jozachar the son of house of Jeroboam, who made Israel
Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of sin, but walked therein: and there
7
Shomer, his servants, smote him, and remained the grove also in Samaria.)
he died; and they buried him with his Neither did he leave of the people to
fathers in the city of David: and Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten
Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. chariots, and ten thousand footmen;
for the king of Syria had destroyed
2 Kings 13 them, and had made them like the dust
8
by threshing. Now the rest of the acts
In the three and twentieth year of
of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and
Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah his might, are they not written in the
Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to book of the chronicles of the kings of
reign over Israel in Samaria, and Israel? 9
And Jehoahaz slept with his
2
reigned seventeen years. And he did fathers; and they buried him in
that which was evil in the sight of the Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in
LORD, and followed the sins of his stead. 10
In the thirty and seventh
year of Joash king of Judah began deliverance, and the arrow of
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou
11 18
sixteen years. And he did that which have consumed them. And he said,
was evil in the sight of the LORD; he Take the arrows. And he took them.
departed not from all the sins of And he said unto the king of Israel,
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Smite upon the ground. And he smote
12 19
Israel sin: but he walked therein. thrice, and stayed. And the man of
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and God was wroth with him, and said,
all that he did, and his might Thou shouldest have smitten five or six
wherewith he fought against Amaziah times; then hadst thou smitten Syria
king of Judah, are they not written in till thou hadst consumed it: whereas
the book of the chronicles of the kings now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
13 20
of Israel? And Joash slept with his And Elisha died, and they buried
fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his him. And the bands of the Moabites
throne: and Joash was buried in invaded the land at the coming in of
14 21
Samaria with the kings of Israel. the year. And it came to pass, as
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his they were burying a man, that, behold,
sickness whereof he died. And Joash they spied a band of men; and they
the king of Israel came down unto him, cast the man into the sepulchre of
and wept over his face, and said, O my Elisha: and when the man was let
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, down, and touched the bones of Elisha,
15 22
and the horsemen thereof. And he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Elisha said unto him, Take bow and But Hazael king of Syria oppressed
23
arrows. And he took unto him bow and Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. And
16
arrows. And he said to the king of the LORD was gracious unto them, and
Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. had compassion on them, and had
And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha respect unto them, because of his
17
put his hands upon the king's hands. covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
And he said, Open the window Jacob, and would not destroy them,
eastward. And he opened it. Then neither cast he them from his presence
24
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he as yet. So Hazael king of Syria died;
said, The arrow of the LORD'S and Ben- hadad his son reigned in his
 25
stead. And Jehoash the son of for the children, nor the children be put
Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of to death for the fathers; but every man
7
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, shall be put to death for his own sin.
which he had taken out of the hand of He slew of Edom in the valley of salt
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three ten thousand, and took Selah by war,
times did Joash beat him, and and called the name of it Joktheel unto
8
recovered the cities of Israel. this day. Then Amaziah sent
messengers to Jehoash, the son of
2 Kings 14 Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel,
saying, Come, let us look one another
In the second year of Joash son of
in the face. 9
And Jehoash the king of
Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
Amaziah the son of Joash king of saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon
2
Judah. He was twenty and five years sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
old when he began to reign, and saying, Give thy daughter to my son to
reigned twenty and nine years in wife: and there passed by a wild beast
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was that was in Lebanon, and trode down
3
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did the thistle. 10
Thou hast indeed smitten
that which was right in the sight of the Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee
LORD, yet not like David his father: he up: glory of this, and tarry at home:
did according to all things as Joash his for why shouldest thou meddle to thy
4
father did. Howbeit the high places hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
were not taken away: as yet the people thou, and Judah with thee? 11
But
did sacrifice and burnt incense on the Amaziah would not hear. Therefore
5
high places. And it came to pass, as Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he
soon as the kingdom was confirmed in and Amaziah king of Judah looked one
his hand, that he slew his servants another in the face at Beth-shemesh,
6
which had slain the king his father. which belongeth to Judah. 12
And Judah
But the children of the murderers he was put to the worse before Israel; and
slew not: according unto that which is they fled every man to their tents. 13

written in the book of the law of Moses, And Jehoash king of Israel took
wherein the LORD commanded, saying, Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
The fathers shall not be put to death Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-
 22
shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and father Amaziah. He built Elath, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from restored it to Judah, after that the king
23
the gate of Ephraim unto the corner slept with his fathers. In the
14
gate, four hundred cubits. And he fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of
took all the gold and silver, and all the Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son
vessels that were found in the house of of Joash king of Israel began to reign
the LORD, and in the treasures of the in Samaria, and reigned forty and one
24
king's house, and hostages, and years. And he did that which was evil
15
returned to Samaria. Now the rest of in the sight of the LORD: he departed
the acts of Jehoash which he did, and not from all the sins of Jeroboam the
his might, and how he fought with son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25
Amaziah king of Judah, are they not He restored the coast of Israel from
written in the book of the chronicles of the entering of Hamath unto the sea of
16
the kings of Israel? And Jehoash the plain, according to the word of the
slept with his fathers, and was buried LORD God of Israel, which he spake by
in Samaria with the kings of Israel; the hand of his servant Jonah, the son
and Jeroboam his son reigned in his of Amittai, the prophet, which was of
17 26
stead. And Amaziah the son of Joash Gath-hepher. For the LORD saw the
king of Judah lived after the death of affliction of Israel, that it was very
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel bitter: for there was not any shut up,
18
fifteen years. And the rest of the nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
27
acts of Amaziah, are they not written And the LORD said not that he would
in the book of the chronicles of the blot out the name of Israel from under
19
kings of Judah? Now they made a heaven: but he saved them by the
28
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
and he fled to Lachish; but they sent Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,
after him to Lachish, and slew him and all that he did, and his might, how
20
there. And they brought him on he warred, and how he recovered
horses: and he was buried at Damascus, and Hamath, which
Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they
21
David. And all the people of Judah not written in the book of the
29
took Azariah, which was sixteen years chronicles of the kings of Israel? And
old, and made him king instead of his Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even
 9
with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah over Israel in Samaria six months.
his son reigned in his stead. And he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD, as his fathers had
2 Kings 15 done: he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
In the twenty and seventh year of
Israel to sin. 10
And Shallum the son of
Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah Jabesh conspired against him, and
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. smote him before the people, and slew
2
Sixteen years old was he when he him, and reigned in his stead. 11
And
began to reign, and he reigned two and the rest of the acts of Zachariah,
fifty years in Jerusalem. And his behold, they are written in the book of
mother's name was Jecholiah of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12

3
Jerusalem. And he did that which was This was the word of the LORD which
right in the sight of the LORD, he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons
according to all that his father Amaziah shall sit on the throne of Israel unto
4
had done; Save that the high places the fourth generation. And so it came
were not removed: the people to pass. 13
Shallum the son of Jabesh
sacrificed and burnt incense still on the began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
5
high places. And the LORD smote the year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he
king, so that he was a leper unto the reigned a full month in Samaria. 14
For
day of his death, and dwelt in a several Menahem the son of Gadi went up from
house. And Jotham the king's son was Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and
over the house, judging the people of smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in
6
the land. And the rest of the acts of Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in
Azariah, and all that he did, are they his stead. 15
And the rest of the acts of
not written in the book of the Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
7
chronicles of the kings of Judah? So made, behold, they are written in the
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they book of the chronicles of the kings of
buried him with his fathers in the city Israel. 16
Then Menahem smote
of David: and Jotham his son reigned Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and
8
in his stead. In the thirty and eighth the coasts thereof from Tirzah:
year of Azariah king of Judah did because they opened not to him,
Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign therefore he smote it; and all the
 25
women therein that were with child he sin. But Pekah the son of Remaliah,
17
ripped up. In the nine and thirtieth a captain of his, conspired against him,
year of Azariah king of Judah began and smote him in Samaria, in the
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over palace of the king's house, with Argob
Israel, and reigned ten years in and Arieh, and with him fifty men of
18
Samaria. And he did that which was the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
26
evil in the sight of the LORD: he reigned in his room. And the rest of
departed not all his days from the sins the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who did, behold, they are written in the
19
made Israel to sin. And Pul the king book of the chronicles of the kings of
27
of Assyria came against the land: and Israel. In the two and fiftieth year of
Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of
of silver, that his hand might be with Remaliah began to reign over Israel in
28
him to confirm the kingdom in his Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
20
hand. And Menahem exacted the And he did that which was evil in the
money of Israel, even of all the mighty sight of the LORD: he departed not
men of wealth, of each man fifty from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
29
shekels of silver, to give to the king of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. In
Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned the days of Pekah king of Israel came
back, and stayed not there in the land. Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and
21
And the rest of the acts of Menahem, took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and
and all that he did, are they not written Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
in the book of the chronicles of the Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of
22
kings of Israel? And Menahem slept Naphtali, and carried them captive to
30
with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son Assyria. And Hoshea the son of Elah
23
reigned in his stead. In the fiftieth made a conspiracy against Pekah the
year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah son of Remaliah, and smote him, and
the son of Menahem began to reign slew him, and reigned in his stead, in
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned the twentieth year of Jotham the son of
24 31
two years. And he did that which Uzziah. And the rest of the acts of
was evil in the sight of the LORD: he Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they
departed not from the sins of Jeroboam are written in the book of the
32
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to chronicles of the kings of Israel. In
the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham
the son of Uzziah king of Judah to
33
reign. Five and twenty years old was
he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Jerusha,
34
the daughter of Zadok.
that which was right in the sight of the
LORD: he did according to all that his
35
father Uzziah had done.
high places were not removed: the
people sacrificed and burned incense
still in the high places. He built the
higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham,
and all that he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the
37
kings of Judah? In those days the
LORD began to send against Judah
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the
38
son of Remaliah. And Jotham slept
with his fathers, and was buried with
his fathers in the city of David his
father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his
stead.
2 Kings 16
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the
son of Remaliah Ahaz
Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he
began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem, and did not that
which was right in the sight of the
3
LORD his God, like David his father.
But he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, yea, and made his son to
pass through the fire, according to the
And he did abominations of the heathen, whom
the LORD cast out from before the
4
children of Israel. And he sacrificed
Howbeit the and burnt incense in the high places,
and on the hills, and under every green
5
tree. Then Rezin king of Syria and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to war: and they
besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
6
him. At that time Rezin king of Syria
recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the
Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came
to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-
pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am
thy servant and thy son: come up, and
save me out of the hand of the king of
Syria, and out of the hand of the king
8
of Israel, which rise up against me.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that
was found in the house of the LORD,
and in the treasures of the king's
house, and sent it for a present to the
the son of king of Assyria. 9
And the king of
2
Assyria hearkened unto him: for the
king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the and their meat offering, and their drink
people of it captive to Kir, and slew offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the
10
Rezin. And king Ahaz went to blood of the burnt offering, and all the
Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen
16
of Assyria, and saw an altar that was altar shall be for me to enquire by.
at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Thus did Urijah the priest, according to
17
Urijah the priest the fashion of the all that king Ahaz commanded. And
altar, and the pattern of it, according king Ahaz cut off the borders of the
11
to all the workmanship thereof. And bases, and removed the laver from off
Urijah the priest built an altar them; and took down the sea from off
according to all that king Ahaz had the brasen oxen that were under it,
sent from Damascus: so Urijah the and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18
priest made it against king Ahaz came And the covert for the sabbath that
12
from Damascus. And when the king they had built in the house, and the
was come from Damascus, the king king's entry without, turned he from
saw the altar: and the king approached the house of the LORD for the king of
13 19
to the altar, and offered thereon. Assyria. Now the rest of the acts of
and he burnt his burnt offering and his Ahaz which he did, are they not written
meat offering, and poured his drink in the book of the chronicles of the
20
offering, and sprinkled the blood of his kings of Judah? And Ahaz slept with
14
peace offerings, upon the altar. And his fathers, and was buried with his
he brought also the brasen altar, which fathers in the city of David: and
was before the LORD, from the Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
forefront of the house, from between
the altar and the house of the LORD, 2 Kings 17
and put it on the north side of the
altar. 15
And king Ahaz commanded
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of

Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to

great altar burn the morning burnt reign in Samaria over Israel nine
2
offering, and the evening meat years. And he did that which was evil

offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, in the sight of the LORD, but not as the
3
and his meat offering, with the burnt kings of Israel that were before him.

offering of all the people of the land, Against him came up Shalmaneser king
 11
of Assyria; and Hoshea became his hill, and under every green tree: And
4
servant, and gave him presents. And there they burnt incense in all the high
the king of Assyria found conspiracy in places, as did the heathen whom the
Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to LORD carried away before them; and
So king of Egypt, and brought no wrought wicked things to provoke the
12
present to the king of Assyria, as he LORD to anger: For they served
had done year by year: therefore the idols, whereof the LORD had said unto
13
king of Assyria shut him up, and bound them, Ye shall not do this thing. Yet
5
him in prison. Then the king of the LORD testified against Israel, and
Assyria came up throughout all the against Judah, by all the prophets, and
land, and went up to Samaria, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from
6
besieged it three years. In the ninth your evil ways, and keep my
year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took commandments and my statutes,
Samaria, and carried Israel away into according to all the law which I
Assyria, and placed them in Halah and commanded your fathers, and which I
in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in sent to you by my servants the
7 14
the cities of the Medes. For so it was, prophets. Notwithstanding they
that the children of Israel had sinned would not hear, but hardened their
against the LORD their God, which had necks, like to the neck of their fathers,
brought them up out of the land of that did not believe in the LORD their
15
Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh God. And they rejected his statutes,
king of Egypt, and had feared other and his covenant that he made with
8
gods, And walked in the statutes of their fathers, and his testimonies which
the heathen, whom the LORD cast out he testified against them; and they
from before the children of Israel, and followed vanity, and became vain, and
of the kings of Israel, which they had went after the heathen that were round
9
made. And the children of Israel did about them, concerning whom the
secretly those things that were not LORD had charged them, that they
16
right against the LORD their God, and should not do like them. And they
they built them high places in all their left all the commandments of the LORD
cities, from the tower of the watchmen their God, and made them molten
10
to the fenced city. And they set them images, even two calves, and made a
up images and groves in every high grove, and worshipped all the host of
 17
heaven, and served Baal. And they placed them in the cities of Samaria
caused their sons and their daughters instead of the children of Israel: and
to pass through the fire, and used they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in
25
divination and enchantments, and sold the cities thereof. And so it was at
themselves to do evil in the sight of the beginning of their dwelling there,
18
the LORD, to provoke him to anger. that they feared not the LORD:
Therefore the LORD was very angry therefore the LORD sent lions among
26
with Israel, and removed them out of them, which slew some of them.
his sight: there was none left but the Wherefore they spake to the king of
19
tribe of Judah only. Also Judah kept Assyria, saying, The nations which thou
not the commandments of the LORD hast removed, and placed in the cities
their God, but walked in the statutes of of Samaria, know not the manner of
20
Israel which they made. And the the God of the land: therefore he hath
LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, sent lions among them, and, behold,
and afflicted them, and delivered them they slay them, because they know not
27
into the hand of spoilers, until he had the manner of the God of the land.
21
cast them out of his sight. For he Then the king of Assyria commanded,
rent Israel from the house of David; saying, Carry thither one of the priests
and they made Jeroboam the son of whom ye brought from thence; and let
Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel them go and dwell there, and let him
from following the LORD, and made teach them the manner of the God of
22 28
them sin a great sin. For the children the land. Then one of the priests
of Israel walked in all the sins of whom they had carried away from
Jeroboam which he did; they departed Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and
23
not from them; Until the LORD taught them how they should fear the
29
removed Israel out of his sight, as he LORD. Howbeit every nation made
had said by all his servants the gods of their own, and put them in the
prophets. So was Israel carried away houses of the high places which the
out of their own land to Assyria unto Samaritans had made, every nation in
24 30
this day. And the king of Assyria their cities wherein they dwelt. And
brought men from Babylon, and from the men of Babylon made Succoth-
Cuthah, and from Ava, and from benoth, and the men of Cuth made
Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and Nergal, and the men of Hamath made
 31 38
Ashima, And the Avites made Nibhaz gods. And the covenant that I have
and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt made with you ye shall not forget;
39
their children in fire to Adrammelech neither shall ye fear other gods. But
and Anammelech, the gods of the LORD your God ye shall fear; and
32
Sepharvaim. So they feared the he shall deliver you out of the hand of
40
LORD, and made unto themselves of all your enemies. Howbeit they did
the lowest of them priests of the high not hearken, but they did after their
41
places, which sacrificed for them in the former manner. So these nations
33
houses of the high places. They feared the LORD, and served their
feared the LORD, and served their own graven images, both their children, and
gods, after the manner of the nations their children's children: as did their
whom they carried away from thence. fathers, so do they unto this day.
34
Unto this day they do after the
former manners: they fear not the 2 Kings 18
LORD, neither do they after their
statutes, or after their ordinances, or
Now it came to pass in the third year

after the law and commandment which of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,

the LORD commanded the children of that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of
2
Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35
With Judah began to reign. Twenty and

whom the LORD had made a covenant, five years old was he when he began to

and charged them saying, Ye shall not reign; and he reigned twenty and nine

fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to also was Abi, the daughter of
3
them: 36
But the LORD, who brought Zachariah. And he did that which was

you up out of the land of Egypt with right in the sight of the LORD,

great power and a stretched out arm, according to all that David his father
4
him shall ye fear, and him shall ye did. He removed the high places, and

worship, and to him shall ye do brake the images, and cut down the

sacrifice. 37
And the statutes, and the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen

ordinances, and the law, and the serpent that Moses had made: for unto

commandment, which he wrote for those days the children of Israel did

you, ye shall observe to do for burn incense to it: and he called it

5
evermore; and ye shall not fear other Nehushtan. He trusted in the LORD
God of Israel; so that after him was Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
none like him among all the kings of Assyria come up against all the fenced
6 14
Judah, nor any that were before him. cities of Judah, and took them. And
For he clave to the LORD, and departed Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king
not from following him, but kept his of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
commandments, which the LORD offended; return from me: that which
7
commanded Moses. And the LORD thou puttest on me will I bear. And the
was with him; and he prospered king of Assyria appointed unto
whithersoever he went forth: and he Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred
rebelled against the king of Assyria, talents of silver and thirty talents of
8 15
and served him not. He smote the gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the
Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the silver that was found in the house of
borders thereof, from the tower of the the LORD, and in the treasures of the
9 16
watchmen to the fenced city. And it king's house. At that time did
came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah cut off the gold from the
Hezekiah, which was the seventh year doors of the temple of the LORD, and
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, from the pillars which Hezekiah king of
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the
10 17
up against Samaria, and besieged it. king of Assyria. And the king of
And at the end of three years they took Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and
it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king
that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Hezekiah with a great host against
11
Israel, Samaria was taken. And the Jerusalem. And they went up and came
king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Jerusalem. And when they were
unto Assyria, and put them in Halah come up, they came and stood by the
and in Habor by the river of Gozan, conduit of the upper pool, which is in
12 18
and in the cities of the Medes: the highway of the fuller's field. And
Because they obeyed not the voice of when they had called to the king, there
the LORD their God, but transgressed came out to them Eliakim the son of
his covenant, and all that Moses the Hilkiah, which was over the household,
servant of the LORD commanded, and and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
13 19
would not hear them, nor do them. son of Asaph the recorder. And Rab-
Now in the fourteenth year of king shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now
to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king,
the king of Assyria, What confidence is
20
this wherein thou trustest?
sayest, (but they are but vain words,)
I have counsel and strength for the
war. Now on whom dost thou trust,
21
that thou rebellest against me?
behold, thou trustest upon the staff of
this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on
which if a man lean, it will go into his
hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king
of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the
LORD our God: is not that he, whose
high places and whose altars Hezekiah
hath taken away, and hath said to
Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship
23
before this altar in Jerusalem?
therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to
my lord the king of Assyria, and I will
deliver thee two thousand horses, if
thou be able on thy part to set riders
24
upon them. How then wilt thou turn
away the face of one captain of the
least of my master's servants, and put
thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
25
horsemen? Am I now come
without the LORD against this place to
destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up
against this land, and destroy it.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
and Shebna, and Joah, unto
shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy
servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand it: and talk not with us in
Thou the Jews' language in the ears of the
27
people that are on the wall. But Rab-
shakeh said unto them, Hath my
master sent me to thy master, and to
Now, thee, to speak these words? hath he
not sent me to the men which sit on
the wall, that they may eat their own
dung, and drink their own piss with
28
you. Then Rab-shakeh stood and
22
cried with a loud voice in the Jews
language, and spake, saying, Hear the
word of the great king, the king of
29
Assyria: Thus saith the king, Let not
Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you out of his hand:
30
Now Neither let Hezekiah make you trust
in the LORD, saying, The LORD will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not
be delivered into the hand of the king
31
of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah:
for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a present,
and come out to me, and then eat ye
every man of his own vine, and every
up one of his fig tree, and drink ye every
32
one the waters of his cistern: Until I
come and take you away to a land like
26
your own land, a land of corn and
wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a
Rab- land of oil olive and of honey, that ye
may live, and not die: and hearken not
 3
unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. And they said unto him, Thus saith
33
Hath any of the gods of the nations Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
delivered at all his land out of the hand and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the
34
of the king of Assyria? Where are the children are come to the birth, and
4
gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where there is not strength to bring forth. It
are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and may be the LORD thy God will hear all
Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the
35
of mine hand? Who are they among king of Assyria his master hath sent to
all the gods of the countries, that have reproach the living God; and will
delivered their country out of mine reprove the words which the LORD thy
hand, that the LORD should deliver God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy
36 5
Jerusalem out of mine hand? But the prayer for the remnant that are left.
people held their peace, and answered So the servants of king Hezekiah came
6
him not a word: for the king's to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them,
commandment was, saying, Answer Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus
37
him not. Then came Eliakim the son saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the
of Hilkiah, which was over the words which thou hast heard, with
household, and Shebna the scribe, and which the servants of the king of
7
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold,
Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and I will send a blast upon him, and he
told him the words of Rab-shakeh. shall hear a rumour, and shall return to
his own land; and I will cause him to
2 Kings 19 fall by the sword in his own land. 8
So
Rab-shakeh returned, and found the
And it came to pass, when king
king of Assyria warring against Libnah:
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his for he had heard that he was departed
clothes, and covered himself with from Lachish. 9
And when he heard say
sackcloth, and went into the house of of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he
2
the LORD. And he sent Eliakim, which is come out to fight against thee: he
was over the household, and Shebna sent messengers again unto Hezekiah,
the scribe, and the elders of the saying, 10
Thus shall ye speak to
priests, covered with sackcloth, to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not
thy God in whom thou trustest deceive work of men's hands, wood and stone:
19
thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be therefore they have destroyed them.
delivered into the hand of the king of Now therefore, O LORD our God, I
11
Assyria. Behold, thou hast heard beseech thee, save thou us out of his
what the kings of Assyria have done to hand, that all the kingdoms of the
all lands, by destroying them utterly: earth may know that thou art the LORD
12 20
and shalt thou be delivered? Have God, even thou only. Then Isaiah the
the gods of the nations delivered them son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,
which my fathers have destroyed; as Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and That which thou hast prayed to me
the children of Eden which were in against Sennacherib king of Assyria I
13 21
Thelasar? Where is the king of have heard. This is the word that the
Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of virgin the daughter of Zion hath
14
Hena, and Ivah? And Hezekiah despised thee, and laughed thee to
received the letter of the hand of the scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath
22
messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah shaken her head at thee. Whom hast
went up into the house of the LORD, thou reproached and blasphemed? and
15
and spread it before the LORD. And against whom hast thou exalted thy
Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
23
said, O LORD God of Israel, which even against the Holy One of Israel.
dwellest between the cherubims, thou By the messengers thou hast
art the God, even thou alone, of all the reproached the Lord, and hast said,
kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made With the multitude of my chariots I am
16
heaven and earth. LORD, bow down come up to the height of the
thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine mountains, to the sides of Lebanon,
eyes, and see: and hear the words of and will cut down the tall cedar trees
Sennacherib, which hath sent him to thereof, and the choice fir trees
17
reproach the living God. Of a truth, thereof: and I will enter into the
LORD, the kings of Assyria have lodgings of his borders, and into the
24
destroyed the nations and their lands, forest of his Carmel. I have digged
18
And have cast their gods into the and drunk strange waters, and with the
fire: for they were no gods, but the sole of my feet have I dried up all the
 25
rivers of besieged places. Hast thou Therefore thus saith the LORD
not heard long ago how I have done it, concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
and of ancient times that I have not come into this city, nor shoot an
formed it? now have I brought it to arrow there, nor come before it with
33
pass, that thou shouldest be to lay shield, nor cast a bank against it. By
waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. the way that he came, by the same
26
Therefore their inhabitants were of shall he return, and shall not come into
34
small power, they were dismayed and this city, saith the LORD. For I will
confounded; they were as the grass of defend this city, to save it, for mine
the field, and as the green herb, as the own sake, and for my servant David's
35
grass on the house tops, and as corn sake. And it came to pass that night,
27
blasted before it be grown up. But I that the angel of the LORD went out,
know thy abode, and thy going out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians
and thy coming in, and thy rage an hundred fourscore and five
28
against me. Because thy rage thousand: and when they arose early
against me and thy tumult is come up in the morning, behold, they were all
36
into mine ears, therefore I will put my dead corpses. So Sennacherib king
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy of Assyria departed, and went and
37
lips, and I will turn thee back by the returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And
29
way by which thou camest. And this it came to pass, as he was worshipping
shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat in the house of Nisroch his god, that
this year such things as grow of Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons
themselves, and in the second year smote him with the sword: and they
that which springeth of the same; and escaped into the land of Armenia. And
in the third year sow ye, and reap, and Esar- haddon his son reigned in his
plant vineyards, and eat the fruits stead.
30
thereof. And the remnant that is
escaped of the house of Judah shall yet 2 Kings 20
again take root downward, and bear
fruit upward. 31
For out of Jerusalem
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto

shall go forth a remnant, and they that death. And the prophet Isaiah the son

escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of of Amoz came to him, and said unto

the LORD of hosts shall do this. 32 him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine

house in order; for thou shalt die, and
2
not live. Then he turned his face to
the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
3
saying, I beseech thee, O LORD,
remember now how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a perfect
heart, and have done that which is
good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept
4 12
sore. And it came to pass, afore
Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LORD came
5
to him, saying, Turn again, and tell
Hezekiah the captain of my people,
Thus saith the LORD, the God of David
thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I
have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal
thee: on the third day thou shalt go up
6
unto the house of the LORD. And I
will add unto thy days fifteen years;
and I will deliver thee and this city out
of the hand of the king of Assyria; and
I will defend this city for mine own
sake, and for my servant David's sake.
7
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.
And they took and laid it on the boil,
8
and he recovered. And Hezekiah said
unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that
the LORD will heal me, and that I shall
go up into the house of the LORD the
9
third day? And Isaiah said, This sign
shalt thou have of the LORD, that the
LORD will do the thing that he hath
spoken: shall the shadow go forward
10
ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to go down ten
degrees: nay, but let the shadow
11
return backward ten degrees. And
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the
LORD: and he brought the shadow ten
degrees backward, by which it had
gone down in the dial of Ahaz. At
that time Berodach-baladan, the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters
and a present unto Hezekiah: for he
had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them,
and shewed them all the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the
gold, and the spices, and the precious
ointment, and all the house of his
armour, and all that was found in his
treasures: there was nothing in his
house, nor in all his dominion, that
14
Hezekiah shewed them not. Then
came Isaiah the prophet unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said
these men? and from whence came
they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country,
15
even from Babylon. And he said,
What have they seen in thine house?
And Hezekiah answered, All the things
that are in mine house have they seen:
there is nothing among my treasures
16
that I have not shewed them. And
 3
Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the before the children of Israel. For he
17
word of the LORD. Behold, the days built up again the high places which
come, that all that is in thine Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and
house,and that which thy fathers have he reared up altars for Baal, and made
laid up in store unto this day, shall be a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel;
carried into Babylon: nothing shall be and worshipped all the host of heaven,
18 4
left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons and served them. And he built altars
that shall issue from thee, which thou in the house of the LORD, of which the
shalt beget, shall they take away; and LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my
5
they shall be eunuchs in the palace of name. And he built altars for all the
19
the king of Babylon. Then said host of heaven in the two courts of the
6
Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word house of the LORD. And he made his
of the LORD which thou hast spoken. son pass through the fire, and
And he said, Is it not good, if peace observed times, and used
20
and truth be in my days? And the enchantments, and dealt with familiar
rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his spirits and wizards: he wrought much
might, and how he made a pool, and a wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to
7
conduit, and brought water into the provoke him to anger. And he set a
city, are they not written in the book of graven image of the grove that he had
21
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? made in the house, of which the LORD
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: said to David, and to Solomon his son,
and Manasseh his son reigned in his In this house, and in Jerusalem, which
stead. I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel,
8
will I put my name for ever: Neither
2 Kings 21 will I make the feet of Israel move any
more out of the land which I gave their
Manasseh was twelve years old when
fathers; only if they will observe to do
he began to reign, and reigned fifty according to all that I have
and five years in Jerusalem. And his commanded them, and according to all
2
mother's name was Hephzi-bah. And the law that my servant Moses
he did that which was evil in the sight commanded them. 9
But they
of the LORD, after the abominations of hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced
the heathen, whom the LORD cast out them to do more evil than did the
nations whom the LORD
10
before the children of Israel.
LORD spake by his servants
11
prophets, saying, Because Manasseh
king of Judah hath done
abominations, and hath done wickedly
above all that the Amorites did, which
were before him, and hath made Judah
12
also to sin with his idols: Therefore
thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Behold, I am bringing such evil upon
Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever
heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the
line of Samaria, and the plummet of
the house of Ahab: and I will wipe
Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it, and turning it upside down.
And I will forsake the remnant of mine
inheritance, and deliver them into the
hand of their enemies; and they shall
become a prey and a spoil to all their
15
enemies; Because they have done
that which was evil in my sight,and
have provoked me to anger, since the
day their fathers came forth out of
16
Egypt, even unto this day.
Manasseh shed innocent blood very
much, till he had filled Jerusalem from
one end to another; beside his sin
wherewith he made Judah to sin, in
doing that which was evil in the sight
17
of the LORD. Now the rest of the
destroyed acts of Manasseh, and all that he did,
And the and his sin that he sinned, are they not
the written in the book of the chronicles of
18
the kings of Judah? And Manasseh
these slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the garden of his own house, in the
garden of Uzza: and Amon his son
19
reigned in his stead. Amon was
twenty and two years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned two
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Meshullemeth, the daughter
20
of Haruz of Jotbah. And he did that
which was evil in the sight of the
21
LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
And he walked in all the way that his
father walked in, and served the idols
14
that his father served, and worshipped
22
them: And he forsook the LORD God
of his fathers, and walked not in the
23
way of the LORD. And the servants
of Amon conspired against him, and
24
slew the king in his own house. And
the people of the land slew all them
that had conspired against king Amon;
and the people of the land made Josiah
25
Moreover his son king in his stead. Now the
rest of the acts of Amon which he did,
are they not written in the book of the
26
chronicles of the kings of Judah? And
he was buried in his sepulchre in the
garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 22 priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I
have found the book of the law in the
Josiah was eight years old when he house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave
9
began to reign, and he reigned thirty the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

and one years in Jerusalem. And his And Shaphan the scribe came to the

mother's name was Jedidah, the king, and brought the king word again,

daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2

And and said, Thy servants have gathered

he did that which was right in the sight the money that was found in the

of the LORD, and walked in all the way house, and have delivered it into the

of David his father, and turned not hand of them that do the work, that

aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 have the oversight of the house of the
10
And it came to pass in the eighteenth LORD. And Shaphan the scribe

year of king Josiah, that the king sent shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the

Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of priest hath delivered me a book. And
11
Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Shaphan read it before the king. And

the LORD, saying, 4

Go up to Hilkiah it came to pass, when the king had

the high priest, that he may sum the heard the words of the book of the law,
12
silver which is brought into the house that he rent his clothes. And the king

of the LORD, which the keepers of the commanded Hilkiah the priest, and

door have gathered of the people: 5 Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and

And let them deliver it into the hand of Achbor the son of Michaiah, and

the doers of the work, that have the Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a
13
oversight of the house of the LORD: servant of the king's, saying, Go ye,

and let them give it to the doers of the enquire of the LORD for me, and for

work which is in the house of the the people, and for all Judah,

LORD, to repair the breaches of the concerning the words of this book that

house, 6
Unto carpenters, and builders, is found: for great is the wrath of the

and masons, and to buy timber and LORD that is kindled against us,

hewn stone to repair the house. 7 because our fathers have not

Howbeit there was no reckoning made hearkened unto the words of this book,

with them of the money that was to do according unto all that which is
14
delivered into their hand, because they written concerning us. So Hilkiah the

dealt faithfully. 8
And Hilkiah the high priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and
Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto therefore, I will gather thee unto thy
Huldah the prophetess, the wife of fathers, and thou shalt be gathered
Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes
Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now shall not see all the evil which I will
she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) bring upon this place. And they
15
and they communed with her. And brought the king word again.
she said unto them, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that 2 Kings 23
16
sent you to me, Thus saith the
LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon
And the king sent, and they gathered

this place, and upon the inhabitants unto him all the elders of Judah and of
2
thereof, even all the words of the book Jerusalem. And the king went up into

which the king of Judah hath read: 17 the house of the LORD, and all the men

Because they have forsaken me, and of Judah and all the inhabitants of

have burned incense unto other gods, Jerusalem with him, and the priests,

that they might provoke me to anger and the prophets, and all the people,

with all the works of their hands; both small and great: and he read in

therefore my wrath shall be kindled their ears all the words of the book of

against this place, and shall not be the covenant which was found in the
3
quenched. 18
But to the king of Judah house of the LORD. And the king

which sent you to enquire of the LORD, stood by a pillar, and made a covenant

thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the before the LORD, to walk after the

LORD God of Israel, As touching the LORD, and to keep his commandments

words which thou hast heard; 19 and his testimonies and his statutes

Because thine heart was tender, and with all their heart and all their soul, to

thou hast humbled thyself before the perform the words of this covenant

LORD, when thou heardest what I that were written in this book. And all
4
spake against this place, and against the people stood to the covenant. And

the inhabitants thereof, that they the king commanded Hilkiah the high

should become a desolation and a priest, and the priests of the second

curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and order, and the keepers of the door, to

wept before me; I also have heard bring forth out of the temple of the

thee, saith the LORD. 20

Behold LORD all the vessels that were made
for Baal, and for the grove, and for all up to the altar of the LORD in
the host of heaven: and he burned Jerusalem, but they did eat of the
them without Jerusalem in the fields of unleavened bread among their
10
Kidron, and carried the ashes of them brethren. And he defiled Topheth,
5
unto Bethel. And he put down the which is in the valley of the children of
idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Hinnom, that no man might make his
Judah had ordained to burn incense in son or his daughter to pass through
11
the high places in the cities of Judah, the fire to Molech. And he took away
and in the places round about the horses that the kings of Judah had
Jerusalem; them also that burned given to the sun, at the entering in of
incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the house of the LORD, by the chamber
the moon, and to the planets, and to of Nathan- melech the chamberlain,
6
all the host of heaven. And he which was in the suburbs, and burned
12
brought out the grove from the house the chariots of the sun with fire. And
of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the altars that were on the top of the
the brook Kidron, and burned it at the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the
brook Kidron, and stamped it small to kings of Judah had made, and the
powder, and cast the powder thereof altars which Manasseh had made in the
upon the graves of the children of the two courts of the house of the LORD,
7
people. And he brake down the did the king beat down, and brake
houses of the sodomites, that were by them down from thence, and cast the
13
the house of the LORD, where the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
8
women wove hangings for the grove. And the high places that were before
And he brought all the priests out of Jerusalem, which were on the right
the cities of Judah, and defiled the high hand of the mount of corruption, which
places where the priests had burned Solomon the king of Israel had builded
incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and for Ashtoreth the abomination of the
brake down the high places of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the
gates that were in the entering in of abomination of the Moabites, and for
the gate of Joshua the governor of the Milcom the abomination of the children
14
city, which were on a man's left hand of Ammon, did the king defile. And
9
at the gate of the city. Nevertheless he brake in pieces the images, and cut
the priests of the high places came not down the groves, and filled their places
 15
with the bones of men. Moreover the places that were there upon the altars,
altar that was at Bethel, and the high and burned men's bones upon them,
21
place which Jeroboam the son of and returned to Jerusalem. And the
Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had king commanded all the people,
made, both that altar and the high saying, Keep the passover unto the
place he brake down, and burned the LORD your God, as it is written in the
22
high place, and stamped it small to book of this covenant. Surely there
16
powder, and burned the grove. And was not holden such a passover from
as Josiah turned himself, he spied the the days of the judges that judged
sepulchres that were there in the Israel, nor in all the days of the kings
23
mount, and sent, and took the bones of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
out of the sepulchres, and burned But in the eighteenth year of king
them upon the altar, and polluted it, Josiah, wherein this passover was
24
according to the word of the LORD holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
which the man of God proclaimed, who Moreover the workers with familiar
17
proclaimed these words. Then he spirits, and the wizards, and the
said, What title is that that I see? And images, and the idols, and all the
the men of the city told him, It is the abominations that were spied in the
sepulchre of the man of God, which land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did
came from Judah, and proclaimed Josiah put away, that he might perform
these things that thou hast done the words of the law which were
18
against the altar of Bethel. And he written in the book that Hilkiah the
said, Let him alone; let no man move priest found in the house of the LORD.
25
his bones. So they let his bones alone, And like unto him was there no king
with the bones of the prophet that before him, that turned to the LORD
19
came out of Samaria. And all the with all his heart, and with all his soul,
houses also of the high places that and with all his might, according to all
were in the cities of Samaria, which the the law of Moses; neither after him
26
kings of Israel had made to provoke arose there any like him.
the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, Notwithstanding the LORD turned not
and did to them according to all the from the fierceness of his great wrath,
20
acts that he had done in Bethel. And wherewith his anger was kindled
he slew all the priests of the high against Judah, because of all the
provocations that Manasseh had Jerusalem; and put the land to a
27
provoked him withal. And the LORD tribute of an hundred talents of silver,
34
said, I will remove Judah also out of and a talent of gold. And Pharaoh-
my sight, as I have removed Israel, nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah
and will cast off this city Jerusalem king in the room of Josiah his father,
which I have chosen, and the house of and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and
28
which I said, My name shall be there. took Jehoahaz away: and he came to
35
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and Egypt, and died there. And Jehoiakim
all that he did, are they not written in gave the silver and the gold to
the book of the chronicles of the kings Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give
29
of Judah? In his days Pharaoh- the money according to the
nechoh king of Egypt went up against commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted
the king of Assyria to the river the silver and the gold of the people of
Euphrates: and king Josiah went the land, of every one according to his
against him; and he slew him at taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-
30 36
Megiddo, when he had seen him. And nechoh. Jehoiakim was twenty and
his servants carried him in a chariot five years old when he began to reign;
dead from Megiddo, and brought him and he reigned eleven years in
to Jerusalem, and buried him in his Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
own sepulchre. And the people of the Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of
37
land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, Rumah. And he did that which was
and anointed him, and made him king evil in the sight of the LORD, according
31
in his father's stead. Jehoahaz was to all that his fathers had done.
twenty and three years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned three 2 Kings 24
months in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal, the daughter of
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of

Jeremiah of Libnah. 32
And he did that Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim

which was evil in the sight of the became his servant three years: then
2
LORD, according to all that his fathers he turned and rebelled against him.

had done. 33
And Pharaoh-nechoh put And the LORD sent against him bands

him in bands at Riblah in the land of of the Chaldees, and bands of the

Hamath, that he might not reign in Syrians, and bands of the Moabites,
 11
and bands of the children of Ammon, and the city was besieged. And
and sent them against Judah to destroy Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came
it, according to the word of the LORD, against the city, and his servants did
12
which he spake by his servants the besiege it. And Jehoiachin the king of
3
prophets. Surely at the Judah went out to the king of Babylon,
commandment of the LORD came this he, and his mother, and his servants,
upon Judah, to remove them out of his and his princes, and his officers: and
sight, for the sins of Manasseh, the king of Babylon took him in the
4 13
according to all that he did; And also eighth year of his reign. And he
for the innocent blood that he shed: for carried out thence all the treasures of
he filled Jerusalem with innocent the house of the LORD, and the
blood; which the LORD would not treasures of the king's house, and cut
5
pardon. Now the rest of the acts of in pieces all the vessels of gold which
Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they Solomon king of Israel had made in the
not written in the book of the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had
6 14
chronicles of the kings of Judah? So said. And he carried away all
Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. the mighty men of valour, even ten
7
And the king of Egypt came not again thousand captives, and all the
any more out of his land: for the king craftsmen and smiths: none remained,
of Babylon had taken from the river of save the poorest sort of the people of
15
Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that the land. And he carried away
8
pertained to the king of Egypt. Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old mother, and the king's wives, and his
when he began to reign, and he officers, and the mighty of the land,
reigned in Jerusalem three months. those carried he into captivity from
16
And his mother's name was Nehushta, Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the
the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. men of might, even seven thousand,
9
And he did that which was evil in the and craftsmen and smiths a thousand,
sight of the LORD, according to all that all that were strong and apt for war,
10
his father had done. At that time the even them the king of Babylon brought
17
servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of captive to Babylon. And the king of
Babylon came up against Jerusalem, Babylon made Mattaniah his father's
brother king in his stead, and changed Chaldees were against the city round
18
his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was about:) and the king went the way
5
twenty and one years old when he toward the plain. And the army of the
began to reign, and he reigned eleven Chaldees pursued after the king, and
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's overtook him in the plains of Jericho:
name was Hamutal, the daughter of and all his army were scattered from
19 6
Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that him. So they took the king, and
which was evil in the sight of the brought him up to the king of Babylon
LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim to Riblah; and they gave judgment
20 7
had done. For through the anger of upon him. And they slew the sons of
the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out
and Judah, until he had cast them out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him
from his presence, that Zedekiah with fetters of brass, and carried him
8
rebelled against the king of Babylon. to Babylon. And in the fifth month, on
the seventh day of the month, which is
2 Kings 25 the nineteenth year of king
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came
And it came to pass in the ninth year
Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a
of his reign, in the tenth month, in the servant of the king of Babylon, unto
tenth day of the month, that Jerusalem: 9
And he burnt the house of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, the LORD, and the king's house, and all
he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, the houses of Jerusalem, and every
and pitched against it; and they built great man's house burnt he with fire. 10

2
forts against it round about. And the And all the army of the Chaldees, that
city was besieged unto the eleventh were with the captain of the guard,
3
year of king Zedekiah. And on the brake down the walls of Jerusalem
ninth day of the fourth month the round about. 11
Now the rest of the
famine prevailed in the city, and there people that were left in the city, and
was no bread for the people of the the fugitives that fell away to the king
4
land. And the city was broken up, and of Babylon, with the remnant of the
all the men of war fled by night by the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the
way of the gate between two walls, captain of the guard carry away. 12
But
which is by the king's garden: (now the the captain of the guard left of the
poor of the land to be vinedressers and which were found in the city, and the
13
husbandmen. And the pillars of brass principal scribe of the host, which
that were in the house of the LORD, mustered the people of the land, and
and the bases, and the brasen sea that threescore men of the people of the
20
was in the house of the LORD, did the land that were found in the city: And
Chaldees break in pieces, and carried Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard
14
the brass of them to Babylon. And took these, and brought them to the
21
the pots, and the shovels, and the king of Babylon to Riblah: And the
snuffers, and the spoons, and all the king of Babylon smote them, and slew
vessels of brass wherewith they them at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
15
ministered, took they away. And the So Judah was carried away out of their
22
firepans, and the bowls, and such land. And as for the people that
things as were of gold, in gold, and of remained in the land of Judah, whom
silver, in silver, the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had
16
guard took away. The two pillars, left, even over them he made Gedaliah
one sea, and the bases which Solomon the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
23
had made for the house of the LORD; ruler. And when all the captains of
the brass of all these vessels was the armies, they and their men, heard
17
without weight. The height of the that the king of Babylon had made
one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the Gedaliah governor, there came to
chapiter upon it was brass: and the Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the
height of the chapiter three cubits; and son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son
the wreathen work, and pomegranates of Careah, and Seraiah the son of
upon the chapiter round about, all of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and
brass: and like unto these had the Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite,
18 24
second pillar with wreathen work. they and their men. And Gedaliah
And the captain of the guard took sware to them, and to their men, and
Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah said unto them, Fear not to be the
the second priest, and the three servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the
19
keepers of the door: And out of the land, and serve the king of Babylon;
25
city he took an officer that was set and it shall be well with you. But it
over the men of war, and five men of came to pass in the seventh month,
them that were in the king's presence, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the
son of Elishama, of the seed royal, merodach king of Babylon in the year
came, and ten men with him, and that he began to reign did lift up the
smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
28
Jews and the Chaldees that were with prison; And he spake kindly to him,
26
him at Mizpah. And all the people, and set his throne above the throne of
both small and great, and the captains the kings that were with him in
29
of the armies, arose, and came to Babylon; And changed his prison
Egypt: for they were afraid of the garments: and he did eat bread
27
Chaldees. And it came to pass in the continually before him all the days of
30
seven and thirtieth year of the his life. And his allowance was a
captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in continual allowance given him of the
the twelfth month, on the seven and king, a daily rate for every day, all the
twentieth day of the month, that Evil- days of his life.
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1st CHRONICLES

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1 Chronicles 1 and the Hamathite. The sons of
Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2
Kenan, Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz,
18
Mahalaleel, Jered, 3
Henoch, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

Methuselah, Lamech, 4
Noah, Shem, And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and
19
Ham, and Japheth. 5
The sons of Shelah begat Eber. And unto Eber

Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and were born two sons: the name of the

Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and one was Peleg; because in his days the

Meshech, and Tiras. 6

And the sons of earth was divided: and his brother's
20
Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and name was Joktan. And Joktan begat

Togarmah. 7
And the sons of Javan; Almodad, and Sheleph, and
21
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Hadoram
22
Dodanim. 8
The sons of Ham; Cush, also, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Ebal,
23
and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9
And and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir,

the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were
24
and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. the sons of Joktan. Shem, Arphaxad,
25 26
And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug,
27
Dedan. 10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he Nahor, Terah, Abram; the same is
28
began to be mighty upon the earth. 11 Abraham. The sons of Abraham;
29
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Isaac, and Ishmael. These are their

Anamim, and Lehabim, and generations: The firstborn of Ishmael,

Napthtuhim, 12
And Pathrusim, and Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and
30
Casluhim, (of whom came the Mibsam, Mishma and Dumah, Massa,
31
Philistines,) and Caphthorim. 13
And Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish,

Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and and Kedemah. These are the sons of
32
Heth, 14
The Jebusite also, and the Ishmael. Now the sons of Keturah,

Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15

And the Abraham's concubine: she bare

Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And
the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and land of the Temanites reigned in his
33 46
Dedan. And the sons of Midian; stead. And when Husham was dead,
Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote
Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in
34
sons of Keturah. And Abraham begat his stead: and the name of his city was
47
Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Avith. And when Hadad was dead,
35
Israel. The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
48
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and stead. And when Samlah was dead,
36
Korah. The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned
49
and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, in his stead. And when Shaul was
37
and Timna, and Amalek. The sons of dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
50
Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and reigned in his stead. And when Baal-
38
Mizzah. And the sons of Seir; Lotan, hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and stead: and the name of his city was
39
Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. And Pai; and his wife's name was
the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the
40 51
and Timna was Lotan's sister. The daughter of Mezahab. Hadad died
sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, also. And the dukes of Edom were;
and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke
41 52
sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. The Jetheth, Duke Aholibamah, duke
53
sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Elah, duke Pinon, Duke Kenaz, duke
54
Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Teman, duke Mibzar, Duke Magdiel,
42
Ithran, and Cheran. The sons of duke Iram. These are the dukes of
Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. Edom.
43
The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
Now these are the kings that reigned in 1 Chronicles 2
the land of Edom before any king
reigned over the children of Israel;
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben,

Bela the son of Beor: and the name of Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and
2
his city was Dinhabah. 44
And when Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
3
Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. The sons of

of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45

And Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah:

when Jobab was dead, Husham of the which three were born unto him of the
daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19
Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in And when Azubah was dead, Caleb
the sight of the LORD; and he slew took unto him Ephrath, which bare him
4 20
him. And Tamar his daughter in law Hur. And Hur begat Uri, and Uri
21
bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the begat Bezaleel. And afterward
5
sons of Judah were five. The sons of Hezron went in to the daughter of
6
Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. And the Machir the father of Gilead, whom he
sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and married when he was threescore years
22
Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of old; and she bare him Segub. And
7
them in all. And the sons of Carmi; Segub begat Jair, who had three and
23
Achar, the troubler of Israel, who twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
8
transgressed in the thing accursed. And he took Geshur, and Aram, with
9
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. The the towns of Jair, from them, with
sons also of Hezron, that were born Kenath, and the towns thereof, even
unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and threescore cities. All these belonged to
10
Chelubai. And Ram begat the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24
Amminadab; and Amminadab begat And after that Hezron was dead in
Nahshon, prince of the children of Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's
11
Judah; And Nahshon begat Salma, wife bare him Ashur the father of
12 25
and Salma begat Boaz, And Boaz Tekoa. And the sons of Jerahmeel
13
begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and
26
Abinadab the second, and Shimma the Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had
14
third, Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai also another wife, whose name was
15
the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
16 27
seventh: Whose sisters were And the sons of Ram the firstborn of
Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and
28
Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Eker. And the sons of Onam were,
17
Asahel, three. And Abigail bare Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
29
Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. And
18
Jether the Ishmeelite. And Caleb the the name of the wife of Abishur was
son of Hezron begat children of Azubah Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and
30
his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are Molid. And the sons of Nadab; Seled,
 46
and Appaim: but Seled died without father of Beth-zur. And Ephah,
31
children. And the sons of Appaim; Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and
Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat
32 47
And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai;
And the sons of Jada the brother of Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and
48
Shammai; Jether and Jonathan: and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
33
Jether died without children. And the Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare
49
sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. Sheber, and Tirhanah. She bare also
34
These were the sons of Jerahmeel. Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Now Sheshan had no sons, but Sheva the father of Machbenah, and
daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, the father of Gibea: and the daughter
35 50
an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. of Caleb was Achsa. These were the
And Sheshan gave his daughter to sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the
Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the
36 51
him Attai. And Attai begat Nathan, father of Kirjath-jearim, Salma the
37
and Nathan begat Zabad, And Zabad father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father
38 52
begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, of Beth- gader. And Shobal the
And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat father of Kirjath-jearim had sons;
39
Azariah, And Azariah begat Helez, Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
40 53
and Helez begat Eleasah, And And the families of Kirjath-jearim;
Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the
41
begat Shallum, And Shallum begat Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of
Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat them came the Zareathites, and the
42 54
Elishama. Now the sons of Caleb the Eshtaulites. The sons of Salma;
brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his Bethlehem, and the Netophathites,
firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of
55
and the sons of Mareshah the father of the Manahethites, the Zorites. And
43
Hebron. And the sons of Hebron; the families of the scribes which dwelt
Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and at Jabez; the Tirathites, the
44
Shema. And Shema begat Raham, Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These
the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem are the Kenites that came of Hemath,
45
begat Shammai. And the son of the father of the house of Rechab.
Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the
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1 Chronicles 3 Josiah his son. And the sons of
Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the
Now these were the sons of David, second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah,
16
which were born unto him in Hebron; the fourth Shallum. And the sons of

the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah
17
Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of his son. And the sons of Jeconiah;
18
Abigail the Carmelitess: 2
The third, Assir, Salathiel his son, Malchiram

Absalom the son of Maachah the also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar,
19
daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 And the sons of Pedaiah were,

The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons

sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and

These six were born unto him in Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
20
Hebron; and there he reigned seven And Hashubah, and Ohel, and

years and six months: and in Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-

21
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three hesed, five. And the sons of

years. 5
And these were born unto him Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the

in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan,

and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of the sons of Obadiah, the sons of
22
Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: 6 Shechaniah. And the sons of

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons

Eliphelet, 7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and

and Japhia, 8
And Elishama, and Eliada, Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
23
and Eliphelet, nine. 9
These were all And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai,
24
the sons of David, beside the sons of and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

the concubines, and Tamar their sister. And the sons of Elioenai were,
10
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and

Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and

his son, 11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his Anani, seven.
12
son, Joash his son, Amaziah his son,
13
Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son,
14
Manasseh his son, Amon his son,
 11
1 Chronicles 4 he requested. And Chelub the
brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, was the father of Eshton. 12
And Eshton

and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2

And begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and

Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash.
13
and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the men of Rechah. And

These are the families of the the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and

Zorathites. 3
And these were of the Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;
14
father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, Hathath. And Meonothai begat

and Idbash: and the name of their Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the

sister was Hazelelponi: 4

And Penuel father of the valley of Charashim; for
15
the father of Gedor and Ezer the father they were craftsmen. And the sons of

of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah,

the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even
16
Bethlehem. 5
And Ashur the father of Kenaz. And the sons of Jehaleleel;
17
Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

Naarah. 6
And Naarah bare him And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and

Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she

Haahashtari. These were the sons of bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah
18
Naarah. 7
And the sons of Helah were, the father of Eshtemoa. And his wife

Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8

And Jehudijah bare Jered the father of

Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho,

families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

And Jabez was more honourable than And these are the sons of Bithiah the

his brethren: and his mother called his daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered
19
name Jabez, saying, Because I bare took. And the sons of his wife Hodiah

him with sorrow. 10

And Jabez called on the sister of Naham, the father of

the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
20
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge Maachathite. And the sons of Shimon

my coast, and that thine hand might be were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan,

with me, and that thou wouldest keep and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were,
21
me from evil, that it may not grieve Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. The sons of

me! And God granted him that which Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the
father of Lecah, and Laadah the father their habitations, and their genealogy.
34
of Mareshah, and the families of the And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and
35
house of them that wrought fine linen, Joshah the son of Amaziah, And Joel,
22
of the house of Ashbea, And Jokim, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son
36
and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, And
and Saraph, who had the dominion in Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and
Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
23 37
are ancient things. These were the Jesimiel, and Benaiah, And Ziza the
potters, and those that dwelt among son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son
plants and hedges: there they dwelt of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son
24 38
with the king for his work. The sons of Shemaiah; These mentioned by
of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, their names were princes in their
25
Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: Shallum his families: and the house of their fathers
39
son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. increased greatly. And they went to
26
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his the entrance of Gedor, even unto the
27
son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. east side of the valley, to seek pasture
40
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six for their flocks. And they found fat
daughters; but his brethren had not pasture and good, and the land was
many children, neither did all their wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for
41
family multiply, like to the children of they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
28
Judah. And they dwelt at Beer- And these written by name came in the
sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and
29
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at smote their tents, and the habitations
30
Tolad, And at Bethuel, and at that were found there, and destroyed
31
Hormah, and at Ziklag, And at Beth- them utterly unto this day, and dwelt
marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at in their rooms: because there was
42
Beth- birei, and at Shaaraim. These pasture there for their flocks. And
were their cities unto the reign of some of them, even of the sons of
32
David. And their villages were, Etam, Simeon, five hundred men, went to
and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and mount Seir, having for their captains
33
Ashan, five cities: And all their Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah,
43
villages that were round about the and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. And they
same cities, unto Baal. These were smote the rest of the Amalekites that
 10
were escaped, and dwelt there unto were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
this day. And in the days of Saul they made war
with the Hagarites, who fell by their
1 Chronicles 5 hand: and they dwelt in their tents
throughout all the east land of Gilead.
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn 11
And the children of Gad dwelt over
of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; against them, in the land of Bashan
but, forasmuch as he defiled his unto Salchah: 12
Joel the chief, and
father's bed, his birthright was given Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and
unto the sons of Joseph the son of Shaphat in Bashan. 13
And their
Israel: and the genealogy is not to be brethren of the house of their fathers
2
reckoned after the birthright. For were, Michael, and Meshullam, and
Judah prevailed above his brethren, Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia,
and of him came the chief ruler; but and Heber, seven. 14
These are the
3
the birthright was Joseph's:) The children of Abihail the son of Huri, the
sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the
Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,
4
and Carmi. The sons of Joel; the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15
Ahi
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni,
5
his son, Micah his son, Reaia his son, chief of the house of their fathers. 16

6
Baal his son, Beerah his son, whom And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan,
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried and in her towns, and in all the
away captive: he was prince of the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
7
Reubenites. And his brethren by their 17
All these were reckoned by
families, when the genealogy of their genealogies in the days of Jotham king
generations was reckoned, were the of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam
8
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, And Bela king of Israel. 18
The sons of Reuben,
the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to
9
unto Nebo and Baal-meon: And bear buckler and sword, and to shoot
eastward he inhabited unto the with bow, and skilful in war, were four
entering in of the wilderness from the and forty thousand seven hundred and
river Euphrates: because their cattle threescore, that went out to the war. 19
And they made war with the Hagarites, them away, even the Reubenites, and
20
with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. the Gadites, and the half tribe of
And they were helped against them, Manasseh, and brought them unto
and the Hagarites were delivered into Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the
their hand, and all that were with river Gozan, unto this day.
them: for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was intreated of them; 1 Chronicles 6
21
because they put their trust in him.
And they took away their cattle; of
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath,
2
their camels fifty thousand, and of and Merari. And the sons of Kohath;

sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3
and of asses two thousand, and of men And the children of Amram; Aaron,

an hundred thousand. 22
For there fell and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also

down many slain, because the war was of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
4
of God. And they dwelt in their steads and Ithamar. Eleazar begat Phinehas,
5
until the captivity. 23
And the children Phinehas begat Abishua, And Abishua
6
of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

the land: they increased from Bashan And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah
7
unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto begat Meraioth, Meraioth begat
8
mount Hermon. 24
And these were the Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

heads of the house of their fathers, And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
9
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and begat Ahimaaz, And Ahimaaz begat
10
Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is

famous men, and heads of the house of that executed the priest's office in the

their fathers. 25
And they transgressed temple that Solomon built in
11
against the God of their fathers, and Jerusalem:) And Azariah begat
12
went a whoring after the gods of the Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

people of the land, whom God And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
13
destroyed before them. 26
And the God begat Shallum, And Shallum begat
14
of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath- And Azariah begat Seraiah, and
15
pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried Seraiah begat Jehozadak, And
 32
Jehozadak went into captivity, when And they ministered before the
the LORD carried away Judah and dwelling place of the tabernacle of the
Jerusalem by the hand of congregation with singing, until
16
Nebuchadnezzar. The sons of Levi; Solomon had built the house of the
17
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And LORD in Jerusalem: and then they
these be the names of the sons of waited on their office according to their
18 33
Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. And the order. And these are they that
sons of Kohath were, Amram, and waited with their children. Of the sons
19
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the
34
sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, The
these are the families of the Levites son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
20 35
according to their fathers. Of the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, The
Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the
21 36
Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the
22
son. The sons of Kohath; Amminadab son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
23 37
his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, The son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
24 38
and Assir his son, Tahath his son, The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
39
Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
25
his son. And the sons of Elkanah; And his brother Asaph, who stood on
26
Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for his right hand, even Asaph the son of
40
Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai Berachiah, the son of Shimea, The
27
his son, and Nahath his son, Eliab his son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,
41
son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. the son of Malchiah, The son of
28
And the sons of Samuel; the Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of
29 42
firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. The sons Adaiah, The son of Ethan, the son of
43
of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei Zimmah, the son of Shimei, The son
30
his son, Uzza his son, Shimea his of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son
31 44
son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. of Levi. And their brethren the sons
And these are they whom David set of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan
over the service of song in the house of the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the
45
the LORD, after that the ark had rest. son of Malluch, The son of
Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,
46 58
son of Hilkiah, The son of Amzi, the with their suburbs, And Hilen with
47 59
son of Bani, the son of Shamer, The her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-
48 60
of Merari, the son of Levi. Their shemesh with her suburbs: And out
brethren also the Levites were of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her
appointed unto all manner of service of suburbs, and Alemeth with her
49
the tabernacle of the house of God. suburbs, and Anathoth with her
But Aaron and his sons offered upon suburbs. All their cities throughout
61
the altar of the burnt offering, and on their families were thirteen cities.
the altar of incense, and were And unto the sons of Kohath, which
appointed for all the work of the place were left of the family of that tribe,
most holy, and to make an atonement were cities given out of the half tribe,
for Israel, according to all that Moses namely, out of the half tribe of
50 62
the servant of God had commanded. Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. And to
And these are the sons of Aaron; the sons of Gershom throughout their
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, families out of the tribe of Issachar,
51
Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
52
his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
53 63
son, Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. cities. Unto the sons of Merari were
54
Now these are their dwelling places given by lot, throughout their families,
throughout their castles in their coasts, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
64
the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. Zebulun, twelve cities. And the
55
And they gave them Hebron in the children of Israel gave to the Levites
65
land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof these cities with their suburbs. And
56
round about it. But the fields of the they gave by lot out of the tribe of the
city, and the villages thereof, they children of Judah, and out of the tribe
57
gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. of the children of Simeon, and out of
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the the tribe of the children of Benjamin,
cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the these cities, which are called by their
66
city of refuge, and Libnah with her names. And the residue of the
 78
families of the sons of Kohath had her suburbs: And on the other side
cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of
67
Ephraim. And they gave unto them, Jordan, were given them out of the
of the cities of refuge, Shechem in tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the
mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they wilderness with her suburbs, and
68 79
gave also Gezer with her suburbs, Jahzah with her suburbs, Kedemoth
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and also with her suburbs, and Mephaath
69 80
Beth-horon with her suburbs, And with her suburbs: And out of the
Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath- tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her
70
rimmon with her suburbs: And out of suburbs, and Mahanaim with her
81
the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with suburbs, And Heshbon with her
her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
suburbs, for the family of the remnant
of the sons of Kohath. 71
Unto the sons 1 Chronicles 7
of Gershom were given out of the
family of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola,

Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
2
Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 72
And out And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and

of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and

her suburbs, Daberath with her Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their

suburbs, 73
And Ramoth with her father's house, to wit, of Tola: they

suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: were valiant men of might in their
74
And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal generations; whose number was in the

with her suburbs, and Abdon with her days of David two and twenty thousand
3
suburbs, 75
And Hukok with her and six hundred. And the sons of

suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of
76
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and

Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
4
and Hammon with her suburbs, and men. And with them, by their

Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77

Unto generations, after the house of their

the rest of the children of Merari were fathers, were bands of soldiers for war,

given out of the tribe of Zebulun. six and thirty thousand men: for they
5
Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with had many wives and sons. And their
brethren among all the families of and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the
14
Issachar were valiant men of might, sons of Bilhah. The sons of
reckoned in all by their genealogies Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare:
6
fourscore and seven thousand. The (but his concubine the Aramitess bare
15
sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, Machir the father of Gilead: And
7
and Jediael, three. And the sons of Machir took to wife the sister of
Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's
Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the name was Maachah;) and the name of
house of their fathers, mighty men of the second was Zelophehad: and
16
valour; and were reckoned by their Zelophehad had daughters. And
genealogies twenty and two thousand Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son,
8
and thirty and four. And the sons of and she called his name Peresh; and
Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and the name of his brother was Sheresh;
17
Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These
and Alameth. All these are the sons of were the sons of Gilead, the son of
9 18
Becher. And the number of them, Machir, the son of Manasseh. And his
after their genealogy by their sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and
19
generations, heads of the house of the Abiezer, and Mahalah. And the sons
fathers, mighty men of valour, was of Shemidah were, Ahian, and
10 20
twenty thousand and two hundred. Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. And
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and
the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and
21
Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
and Zethan, and Tharshish, and And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his
11
Ahishahar. All these the sons of son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the
Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, men of Gath that were born in that
mighty men of valour, were seventeen land slew, because they came down to
22
thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit take away their cattle. And Ephraim
12
to go out for war and battle. their father mourned many days, and
23
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the his brethren came to comfort him.
children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of And when he went in to his wife, she
13
Aher. The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, conceived, and bare a son, and he
 36
called his name Beriah, because it went Amal. The sons of Zophah; Suah,
24
evil with his house. (And his and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
37
daughter was Sherah, who built Beth- and Imrah, Bezer, and Hod, and
horon the nether, and the upper, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
25 38
Uzzen-sherah.) And Rephah was his Beera. And the sons of Jether;
39
son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. And
26
and Tahan his son, Laadan his son, the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and
27 40
Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, Rezia. All these were the children of
28
Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. And Asher, heads of their father's house,
their possessions and habitations were, choice and mighty men of valour, chief
Bethel and the towns thereof, and of the princes. And the number
eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, throughout the genealogy of them that
with the towns thereof; Shechem also were apt to the war and to battle was
and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and twenty and six thousand men.
29
the towns thereof: And by the
borders of the children of Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 8
Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach
and her towns, Megiddo and her towns,
Now Benjamin begat Bela his

Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the firstborn, Ashbel the second, and
2
children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth,
3
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Rapha the fifth. And the sons of

and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and
4
sister. 31
And the sons of Beriah; Abihud, And Abishua, and Naaman,
5
Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father and Ahoah, And Gera, and
6
of Birzavith. 32
And Heber begat Shephuphan, and Huram. And these

Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and are the sons of Ehud: these are the

Shua their sister. 33

And the sons of heads of the fathers of the inhabitants

Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and of Geba, and they removed them to
7
Ashvath. These are the children of Manahath: And Naaman, and Ahiah,

Japhlet. 34
And the sons of Shamer; and Gera, he removed them, and begat
8
Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Uzza, and Ahihud. And Shaharaim
35
And the sons of his brother Helem; begat children in the country of Moab,

Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and after he had sent them away; Hushim
 9 29
and Baara were his wives. And he dwelt in Jerusalem. And at Gibeon
begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose
10 30
Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, And wife's name was Maachah: And his
Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish,
11 31
were his sons, heads of the fathers. and Baal, and Nadab, And Gedor,
32
And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and and Ahio, and Zacher. And Mikloth
12
Elpaal. The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt
Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, with their brethren in Jerusalem, over
13 33
and Lod, with the towns thereof: against them. And Ner begat Kish,
Beriah also, and Shema, who were and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat
heads of the fathers of the inhabitants Jonathan, and Malchi- shua, and
34
of Aijalon, who drove away the Abinadab, and Esh-baal. And the son
14
inhabitants of Gath: And Ahio, of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-
15 35
Shashak, and Jeremoth, And baal begat Micah. And the sons of
16
Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, And Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and
36
Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons Tarea, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begat
17
of Beriah; And Zebadiah, and Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat
18
Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
37
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, and Zimri begat Moza, And Moza
19
the sons of Elpaal; And Jakim, and begat Binea: Rapha was his son,
20 38
Zichri, and Zabdi, And Elienai, and Eleasah his son, Azel his son: And
21
Zilthai, and Eliel, And Adaiah, and Azel had six sons, whose names are
Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael,
22
Shimhi; And Ishpan, and Heber, and and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and
23
Eliel, And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
24 39
Hanan, And Hananiah, and Elam, and And the sons of Eshek his brother
25
Antothijah, And Iphedeiah, and were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the
26 40
Penuel, the sons of Shashak; And second, and Eliphelet the third. And
Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and the sons of Ulam were mighty men of
27
Athaliah, And Jaresiah, and Eliah, valour, archers, and had many sons,
28
and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty.
These were heads of the fathers, by All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
their generations, chief men. These
1 Chronicles 9 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and
11
Jehoiarib, and Jachin, And Azariah
So all Israel were reckoned by the son of Hilkiah, the son of

genealogies; and, behold, they were Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son

written in the book of the kings of of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the
12
Israel and Judah, who were carried ruler of the house of God; And

away to Babylon for their Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of

transgression. 2
Now the first Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and

inhabitants that dwelt in their Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of

possessions in their cities were, the Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the

Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13
Nethinims. 3
And in Jerusalem dwelt of And their brethren, heads of the

the children of Judah, and of the house of their fathers, a thousand and

children of Benjamin, and of the seven hundred and threescore; very

children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4 able men for the work of the service of
14
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of the house of God. And of the Levites;

Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son

of the children of Pharez the son of of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of

15
Judah. 5
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the sons of Merari; And Bakbakkar,

the firstborn, and his sons. 6

And of the Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the

sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son
16
brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7
And of Asaph; And Obadiah the son of

of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of

of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of

son of Hasenuah, 8
And Ibneiah the son Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in
17
of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the villages of the Netophathites.

the son of Michri, and Meshullam the And the porters were, Shallum, and

son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and

the son of Ibnijah; 9

And their their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18
brethren, according to their Who hitherto waited in the king's

generations, nine hundred and fifty and gate eastward: they were porters in

six. All these men were chief of the the companies of the children of Levi.
19
fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son
 28
of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his morning pertained to them. And
brethren, of the house of his father, certain of them had the charge of the
the Korahites, were over the work of ministering vessels, that they should
29
the service, keepers of the gates of the bring them in and out by tale. Some
tabernacle: and their fathers, being of them also were appointed to oversee
over the host of the LORD, were the vessels, and all the instruments of
20
keepers of the entry. And Phinehas the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and
the son of Eleazar was the ruler over the wine, and the oil, and the
30
them in time past, and the Lord was frankincense, and the spices. And
21
with him. And Zechariah the son of some of the sons of the priests made
31
Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the ointment of the spices. And
22
the tabernacle of the congregation. Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was
All these which were chosen to be the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite,
porters in the gates were two hundred had the set office over the things that
32
and twelve. These were reckoned by were made in the pans. And other of
their genealogy in their villages, whom their brethren, of the sons of the
David and Samuel the seer did ordain Kohathites, were over the shewbread,
23 33
in their set office. So they and their to prepare it every sabbath. And
children had the oversight of the gates these are the singers, chief of the
of the house of the Lord, namely, the fathers of the Levites, who remaining
24
house of the tabernacle, by wards. in the chambers were free: for they
In four quarters were the porters, were employed in that work day and
34
toward the east, west, north, and night. These chief fathers of the
25
south. And their brethren, which Levites were chief throughout their
were in their villages, were to come generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35
after seven days from time to time And in Gibeon dwelt the father of
26
with them. For these Levites, the Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was
36
four chief porters, were in their set Maachah: And his firstborn son
office, and were over the chambers and Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
27 37
treasuries of the house of God. And and Ner, and Nadab, And Gedor, and
38
they lodged round about the house of Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
God, because the charge was upon And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they
them, and the opening thereof every also dwelt with their brethren at
Jerusalem, over against their brethren. sword, and thrust me through
39
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat therewith; lest these uncircumcised
Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and come and abuse me. But his
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh- armourbearer would not; for he was
40
baal. And the son of Jonathan was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and
5
Merib- baal: and Merib-baal begat fell upon it. And when his
41
Micah. And the sons of Micah were, armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,
Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
42 6
Ahaz. And Ahaz begat Jarah; and So Saul died, and his three sons, and
7
Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, all his house died together. And when
43
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; all the men of Israel that were in the
And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah valley saw that they fled, and that Saul
his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. and his sons were dead, then they
44
And Azel had six sons, whose names forsook their cities, and fled: and the
8
are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Philistines came and dwelt in them.
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, And it came to pass on the morrow,
and Hanan: these were the sons of when the Philistines came to strip the
Azel. slain, that they found Saul and his sons
9
fallen in mount Gilboa. And when
1 Chronicles 10 they had stripped him, they took his
head, and his armour, and sent into
Now the Philistines fought against
the land of the Philistines round about,
Israel; and the men of Israel fled from to carry tidings unto their idols, and to
before the Philistines, and fell down the people. 10
And they put his armour
2
slain in mount Gilboa. And the in the house of their gods, and
Philistines followed hard after Saul, fastened his head in the temple of
and after his sons; and the Philistines Dagon. 11
And when all Jabesh-gilead
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and heard all that the Philistines had done
3
Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. And to Saul, 12
They arose, all the valiant
the battle went sore against Saul, and men, and took away the body of Saul,
the archers hit him, and he was and the bodies of his sons, and brought
4
wounded of the archers. Then said them to Jabesh, and buried their bones
Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted
 13
seven days. So Saul died for his Nevertheless David took the castle of
6
transgression which he committed Zion, which is the city of David. And
against the LORD, even against the David said, Whosoever smiteth the
word of the LORD, which he kept not, Jebusites first shall be chief and
and also for asking counsel of one that captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah
14 7
had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; went first up, and was chief. And
And enquired not of the LORD: David dwelt in the castle; therefore
8
therefore he slew him, and turned the they called it the city of David. And
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. he built the city round about, even
from Millo round about: and Joab
1 Chronicles 11 repaired the rest of the city. 9
So David
waxed greater and greater: for the
Then all Israel gathered themselves to
LORD of hosts was with him. 10
These
David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we also are the chief of the mighty men
2
are thy bone and thy flesh. And whom David had, who strengthened
moreover in time past, even when Saul themselves with him in his kingdom,
was king, thou wast he that leddest out and with all Israel, to make him king,
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD according to the word of the LORD
thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed concerning Israel. 11
And this is the
my people Israel, and thou shalt be number of the mighty men whom David
ruler over my people Israel, and thou had; Jashobeam, and Hachmonite, the
3
shalt be ruler over my people Israel. chief of the captains: he lifted up his
Therefore came all the elders of Israel spear against three hundred slain by
to the king to Hebron; and David made him at one time. 12
And after him was
a covenant with them in Hebron before Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite,
the LORD; and they anointed David who was one of the three mighties. 13

king over Israel, according to the word He was with David at Pas-dammim,
4
of the LORD by Samuel. And David and there the Philistines were gathered
and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which together to battle, where was a parcel
is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the of ground full of barley; and the people
5
inhabitants of the land. And the fled from before the Philistines. 14
And
inhabitants of Jebus said to David, they set themselves in the midst of
Thou shalt not come hither. that parcel, and delivered it, and slew
the Philistines; and the LORD saved the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
15
them by a great deliverance. Now who had done many acts; he slew two
three of the thirty captains went down lionlike men of Moab: also he went
to the rock to David, into the cave of down and slew a lion in a pit in a
23
Adullam; and the host of the Philistines snowy day. And he slew an Egyptian,
16
encamped in the valley of Rephaim. a man of great stature, five cubits
And David was then in the hold, and high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a
the Philistines' garrison was then at spear like a weaver's beam; and he
17
Bethlehem. And David longed, and went down to him with a staff, and
said, Oh that one would give me drink plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's
of the water of the well of Bethlehem, hand, and slew him with his own spear.
18 24
that is at the gate! And the three These things did Benaiah the son of
brake through the host of the Jehoiada, and had the name among the
25
Philistines, and drew water out of the three mighties. Behold, he was
well of Bethlehem, that was by the honourable among the thirty, but
gate, and took it, and brought it to attained not to the first three: and
26
David: but David would not drink of it, David set him over his guard. Also
19
but poured it out to the LORD, And the valiant men of the armies were,
said, My God forbid it me, that I should Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the
27
do this thing: shall I drink the blood of son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
these men that have put their lives in Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the
28
jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their Pelonite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
29
lives they brought it. Therefore he Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
would not drink it. These things did Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
20 30
these three mightiest. And Abishai Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
the brother of Joab, he was chief of the Heled the son of Baanah the
31
three: for lifting up his spear against Netophathite, Ithai the son of Ribai
three hundred, he slew them, and had of Gibeah, that pertained to the
21
a name among the three. Of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the
32
three, he was more honourable than Pirathonite, Hurai of the brooks of
33
the two; for he was their captain: Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
howbeit he attained not to the first Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the
22 34
three. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Shaalbonite, The sons of Hashem the
Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage both the right hand and the left in
35
the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sacar hurling stones and shooting arrows out
36
the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of
3
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Benjamin. The chief was Ahiezer,
37
Pelonite, Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
38
the son of Ezbai, Joel the brother of Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the
39
Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and
4
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Jehu the Antothite, And Ismaiah the
Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab Gibeonite, a mighty man among the
40
the son of Zeruiah, Ira the Ithrite, thirty, and over the thirty; and
41
Gareb the Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite, Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan,
42 5
Zabad the son of Ahlai, Adina the and Josabad the Gederathite, Eluzai,
son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and
of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
43 6
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Haruphite, Elkanah, and Jesiah, and
44
Joshaphat the Mithnite, Uzzia the Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
7
Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the the Korhites, And Joelah, and
45
sons of Hothan the Aroerite, Jediael Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of
8
the son of Shimri, and Joha his Gedor. And of the Gadites there
46
brother, the Tizite, Eliel the separated themselves unto David into
Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the hold to the wilderness men of
the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the might, and men of war fit for the
47
Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel battle, that could handle shield and
the Mesobaite. buckler, whose faces were like the
faces of lions, and were as swift as the
1 Chronicles 12 roes upon the mountains; 9
Ezer the
first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the
Now these are they that came to
third, 10
Mishmannah the fourth,
David to Ziklag, while he yet kept Jeremiah the fifth, 11
Attai the sixth,
himself close because of Saul the son Eliel the seventh, 12
Johanan the
of Kish: and they were among the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13
Jeremiah
2
mighty men, helpers of the war. They the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14

were armed with bows, and could use These were of the sons of Gad,
captains of the host: one of the least went to Ziklag, there fell to him of
was over an hundred, and the greatest Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and
15
over a thousand. These are they that Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and
went over Jordan in the first month, Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the
21
when it had overflown all his banks; thousands that were of Manasseh.
and they put to flight all them of the And they helped David against the
valleys, both toward the east, and band of the rovers: for they were all
16
toward the west. And there came of mighty men of valour, and were
22
the children of Benjamin and Judah to captains in the host. For at that time
17
the hold unto David. And David went day by day there came to David to help
out to meet them, and answered and him, until it was a great host, like the
23
said unto them, If ye be come host of God. And these are the
peaceably unto me to help me, mine numbers of the bands that were ready
heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye armed to the war, and came to David
be come to betray me to mine to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul
enemies, seeing there is no wrong in to him, according to the word of the
24
mine hands, the God of our fathers LORD. The children of Judah that
18
look thereon, and rebuke it. Then the bare shield and spear were six
spirit came upon Amasai, who was thousand and eight hundred, ready
25
chief of the captains, and he said, armed to the war. Of the children of
Thine are we, David, and on thy side, Simeon, mighty men of valour for the
thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26
unto thee, and peace be to thine Of the children of Levi four thousand
27
helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. and six hundred. And Jehoiada was
Then David received them, and made the leader of the Aaronites, and with
19
them captains of the band. And there him were three thousand and seven
28
fell some of Manasseh to David, when hundred; And Zadok, a young man
he came with the Philistines against mighty of valour, and of his father's
29
Saul to battle: but they helped them house twenty and two captains. And
not: for the lords of the Philistines of the children of Benjamin, the
upon advisement sent him away, kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
saying, He will fall to his master Saul hitherto the greatest part of them had
20 30
to the jeopardy of our heads. As he kept the ward of the house of Saul.
And of the children of Ephraim twenty Israel were of one heart to make David
39
thousand and eight hundred, mighty king. And there they were with David
men of valour, famous throughout the three days, eating and drinking: for
31
house of their fathers. And of the their brethren had prepared for them.
40
half tribe of Manasseh eighteen Moreover they that were nigh them,
thousand, which were expressed by even unto Issachar and Zebulun and
32
name, to come and make David king. Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and
And of the children of Issachar, which on camels, and on mules, and on oxen,
were men that had understanding of and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and
the times, to know what Israel ought to bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil,
do; the heads of them were two and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for
hundred; and all their brethren were at there was joy in Israel.
33
their commandment. Of Zebulun,
such as went forth to battle, expert in 1 Chronicles 13
war, with all instruments of war, fifty
thousand, which could keep rank: they
And David consulted with the captains

were not of double heart. 34

And of of thousands and hundreds, and with
2
Naphtali a thousand captains, and with every leader. And David said unto all

them with shield and spear thirty and the congregation of Israel, If it seem

seven thousand. 35
And of the Danites good unto you, and that it be of the

expert in war twenty and eight LORD our God, let us send abroad unto

thousand and six hundred. 36

And of our brethren every where, that are left

Asher, such as went forth to battle, in all the land of Israel, and with them

expert in war, forty thousand. 37

And also to the priests and Levites which

on the other side of Jordan, of the are in their cities and suburbs, that
3
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of they may gather themselves unto us:

the half tribe of Manasseh, with all And let us bring again the ark of our

manner of instruments of war for the God to us: for we enquired not at it in
4
battle, an hundred and twenty the days of Saul. And all the

thousand. 38
All these men of war, that congregation said that they would do

could keep rank, came with a perfect so: for the thing was right in the eyes
5
heart to Hebron, to make David king of all the people. So David gathered

over all Israel: and all the rest also of all Israel together, from Shihor of
Egypt even unto the entering of of God remained with the family of
Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Obed-edom in his house three months.
6
Kirjath-jearim. And David went up, And the LORD blessed the house of
and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Obed-edom, and all that he had.
Kirjath- jearim, which belonged to
Judah, to bring up thence the ark of 1 Chronicles 14
God the LORD, that dwelleth between
the cherubims, whose name is called
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent

on it. 7
And they carried the ark of God messengers to David, and timber of

in a new cart out of the house of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to
2
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the build him an house. And David

cart. 8
And David and all Israel played perceived that the LORD had confirmed

before God with all their might, and him king over Israel, for his kingdom

with singing, and with harps, and with was lifted up on high, because of his
3
psalteries, and with timbrels, and with people Israel. And David took more

cymbals, and with trumpets. 9

And wives at Jerusalem: and David begat
4
when they came unto the more sons and daughters. Now these

threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth are the names of his children which he

his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and
5
stumbled. 10
And the anger of the LORD Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, And
6
was kindled against Uzza, and he Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, And
7
smote him, because he put his hand to Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, And
8
the ark: and there he died before God. Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
11
And David was displeased, because And when the Philistines heard that

the LORD had made a breach upon David was anointed king over all Israel,

Uzza: wherefore that place is called all the Philistines went up to seek

Perez-uzza to this day. 12

And David David. And David heard of it, and went
9
was afraid of God that day, saying, out against them. And the Philistines

How shall I bring the ark of God home came and spread themselves in the
10
to me? 13
So David brought not the ark valley of Rephaim. And David

home to himself to the city of David, enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up

but carried it aside into the house of against the Philistines? and wilt thou

Obed-edom the Gittite. 14

And the ark deliver them into mine hand? And the
LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will
11
deliver them into thine hand.
came up to Baal-perazim; and David
smote them there. Then David said,
God hath broken in upon mine enemies
1 Chronicles 15
So they
And David made him houses in the city
of David, and prepared a place for the
ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2

by mine hand like the breaking forth of Then David said, None ought to carry
waters: therefore they called the name the ark of God but the Levites: for
12
of that place Baal-perazim. And them hath the LORD chosen to carry
when they had left their gods there, the ark of God, and to minister unto
David gave a commandment, and they him for ever. 3
And David gathered all
13
were burned with fire. And the Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring
Philistines yet again spread themselves up the ark of the LORD unto his place,
14
abroad in the valley. Therefore David which he had prepared for it. 4
And
enquired again of God; and God said David assembled the children of Aaron,
unto him, Go not up after them; turn and the Levites: 5
Of the sons of
away from them, and come upon them Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his
15
over against the mulberry trees. And brethren an hundred and twenty: 6
Of
it shall be, when thou shalt hear a the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief,
sound of going in the tops of the and his brethren two hundred and
mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go twenty: 7
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel
out to battle: for God is gone forth the chief, and his brethren an hundred
before thee to smite the host of the and thirty: 8
Of the sons of Elizaphan;
16
Philistines. David therefore did as Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
God commanded him: and they smote two hundred: 9
Of the sons of Hebron;
the host of the Philistines from Gibeon Eliel the chief, and his brethren
17
even to Gazer. And the fame of fourscore: 10
Of the sons of Uzziel;
David went out into all lands; and the Amminadab the chief, and his brethren
LORD brought the fear of him upon all an hundred and twelve. 11
And David
nations. called for Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel,
Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel,
12
and Amminadab, And said unto
them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of
 20
the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both sound with cymbals of brass; And
ye and your brethren, that ye may Zechariah, and Aziel, and
bring up the ark of the LORD God of Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
Israel unto the place that I have and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah,
13 21
prepared for it. For because ye did it with psalteries on Alamoth; And
not at the first, the LORD our God Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and
made a breach upon us, for that we Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel,
14
sought him not after the due order. and Azaziah, with harps on the
22
So the priests and the Levites Sheminith to excel. And Chenaniah,
sanctified themselves to bring up the chief of the Levites, was for song: he
15
ark of the LORD God of Israel. And instructed about the song, because he
23
the children of the Levites bare the ark was skilful. And Berechiah and
of God upon their shoulders with the Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24
staves thereon, as Moses commanded And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat,
16
according to the word of the LORD. and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
And David spake to the chief of the Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer,
Levites to appoint their brethren to be the priests, did blow with the trumpets
the singers with instruments of musick, before the ark of God: and Obed-edom
psalteries and harps and cymbals, and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the
25
sounding, by lifting up the voice with ark. So David, and the elders of
17
joy. So the Levites appointed Heman Israel, and the captains over
the son of Joel; and of his brethren, thousands, went to bring up the ark of
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the the covenant of the LORD out of the
26
sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan house of Obed-edom with joy. And it
18
the son of Kushaiah; And with them came to pass, when God helped the
their brethren of the second degree, Levites that bare the ark of the
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and covenant of the LORD, that they
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and And David was clothed with a robe of
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and fine linen, and all the Levites that bare
Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the ark, and the singers, and
19
the porters. So the singers, Heman, Chenaniah the master of the song with
Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to the singers: David also had upon him
 28
an ephod of linen. Thus all Israel Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and
brought up the ark of the covenant of Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries
the LORD with shouting, and with and with harps; but Asaph made a
6
sound of the cornet, and with sound with cymbals; Benaiah also and
trumpets, and with cymbals, making a Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
29
noise with psalteries and harps. And continually before the ark of the
7
it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of God. Then on that day
covenant of the LORD came to the city David delivered first this psalm to
of David, that Michal the daughter of thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph
8
Saul looking out at a window saw king and his brethren. Give thanks unto
David dancing and playing: and she the LORD, call upon his name, make
9
despised him in her heart. known his deeds among the people.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him,
1 Chronicles 16 talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart

So they brought the ark of God, and
of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11

set it in the midst of the tent that Seek the LORD and his strength, seek
David had pitched for it: and they his face continually. 12
Remember his
offered burnt sacrifices and peace marvellous works that he hath done,
2
offerings before God. And when David his wonders, and the judgments of his
had made an end of offering the burnt mouth; 13
O ye seed of Israel his
offerings and the peace offerings, he servant, ye children of Jacob, his
blessed the people in the name of the chosen ones. 14
He is the LORD our
3
LORD. And he dealt to every one of God; his judgments are in all the
Israel, both man and woman, to every earth. 15
Be ye mindful always of his
one a loaf of bread, and a good piece covenant; the word which he
4
of flesh, and a flagon of wine. And he commanded to a thousand
appointed certain of the Levites to generations; 16
Even of the covenant
minister before the ark of the LORD, which he made with Abraham, and of
and to record, and to thank and praise his oath unto Isaac; 17
And hath
5
the LORD God of Israel: Asaph the confirmed the same to Jacob for a law,
chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and to Israel for an everlasting
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and covenant, 18
Saying, Unto thee will I
 33
give the land of Canaan, the lot of your and all that is therein. Then shall the
19
inheritance; When ye were but few, trees of the wood sing out at the
20
even a few, and strangers in it. And presence of the LORD, because he
34
when they went from nation to nation, cometh to judge the earth. O give
and from one kingdom to another thanks unto the LORD; for he is good;
21 35
people; He suffered no man to do for his mercy endureth for ever. And
them wrong: yea, he reproved kings say ye, Save us, O God of our
22
for their sakes, Saying, Touch not salvation, and gather us together, and
mine anointed, and do my prophets no deliver us from the heathen, that we
23
harm. Sing unto the LORD, all the may give thanks to thy holy name, and
36
earth; shew forth from day to day his glory in thy praise. Blessed be the
24
salvation. Declare his glory among LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.
the heathen; his marvellous works And all the people said, Amen, and
25 37
among all nations. For great is the praised the LORD. So he left there
LORD, and greatly to be praised: he before the ark of the covenant of the
26
also is to be feared above all gods. LORD Asaph and his brethren, to
For all the gods of the people are idols: minister before the ark continually, as
27 38
but the LORD made the heavens. every day's work required: And
Glory and honour are in his presence; Obed- edom with their brethren,
strength and gladness are in his place. threescore and eight; Obed-edom also
28
Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be
39
the people, give unto the LORD glory porters: And Zadok the priest, and
29
and strength. Give unto the LORD his brethren the priests, before the
the glory due unto his name: bring an tabernacle of the LORD in the high
40
offering, and come before him: worship place that was at Gibeon, To offer
30
the LORD in the beauty of holiness. burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the
Fear before him, all the earth: the altar of the burnt offering continually
world also shall be stable, that it be morning and evening, and to do
31
not moved. Let the heavens be glad, according to all that is written in the
and let the earth rejoice: and let men law of the LORD, which he commanded
41
say among the nations, The LORD Israel; And with them Heman and
32
reigneth. Let the sea roar, and the Jeduthun, and the rest that were
fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, chosen, who were expressed by name,
to give thanks to the LORD, because Why have ye not built me an house of
42 7
his mercy endureth for ever; And cedars? Now therefore thus shalt thou
with them Heman and Jeduthun with say unto my servant David, Thus saith
trumpets and cymbals for those that the LORD of hosts, I took thee from
should make a sound, and with musical the sheepcote, even from following the
instruments of God. And the sons of sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler
43 8
Jeduthun were porters. And all the over my people Israel: And I have
people departed every man to his been with thee whithersoever thou
house: and David returned to bless his hast walked, and have cut off all thine
house. enemies from before thee, and have
made thee a name like the name of the
1 Chronicles 17 great men that are in the earth. 9
Also
I will ordain a place for my people
Now it came to pass, as David sat in
Israel, and will plant them, and they
his house, that David said to Nathan shall dwell in their place, and shall be
the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of moved no more; neither shall the
cedars, but the ark of the covenant of children of wickedness waste them any
2
the LORD remaineth under curtains. more, as at the beginning, 10
And since
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all the time that I commanded judges to
that is in thine heart; for God is with be over my people Israel. Moreover I
3
thee. And it came to pass the same will subdue all thine enemies.
night, that the word of God came to Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD
4
Nathan, saying, Go and tell David my will build thee an house. 11
And it shall
servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou come to pass, when thy days be
shalt not build me an house to dwell expired that thou must go to be with
5
in: For I have not dwelt in an house thy fathers, that I will raise up thy
since the day that I brought up Israel seed after thee, which shall be of thy
unto this day; but have gone from tent sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
to tent, and from one tabernacle to 12
He shall build me an house, and I
6
another. Wheresoever I have walked will stablish his throne for ever. 13
I will
with all Israel, spake I a word to any of be his father, and he shall be my son:
the judges of Israel, whom I and I will not take my mercy away
commanded to feed my people, saying, from him, as I took it from him that
 14
was before thee: But I will settle him people Israel didst thou make thine
in mine house and in my kingdom for own people for ever; and thou, LORD,
23
ever: and his throne shall be becamest their God. Therefore now,
15
established for evermore. According LORD, let the thing that thou hast
to all these words, and according to all spoken concerning thy servant and
this vision, so did Nathan speak unto concerning his house be established for
16 24
David. And David the king came and ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it
sat before the LORD, and said, Who even be established, that thy name
am I, O LORD God, and what is mine may be magnified for ever, saying, The
house, that thou hast brought me LORD of hosts is the God of Israel,
17
hitherto? And yet this was a small even a God to Israel: and let the house
thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou of David thy servant be established
25
hast also spoken of thy servant's house before thee. For thou, O my God,
for a great while to come, and hast hast told thy servant that thou wilt
regarded me according to the estate of build him an house: therefore thy
18
a man of high degree, O LORD God. servant hath found in his heart to pray
26
What can David speak more to thee for before thee. And now, LORD, thou
the honour of thy servant? for thou art God, and hast promised this
19 27
knowest thy servant. O LORD, for goodness unto thy servant: Now
thy servant's sake, and according to therefore let it please thee to bless the
thine own heart, hast thou done all this house of thy servant, that it may be
greatness, in making known all these before thee for ever: for thou blessest,
20
great things. O LORD, there is none O LORD, and it shall be blessed for
like thee, neither is there any God ever.
beside thee, according to all that we
have heard with our ears. 21
And what 1 Chronicles 18
one nation in the earth is like thy
people Israel, whom God went to
Now after this it came to pass, that

redeem to be his own people, to make David smote the Philistines, and

thee a name of greatness and subdued them, and took Gath and her

terribleness, by driving out nations towns out of the hand of the

2
from before thy people, whom thou Philistines. And he smote Moab; and

hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22

For thy the Moabites became David's servants,
 3
and brought gifts. And David smote him all manner of vessels of gold and
11
Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, silver and brass. Them also king
as he went to stablish his dominion by David dedicated unto the LORD, with
4
the river Euphrates. And David took the silver and the gold that he brought
from him a thousand chariots, and from all these nations; from Edom, and
seven thousand horsemen, and twenty from Moab, and from the children of
thousand footmen: David also houghed Ammon, and from the Philistines, and
12
all the chariot horses, but reserved of from Amalek. Moreover Abishai the
5
them an hundred chariots. And when son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in
13
the Syrians of Damascus came to help the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of And he put garrisons in Edom; and all
the Syrians two and twenty thousand the Edomites became David's servants.
6
men. Then David put garrisons in Thus the LORD preserved David
14
Syria-damascus; and the Syrians whithersoever he went. So David
became David's servants, and brought reigned over all Israel, and executed
gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David judgment and justice among all his
7 15
whithersoever he went. And David people. And Joab the son Zeruiah
took the shields of gold that were on was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
16
the servants of Hadarezer, and brought the son of Ahilud, recorder. And
8
them to Jerusalem. Likewise from Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
17
Hadarezer, brought David very much the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
brass, wherewith Solomon made the And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
brasen sea, and the pillars, and the over the Cherethites and the
9
vessels of brass. Now when Tou king Pelethites; and the sons of David were
of Hamath heard how David had chief about the king.
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king
of Zobah; 10
He sent Hadoram his son 1 Chronicles 19
to king David, to enquire of his
welfare, and to congratulate him,
Now it came to pass after this, that

because he had fought against Nahash the king of the children of

Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Ammon died, and his son reigned in his
2
Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with stead. And David said, I will shew
kindness unto Hanun the son of Medeba. And the children of Ammon
Nahash, because his father shewed gathered themselves together from
8
kindness to me. And David sent their cities, and came to battle. And
messengers to comfort him concerning when David heard of it, he sent Joab,
9
his father. So the servants of David and all the host of the mighty men.
came into the land of the children of And the children of Ammon came out,
3
Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. and put the battle in array before the
But the princes of the children of gate of the city: and the kings that
Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou were come were by themselves in the
10
that David doth honour thy father, that field. Now when Joab saw that the
he hath sent comforters unto thee? are battle was set against him before and
not his servants come unto thee for to behind, he chose out of all the choice
search, and to overthrow, and to spy of Israel, and put them in array against
4 11
out the land? Wherefore Hanun took the Syrians. And the rest of the
David's servants, and shaved them, people he delivered unto the hand of
and cut off their garments in the midst Abishai his brother, and they set
hard by their buttocks, and sent them themselves in array against the
5 12
away. Then there went certain, and children of Ammon. And he said, If
told David how the men were served. the Syrians be too strong for me, then
And he sent to meet them: for the men thou shalt help me: but if the children
were greatly ashamed. And the king of Ammon be too strong for thee, then
13
said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards I will help thee. Be of good courage,
6
be grown, and then return. And when and let us behave ourselves valiantly
the children of Ammon saw that they for our people, and for the cities of our
had made themselves odious to David, God: and let the LORD do that which is
14
Hanun and the children of Ammon sent good in his sight. So Joab and the
a thousand talents of silver to hire people that were with him drew nigh
them chariots and horsemen out of before the Syrians unto the battle; and
15
Mesopotamia, and out of Syria- they fled before him. And when the
7
maachah, and out of Zobah. So they children of Ammon saw that the
hired thirty and two thousand chariots, Syrians were fled, they likewise fled
and the king of Maachah and his before Abishai his brother, and entered
people; who came and pitched before into the city. Then Joab came to
 16 2
Jerusalem. And when the Syrians Rabbah, and destroyed it. And David
saw that they were put to the worse took the crown of their king from off
before Israel, they sent messengers, his head, and found it to weigh a talent
and drew forth the Syrians that were of gold, and there were precious stones
beyond the river: and Shophach the in it; and it was set upon David's head:
captain of the host of Hadarezer went and he brought also exceeding much
17 3
before them. And it was told David; spoil out of the city. And he brought
and he gathered all Israel, and passed out the people that were in it, and cut
over Jordan, and came upon them, and them with saws, and with harrows of
set the battle in array against them. So iron, and with axes. Even so dealt
when David had put the battle in array David with all the cities of the children
against the Syrians, they fought with of Ammon. And David and all the
18 4
him. But the Syrians fled before people returned to Jerusalem. And it
Israel; and David slew of the Syrians came to pass after this, that there
seven thousand men which fought in arose war at Gezer with the Philistines;
chariots, and forty thousand footmen, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
and killed Shophach the captain of the slew Sippai, that was of the children of
19 5
host. And when the servants of the giant: and they were subdued.
Hadarezer saw that they were put to And there was war again with the
the worse before Israel, they made Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair
peace with David, and became his slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the
servants: neither would the Syrians Gittite, whose spear staff was like a
6
help the children of Ammon any more. weaver's beam. And yet again there
was war at Gath, where was a man of
1 Chronicles 20 great stature, whose fingers and toes
were four and twenty, six on each
And it came to pass, that after the
hand, and six on each foot: and he also
year was expired, at the time that was the son of the giant. 7
But when he
kings go out to battle, Joab led forth defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
the power of the army, and wasted the Shimea David's brother slew him. 8

country of the children of Ammon, and These were born unto the giant in
came and besieged Rabbah. But David Gath; and they fell by the hand of
tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 21 thy servant; for I have done very
9
foolishly. And the LORD spake unto
And Satan stood up against Israel, and Gad, David's seer, saying, 10
Go and

provoked David to number Israel. 2

And tell David, saying, Thus saith the

David said to Joab and to the rulers of LORD, I offer thee three things: choose

the people, Go, number Israel from thee one of them, that I may do it unto
11
Beer- sheba even to Dan; and bring thee. So Gad came to David, and

the number of them to me, that I may said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
12
know it. 3
And Joab answered, The Choose thee Either three years'

LORD make his people an hundred famine; or three months to be

times so many more as they be: but, destroyed before thy foes, while that

my lord the king, are they not all my the sword of thine enemies overtaketh

lord's servants? why then doth my lord thee; or else three days the sword of

require this thing? why will he be a the LORD, even the pestilence, in the

cause of trespass to Israel? 4 land, and the angel of the LORD

Nevertheless the king's word prevailed destroying throughout all the coasts of

against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, Israel. Now therefore advise thyself

and went throughout all Israel, and what word I shall bring again to him
13
came to Jerusalem. 5
And Joab gave that sent me. And David said unto

the sum of the number of the people Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall

unto David. And all they of Israel were now into the hand of the LORD; for

a thousand thousand and an hundred very great are his mercies: but let me
14
thousand men that drew sword: and not fall into the hand of man. So the

Judah was four hundred threescore and LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and

ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 there fell of Israel seventy thousand
15
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not men. And God sent an angel unto

among them: for the king's word was Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was

abominable to Joab. 7
And God was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he

displeased with this thing; therefore he repented him of the evil, and said to

smote Israel. 8
And David said unto the angel that destroyed, It is enough,

God, I have sinned greatly, because I stay now thine hand. And the angel of

have done this thing: but now, I the LORD stood by the threshingfloor
16
beseech thee, do away the iniquity of of Ornan the Jebusite. And David
lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of full price: that the plague may be
23
the LORD stand between the earth and stayed from the people. And Ornan
the heaven, having a drawn sword in said unto David, Take it to thee, and
his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. let my lord the king do that which is
Then David and the elders of Israel, good in his eyes: lo,I give thee the
who were clothed in sackcloth, fell oxen also for burnt offerings, and the
17
upon their faces. And David said threshing instruments for wood, and
unto God, Is it not I that commanded the wheat for the meat offering; I give
24
the people to be numbered? even I it is it all. And king David said to Ornan,
that have sinned and done evil indeed; Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full
but as for these sheep, what have they price: for I will not take that which is
done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt
25
LORD my God, be on me, and on my offerings without cost. So David gave
father's house; but not on thy people, to Ornan for the place six hundred
18 26
that they should be plagued. Then shekels of gold by weight. And David
the angel of the LORD commanded Gad built there an altar unto the LORD, and
to say to David, that David should go offered burnt offerings and peace
up, and set up an altar unto the LORD offerings, and called upon the LORD;
in the threshingfloor of Ornan the and he answered him from heaven by
19 27
Jebusite. And David went up at the fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
saying of Gad, which he spake in the And the LORD commanded the angel;
20
name of the LORD. And Ornan turned and he put up his sword again into the
28
back, and saw the angel; and his four sheath thereof. At that time when
sons with him hid themselves. Now David saw that the LORD had answered
21
Ornan was threshing wheat. And as him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the
29
David came to Ornan, Ornan looked Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
and saw David, and went out of the For the tabernacle of the LORD, which
threshingfloor, and bowed himself to Moses made in the wilderness, and the
22
David with his face to the ground. altar of the burnt offering, were at that
30
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me season in the high place at Gibeon.
the place of this threshingfloor, that I But David could not go before it to
may build an altar therein unto the enquire of God: for he was afraid
LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the
because of the sword of the angel of
the LORD.
1 Chronicles 22
Then David said, This is the house of
the LORD God, and this is the altar of
2
the burnt offering for Israel.
David commanded to gather together
the strangers that were in the land of
Israel; and he set masons to hew
wrought stones to build the house of
3
God. And David prepared iron in
abundance for the nails for the doors of
the gates, and for the joinings; and
to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood
abundantly, and hast made great wars:
thou shalt not build an house unto my
name, because thou hast shed much
9
blood upon the earth in my sight.
Behold, a son shall be born to thee,
who shall be a man of rest; and I will
And give him rest from all his enemies
round about: for his name shall be
Solomon, and I will give peace and
quietness unto Israel in his days. 10
He
shall build an house for my name; and
he shall be my son, and I will be his
father; and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11

4
brass in abundance without weight; Now, my son, the LORD be with thee;
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the and prosper thou, and build the house
Zidonians and they of Tyre brought of the LORD thy God, as he hath said
5
much cedar wood to David. And David of thee. 12
Only the LORD give thee
said, Solomon my son is young and wisdom and understanding, and give
tender, and the house that is to be thee charge concerning Israel, that
builded for the LORD must be thou mayest keep the law of the LORD
exceeding magnifical, of fame and of thy God. 13
Then shalt thou prosper, if
glory throughout all countries: I will thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes
therefore now make preparation for it. and judgments which the LORD
So David prepared abundantly before charged Moses with concerning Israel:
6
his death. Then he called for Solomon be strong, and of good courage; dread
his son, and charged him to build an not, nor be dismayed. 14
Now, behold,
7
house for the LORD God of Israel. in my trouble I have prepared for the
And David said to Solomon, My son, as house of the LORD an hundred
for me, it was in my mind to build an thousand talents of gold, and a
house unto the name of the LORD my thousand thousand talents of silver;
8
God: But the word of the LORD came and of brass and iron without weight;
 3
for it is in abundance: timber also and priests and the Levites. Now the
stone have I prepared; and thou Levites were numbered from the age of
15
mayest add thereto. Moreover there thirty years and upward: and their
are workmen with thee in abundance, number by their polls, man by man,
4
hewers and workers of stone and was thirty and eight thousand. Of
timber, and all manner of cunning men which, twenty and four thousand were
16
for every manner of work. Of the to set forward the work of the house of
gold, the silver, and the brass, and the the LORD; and six thousand were
5
iron, there is no number. Arise officers and judges: Moreover four
therefore, and be doing, and the LORD thousand were porters; and four
17
be with thee. David also commanded thousand praised the LORD with the
all the princes of Israel to help instruments which I made, said David,
18 6
Solomon his son, saying, Is not the to praise therewith. And David
LORD your God with you? and hath he divided them into courses among the
not given you rest on every side? for sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath,
7
he hath given the inhabitants of the and Merari. Of the Gershonites were,
8
land into mine hand; and the land is Laadan, and Shimei. The sons of
subdued before the LORD, and before Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and
19 9
his people. Now set your heart and Zetham, and Joel, three. The sons of
your soul to seek the LORD your God; Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and
arise therefore, and build ye the Haran, three. These were the chief of
10
sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the fathers of Laadan. And the sons
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and
and the holy vessels of God, into the Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the
11
house that is to be built to the name of sons of Shimei. And Jahath was the
the LORD. chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush
and Beriah had not many sons;
1 Chronicles 23 therefore they were in one reckoning,
12
according to their father's house.
So when David was old and full of
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar,
days, he made Solomon his son king Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13
The sons of
2
over Israel. And he gathered together Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron
all the princes of Israel, with the was separated, that he should sanctify
 26
the most holy things, he and his sons may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: And
for ever, to burn incense before the also unto the Levites; they shall no
LORD, to minister unto him, and to more carry the tabernacle, nor any
14 27
bless in his name for ever. Now vessels of it for the service thereof.
concerning Moses the man of God, his For by the last words of David the
15
sons were named of the tribe of Levi. Levites were numbered from twenty
28
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and years old and above: Because their
16
Eliezer. Of the sons of Gershom, office was to wait on the sons of Aaron
17
Shebuel was the chief. And the sons for the service of the house of the
of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. LORD, in the courts, and in the
And Eliezer had none other sons; but chambers, and in the purifying of all
the sons of Rehabiah were very many. holy things, and the work of the
18 29
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the service of the house of God; Both for
19
chief. Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the shewbread, and for the fine flour
the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel for meat offering, and for the
20
the third, and Jekameam the fourth. unleavened cakes, and for that which
Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, is baked in the pan, and for that which
21
and Jesiah the second. The sons of is fried, and for all manner of measure
30
Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of and size; And to stand every
22
Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. And Eleazar morning to thank and praise the LORD,
31
died, and had no sons, but daughters: and likewise at even; And to offer all
and their brethren the sons of Kish burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
23
took them. The sons of Mushi; Mahli, sabbaths, in the new moons, and on
24
and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. the set feasts, by number, according to
These were the sons of Levi after the the order commanded unto them,
32
house of their fathers; even the chief continually before the LORD: And
of the fathers, as they were counted by that they should keep the charge of the
number of names by their polls, that tabernacle of the congregation, and the
did the work for the service of the charge of the holy place, and the
house of the LORD, from the age of charge of the sons of Aaron their
25
twenty years and upward. For David brethren, in the service of the house of
said, The LORD God of Israel hath the LORD.
given rest unto his people, that they
1 Chronicles 24 Now the first lot came forth to
8
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, The
Now these are the divisions of the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9

sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to
10
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Mijamin, The seventh to Hakkoz, the
11
Ithamar. 2
But Nadab and Abihu died eighth to Abijah, The ninth to
12
before their father, and had no Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, The

children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to

13
executed the priest's office. 3
And Jakim, The thirteenth to Huppah, the
14
David distributed them, both Zadok of fourteenth to Jeshebeab, The

the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to

15
the sons of Ithamar, according to their Immer, The seventeenth to Hezir,
16
offices in their service. 4
And there the eighteenth to Aphses, The

were more chief men found of the sons nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth
17
of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; to Jehezekel, The one and twentieth

and thus were they divided. Among the to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
18
sons of Eleazar there were sixteen Gamul, The three and twentieth to

chief men of the house of their fathers, Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
19
and eight among the sons of Ithamar Maaziah. These were the orderings of

according to the house of their fathers. them in their service to come into the
5
Thus were they divided by lot, one house of the LORD, according to their

sort with another; for the governors of manner, under Aaron their father, as

the sanctuary, and governors of the the LORD God of Israel had
20
house of God, were of the sons of commanded him. And the rest of the

Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6 sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of

And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the Amram; Shubael: of the sons of
21
scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them Shubael; Jehdeiah. Concerning

before the king, and the princes, and Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the
22
Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the first was Isshiah. Of the Izharites;

son of Abiathar, and before the chief of Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth;
23
the fathers of the priests and Levites: Jahath. And the sons of Hebron;

one principal household being taken for Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 7 Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the
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fourth. Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the
25
of the sons of Michah; Shamir. The hands of Asaph, which prophesied
3
brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the according to the order of the king. Of
26
sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. The sons Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun;
of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah,
27
sons of Jaaziah; Beno. The sons of Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under
Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, the hands of their father Jeduthun,
28
and Zaccur, and Ibri. Of Mahli came who prophesied with a harp, to give
29 4
Eleazar, who had no sons. thanks and to praise the LORD. Of
Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah,
30
Jerahmeel. The sons also of Mushi; Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and
Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
were the sons of the Levites after the Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer,
31
house of their fathers. These likewise Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
5
cast lots over against their brethren Mahazioth: All these were the sons of
the sons of Aaron in the presence of Heman the king's seer in the words of
David the king, and Zadok, and God, to lift up the horn. And God gave
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers to Heman fourteen sons and three
6
of the priests and Levites, even the daughters. All these were under the
principal fathers over against their hands of their father for song in the
younger brethren. house of the LORD, with cymbals,
psalteries, and harps, for the service of
1 Chronicles 25 the house of God, according to the
king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and
Moreover David and the captains of
Heman. 7
So the number of them, with
the host separated to the service of the their brethren that were instructed in
sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of the songs of the LORD, even all that
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with were cunning, was two hundred
harps, with psalteries, and with fourscore and eight. 8
And they cast
cymbals: and the number of the lots, ward against ward, as well the
workmen according to their service small as the great, the teacher as the
2
was: Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, scholar. 9
Now the first lot came forth
and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons,
10 27
sons were twelve: The third to and his brethren, were twelve: The
Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and
11 28
were twelve: The fourth to Izri, he, his brethren, were twelve: The one
his sons, and his brethren, were and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons,
12 29
twelve: The fifth to Nethaniah, he, and his brethren, were twelve: The
his sons, and his brethren, were two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his
13 30
twelve: The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
14
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: The three and twentieth to Mahazioth,
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his he, his sons, and his brethren, were
15 31
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve: The four and twentieth to
The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his
16
and his brethren, were twelve: The brethren, were twelve.
ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve: 17
The tenth 1 Chronicles 26
to Shimei, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve: 18
The eleventh
Concerning the divisions of the

to Azareel, he, his sons, and his porters: Of the Korhites was

brethren, were twelve: 19

The twelfth Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the
2
to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his sons of Asaph. And the sons of

brethren, were twelve: 20

The Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the

thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah
3
and his brethren, were twelve: 21
The the third, Jathniel the fourth, Elam

fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai
4
and his brethren, were twelve: 22
The the seventh. Moreover the sons of

fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the

his brethren, were twelve: 23

The firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah

sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, the third, and Sacar the fourth, and
5
and his brethren, were twelve: 24
The Nethaneel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth,

seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the

6
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25 eighth: for God blessed him. Also

The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, unto Shemaiah his son were sons born,

and his brethren, were twelve: 26

The that ruled throughout the house of
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their father: for they were mighty men against ward. Eastward were six
7
of valour. The sons of Shemaiah; Levites, northward four a day,
Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, southward four a day, and toward
18
Elzabad, whose brethren were strong Asuppim two and two. At Parbar
8
men, Elihu, and Semachiah. All these westward, four at the causeway, and
19
of the sons of Obed-edom: they and two at Parbar. These are the
their sons and their brethren, able men divisions of the porters among the sons
for strength for the service, were of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
9 20
threescore and two of Obed-edom. And of the Levites, Ahijah was over
And Meshelemiah had sons and the treasures of the house of God, and
10
brethren, strong men, eighteen. Also over the treasures of the dedicated
21
Hosah, of the children of Merari, had things. As concerning the sons of
sons; Simri the chief, (for though he Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite
was not the firstborn, yet his father Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan
11 22
made him the chief;) Hilkiah the the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The
second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his
the fourth: all the sons and brethren of brother, which were over the treasures
12 23
Hosah were thirteen. Among these of the house of the LORD. Of the
were the divisions of the porters, even Amramites, and the Izharites, the
24
among the chief men, having wards Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: And
one against another, to minister in the Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son
13 25
house of the LORD. And they cast of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
lots, as well the small as the great, And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah
according to the house of their fathers, his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and
14
for every gate. And the lot eastward Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and
26
fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah Shelomith his son. Which Shelomith
his son, a wise counsellor, they cast and his brethren were over all the
15
lots; and his lot came out northward. treasures of the dedicated things,
To Obed- edom southward; and to his which David the king, and the chief
16
sons the house of Asuppim. To fathers, the captains over thousands
Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth and hundreds, and the captains of the
27
westward, with the gate Shallecheth, host, had dedicated. Out of the
by the causeway of the going up, ward spoils won in battles did they dedicate
 28
to maintain the house of the LORD. 1 Chronicles 27
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul
the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Now the children of Israel after their
Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had number, to wit, the chief fathers and
dedicated; and whosoever had captains of thousands and hundreds,
dedicated any thing, it was under the and their officers that served the king
hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. in any matter of the courses, which
29
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his came in and went out month by month
sons were for the outward business throughout all the months of the year,
30
over Israel, for officers and judges. of every course were twenty and four
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and thousand. 2
Over the first course for
his brethren, men of valour, a the first month was Jashobeam the son
thousand and seven hundred, were of Zabdiel: and in his course were
officers among them of Israel on this twenty and four thousand. 3
Of the
side Jordan westward in all the children of Perez was the chief of all
business of the LORD, and in the the captains of the host for the first
31
service of the king. Among the month. 4
And over the course of the
Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even second month was Dodai an Ahohite,
among the Hebronites, according to the and of his course was Mikloth also the
generations of his fathers. In the ruler: in his course likewise were
fortieth year of the reign of David they twenty and four thousand. 5
The third
were sought for, and there were found captain of the host for the third month
among them mighty men of valour at was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a
32
Jazer of Gilead. And his brethren, chief priest: and in his course were
men of valour, were two thousand and twenty and four thousand. 6
This is
seven hundred chief fathers, whom that Benaiah, who was mighty among
king David made rulers over the the thirty, and above the thirty: and in
Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half his course was Ammizabad his son. 7

tribe of Manasseh, for every matter
pertaining to God, and affairs of the
king.
The fourth captain for the fourth month
was Asahel the brother of Joab, and
Zebadiah his son after him: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
8
The fifth captain for the fifth month
was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the
18
course were twenty and four thousand. Aaronites, Zadok: Of Judah, Elihu,
9
The sixth captain for the sixth month one of the brethren of David: of
19
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: Of
and in his course were twenty and four Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah:
10
thousand. The seventh captain for of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
20
the seventh month was Helez the Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
21
and in his course were twenty and four Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
11
thousand. The eighth captain for the Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead,
eighth month was Sibbecai the Iddo the son of Zechariah: of
22
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
course were twenty and four thousand. Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham.
12
The ninth captain for the ninth These were the princes of the tribes of
23
month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of Israel. But David took not the
the Benjamites: and in his course were number of them from twenty years old
13
twenty and four thousand. The tenth and under: because the LORD had said
captain for the tenth month was he would increase Israel like to the
24
Maharai the Netophathite, of the stars of the heavens. Joab the son of
Zarhites: and in his course were Zeruiah began to number, but he
14
twenty and four thousand. The finished not, because there fell wrath
eleventh captain for the eleventh for it against Israel; neither was the
month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of number put in the account of the
25
the children of Ephraim: and in his chronicles of king David. And over
course were twenty and four thousand. the king's treasures was Azmaveth the
15
The twelfth captain for the twelfth son of Adiel: and over the storehouses
month was Heldai the Netophathite, of in the fields, in the cities, and in the
Othniel: and in his course were twenty villages, and in the castles, was
16 26
and four thousand. Furthermore over Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: And
the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the over them that did the work of the field
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of for tillage of the ground was Ezri the
27
Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Chelub: And over the
17
the son of Maachah: Of the Levites, vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite:
over the increase of the vineyards for the captains over the thousands, and
the wine cellars was Zabdi the captains over the hundreds, and the
28
Shiphmite: And over the olive trees stewards over all the substance and
and the sycomore trees that were in possession of the king, and of his sons,
the low plains was Baal-hanan the with the officers, and with the mighty
Gederite: and over the cellars of oil men, and with all the valiant men, unto
29 2
was Joash: And over the herds that Jerusalem. Then David the king stood
fed in Sharon was Shitrai the up upon his feet, and said, Hear me,
Sharonite: and over the herds that my brethren, and my people: As for
were in the valleys was Shaphat the me, I had in mine heart to build an
30
son of Adlai: Over the camels also house of rest for the ark of the
was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the covenant of the LORD, and for the
31
asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: footstool of our God, and had made
3
And over the flocks was Jaziz the ready for the building: But God said
Hagerite. All these were the rulers of unto me, Thou shalt not build an house
the substance which was king David's. for my name, because thou hast been
32 4
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a a man of war, and hast shed blood.
counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose
and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was me before all the house of my father to
33
with the king's sons: And Ahithophel be king over Israel for ever: for he
was the king's counsellor: and Hushai hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and
the Archite was the king's companion: of the house of Judah, the house of my
34
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada father; and among the sons of my
the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and father he liked me to make me king
5
the general of the king's army was over all Israel: And of all my sons,
Joab. (for the LORD hath given me many
sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son
1 Chronicles 28 to sit upon the throne of the kingdom
6
of the LORD over Israel. And he said
And David assembled all the princes of unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall
Israel, the princes of the tribes, and build my house and my courts: for I
the captains of the companies that have chosen him to be my son, and I
ministered to the king by course, and will be his father. 7
Moreover I will

establish his kingdom for ever, if he be
constant to do my commandments and
8
my judgments, as at this day. Now
therefore in the sight of all Israel the
congregation of the LORD, and in the
audience of our God, keep and seek for
all the commandments of the LORD
your God: that ye may possess this
good land, and leave it for an
inheritance for your children after you
9
for ever. And thou, Solomon my son,
know thou the God of thy father, and
serve him with a perfect heart and with
a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth
all hearts, and understandeth all the
imaginations of the thoughts: if thou
seek him, he will be found of thee; but
if thou forsake him, he will cast thee
10
off for ever. Take heed now; for the
LORD hath chosen thee to build an
house for the sanctuary: be strong,
11
and do it. Then David gave to
Solomon his son the pattern of the
porch, and of the houses thereof, and
of the treasuries thereof, and of the
upper chambers thereof, and of the
inner parlours thereof, and of the place
12
of the mercy seat, And the pattern of
all that he had by the spirit, of the
courts of the house of the LORD, and
of all the chambers round about, of the
treasuries of the house of God, and of
the treasuries of the dedicated things:
13
Also for the courses of the priests
and the Levites, and for all the work of
the service of the house of the LORD,
and for all the vessels of service in the
14
house of the LORD. He gave of gold
by weight for things of gold, for all
instruments of all manner of service;
silver also for all instruments of silver
by weight, for all instruments of every
15
kind of service: Even the weight for
the candlesticks of gold, and for their
lamps of gold, by weight for every
candlestick, and for the lamps thereof:
and for the candlesticks of silver by
weight, both for the candlestick, and
also for the lamps thereof, according to
16
the use of every candlestick. And by
weight he gave gold for the tables of
shewbread, for every table; and
likewise silver for the tables of silver:
17
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks,
and the bowls, and the cups: and for
the golden basons he gave gold by
weight for every bason; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of
18
silver: And for the altar of incense
refined gold by weight; and gold for
the pattern of the chariot of the
cherubims, that spread out their wings,
and covered the ark of the covenant of
19
the LORD. All this, said David, the
LORD made me understand in writing
by his hand upon me, even all the
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works of this pattern. And David said glistering stones, and of divers colours,
to Solomon his son, Be strong and of and all manner of precious stones, and
3
good courage, and do it: fear not, nor marble stones in abundance.
be dismayed: for the LORD God, even Moreover, because I have set my
my God, will be with thee; he will not affection to the house of my God, I
fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou have of mine own proper good, of gold
hast finished all the work for the and silver, which I have given to the
21
service of the house of the LORD. house of my God, over and above all
And, behold, the courses of the priests that I have prepared for the holy
4
and the Levites, even they shall be house, Even three thousand talents of
with thee for all the service of the gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
house of God: and there shall be with thousand talents of refined silver, to
thee for all manner of workmanship overlay the walls of the houses withal:
5
every willing skilful man, for any The gold for things of gold, and the
manner of service: also the princes and silver for things of silver, and for all
all the people will be wholly at thy manner of work to be made by the
commandment. hands of artificers. And who then is
willing to consecrate his service this
1 Chronicles 29 day unto the LORD? 6
Then the chief of
the fathers and princes of the tribes of
Furthermore David the king said unto
Israel, and the captains of thousands
all the congregation, Solomon my son, and of hundreds, with the rulers of the
whom alone God hath chosen, is yet king's work, offered willingly, 7
And
young and tender, and the work is gave for the service of the house of
great: for the palace is not for man, God of gold five thousand talents and
2
but for the LORD God. Now I have ten thousand drams, and of silver ten
prepared with all my might for the thousand talents, and of brass eighteen
house of my God the gold for things to thousand talents, and one hundred
be made of gold, and the silver for thousand talents of iron. 8
And they
things of silver, and the brass for with whom precious stones were found
things of brass, the iron for things of gave them to the treasure of the house
iron, and wood for things of wood; of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the
onyx stones, and stones to be set, Gershonite. 9
Then the people rejoiced,
for that they offered willingly, because thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure
with perfect heart they offered willingly in uprightness. As for me, in the
to the LORD: and David the king also uprightness of mine heart I have
10
rejoiced with great joy. Wherefore willingly offered all these things: and
David blessed the LORD before all the now have I seen with joy thy people,
congregation: and David said, Blessed which are present here, to offer
18
be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, willingly unto thee. O LORD God of
11
for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our
the greatness, and the power, and the fathers, keep this for ever in the
glory, and the victory, and the imagination of the thoughts of the
majesty: for all that is in the heaven heart of thy people, and prepare their
19
and in the earth is thine; thine is the heart unto thee: And give unto
kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted Solomon my son a perfect heart, to
12
as head above all. Both riches and keep thy commandments, thy
honour come of thee, and thou testimonies, and thy statutes, and to
reignest over all; and in thine hand is do all these things, and to build the
power and might; and in thine hand it palace, for the which I have made
20
is to make great, and to give strength provision. And David said to all the
13
unto all. Now therefore, our God, we congregation, Now bless the LORD your
thank thee, and praise thy glorious God. And all the congregation blessed
14
name. But who am I, and what is my the LORD God of their fathers, and
people, that we should be able to offer bowed down their heads, and
21
so willingly after this sort? for all worshipped the LORD, and the king.
things come of thee, and of thine own And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the
15
have we given thee. For we are LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto
strangers before thee, and sojourners, the LORD, on the morrow after that
as were all our fathers: our days on day, even a thousand bullocks, a
the earth are as a shadow, and there is thousand rams, and a thousand lambs,
16
none abiding. O LORD our God, all with their drink offerings, and
22
this store that we have prepared to sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
build thee an house for thine holy And did eat and drink before the LORD
name cometh of thine hand, and is all on that day with great gladness. And
17
thine own. I know also, my God, that they made Solomon the son of David
king the second time, and anointed And the time that he reigned over
him unto the LORD to be the chief Israel was forty years; seven years
23
governor, and Zadok to be priest. reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and
28
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
LORD as king instead of David his And he died in a good old age, full of
father, and prospered; and all Israel days, riches, and honour: and Solomon
24 29
obeyed him. And all the princes, and his son reigned in his stead. Now the
the mighty men, and all the sons acts of David the king, first and last,
likewise of king David, submitted behold, they are written in the book of
25
themselves unto Solomon the king. Samuel the seer, and in the book of
And the LORD magnified Solomon Nathan the prophet, and in the book of
30
exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, Gad the seer, With all his reign and
and bestowed upon him such royal his might, and the times that went
majesty as had not been on any king over him, and over Israel, and over all
26
before him in Israel. Thus David the the kingdoms of the countries.
27
son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
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2nd CHRONICLES

7
2 Chronicles 1 burnt offerings upon it. In that night
did God appear unto Solomon, and said
And Solomon the son of David was unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8

strengthened in his kingdom, and the And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast

LORD his God was with him, and shewed great mercy unto David my

magnified him exceedingly. 2

Then father, and hast made me to reign in
9
Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the his stead. Now, O LORD God, let thy

captains of thousands and of hundreds, promise unto David my father be

and to the judges, and to every established: for thou hast made me

governor in all Israel, the chief of the king over a people like the dust of the
10
fathers. 3
So Solomon, and all the earth in multitude. Give me now

congregation with him, went to the wisdom and knowledge, that I may go

high place that was at Gibeon; for out and come in before this people: for

there was the tabernacle of the who can judge this thy people, that is
11
congregation of God, which Moses the so great? And God said to Solomon,

servant of the LORD had made in the Because this was in thine heart, and

wilderness. 4
But the ark of God had thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or

David brought up from Kirjath-jearim honour, nor the life of thine enemies,

to the place which David had prepared neither yet hast asked long life; but

for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at hast asked wisdom and knowledge for

Jerusalem. 5
Moreover the brasen altar, thyself, that thou mayest judge my

that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of people, over whom I have made thee
12
Hur, had made, he put before the king: Wisdom and knowledge is

tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon granted unto thee; and I will give thee

and the congregation sought unto it. 6 riches, and wealth, and honour, such

And Solomon went up thither to the as none of the kings have had that

brasen altar before the LORD, which have been before thee, neither shall
13
was at the tabernacle of the there any after thee have the like.

congregation, and offered a thousand Then Solomon came from his journey
 3
to the high place that was at Gibeon to hundred to oversee them. And
Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle Solomon sent to Huram the king of
of the congregation, and reigned over Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with
14
Israel. And Solomon gathered David my father, and didst send him
chariots and horsemen: and he had a cedars to build him an house to dwell
4
thousand and four hundred chariots, therein, even so deal with me.
and twelve thousand horsemen, which Behold, I build an house to the name
he placed in the chariot cities, and with of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to
15
the king at Jerusalem. And the king him, and to burn before him sweet
made silver and gold at Jerusalem as incense, and for the continual
plenteous as stones, and cedar trees shewbread, and for the burnt offerings
made he as the sycomore trees that morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
16
are in the vale for abundance. And and on the new moons, and on the
Solomon had horses brought out of solemn feasts of the LORD our God.
Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5
merchants received the linen yarn at a And the house which I build is great:
17 6
price. And they fetched up, and for great is our God above all gods.
brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for But who is able to build him an house,
six hundred shekels of silver, and an seeing the heaven and heaven of
horse for an hundred and fifty: and so heavens cannot contain him? who am I
brought they out horses for all the then, that I should build him an house,
kings of the Hittites, and for the kings save only to burn sacrifice before him?
7
of Syria, by their means. Send me now therefore a man
cunning to work in gold, and in silver,
2 Chronicles 2 and in brass, and in iron, and in
purple, and crimson, and blue, and
And Solomon determined to build an
that can skill to grave with the cunning
house for the name of the LORD, and men that are with me in Judah and in
2
an house for his kingdom. And Jerusalem, whom David my father did
Solomon told out threescore and ten provide. 8
Send me also cedar trees, fir
thousand men to bear burdens, and trees, and algum trees, out of
fourscore thousand to hew in the Lebanon: for I know that thy servants
mountain, and three thousand and six can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and,
behold, my servants shall be with thy cunning men of my lord David thy
9 15
servants, Even to prepare me timber father. Now therefore the wheat, and
in abundance: for the house which I the barley, the oil, and the wine, which
am about to build shall be wonderful my lord hath spoken of, let him send
10 16
great. And, behold, I will give to thy unto his servants: And we will cut
servants, the hewers that cut timber, wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou
twenty thousand measures of beaten shalt need: and we will bring it to thee
wheat, and twenty thousand measures in flotes by sea to Joppa; and thou
17
of barley, and twenty thousand baths shall carry it up to Jerusalem. And
of wine, and twenty thousand baths of Solomon numbered all the strangers
11
oil. Then Huram the king of Tyre that were in the land of Israel, after
answered in writing, which he sent to the numbering wherewith David his
Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved father had numbered them; and they
his people, he hath made thee king were found an hundred and fifty
12
over them. Huram said moreover, thousand and three thousand and six
18
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, hundred. And he set threescore and
that made heaven and earth, who hath ten thousand of them to be bearers of
given to David the king a wise son, burdens, and fourscore thousand to be
endued with prudence and hewers in the mountain, and three
understanding, that might build an thousand and six hundred overseers to
house for the LORD, and an house for set the people a work.
13
his kingdom. And now I have sent a
cunning man, endued with 2 Chronicles 3
understanding, of Huram my father's,
14
The son of a woman of the daughters
Then Solomon began to build the

of Dan, and his father was a man of house of the LORD at Jerusalem in

Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in mount Moriah, where the LORD

silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in appeared unto David his father, in the

timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine place that David had prepared in the
2
linen, and in crimson; also to grave threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

any manner of graving, and to find out And he began to build in the second

every device which shall be put to him, day of the second month, in the fourth
3
with thy cunning men, and with the year of his reign. Now these are the
things wherein Solomon was instructed cubits long: one wing of the one
for the building of the house of God. cherub was five cubits, reaching to the
The length by cubits after the first wall of the house: and the other wing
measure was threescore cubits, and was likewise five cubits, reaching to
4 12
the breadth twenty cubits. And the the wing of the other cherub. And
porch that was in the front of the one wing of the other cherub was five
house, the length of it was according to cubits, reaching to the wall of the
the breadth of the house, twenty house: and the other wing was five
cubits, and the height was an hundred cubits also, joining to the wing of the
13
and twenty: and he overlaid it within other cherub. The wings of these
5
with pure gold. And the greater house cherubims spread themselves forth
he cieled with fir tree, which he twenty cubits: and they stood on their
14
overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon feet, and their faces were inward.
6
palm trees and chains. And he And he made the vail of blue, and
garnished the house with precious purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
15
stones for beauty: and the gold was and wrought cherubims thereon. Also
7
gold of Parvaim. He overlaid also the he made before the house two pillars
house, the beams, the posts, and the of thirty and five cubits high, and the
walls thereof, and the doors thereof, chapiter that was on the top of each of
16
with gold; and graved cherubims on them was five cubits. And he made
8
the walls. And he made the most holy chains, as in the oracle, and put them
house, the length whereof was on the heads of the pillars; and made
according to the breadth of the house, an hundred pomegranates, and put
17
twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof them on the chains. And he reared
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with up the pillars before the temple, one
fine gold, amounting to six hundred on the right hand, and the other on the
9
talents. And the weight of the nails left; and called the name of that on the
was fifty shekels of gold. And he right hand Jachin, and the name of
overlaid the upper chambers with gold. that on the left Boaz.
10
And in the most holy house he made
two cherubims of image work, and
11
overlaid them with gold. And the
wings of the cherubims were twenty
2 Chronicles 4 candlesticks of gold according to their
form, and set them in the temple, five
Moreover he made an altar of brass, on the right hand, and five on the left.
8
twenty cubits the length thereof, and He made also ten tables, and placed

twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and them in the temple, five on the right

ten cubits the height thereof. 2

Also he side, and five on the left. And he made
9
made a molten sea of ten cubits from an hundred basons of gold.

brim to brim, round in compass, and Furthermore he made the court of the

five cubits the height thereof; and a priests, and the great court, and doors

line of thirty cubits did compass it for the court, and overlaid the doors of
10
round about. 3
And under it was the them with brass. And he set the sea

similitude of oxen, which did compass on the right side of the east end, over
11
it round about: ten in a cubit, against the south. And Huram made

compassing the sea round about. Two the pots, and the shovels, and the

rows of oxen were cast, when it was basons. And Huram finished the work

cast. 4
It stood upon twelve oxen, three that he was to make for king Solomon
12
looking toward the north, and three for the house of God; To wit, the two

looking toward the west, and three pillars, and the pommels, and the

looking toward the south, and three chapiters which were on the top of the

looking toward the east: and the sea two pillars, and the two wreaths to

was set above upon them, and all their cover the two pommels of the chapiters
13
hinder parts were inward. 5
And the which were on the top of the pillars;

thickness of it was an handbreadth, And four hundred pomegranates on the

and the brim of it like the work of the two wreaths; two rows of

brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; pomegranates on each wreath, to

and it received and held three cover the two pommels of the chapiters
14
thousand baths. 6
He made also ten which were upon the pillars. He

lavers, and put five on the right made also bases, and lavers made he
15
hand,and five on the left, to wash in upon the bases; One sea, and twelve
16
them: such things as they offered for oxen under it. The pots also, and the

the burnt offering they washed in shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all

them; but the sea was for the priests their instruments, did Huram his father

to wash in. 7
And he made ten make to king Solomon for the house of
 17
the LORD of bright brass. In the the chief of the fathers of the children
plain of Jordan did the king cast them, of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up
in the clay ground between Succoth the ark of the covenant of the LORD
18
and Zeredathah. Thus Solomon made out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3
all these vessels in great abundance: Wherefore all the men of Israel
for the weight of the brass could not be assembled themselves unto the king in
19
found out. And Solomon made all the the feast which was in the seventh
4
vessels that were for the house of God, month. And all the elders of Israel
the golden altar also, and the tables came; and the Levites took up the ark.
20 5
whereon the shewbread was set; And they brought up the ark, and the
Moreover the candlesticks with their tabernacle of the congregation, and all
lamps, that they should burn after the the holy vessels that were in the
manner before the oracle, of pure gold; tabernacle, these did the priests and
21 6
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the Levites bring up. Also king
the tongs, made he of gold, and that Solomon, and all the congregation of
22
perfect gold; And the snuffers, and Israel that were assembled unto him
the basons, and the spoons, and the before the ark, sacrificed sheep and
censers, of pure gold: and the entry of oxen, which could not be told nor
7
the house, the inner doors thereof for numbered for multitude. And the
the most holy place, and the doors of priests brought in the ark of the
the house of the temple, were of gold. covenant of the LORD unto his place,
to the oracle of the house, into the
2 Chronicles 5 most holy place, even under the wings
8
of the cherubims: For the cherubims
Thus all the work that Solomon made
spread forth their wings over the place
for the house of the LORD was of the ark, and the cherubims covered
finished: and Solomon brought in all the ark and the staves thereof above. 9

the things that David his father had
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold,
and all the instruments, put he among
2
the treasures of the house of God.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes,
And they drew out the staves of the
ark, that the ends of the staves were
seen from the ark before the oracle;
but they were not seen without. And
there it is unto this day. 10
There was
nothing in the ark save the two tables
which Moses put therein at Horeb, 2 Chronicles 6
when the LORD made a covenant with
the children of Israel, when they came Then said Solomon, The LORD hath
11
out of Egypt. And it came to pass, said that he would dwell in the thick
when the priests were come out of the darkness. 2
But I have built an house of
holy place: (for all the priests that habitation for thee, and a place for thy
were present were sanctified, and did dwelling for ever. 3
And the king turned
12
not then wait by course: Also the his face, and blessed the whole
Levites which were the singers, all of congregation of Israel: and all the
them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, congregation of Israel stood. 4
And he
with their sons and their brethren, said, Blessed be the LORD God of
being arrayed in white linen, having Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled
cymbals and psalteries and harps, that which he spake with his mouth to
stood at the east end of the altar, and my father David, saying, 5
Since the
with them an hundred and twenty day that I brought forth my people out
13
priests sounding with trumpets:) It of the land of Egypt I chose no city
came even to pass, as the trumpeters among all the tribes of Israel to build
and singers were as one, to make one an house in, that my name might be
sound to be heard in praising and there; neither chose I any man to be a
thanking the LORD; and when they ruler over my people Israel: 6
But I
lifted up their voice with the trumpets have chosen Jerusalem, that my name
and cymbals and instruments of might be there; and have chosen David
musick, and praised the LORD, saying, to be over my people Israel. 7
Now it
For he is good; for his mercy endureth was in the heart of David my father to
for ever: that then the house was filled build an house for the name of the
with a cloud, even the house of the LORD God of Israel. 8
But the LORD
14
LORD; So that the priests could not said to David my father, Forasmuch as
stand to minister by reason of the it was in thine heart to build an house
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had for my name, thou didst well in that it
filled the house of God. was in thine heart: 9
Notwithstanding
thou shalt not build the house; but thy
son which shall come forth out of thy
loins, he shall build the house for my
 10
name. The LORD therefore hath that which thou hast promised him,
performed his word that he hath saying, There shall not fail thee a man
spoken: for I am risen up in the room in my sight to sit upon the throne of
of David my father, and am set on the Israel; yet so that thy children take
throne of Israel, as the LORD heed to their way to walk in my law, as
17
promised, and have built the house for thou hast walked before me. Now
11
the name of the LORD God of Israel. then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is word be verified, which thou hast
18
the covenant of the LORD, that he spoken unto thy servant David. But
12
made with the children of Israel. And will God in very deed dwell with men
he stood before the altar of the LORD on the earth? behold, heaven and the
in the presence of all the congregation heaven of heavens cannot contain
13
of Israel, and spread forth his hands: thee; how much less this house which I
19
For Solomon had made a brasen have built! Have respect therefore to
scaffold, of five cubits long, and five the prayer of thy servant, and to his
cubits broad, and three cubits high, supplication, O LORD my God, to
and had set it in the midst of the hearken unto the cry and the prayer
court: and upon it he stood, and which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20
kneeled down upon his knees before all That thine eyes may be open upon
the congregation of Israel, and spread this house day and night, upon the
14
forth his hands toward heaven, And place whereof thou hast said that thou
said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no wouldest put thy name there; to
God like thee in the heaven, nor in the hearken unto the prayer which thy
21
earth; which keepest covenant, and servant prayeth toward this place.
shewest mercy unto thy servants, that Hearken therefore unto the
walk before thee with all their hearts: supplications of thy servant, and of thy
15
Thou which hast kept with thy people Israel, which they shall make
servant David my father that which toward this place: hear thou from thy
thou hast promised him; and spakest dwelling place, even from heaven; and
22
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it when thou hearest, forgive. If a man
16
with thine hand, as it is this day. sin against his neighbour, and an oath
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, be laid upon him to make him swear,
keep with thy servant David my father and the oath come before thine altar in
 23
this house; Then hear thou from whatsoever sore or whatsoever
29
heaven, and do, and judge thy sickness there be: Then what prayer
servants, by requiting the wicked, by or what supplication soever shall be
recompensing his way upon his own made of any man, or of all thy people
head; and by justifying the righteous, Israel, when every one shall know his
by giving him according to his own sore and his own grief, and shall
24 30
righteousness. And if thy people spread forth his hands in this house:
Israel be put to the worse before the Then hear thou from heaven thy
enemy, because they have sinned dwelling place, and forgive, and render
against thee; and shall return and unto every man according unto all his
confess thy name, and pray and make ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for
supplication before thee in this house; thou only knowest the hearts of the
25 31
Then hear thou from the heavens, children of men:) That they may fear
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as
and bring them again unto the land they live in the land which thou gavest
32
which thou gavest to them and to their unto our fathers. Moreover
26
fathers. When the heaven is shut up, concerning the stranger, which is not
and there is no rain, because they have of thy people Israel, but is come from
sinned against thee; yet if they pray a far country for thy great name's
toward this place, and confess thy sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy
name, and turn from their sin, when stretched out arm; if they come and
27 33
thou dost afflict them; Then hear pray in this house; Then hear thou
thou from heaven, and forgive the sin from the heavens, even from thy
of thy servants, and of thy people dwelling place, and do according to all
Israel, when thou hast taught them the that the stranger calleth to thee for;
good way, wherein they should walk; that all people of the earth may know
and send rain upon thy land, which thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy
thou hast given unto thy people for an people Israel, and may know that this
28
inheritance. If there be dearth in the house which I have built is called by
34
land, if there be pestilence, if there be thy name. If thy people go out to
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or war against their enemies by the way
caterpillers; if their enemies besiege that thou shalt send them, and they
them in the cities of their land; pray unto thee toward this city which
thou hast chosen, and the house which place, thou, and the ark of thy
35
I have built for thy name; Then hear strength: let thy priests, O LORD God,
thou from the heavens their prayer and be clothed with salvation, and let thy
42
their supplication, and maintain their saints rejoice in goodness. O LORD
36
cause. If they sin against thee, (for God, turn not away the face of thine
there is no man which sinneth not,) anointed: remember the mercies of
and thou be angry with them, and David thy servant.
deliver them over before their enemies,
and they carry them away captives 2 Chronicles 7
37
unto a land far off or near; Yet if
they bethink themselves in the land
Now when Solomon had made an end

whither they are carried captive, and of praying, the fire came down from

turn and pray unto thee in the land of heaven, and consumed the burnt

their captivity, saying, We have sinned, offering and the sacrifices; and the
2
we have done amiss, and have dealt glory of the LORD filled the house.

wickedly; 38
If they return to thee with And the priests could not enter into the

all their heart and with all their soul in house of the LORD, because the glory

the land of their captivity, whither they of the LORD had filled the LORD'S
3
have carried them captives, and pray house. And when all the children of

toward their land, which thou gavest Israel saw how the fire came down,

unto their fathers, and toward the city and the glory of the LORD upon the

which thou hast chosen, and toward house, they bowed themselves with

the house which I have built for thy their faces to the ground upon the

name: 39
Then hear thou from the pavement, and worshipped, and

heavens, even from thy dwelling place, praised the LORD, saying, For he is

their prayer and their supplications,
and maintain their cause, and forgive
thy people which have sinned against
good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
4
Then the king and all the people
5
offered sacrifices before the LORD.

thee. 40
Now, my God, let, I beseech And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of

thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine twenty and two thousand oxen, and an

ears be attent unto the prayer that is hundred and twenty thousand sheep:

made in this place. 41

Now therefore so the king and all the people
6
arise, O LORD God, into thy resting dedicated the house of God. And the
priests waited on their offices: the make in the house of the LORD, and in
Levites also with instruments of musick his own house, he prosperously
12
of the LORD, which David the king had effected. And the LORD appeared to
made to praise the LORD, because his Solomon by night, and said unto him, I
mercy endureth for ever, when David have heard thy prayer, and have
praised by their ministry; and the chosen this place to myself for an
13
priests sounded trumpets before them, house of sacrifice. If I shut up
7
and all Israel stood. Moreover heaven that there be no rain, or if I
Solomon hallowed the middle of the command the locusts to devour the
court that was before the house of the land, or if I send pestilence among my
14
LORD: for there he offered burnt people; If my people, which are
offerings, and the fat of the peace called by my name, shall humble
offerings, because the brasen altar themselves, and pray, and seek my
which Solomon had made was not able face, and turn from their wicked ways;
to receive the burnt offerings, and the then will I hear from heaven, and will
8
meat offerings, and the fat. Also at forgive their sin, and will heal their
15
the same time Solomon kept the feast land. Now mine eyes shall be open,
seven days, and all Israel with him, a and mine ears attent unto the prayer
16
very great congregation, from the that is made in this place. For now
entering in of Hamath unto the river of have I chosen and sanctified this
9
Egypt. And in the eighth day they house, that my name may be there for
made a solemn assembly: for they kept ever: and mine eyes and mine heart
17
the dedication of the altar seven days, shall be there perpetually. And as for
10
and the feast seven days. And on the thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as
three and twentieth day of the seventh David thy father walked, and do
month he sent the people away into according to all that I have
their tents, glad and merry in heart for commanded thee, and shalt observe
18
the goodness that the LORD had my statutes and my judgments;
shewed unto David, and to Solomon, Then will I stablish the throne of thy
11
and to Israel his people. Thus kingdom, according as I have
Solomon finished the house of the covenanted with David thy father,
LORD, and the king's house: and all saying, There shall not fail thee a man
19
that came into Solomon's heart to to be ruler in Israel. But if ye turn
 4
away, and forsake my statutes and my prevailed against it. And he built
commandments, which I have set Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the
5
before you, and shall go and serve store cities, which he built in Hamath.
20
other gods, and worship them; Then Also he built Beth- horon the upper,
will I pluck them up by the roots out of and Beth-horon the nether, fenced
6
my land which I have given them; and cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
this house, which I have sanctified for And Baalath, and all the store cities
my name, will I cast out of my sight, that Solomon had, and all the chariot
and will make it to be a proverb and a cities, and the cities of the horsemen,
21
byword among all nations. And this and all that Solomon desired to build in
house, which is high, shall be an Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and
astonishment to every one that throughout all the land of his dominion.
7
passeth by it; so that he shall say, As for all the people that were left of
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
22
land, and unto this house? And it Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
8
shall be answered, Because they Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, But of their children, who were left
which brought them forth out of the after them in the land, whom the
land of Egypt, and laid hold on other children of Israel consumed not, them
gods, and worshipped them, and did Solomon make to pay tribute until
9
served them: therefore hath he this day. But of the children of Israel
brought all this evil upon them. did Solomon make no servants for his
work; but they were men of war, and
2 Chronicles 8 chief of his captains, and captains of
10
his chariots and horsemen. And
And it came to pass at the end of
these were the chief of king Solomon's
twenty years, wherein Solomon had officers, even two hundred and fifty,
built the house of the LORD, and his that bare rule over the people. 11
And
2
own house, That the cities which Solomon brought up the daughter of
Huram had restored to Solomon, Pharaoh out of the city of David unto
Solomon built them, and caused the the house that he had built for her: for
3
children of Israel to dwell there. And he said, My wife shall not dwell in the
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and house of David king of Israel, because
the places are holy, whereunto the ark hands of his servants ships, and
12
of the LORD hath come. Then servants that had knowledge of the
Solomon offered burnt offerings unto sea; and they went with the servants
the LORD on the altar of the LORD, of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence
13
which he had built before the porch, four hundred and fifty talents of gold,
Even after a certain rate every day, and brought them to king Solomon.
offering according to the
commandment of Moses, on the 2 Chronicles 9
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and
on the solemn feasts, three times in
And when the queen of Sheba heard of
the year, even in the feast of the fame of Solomon, she came to

unleavened bread, and in the feast of prove Solomon with hard questions at

weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. Jerusalem, with a very great company,
14
And he appointed, according to the and camels that bare spices, and gold

order of David his father, the courses in abundance, and precious stones:

of the priests to their service, and the and when she was come to Solomon,

Levites to their charges, to praise and she communed with him of all that was
2
minister before the priests, as the duty in her heart. And Solomon told her all

of every day required: the porters also her questions: and there was nothing

by their courses at every gate: for so hid from Solomon which he told her
3
had David the man of God commanded. not. And when the queen of Sheba
15
And they departed not from the had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and
4
commandment of the king unto the the house that he had built, And the

priests and Levites concerning any meat of his table, and the sitting of his

matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 servants, and the attendance of his

Now all the work of Solomon was ministers, and their apparel; his

prepared unto the day of the cupbearers also, and their apparel; and

foundation of the house of the LORD, his ascent by which he went up into

and until it was finished. So the house the house of the LORD; there was no
5
of the LORD was perfected. 17
Then more spirit in her. And she said to the

went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to king, It was a true report which I heard

Eloth, at the sea side in the land of in mine own land of thine acts, and of
6
Edom. 18
And Huram sent him by the thy wisdom: Howbeit I believed not
their words, until I came, and mine and went away to her own land, she
13
eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one and her servants. Now the weight of
half of the greatness of thy wisdom gold that came to Solomon in one year
was not told me: for thou exceedest was six hundred and threescore and six
7 14
the fame that I heard. Happy are thy talents of gold; Beside that which
men, and happy are these thy chapmen and merchants brought. And
servants, which stand continually all the kings of Arabia and governors of
8
before thee, and hear thy wisdom. the country brought gold and silver to
15
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which Solomon. And king Solomon made
delighted in thee to set thee on his two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
throne, to be king for the LORD thy hundred shekels of beaten gold went to
16
God: because thy God loved Israel, to one target. And three hundred
establish them for ever, therefore shields made he of beaten gold: three
made he thee king over them, to do hundred shekels of gold went to one
9
judgment and justice. And she gave shield. And the king put them in the
17
the king an hundred and twenty talents house of the forest of Lebanon.
of gold, and of spices great abundance, Moreover the king made a great throne
and precious stones: neither was there of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18
any such spice as the queen of Sheba And there were six steps to the
10
gave king Solomon. And the servants throne, with a footstool of gold, which
also of Huram, and the servants of were fastened to the throne, and stays
Solomon, which brought gold from on each side of the sitting place, and
19
Ophir, brought algum trees and two lions standing by the stays: And
11
precious stones. And the king made twelve lions stood there on the one
of the algum trees terraces to the side and on the other upon the six
house of the LORD, and to the king's steps. There was not the like made in
20
palace, and harps and psalteries for any kingdom. And all the drinking
singers: and there were none such vessels of king Solomon were of gold,
12
seen before in the land of Judah. And and all the vessels of the house of the
king Solomon gave to the queen of forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she none were of silver; it was not any
asked, beside that which she had thing accounted of in the days of
21
brought unto the king. So she turned, Solomon. For the king's ships went
to Tarshish with the servants of And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over
31
Huram: every three years once came all Israel forty years. And Solomon
the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and slept with his fathers, and he was
silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. buried in the city of David his father:
22
And king Solomon passed all the and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
kings of the earth in riches and stead.
23
wisdom. And all the kings of the
earth sought the presence of Solomon, 2 Chronicles 10
to hear his wisdom, that God had put
in his heart. 24
And they brought every
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for

man his present, vessels of silver, and to Shechem were all Israel come to
2
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, make him king. And it came to pass,

and spices, horses, and mules, a rate when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

year by year. 25
And Solomon had four was in Egypt, whither he had fled from

thousand stalls for horses and chariots, the presence of Solomon the king,

and twelve thousand horsemen; whom heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of
3
he bestowed in the chariot cities, and Egypt. And they sent and called him.

with the king at Jerusalem. 26

And he So Jeroboam and all Israel came and
4
reigned over all the kings from the spake to Rehoboam, saying, Thy

river even unto the land of the father made our yoke grievous: now

Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. therefore ease thou somewhat the
27
And the king made silver in grievous servitude of thy father, and

Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees his heavy yoke that he put upon us,
5
made he as the sycomore trees that and we will serve thee. And he said

are in the low plains in abundance. 28 unto them, Come again unto me after
6
And they brought unto Solomon horses three days. And the people departed.

out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 29 And king Rehoboam took counsel with

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, the old men that had stood before

first and last, are they not written in Solomon his father while he yet lived,

the book of Nathan the prophet, and in saying, What counsel give ye me to
7
the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, return answer to this people? And

and in the visions of Iddo the seer they spake unto him, saying, If thou be

against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 kind to this people, and please them,
and speak good words to them, they father chastised you with whips, but I
8 15
will be thy servants for ever. But he will chastise you with scorpions. So
forsook the counsel which the old men the king hearkened not unto the
gave him, and took counsel with the people: for the cause was of God, that
young men that were brought up with the LORD might perform his word,
9
him, that stood before him. And he which he spake by the hand of Ahijah
said unto them, What advice give ye the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of
16
that we may return answer to this Nebat. And when all Israel saw that
people, which have spoken to me, the king would not hearken unto them,
saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that the people answered the king, saying,
10
thy father did put upon us? And the What portion have we in David? and
young men that were brought up with we have none inheritance in the son of
him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt Jesse: every man to your tents, O
thou answer the people that spake Israel: and now, David, see to thine
unto thee, saying, Thy father made our own house. So all Israel went to their
17
yoke heavy, but make thou it tents. But as for the children of
somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah,
18
thou say unto them, My little finger Rehoboam reigned over them. Then
shall be thicker than my father's loins. king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was
11
For whereas my father put a heavy over the tribute; and the children of
yoke upon you, I will put more to your Israel stoned him with stones, that he
yoke: my father chastised you with died. But king Rehoboam made speed
whips, but I will chastise you with to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
12 19
scorpions. So Jeroboam and all the Jerusalem. And Israel rebelled
people came to Rehoboam on the third against the house of David unto this
day, as the king bade, saying, Come day.
13
again to me on the third day. And
the king answered them roughly; and 2 Chronicles 11
king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of
the old men, 14
And answered them
And when Rehoboam was come to

after the advice of the young men, Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of

saying, My father made your yoke Judah and Benjamin an hundred and

heavy, but I will add thereto: my fourscore thousand chosen men, which
were warriors, to fight against Israel, and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his
that he might bring the kingdom again sons had cast them off from executing
2 15
to Rehoboam. But the word of the the priest's office unto the LORD:
LORD came to Shemaiah the man of And he ordained him priests for the
3
God, saying, Speak unto Rehoboam high places, and for the devils, and for
16
the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and the calves which he had made. And
to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, after them out of all the tribes of Israel
4
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall such as set their hearts to seek the
not go up, nor fight against your LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem,
brethren: return every man to his to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their
17
house: for this thing is done of me. fathers. So they strengthened the
And they obeyed the words of the kingdom of Judah, and made
LORD, and returned from going against Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong,
5
Jeroboam. And Rehoboam dwelt in three years: for three years they
Jerusalem, and built cities for defence walked in the way of David and
6 18
in Judah. He built even Bethlehem, Solomon. And Rehoboam took him
7
and Etam, and Tekoa, And Beth-zur, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the
8
and Shoco, and Adullam, And Gath, son of David to wife, and Abihail the
9 19
and Mareshah, and Ziph, And daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
10
Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, Which bare him children; Jeush, and
20
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, Shamariah, and Zaham. And after
which are in Judah and in Benjamin her he took Maachah the daughter of
11
fenced cities. And he fortified the Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and
21
strong holds, and put captains in them, Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. And
and store of victual, and of oil and Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter
12
wine. And in every several city he of Absalom above all his wives and his
put shields and spears, and made them concubines: (for he took eighteen
exceeding strong, having Judah and wives, and threescore concubines; and
13
Benjamin on his side. And the priests begat twenty and eight sons, and
22
and the Levites that were in all Israel threescore daughters.) And
resorted to him out of all their coasts. Rehoboam made Abijah the son of
14
For the Levites left their suburbs and Maachah the chief, to be ruler among
their possession, and came to Judah his brethren: for he thought to make
 23
him king. And he dealt wisely, and Whereupon the princes of Israel and
dispersed of all his children throughout the king humbled themselves; and they
7
all the countries of Judah and said, The LORD is righteous. And
Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and when the LORD saw that they humbled
he gave them victual in abundance. themselves, the word of the LORD
And he desired many wives. came to Shemaiah, saying, They have
humbled themselves; therefore I will
2 Chronicles 12 not destroy them, but I will grant them
some deliverance; and my wrath shall
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam
not be poured out upon Jerusalem by
had established the kingdom, and had the hand of Shishak. 8
Nevertheless
strengthened himself, he forsook the they shall be his servants; that they
law of the LORD, and all Israel with may know my service, and the service
2
him. And it came to pass, that in the of the kingdoms of the countries. 9
So
fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak Shishak king of Egypt came up against
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the
Jerusalem, because they had treasures of the house of the LORD,
3
transgressed against the LORD, With and the treasures of the king's house;
twelve hundred chariots, and he took all: he carried away also the
threescore thousand horsemen: and shields of gold which Solomon had
the people were without number that made. 10
Instead of which king
came with him out of Egypt; the Rehoboam made shields of brass, and
Lubim, the Sukkiims, and the committed them to the hands of the
4
Ethiopians. And he took the fenced chief of the guard, that kept the
cities which pertained to Judah, and entrance of the king's house. 11
And
5
came to Jerusalem. Then came when the king entered into the house
Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, of the LORD, the guard came and
and to the princes of Judah, that were fetched them, and brought them again
gathered together to Jerusalem into the guard chamber. 12
And when
because of Shishak, and said unto he humbled himself, the wrath of the
them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have LORD turned from him that he would
forsaken me, and therefore have I also not destroy him altogether: and also in
6
left you in the hand of Shishak. Judah things went well. 13
So king
Rehoboam strengthened himself in set the battle in array against him with
Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam eight hundred thousand chosen men,
4
was one and forty years old when he being mighty men of valour. And
began to reign, and he reigned Abijah stood up upon mount
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,
which the LORD had chosen out of all and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and
5
the tribes of Israel, to put his name all Israel; Ought ye not to know that
there. And his mother's name was the LORD God of Israel gave the
14
Naamah an Ammonitess. And he did kingdom over Israel to David for ever,
evil, because he prepared not his heart even to him and to his sons by a
15 6
to seek the LORD. Now the acts of covenant of salt? Yet Jeroboam the
Rehoboam, first and last, are they not son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon
written in the book of Shemaiah the the son of David, is risen up, and hath
7
prophet, and of Iddo the seer rebelled against his lord. And there
concerning genealogies? And there are gathered unto him vain men, the
were wars between Rehoboam and children of Belial, and have
16
Jeroboam continually. And strengthened themselves against
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
was buried in the city of David: and Rehoboam was young and
Abijah his son reigned in his stead. tenderhearted, and could not withstand
8
them. And now ye think to withstand
2 Chronicles 13 the kingdom of the LORD in the hand
of the sons of David; and ye be a great
Now in the eighteenth year of king
multitude, and there are with you
Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over golden calves, which Jeroboam made
2
Judah. He reigned three years in you for gods. 9
Have ye not cast out
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was the priests of the LORD, the sons of
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made
Gibeah. And there was war between you priests after the manner of the
3
Abijah and Jeroboam. And Abijah set nations of other lands? so that
the battle in array with an army of whosoever cometh to consecrate
valiant men of war, even four hundred himself with a young bullock and seven
thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also rams, the same may be a priest of
 10 17
them that are no gods. But as for us, delivered them into their hand. And
the LORD is our God, and we have not Abijah and his people slew them with a
forsaken him; and the priests, which great slaughter: so there fell down
minister unto the LORD, are the sons slain of Israel five hundred thousand
18
of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon chosen men. Thus the children of
11
their business: And they burn unto Israel were brought under at that time,
the LORD every morning and every and the children of Judah prevailed,
evening burnt sacrifices and sweet because they relied upon the LORD
19
incense: the shewbread also set they God of their fathers. And Abijah
in order upon the pure table; and the pursued after Jeroboam, and took
candlestick of gold with the lamps cities from him, Bethel with the towns
thereof, to burn every evening: for we thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns
keep the charge of the LORD our God; thereof, and Ephrain with the towns
12 20
but ye have forsaken him. And, thereof. Neither did Jeroboam
behold, God himself is with us for our recover strength again in the days of
captain, and his priests with sounding Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and
21
trumpets to cry alarm against you. O he died. But Abijah waxed mighty,
children of Israel, fight ye not against and married fourteen wives, and begat
the LORD God of your fathers; for ye twenty and two sons, and sixteen
13 22
shall not prosper. But Jeroboam daughters. And the rest of the acts
caused an ambushment to come about of Abijah, and his ways, and his
behind them: so they were before sayings, are written in the story of the
Judah, and the ambushment was prophet Iddo.
14
behind them. And when Judah looked
back, behold, the battle was before and 2 Chronicles 14
behind: and they cried unto the LORD,
and the priests sounded with the
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and

trumpets. 15
Then the men of Judah they buried him in the city of David:

gave a shout: and as the men of Judah and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In
2
shouted, it came to pass, that God his days the land was quiet ten years.

smote Jeroboam and all Israel before And Asa did that which was good and
3
Abijah and Judah. 16
And the children right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

of Israel fled before Judah: and God For he took away the altars of the
strange gods, and the high places, and And Asa cried unto the LORD his God,
brake down the images, and cut down and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee
4
the groves: And commanded Judah to to help, whether with many, or with
seek the LORD God of their fathers, them that have no power: help us, O
and to do the law and the LORD our God; for we rest on thee,
5
commandment. Also he took away out and in thy name we go against this
of all the cities of Judah the high multitude. O LORD, thou art our God;
12
places and the images: and the let not man prevail against thee. So
6
kingdom was quiet before him. And the LORD smote the Ethiopians before
he built fenced cities in Judah: for the Asa and before Judah; and the
13
land had rest, and he had no war in Ethiopians fled. And Asa and the
those years; because the LORD had people that were with him pursued
7
given him rest. Therefore he said them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians
unto Judah, Let us build these cities, were overthrown, that they could not
and make about them walls, and recover themselves; for they were
towers, gates, and bars, while the land destroyed before the LORD, and before
is yet before us; because we have his host; and they carried away very
14
sought the LORD our God, we have much spoil. And they smote all the
sought him, and he hath given us rest cities round about Gerar; for the fear
on every side. So they built and of the LORD came upon them: and
8
prospered. And Asa had an army of they spoiled all the cities; for there
15
men that bare targets and spears, out was exceeding much spoil in them.
of Judah three hundred thousand; and They smote also the tents of cattle,
out of Benjamin, that bare shields and and carried away sheep and camels in
drew bows, two hundred and fourscore abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
thousand: all these were mighty men
of valour. 9
And there came out against 2 Chronicles 15
them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host
of a thousand thousand, and three
And the Spirit of God came upon
2
hundred chariots; and came unto Azariah the son of Oded: And he went

Mareshah. 10
Then Asa went out against out to meet Asa, and said unto him,

him, and they set the battle in array in Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and

the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while
ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he at Jerusalem in the third month, in the
11
will be found of you; but if ye forsake fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
3
him, he will forsake you. Now for a And they offered unto the LORD the
long season Israel hath been without same time, of the spoil which they had
the true God, and without a teaching brought, seven hundred oxen and
4 12
priest, and without law. But when seven thousand sheep. And they
they in their trouble did turn unto the entered into a covenant to seek the
LORD God of Israel, and sought him, LORD God of their fathers with all their
5 13
he was found of them. And in those heart and with all their soul; That
times there was no peace to him that whosoever would not seek the LORD
went out, nor to him that came in, but God of Israel should be put to death,
great vexations were upon all the whether small or great, whether man
6 14
inhabitants of the countries. And or woman. And they sware unto the
nation was destroyed of nation, and LORD with a loud voice, and with
city of city: for God did vex them with shouting, and with trumpets, and with
7 15
all adversity. Be ye strong therefore, cornets. And all Judah rejoiced at the
and let not your hands be weak: for oath: for they had sworn with all their
8
your work shall be rewarded. And heart, and sought him with their whole
when Asa heard these words, and the desire; and he was found of them: and
prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took the LORD gave them rest round about.
16
courage, and put away the abominable And also concerning Maachah the
idols out of all the land of Judah and mother of Asa the king, he removed
Benjamin, and out of the cities which her from being queen, because she had
he had taken from mount Ephraim, and made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut
renewed the altar of the LORD, that down her idol, and stamped it, and
9 17
was before the porch of the LORD. burnt it at the brook Kidron. But the
And he gathered all Judah and high places were not taken away out of
Benjamin, and the strangers with them Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa
18
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out was perfect all his days. And he
of Simeon: for they fell to him out of brought into the house of God the
Israel in abundance, when they saw things that his father had dedicated,
10
that the LORD his God was with him. and that he himself had dedicated,
19
So they gathered themselves together silver, and gold, and vessels. And
 7
there was no more war unto the five and Mizpah. And at that time Hanani
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. the seer came to Asa king of Judah,
and said unto him, Because thou hast
2 Chronicles 16 relied on the king of Syria, and not
relied on the LORD thy God, therefore
In the six and thirtieth year of the
is the host of the king of Syria escaped
reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came out of thine hand. 8
Were not the
up against Judah, and built Ramah, to Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host,
the intent that he might let none go with very many chariots and
2
out or come in to Asa king of Judah. horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely
Then Asa brought out silver and gold on the LORD, he delivered them into
out of the treasures of the house of the thine hand. 9
For the eyes of the LORD
LORD and of the king's house, and sent run to and fro throughout the whole
to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt earth, to shew himself strong in the
3
at Damascus, saying, There is a behalf of them whose heart is perfect
league between me and thee, as there toward him. Herein thou hast done
was between my father and thy father: foolishly: therefore from henceforth
behold, I have sent thee silver and thou shalt have wars. 10
Then Asa was
gold; go, break thy league with Baasha wroth with the seer, and put him in a
king of Israel, that he may depart from prison house; for he was in a rage with
4
me. And Ben- hadad hearkened unto him because of this thing. And Asa
king Asa, and sent the captains of his oppressed some of the people the
armies against the cities of Israel; and same time. 11
And, behold, the acts of
they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel- Asa, first and last, lo, they are written
maim, and all the store cities of in the book of the kings of Judah and
5
Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Israel. 12
And Asa in the thirty and
Baasha heard it, that he left off ninth year of his reign was diseased in
building of Ramah, and let his work his feet, until his disease was
6
cease. Then Asa the king took all exceeding great: yet in his disease he
Judah; and they carried away the sought not to the LORD, but to the
stones of Ramah, and the timber physicians. 13
And Asa slept with his
thereof, wherewith Baasha was fathers, and died in the one and
building; and he built therewith Geba fortieth year of his reign. 14
And they
buried him in his own sepulchres, to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to
which he had made for himself in the Michaiah, to teach in the cities of
8
city of David, and laid him in the bed Judah. And with them he sent
which was filled with sweet odours and Levites, even Shemaiah, and
divers kinds of spices prepared by the Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel,
apothecaries' art: and they made a and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan,
very great burning for him. and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-
adonijah, Levites; and with them
2 Chronicles 17 Elishama and Jehoram, priests. 9
And
they taught in Judah, and had the book
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his of the law of the LORD with them, and
stead, and strengthened himself went about throughout all the cities of
2
against Israel. And he placed forces Judah, and taught the people. 10
And
in all the fenced cities of Judah, and the fear of the LORD fell upon all the
set garrisons in the land of Judah, and kingdoms of the lands that were round
in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his about Judah, so that they made no war
3
father had taken. And the LORD was against Jehoshaphat. 11
Also some of
with Jehoshaphat, because he walked the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat
in the first ways of his father David, presents, and tribute silver; and the
4
and sought not unto Baalim; But Arabians brought him flocks, seven
sought to the LORD God of his father, thousand and seven hundred rams, and
and walked in his commandments, and seven thousand and seven hundred he
5
not after the doings of Israel. goats. 12
And Jehoshaphat waxed great
Therefore the LORD stablished the exceedingly; and he built in Judah
kingdom in his hand; and all Judah castles, and cities of store. 13
And he
brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and had much business in the cities of
he had riches and honour in Judah: and the men of war, mighty
6
abundance. And his heart was lifted men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 14

up in the ways of the LORD: moreover
he took away the high places and
7
groves out of Judah. Also in the third
year of his reign he sent to his princes,
even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and
And these are the numbers of them
according to the house of their fathers:
Of Judah, the captains of thousands;
Adnah the chief, and with him mighty
men of valour three hundred thousand.
15 4
And next to him was Jehohanan the war. And Jehoshaphat said unto the
captain, and with him two hundred and king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at
16 5
fourscore thousand. And next him the word of the LORD to day.
was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who Therefore the king of Israel gathered
willingly offered himself unto the together of prophets four hundred
LORD; and with him two hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go
17
thousand mighty men of valour. And to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I
of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of forbear? And they said, Go up; for God
6
valour, and with him armed men with will deliver it into the king's hand. But
bow and shield two hundred thousand. Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
18
And next him was Jehozabad, and prophet of the LORD besides, that we
7
with him an hundred and fourscore might enquire of him? And the king of
thousand ready prepared for the war. Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is
19
These waited on the king, beside yet one man, by whom we may enquire
those whom the king put in the fenced of the LORD: but I hate him; for he
cities throughout all Judah. never prophesied good unto me, but
always evil: the same is Micaiah the
2 Chronicles 18 son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let
8
not the king say so. And the king of
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and
Israel called for one of his officers, and
honour in abundance, and joined said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of
2
affinity with Ahab. And after certain Imla. 9
And the king of Israel and
years he went down to Ahab to Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of
Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and them on his throne, clothed in their
oxen for him in abundance, and for the robes, and they sat in a void place at
people that he had with him, and the entering in of the gate of Samaria;
persuaded him to go up with him to and all the prophets prophesied before
3
Ramoth-gilead. And Ahab king of them. 10
And Zedekiah the son of
Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Chenaanah had made him horns of
Judah, Wilt thou go with me to iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD,
Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, With these thou shalt push Syria until
I am as thou art, and my people as thy they be consumed. 11
And all the
people; and we will be with thee in the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up
 19
to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the left. And the LORD said, Who shall
LORD shall deliver it into the hand of entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may
12
the king. And the messenger that go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And
went to call Micaiah spake to him, one spake saying after this manner,
saying, Behold, the words of the and another saying after that manner.
20
prophets declare good to the king with Then there came out a spirit, and
one assent; let thy word therefore, I stood before the LORD, and said, I will
pray thee, be like one of theirs, and entice him. And the LORD said unto
13 21
speak thou good. And Micaiah said, him, Wherewith? And he said, I will
As the LORD liveth, even what my God go out, and be a lying spirit in the
14
saith, that will I speak. And when he mouth of all his prophets. And the
was come to the king, the king said LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and
unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do
22
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I even so. Now therefore, behold, the
forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
prosper, and they shall be delivered mouth of these thy prophets, and the
15 23
into your hand. And the king said to LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
him, How many times shall I adjure Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
thee that thou say nothing but the came near, and smote Micaiah upon
truth to me in the name of the LORD? the cheek, and said, Which way went
16
Then he said, I did see all Israel the Spirit of the LORD from me to
24
scattered upon the mountains, as speak unto thee? And Micaiah said,
sheep that have no shepherd: and the Behold, thou shalt see on that day
LORD said, These have no master; let when thou shalt go into an inner
25
them return therefore every man to his chamber to hide thyself. Then the
17
house in peace. And the king of king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah,
Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not and carry him back to Amon the
tell thee that he would not prophesy governor of the city, and to Joash the
18 26
good unto me, but evil? Again he king's son; And say, Thus saith the
said, Therefore hear the word of the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his feed him with bread of affliction and
throne, and all the host of heaven with water of affliction, until I return in
27
standing on his right hand and on his peace. And Micaiah said, If thou
certainly return in peace, then hath not king of Israel stayed himself up in his
the LORD spoken by me. And he said, chariot against the Syrians until the
28
Hearken, all ye people. So the king even: and about the time of the sun
of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of going down he died.
29
Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
And the king of Israel said unto 2 Chronicles 19
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and will go to the battle; but put thou
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah

on thy robes. So the king of Israel returned to his house in peace to

2
disguised himself; and they went to the Jerusalem. And Jehu the son of

battle. 30
Now the king of Syria had Hanani the seer went out to meet him,

commanded the captains of the and said to king Jehoshaphat,

chariots that were with him, saying, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and

Fight ye not with small or great, save love them that hate the LORD?

only with the king of Israel. 31

And it therefore is wrath upon thee from
3
came to pass, when the captains of the before the LORD. Nevertheless there

chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they are good things found in thee, in that

said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore thou hast taken away the groves out of

they compassed about him to fight: but the land, and hast prepared thine heart
4
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD to seek God. And Jehoshaphat dwelt

helped him; and God moved them to at Jerusalem: and he went out again

depart from him. 32

For it came to through the people from Beer-sheba to

pass, that, when the captains of the mount Ephraim, and brought them

chariots perceived that it was not the back unto the LORD God of their
5
king of Israel, they turned back again fathers. And he set judges in the land

from pursuing him. 33

And a certain throughout all the fenced cities of
6
man drew a bow at a venture, and Judah, city by city, And said to the

smote the king of Israel between the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye

joints of the harness: therefore he said judge not for man, but for the LORD,
7
to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, who is with you in the judgment.

that thou mayest carry me out of the Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD

host; for I am wounded. 34

And the be upon you; take heed and do it: for

battle increased that day: howbeit the there is no iniquity with the LORD our
 2
God, nor respect of persons, nor taking Jehoshaphat to battle. Then there
8
of gifts. Moreover in Jerusalem did came some that told Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of saying, There cometh a great multitude
the priests, and of the chief of the against thee from beyond the sea on
fathers of Israel, for the judgment of this side Syria; and, behold, they be
3
the LORD, and for controversies, when Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. And
9
they returned to Jerusalem. And he Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to
charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast
4
in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and throughout all Judah. And Judah
10
with a perfect heart. And what cause gathered themselves together, to ask
soever shall come to you of your help of the LORD: even out of all the
brethren that dwell in their cities, cities of Judah they came to seek the
5
between blood and blood, between law LORD. And Jehoshaphat stood in the
and commandment, statutes and congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,
judgments, ye shall even warn them in the house of the LORD, before the
6
that they trespass not against the new court, And said, O LORD God of
LORD, and so wrath come upon you, our fathers, art not thou God in
and upon your brethren: this do, and heaven? and rulest not thou over all
11
ye shall not trespass. And, behold, the kingdoms of the heathen? and in
Amariah the chief priest is over you in thine hand is there not power and
all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah might, so that none is able to
7
the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the withstand thee? Art not thou our God,
house of Judah, for all the king's who didst drive out the inhabitants of
matters: also the Levites shall be this land before thy people Israel, and
officers before you. Deal courageously, gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy
8
and the LORD shall be with the good. friend for ever? And they dwelt
therein, and have built thee a
2 Chronicles 20 sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the
It came to pass after this also, that
sword, judgment, or pestilence, or
the children of Moab, and the children famine, we stand before this house,
of Ammon, and with them other beside and in thy presence, (for thy name is
the Ammonites, came against in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. need to fight in this battle: set
10
And now, behold, the children of yourselves, stand ye still, and see the
Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, salvation of the LORD with you, O
whom thou wouldest not let Israel Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be
invade, when they came out of the dismayed; to morrow go out against
18
land of Egypt, but they turned from them: for the LORD will be with you.
11
them, and destroyed them not; And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to his face to the ground: and all Judah
come to cast us out of thy possession, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell
12
which thou hast given us to inherit. before the LORD, worshipping the
19
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? LORD. And the Levites, of the
for we have no might against this great children of the Kohathites, and of the
company that cometh against us; children of the Korhites, stood up to
neither know we what to do: but our praise the LORD God of Israel with a
13 20
eyes are upon thee. And all Judah loud voice on high. And they rose
stood before the LORD, with their little early in the morning, and went forth
14
ones, their wives, and their children. into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as
Then upon Jahaziel the son of they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye
of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the
of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit LORD your God, so shall ye be
of the LORD in the midst of the established; believe his prophets, so
15 21
congregation; And he said, Hearken shall ye prosper. And when he had
ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of consulted with the people, he
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, appointed singers unto the LORD, and
Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not that should praise the beauty of
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this holiness, as they went out before the
great multitude; for the battle is not army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for
16 22
yours, but God's. To morrow go ye his mercy endureth for ever. And
down against them: behold, they come when they began to sing and to praise,
up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find the LORD set ambushments against the
them at the end of the brook, before children of Ammon, Moab, and mount
17
the wilderness of Jeruel. Ye shall not Seir, which were come against Judah;
 23 29
and they were smitten. For the LORD. And the fear of God was on all
children of Ammon and Moab stood up the kingdoms of those countries, when
against the inhabitants of mount Seir, they had heard that the LORD fought
30
utterly to slay and destroy them: and against the enemies of Israel. So the
when they had made an end of the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his
31
inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to God gave him rest round about. And
24
destroy another. And when Judah Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he
came toward the watch tower in the was thirty and five years old when he
wilderness, they looked unto the began to reign, and he reigned twenty
multitude, and, behold, they were dead and five years in Jerusalem. And his
bodies fallen to the earth, and none mother's name was Azubah the
25 32
escaped. And when Jehoshaphat and daughter of Shilhi. And he walked in
his people came to take away the spoil the way of Asa his father, and departed
of them, they found among them in not from it, doing that which was right
33
abundance both riches with the dead in the sight of the LORD. Howbeit the
bodies, and precious jewels, which they high places were not taken away: for
stripped off for themselves, more than as yet the people had not prepared
they could carry away: and they were their hearts unto the God of their
34
three days in gathering of the spoil, it fathers. Now the rest of the acts of
26
was so much. And on the fourth day Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,
they assembled themselves in the they are written in the book of Jehu
valley of Berachah; for there they the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in
35
blessed the LORD: therefore the name the book of the kings of Israel. And
of the same place was called, The after this did Jehoshaphat king of
27
valley of Berachah, unto this day. Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of
36
Then they returned, every man of Israel, who did very wickedly: And
Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat he joined himself with him to make
in the forefront of them, to go again to ships to go to Tarshish: and they made
37
Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had the ships in Ezion-gaber. Then
made them to rejoice over their Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah
28
enemies. And they came to prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
Jerusalem with psalteries and harps saying, Because thou hast joined
and trumpets unto the house of the thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath
broken thy works. And the ships were the house of David, because of the
broken, that they were not able to go covenant that he had made with David,
to Tarshish. and as he promised to give a light to
8
him and to his sons for ever. In his
2 Chronicles 21 days the Edomites revolted from under
the dominion of Judah, and made
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his
themselves a king. 9
Then Jehoram
fathers, and was buried with his went forth with his princes, and all his
fathers in the city of David. And chariots with him: and he rose up by
2
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. night, and smote the Edomites which
And he had brethren the sons of compassed him in, and the captains of
Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and the chariots. 10
So the Edomites
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, revolted from under the hand of Judah
and Shephatiah: all these were the unto this day. The same time also did
3
sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. Libnah revolt from under his hand;
And their father gave them great gifts because he had forsaken the LORD God
of silver, and of gold, and of precious of his fathers. 11
Moreover he made
things, with fenced cities in Judah: but high places in the mountains of Judah,
the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; and caused the inhabitants of
4
because he was the firstborn. Now Jerusalem to commit fornication, and
when Jehoram was risen up to the compelled Judah thereto. 12
And there
kingdom of his father, he strengthened came a writing to him from Elijah the
himself, and slew all his brethren with prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD
the sword, and divers also of the God of David thy father, Because thou
5
princes of Israel. Jehoram was thirty hast not walked in the ways of
and two years old when he began to Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the
reign, and he reigned eight years in ways of Asa king of Judah, 13
But hast
6
Jerusalem. And he walked in the way walked in the way of the kings of
of the kings of Israel, like as did the Israel, and hast made Judah and the
house of Ahab: for he had the daughter inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a
of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that whoring, like to the whoredoms of the
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy
7
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy brethren of thy father's house, which
 14
were better than thyself:
with a great plague will the LORD smite
thy people, and thy children, and thy
15
wives, and all thy goods: And thou
shalt have great sickness by disease of
thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by
reason of the sickness day by day.
Moreover the LORD stirred up against
Behold, 2 Chronicles 22
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
stead: for the band of men that came
with the Arabians to the camp had
16
slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2

Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, Forty and two years old was Ahaziah
and of the Arabians, that were near the when he began to reign, and he
17
Ethiopians: And they came up into reigned one year in Jerusalem. His
Judah, and brake into it, and carried mother's name also was Athaliah the
away all the substance that was found daughter of Omri. 3
He also walked in
in the king's house, and his sons also, the ways of the house of Ahab: for his
and his wives; so that there was never mother was his counsellor to do
a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the wickedly. 4
Wherefore he did evil in the
18
youngest of his sons. And after all sight of the LORD like the house of
this the LORD smote him in his bowels Ahab: for they were his counsellors
19
with an incurable disease. And it after the death of his father to his
came to pass, that in process of time, destruction. 5
He walked also after
after the end of two years, his bowels their counsel, and went with Jehoram
fell out by reason of his sickness: so he the son of Ahab king of Israel to war
died of sore diseases. And his people against Hazael king of Syria at
made no burning for him, like the Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote
20
burning of his fathers. Thirty and two Joram. 6
And he returned to be healed
years old was he when he began to in Jezreel because of the wounds which
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem were given him at Ramah, when he
eight years, and departed without fought with Hazael king of Syria. And
being desired. Howbeit they buried him Azariah the son of Jehoram king of
in the city of David, but not in the Judah went down to see Jehoram the
sepulchres of the kings. son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was
7
sick. And the destruction of Ahaziah
was of God by coming to Joram: for
when he was come, he went out with years: and Athaliah reigned over the
Jehoram against Jehu the son of land.
Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed
to cut off the house of Ahab. 8
And it 2 Chronicles 23
came to pass, that, when Jehu was
executing judgment upon the house of
And in the seventh year Jehoiada

Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, strengthened himself, and took the

and the sons of the brethren of captains of hundreds, Azariah the son

Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of

slew them. 9
And he sought Ahaziah: Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of

and they caught him, (for he was hid in Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah,

Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into
2
and when they had slain him, they covenant with him. And they went

buried him: Because, said they, he is about in Judah, and gathered the

the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Levites out of all the cities of Judah,

the LORD with all his heart. So the and the chief of the fathers of Israel,
3
house of Ahaziah had no power to keep and they came to Jerusalem. And all

still the kingdom. 10

But when Athaliah the congregation made a covenant with

the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son the king in the house of God. And he

was dead, she arose and destroyed all said unto them, Behold, the king's son

the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 shall reign, as the LORD hath said of
4
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the the sons of David. This is the thing

king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, that ye shall do; A third part of you

and stole him from among the king's entering on the sabbath, of the priests

sons that were slain, and put him and and of the Levites, shall be porters of
5
his nurse in a bedchamber. So the doors; And a third part shall be at

Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king the king's house; and a third part at

Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the the gate of the foundation: and all the

priest, (for she was the sister of people shall be in the courts of the
6
Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so house of the LORD. But let none come

that she slew him not. 12

And he was into the house of the LORD, save the

with them hid in the house of God six priests, and they that minister of the
Levites; they shall go in, for they are
 13
holy: but all the people shall keep the of the LORD: And she looked, and,
7
watch of the LORD. And the Levites behold, the king stood at his pillar at
shall compass the king round about, the entering in, and the princes and
every man with his weapons in his the trumpets by the king: and all the
hand; and whosoever else cometh into people of the land rejoiced, and
the house, he shall be put to death: sounded with trumpets, also the
but be ye with the king when he singers with instruments of musick,
8
cometh in, and when he goeth out. and such as taught to sing praise. Then
So the Levites and all Judah did Athaliah rent her clothes, and said,
14
according to all things that Jehoiada Treason, Treason. Then Jehoiada the
the priest had commanded, and took priest brought out the captains of
every man his men that were to come hundreds that were set over the host,
in on the sabbath, with them that were and said unto them, Have her forth of
to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the ranges: and whoso followeth her,
9
the priest dismissed not the courses. let him be slain with the sword. For the
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered priest said, Slay her not in the house of
15
to the captains of hundreds spears, the LORD. So they laid hands on her;
and bucklers, and shields, that had and when she was come to the
been king David's, which were in the entering of the horse gate by the king's
10 16
house of God. And he set all the house, they slew her there. And
people, every man having his weapon Jehoiada made a covenant between
in his hand, from the right side of the him, and between all the people, and
temple to the left side of the temple, between the king, that they should be
17
along by the altar and the temple, by the LORD'S people. Then all the
11
the king round about. Then they people went to the house of Baal, and
brought out the king's son, and put brake it down, and brake his altars and
upon him the crown, and gave him the his images in pieces, and slew Mattan
18
testimony, and made him king. And the priest of Baal before the altars.
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of
12
and said, God save the king. Now the house of the LORD by the hand of
when Athaliah heard the noise of the the priests the Levites, whom David
people running and praising the king, had distributed in the house of the
she came to the people into the house LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of
the LORD, as it is written in the law of unto the cities of Judah, and gather of
Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, all Israel money to repair the house of
19
as it was ordained by David. And he your God from year to year, and see
set the porters at the gates of the that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the
6
house of the LORD, that none which Levites hastened it not. And the king
was unclean in any thing should enter called for Jehoiada the chief, and said
20
in. And he took the captains of unto him, Why hast thou not required
hundreds, and the nobles, and the of the Levites to bring in out of Judah
governors of the people, and all the and out of Jerusalem the collection,
people of the land, and brought down according to the commandment of
the king from the house of the LORD: Moses the servant of the LORD, and of
and they came through the high gate the congregation of Israel, for the
7
into the king's house, and set the king tabernacle of witness? For the sons of
21
upon the throne of the kingdom. And Athaliah, that wicked woman, had
all the people of the land rejoiced: and broken up the house of God; and also
the city was quiet, after that they had all the dedicated things of the house of
slain Athaliah with the sword. the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
8
And at the king's commandment they
2 Chronicles 24 made a chest, and set it without at the
9
gate of the house of the LORD. And
Joash was seven years old when he
they made a proclamation through
began to reign, and he reigned forty Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name LORD the collection that Moses the
2
also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. And servant of God laid upon Israel in the
Joash did that which was right in the wilderness. 10
And all the princes and
sight of the LORD all the days of all the people rejoiced, and brought in,
3
Jehoiada the priest. And Jehoiada and cast into the chest, until they had
took for him two wives; and he begat made an end. 11
Now it came to pass,
4
sons and daughters. And it came to that at what time the chest was
pass after this, that Joash was minded brought unto the king's office by the
5
to repair the house of the LORD. And hand of the Levites, and when they
he gathered together the priests and saw that there was much money, the
the Levites, and said to them, Go out king's scribe and the high priest's
officer came and emptied the chest, they left the house of the LORD God of
and took it, and carried it to his place their fathers, and served groves and
again. Thus they did day by day, and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and
12 19
gathered money in abundance. And Jerusalem for this their trespass. Yet
the king and Jehoiada gave it to such he sent prophets to them, to bring
as did the work of the service of the them again unto the LORD; and they
house of the LORD, and hired masons testified against them: but they would
20
and carpenters to repair the house of not give ear. And the Spirit of God
the LORD, and also such as wrought came upon Zechariah the son of
iron and brass to mend the house of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above
13
the LORD. So the workmen wrought, the people, and said unto them, Thus
and the work was perfected by them, saith God, Why transgress ye the
and they set the house of God in his commandments of the LORD, that ye
14
state, and strengthened it. And when cannot prosper? because ye have
they had finished it, they brought the forsaken the LORD, he hath also
21
rest of the money before the king and forsaken you. And they conspired
Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels against him, and stoned him with
for the house of the LORD, even stones at the commandment of the
vessels to minister, and to offer withal, king in the court of the house of the
22
and spoons, and vessels of gold and LORD. Thus Joash the king
silver. And they offered burnt offerings remembered not the kindness which
in the house of the LORD continually all Jehoiada his father had done to him,
15
the days of Jehoiada. But Jehoiada but slew his son. And when he died, he
waxed old, and was full of days when said, The LORD look upon it, and
23
he died; an hundred and thirty years require it. And it came to pass at the
16
old was he when he died. And they end of the year, that the host of Syria
buried him in the city of David among came up against him: and they came
the kings, because he had done good to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed
in Israel, both toward God, and toward all the princes of the people from
17
his house. Now after the death of among the people, and sent all the
Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, spoil of them unto the king of
24
and made obeisance to the king. Then Damascus. For the army of the
18
the king hearkened unto them. And Syrians came with a small company of
men, and the LORD delivered a very Now it came to pass, when the
great host into their hand, because kingdom was established to him, that
they had forsaken the LORD God of he slew his servants that had killed the
4
their fathers. So they executed king his father. But he slew not their
25
judgment against Joash. And when children, but did as it is written in the
they were departed from him, (for they law in the book of Moses, where the
left him in great diseases,) his own LORD commanded, saying, The fathers
servants conspired against him for the shall not die for the children, neither
blood of the sons of Jehoiada the shall the children die for the fathers,
priest, and slew him on his bed, and he but every man shall die for his own sin.
5
died: and they buried him in the city of Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah
David, but they buried him not in the together, and made them captains over
26
sepulchres of the kings. And these thousands, and captains over
are they that conspired against him; hundreds, according to the houses of
Zabad the son of Shimeath an their fathers, throughout all Judah and
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Benjamin: and he numbered them from
27
Shimrith a Moabitess. Now twenty years old and above, and found
concerning his sons, and the greatness them three hundred thousand choice
of the burdens laid upon him, and the men, able to go forth to war, that
6
repairing of the house of God, behold, could handle spear and shield. He
they are written in the story of the hired also an hundred thousand mighty
book of the kings. And Amaziah his son men of valour out of Israel for an
7
reigned in his stead. hundred talents of silver. But there
came a man of God to him, saying, O
2 Chronicles 25 king, let not the army of Israel go with
thee; for the LORD is not with Israel,
Amaziah was twenty and five years old to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
when he began to reign, and he 8
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong
reigned twenty and nine years in for the battle: God shall make thee fall
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was before the enemy: for God hath power
2
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did to help, and to cast down. 9
And
that which was right in the sight of the Amaziah said to the man of God, But
3
LORD, but not with a perfect heart. what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army Amaziah, and he sent unto him a
of Israel? And the man of God prophet, which said unto him, Why
answered, The LORD is able to give hast thou sought after the gods of the
10
thee much more than this. Then people, which could not deliver their
16
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the own people out of thine hand? And it
army that was come to him out of came to pass, as he talked with him,
Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore that the king said unto him, Art thou
their anger was greatly kindled against made of the king's counsel? forbear;
Judah, and they returned home in why shouldest thou be smitten? Then
11
great anger. And Amaziah the prophet forbare, and said, I know
strengthened himself, and led forth his that God hath determined to destroy
people, and went to the valley of salt, thee, because thou hast done this, and
17
and smote of the children of Seir ten hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
12
thousand. And other ten thousand Then Amaziah king of Judah took
left alive did the children of Judah advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
carry away captive, and brought them Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of
unto the top of the rock, and cast them Israel, saying, Come, let us see one
18
down from the top of the rock, that another in the face. And Joash king
13
they all were broken in pieces. But of Israel sent to Amaziah king of
the soldiers of the army which Amaziah Judah, saying, The thistle that was in
sent back, that they should not go with Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in
him to battle, fell upon the cities of Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to
Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth- my son to wife: and there passed by a
horon, and smote three thousand of wild beast that was in Lebanon, and
14 19
them, and took much spoil. Now it trode down the thistle. Thou sayest,
came to pass, after that Amaziah was Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites;
come from the slaughter of the and thine heart lifteth thee up to
Edomites, that he brought the gods of boast: abide now at home; why
the children of Seir, and set them up shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt,
to be his gods, and bowed down that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and
20
himself before them, and burned Judah with thee? But Amaziah would
15
incense unto them. Wherefore the not hear; for it came of God, that he
anger of the LORD was kindled against might deliver them into the hand of
their enemies, because they sought him upon horses, and buried him with
21
after the gods of Edom. So Joash the his fathers in the city of Judah.
king of Israel went up; and they saw
one another in the face, both he and 2 Chronicles 26
Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-
shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 Then all the people of Judah took

And Judah was put to the worse before Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and

Israel, and they fled every man to his made him king in the room of his
2
tent. 23
And Joash the king of Israel father Amaziah. He built Eloth, and

took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of restored it to Judah, after that the king
3
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth- slept with his fathers. Sixteen years

shemesh, and brought him to old was Uzziah when he began to

Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of reign, and he reigned fifty and two

Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
4
the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24 also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And

And he took all the gold and the silver, he did that which was right in the sight

and all the vessels that were found in of the LORD, according to all that his
5
the house of God with Obed-edom, and father Amaziah did. And he sought

the treasures of the king's house, the God in the days of Zechariah, who had

hostages also, and returned to understanding in the visions of God:

Samaria. 25
And Amaziah the son of and as long as he sought the LORD,
6
Joash king of Judah lived after the God made him to prosper. And he

death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of went forth and warred against the

Israel fifteen years. 26

Now the rest of Philistines, and brake down the wall of

the acts of Amaziah, first and last, Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the

behold, are they not written in the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about
7
book of the kings of Judah and Israel? Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
27
Now after the time that Amaziah did And God helped him against the

turn away from following the LORD Philistines, and against the Arabians

they made a conspiracy against him in that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the
8
Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but Mehunims. And the Ammonites gave

they sent to Lachish after him, and gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread

slew him there. 28

And they brought abroad even to the entering in of
Egypt; for he strengthened himself name spread far abroad; for he was
9
exceedingly. Moreover Uzziah built marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16
towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, But when he was strong, his heart
and at the valley gate, and at the was lifted up to his destruction: for he
turning of the wall, and fortified them. transgressed against the LORD his
10
Also he built towers in the desert, God, and went into the temple of the
and digged many wells: for he had LORD to burn incense upon the altar of
17
much cattle, both in the low country, incense. And Azariah the priest went
and in the plains: husbandmen also, in after him, and with him fourscore
and vine dressers in the mountains, priests of the LORD, that were valiant
18
and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. men: And they withstood Uzziah the
11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of king, and said unto him, It
fighting men, that went out to war by appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to
bands, according to the number of burn incense unto the LORD, but to the
their account by the hand of Jeiel the priests the sons of Aaron, that are
scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under consecrated to burn incense: go out of
the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's the sanctuary; for thou hast
12
captains. The whole number of the trespassed; neither shall it be for thine
19
chief of the fathers of the mighty men honour from the LORD God. Then
of valour were two thousand and six Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in
13
hundred. And under their hand was his hand to burn incense: and while he
an army, three hundred thousand and was wroth with the priests, the leprosy
seven thousand and five hundred, that even rose up in his forehead before the
made war with mighty power, to help priests in the house of the LORD, from
14 20
the king against the enemy. And beside the incense altar. And Azariah
Uzziah prepared for them throughout the chief priest, and all the priests,
all the host shields, and spears, and looked upon him, and, behold, he was
helmets, and habergeons, and bows, leprous in his forehead, and they thrust
15
and slings to cast stones. And he him out from thence; yea, himself
made in Jerusalem engines, invented hasted also to go out, because the
21
by cunning men, to be on the towers LORD had smitten him. And Uzziah
and upon the bulwarks, to shoot the king was a leper unto the day of
arrows and great stones withal. And his his death, and dwelt in a several
house, being a leper; for he was cut off year an hundred talents of silver, and
from the house of the LORD: and ten thousand measures of wheat, and
Jotham his son was over the king's ten thousand of barley. So much did
house, judging the people of the land. the children of Ammon pay unto him,
22 6
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, both the second year, and the third.
first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, So Jotham became mighty, because he
23
the son of Amoz, write. So Uzziah prepared his ways before the LORD his
7
slept with his fathers, and they buried God. Now the rest of the acts of
him with his fathers in the field of the Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways,
burial which belonged to the kings; for lo, they are written in the book of the
8
they said, He is a leper: and Jotham kings of Israel and Judah. He was five
his son reigned in his stead. and twenty years old when he began to
reign, and reigned sixteen years in
2 Chronicles 27 Jerusalem. 9
And Jotham slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the city
Jotham was twenty and five years old
of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in
when he began to reign, and he his stead.
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Jerushah, the 2 Chronicles 28
2
daughter of Zadok. And he did that
which was right in the sight of the Ahaz was twenty years old when he
LORD, according to all that his father began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into years in Jerusalem: but he did not that
the temple of the LORD. And the which was right in the sight of the
3 2
people did yet corruptly. He built the LORD, like David his father: For he
high gate of the house of the LORD, walked in the ways of the kings of
and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Israel, and made also molten images
4 3
Moreover he built cities in the for Baalim. Moreover he burnt
mountains of Judah, and in the forests incense in the valley of the son of
5
he built castles and towers. He fought Hinnom, and burnt his children in the
also with the king of the Ammonites, fire, after the abominations of the
and prevailed against them. And the heathen whom the LORD had cast out
4
children of Ammon gave him the same before the children of Israel. He
sacrificed also and burnt incense in the ye purpose to keep under the children
high places, and on the hills, and under of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen
5
every green tree. Wherefore the and bondwomen unto you: but are
LORD his God delivered him into the there not with you, even with you, sins
11
hand of the king of Syria; and they against the LORD your God? Now
smote him, and carried away a great hear me therefore, and deliver the
multitude of them captives, and captives again, which ye have taken
brought them to Damascus. And he captive of your brethren: for the fierce
12
was also delivered into the hand of the wrath of the LORD is upon you. Then
king of Israel, who smote him with a certain of the heads of the children of
6
great slaughter. For Pekah the son of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan,
Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and
twenty thousand in one day, which Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and
were all valiant men; because they had Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up
forsaken the LORD God of their against them that came from the war,
7 13
fathers. And Zichri, a mighty man of And said unto them, Ye shall not
Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, bring in the captives hither: for
and Azrikam the governor of the whereas we have offended against the
house, and Elkanah that was next to LORD already, ye intend to add more
8
the king. And the children of Israel to our sins and to our trespass: for our
carried away captive of their brethren trespass is great, and there is fierce
14
two hundred thousand, women, sons, wrath against Israel. So the armed
and daughters, and took also away men left the captives and the spoil
much spoil from them, and brought the before the princes and all the
9 15
spoil to Samaria. But a prophet of the congregation. And the men which
LORD was there, whose name was were expressed by name rose up, and
Oded: and he went out before the host took the captives, and with the spoil
that came to Samaria, and said unto clothed all that were naked among
them, Behold, because the LORD God them, and arrayed them, and shod
of your fathers was wroth with Judah, them, and gave them to eat and to
he hath delivered them into your hand, drink, and anointed them, and carried
and ye have slain them in a rage that all the feeble of them upon asses, and
10
reacheth up unto heaven. And now brought them to Jericho, the city of

palm trees, to their brethren: then
16
they returned to Samaria.
time did king Ahaz send unto the kings
17
of Assyria to help him. For again the
Edomites had come and smitten Judah,
and carried away captives.
Philistines also had invaded the cities
of the low country, and of the south of
Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh,
and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho
with the villages thereof, and Timnah
with the villages thereof, Gimzo also
and the villages thereof: and
19
dwelt there. For the LORD brought
Judah low because of Ahaz king of
Israel; for he made Judah naked, and
transgressed sore against the LORD.
And Tilgath- pilneser king of Assyria
came unto him, and distressed him,
21
but strengthened him not. For Ahaz
took away a portion out of the house of
the LORD, and out of the house of the
king, and of the princes, and gave it
24
of all Israel. And Ahaz gathered
At that together the vessels of the house of
God, and cut in pieces the vessels of
the house of God, and shut up the
doors of the house of the LORD, and he
18
The made him altars in every corner of
25
Jerusalem. And in every several city
of Judah he made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and provoked
to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
26
Now the rest of his acts and of all his
ways, first and last, behold, they are
they written in the book of the kings of
27
Judah and Israel. And Ahaz slept
with his fathers, and they buried him in
the city, even in Jerusalem: but they
20
brought him not into the sepulchres of
the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his
son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 29
Hezekiah began to reign when he was

unto the king of Assyria: but he helped five and twenty years old, and he

him not. 22
And in the time of his reigned nine and twenty years in

distress did he trespass yet more Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
2
against the LORD: this is that king Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Ahaz. 23
For he sacrificed unto the gods And he did that which was right in the

of Damascus, which smote him: and he sight of the LORD, according to all that
3
said, Because the gods of the kings of David his father had done. He in the

Syria help them, therefore will I first year of his reign, in the first

sacrifice to them, that they may help month, opened the doors of the house
4
me. But they were the ruin of him, and of the LORD, and repaired them. And
he brought in the priests and the Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son
Levites, and gathered them together of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah,
5
into the east street, And said unto of the sons of the Kohathites: and of
them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify the sons of Merari, Kish the son of
now yourselves, and sanctify the house Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel:
of the LORD God of your fathers, and and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of
13
carry forth the filthiness out of the holy Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
6
place. For our fathers have And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri,
trespassed, and done that which was and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph;
14
evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, Zechariah, and Mattaniah: And of the
and have forsaken him, and have sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei:
turned away their faces from the and of the sons of Jeduthun;
15
habitation of the LORD, and turned Shemaiah, and Uzziel. And they
7
their backs. Also they have shut up gathered their brethren, and sanctified
the doors of the porch, and put out the themselves, and came, according to
lamps, and have not burned incense the commandment of the king, by the
nor offered burnt offerings in the holy words of the LORD, to cleanse the
8 16
place unto the God of Israel. house of the LORD. And the priests
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was went into the inner part of the house of
upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought
hath delivered them to trouble, to out all the uncleanness that they found
astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see in the temple of the LORD into the
9
with your eyes. For, lo, our fathers court of the house of the LORD. And
have fallen by the sword, and our sons the Levites took it, to carry it out
17
and our daughters and our wives are in abroad into the brook Kidron. Now
10
captivity for this. Now it is in mine they began on the first day of the first
heart to make a covenant with the month to sanctify, and on the eighth
LORD God of Israel, that his fierce day of the month came they to the
11
wrath may turn away from us. My porch of the LORD: so they sanctified
sons, be not now negligent: for the the house of the LORD in eight days;
LORD hath chosen you to stand before and in the sixteenth day of the first
18
him, to serve him, and that ye should month they made an end. Then they
12
minister unto him, and burn incense. went in to Hezekiah the king, and said,
We have cleansed all the house of the the king commanded that the burnt
LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, offering and the sin offering should be
25
with all the vessels thereof, and the made for all Israel. And he set the
shewbread table, with all the vessels Levites in the house of the LORD with
19
thereof. Moreover all the vessels, cymbals, with psalteries, and with
which king Ahaz in his reign did cast harps, according to the commandment
away in his transgression, have we of David, and of Gad the king's seer,
prepared and sanctified, and, behold, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the
they are before the altar of the LORD. commandment of the LORD by his
20 26
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, prophets. And the Levites stood with
and gathered the rulers of the city, and the instruments of David, and the
21 27
went up to the house of the LORD. priests with the trumpets. And
And they brought seven bullocks, and Hezekiah commanded to offer the
seven rams, and seven lambs, and burnt offering upon the altar. And
seven he goats, for a sin offering for when the burnt offering began, the
the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, song of the LORD began also with the
and for Judah. And he commanded the trumpets, and with the instruments
28
priests the sons of Aaron to offer them ordained by David king of Israel. And
22
on the altar of the LORD. So they all the congregation worshipped, and
killed the bullocks, and the priests the singers sang, and the trumpeters
received the blood, and sprinkled it on sounded: and all this continued until
29
the altar: likewise, when they had the burnt offering was finished. And
killed the rams, they sprinkled the when they had made an end of
blood upon the altar: they killed also offering, the king and all that were
the lambs, and they sprinkled the present with him bowed themselves,
23 30
blood upon the altar. And they and worshipped. Moreover Hezekiah
brought forth the he goats for the sin the king and the princes commanded
offering before the king and the the Levites to sing praise unto the
congregation; and they laid their hands LORD with the words of David, and of
24
upon them: And the priests killed Asaph the seer. And they sang praises
them, and they made reconciliation with gladness, and they bowed their
31
with their blood upon the altar, to heads and worshipped. Then
make an atonement for all Israel: for Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye
have consecrated yourselves unto the 2 Chronicles 30
LORD, come near and bring sacrifices
and thank offerings into the house of And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and
the LORD. And the congregation Judah, and wrote letters also to
brought in sacrifices and thank Ephraim and Manasseh, that they
offerings; and as many as were of a should come to the house of the LORD
32
free heart burnt offerings. And the at Jerusalem, to keep the passover
number of the burnt offerings, which unto the LORD God of Israel. 2
For the
the congregation brought, was king had taken counsel, and his
threescore and ten bullocks, an princes, and all the congregation in
hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the
all these were for a burnt offering to second month. 3
For they could not
33
the LORD. And the consecrated keep it at that time, because the
things were six hundred oxen and priests had not sanctified themselves
34
three thousand sheep. But the sufficiently, neither had the people
priests were too few, so that they gathered themselves together to
could not flay all the burnt offerings: Jerusalem. 4
And the thing pleased the
wherefore their brethren the Levites king and all the congregation. 5
So they
did help them, till the work was ended, established a decree to make
and until the other priests had proclamation throughout all Israel,
sanctified themselves: for the Levites from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that
were more upright in heart to sanctify they should come to keep the passover
35
themselves than the priests. And unto the LORD God of Israel at
also the burnt offerings were in Jerusalem: for they had not done it of
abundance,with the fat of the peace a long time in such sort as it was
offerings, and the drink offerings for written. 6
So the posts went with the
every burnt offering. So the service of letters from the king and his princes
the house of the LORD was set in throughout all Israel and Judah, and
36
order. And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all according to the commandment of the
the people, that God had prepared the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn
people: for the thing was done again unto the LORD God of Abraham,
suddenly. Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to
the remnant of you, that are escaped
out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. unleavened bread in the second month,
7 14
And be not ye like your fathers, and a very great congregation. And they
like your brethren, which trespassed arose and took away the altars that
against the LORD God of their fathers, were in Jerusalem, and all the altars
who therefore gave them up to for incense took they away, and cast
8 15
desolation, as ye see. Now be ye not them into the brook Kidron. Then
stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but they killed the passover on the
yield yourselves unto the LORD, and fourteenth day of the second month:
enter into his sanctuary, which he hath and the priests and the Levites were
sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD ashamed, and sanctified themselves,
your God, that the fierceness of his and brought in the burnt offerings into
9 16
wrath may turn away from you. For if the house of the LORD. And they
ye turn again unto the LORD, your stood in their place after their manner,
brethren and your children shall find according to the law of Moses the man
compassion before them that lead of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,
them captive, so that they shall come which they received of the hand of the
17
again into this land: for the LORD your Levites. For there were many in the
God is gracious and merciful, and will congregation that were not sanctified:
not turn away his face from you, if ye therefore the Levites had the charge of
10
return unto him. So the posts passed the killing of the passovers for every
from city to city through the country of one that was not clean, to sanctify
18
Ephraim and Manasseh even unto them unto the LORD. For a multitude
Zebulun: but they laughed them to of the people, even many of Ephraim,
11
scorn, and mocked them. and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Nevertheless divers of Asher and had not cleansed themselves, yet did
Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled they eat the passover otherwise than it
12
themselves, and came to Jerusalem. was written. But Hezekiah prayed for
Also in Judah the hand of God was to them, saying, The good LORD pardon
19
give them one heart to do the every one That prepareth his heart
commandment of the king and of the to seek God, the LORD God of his
13
princes, by the word of the LORD. fathers, though he be not cleansed
And there assembled at Jerusalem according to the purification of the
20
much people to keep the feast of sanctuary. And the LORD hearkened
 21
to Hezekiah, and healed the people. the Levites arose and blessed the
And the children of Israel that were people: and their voice was heard, and
present at Jerusalem kept the feast of their prayer came up to his holy
unleavened bread seven days with dwelling place, even unto heaven.
great gladness: and the Levites and
the priests praised the LORD day by 2 Chronicles 31
day, singing with loud instruments unto
the LORD. 22
And Hezekiah spake
Now when all this was finished, all

comfortably unto all the Levites that Israel that were present went out to

taught the good knowledge of the the cities of Judah, and brake the

LORD: and they did eat throughout the images in pieces, and cut down the

feast seven days, offering peace groves, and threw down the high

offerings, and making confession to the places and the altars out of all Judah

LORD God of their fathers. 23

And the and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and

whole assembly took counsel to keep Manasseh, until they had utterly

other seven days: and they kept other destroyed them all. Then all the

seven days with gladness. 24

For children of Israel returned, every man

Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the to his possession, into their own cities.
2
congregation a thousand bullocks and And Hezekiah appointed the courses

seven thousand sheep; and the princes of the priests and the Levites after

gave to the congregation a thousand their courses, every man according to

bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and his service, the priests and Levites for

a great number of priests sanctified burnt offerings and for peace offerings,

themselves. 25
And all the congregation to minister, and to give thanks, and to

of Judah, with the priests and the praise in the gates of the tents of the
3
Levites, and all the congregation that LORD. He appointed also the king's

came out of Israel, and the strangers portion of his substance for the burnt

that came out of the land of Israel, and offerings, to wit, for the morning and

that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26

So evening burnt offerings, and the burnt

there was great joy in Jerusalem: for offerings for the sabbaths, and for the

since the time of Solomon the son of new moons, and for the set feasts, as
4
David king of Israel there was not the it is written in the law of the LORD.

like in Jerusalem. 27
Then the priests Moreover he commanded the people
that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the chambers in the house of the LORD;
12
portion of the priests and the Levites, and they prepared them, And
that they might be encouraged in the brought in the offerings and the tithes
5
law of the LORD. And as soon as the and the dedicated things faithfully:
commandment came abroad, the over which Cononiah the Levite was
children of Israel brought in abundance ruler, and Shimei his brother was the
13
the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, next. And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and
and honey, and of all the increase of Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and
the field; and the tithe of all things Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and
6
brought they in abundantly. And Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers
concerning the children of Israel and under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei
Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, his brother, at the commandment of
they also brought in the tithe of oxen Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the
14
and sheep, and the tithe of holy things ruler of the house of God. And Kore
which were consecrated unto the LORD the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter
7
their God, and laid them by heaps. In toward the east, was over the freewill
the third month they began to lay the offerings of God, to distribute the
foundation of the heaps, and finished oblations of the LORD, and the most
8 15
them in the seventh month. And holy things. And next him were
when Hezekiah and the princes came Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
and saw the heaps, they blessed the Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in
9
LORD, and his people Israel. Then the cities of the priests, in their set
Hezekiah questioned with the priests office, to give to their brethren by
and the Levites concerning the heaps. courses, as well to the great as to the
10 16
And Azariah the chief priest of the small: Beside their genealogy of
house of Zadok answered him, and males, from three years old and
said, Since the people began to bring upward, even unto every one that
the offerings into the house of the entereth into the house of the LORD,
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and his daily portion for their service in
have left plenty: for the LORD hath their charges according to their
17
blessed his people; and that which is courses; Both to the genealogy of
11
left is this great store. Then the priests by the house of their
Hezekiah commanded to prepare fathers, and the Levites from twenty
years old and upward, in their charges he was purposed to fight against
18 3
by their courses; And to the Jerusalem, He took counsel with his
genealogy of all their little ones, their princes and his mighty men to stop the
wives, and their sons, and their waters of the fountains which were
daughters, through all the without the city: and they did help
4
congregation: for in their set office him. So there was gathered much
they sanctified themselves in holiness: people together, who stopped all the
19
Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, fountains, and the brook that ran
which were in the fields of the suburbs through the midst of the land, saying,
of their cities, in every several city, the Why should the kings of Assyria come,
5
men that were expressed by name, to and find much water? Also he
give portions to all the males among strengthened himself, and built up all
the priests, and to all that were the wall that was broken, and raised it
reckoned by genealogies among the up to the towers, and another wall
20
Levites. And thus did Hezekiah without, and repaired Millo in the city
throughout all Judah, and wrought that of David, and made darts and shields
6
which was good and right and truth in abundance. And he set captains of
21
before the LORD his God. And in war over the people, and gathered
every work that he began in the them together to him in the street of
service of the house of God, and in the the gate of the city, and spake
7
law, and in the commandments, to comfortably to them, saying, Be
seek his God, he did it with all his strong and courageous, be not afraid
heart, and prospered. nor dismayed for the king of Assyria,
nor for all the multitude that is with
2 Chronicles 32 him: for there be more with us than
8
with him: With him is an arm of flesh;
After these things, and the
but with us is the LORD our God to
establishment thereof, Sennacherib help us, and to fight our battles. And
king of Assyria came, and entered into the people rested themselves upon the
Judah, and encamped against the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 9

fenced cities, and thought to win them After this did Sennacherib king of
2
for himself. And when Hezekiah saw Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem,
that Sennacherib was come, and that (but he himself laid siege against
 16
Lachish, and all his power with him,) And his servants spake yet more
unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto against the LORD God, and against his
17
all Judah that were at Jerusalem, servant Hezekiah. He wrote also
10
saying, Thus saith Sennacherib king letters to rail on the LORD God of
of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that Israel, and to speak against him,
11
ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? saying, As the gods of the nations of
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to other lands have not delivered their
give over yourselves to die by famine people out of mine hand, so shall not
and by thirst, saying, The LORD our the God of Hezekiah deliver his people
18
God shall deliver us out of the hand of out of mine hand. Then they cried
12
the king of Assyria? Hath not the with a loud voice in the Jews' speech
same Hezekiah taken away his high unto the people of Jerusalem that were
places and his altars, and commanded on the wall, to affright them, and to
Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall trouble them; that they might take the
19
worship before one altar, and burn city. And they spake against the God
13
incense upon it? Know ye not what I of Jerusalem, as against the gods of
and my fathers have done unto all the the people of the earth, which were the
20
people of other lands? were the gods of work of the hands of man. And for
the nations of those lands any ways this cause Hezekiah the king, and the
able to deliver their lands out of mine prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed
14 21
hand? Who was there among all the and cried to heaven. And the LORD
gods of those nations that my fathers sent an angel, which cut off all the
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his mighty men of valour, and the leaders
people out of mine hand, that your God and captains in the camp of the king of
should be able to deliver you out of Assyria. So he returned with shame of
15
mine hand? Now therefore let not face to his own land. And when he was
Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade come into the house of his god, they
you on this manner, neither yet believe that came forth of his own bowels slew
22
him: for no god of any nation or him there with the sword. Thus the
kingdom was able to deliver his people LORD saved Hezekiah and the
out of mine hand, and out of the hand inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand
of my fathers: how much less shall of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and
your God deliver you out of mine hand? from the hand of all other, and guided
 23
them on every side. And many watercourse of Gihon, and brought it
brought gifts unto the LORD to straight down to the west side of the
Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah city of David. And Hezekiah prospered
31
king of Judah: so that he was in all his works. Howbeit in the
magnified in the sight of all nations business of the ambassadors of the
24
from thenceforth. In those days princes of Babylon, who sent unto him
Hezekiah was sick to the death, and to enquire of the wonder that was done
prayed unto the LORD: and he spake in the land, God left him, to try him,
25
unto him, and he gave him a sign. that he might know all that was in his
32
But Hezekiah rendered not again heart. Now the rest of the acts of
according to the benefit done unto Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,
him; for his heart was lifted up: they are written in the vision of Isaiah
therefore there was wrath upon him, the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in
26
and upon Judah and Jerusalem. the book of the kings of Judah and
33
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled Israel. And Hezekiah slept with his
himself for the pride of his heart, both fathers, and they buried him in the
he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons
that the wrath of the LORD came not of David: and all Judah and the
27
upon them in the days of Hezekiah. inhabitants of Jerusalem did him
And Hezekiah had exceeding much honour at his death. And Manasseh his
riches and honour: and he made son reigned in his stead.
himself treasuries for silver, and for
gold, and for precious stones, and for 2 Chronicles 33
spices, and for shields, and for all
manner of pleasant jewels; 28 Manasseh was twelve years old when

Storehouses also for the increase of he began to reign, and he reigned fifty
2
corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for and five years in Jerusalem: But did

all manner of beasts, and cotes for that which was evil in the sight of the

flocks. 29
Moreover he provided him LORD, like unto the abominations of

cities, and possessions of flocks and the heathen, whom the LORD had cast
3
herds in abundance: for God had given out before the children of Israel. For

him substance very much. 30

This same he built again the high places which

Hezekiah also stopped the upper Hezekiah his father had broken down,
and he reared up altars for Baalim, and LORD had destroyed before the
10
made groves, and worshipped all the children of Israel. And the LORD
4
host of heaven, and served them. spake to Manasseh, and to his people:
11
Also he built altars in the house of the but they would not hearken.
LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Wherefore the LORD brought upon
5
Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. them the captains of the host of the
And he built altars for all the host of king of Assyria, which took Manasseh
heaven in the two courts of the house among the thorns, and bound him with
6 12
of the LORD. And he caused his fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
children to pass through the fire in the And when he was in affliction, he
valley of the son of Hinnom: also he besought the LORD his God, and
observed times, and used humbled himself greatly before the
13
enchantments, and used witchcraft, God of his fathers, And prayed unto
and dealt with a familiar spirit, and him: and he was intreated of him, and
with wizards: he wrought much evil in heard his supplication, and brought
the sight of the LORD, to provoke him him again to Jerusalem into his
7
to anger. And he set a carved image, kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that
14
the idol which he had made, in the the LORD he was God. Now after this
house of God, of which God had said to he built a wall without the city of
David and to Solomon his son, In this David, on the west side of Gihon, in
house, and in Jerusalem, which I have the valley, even to the entering in at
chosen before all the tribes of Israel, the fish gate, and compassed about
8
will I put my name for ever: Neither Ophel, and raised it up a very great
will I any more remove the foot of height, and put captains of war in all
15
Israel from out of the land which I the fenced cities of Judah. And he
have appointed for your fathers; so took away the strange gods, and the
that they will take heed to do all that I idol out of the house of the LORD, and
have commanded them, according to all the altars that he had built in the
the whole law and the statutes and the mount of the house of the LORD, and
9
ordinances by the hand of Moses. So in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the
16
Manasseh made Judah and the city. And he repaired the altar of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace
do worse than the heathen, whom the offerings and thank offerings, and
 25
commanded Judah to serve the LORD his own house. But the people of the
17
God of Israel. Nevertheless the land slew all them that had conspired
people did sacrifice still in the high against king Amon; and the people of
places, yet unto the LORD their God the land made Josiah his son king in
18
only. Now the rest of the acts of his stead.
Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God,
and the words of the seers that spake 2 Chronicles 34
to him in the name of the LORD God of
Israel, behold, they are written in the
Josiah was eight years old when he

book of the kings of Israel. 19

His began to reign, and he reigned in
2
prayer also, and how God was Jerusalem one and thirty years. And

intreated of him, and all his sin, and he did that which was right in the sight

his trespass, and the places wherein he of the LORD, and walked in the ways of

built high places, and set up groves David his father, and declined neither
3
and graven images, before he was to the right hand, nor to the left. For

humbled: behold, they are written in the eighth year of his reign, while he

among the sayings of the seers. 20

So was yet young, he began to seek after

Manasseh slept with his fathers, and the God of David his father: and in the

they buried him in his own house: and twelfth year he began to purge Judah

Amon his son reigned in his stead. 21 and Jerusalem from the high places,

Amon was two and twenty years old and the groves, and the carved
4
when he began to reign, and reigned images, and the molten images. And

two years in Jerusalem. 22

But he did they brake down the altars of Baalim in

that which was evil in the sight of the his presence; and the images, that

LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for were on high above them, he cut

Amon sacrificed unto all the carved down; and the groves, and the carved

images which Manasseh his father had images, and the molten images, he

made, and served them; 23

And brake in pieces, and made dust of

humbled not himself before the LORD, them, and strowed it upon the graves

as Manasseh his father had humbled of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5
himself; but Amon trespassed more And he burnt the bones of the priests

and more. 24
And his servants upon their altars, and cleansed Judah
6
conspired against him, and slew him in and Jerusalem. And so did he in the
cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and did the work faithfully: and the
Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their overseers of them were Jahath and
7
mattocks round about. And when he Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of
had broken down the altars and the Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam,
groves, and had beaten the graven of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it
images into powder, and cut down all forward; and other of the Levites, all
the idols throughout all the land of that could skill of instruments of
8 13
Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. Now musick. Also they were over the
in the eighteenth year of his reign, bearers of burdens, and were
when he had purged the land, and the overseers of all that wrought the work
house, he sent Shaphan the son of in any manner of service: and of the
Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of Levites there were scribes, and
14
the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz officers, and porters. And when they
the recorder, to repair the house of the brought out the money that was
9
LORD his God. And when they came brought into the house of the LORD,
to Hilkiah the high priest, they Hilkiah the priest found a book of the
15
delivered the money that was brought law of the LORD given by Moses. And
into the house of God, which the Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan
Levites that kept the doors had the scribe, I have found the book of
gathered of the hand of Manasseh and the law in the house of the LORD. And
Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16
Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; And Shaphan carried the book to the
10
and they returned to Jerusalem. And king, and brought the king word back
they put it in the hand of the workmen again, saying, All that was committed
17
that had the oversight of the house of to thy servants, they do it. And they
the LORD, and they gave it to the have gathered together the money that
workmen that wrought in the house of was found in the house of the LORD,
the LORD, to repair and amend the and have delivered it into the hand of
11
house: Even to the artificers and the overseers, and to the hand of the
18
builders gave they it, to buy hewn workmen. Then Shaphan the scribe
stone, and timber for couplings, and to told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
floor the houses which the kings of hath given me a book. And Shaphan
12 19
Judah had destroyed. And the men read it before the king. And it came
to pass, when the king had heard the with all the works of their hands;
words of the law, that he rent his therefore my wrath shall be poured out
20
clothes. And the king commanded upon this place, and shall not be
26
Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of quenched. And as for the king of
Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, Judah, who sent you to enquire of the
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus
21
servant of the king's, saying, Go, saith the LORD God of Israel
enquire of the LORD for me, and for concerning the words which thou hast
27
them that are left in Israel and in heard; Because thine heart was
Judah, concerning the words of the tender, and thou didst humble thyself
book that is found: for great is the before God, when thou heardest his
wrath of the LORD that is poured out words against this place, and against
upon us, because our fathers have not the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst
kept the word of the LORD, to do after thyself before me, and didst rend thy
22
all that is written in this book. And clothes, and weep before me; I have
Hilkiah, and they that the king had even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
28
appointed, went to Huldah the Behold, I will gather thee to thy
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to
son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, thy grave in peace, neither shall thine
keeper of the wardrobe; (now she eyes see all the evil that I will bring
dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and upon this place, and upon the
23
they spake to her to that effect. And inhabitants of the same. So they
29
she answered them, Thus saith the brought the king word again. Then
LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man the king sent and gathered together all
24 30
that sent you to me, Thus saith the the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon And the king went up into the house of
this place, and upon the inhabitants the LORD, and all the men of Judah,
thereof, even all the curses that are and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
written in the book which they have the priests, and the Levites, and all the
25
read before the king of Judah: people, great and small: and he read in
Because they have forsaken me, and their ears all the words of the book of
have burned incense unto other gods, the covenant that was found in the
31
that they might provoke me to anger house of the LORD. And the king
stood in his place, and made a son of David king of Israel did build; it
covenant before the LORD, to walk shall not be a burden upon your
after the LORD, and to keep his shoulders: serve now the LORD your
4
commandments, and his testimonies, God, and his people Israel, And
and his statutes, with all his heart, and prepare yourselves by the houses of
with all his soul, to perform the words your fathers, after your courses,
of the covenant which are written in according to the writing of David king
32
this book. And he caused all that of Israel, and according to the writing
5
were present in Jerusalem and of Solomon his son. And stand in the
Benjamin to stand to it. And the holy place according to the divisions of
inhabitants of Jerusalem did according the families of the fathers of your
to the covenant of God, the God of brethren the people, and after the
33 6
their fathers. And Josiah took away division of the families of the Levites.
all the abominations out of all the So kill the passover, and sanctify
countries that pertained to the children yourselves, and prepare your brethren,
of Israel, and made all that were that they may do according to the word
7
present in Israel to serve, even to of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
serve the LORD their God. And all his And Josiah gave to the people, of the
days they departed not from following flock, lambs and kids, all for the
the LORD, the God of their fathers. passover offerings, for all that were
present, to the number of thirty
2 Chronicles 35 thousand, and three thousand bullocks:
8
these were of the king's substance.
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto
And his princes gave willingly unto the
the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed people, to the priests, and to the
the passover on the fourteenth day of Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and
2
the first month. And he set the Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave
priests in their charges, and unto the priests for the passover
encouraged them to the service of the offerings two thousand and six hundred
3
house of the LORD, And said unto the small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9

Levites that taught all Israel, which Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and
were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah
ark in the house which Solomon the and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the
Levites, gave unto the Levites for might not depart from their service; for
passover offerings five thousand small their brethren the Levites prepared for
10 16
cattle, and five hundred oxen. So the them. So all the service of the LORD
service was prepared, and the priests was prepared the same day, to keep
stood in their place, and the Levites in the passover, and to offer burnt
their courses, according to the king's offerings upon the altar of the LORD,
11
commandment. And they killed the according to the commandment of king
17
passover, and the priests sprinkled the Josiah. And the children of Israel
blood from their hands, and the Levites that were present kept the passover at
12
flayed them. And they removed the that time, and the feast of unleavened
18
burnt offerings, that they might give bread seven days. And there was no
according to the divisions of the passover like to that kept in Israel
families of the people, to offer unto the from the days of Samuel the prophet;
LORD, as it is written in the book of neither did all the kings of Israel keep
Moses. And so did they with the oxen. such a passover as Josiah kept, and
13
And they roasted the passover with the priests, and the Levites, and all
fire according to the ordinance: but the Judah and Israel that were present,
19
other holy offerings sod they in pots, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In
and in caldrons, and in pans, and the eighteenth year of the reign of
20
divided them speedily among all the Josiah was this passover kept. After
14
people. And afterward they made all this, when Josiah had prepared the
ready for themselves, and for the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up
priests: because the priests the sons of to fight against Charchemish by
Aaron were busied in offering of burnt Euphrates: and Josiah went out against
21
offerings and the fat until night; him. But he sent ambassadors to
therefore the Levites prepared for him, saying, What have I to do with
themselves, and for the priests the thee, thou king of Judah? I come not
15
sons of Aaron. And the singers the against thee this day, but against the
sons of Asaph were in their place, house wherewith I have war: for God
according to the commandment of commanded me to make haste: forbear
David, and Asaph, and Heman, and thee from meddling with God, who is
22
Jeduthun the king's seer; and the with me, that he destroy thee not.
porters waited at every gate; they Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his
face from him, but disguised himself, him king in his father's stead in
2
that he might fight with him, and Jerusalem. Jehoahaz was twenty and
hearkened not unto the words of Necho three years old when he began to
from the mouth of God, and came to reign, and he reigned three months in
23 3
fight in the valley of Megiddo. And Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt put
the archers shot at king Josiah; and him down at Jerusalem, and
the king said to his servants, Have me condemned the land in an hundred
24 4
away; for I am sore wounded. His talents of silver and a talent of gold.
servants therefore took him out of that And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his
chariot, and put him in the second brother king over Judah and Jerusalem,
chariot that he had; and they brought and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And
him to Jerusalem, and he died, and Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and
5
was buried in one of the sepulchres of carried him to Egypt. Jehoiakim was
his fathers. And all Judah and twenty and five years old when he
25
Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. And began to reign, and he reigned eleven
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all years in Jerusalem: and he did that
the singing men and the singing which was evil in the sight of the LORD
6
women spake of Josiah in their his God. Against him came up
lamentations to this day, and made Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
them an ordinance in Israel: and, bound him in fetters, to carry him to
7
behold, they are written in the Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also carried
26
lamentations. Now the rest of the of the vessels of the house of the LORD
acts of Josiah, and his goodness, to Babylon, and put them in his temple
8
according to that which was written in at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts
27
the law of the LORD, And his deeds, of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
first and last, behold, they are written which he did, and that which was found
in the book of the kings of Israel and in him, behold, they are written in the
Judah. book of the kings of Israel and Judah:
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his
2 Chronicles 36 stead. 9
Jehoiachin was eight years old
when he began to reign, and he
Then the people of the land took
reigned three months and ten days in
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made Jerusalem: and he did that which was
 10
evil in the sight of the LORD. And Therefore he brought upon them the
when the year was expired, king king of the Chaldees, who slew their
Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him young men with the sword in the house
to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of of their sanctuary, and had no
the house of the LORD, and made compassion upon young man or
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah maiden, old man, or him that stooped
11
and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one for age: he gave them all into his
18
and twenty years old when he began to hand. And all the vessels of the
reign, and reigned eleven years in house of God, great and small, and the
12
Jerusalem. And he did that which treasures of the house of the LORD,
was evil in the sight of the LORD his and the treasures of the king, and of
God, and humbled not himself before his princes; all these he brought to
19
Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Babylon. And they burnt the house of
13
the mouth of the LORD. And he also God, and brake down the wall of
rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces
who had made him swear by God: but thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
20
he stiffened his neck, and hardened his goodly vessels thereof. And them
heart from turning unto the LORD God that had escaped from the sword
14
of Israel. Moreover all the chief of carried he away to Babylon; where
the priests, and the people, they were servants to him and his sons
transgressed very much after all the until the reign of the kingdom of
21
abominations of the heathen; and Persia: To fulfil the word of the LORD
polluted the house of the LORD which by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the
15
he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as
the LORD God of their fathers sent to long as she lay desolate she kept
them by his messengers, rising up sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten
22
betimes, and sending; because he had years. Now in the first year of Cyrus
compassion on his people, and on his king of Persia, that the word of the
16
dwelling place: But they mocked the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah
messengers of God, and despised his might be accomplished, the LORD
words, and misused his prophets, until stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
the wrath of the LORD arose against Persia, that he made a proclamation
17
his people, till there was no remedy. throughout all his kingdom, and put it
 23
also in writing, saying, Thus saith
Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms
of the earth hath the LORD God of
heaven given me; and he hath charged
me to build him an house in Jerusalem,
which is in Judah. Who is there among
you of all his people? The LORD his
God be with him, and let him go up.
 EZRA

Ezra 1 Levites, with all them whose spirit God

had raised, to go up to build the house
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6

Persia, that the word of the LORD by And all they that were about them

the mouth of Jeremiah might be strengthened their hands with vessels

fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of silver, with gold, with goods, and

of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a with beasts, and with precious things,
7
proclamation throughout all his beside all that was willingly offered.

kingdom, and put it also in writing, Also Cyrus the king brought forth the

saying, 2
Thus saith Cyrus king of vessels of the house of the LORD,

Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath which Nebuchadnezzar had brought

given me all the kingdoms of the forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
8
earth; and he hath charged me to build them in the house of his gods; Even

him an house at Jerusalem, which is in those did Cyrus king of Persia bring

Judah. 3
Who is there among you of all forth by the hand of Mithredath the

his people? his God be with him, and treasurer, and numbered them unto
9
let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

Judah, and build the house of the LORD And this is the number of them: thirty

God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is chargers of gold, a thousand chargers
10
in Jerusalem. 4
And whosoever of silver, nine and twenty knives,

remaineth in any place where he Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of

sojourneth, let the men of his place a second sort four hundred and ten,
11
help him with silver, and with gold, and and other vessels a thousand. All the

with goods, and with beasts, beside the vessels of gold and of silver were five

freewill offering for the house of God thousand and four hundred. All these

that is in Jerusalem. 5
Then rose up the did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of

chief of the fathers of Judah and the captivity that were brought up from

Benjamin, and the priests, and the Babylon unto Jerusalem.

 14
Ezra 2 and six. The children of Bigvai, two
15
thousand fifty and six. The children
Now these are the children of the of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16

province that went up out of the The children of Ater of Hezekiah,

17
captivity, of those which had been ninety and eight. The children of

carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18
the king of Babylon had carried away The children of Jorah, an hundred
19
unto Babylon, and came again unto and twelve. The children of Hashum,
20
Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto two hundred twenty and three. The
21
his city; 2
Which came with children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, The children of Bethlehem, an hundred

22
Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, twenty and three. The men of
23
Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The Netophah, fifty and six. The men of

number of the men of the people of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and

24
Israel: 3
The children of Parosh, two eight. The children of Azmaveth,
25
thousand an hundred seventy and two. forty and two. The children of
4
The children of Shephatiah, three Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth,
26
hundred seventy and two. 5
The seven hundred and forty and three.

children of Arah, seven hundred The children of Ramah and Gaba, six
27
seventy and five. 6
The children of hundred twenty and one. The men of

Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

28
and Joab, two thousand eight hundred The men of Bethel and Ai, two
29
and twelve. 7
The children of Elam, a hundred twenty and three. The
30
thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 children of Nebo, fifty and two. The

The children of Zattu, nine hundred children of Magbish, an hundred fifty

31
forty and five. 9
The children of Zaccai, and six. The children of the other

seven hundred and threescore. 10

The Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
32
children of Bani, six hundred forty and four. The children of Harim, three
33
two. 11
The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty. The children of

hundred twenty and three. 12

The Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred
34
children of Azgad, a thousand two twenty and five. The children of
35
hundred twenty and two. 13
The Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty The children of Senaah, three thousand
 36
and six hundred and thirty. The Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the
51
priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the children of Nephusim, The children of
house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the
37 52
and three. The children of Immer, a children of Harhur, The children of
38
thousand fifty and two. The children Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the
53
of Pashur, a thousand two hundred children of Harsha, The children of
39
forty and seven. The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
40 54
Harim, a thousand and seventeen. children of Thamah, The children of
55
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, children of Solomon's servants: the
41
seventy and four. The singers: the children of Sotai, the children of
56
children of Asaph, an hundred twenty Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
42
and eight. The children of the The children of Jaalah, the children of
57
porters: the children of Shallum, the Darkon, the children of Giddel, The
children of Ater, the children of children of Shephatiah, the children of
Talmon, the children of Akkub, the Hattil, the children of Pochereth of
58
children of Hatita, the children of Zebaim, the children of Ami. All the
Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and Nethinims, and the children of
43
nine. The Nethinims: the children of Solomon's servants, were three
59
Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the hundred ninety and two. And these
44
children of Tabbaoth, The children of were they which went up from Tel-
Keros, the children of Siaha, the melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and
45
children of Padon, The children of Immer: but they could not shew their
Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the father's house, and their seed, whether
46 60
children of Akkub, The children of they were of Israel: The children of
Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the
47
children of Hanan, The children of children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty
61
Giddel, the children of Gahar, the and two. And of the children of the
48
children of Reaiah, The children of priests: the children of Habaiah, the
Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Koz, the children of
49
children of Gazzam, The children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
Uzza, the children of Paseah, the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and
50 62
children of Besai, The children of was called after their name: These
sought their register among those that porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in
were reckoned by genealogy, but they their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
were not found: therefore were they,
as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 Ezra 3
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that
they should not eat of the most holy
And when the seventh month was

things, till there stood up a priest with come, and the children of Israel were

Urim and with Thummim. 64

The whole in the cities, the people gathered

congregation together was forty and themselves together as one man to

2
two thousand three hundred and Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the

threescore, 65
Beside their servants and son of Jozadak, and his brethren the

their maids, of whom there were seven priests, and Zerubbabel the son of

thousand three hundred thirty and Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded

seven: and there were among them the altar of the God of Israel, to offer

two hundred singing men and singing burnt offerings thereon, as it is written
3
women. 66
Their horses were seven in the law of Moses the man of God.

hundred thirty and six; their mules, And they set the altar upon his bases;

two hundred forty and five; 67

Their for fear was upon them because of the

camels, four hundred thirty and five; people of those countries: and they

their asses, six thousand seven offered burnt offerings thereon unto

hundred and twenty. 68

And some of the LORD, even burnt offerings
4
the chief of the fathers, when they morning and evening. They kept also

came to the house of the LORD which the feast of tabernacles, as it is

is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the written, and offered the daily burnt

house of God to set it up in his place: offerings by number, according to the

69
They gave after their ability unto the custom, as the duty of every day
5
treasure of the work threescore and required; And afterward offered the

one thousand drams of gold, and five continual burnt offering, both of the

thousand pound of silver, and one new moons, and of all the set feasts of

hundred priests garments. 70

So the the LORD that were consecrated, and

priests, and the Levites, and some of of every one that willingly offered a
6
the people, and the singers, and the freewill offering unto the LORD. From
the first day of the seventh month
began they to offer burnt offerings
unto the LORD. But the foundation of
the temple of the LORD was not yet
7
laid. They gave money also unto the
masons, and to the carpenters; and
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of
Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of
Joppa, according to the grant that they
8
had of Cyrus king of Persia.
the second year of their coming unto
the house of God at Jerusalem, in the
second month, began Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and the remnant
brethren the priests and the Levites,
and all they that were come out of the
captivity unto Jerusalem;
appointed the Levites, from
years old and upward, to set forward
the work of the house of the LORD.
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and
his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the
sons of Judah, together, to set forward
the workmen in the house of God: the
sons of Henadad, with their sons and
their brethren the Levites. 10
And when
the builders laid the foundation of the
temple of the LORD, they
priests in their apparel with trumpets,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with
cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the
ordinance of David king of Israel.
And they sang together by course in
praising and giving thanks unto the
LORD; because he is good, for his
mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.
And all the people shouted with a great
shout, when they praised the LORD,
because the foundation of the house of
12
the LORD was laid. But many of the
priests and Levites and chief of the
Now in fathers, who were ancient men, that
had seen the first house, when the
foundation of this house was laid
before their eyes, wept with a loud
voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
13
of their So that the people could not discern
the noise of the shout of joy from the
noise of the weeping of the people: for
and the people shouted with a loud shout,
twenty and the noise was heard afar off.
9 Ezra 4
Now when the adversaries of Judah
and Benjamin heard that the children
of the captivity builded the temple unto
2
the LORD God of Israel; Then they
came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of
the fathers, and said unto them, Let us
set the build with you: for we seek your God,
as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him
since the days of Esar- haddon king of
3
Assur, which brought us up hither.
11 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the
 10
rest of the chief of the fathers of Dehavites, and the Elamites, And the
Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing rest of the nations whom the great and
to do with us to build an house unto noble Asnapper brought over, and set
our God; but we ourselves together will in the cities of Samaria, and the rest
build unto the LORD God of Israel, as that are on this side the river, and at
11
king Cyrus the king of Persia hath such a time. This is the copy of the
4
commanded us. Then the people of letter that they sent unto him, even
the land weakened the hands of the unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants
people of Judah, and troubled them in the men on this side the river, and at
5 12
building, And hired counsellors such a time. Be it known unto the
against them, to frustrate their king, that the Jews which came up
purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of from thee to us are come unto
Persia, even until the reign of Darius Jerusalem, building the rebellious and
6
king of Persia. And in the reign of the bad city, and have set up the walls
13
Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his thereof, and joined the foundations.
reign, wrote they unto him an Be it known now unto the king, that, if
accusation against the inhabitants of this city be builded, and the walls set
7
Judah and Jerusalem. And in the days up again, then will they not pay toll,
of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt
14
Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of endamage the revenue of the kings.
their companions, unto Artaxerxes king Now because we have maintenance
of Persia; and the writing of the letter from the king's palace, and it was not
was written in the Syrian tongue, and meet for us to see the king's
8
interpreted in the Syrian tongue. dishonour, therefore have we sent and
15
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the certified the king; That search may
scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem be made in the book of the records of
9
to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and book of the records, and know that this
Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of city is a rebellious city, and hurtful
their companions; the Dinaites, the unto kings and provinces, and that
Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the they have moved sedition within the
Apharsites, the Archevites, the same of old time: for which cause was
16
Babylonians, the Susanchites, the this city destroyed. We certify the
 24
king that, if this city be builded again, power. Then ceased the work of the
and the walls thereof set up, by this house of God which is at Jerusalem. So
means thou shalt have no portion on it ceased unto the second year of the
17
this side the river. Then sent the reign of Darius king of Persia.
king an answer unto Rehum the
chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, Ezra 5
and to the rest of their companions
that dwell in Samaria, and unto the
Then the prophets, Haggai the

rest beyond the river, Peace, and at prophet, and Zechariah the son of

such a time. 18
The letter which ye sent Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that

unto us hath been plainly read before were in Judah and Jerusalem in the

me. 19
And I commanded, and search name of the God of Israel, even unto
2
hath been made, and it is found that them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the

this city of old time hath made son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of

insurrection against kings, and that Jozadak, and began to build the house

rebellion and sedition have been made of God which is at Jerusalem: and with

therein. 20
There have been mighty them were the prophets of God helping
3
kings also over Jerusalem, which have them. At the same time came to them

ruled over all countries beyond the Tatnai, governor on this side the river,

river; and toll, tribute, and custom, and Shethar- boznai, and their

was paid unto them. 21

Give ye now companions, and said thus unto them,

commandment to cause these men to Who hath commanded you to build this
4
cease, and that this city be not house, and to make up this wall?

builded, until another commandment Then said we unto them after this

shall be given from me. 22

Take heed manner, What are the names of the
5
now that ye fail not to do this: why men that make this building? But the

should damage grow to the hurt of the eye of their God was upon the elders of

kings? 23
Now when the copy of king the Jews, that they could not cause

Artaxerxes' letter was read before them to cease, till the matter came to

Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and Darius: and then they returned answer
6
their companions, they went up in by letter concerning this matter. The

haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor

made them to cease by force and on this side the river, and Shethar-
boznai, and his companions the vessels also of gold and silver of the
Apharsachites, which were on this side house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar
7
the river, sent unto Darius the king: took out of the temple that was in
They sent a letter unto him, wherein Jerusalem, and brought them into the
was written thus; Unto Darius the king, temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the
8
all peace. Be it known unto the king, king take out of the temple of Babylon,
that we went into the province of and they were delivered unto one,
Judea, to the house of the great God, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom
15
which is builded with great stones, and he had made governor; And said
timber is laid in the walls, and this unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry
work goeth fast on, and prospereth in them into the temple that is in
9
their hands. Then asked we those Jerusalem, and let the house of God be
16
elders, and said unto them thus, Who builded in his place. Then came the
commanded you to build this house, same Sheshbazzar, and laid the
10
and to make up these walls? We foundation of the house of God which
asked their names also, to certify thee, is in Jerusalem: and since that time
that we might write the names of the even until now hath it been in building,
11 17
men that were the chief of them. and yet it is not finished. Now
And thus they returned us answer, therefore, if it seem good to the king,
saying, We are the servants of the God let there be search made in the king's
of heaven and earth, and build the treasure house, which is there at
house that was builded these many Babylon, whether it be so, that a
years ago, which a great king of Israel decree was made of Cyrus the king to
12
builded and set up. But after that our build this house of God at Jerusalem,
fathers had provoked the God of and let the king send his pleasure to us
heaven unto wrath, he gave them into concerning this matter.
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon, the Chaldean, who Ezra 6
destroyed this house, and carried the
people away into Babylon. 13
But in the
Then Darius the king made a decree,

first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon and search was made in the house of

the same king Cyrus made a decree to the rolls, where the treasures were laid
2
build this house of God. 14
And the up in Babylon. And there was found
at Achmetha, in the palace that is in house of God: that of the king's goods,
the province of the Medes, a roll, and even of the tribute beyond the river,
3
therein was a record thus written: In forthwith expences be given unto these
9
the first year of Cyrus the king the men, that they be not hindered. And
same Cyrus the king made a decree that which they have need of, both
concerning the house of God at young bullocks, and rams, and lambs,
Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, for the burnt offerings of the God of
the place where they offered sacrifices, heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
and let the foundations thereof be according to the appointment of the
strongly laid; the height thereof priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be
10
threescore cubits, and the breadth given them day by day without fail:
4
thereof threescore cubits; With three That they may offer sacrifices of sweet
rows of great stones, and a row of new savours unto the God of heaven, and
timber: and let the expences be given pray for the life of the king, and of his
5 11
out of the king's house: And also let sons. Also I have made a decree,
the golden and silver vessels of the that whosoever shall alter this word,
house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar let timber be pulled down from his
took forth out of the temple which is at house, and being set up, let him be
Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, hanged thereon; and let his house be
12
be restored, and brought again unto made a dunghill for this. And the
the temple which is at Jerusalem, God that hath caused his name to dwell
every one to his place, and place them there destroy all kings and people, that
6
in the house of God. Now therefore, shall put to their hand to alter and to
Tatnai, governor beyond the river, destroy this house of God which is at
Shethar-boznai, and your companions Jerusalem. I Darius have made a
13
the Apharsachites, which are beyond decree; let it be done with speed.
7
the river, be ye far from thence: Let Then Tatnai, governor on this side the
the work of this house of God alone; river, Shethar-boznai, and their
let the governor of the Jews and the companions, according to that which
elders of the Jews build this house of Darius the king had sent, so they did
8 14
God in his place. Moreover I make a speedily. And the elders of the Jews
decree what ye shall do to the elders of builded, and they prospered through
these Jews for the building of this the prophesying of Haggai the prophet
and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And captivity, and all such as had
they builded, and finished it, according separated themselves unto them from
to the commandment of the God of the filthiness of the heathen of the
Israel, and according to the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel,
22
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, did eat, And kept the feast of
15
and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And unleavened bread seven days with joy:
this house was finished on the third for the LORD had made them joyful,
day of the month Adar, which was in and turned the heart of the king of
the sixth year of the reign of Darius Assyria unto them, to strengthen their
16
the king. And the children of Israel, hands in the work of the house of God,
the priests, and the Levites, and the the God of Israel.
rest of the children of the captivity,
kept the dedication of this house of Ezra 7
17
God with joy, And offered at the
dedication of this house of God an
Now after these things, in the reign of

hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son

four hundred lambs; and for a sin of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son
2
offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, of Hilkiah, The son of Shallum, the
3
according to the number of the tribes son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, The

of Israel. 18
And they set the priests in son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the
4
their divisions, and the Levites in their son of Meraioth, The son of Zerahiah,
5
courses, for the service of God, which the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, The

is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas,

book of Moses. 19
And the children of the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
6
the captivity kept the passover upon the chief priest: This Ezra went up

the fourteenth day of the first month. from Babylon; and he was a ready
20
For the priests and the Levites were scribe in the law of Moses, which the

purified together, all of them were LORD God of Israel had given: and the

pure, and killed the passover for all the king granted him all his request,

children of the captivity, and for their according to the hand of the LORD his
7
brethren the priests, and for God upon him. And there went up

themselves. 21
And the children of some of the children of Israel, and of

Israel, which were come again out of the priests, and the Levites, and the
singers, and the porters, and the counsellors have freely offered unto
Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the the God of Israel, whose habitation is
8 16
seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. in Jerusalem, And all the silver and
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth gold that thou canst find in all the
month, which was in the seventh year province of Babylon, with the freewill
9
of the king. For upon the first day of offering of the people, and of the
the first month began he to go up from priests, offering willingly for the house
17
Babylon, and on the first day of the of their God which is in Jerusalem:
fifth month came he to Jerusalem, That thou mayest buy speedily with
according to the good hand of his God this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with
10
upon him. For Ezra had prepared his their meat offerings and their drink
heart to seek the law of the LORD, and offerings, and offer them upon the
to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes altar of the house of your God which is
11 18
and judgments. Now this is the copy in Jerusalem. And whatsoever shall
of the letter that the king Artaxerxes seem good to thee, and to thy
gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, brethren, to do with the rest of the
even a scribe of the words of the silver and the gold, that do after the
19
commandments of the LORD, and of will of your God. The vessels also
12
his statutes to Israel. Artaxerxes, that are given thee for the service of
king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a the house of thy God, those deliver
20
scribe of the law of the God of heaven, thou before the God of Jerusalem.
13
perfect peace, and at such a time. I And whatsoever more shall be needful
make a decree, that all they of the for the house of thy God, which thou
people of Israel, and of his priests and shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow
21
Levites, in my realm, which are minded it out of the king's treasure house.
of their own freewill to go up to And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do
14
Jerusalem, go with thee. Forasmuch make a decree to all the treasurers
as thou art sent of the king, and of his which are beyond the river, that
seven counsellors, to enquire whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe
concerning Judah and Jerusalem, of the law of the God of heaven, shall
22
according to the law of thy God which require of you, it be done speedily,
15
is in thine hand; And to carry the Unto an hundred talents of silver, and
silver and gold, which the king and his to an hundred measures of wheat, and
to an hundred baths of wine, and to an strengthened as the hand of the LORD
hundred baths of oil, and salt without my God was upon me, and I gathered
23
prescribing how much. Whatsoever is together out of Israel chief men to go
commanded by the God of heaven, let up with me.
it be diligently done for the house of
the God of heaven: for why should Ezra 8
there be wrath against the realm of the
king and his sons? 24
Also we certify
These are now the chief of their

you, that touching any of the priests fathers, and this is the genealogy of

and Levites, singers, porters, them that went up with me from

Nethinims, or ministers of this house of Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the

2
God, it shall not be lawful to impose king. Of the sons of Phinehas;

toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;

3
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

God, that is in thine hand, set Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons

magistrates and judges, which may of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him

judge all the people that are beyond were reckoned by genealogy of the
4
the river, all such as know the laws of males an hundred and fifty. Of the

thy God; and teach ye them that know sons of Pahath- moab; Elihoenai the

them not. 26
And whosoever will not do son of Zerahiah, and with him two
5
the law of thy God, and the law of the hundred males. Of the sons of

king, let judgment be executed Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and

6
speedily upon him, whether it be unto with him three hundred males. Of the

death, or to banishment, or to sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of

7
confiscation of goods, or to Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

imprisonment. 27
Blessed be the LORD And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the

God of our fathers, which hath put son of Athaliah, and with him seventy
8
such a thing as this in the king's heart, males. And of the sons of

to beautify the house of the LORD Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of

which is in Jerusalem: 28
And hath Michael, and with him fourscore males.
9
extended mercy unto me before the Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son

king, and his counsellors, and before of Jehiel, and with him two hundred
10
all the king's mighty princes. And I was and eighteen males. And of the sons
of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and understanding, of the sons of Mahli,
with him an hundred and threescore the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
11
males. And of the sons of Bebai; Sherebiah, with his sons and his
19
Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with brethren, eighteen; And Hashabiah,
12
him twenty and eight males. And of and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of
the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Merari, his brethren and their sons,
20
Hakkatan, and with him an hundred twenty; Also of the Nethinims, whom
13
and ten males. And of the last sons David and the princes had appointed
of Adonikam, whose names are these, for the service of the Levites, two
Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of
14 21
with them threescore males. Of the them were expressed by name. Then
sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, I proclaimed a fast there, at the river
15
and with them seventy males. And I of Ahava, that we might afflict
gathered them together to the river ourselves before our God, to seek of
than runneth to Ahava; and there him a right way for us, and for our
22
abode we in tents three days: and I little ones, and for all our substance.
viewed the people, and the priests, and For I was ashamed to require of the
16
found there none of the sons of Levi. king a band of soldiers and horsemen
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for to help us against the enemy in the
Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for way: because we had spoken unto the
Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for king, saying, The hand of our God is
Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for upon all them for good that seek him;
Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, but his power and his wrath is against
23
and for Elnathan, men of all them that forsake him. So we
17
understanding. And I sent them with fasted and besought our God for this:
24
commandment unto Iddo the chief at and he was intreated of us. Then I
the place Casiphia, and I told them separated twelve of the chief of the
what they should say unto Iddo, and to priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten
25
his brethren the Nethinims, at the of their brethren with them, And
place Casiphia, that they should bring weighed unto them the silver, and the
unto us ministers for the house of our gold, and the vessels, even the offering
18
God. And by the good hand of our of the house of our God, which the
God upon us they brought us a man of king, and his counsellors, and his lords,
and all Israel there present, had and with him was Eleazar the son of
26
offered: I even weighed unto their Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad
hand six hundred and fifty talents of the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son
34
silver, and silver vessels an hundred of Binnui, Levites; By number and by
talents, and of gold an hundred weight of every one: and all the weight
27 35
talents; Also twenty basons of gold, was written at that time. Also the
of a thousand drams; and two vessels children of those that had been carried
28
of fine copper, precious as gold. And away, which were come out of the
I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto
LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for
the silver and the gold are a freewill all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy
offering unto the LORD God of your and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a
29
fathers. Watch ye, and keep them, sin offering: all this was a burnt
36
until ye weigh them before the chief of offering unto the LORD. And they
the priests and the Levites, and chief delivered the king's commissions unto
of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, the king's lieutenants, and to the
in the chambers of the house of the governors on this side the river: and
30
LORD. So took the priests and the they furthered the people, and the
Levites the weight of the silver, and house of God.
the gold, and the vessels, to bring
them to Jerusalem unto the house of Ezra 9
31
our God. Then we departed from the
river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the
Now when these things were done, the
first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and princes came to me, saying, The

the hand of our God was upon us, and people of Israel, and the priests, and

he delivered us from the hand of the the Levites, have not separated

enemy, and of such as lay in wait by themselves from the people of the

the way. 32
And we came to Jerusalem, lands, doing according to their

and abode there three days. 33

Now on abominations, even of the Canaanites,

the fourth day was the silver and the the Hittites, the Perizzites, the

gold and the vessels weighed in the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the

house of our God by the hand of Moabites, the Egyptians, and the
2
Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; Amorites. For they have taken of
their daughters for themselves, and for been shewed from the LORD our God,
their sons: so that the holy seed have to leave us a remnant to escape, and
mingled themselves with the people of to give us a nail in his holy place, that
those lands: yea, the hand of the our God may lighten our eyes, and give
9
princes and rulers hath been chief in us a little reviving in our bondage.
3
this trespass. And when I heard this For we were bondmen; yet our God
thing, I rent my garment and my hath not forsaken us in our bondage,
mantle, and plucked off the hair of my but hath extended mercy unto us in
head and of my beard, and sat down the sight of the kings of Persia, to give
4
astonied. Then were assembled unto us a reviving, to set up the house of
me every one that trembled at the our God, and to repair the desolations
words of the God of Israel, because of thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah
10
the transgression of those that had and in Jerusalem. And now, O our
been carried away; and I sat astonied God, what shall we say after this? for
5
until the evening sacrifice. And at the we have forsaken thy commandments,
11
evening sacrifice I arose up from my Which thou hast commanded by thy
heaviness; and having rent my servants the prophets, saying, The
garment and my mantle, I fell upon my land, unto which ye go to possess it, is
knees, and spread out my hands unto an unclean land with the filthiness of
6
the LORD my God. And said, O my the people of the lands, with their
God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up abominations, which have filled it from
my face to thee, my God: for our one end to another with their
12
iniquities are increased over our head, uncleanness. Now therefore give not
and our trespass is grown up unto the your daughters unto their sons, neither
7
heavens. Since the days of our take their daughters unto your sons,
fathers have we been in a great nor seek their peace or their wealth for
trespass unto this day; and for our ever: that ye may be strong, and eat
iniquities have we, our kings, and our the good of the land, and leave it for
priests, been delivered into the hand of an inheritance to your children for
13
the kings of the lands, to the sword, to ever. And after all that is come upon
captivity, and to a spoil, and to us for our evil deeds, and for our great
8
confusion of face, as it is this day. trespass, seeing that thou our God hast
And now for a little space grace hath punished us less than our iniquities
deserve, and hast given us such that tremble at the commandment of
14
deliverance as this; Should we again our God; and let it be done according
4
break thy commandments, and join in to the law. Arise; for this matter
affinity with the people of these belongeth unto thee: we also will be
abominations? wouldest not thou be with thee: be of good courage, and do
5
angry with us till thou hadst consumed it. Then arose Ezra, and made the
us, so that there should be no remnant chief priests, the Levites, and all
15
nor escaping? O LORD God of Israel, Israel, to swear that they should do
thou art righteous: for we remain yet according to this word. And they
6
escaped, as it is this day: behold, we sware. Then Ezra rose up from before
are before thee in our trespasses: for the house of God, and went into the
we cannot stand before thee because chamber of Johanan the son of
of this. Eliashib: and when he came thither, he
did eat no bread, nor drink water: for
Ezra 10 he mourned because of the
transgression of them that had been
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when
carried away. 7
And they made
he had confessed, weeping and casting proclamation throughout Judah and
himself down before the house of God, Jerusalem unto all the children of the
there assembled unto him out of Israel captivity, that they should gather
a very great congregation of men and themselves together unto Jerusalem; 8

women and children: for the people And that whosoever would not come
2
wept very sore. And Shechaniah the within three days, according to the
son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, counsel of the princes and the elders,
answered and said unto Ezra, We have all his substance should be forfeited,
trespassed against our God, and have and himself separated from the
taken strange wives of the people of congregation of those that had been
the land: yet now there is hope in carried away. 9
Then all the men of
3
Israel concerning this thing. Now Judah and Benjamin gathered
therefore let us make a covenant with themselves together unto Jerusalem
our God to put away all the wives, and within three days. It was the ninth
such as are born of them, according to month, on the twentieth day of the
the counsel of my lord, and of those month; and all the people sat in the
street of the house of God, trembling the house of their fathers, and all of
because of this matter, and for the them by their names, were separated,
10
great rain. And Ezra the priest stood and sat down in the first day of the
17
up, and said unto them, Ye have tenth month to examine the matter.
transgressed, and have taken strange And they made an end with all the men
wives, to increase the trespass of that had taken strange wives by the
11 18
Israel. Now therefore make first day of the first month. And
confession unto the LORD God of your among the sons of the priests there
fathers, and do his pleasure: and were found that had taken strange
separate yourselves from the people of wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua
the land, and from the strange wives. the son of Jozadak, and his brethren;
12
Then all the congregation answered Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and
19
and said with a loud voice, As thou Gedaliah. And they gave their hands
13
hast said, so must we do. But the that they would put away their wives;
people are many, and it is a time of and being guilty, they offered a ram of
20
much rain, and we are not able to the flock for their trespass. And of
stand without, neither is this a work of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and
21
one day or two: for we are many that Zebadiah. And of the sons of Harim;
14
have transgressed in this thing. Let Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
22
now our rulers of all the congregation and Jehiel, and Uzziah. And of the
stand, and let all them which have sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah,
taken strange wives in our cities come Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and
23
at appointed times, and with them the Elasah. Also of the Levites; Jozabad,
elders of every city, and the judges and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
thereof, until the fierce wrath of our Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24
God for this matter be turned from us. Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of
15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and
25
Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were Uri. Moreover of Israel: of the sons
employed about this matter: and of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and
16 26
helped them. And the children of the Malchijah, and Benaiah. And of the
captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah,
with certain chief of the fathers, after and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth,
 27 34
and Eliah. And of the sons of Zattu; Manasseh, and Shimei. Of the sons
35
Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
28 36
Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. Of Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, Vaniah,
37
the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Meremoth, Eliashib, Mattaniah,
29 38
Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. And of Mattenai, and Jaasau, And Bani, and
39
the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, Binnui, Shimei, And Shelemiah, and
40
and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Nathan, and Adaiah, Machnadebai,
30 41
Ramoth. And of the sons of Pahath- Shashai, Sharai, Azareel, and
42
moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Shelemiah, Shemariah, Shallum,
43
Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Amariah, and Joseph. Of the sons of
31
Binnui, and Manasseh. And of the Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina,
44
sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. All these
32
Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, had taken strange wives: and some of
33
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. them had wives by whom they had
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, children.
Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai,
THE BOOK OF

NEHEMIAH

Nehemiah 1 day and night, for the children of Israel

thy servants, and confess the sins of
The words of Nehemiah the son of the children of Israel, which we have

Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the sinned against thee: both I and my
7
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, father's house have sinned. We have

as I was in Shushan the palace, 2

That dealt very corruptly against thee, and

Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he have not kept the commandments, nor

and certain men of Judah; and I asked the statutes, nor the judgments, which

them concerning the Jews that had thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8
escaped, which were left of the Remember, I beseech thee, the word

captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 that thou commandedst thy servant

And they said unto me, The remnant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will

that are left of the captivity there in scatter you abroad among the nations:
9
the province are in great affliction and But if ye turn unto me, and keep my

reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is commandments, and do them; though

broken down, and the gates thereof there were of you cast out unto the

are burned with fire. 4

And it came to uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I

pass, when I heard these words, that I gather them from thence, and will

sat down and wept, and mourned bring them unto the place that I have
10
certain days, and fasted, and prayed chosen to set my name there. Now

before the God of heaven, 5

And said, I these are thy servants and thy people,

beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great
11
the great and terrible God, that power, and by thy strong hand. O

keepeth covenant and mercy for them Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear

that love him and observe his be attentive to the prayer of thy

commandments: 6
Let thine ear now be servant, and to the prayer of thy

attentive, and thine eyes open, that servants, who desire to fear thy name:

thou mayest hear the prayer of thy and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant

servant, which I pray before thee now, this day, and grant him mercy in the
 7
sight of this man. For I was the king's I set him a time. Moreover I said unto
cupbearer. the king, If it please the king, let
letters be given me to the governors
Nehemiah 2 beyond the river, that they may convey
8
me over till I come into Judah; And a
And it came to pass in the month
letter unto Asaph the keeper of the
Nisan, in the twentieth year of king's forest, that he may give me
Artaxerxes the king, that wine was timber to make beams for the gates of
before him: and I took up the wine, the palace which appertained to the
and gave it unto the king. Now I had house, and for the wall of the city, and
not been beforetime sad in his for the house that I shall enter into.
2
presence. Wherefore the king said And the king granted me, according to
unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, the good hand of my God upon me. 9

seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing Then I came to the governors beyond
else but sorrow of heart. Then I was the river, and gave them the king's
3
very sore afraid, And said unto the letters. Now the king had sent captains
king, Let the king live for ever: why of the army and horsemen with me. 10

should not my countenance be sad, When Sanballat the Horonite, and

when the city, the place of my fathers' Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly
4
thereof are consumed with fire? Then that there was come a man to seek the
the king said unto me, For what dost welfare of the children of Israel. 11
So I
thou make request? So I prayed to the came to Jerusalem, and was there
5
God of heaven. And I said unto the three days. 12
And I arose in the night,
king, If it please the king, and if thy I and some few men with me; neither
servant have found favour in thy sight, told I any man what my God had put in
that thou wouldest send me unto my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' was there any beast with me, save the
6
sepulchres, that I may build it. And beast that I rode upon. 13
And I went
the king said unto me, (the queen also out by night by the gate of the valley,
sitting by him,) For how long shall thy even before the dragon well, and to the
journey be? and when wilt thou return? dung port, and viewed the walls of
So it pleased the king to send me; and Jerusalem, which were broken down,
and the gates thereof were consumed therefore we his servants will arise and
14
with fire. Then I went on to the gate build: but ye have no portion, nor
of the fountain, and to the king's pool: right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
but there was no place for the beast
that was under me to pass. 15
Then Nehemiah 3
went I up in the night by the brook,
and viewed the wall, and turned back,
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up

and entered by the gate of the valley, with his brethren the priests, and they

and so returned. 16
And the rulers knew builded the sheep gate; they sanctified

not whither I went, or what I did; it, and set up the doors of it; even

neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, unto the tower of Meah they sanctified
2
nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, it, unto the tower of Hananeel. And

nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that next unto him builded the men of

did the work. 17

Then said I unto them, Jericho. And next to them builded
3
Ye see the distress that we are in, how Zaccur the son of Imri. But the fish

Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates gate did the sons of Hassenaah build,

thereof are burned with fire: come, and who also laid the beams thereof, and

let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, set up the doors thereof, the locks
4
that we be no more a reproach. 18
Then thereof, and the bars thereof. And

I told them of the hand of my God next unto them repaired Meremoth the

which was good upon me; as also the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next

king's words that he had spoken unto unto them repaired Meshullam the son

me. And they said, Let us rise up and of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel.

build. So they strengthened their And next unto them repaired Zadok the
5
hands for this good work. 19
But when son of Baana. And next unto them the

Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put

servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem not their necks to the work of their
6
the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us Lord. Moreover the old gate repaired

to scorn, and despised us, and said, Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and

What is this thing that ye do? will ye Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they

rebel against the king? 20

Then laid the beams thereof, and set up the

answered I them, and said unto them, doors thereof, and the locks thereof,
7
The God of heaven, he will prosper us; and the bars thereof. And next unto
 15
them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, But the gate of the fountain repaired
and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler
Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of part of Mizpah; he built it, and
8
of the governor on this side the river. covered it, and set up the doors
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next thereof, and the wall of the pool of
unto him also repaired Hananiah the Siloah by the king's garden, and unto
son of one of the apothecaries, and the stairs that go down from the city of
16
they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad David. After him repaired Nehemiah
9
wall. And next unto them repaired the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half
Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of part of Beth-zur, unto the place over
10
the half part of Jerusalem. And next against the sepulchres of David, and to
unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of the pool that was made, and unto the
17
Harumaph, even over against his house of the mighty. After him
house. And next unto him repaired repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of
11
Hattush the son of Hashabniah. Bani. Next unto him repaired
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of
18
Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, Keilah, in his part. After him repaired
repaired the other piece, and the tower their brethren, Bavai the son of
12
of the furnaces. And next unto him Henadad, the ruler of the half part of
19
repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, Keilah. And next to him repaired
the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of
13
he and his daughters. The valley Mizpah, another piece over against the
gate repaired Hanun, and the going up to the armoury at the turning
20
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, of the wall. After him Baruch the son
and set up the doors thereof, the locks of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
thereof, and the bars thereof, and a piece, from the turning of the wall unto
thousand cubits on the wall unto the the door of the house of Eliashib the
14 21
dung gate. But the dung gate high priest. After him repaired
repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of
the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he Koz another piece, from the door of the
build it, and set up the doors thereof, house of Eliashib even to the end of
22
the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. the house of Eliashib. And after him
repaired the priests, the men of the After him repaired Malchiah the
23
plain. After him repaired Benjamin goldsmith's son unto the place of the
and Hashub over against their house. Nethinims, and of the merchants, over
After him repaired Azariah the son of against the gate Miphkad, and to the
32
Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his going up of the corner. And between
24
house. After him repaired Binnui the the going up of the corner unto the
son of Henadad another piece, from sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and
the house of Azariah unto the turning the merchants.
25
of the wall, even unto the corner.
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the Nehemiah 4
turning of the wall, and the tower
which lieth out from the king's high
But it came to pass, that when

house, that was by the court of the Sanballat heard that we builded the

prison. After him Pedaiah the son of wall, he was wroth, and took great
2
Parosh. 26
Moreover the Nethinims indignation, and mocked the Jews.

dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over And he spake before his brethren and

against the water gate toward the east, the army of Samaria, and said, What

and the tower that lieth out. 27

After do these feeble Jews? will they fortify

them the Tekoites repaired another themselves? will they sacrifice? will

piece, over against the great tower they make an end in a day? will they

that lieth out, even unto the wall of revive the stones out of the heaps of
3
Ophel. 28
From above the horse gate the rubbish which are burned? Now

repaired the priests, every one over Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and

against his house. 29

After them he said, Even that which they build, if

repaired Zadok the son of Immer over a fox go up, he shall even break down
4
against his house. After him repaired their stone wall. Hear, O our God; for

also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, we are despised: and turn their

the keeper of the east gate. 30

After reproach upon their own head, and

him repaired Hananiah the son of give them for a prey in the land of
5
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of captivity: And cover not their iniquity,

Zalaph, another piece. After him and let not their sin be blotted out

repaired Meshullam the son of from before thee: for they have

Berechiah over against his chamber. 31 provoked thee to anger before the
 6
builders. So built we the wall; and all to the rulers, and to the rest of the
the wall was joined together unto the people, Be not ye afraid of them:
half thereof: for the people had a mind remember the Lord, which is great and
7
to work. But it came to pass, that terrible, and fight for your brethren,
when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the your sons, and your daughters, your
15
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the wives, and your houses. And it came
Ashdodites, heard that the walls of to pass, when our enemies heard that
Jerusalem were made up, and that the it was known unto us, and God had
breaches began to be stopped, then brought their counsel to nought, that
8
they were very wroth, And conspired we returned all of us to the wall, every
16
all of them together to come and to one unto his work. And it came to
fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder pass from that time forth, that the half
9
it. Nevertheless we made our prayer of my servants wrought in the work,
unto our God, and set a watch against and the other half of them held both
them day and night, because of them. the spears, the shields, and the bows,
10
And Judah said, The strength of the and the habergeons; and the rulers
17
bearers of burdens is decayed, and were behind all the house of Judah.
there is much rubbish; so that we are They which builded on the wall, and
11
not able to build the wall. And our they that bare burdens, with those that
adversaries said, They shall not know, laded, every one with one of his hands
neither see, till we come in the midst wrought in the work, and with the
18
among them, and slay them, and cause other hand held a weapon. For the
12
the work to cease. And it came to builders, every one had his sword
pass, that when the Jews which dwelt girded by his side, and so builded. And
by them came, they said unto us ten he that sounded the trumpet was by
19
times, From all places whence ye shall me. And I said unto the nobles, and
13
return unto us they will be upon you. to the rulers, and to the rest of the
Therefore set I in the lower places people, The work is great and large,
behind the wall, and on the higher and we are separated upon the wall,
20
places, I even set the people after their one far from another. In what place
families with their swords, their spears, therefore ye hear the sound of the
14
and their bows. And I looked, and trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our
21
rose up, and said unto the nobles, and God shall fight for us. So we
laboured in the work: and half of them be servants, and some of our
held the spears from the rising of the daughters are brought unto bondage
22
morning till the stars appeared. already: neither is it in our power to
Likewise at the same time said I unto redeem them; for other men have our
6
the people, Let every one with his lands and vineyards. And I was very
servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in angry when I heard their cry and these
7
the night they may be a guard to us, words. Then I consulted with myself,
23
and labour on the day. So neither I, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact
the men of the guard which followed usury, every one of his brother. And I
8
me, none of us put off our clothes, set a great assembly against them.
saving that every one put them off for And I said unto them, We after our
washing. ability have redeemed our brethren the
Jews, which were sold unto the
Nehemiah 5 heathen; and will ye even sell your
brethren? or shall they be sold unto
And there was a great cry of the
us? Then held they their peace, and
people and of their wives against their found nothing to answer. 9
Also I said,
2
brethren the Jews. For there were It is not good that ye do: ought ye not
that said, We, our sons, and our to walk in the fear of our God because
daughters, are many: therefore we of the reproach of the heathen our
take up corn for them, that we may enemies? 10
I likewise, and my
3
eat, and live. Some also there were brethren, and my servants, might
that said, We have mortgaged our exact of them money and corn: I pray
lands, vineyards, and houses, that we you, let us leave off this usury. 11

might buy corn, because of the dearth. Restore, I pray you, to them, even this
4
There were also that said, We have day, their lands, their vineyards, their
borrowed money for the king's tribute, oliveyards, and their houses, also the
and that upon our lands and vineyards. the hundredth part of the money, and
5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that
our brethren, our children as their ye exact of them. 12
Then said they, We
children: and, lo, we bring into will restore them, and will require
bondage our sons and our daughters to nothing of them; so will we do as thou
sayest. Then I called the priests, and prepared for me daily was one ox and
took an oath of them, that they should six choice sheep; also fowls were
13
do according to this promise. Also I prepared for me, and once in ten days
shook my lap, and said, So God shake store of all sorts of wine: yet for all
out every man from his house, and this required not I the bread of the
from his labour, that performeth not governor, because the bondage was
19
this promise, even thus be he shaken heavy upon this people. Think upon
out, and emptied. And all the me, my God, for good, according to all
congregation said, Amen, and praised that I have done for this people.
the LORD. And the people did
according to this promise. 14
Moreover Nehemiah 6
from the time that I was appointed to
be their governor in the land of Judah,
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat,

from the twentieth year even unto the and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian,

two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes and the rest of our enemies, heard that

the king, that is, twelve years, I and I had builded the wall, and that there

my brethren have not eaten the bread was no breach left therein; (though at

of the governor. 15
But the former that time I had not set up the doors
2
governors that had been before me upon the gates;) That Sanballat and

were chargeable unto the people, and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come,

had taken of them bread and wine, let us meet together in some one of

beside forty shekels of silver; yea, the villages in the plain of Ono. But
3
even their servants bare rule over the they thought to do me mischief. And I

people: but so did not I, because of the sent messengers unto them, saying, I

fear of God. 16
Yea, also I continued in am doing a great work, so that I

the work of this wall, neither bought cannot come down: why should the

we any land: and all my servants were work cease, whilst I leave it, and come
4
gathered thither unto the work. 17 down to you? Yet they sent unto me

Moreover there were at my table an four times after this sort; and I

hundred and fifty of the Jews and answered them after the same manner.
5
rulers, beside those that came unto us Then sent Sanballat his servant unto

from among the heathen that are me in like manner the fifth time with
6
about us. 18
Now that which was an open letter in his hand; Wherein
was written, It is reported among the against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat
13
heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that had hired him. Therefore was he
thou and the Jews think to rebel: for hired, that I should be afraid, and do
which cause thou buildest the wall, so, and sin, and that they might have
that thou mayest be their king, matter for an evil report, that they
7 14
according to these words. And thou might reproach me. My God, think
hast also appointed prophets to preach thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat
of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a according to these their works, and on
king in Judah: and now shall it be the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest
reported to the king according to these of the prophets, that would have put
15
words. Come now therefore, and let us me in fear. So the wall was finished
8
take counsel together. Then I sent in the twenty and fifth day of the
16
unto him, saying, There are no such month Elul, in fifty and two days.
things done as thou sayest, but thou And it came to pass, that when all our
9
feignest them out of thine own heart. enemies heard thereof, and all the
For they all made us afraid, saying, heathen that were about us saw these
Their hands shall be weakened from things, they were much cast down in
the work, that it be not done. Now their own eyes: for they perceived that
17
therefore, O God, strengthen my this work was wrought of our God.
10
hands. Afterward I came unto the Moreover in those days the nobles of
house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah,
the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut and the letters of Tobiah came unto
18
up; and he said, Let us meet together them. For there were many in Judah
in the house of God, within the temple, sworn unto him, because he was the
and let us shut the doors of the son in law of Shechaniah the son of
temple: for they will come to slay thee; Arah; and his son Johanan had taken
yea, in the night will they come to slay the daughter of Meshullam the son of
11 19
thee. And I said, Should such a man Berechiah. Also they reported his
as I flee? and who is there, that, being good deeds before me, and uttered my
as I am, would go into the temple to words to him. And Tobiah sent letters
12
save his life? I will not go in. And, lo, to put me in fear.
I perceived that God had not sent him;
but that he pronounced this prophecy
Nehemiah 7 Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah,
Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Now it came to pass, when the wall Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,

was built, and I had set up the doors, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of

and the porters and the singers and the men of the people of Israel was
8
the Levites were appointed, 2
That I this; The children of Parosh, two

gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah thousand an hundred seventy and two.
9
the ruler of the palace, charge over The children of Shephatiah, three
10
Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, hundred seventy and two. The

and feared God above many. 3

And I children of Arah, six hundred fifty and
11
said unto them, Let not the gates of two. The children of Pahath-moab, of

Jerusalem be opened until the sun be the children of Jeshua and Joab, two

hot; and while they stand by, let them thousand and eight hundred and
12
shut the doors, and bar them: and eighteen. The children of Elam, a
13
appoint watches of the inhabitants of thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and The children of Zattu, eight hundred
14
every one to be over against his house. forty and five. The children of
4
Now the city was large and great: but Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
15
the people were few therein, and the The children of Binnui, six hundred
16
houses were not builded. 5
And my God forty and eight. The children of
17
put into mine heart to gather together Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

the nobles, and the rulers, and the The children of Azgad, two thousand
18
people, that they might be reckoned by three hundred twenty and two. The

genealogy. And I found a register of children of Adonikam, six hundred

19
the genealogy of them which came up threescore and seven. The children

at the first, and found written therein, 6 of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and
20
These are the children of the province, seven. The children of Adin, six
21
that went up out of the captivity, of hundred fifty and five. The children

those that had been carried away, of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
22
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of The children of Hashum, three
23
Babylon had carried away, and came hundred twenty and eight. The

again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every children of Bezai, three hundred twenty
24
one unto his city; 7
Who came with and four. The children of Hariph, an
 25 44
hundred and twelve. The children of four. The singers: the children of
26 45
Gibeon, ninety and five. The men of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred The porters: the children of Shallum,
27
fourscore and eight. The men of the children of Ater, the children of
Anathoth, an hundred twenty and Talmon, the children of Akkub, the
28
eight. The men of Beth- azmaveth, children of Hatita, the children of
29 46
forty and two. The men of Kirjath- Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven The Nethinims: the children of Ziha,
30
hundred forty and three. The men of the children of Hashupha, the children
47
Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty of Tabbaoth, The children of Keros,
31
and one. The men of Michmas, an the children of Sia, the children of
32 48
hundred and twenty and two. The Padon, The children of Lebana, the
men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred children of Hagaba, the children of
33 49
twenty and three. The men of the Shalmai, The children of Hanan, the
34
other Nebo, fifty and two. The children of Giddel, the children of
50
children of the other Elam, a thousand Gahar, The children of Reaiah, the
35
two hundred fifty and four. The children of Rezin, the children of
51
children of Harim, three hundred and Nekoda, The children of Gazzam, the
36
twenty. The children of Jericho, three children of Uzza, the children of
37 52
hundred forty and five. The children Phaseah, The children of Besai, the
of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred children of Meunim, the children of
38 53
twenty and one. The children of Nephishesim, The children of
Senaah, three thousand nine hundred Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the
39 54
and thirty. The priests: the children children of Harhur, The children of
of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the
40 55
nine hundred seventy and three. The children of Harsha, The children of
children of Immer, a thousand fifty and Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
41 56
two. The children of Pashur, a children of Tamah, The children of
57
thousand two hundred forty and seven. Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The
42
The children of Harim, a thousand children of Solomon's servants: the
43
and seventeen. The Levites: the children of Sotai, the children of
58
children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
the children of Hodevah, seventy and The children of Jaala, the children of
 59
Darkon, the children of Giddel, The were seven thousand three hundred
children of Shephatiah, the children of thirty and seven: and they had two
Hattil, the children of Pochereth of hundred forty and five singing men and
60 68
Zebaim, the children of Amon. All the singing women. Their horses, seven
Nethinims, and the children of hundred thirty and six: their mules,
69
Solomon's servants, were three two hundred forty and five: Their
61
hundred ninety and two. And these camels, four hundred thirty and five:
were they which went up also from six thousand seven hundred and
70
Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, twenty asses. And some of the chief
and Immer: but they could not shew of the fathers gave unto the work. The
their father's house, nor their seed, Tirshatha gave to the treasure a
62
whether they were of Israel. The thousand drams of gold, fifty basons,
children of Delaiah, the children of five hundred and thirty priests'
71
Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six garments. And some of the chief of
63
hundred forty and two. And of the the fathers gave to the treasure of the
priests: the children of Habaiah, the work twenty thousand drams of gold,
children of Koz, the children of and two thousand and two hundred
72
Barzillai, which took one of the pounds of silver. And that which the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to rest of the people gave was twenty
wife, and was called after their name. thousand drams of gold, and two
64
These sought their register among thousand pounds of silver, and
those that were reckoned by threescore and seven priests'
73
genealogy, but it was not found: garments. So the priests, and the
therefore were they, as polluted, put Levites, and the porters, and the
65
from the priesthood. And the singers, and some of the people, and
Tirshatha said unto them, that they the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in
should not eat of the most holy things, their cities; and when the seventh
till there stood up a priest with Urim month came, the children of Israel
66
and Thummim. The whole were in their cities.
congregation together was forty and
two thousand three hundred and
67
threescore, Beside their manservants
and their maidservants, of whom there
Nehemiah 8 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great
God. And all the people answered,
And all the people gathered Amen, Amen, with lifting up their

themselves together as one man into hands: and they bowed their heads,

the street that was before the water and worshipped the LORD with their
7
gate; and they spake unto Ezra the faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, and

scribe to bring the book of the law of Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,

Moses, which the LORD had Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita,

commanded to Israel. 2
And Ezra the Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and

priest brought the law before the the Levites, caused the people to

congregation both of men and women, understand the law: and the people
8
and all that could hear with stood in their place. So they read in

understanding, upon the first day of the book in the law of God distinctly,

the seventh month. 3

And he read and gave the sense, and caused them
9
therein before the street that was to understand the reading. And

before the water gate from the Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and

morning until midday, before the men Ezra the priest the scribe, and the

and the women, and those that could Levites that taught the people, said

understand; and the ears of all the unto all the people, This day is holy

people were attentive unto the book of unto the LORD your God; mourn not,

the law. 4
And Ezra the scribe stood nor weep. For all the people wept,

upon a pulpit of wood, which they had when they heard the words of the law.
10
made for the purpose; and beside him Then he said unto them, Go your

stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,

Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and and send portions unto them for whom

Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his nothing is prepared: for this day is holy

left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for
11
Malchiah, and Hashum, and the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Hashbadana, Zechariah, and So the Levites stilled all the people,

Meshullam. 5
And Ezra opened the book saying, Hold your peace, for the day is
12
in the sight of all the people; (for he holy; neither be ye grieved. And all

was above all the people;) and when the people went their way to eat, and

he opened it, all the people stood up: 6 to drink, and to send portions, and to
make great mirth, because they had day by day, from the first day unto the
understood the words that were last day, he read in the book of the law
13
declared unto them. And on the of God. And they kept the feast seven
second day were gathered together the days; and on the eighth day was a
chief of the fathers of all the people, solemn assembly, according unto the
the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra manner.
the scribe, even to understand the
words of the law. 14
And they found Nehemiah 9
written in the law which the LORD had
commanded by Moses, that the
Now in the twenty and fourth day of

children of Israel should dwell in this month the children of Israel were

booths in the feast of the seventh assembled with fasting, and with
2
month: 15
And that they should publish sackclothes, and earth upon them.

and proclaim in all their cities, and in And the seed of Israel separated

Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the themselves from all strangers, and

mount, and fetch olive branches, and stood and confessed their sins, and the
3
pine branches, and myrtle branches, iniquities of their fathers. And they

and palm branches, and branches of stood up in their place, and read in the

thick trees, to make booths, as it is book of the law of the LORD their God

written. 16
So the people went forth, one fourth part of the day; and

and brought them, and made another fourth part they confessed,
4
themselves booths, every one upon the and worshipped the LORD their God.

roof of his house, and in their courts, Then stood up upon the stairs, of the

and in the courts of the house of God, Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,

and in the street of the water gate, and Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani,

in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17 and Chenani, and cried with a loud
5
And all the congregation of them that voice unto the LORD their God. Then

were come again out of the captivity the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani,

made booths, and sat under the Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah,

booths: for since the days of Jeshua Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand

the son of Nun unto that day had not up and bless the LORD your God for

the children of Israel done so. And ever and ever: and blessed be thy

there was very great gladness. 18

Also glorious name, which is exalted above
 6 12
all blessing and praise. Thou, even waters. Moreover thou leddest them
thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with night by a pillar of fire, to give them
all their host, the earth, and all things light in the way wherein they should
13
that are therein, the seas, and all that go. Thou camest down also upon
is therein, and thou preservest them mount Sinai, and spakest with them
all; and the host of heaven from heaven, and gavest them right
7
worshippeth thee. Thou art the LORD judgments, and true laws, good
14
the God, who didst choose Abram, and statutes and commandments: And
broughtest him forth out of Ur of the madest known unto them thy holy
Chaldees, and gavest him the name of sabbath, and commandedst them
8
Abraham; And foundest his heart precepts, statutes, and laws, by the
15
faithful before thee, and madest a hand of Moses thy servant: And
covenant with him to give the land of gavest them bread from heaven for
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the their hunger, and broughtest forth
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the water for them out of the rock for their
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give thirst, and promisedst them that they
it, I say, to his seed, and hast should go in to possess the land which
16
performed thy words; for thou art thou hadst sworn to give them. But
9
righteous: And didst see the affliction they and our fathers dealt proudly, and
of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest hardened their necks, and hearkened
10 17
their cry by the Red sea; And not to thy commandments, And
shewedst signs and wonders upon refused to obey, neither were mindful
Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and of thy wonders that thou didst among
on all the people of his land: for thou them; but hardened their necks, and in
knewest that they dealt proudly their rebellion appointed a captain to
against them. So didst thou get thee a return to their bondage: but thou art a
11
name, as it is this day. And thou God ready to pardon, gracious and
didst divide the sea before them, so merciful, slow to anger, and of great
18
that they went through the midst of kindness, and forsookest them not.
the sea on the dry land; and their Yea, when they had made them a
persecutors thou threwest into the molten calf, and said, This is thy God
deeps, as a stone into the mighty that brought thee up out of Egypt, and
 19
had wrought great provocations; Yet strong cities, and a fat land, and
thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest possessed houses full of all goods,
them not in the wilderness: the pillar wells digged, vineyards, and
of the cloud departed not from them by oliveyards, and fruit trees in
day, to lead them in the way; neither abundance: so they did eat, and were
the pillar of fire by night, to shew them filled, and became fat, and delighted
26
light, and the way wherein they should themselves in thy great goodness.
20
go. Thou gavest also thy good spirit Nevertheless they were disobedient,
to instruct them, and withheldest not and rebelled against thee, and cast thy
thy manna from their mouth, and law behind their backs, and slew thy
21
gavest them water for their thirst. prophets which testified against them
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain to turn them to thee, and they wrought
27
them in the wilderness, so that they great provocations. Therefore thou
lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not deliveredst them into the hand of their
22
old, and their feet swelled not. enemies, who vexed them: and in the
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms time of their trouble, when they cried
and nations, and didst divide them into unto thee, thou heardest them from
corners: so they possessed the land of heaven; and according to thy manifold
Sihon, and the land of the king of mercies thou gavest them saviours,
Heshbon, and the land of Og king of who saved them out of the hand of
23 28
Bashan. Their children also their enemies. But after they had
multipliedst thou as the stars of rest, they did evil again before thee:
heaven, and broughtest them into the therefore leftest thou them in the hand
land, concerning which thou hadst of their enemies, so that they had the
promised to their fathers, that they dominion over them: yet when they
24
should go in to possess it. So the returned, and cried unto thee, thou
children went in and possessed the heardest them from heaven; and many
land, and thou subduedst before them times didst thou deliver them according
29
the inhabitants of the land, the to thy mercies; And testifiedst
Canaanites, and gavest them into their against them, that thou mightest bring
hands, with their kings, and the people them again unto thy law: yet they
of the land, that they might do with dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto
25
them as they would. And they took thy commandments, but sinned against
thy judgments, (which if a man do, he in the large and fat land which thou
shall live in them;) and withdrew the gavest before them, neither turned
36
shoulder, and hardened their neck, and they from their wicked works.
30
would not hear. Yet many years didst Behold, we are servants this day, and
thou forbear them, and testifiedst for the land that thou gavest unto our
against them by thy spirit in thy fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the
prophets: yet would they not give ear: good thereof, behold, we are servants
37
therefore gavest thou them into the in it: And it yieldeth much increase
31
hand of the people of the lands. unto the kings whom thou hast set
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' over us because of our sins: also they
sake thou didst not utterly consume have dominion over our bodies, and
them, nor forsake them; for thou art a over our cattle, at their pleasure, and
32 38
gracious and merciful God. Now we are in great distress. And
therefore, our God, the great, the because of all this we make a sure
mighty, and the terrible God, who covenant, and write it; and our
keepest covenant and mercy, let not all princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto
the trouble seem little before thee, it.
that hath come upon us, on our kings,
on our princes, and on our priests, and Nehemiah 10
on our prophets, and on our fathers,
and on all thy people, since the time of
Now those that sealed were,

the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33 Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
2
Howbeit thou art just in all that is Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, Seraiah,
3
brought upon us; for thou hast done Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashur, Amariah,
4
right, but we have done wickedly: 34 Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah,
5 6
Neither have our kings, our princes, Malluch, Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
7
our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
8
law, nor hearkened unto thy Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah,

commandments and thy testimonies, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the

9
wherewith thou didst testify against priests. And the Levites: both Jeshua

them. 35
For they have not served thee the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons
10
in their kingdom, and in thy great of Henadad, Kadmiel; And their

goodness that thou gavest them, and brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita,
 11 31
Pelaiah, Hanan, Micha, Rehob, And if the people of the land bring
12
Hashabiah, Zaccur, Sherebiah, ware or any victuals on the sabbath
13 14
Shebaniah, Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. day to sell, that we would not buy it of
The chief of the people; Parosh, them on the sabbath, or on the holy
15
Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, day: and that we would leave the
16
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, Adonijah, seventh year, and the exaction of
17 18 32
Bigvai, Adin, Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, every debt. Also we made ordinances
19
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, Hariph, for us, to charge ourselves yearly with
20
Anathoth, Nebai, Magpiash, the third part of a shekel for the
21 33
Meshullam, Hezir, Meshezabeel, service of the house of our God; For
22
Zadok, Jaddua, Pelatiah, Hanan, the shewbread, and for the continual
23
Anaiah, Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, meat offering, and for the continual
24 25
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, Rehum, burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the
26
Hashabnah, Maaseiah, And Ahijah, new moons, for the set feasts, and for
27
Hanan, Anan, Malluch, Harim, the holy things, and for the sin
28
Baanah. And the rest of the people, offerings to make an atonement for
the priests, the Levites, the porters, Israel, and for all the work of the
34
the singers, the Nethinims, and all they house of our God. And we cast the
that had separated themselves from lots among the priests, the Levites,
the people of the lands unto the law of and the people, for the wood offering,
God, their wives, their sons, and their to bring it into the house of our God,
daughters, every one having after the houses of our fathers, at
knowledge, and having understanding; times appointed year by year, to burn
29
They clave to their brethren, their upon the altar of the LORD our God, as
35
nobles, and entered into a curse, and it is written in the law: And to bring
into an oath, to walk in God's law, the firstfruits of our ground, and the
which was given by Moses the servant firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year
of God, and to observe and do all the by year, unto the house of the LORD:
36
commandments of the LORD our Lord, Also the firstborn of our sons, and of
30
and his judgments and his statutes; our cattle, as it is written in the law,
And that we would not give our and the firstlings of our herds and of
daughters unto the people of the land, our flocks, to bring to the house of our
nor take their daughters for our sons: God, unto the priests that minister in
 37 3
the house of our God: And that we Jerusalem. Now these are the chief of
should bring the firstfruits of our the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:
dough, and our offerings, and the fruit but in the cities of Judah dwelt every
of all manner of trees, of wine and of one in his possession in their cities, to
oil, unto the priests, to the chambers wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites,
of the house of our God; and the tithes and the Nethinims, and the children of
4
of our ground unto the Levites, that Solomon's servants. And at Jerusalem
the same Levites might have the tithes dwelt certain of the children of Judah,
38
in all the cities of our tillage. And the and of the children of Benjamin. Of the
priest the son of Aaron shall be with children of Judah; Athaiah the son of
the Levites, when the Levites take Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son
tithes: and the Levites shall bring up of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the
the tithe of the tithes unto the house of son of Mahalaleel, of the children of
5
our God, to the chambers, into the Perez; And Maaseiah the son of
39
treasure house. For the children of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son
Israel and the children of Levi shall of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son
bring the offering of the corn, of the of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the
6
new wine, and the oil, unto the son of Shiloni. All the sons of Perez
chambers, where are the vessels of the that dwelt at Jerusalem were four
sanctuary, and the priests that hundred threescore and eight valiant
7
minister, and the porters, and the men. And these are the sons of
singers: and we will not forsake the Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,
house of our God. the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,
the son of Kolaiah, the son of
Nehemiah 11 Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of
8
Jesaiah. And after him Gabbai, Sallai,
And the rulers of the people dwelt at
nine hundred twenty and eight. 9
And
Jerusalem: the rest of the people also Joel the son of Zichri was their
cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah
Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts was second over the city. 10
Of the
2
to dwell in other cities. And the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib,
people blessed all the men, that Jachin. 11
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah,
willingly offered themselves to dwell at the son of Meshullam, the son of
 20
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of seventy and two. And the residue of
Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites,
12
God. And their brethren that did the were in all the cities of Judah, every
21
work of the house were eight hundred one in his inheritance. But the
twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and
22
Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son Gispa were over the Nethinims. The
of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son overseer also of the Levites at
13
of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, And Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani,
his brethren, chief of the fathers, two the son of Hashabiah, the son of
hundred forty and two: and Amashai Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the
the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, sons of Asaph, the singers were over
23
the son of Meshillemoth, the son of the business of the house of God. For
14
Immer, And their brethren, mighty it was the king's commandment
men of valour, an hundred twenty and concerning them, that a certain portion
eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, should be for the singers, due for every
15 24
the son of one of the great men. Also day. And Pethahiah the son of
of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah
Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of the son of Judah, was at the king's
16
Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; And hand in all matters concerning the
25
Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of people. And for the villages, with
the Levites, had the oversight of the their fields, some of the children of
outward business of the house of God. Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the
17
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in
son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel,
26
principal to begin the thanksgiving in and in the villages thereof, And at
prayer: and Bakbukiah the second Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-
27
among his brethren, and Abda the son phelet, And at Hazar-shual, and at
of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
18 28
of Jeduthun. All the Levites in the And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and
29
holy city were two hundred fourscore in the villages thereof, And at En-
19
and four. Moreover the porters, rimmon, and at Zareah, and at
30
Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that Jarmuth, Zanoah, Adullam, and in
kept the gates, were an hundred their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
 11
thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages and Eliashib begat Joiada, And Joiada
thereof. And they dwelt from Beer- begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat
31 12
sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. The Jaddua. And in the days of Joiakim
children also of Benjamin from Geba were priests, the chief of the fathers:
dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
32 13
Bethel, and in their villages, And at Hananiah; Of Ezra, Meshullam; of
33 14
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Hazor, Amariah, Jehohanan; Of Melicu,
34 15
Ramah, Gittaim, Hadid, Zeboim, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; Of
35 16
Neballat, Lod, and Ono, the valley of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; Of
36
craftsmen. And of the Levites were Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon,
17
divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. Meshullam; Of Abijah, Zichri; of
18
Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; Of
Nehemiah 12 Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,
19
Jehonathan; And of Joiarib,
Now these are the priests and the
Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20
Of Sallai,
Levites that went up with Zerubbabel Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21
Of Hilkiah,
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 22

2
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, The Levites in the days of Eliashib,
3
Malluch, Hattush, Shechaniah, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were
4
Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnetho, recorded chief of the fathers: also the
5 6
Abijah, Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, priests, to the reign of Darius the
7
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Persian. 23
The sons of Levi, the chief
Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the of the fathers, were written in the book
chief of the priests and of their of the chronicles, even until the days of
8
brethren in the days of Jeshua. Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24
And the
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, chief of the Levites: Hashabiah,
Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of
Mattaniah, which was over the Kadmiel, with their brethren over
9
thanksgiving, he and his brethren. against them, to praise and to give
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their thanks, according to the commandment
brethren, were over against them in of David the man of God, ward over
10
the watches. And Jeshua begat against ward. 25
Mattaniah, and
Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam,
 35
Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping Jeremiah, And certain of the priests'
the ward at the thresholds of the sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah
26
gates. These were in the days of the son of Jonathan, the son of
Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the
36
the governor, and of Ezra the priest, son of Asaph: And his brethren,
27
the scribe. And at the dedication of Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,
the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani,
Levites out of all their places, to bring with the musical instruments of David
them to Jerusalem, to keep the the man of God, and Ezra the scribe
37
dedication with gladness, both with before them. And at the fountain
thanksgivings, and with singing, with gate, which was over against them,
28
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. they went up by the stairs of the city of
And the sons of the singers gathered David, at the going up of the wall,
themselves together, both out of the above the house of David, even unto
38
plain country round about Jerusalem, the water gate eastward. And the
29
and from the villages of Netophathi; other company of them that gave
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out thanks went over against them, and I
of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for after them, and the half of the people
the singers had builded them villages upon the wall, from beyond the tower
30
round about Jerusalem. And the of the furnaces even unto the broad
39
priests and the Levites purified wall; And from above the gate of
themselves, and purified the people, Ephraim, and above the old gate, and
31
and the gates, and the wall. Then I above the fish gate, and the tower of
brought up the princes of Judah upon Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even
the wall, and appointed two great unto the sheep gate: and they stood
40
companies of them that gave thanks, still in the prison gate. So stood the
whereof one went on the right hand two companies of them that gave
32
upon the wall toward the dung gate: thanks in the house of God, and I, and
41
And after them went Hoshaiah, and the half of the rulers with me: And
33
half of the princes of Judah, And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah,
34
Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Judah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Zechariah, and Hananiah, with
 42
trumpets; And Maaseiah, and sanctified them unto the children of
Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Aaron.
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam,
and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, Nehemiah 13
43
with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also
that day they offered great sacrifices,
On that day they read in the book of

and rejoiced: for God had made them Moses in the audience of the people;

rejoice with great joy: the wives also and therein was found written, that the

and the children rejoiced: so that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not

joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar come into the congregation of God for
2
off. 44
And at that time were some ever; Because they met not the

appointed over the chambers for the children of Israel with bread and with

treasures, for the offerings, for the water, but hired Balaam against them,

firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather that he should curse them: howbeit our
3
into them out of the fields of the cities God turned the curse into a blessing.

the portions of the law for the priests Now it came to pass, when they had

and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the
priests and for the Levites that waited.
45
And both the singers and the porters
heard the law, that they separated
4
from Israel all the mixed multitude.
And before this, Eliashib the priest,

kept the ward of their God, and the having the oversight of the chamber of

ward of the purification, according to the house of our God, was allied unto
5
the commandment of David, and of Tobiah: And he had prepared for him

Solomon his son. 46

For in the days of a great chamber, where aforetime they

David and Asaph of old there were laid the meat offerings, the

chief of the singers, and songs of frankincense, and the vessels, and the

praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47 tithes of the corn, the new wine, and

And all Israel in the days of the oil, which was commanded to be

Zerubbabel, and in the days of given to the Levites, and the singers,

Nehemiah, gave the portions of the and the porters; and the offerings of
6
singers and the porters, every day his the priests. But in all this time was

portion: and they sanctified holy things not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and

unto the Levites; and the Levites thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of
Babylon came I unto the king, and
after certain days obtained I leave of that I have done for the house of my
7 15
the king: And I came to Jerusalem, God, and for the offices thereof. In
and understood of the evil that Eliashib those days saw I in Judah some
did for Tobiah, in preparing him a treading winepresses on the sabbath,
chamber in the courts of the house of and bringing in sheaves, and lading
8
God. And it grieved me sore: asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs,
therefore I cast forth all the household and all manner of burdens, which they
9
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath
Then I commanded, and they cleansed day: and I testified against them in the
16
the chambers: and thither brought I day wherein they sold victuals. There
again the vessels of the house of God, dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which
with the meat offering and the brought fish, and all manner of ware,
10
frankincense. And I perceived that and sold on the sabbath unto the
17
the portions of the Levites had not children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
been given them: for the Levites and Then I contended with the nobles of
the singers, that did the work, were Judah, and said unto them, What evil
11
fled every one to his field. Then thing is this that ye do, and profane
18
contended I with the rulers, and said, the sabbath day? Did not your
Why is the house of God forsaken? And fathers thus, and did not our God bring
I gathered them together, and set all this evil upon us, and upon this
12
them in their place. Then brought all city? yet ye bring more wrath upon
19
Judah the tithe of the corn and the new Israel by profaning the sabbath. And
13
wine and the oil unto the treasuries. it came to pass, that when the gates of
And I made treasurers over the Jerusalem began to be dark before the
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and sabbath, I commanded that the gates
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, should be shut, and charged that they
Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan should not be opened till after the
the son of Zaccur, the son of sabbath: and some of my servants set
Mattaniah: for they were counted I at the gates, that there should no
faithful, and their office was to burden be brought in on the sabbath
14 20
distribute unto their brethren. day. So the merchants and sellers of
Remember me, O my God, concerning all kind of ware lodged without
21
this, and wipe not out my good deeds Jerusalem once or twice. Then I
 26
testified against them, and said unto unto your sons, or for yourselves.
them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by
ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. these things? yet among many nations
From that time forth came they no was there no king like him, who was
22
more on the sabbath. And I beloved of his God, and God made him
commanded the Levites that they king over all Israel: nevertheless even
should cleanse themselves, and that him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27
they should come and keep the gates, Shall we then hearken unto you to
to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember do all this great evil, to transgress
me, O my God, concerning this also, against our God in marrying strange
28
and spare me according to the wives? And one of the sons of
23
greatness of thy mercy. In those Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high
days also saw I Jews that had married priest, was son in law to Sanballat the
wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Horonite: therefore I chased him from
24 29
Moab: And their children spake half me. Remember them, O my God,
in the speech of Ashdod, and could not because they have defiled the
speak in the Jews' language, but priesthood, and the covenant of the
30
according to the language of each priesthood, and of the Levites. Thus
25
people. And I contended with them, cleansed I them from all strangers, and
and cursed them, and smote certain of appointed the wards of the priests and
them, and plucked off their hair, and the Levites, every one in his business;
31
made them swear by God, saying, Ye And for the wood offering, at times
shall not give your daughters unto appointed, and for the firstfruits.
their sons, nor take their daughters Remember me, O my God, for good.
THE BOOK OF

ESTHER

7
Esther 1 blue, and white, and black, marble.
And they gave them drink in vessels of
Now it came to pass in the days of gold, (the vessels being diverse one

Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which from another,) and royal wine in

reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, abundance, according to the state of
8
over an hundred and seven and twenty the king. And the drinking was

provinces:) 2
That in those days, when according to the law; none did compel:

the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne for so the king had appointed to all the

of his kingdom, which was in Shushan officers of his house, that they should
9
the palace, 3
In the third year of his do according to every man's pleasure.

reign, he made a feast unto all his Also Vashti the queen made a feast for

princes and his servants; the power of the women in the royal house which
10
Persia and Media, the nobles and belonged to king Ahasuerus. On the

princes of the provinces, being before seventh day, when the heart of the

him: 4
When he shewed the riches of king was merry with wine, he

his glorious kingdom and the honour of commanded Mehuman, Biztha,

his excellent majesty many days, even Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar,

an hundred and fourscore days. 5

And and Carcas, the seven chamberlains

when these days were expired, the that served in the presence of
11
king made a feast unto all the people Ahasuerus the king, To bring Vashti

that were present in Shushan the the queen before the king with the

palace, both unto great and small, crown royal, to shew the people and

seven days, in the court of the garden the princes her beauty: for she was fair
12
of the king's palace; 6
Where were to look on. But the queen Vashti

white, green, and blue, hangings, refused to come at the king's

fastened with cords of fine linen and commandment by his chamberlains:

purple to silver rings and pillars of therefore was the king very wroth, and
13
marble: the beds were of gold and his anger burned in him. Then the

silver, upon a pavement of red, and king said to the wise men, which knew
the times, (for so was the king's Persians and the Medes, that it be not
manner toward all that knew law and altered, That Vashti come no more
14
judgment: And the next unto him before king Ahasuerus; and let the king
was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, give her royal estate unto another that
20
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and is better than she. And when the
Memucan, the seven princes of Persia king's decree which he shall make shall
and Media, which saw the king's face, be published throughout all his empire,
and which sat the first in the (for it is great,) all the wives shall give
15
kingdom;) What shall we do unto the to their husbands honour, both to great
21
queen Vashti according to law, because and small. And the saying pleased
she hath not performed the the king and the princes; and the king
commandment of the king Ahasuerus did according to the word of Memucan:
16 22
by the chamberlains? And Memucan For he sent letters into all the king's
answered before the king and the provinces, into every province
princes, Vashti the queen hath not according to the writing thereof, and to
done wrong to the king only, but also every people after their language, that
to all the princes, and to all the people every man should bear rule in his own
that are in all the provinces of the king house, and that it should be published
17
Ahasuerus. For this deed of the according to the language of every
queen shall come abroad unto all people.
women, so that they shall despise their
husbands in their eyes, when it shall Esther 2
be reported, The king Ahasuerus
commanded Vashti the queen to be
After these things, when the wrath of

brought in before him, but she came king Ahasuerus was appeased, he

not. 18
Likewise shall the ladies of remembered Vashti, and what she had

Persia and Media say this day unto all done, and what was decreed against
2
the king's princes, which have heard of her. Then said the king's servants

the deed of the queen. Thus shall there that ministered unto him, Let there be
3
arise too much contempt and wrath. 19 fair young virgins sought for the king:

If it please the king, let there go a And let the king appoint officers in all

royal commandment from him, and let the provinces of his kingdom, that they

it be written among the laws of the may gather together all the fair young
virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the her her things for purification, with
house of the women unto the custody such things as belonged to her, and
of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper seven maidens, which were meet to be
of the women; and let their things for given her, out of the king's house: and
4
purification be given them: And let he preferred her and her maids unto
the maiden which pleaseth the king be the best place of the house of the
10
queen instead of Vashti. And the thing women. Esther had not shewed her
5
pleased the king; and he did so. Now people nor her kindred: for Mordecai
in Shushan the palace there was a had charged her that she should not
11
certain Jew, whose name was shew it. And Mordecai walked every
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of day before the court of the women's
6
Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; house, to know how Esther did, and
12
Who had been carried away from what should become of her. Now
Jerusalem with the captivity which had when every maid's turn was come to
been carried away with Jeconiah king go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she
of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the had been twelve months, according to
7
king of Babylon had carried away. the manner of the women, (for so were
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, the days of their purifications
Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she accomplished, to wit, six months with
had neither father nor mother, and the oil of myrrh, and six months with
maid was fair and beautiful; whom sweet odours, and with other things for
13
Mordecai, when her father and mother the purifying of the women;) Then
were dead, took for his own daughter. thus came every maiden unto the king;
8
So it came to pass, when the king's whatsoever she desired was given her
commandment and his decree was to go with her out of the house of the
14
heard, and when many maidens were women unto the king's house. In the
gathered together unto Shushan the evening she went, and on the morrow
palace, to the custody of Hegai, that she returned into the second house of
Esther was brought also unto the king's the women, to the custody of
house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain,
9
of the women. And the maiden which kept the concubines: she came
pleased him, and she obtained in unto the king no more, except the
kindness of him; and he speedily gave king delighted in her, and that she
 15
were called by name. Now when the chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of
turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail those which kept the door, were wroth,
the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken and sought to lay hand on the king
22
her for his daughter, was come to go in Ahasuerus. And the thing was known
unto the king, she required nothing but to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther
what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the the queen; and Esther certified the
23
keeper of the women, appointed. And king thereof in Mordecai's name. And
Esther obtained favour in the sight of when inquisition was made of the
16
all them that looked upon her. So matter, it was found out; therefore
Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus they were both hanged on a tree: and
into his house royal in the tenth it was written in the book of the
month, which is the month Tebeth, in chronicles before the king.
17
the seventh year of his reign. And
the king loved Esther above all the Esther 3
women, and she obtained grace and
favour in his sight more than all the
After these things did king Ahasuerus

virgins; so that he set the royal crown promote Haman the son of

upon her head, and made her queen Hammedatha the Agagite, and

instead of Vashti. 18
Then the king advanced him, and set his seat above
2
made a great feast unto all his princes all the princes that were with him.

and his servants, even Esther's feast; And all the king's servants, that were

and he made a release to the in the king's gate, bowed, and

provinces, and gave gifts, according to reverenced Haman: for the king had so

the state of the king. 19

And when the commanded concerning him. But

virgins were gathered together the Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
3
second time, then Mordecai sat in the reverence. Then the king's servants,

king's gate. 20
Esther had not yet which were in the king's gate, said

shewed her kindred nor her people; as unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou
4
Mordecai had charged her: for Esther the king's commandment? Now it

did the commandment of Mordecai, like came to pass, when they spake daily

as when she was brought up with him. unto him, and he hearkened not unto
21
In those days, while Mordecai sat in them, that they told Haman, to see

the king's gate, two of the king's whether Mordecai's matters would
stand: for he had told them that he unto Haman, The silver is given to
5
was a Jew. And when Haman saw that thee, the people also, to do with them
12
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him as it seemeth good to thee. Then
reverence, then was Haman full of were the king's scribes called on the
6
wrath. And he thought scorn to lay thirteenth day of the first month, and
hands on Mordecai alone; for they had there was written according to all that
shewed him the people of Mordecai: Haman had commanded unto the king's
wherefore Haman sought to destroy all lieutenants, and to the governors that
the Jews that were throughout the were over every province, and to the
whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the rulers of every people of every
7
people of Mordecai. In the first province according to the writing
month, that is, the month Nisan, in the thereof, and to every people after their
twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they language; in the name of king
cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed
13
from day to day, and from month to with the king's ring. And the letters
month, to the twelfth month, that is, were sent by posts into all the king's
8
the month Adar. And Haman said provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to
unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain cause to perish, all Jews, both young
people scattered abroad and dispersed and old, little children and women, in
among the people in all the provinces one day, even upon the thirteenth day
of thy kingdom; and their laws are of the twelfth month, which is the
diverse from all people; neither keep month Adar, and to take the spoil of
14
they the king's laws: therefore it is not them for a prey. The copy of the
9
for the king's profit to suffer them. If writing for a commandment to be given
it please the king, let it be written that in every province was published unto
they may be destroyed: and I will pay all people, that they should be ready
15
ten thousand talents of silver to the against that day. The posts went out,
hands of those that have the charge of being hastened by the king's
the business, to bring it into the king's commandment, and the decree was
10
treasuries. And the king took his ring given in Shushan the palace. And the
from his hand, and gave it unto Haman king and Haman sat down to drink; but
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the city Shushan was perplexed.
11
the Jews' enemy. And the king said
 8
Esther 4 Jews, to destroy them. Also he gave
him the copy of the writing of the
When Mordecai perceived all that was decree that was given at Shushan to

done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and destroy them, to shew it unto Esther,

put on sackcloth with ashes, and went and to declare it unto her, and to

out into the midst of the city, and cried charge her that she should go in unto

with a loud and a bitter cry; 2

And the king, to make supplication unto

came even before the king's gate: for him, and to make request before him
9
none might enter into the king's gate for her people. And Hatach came and
10
clothed with sackcloth. 3
And in every told Esther the words of Mordecai.

province, whithersoever the king's Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and

commandment and his decree came, gave him commandment unto

11
there was great mourning among the Mordecai; All the king's servants,

Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and and the people of the king's provinces,

wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and do know, that whosoever, whether man

ashes. 4
So Esther's maids and her or woman, shall come unto the king

chamberlains came and told it her. into the inner court, who is not called,

Then was the queen exceedingly there is one law of his to put him to

grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe death, except such to whom the king

Mordecai, and to take away his shall hold out the golden sceptre, that

sackcloth from him: but he received it he may live: but I have not been called

not. 5
Then called Esther for Hatach, to come in unto the king these thirty
12
one of the king's chamberlains, whom days. And they told to Mordecai
13
he had appointed to attend upon her, Esther's words. Then Mordecai

and gave him a commandment to commanded to answer Esther, Think

Mordecai, to know what it was, and not with thyself that thou shalt escape

why it was. 6
So Hatach went forth to in the king's house, more than all the
14
Mordecai unto the street of the city, Jews. For if thou altogether holdest

which was before the king's gate. 7

And thy peace at this time, then shall there

Mordecai told him of all that had enlargement and deliverance arise to

happened unto him, and of the sum of the Jews from another place; but thou

the money that Haman had promised and thy father's house shall be

to pay to the king's treasuries for the destroyed: and who knoweth whether
thou art come to the kingdom for such And Esther answered, If it seem good
15
a time as this? Then Esther bade unto the king, let the king and Haman
16
them return Mordecai this answer, come this day unto the banquet that I
5
Go, gather together all the Jews that have prepared for him. Then the king
are present in Shushan, and fast ye for said, Cause Haman to make haste, that
me, and neither eat nor drink three he may do as Esther hath said. So the
days, night or day: I also and my king and Haman came to the banquet
6
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I that Esther had prepared. And the
go in unto the king, which is not king said unto Esther at the banquet of
according to the law: and if I perish, I wine, What is thy petition? and it shall
17
perish. So Mordecai went his way, be granted thee: and what is thy
and did according to all that Esther had request? even to the half of the
7
commanded him. kingdom it shall be performed. Then
answered Esther, and said, My petition
Esther 5 and my request is; 8
If I have found
favour in the sight of the king, and if it
Now it came to pass on the third day,
please the king to grant my petition,
that Esther put on her royal apparel, and to perform my request, let the
and stood in the inner court of the king and Haman come to the banquet
king's house, over against the king's that I shall prepare for them, and I will
house: and the king sat upon his royal do to morrow as the king hath said. 9

throne in the royal house, over against Then went Haman forth that day joyful
2
the gate of the house. And it was so, and with a glad heart: but when
when the king saw Esther the queen Haman saw Mordecai in the king's
standing in the court, that she gate, that he stood not up, nor moved
obtained favour in his sight: and the for him, he was full of indignation
king held out to Esther the golden against Mordecai. 10
Nevertheless
sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther Haman refrained himself: and when he
drew near, and touched the top of the came home, he sent and called for his
3
sceptre. Then said the king unto her, friends, and Zeresh his wife. 11
And
What wilt thou, queen Esther? and Haman told them of the glory of his
what is thy request? it shall be even riches, and the multitude of his
4
given thee to the half of the kingdom. children, and all the things wherein the
king had promoted him, and how he the king's servants that ministered
had advanced him above the princes unto him, There is nothing done for
12 4
and servants of the king. Haman said him. And the king said, Who is in the
moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did court? Now Haman was come into the
let no man come in with the king unto outward court of the king's house, to
the banquet that she had prepared but speak unto the king to hang Mordecai
myself; and to morrow am I invited on the gallows that he had prepared
13 5
unto her also with the king. Yet all for him. And the king's servants said
this availeth me nothing, so long as I unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in
see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the the court. And the king said, Let him
14 6
king's gate. Then said Zeresh his come in. So Haman came in. And the
wife and all his friends unto him, Let a king said unto him, What shall be done
gallows be made of fifty cubits high, unto the man whom the king delighteth
and to morrow speak thou unto the to honour? Now Haman thought in his
king that Mordecai may be hanged heart, To whom would the king delight
7
thereon: then go thou in merrily with to do honour more than to myself?
the king unto the banquet. And the And Haman answered the king, For the
thing pleased Haman; and he caused man whom the king delighteth to
8
the gallows to be made. honour, Let the royal apparel be
brought which the king useth to wear,
Esther 6 and the horse that the king rideth
upon, and the crown royal which is set
On that night could not the king sleep, upon his head: 9
And let this apparel
and he commanded to bring the book and horse be delivered to the hand of
of records of the chronicles; and they one of the king's most noble princes,
2
were read before the king. And it was that they may array the man withal
found written, that Mordecai had told whom the king delighteth to honour,
of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the and bring him on horseback through
king's chamberlains, the keepers of the the street of the city, and proclaim
door, who sought to lay hand on the before him, Thus shall it be done to the
3
king Ahasuerus. And the king said, man whom the king delighteth to
What honour and dignity hath been honour. 10
Then the king said to
done to Mordecai for this? Then said Haman, Make haste, and take the
apparel and the horse, as thou hast What is thy petition, queen Esther? and
said, and do even so to Mordecai the it shall be granted thee: and what is
Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let thy request? and it shall be performed,
3
nothing fail of all that thou hast even to the half of the kingdom. Then
11
spoken. Then took Haman the Esther the queen answered and said, If
apparel and the horse, and arrayed I have found favour in thy sight, O
Mordecai, and brought him on king, and if it please the king, let my
horseback through the street of the life be given me at my petition, and my
4
city, and proclaimed before him, Thus people at my request: For we are
shall it be done unto the man whom sold, I and my people, to be destroyed,
12
the king delighteth to honour. And to be slain, and to perish. But if we had
Mordecai came again to the king's been sold for bondmen and
gate. But Haman hasted to his house bondwomen, I had held my tongue,
mourning, and having his head although the enemy could not
13 5
covered. And Haman told Zeresh his countervail the king's damage. Then
wife and all his friends every thing that the king Ahasuerus answered and said
had befallen him. Then said his wise unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and
men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If where is he, that durst presume in his
6
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, heart to do so? And Esther said, The
before whom thou hast begun to fall, adversary and enemy is this wicked
thou shalt not prevail against him, but Haman. Then Haman was afraid before
14 7
shalt surely fall before him. And the king and the queen. And the king
while they were yet talking with him, arising from the banquet of wine in his
came the king's chamberlains, and wrath went into the palace garden: and
hasted to bring Haman unto the Haman stood up to make request for
banquet that Esther had prepared. his life to Esther the queen; for he saw
that there was evil determined against
Esther 7 him by the king. 8
Then the king
returned out of the palace garden into
So the king and Haman came to
the place of the banquet of wine; and
2
banquet with Esther the queen. And Haman was fallen upon the bed
the king said again unto Esther on the whereon Esther was. Then said the
second day at the banquet of wine, king, Will he force the queen also
before me in the house? As the word
went out of the king's mouth, they
9
covered Haman's face. And Harbonah,
one of the chamberlains, said before
the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty
cubits high, which Haman had made for
Mordecai, who had spoken good for the
king, standeth in the house of Haman.
Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10
So they hanged Haman
gallows that he had prepared
Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath
pacified.
Esther 8
On that day did the king Ahasuerus
give the house of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto Esther the queen. And
Mordecai came before the king; for
Esther had told what he was unto her.
2
And the king took off his ring, which
he had taken from Haman, and gave it
unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai
3
over the house of Haman. And Esther
spake yet again before the king, and
fell down at his feet, and besought him
with tears to put away the mischief of
Haman the Agagite, and his device that
he had devised against the Jews.
Then the king held out the golden
sceptre toward Esther. So
arose, and stood before the king,
said, If it please the king, and if I have
found favour in his sight, and the thing
seem right before the king, and I be
pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to
reverse the letters devised by Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
which he wrote to destroy the Jews
6
which are in all the king's provinces:
For how can I endure to see the evil
on the that shall come unto my people? or
for how can I endure to see the
7
destruction of my kindred? Then the
king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the
queen and to Mordecai the Jew,
Behold, I have given Esther the house
of Haman, and him they have hanged
upon the gallows, because he laid his
hand upon the Jews. 8
Write ye also for
the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's
name, and seal it with the king's ring:
for the writing which is written in the
king's name, and sealed with the king's
ring, may no man reverse. 9
Then were
the king's scribes called at that time in
the third month, that is, the month
Sivan, on the three and twentieth day
thereof; and it was written according to
all that Mordecai commanded unto the
Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the
4
deputies and rulers of the provinces
which are from India unto Ethiopia, an
Esther hundred twenty and seven provinces,
5
And unto every province according to the
writing thereof, and unto every people of gold, and with a garment of fine
after their language, and to the Jews linen and purple: and the city of
16
according to their writing, and Shushan rejoiced and was glad. The
10
according to their language. And he Jews had light, and gladness, and joy,
17
wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and honour. And in every province,
and sealed it with the king's ring, and and in every city, whithersoever the
sent letters by posts on horseback, and king's commandment and his decree
riders on mules, camels, and young came, the Jews had joy and gladness,
11
dromedaries: Wherein the king a feast and a good day. And many of
granted the Jews which were in every the people of the land became Jews;
city to gather themselves together, and for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
to stand for their life, to destroy, to
slay, and to cause to perish, all the Esther 9
power of the people and province that
would assault them, both little ones
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the

and women, and to take the spoil of month Adar, on the thirteenth day of

them for a prey, 12

Upon one day in all the same, when the king's

the provinces of king Ahasuerus, commandment and his decree drew

namely, upon the thirteenth day of the near to be put in execution, in the day

twelfth month, which is the month that the enemies of the Jews hoped to

Adar. 13
The copy of the writing for a have power over them, (though it was

commandment to be given in every turned to the contrary, that the Jews

2
province was published unto all people, had rule over them that hated them;)

and that the Jews should be ready The Jews gathered themselves together

against that day to avenge themselves in their cities throughout all the

on their enemies. 14
So the posts that provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay

rode upon mules and camels went out, hand on such as sought their hurt: and

being hastened and pressed on by the no man could withstand them; for the
3
king's commandment. And the decree fear of them fell upon all people. And

was given at Shushan the palace. 15 all the rulers of the provinces, and the

And Mordecai went out from the lieutenants, and the deputies, and

presence of the king in royal apparel of officers of the king, helped the Jews;

blue and white, and with a great crown because the fear of Mordecai fell upon
 4
them. For Mordecai was great in the let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon
14
king's house, and his fame went out the gallows. And the king
throughout all the provinces: for this commanded it so to be done: and the
man Mordecai waxed greater and decree was given at Shushan; and they
5 15
greater. Thus the Jews smote all their hanged Haman's ten sons. For the
enemies with the stroke of the sword, Jews that were in Shushan gathered
and slaughter, and destruction, and did themselves together on the fourteenth
what they would unto those that hated day also of the month Adar, and slew
6
them. And in Shushan the palace the three hundred men at Shushan; but on
16
Jews slew and destroyed five hundred the prey they laid not their hand. But
7
men. And Parshandatha, and the other Jews that were in the king's
8
Dalphon, and Aspatha, And Poratha, provinces gathered themselves
9
and Adalia, and Aridatha, And together, and stood for their lives, and
Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and had rest from their enemies, and slew
10
Vajezatha, The ten sons of Haman of their foes seventy and five
the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of thousand, but they laid not their hands
17
the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil on the prey, On the thirteenth day of
11
laid they not their hand. On that day the month Adar; and on the fourteenth
the number of those that were slain in day of the same rested they, and made
18
Shushan the palace was brought before it a day of feasting and gladness. But
12
the king. And the king said unto the Jews that were at Shushan
Esther the queen, The Jews have slain assembled together on the thirteenth
and destroyed five hundred men in day thereof; and on the fourteenth
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the
of Haman; what have they done in the same they rested, and made it a day of
19
rest of the king's provinces? now what feasting and gladness. Therefore the
is thy petition? and it shall be granted Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the
thee: or what is thy request further? unwalled towns, made the fourteenth
13
and it shall be done. Then said day of the month Adar a day of
Esther, If it please the king, let it be gladness and feasting, and a good day,
granted to the Jews which are in and of sending portions one to another.
20
Shushan to do to morrow also And Mordecai wrote these things,
according unto this day's decree, and and sent letters unto all the Jews that
were in all the provinces of the king upon them, and upon their seed, and
21
Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, To upon all such as joined themselves
stablish this among them, that they unto them, so as it should not fail, that
should keep the fourteenth day of the they would keep these two days
month Adar, and the fifteenth day of according to their writing, and
22
the same, yearly, As the days according to their appointed time every
28
wherein the Jews rested from their year; And that these days should be
enemies, and the month which was remembered and kept throughout
turned unto them from sorrow to joy, every generation, every family, every
and from mourning into a good day: province, and every city; and that
that they should make them days of these days of Purim should not fail
feasting and joy, and of sending from among the Jews, nor the
portions one to another, and gifts to memorial of them perish from their
23 29
the poor. And the Jews undertook to seed. Then Esther the queen, the
do as they had begun, and as Mordecai daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the
24
had written unto them; Because Jew, wrote with all authority, to
30
Haman the son of Hammedatha, the confirm this second letter of Purim.
Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had And he sent the letters unto all the
devised against the Jews to destroy Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven
them, and had cast Pur, that is, the provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,
31
lot, to consume them, and to destroy with words of peace and truth, To
25
them; But when Esther came before confirm these days of Purim in their
the king, he commanded by letters that times appointed, according as Mordecai
his wicked device, which he devised the Jew and Esther the queen had
against the Jews, should return upon enjoined them, and as they had
his own head, and that he and his sons decreed for themselves and for their
26
should be hanged on the gallows. seed, the matters of the fastings and
32
Wherefore they called these days Purim their cry. And the decree of Esther
after the name of Pur. Therefore for all confirmed these matters of Purim; and
the words of this letter, and of that it was written in the book.
which they had seen concerning this
matter, and which had come unto
27
them, The Jews ordained, and took
Esther 10 written in the book of the chronicles of
3
the kings of Media and Persia? For
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute Mordecai the Jew was next unto king

upon the land, and upon the isles of Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews,

the sea. 2
And all the acts of his power and accepted of the multitude of his

and of his might, and the declaration of brethren, seeking the wealth of his

the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto people, and speaking peace to all his

the king advanced him, are they not seed.

THE BOOK OF

JOB

7
Job 1 Satan came also among them. And
the LORD said unto Satan, Whence
There was a man in the land of Uz, comest thou? Then Satan answered the

whose name was Job; and that man LORD, and said, From going to and fro

was perfect and upright, and one that in the earth, and from walking up and
8
feared God, and eschewed evil. 2
And down in it. And the LORD said unto

there were born unto him seven sons Satan, Hast thou considered my

and three daughters. 3

His substance servant Job, that there is none like him

also was seven thousand sheep, and in the earth, a perfect and an upright

three thousand camels, and five man, one that feareth God, and
9
hundred yoke of oxen, and five escheweth evil? Then Satan answered

hundred she asses, and a very great the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God
10
household; so that this man was the for nought? Hast not thou made an

greatest of all the men of the east. 4 hedge about him, and about his house,

And his sons went and feasted in their and about all that he hath on every

houses, every one his day; and sent side? thou hast blessed the work of his

and called for their three sisters to eat hands, and his substance is increased
11
and to drink with them. 5
And it was in the land. But put forth thine hand

so, when the days of their feasting now, and touch all that he hath, and he
12
were gone about, that Job sent and will curse thee to thy face. And the

sanctified them, and rose up early in LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that

the morning, and offered burnt he hath is in thy power; only upon

offerings according to the number of himself put not forth thine hand. So

them all: for Job said, It may be that Satan went forth from the presence of
13
my sons have sinned, and cursed God the LORD. And there was a day when

in their hearts. Thus did Job his sons and his daughters were eating

continually. 6
Now there was a day and drinking wine in their eldest
14
when the sons of God came to present brother's house: And there came a

themselves before the LORD, and messenger unto Job, and said, The
oxen were plowing, and the asses shall I return thither: the LORD gave,
15
feeding beside them: And the and the LORD hath taken away;
22
Sabeans fell upon them, and took them blessed be the name of the LORD. In
away; yea, they have slain the all this Job sinned not, nor charged
servants with the edge of the sword; God foolishly.
and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee. 16
While he was yet speaking, Job 2
there came also another, and said, The
fire of God is fallen from heaven, and
Again there was a day when the sons

hath burned up the sheep, and the of God came to present themselves

servants, and consumed them; and I before the LORD, and Satan came also

only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 among them to present himself before
2
While he was yet speaking, there came the LORD. And the LORD said unto

also another, and said, The Chaldeans Satan, From whence comest thou? And

made out three bands, and fell upon Satan answered the LORD, and said,

the camels, and have carried them From going to and fro in the earth, and
3
away, yea, and slain the servants with from walking up and down in it. And

the edge of the sword; and I only am the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou

escaped alone to tell thee. 18

While he considered my servant Job, that there

was yet speaking, there came also is none like him in the earth, a perfect

another, and said, Thy sons and thy and an upright man, one that feareth

daughters were eating and drinking God, and escheweth evil? and still he

wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 holdeth fast his integrity, although

And, behold, there came a great wind thou movedst me against him, to
4
from the wilderness, and smote the destroy him without cause. And Satan

four corners of the house, and it fell answered the LORD, and said, Skin for

upon the young men, and they are skin, yea, all that a man hath will he
5
dead; and I only am escaped alone to give for his life. But put forth thine

tell thee. 20
Then Job arose, and rent hand now, and touch his bone and his

his mantle, and shaved his head, and flesh, and he will curse thee to thy
6
fell down upon the ground, and face. And the LORD said unto Satan,

worshipped, 21
And said, Naked came I Behold, he is in thine hand; but save
7
out of my mother's womb, and naked his life. So went Satan forth from the
presence of the LORD, and smote Job Job 3
with sore boils from the sole of his foot
unto his crown. 8
And he took him a After this opened Job his mouth, and
potsherd to scrape himself withal; and cursed his day. 2
And Job spake, and
9
he sat down among the ashes. Then said, 3
Let the day perish wherein I was
said his wife unto him, Dost thou still born, and the night in which it was
retain thine integrity? curse God, and said, There is a man child conceived. 4

10
die. But he said unto her, Thou Let that day be darkness; let not God
speakest as one of the foolish women regard it from above, neither let the
speaketh. What? shall we receive good light shine upon it. 5
Let darkness and
at the hand of God, and shall we not the shadow of death stain it; let a
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness
11
with his lips. Now when Job's three of the day terrify it. 6
As for that night,
friends heard of all this evil that was let darkness seize upon it; let it not be
come upon him, they came every one joined unto the days of the year, let it
from his own place; Eliphaz the not come into the number of the
Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and months. 7
Lo, let that night be solitary,
Zophar the Naamathite: for they had let no joyful voice come therein. 8
Let
made an appointment together to come them curse it that curse the day, who
to mourn with him and to comfort him. are ready to raise up their mourning. 9

12
And when they lifted up their eyes Let the stars of the twilight thereof be
afar off, and knew him not, they lifted dark; let it look for light, but have
up their voice, and wept; and they rent none; neither let it see the dawning of
every one his mantle, and sprinkled the day: 10
Because it shut not up the
dust upon their heads toward heaven. doors of my mother's womb, nor hid
13
So they sat down with him upon the sorrow from mine eyes. 11
Why died I
ground seven days and seven nights, not from the womb? why did I not give
and none spake a word unto him: for up the ghost when I came out of the
they saw that his grief was very great. belly? 12
Why did the knees prevent
me? or why the breasts that I should
13
suck? For now should I have lain still
and been quiet, I should have slept:
14
then had I been at rest, With kings
and counsellors of the earth, which Job 4
15
built desolate places for themselves;
Or with princes that had gold, who Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered
16
filled their houses with silver: Or as and said, 2
If we assay to commune
an hidden untimely birth I had not with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but
been; as infants which never saw light. who can withhold himself from
17
There the wicked cease from speaking? 3
Behold, thou hast
troubling; and there the weary be at instructed many, and thou hast
18
rest. There the prisoners rest strengthened the weak hands. 4
Thy
together; they hear not the voice of words have upholden him that was
19
the oppressor. The small and great falling, and thou hast strengthened the
are there; and the servant is free from feeble knees. 5
But now it is come upon
20
his master. Wherefore is light given thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth
to him that is in misery, and life unto thee, and thou art troubled. 6
Is not
21
the bitter in soul; Which long for this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope,
death, but it cometh not; and dig for it and the uprightness of thy ways? 7

22
more than for hid treasures; Which Remember, I pray thee, who ever
rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, perished, being innocent? or where
23
when they can find the grave? Why were the righteous cut off? 8
Even as I
is light given to a man whose way is have seen, they that plow iniquity, and
24
hid, and whom God hath hedged in? sow wickedness, reap the same. 9
By
For my sighing cometh before I eat, the blast of God they perish, and by
and my roarings are poured out like the breath of his nostrils are they
25
the waters. For the thing which I consumed. 10
The roaring of the lion,
greatly feared is come upon me, and and the voice of the fierce lion, and the
that which I was afraid of is come unto teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11

26
me. I was not in safety, neither had The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble and the stout lion's whelps are
came. scattered abroad. 12
Now a thing was
secretly brought to me, and mine ear
13
received a little thereof. In thoughts
from the visions of the night, when
14
deep sleep falleth on men, Fear
 5
came upon me, and trembling, which them. Whose harvest the hungry
15
made all my bones to shake. Then a eateth up, and taketh it even out of
spirit passed before my face; the hair the thorns, and the robber swalloweth
16 6
of my flesh stood up: It stood still, up their substance. Although affliction
but I could not discern the form cometh not forth of the dust, neither
7
thereof: an image was before mine doth trouble spring out of the ground;
eyes, there was silence, and I heard a Yet man is born unto trouble, as the
17 8
voice, saying, Shall mortal man be sparks fly upward. I would seek unto
more just than God? shall a man be God, and unto God would I commit my
18 9
more pure than his maker? Behold, cause: Which doeth great things and
he put no trust in his servants; and his unsearchable; marvellous things
19 10
angels he charged with folly: How without number: Who giveth rain
much less in them that dwell in houses upon the earth, and sendeth waters
11
of clay, whose foundation is in the upon the fields: To set up on high
dust, which are crushed before the those that be low; that those which
20 12
moth? They are destroyed from mourn may be exalted to safety. He
morning to evening: they perish for disappointeth the devices of the crafty,
21
ever without any regarding it. Doth so that their hands cannot perform
13
not their excellency which is in them their enterprise. He taketh the wise
go away? they die, even without in their own craftiness: and the counsel
14
wisdom. of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the
Job 5 daytime, and grope in the noonday as
15
in the night. But he saveth the poor
Call now, if there be any that will
from the sword, from their mouth, and
answer thee; and to which of the saints from the hand of the mighty. 16
So the
2
wilt thou turn? For wrath killeth the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth
foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly her mouth. 17
Behold, happy is the man
3
one. I have seen the foolish taking whom God correcteth: therefore
root: but suddenly I cursed his despise not thou the chastening of the
4
habitation. His children are far from Almighty: 18
For he maketh sore, and
safety, and they are crushed in the bindeth up: he woundeth, and his
gate, neither is there any to deliver hands make whole. 19
He shall deliver
thee in six troubles: yea, in seven arrows of the Almighty are within me,
20
there shall no evil touch thee. In the poison whereof drinketh up my
famine he shall redeem thee from spirit: the terrors of God do set
5
death: and in war from the power of themselves in array against me. Doth
21
the sword. Thou shalt be hid from the wild ass bray when he hath grass?
6
the scourge of the tongue: neither or loweth the ox over his fodder? Can
shalt thou be afraid of destruction that which is unsavoury be eaten
22
when it cometh. At destruction and without salt? or is there any taste in
7
famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt the white of an egg? The things that
thou be afraid of the beasts of the my soul refused to touch are as my
23 8
earth. For thou shalt be in league sorrowful meat. Oh that I might have
with the stones of the field: and the my request; and that God would grant
9
beasts of the field shall be at peace me the thing that I long for! Even
24
with thee. And thou shalt know that that it would please God to destroy
thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and me; that he would let loose his hand,
10
thou shalt visit thy habitation, and and cut me off! Then should I yet
25
shalt not sin. Thou shalt know also have comfort; yea, I would harden
that thy seed shall be great, and thine myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for
26
offspring as the grass of the earth. I have not concealed the words of the
11
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full Holy One. What is my strength, that
age, like as a shock of corn cometh in I should hope? and what is mine end,
27 12
in his season. Lo this, we have that I should prolong my life? Is my
searched it, so it is; hear it, and know strength the strength of stones? or is
13
thou it for thy good. my flesh of brass? Is not my help in
me? and is wisdom driven quite from
Job 6 me? 14
To him that is afflicted pity
should be shewed from his friend; but
But Job answered and said, 2
O that
he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
my grief were throughly weighed, and 15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as
my calamity laid in the balances a brook, and as the stream of brooks
3
together! For now it would be heavier they pass away; 16
Which are blackish
than the sand of the sea: therefore my by reason of the ice, and wherein the
4
words are swallowed up. For the snow is hid: 17
What time they wax
warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they Job 7
18
are consumed out of their place. The
paths of their way are turned aside; Is there not an appointed time to man

they go to nothing, and perish. 19

The upon earth? are not his days also like
2
troops of Tema looked, the companies the days of an hireling? As a servant

of Sheba waited for them. 20

They were earnestly desireth the shadow, and as

confounded because they had hoped; an hireling looketh for the reward of
3
they came thither, and were ashamed. his work: So am I made to possess
21
For now ye are no thing; ye see my months of vanity, and wearisome
4
casting down, and are afraid. 22
Did I nights are appointed to me. When I

say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and

for me of your substance? 23

Or, the night be gone? and I am full of

Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, tossings to and fro unto the dawning of
5
Redeem me from the hand of the the day. My flesh is clothed with

mighty? 24
Teach me, and I will hold worms and clods of dust; my skin is
6
my tongue: and cause me to broken, and become loathsome. My

understand wherein I have erred. 25 days are swifter than a weaver's

7
How forcible are right words! but what shuttle, and are spent without hope.

doth your arguing reprove? 26

Do ye O remember that my life is wind: mine
8
imagine to reprove words, and the eye shall no more see good. The eye

speeches of one that is desperate, of him that hath seen me shall see me

which are as wind? 27

Yea, ye no more: thine eyes are upon me, and
9
overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a I am not. As the cloud is consumed

pit for your friend. 28

Now therefore be and vanisheth away: so he that goeth

content, look upon me; for it is evident down to the grave shall come up no
10
unto you if I lie. 29
Return, I pray you, more. He shall return no more to his

let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, house, neither shall his place know him
11
my righteousness is in it. 30
Is there any more. Therefore I will not refrain

iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste my mouth; I will speak in the anguish

discern perverse things? of my spirit; I will complain in the

12
bitterness of my soul. Am I a sea, or
a whale, that thou settest a watch over
13
me? When I say, My bed shall
comfort me, my couch shall ease my and he have cast them away for their
14 5
complaint; Then thou scarest me transgression; If thou wouldest seek
with dreams, and terrifiest me through unto God betimes, and make thy
15 6
visions: So that my soul chooseth supplication to the Almighty; If thou
strangling, and death rather than my wert pure and upright; surely now he
16
life. I loathe it; I would not live would awake for thee, and make the
alway: let me alone; for my days are habitation of thy righteousness
17 7
vanity. What is man, that thou prosperous. Though thy beginning
shouldest magnify him? and that thou was small, yet thy latter end should
18 8
shouldest set thine heart upon him? greatly increase. For enquire, I pray
And that thou shouldest visit him every thee, of the former age, and prepare
19 9
morning, and try him every moment? thyself to the search of their fathers:
How long wilt thou not depart from me, (For we are but of yesterday, and know
nor let me alone till I swallow down my nothing, because our days upon earth
20 10
spittle? I have sinned; what shall I are a shadow:) Shall not they teach
do unto thee, O thou preserver of thee, and tell thee, and utter words out
11
men? why hast thou set me as a mark of their heart? Can the rush grow up
against thee, so that I am a burden to without mire? can the flag grow
21 12
myself? And why dost thou not without water? Whilst it is yet in his
pardon my transgression, and take greenness, and not cut down, it
13
away mine iniquity? for now shall I withereth before any other herb. So
sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek are the paths of all that forget God;
me in the morning, but I shall not be. and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14
Whose hope shall be cut off, and
Job 8 whose trust shall be a spider's web. 15

He shall lean upon his house, but it

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite,
shall not stand: he shall hold it fast,
2
and said, How long wilt thou speak but it shall not endure. 16
He is green
these things? and how long shall the before the sun, and his branch
words of thy mouth be like a strong shooteth forth in his garden. 17
His
3
wind? Doth God pervert judgment? or roots are wrapped about the heap, and
4
doth the Almighty pervert justice? If seeth the place of stones. 18
If he
thy children have sinned against him, destroy him from his place, then it
 11
shall deny him, saying, I have not seen number. Lo, he goeth by me, and I
19
thee. Behold, this is the joy of his see him not: he passeth on also, but I
12
way, and out of the earth shall others perceive him not. Behold, he taketh
20
grow. Behold, God will not cast away away, who can hinder him? who will
13
a perfect man, neither will he help the say unto him, What doest thou? If
21
evil doers: Till he fill thy mouth with God will not withdraw his anger, the
22 14
laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. proud helpers do stoop under him.
They that hate thee shall be clothed How much less shall I answer him, and
with shame; and the dwelling place of choose out my words to reason with
15
the wicked shall come to nought. him? Whom, though I were
righteous, yet would I not answer, but
Job 9 I would make supplication to my judge.
16
If I had called, and he had answered
Then Job answered and said, 2
I know
me; yet would I not believe that he
it is so of a truth: but how should man had hearkened unto my voice. 17
For he
3
be just with God? If he will contend breaketh me with a tempest, and
with him, he cannot answer him one of multiplieth my wounds without cause.
4
a thousand. He is wise in heart, and 18
He will not suffer me to take my
mighty in strength: who hath hardened breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
himself against him, and hath 19
If I speak of strength, lo, he is
5
prospered? Which removeth the strong: and if of judgment, who shall
mountains, and they know not: which set me a time to plead? 20
If I justify
6
overturneth them in his anger. Which myself, mine own mouth shall condemn
shaketh the earth out of her place, and me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also
7
the pillars thereof tremble. Which prove me perverse. 21
Though I were
commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; perfect, yet would I not know my soul:
8
and sealeth up the stars. Which alone I would despise my life. 22
This is one
spreadeth out the heavens, and thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth
9
treadeth upon the waves of the sea. the perfect and the wicked. 23
If the
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at
Pleiades, and the chambers of the the trial of the innocent. 24
The earth is
10
south. Which doeth great things past given into the hand of the wicked: he
finding out; yea, and wonders without covereth the faces of the judges
thereof; if not, where, and who is he? thou shouldest oppress, that thou
25
Now my days are swifter than a shouldest despise the work of thine
post: they flee away, they see no hands, and shine upon the counsel of
26 4
good. They are passed away as the the wicked? Hast thou eyes of flesh?
5
swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth or seest thou as man seeth? Are thy
27
to the prey. If I say, I will forget my days as the days of man? are thy years
6
complaint, I will leave off my as man's days, That thou enquirest
28
heaviness, and comfort myself: I am after mine iniquity, and searchest after
7
afraid of all my sorrows, I know that my sin? Thou knowest that I am not
29
thou wilt not hold me innocent. If I wicked; and there is none that can
30 8
be wicked, why then labour I in vain? deliver out of thine hand. Thine hands
If I wash myself with snow water, and have made me and fashioned me
31
make my hands never so clean; Yet together round about; yet thou dost
9
shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and destroy me. Remember, I beseech
32
mine own clothes shall abhor me. For thee, that thou hast made me as the
he is not a man, as I am, that I should clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust
10
answer him, and we should come again? Hast thou not poured me out
33 11
together in judgment. Neither is as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
there any daysman betwixt us, that Thou hast clothed me with skin and
34
might lay his hand upon us both. Let flesh, and hast fenced me with bones
12
him take his rod away from me, and let and sinews. Thou hast granted me
35
not his fear terrify me: Then would I life and favour, and thy visitation hath
13
speak, and not fear him; but it is not preserved my spirit. And these
so with me. things hast thou hid in thine heart: I
14
know that this is with thee. If I sin,
Job 10 then thou markest me, and thou wilt
15
not acquit me from mine iniquity. If I
My soul is weary of my life; I will
be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
leave my complaint upon myself; I will righteous, yet will I not lift up my
2
speak in the bitterness of my soul. I head. I am full of confusion; therefore
will say unto God, Do not condemn me; see thou mine affliction; 16
For it
shew me wherefore thou contendest increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce
3
with me. Is it good unto thee that lion: and again thou shewest thyself
 17
marvellous upon me. Thou renewest shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that
thy witnesses against me, and they are double to that which is! Know
increasest thine indignation upon me; therefore that God exacteth of thee
18 7
changes and war are against me. less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me Canst thou by searching find out God?
forth out of the womb? Oh that I had canst thou find out the Almighty unto
8
given up the ghost, and no eye had perfection? It is as high as heaven;
19
seen me! I should have been as what canst thou do? deeper than hell;
9
though I had not been; I should have what canst thou know? The measure
been carried from the womb to the thereof is longer than the earth, and
20 10
grave. Are not my days few? cease broader than the sea. If he cut off,
then, and let me alone, that I may take and shut up, or gather together, then
21 11
comfort a little, Before I go whence I who can hinder him? For he knoweth
shall not return, even to the land of vain men: he seeth wickedness also;
22 12
darkness and the shadow of death; A will he not then consider it? For vain
land of darkness, as darkness itself; man would be wise, though man be
13
and of the shadow of death, without born like a wild ass's colt. If thou
any order, and where the light is as prepare thine heart, and stretch out
14
darkness. thine hands toward him; If iniquity
be in thine hand, put it far away, and
Job 11 let not wickedness dwell in thy
15
tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift
Then answered Zophar the
up thy face without spot; yea, thou
2
Naamathite, and said, Should not the shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16

multitude of words be answered? and Because thou shalt forget thy misery,
3
should a man full of talk be justified? and remember it as waters that pass
Should thy lies make men hold their away: 17
And thine age shall be clearer
peace? and when thou mockest, shall than the noonday; thou shalt shine
4
no man make thee ashamed? For forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18

thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, And thou shalt be secure, because
5
and I am clean in thine eyes. But oh there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
that God would speak, and open his about thee, and thou shalt take thy
6
lips against thee; And that he would rest in safety. 19
Also thou shalt lie
 11
down, and none shall make thee breath of all mankind. Doth not the
afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto ear try words? and the mouth taste his
20 12
thee. But the eyes of the wicked meat? With the ancient is wisdom;
13
shall fail, and they shall not escape, and in length of days understanding.
and their hope shall be as the giving up With him is wisdom and strength, he
14
of the ghost. hath counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it
Job 12 cannot be built again: he shutteth up a
15
man, and there can be no opening.
And Job answered and said, 2
No doubt
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and
but ye are the people, and wisdom they dry up: also he sendeth them out,
3
shall die with you. But I have and they overturn the earth. 16
With
understanding as well as you; I am not him is strength and wisdom: the
inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not deceived and the deceiver are his. 17

4
such things as these? I am as one He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
mocked of his neighbour, who calleth and maketh the judges fools. 18
He
upon God, and he answereth him: the looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth
5
just upright man is laughed to scorn. their loins with a girdle. 19
He leadeth
He that is ready to slip with his feet is princes away spoiled, and
as a lamp despised in the thought of overthroweth the mighty. 20
He
6
him that is at ease. The tabernacles removeth away the speech of the
of robbers prosper, and they that trusty, and taketh away the
provoke God are secure; into whose understanding of the aged. 21
He
7
hand God bringeth abundantly. But poureth contempt upon princes, and
ask now the beasts, and they shall weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
teach thee; and the fowls of the air, 22
He discovereth deep things out of
8
and they shall tell thee: Or speak to darkness, and bringeth out to light the
the earth, and it shall teach thee: and shadow of death. 23
He increaseth the
the fishes of the sea shall declare unto nations, and destroyeth them: he
9
thee. Who knoweth not in all these enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth
that the hand of the LORD hath them again. 24
He taketh away the
10
wrought this? In whose hand is the heart of the chief of the people of the
soul of every living thing, and the earth, and causeth them to wander in a
 25
wilderness where there is no way. my teeth, and put my life in mine
15
They grope in the dark without light, hand? Though he slay me, yet will I
and he maketh them to stagger like a trust in him: but I will maintain mine
16
drunken man. own ways before him. He also shall
be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall
Job 13 not come before him. 17
Hear diligently
my speech, and my declaration with
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine
your ears. 18
Behold now, I have
2
ear hath heard and understood it. ordered my cause; I know that I shall
What ye know, the same do I know be justified. 19
Who is he that will plead
3
also: I am not inferior unto you. with me? for now, if I hold my tongue,
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, I shall give up the ghost. 20
Only do not
4
and I desire to reason with God. But two things unto me: then will I not
ye are forgers of lies, ye are all hide myself from thee. 21
Withdraw
5
physicians of no value. Oh that ye thine hand far from me: and let not thy
would altogether hold your peace! and dread make me afraid. 22
Then call
6
it should be your wisdom. Hear now thou, and I will answer: or let me
my reasoning, and hearken to the speak, and answer thou me. 23
How
7
pleadings of my lips. Will ye speak many are mine iniquities and sins?
wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully make me to know my transgression
8
for him? Will ye accept his person? and my sin. 24
Wherefore hidest thou
9
will ye contend for God? Is it good thy face, and holdest me for thine
that he should search you out? or as enemy? 25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven
one man mocketh another, do ye so to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the
10
mock him? He will surely reprove dry stubble? 26
For thou writest bitter
11
you, if ye do secretly accept persons. things against me, and makest me to
Shall not his excellency make you possess the iniquities of my youth. 27

12
afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Thou puttest my feet also in the
Your remembrances are like unto stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all
13
ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. my paths; thou settest a print upon the
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I heels of my feet. 28
And he, as a rotten
may speak, and let come on me what thing, consumeth, as a garment that is
14
will. Wherefore do I take my flesh in moth eaten.
Job 14 secret, until thy wrath be past, that
thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
Man that is born of a woman is of few and remember me! 14
If a man die,

days, and full of trouble. 2

He cometh shall he live again? all the days of my

forth like a flower, and is cut down: he appointed time will I wait, till my
15
fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth change come. Thou shalt call, and I

not. 3
And dost thou open thine eyes will answer thee: thou wilt have a
16
upon such an one, and bringest me desire to the work of thine hands.

into judgment with thee? 4

Who can For now thou numberest my steps:
17
bring a clean thing out of an unclean? dost thou not watch over my sin? My

not one. 5
Seeing his days are transgression is sealed up in a bag,
18
determined, the number of his months and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

are with thee, thou hast appointed his And surely the mountain falling cometh

bounds that he cannot pass; 6

Turn to nought, and the rock is removed out
19
from him, that he may rest, till he shall of his place. The waters wear the

accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 7 stones: thou washest away the things

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut which grow out of the dust of the

down, that it will sprout again, and earth; and thou destroyest the hope of
20
that the tender branch thereof will not man. Thou prevailest for ever

cease. 8
Though the root thereof wax against him, and he passeth: thou

old in the earth, and the stock thereof changest his countenance, and sendest
21
die in the ground; 9
Yet through the him away. His sons come to honour,

scent of water it will bud, and bring and he knoweth it not; and they are

forth boughs like a plant. 10

But man brought low, but he perceiveth it not of
22
dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man them. But his flesh upon him shall

giveth up the ghost, and where is he? have pain, and his soul within him shall
11
As the waters fail from the sea, and mourn.
12
the flood decayeth and drieth up: So
Job 15
man lieth down, and riseth not: till the
heavens be no more, they shall not
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite,
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
2
13 and said, Should a wise man utter
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the
vain knowledge, and fill his belly with
grave, that thou wouldest keep me
 3
the east wind? Should he reason with and that which I have seen I will
18
unprofitable talk? or with speeches declare; Which wise men have told
4
wherewith he can do no good? Yea, from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19
thou castest off fear, and restrainest Unto whom alone the earth was
5
prayer before God. For thy mouth given, and no stranger passed among
20
uttereth thine iniquity, and thou them. The wicked man travaileth
6
choosest the tongue of the crafty. with pain all his days, and the number
21
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, of years is hidden to the oppressor.
and not I: yea, thine own lips testify A dreadful sound is in his ears: in
7
against thee. Art thou the first man prosperity the destroyer shall come
22
that was born? or wast thou made upon him. He believeth not that he
8
before the hills? Hast thou heard the shall return out of darkness, and he is
23
secret of God? and dost thou restrain waited for of the sword. He
9
wisdom to thyself? What knowest wandereth abroad for bread, saying,
thou, that we know not? what Where is it? he knoweth that the day of
24
understandest thou, which is not in us? darkness is ready at his hand.
10
With us are both the grayheaded and Trouble and anguish shall make him
very aged men, much elder than thy afraid; they shall prevail against him,
11 25
father. Are the consolations of God as a king ready to the battle. For he
small with thee? is there any secret stretcheth out his hand against God,
12
thing with thee? Why doth thine and strengtheneth himself against the
26
heart carry thee away? and what do Almighty. He runneth upon him,
13
thy eyes wink at, That thou turnest even on his neck, upon the thick
27
thy spirit against God, and lettest such bosses of his bucklers: Because he
14
words go out of thy mouth? What is covereth his face with his fatness, and
28
man, that he should be clean? and he maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
which is born of a woman, that he And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and
15
should be righteous? Behold, he in houses which no man inhabiteth,
29
putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the which are ready to become heaps.
16
heavens are not clean in his sight. He shall not be rich, neither shall his
How much more abominable and filthy substance continue, neither shall he
is man, which drinketh iniquity like prolong the perfection thereof upon the
17 30
water? I will shew thee, hear me; earth. He shall not depart out of
 8
darkness; the flame shall dry up his hast made desolate all my company.
branches, and by the breath of his And thou hast filled me with wrinkles,
31
mouth shall he go away. Let not him which is a witness against me: and my
that is deceived trust in vanity: for leanness rising up in me beareth
32 9
vanity shall be his recompence. It witness to my face. He teareth me in
shall be accomplished before his time, his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth
33
and his branch shall not be green. upon me with his teeth; mine enemy
10
He shall shake off his unripe grape as sharpeneth his eyes upon me. They
the vine, and shall cast off his flower have gaped upon me with their mouth;
34
as the olive. For the congregation of they have smitten me upon the cheek
hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire reproachfully; they have gathered
11
shall consume the tabernacles of themselves together against me. God
35
bribery. They conceive mischief, and hath delivered me to the ungodly, and
bring forth vanity, and their belly turned me over into the hands of the
12
prepareth deceit. wicked. I was at ease, but he hath
broken me asunder: he hath also taken
Job 16 me by my neck, and shaken me to
13
pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Then Job answered and said, 2
I have
His archers compass me round about,
heard many such things: miserable he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth
3
comforters are ye all. Shall vain not spare; he poureth out my gall upon
words have an end? or what the ground. 14
He breaketh me with
emboldeneth thee that thou breach upon breach, he runneth upon
4
answerest? I also could speak as ye me like a giant. 15
I have sewed
do: if your soul were in my soul's sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my
stead, I could heap up words against horn in the dust. 16
My face is foul with
5
you, and shake mine head at you. weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow
But I would strengthen you with my of death; 17
Not for any injustice in
mouth, and the moving of my lips mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18

6
should asswage your grief. Though I O earth, cover not thou my blood, and
speak, my grief is not asswaged: and let my cry have no place. 19
Also now,
7
though I forbear, what am I eased? behold, my witness is in heaven, and
But now he hath made me weary: thou my record is on high. 20
My friends
scorn me: but mine eye poureth out days are past, my purposes are broken
21 12
tears unto God. Oh that one might off, even the thoughts of my heart.
plead for a man with God, as a man They change the night into day: the
22 13
pleadeth for his neighbour! When a light is short because of darkness. If
few years are come, then I shall go the I wait, the grave is mine house: I have
14
way whence I shall not return. made my bed in the darkness. I have
said to corruption, Thou art my father:
Job 17 to the worm, Thou art my mother, and
15
my sister. And where is now my
My breath is corrupt, my days are
hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
2
extinct, the graves are ready for me. 16
They shall go down to the bars of the
Are there not mockers with me? and pit, when our rest together is in the
doth not mine eye continue in their dust.
3
provocation? Lay down now, put me
in a surety with thee; who is he that Job 18
4
will strike hands with me? For thou
hast hid their heart from Then answered Bildad the Shuhite,
2
understanding: therefore shalt thou not and said, How long will it be ere ye
5
exalt them. He that speaketh flattery make an end of words? mark, and
3
to his friends, even the eyes of his afterwards we will speak. Wherefore
6
children shall fail. He hath made me are we counted as beasts, and reputed
4
also a byword of the people; and vile in your sight? He teareth himself
7
aforetime I was as a tabret. Mine eye in his anger: shall the earth be
also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all forsaken for thee? and shall the rock
8 5
my members are as a shadow. be removed out of his place? Yea, the
Upright men shall be astonied at this, light of the wicked shall be put out,
and the innocent shall stir up himself and the spark of his fire shall not
9 6
against the hypocrite. The righteous shine. The light shall be dark in his
also shall hold on his way, and he that tabernacle, and his candle shall be put
7
hath clean hands shall be stronger and out with him. The steps of his
10
stronger. But as for you all, do ye strength shall be straitened, and his
8
return, and come now: for I cannot own counsel shall cast him down. For
11
find one wise man among you. My he is cast into a net by his own feet,
 9
and he walketh upon a snare. The gin Job 19
shall take him by the heel, and the
robber shall prevail against him. 10
The Then Job answered and said, 2
How
snare is laid for him in the ground, and long will ye vex my soul, and break me
11
a trap for him in the way. Terrors in pieces with words? 3
These ten times
shall make him afraid on every side, have ye reproached me: ye are not
12
and shall drive him to his feet. His ashamed that ye make yourselves
strength shall be hungerbitten, and strange to me. 4
And be it indeed that I
destruction shall be ready at his side. have erred, mine error remaineth with
13
It shall devour the strength of his myself. 5
If indeed ye will magnify
skin: even the firstborn of death shall yourselves against me, and plead
14
devour his strength. His confidence against me my reproach: 6
Know now
shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, that God hath overthrown me, and
and it shall bring him to the king of hath compassed me with his net. 7

15
terrors. It shall dwell in his Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am
tabernacle, because it is none of his: not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no
brimstone shall be scattered upon his judgment. 8
He hath fenced up my way
16
habitation. His roots shall be dried that I cannot pass, and he hath set
up beneath, and above shall his branch darkness in my paths. 9
He hath
17
be cut off. His remembrance shall stripped me of my glory, and taken the
perish from the earth, and he shall crown from my head. 10
He hath
18
have no name in the street. He shall destroyed me on every side, and I am
be driven from light into darkness, and gone: and mine hope hath he removed
19
chased out of the world. He shall like a tree. 11
He hath also kindled his
neither have son nor nephew among wrath against me, and he counteth me
his people, nor any remaining in his unto him as one of his enemies. 12
His
20
dwellings. They that come after him troops come together, and raise up
shall be astonied at his day, as they their way against me, and encamp
21
that went before were affrighted. round about my tabernacle. 13
He hath
Surely such are the dwellings of the put my brethren far from me, and mine
wicked, and this is the place of him acquaintance are verily estranged from
that knoweth not God. me. 14
My kinsfolk have failed, and my
15
familiar friends have forgotten me.
 29
They that dwell in mine house, and my in me? Be ye afraid of the sword: for
maids, count me for a stranger: I am wrath bringeth the punishments of the
16
an alien in their sight. I called my sword, that ye may know there is a
servant, and he gave me no answer; I judgment.
17
intreated him with my mouth. My
breath is strange to my wife, though I Job 20
intreated for the children's sake of
mine own body. 18
Yea, young children
Then answered Zophar the
2
despised me; I arose, and they spake Naamathite, and said, Therefore do

against me. 19
All my inward friends my thoughts cause me to answer, and
3
abhorred me: and they whom I loved for this I make haste. I have heard

are turned against me. 20

My bone the check of my reproach, and the

cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, spirit of my understanding causeth me

4
and I am escaped with the skin of my to answer. Knowest thou not this of

teeth. 21
Have pity upon me, have pity old, since man was placed upon earth,
5
upon me, O ye my friends; for the That the triumphing of the wicked is

hand of God hath touched me. 22

Why short, and the joy of the hypocrite but
6
do ye persecute me as God, and are for a moment? Though his excellency

not satisfied with my flesh? 23

Oh that mount up to the heavens, and his head
7
my words were now written! oh that reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall

they were printed in a book! 24

That perish for ever like his own dung: they

they were graven with an iron pen and which have seen him shall say, Where
8
lead in the rock for ever! 25
For I know is he? He shall fly away as a dream,

that my redeemer liveth, and that he and shall not be found: yea, he shall

shall stand at the latter day upon the be chased away as a vision of the
9
earth: 26
And though after my skin night. The eye also which saw him

worms destroy this body, yet in my shall see him no more; neither shall his
10
flesh shall I see God: 27
Whom I shall place any more behold him. His

see for myself, and mine eyes shall children shall seek to please the poor,

behold, and not another; though my and his hands shall restore their goods.
11
reins be consumed within me. 28
But ye His bones are full of the sin of his

should say, Why persecute we him, youth, which shall lie down with him in
12
seeing the root of the matter is found the dust. Though wickedness be
sweet in his mouth, though he hide it drawn, and cometh out of the body;
13
under his tongue; Though he spare yea, the glittering sword cometh out of
26
it, and forsake it not; but keep it still his gall: terrors are upon him. All
14
within his mouth: Yet his meat in his darkness shall be hid in his secret
bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps places: a fire not blown shall consume
15
within him. He hath swallowed down him; it shall go ill with him that is left
27
riches, and he shall vomit them up in his tabernacle. The heaven shall
again: God shall cast them out of his reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall
16 28
belly. He shall suck the poison of rise up against him. The increase of
asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. his house shall depart, and his goods
17
He shall not see the rivers, the shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29
floods, the brooks of honey and butter. This is the portion of a wicked man
18
That which he laboured for shall he from God, and the heritage appointed
restore, and shall not swallow it down: unto him by God.
according to his substance shall the
restitution be, and he shall not rejoice Job 21
19
therein. Because he hath oppressed
and hath forsaken the poor; because
But Job answered and said, 2
Hear

he hath violently taken away an house diligently my speech, and let this be
3
which he builded not; 20
Surely he shall your consolations. Suffer me that I

not feel quietness in his belly, he shall may speak; and after that I have
4
not save of that which he desired. 21 spoken, mock on. As for me, is my

There shall none of his meat be left; complaint to man? and if it were so,
5
therefore shall no man look for his why should not my spirit be troubled?

goods. 22
In the fulness of his Mark me, and be astonished, and lay
6
sufficiency he shall be in straits: every your hand upon your mouth. Even

hand of the wicked shall come upon when I remember I am afraid, and
7
him. 23
When he is about to fill his trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

belly, God shall cast the fury of his Wherefore do the wicked live, become
8
wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon old, yea, are mighty in power? Their

him while he is eating. 24

He shall flee seed is established in their sight with

from the iron weapon, and the bow of them, and their offspring before their
9
steel shall strike him through. 25
It is eyes. Their houses are safe from fear,
 10 24
neither is the rod of God upon them. at ease and quiet. His breasts are
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; full of milk, and his bones are
25
their cow calveth, and casteth not her moistened with marrow. And another
11
calf. They send forth their little ones dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and
12 26
like a flock, and their children dance. never eateth with pleasure. They
They take the timbrel and harp, and shall lie down alike in the dust, and the
13 27
rejoice at the sound of the organ. worms shall cover them. Behold, I
They spend their days in wealth, and in know your thoughts, and the devices
14
a moment go down to the grave. which ye wrongfully imagine against
28
Therefore they say unto God, Depart me. For ye say, Where is the house
from us; for we desire not the of the prince? and where are the
15 29
knowledge of thy ways. What is the dwelling places of the wicked? Have
Almighty, that we should serve him? ye not asked them that go by the way?
30
and what profit should we have, if we and do ye not know their tokens,
16
pray unto him? Lo, their good is not That the wicked is reserved to the day
in their hand: the counsel of the of destruction? they shall be brought
17 31
wicked is far from me. How oft is the forth to the day of wrath. Who shall
candle of the wicked put out! and how declare his way to his face? and who
32
oft cometh their destruction upon shall repay him what he hath done?
them! God distributeth sorrows in his Yet shall he be brought to the grave,
18 33
anger. They are as stubble before and shall remain in the tomb. The
the wind, and as chaff that the storm clods of the valley shall be sweet unto
19
carrieth away. God layeth up his him, and every man shall draw after
iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, as there are innumerable before
20 34
him, and he shall know it. His eyes him. How then comfort ye me in
shall see his destruction, and he shall vain, seeing in your answers there
21
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. remaineth falsehood?
For what pleasure hath he in his house
after him, when the number of his Job 22
22
months is cut off in the midst? Shall
any teach God knowledge? seeing he
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered
2
judgeth those that are high. 23
One and said, Can a man be profitable

dieth in his full strength, being wholly unto God, as he that is wise may be
 3
profitable unto himself? Is it any unto God, Depart from us: and what
18
pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art can the Almighty do for them? Yet he
righteous? or is it gain to him that thou filled their houses with good things:
4
makest thy ways perfect? Will he but the counsel of the wicked is far
19
reprove thee for fear of thee? will he from me. The righteous see it, and
5
enter with thee into judgment? Is not are glad: and the innocent laugh them
20
thy wickedness great? and thine to scorn. Whereas our substance is
6
iniquities infinite? For thou hast taken not cut down, but the remnant of them
21
a pledge from thy brother for nought, the fire consumeth. Acquaint now
and stripped the naked of their thyself with him, and be at peace:
7 22
clothing. Thou hast not given water to thereby good shall come unto thee.
the weary to drink, and thou hast Receive, I pray thee, the law from his
8
withholden bread from the hungry. mouth, and lay up his words in thine
23
But as for the mighty man, he had the heart. If thou return to the Almighty,
earth; and the honourable man dwelt thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put
9
in it. Thou hast sent widows away away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24
empty, and the arms of the fatherless Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
10
have been broken. Therefore snares and the gold of Ophir as the stones of
25
are round about thee, and sudden fear the brooks. Yea, the Almighty shall
11
troubleth thee; Or darkness, that be thy defence, and thou shalt have
26
thou canst not see; and abundance of plenty of silver. For then shalt thou
12
waters cover thee. Is not God in the have thy delight in the Almighty, and
27
height of heaven? and behold the shalt lift up thy face unto God. Thou
height of the stars, how high they are! shalt make thy prayer unto him, and
13
And thou sayest, How doth God he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay
28
know? can he judge through the dark thy vows. Thou shalt also decree a
14
cloud? Thick clouds are a covering to thing, and it shall be established unto
him, that he seeth not; and he walketh thee: and the light shall shine upon thy
15 29
in the circuit of heaven. Hast thou ways. When men are cast down,
marked the old way which wicked men then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
16 30
have trodden? Which were cut down and he shall save the humble person.
out of time, whose foundation was He shall deliver the island of the
17
overflown with a flood: Which said
innocent: and it is delivered by the one mind, and who can turn him? and
pureness of thine hands. what his soul desireth, even that he
14
doeth. For he performeth the thing
Job 23 that is appointed for me: and many
15
such things are with him. Therefore
Then Job answered and said, 2
Even to
am I troubled at his presence: when I
day is my complaint bitter: my stroke consider, I am afraid of him. 16
For God
3
is heavier than my groaning. Oh that maketh my heart soft, and the
I knew where I might find him! that I Almighty troubleth me: 17
Because I
4
might come even to his seat! I would was not cut off before the darkness,
order my cause before him, and fill my neither hath he covered the darkness
5
mouth with arguments. I would know from my face.
the words which he would answer me,
and understand what he would say Job 24
6
unto me. Will he plead against me
with his great power? No; but he would Why, seeing times are not hidden
7
put strength in me. There the from the Almighty, do they that know
2
righteous might dispute with him; so him not see his days? Some remove
should I be delivered for ever from my the landmarks; they violently take
8 3
judge. Behold, I go forward, but he is away flocks, and feed thereof. They
not there; and backward, but I cannot drive away the ass of the fatherless,
9
perceive him: On the left hand, where they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4
he doth work, but I cannot behold him: They turn the needy out of the way:
he hideth himself on the right hand, the poor of the earth hide themselves
10 5
that I cannot see him: But he together. Behold, as wild asses in the
knoweth the way that I take: when he desert, go they forth to their work;
hath tried me, I shall come forth as rising betimes for a prey: the
11
gold. My foot hath held his steps, his wilderness yieldeth food for them and
12 6
way have I kept, and not declined. for their children. They reap every
Neither have I gone back from the one his corn in the field: and they
7
commandment of his lips; I have gather the vintage of the wicked.
esteemed the words of his mouth more They cause the naked to lodge without
13
than my necessary food. But he is in clothing, that they have no covering in
 8
the cold. They are wet with the womb shall forget him; the worm shall
showers of the mountains, and feed sweetly on him; he shall be no
embrace the rock for want of a shelter. more remembered; and wickedness
9 21
They pluck the fatherless from the shall be broken as a tree. He evil
breast, and take a pledge of the poor. entreateth the barren that beareth not:
10 22
They cause him to go naked without and doeth not good to the widow. He
clothing, and they take away the sheaf draweth also the mighty with his
11
from the hungry; Which make oil power: he riseth up, and no man is
23
within their walls, and tread their sure of life. Though it be given him
12
winepresses, and suffer thirst. Men to be in safety, whereon he resteth;
24
groan from out of the city, and the soul yet his eyes are upon their ways.
of the wounded crieth out: yet God They are exalted for a little while, but
13
layeth not folly to them. They are of are gone and brought low; they are
those that rebel against the light; they taken out of the way as all other, and
know not the ways thereof, nor abide cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
14 25
in the paths thereof. The murderer And if it be not so now, who will
rising with the light killeth the poor and make me a liar, and make my speech
15
needy, and in the night is as a thief. nothing worth?
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth
for the twilight, saying, No eye shall Job 25
16
see me: and disguiseth his face. In
the dark they dig through houses,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite,
2
which they had marked for themselves and said, Dominion and fear are with

in the daytime: they know not the him, he maketh peace in his high
3
light. 17
For the morning is to them places. Is there any number of his

even as the shadow of death: if one armies? and upon whom doth not his
4
know them, they are in the terrors of light arise? How then can man be

the shadow of death. 18

He is swift as justified with God? or how can he be
5
the waters; their portion is cursed in clean that is born of a woman?

the earth: he beholdeth not the way of Behold even to the moon, and it

the vineyards. 19
Drought and heat shineth not; yea, the stars are not
6
consume the snow waters: so doth the pure in his sight. How much less man,
20
grave those which have sinned. The
 14
that is a worm? and the son of man, serpent. Lo, these are parts of his
which is a worm? ways: but how little a portion is heard
of him? but the thunder of his power
Job 26 who can understand?

But Job answered and said, 2

How hast Job 27
thou helped him that is without power?
how savest thou the arm that hath no Moreover Job continued his parable,
3 2
strength? How hast thou counseled and said, As God liveth, who hath
him that hath no wisdom? and how taken away my judgment; and the
3
hast thou plentifully declared the thing Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
4
as it is? To whom hast thou uttered All the while my breath is in me, and
4
words? and whose spirit came from the spirit of God is in my nostrils; My
5
thee? Dead things are formed from lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my
5
under the waters, and the inhabitants tongue utter deceit. God forbid that I
6
thereof. Hell is naked before him, and should justify you: till I die I will not
7 6
destruction hath no covering. He remove mine integrity from me. My
stretcheth out the north over the righteousness I hold fast, and will not
empty place, and hangeth the earth let it go: my heart shall not reproach
8 7
upon nothing. He bindeth up the me so long as I live. Let mine enemy
waters in his thick clouds; and the be as the wicked, and he that riseth up
9 8
cloud is not rent under them. He against me as the unrighteous. For
holdeth back the face of his throne, what is the hope of the hypocrite,
10
and spreadeth his cloud upon it. He though he hath gained, when God
9
hath compassed the waters with taketh away his soul? Will God hear
bounds, until the day and night come his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
11 10
to an end. The pillars of heaven Will he delight himself in the
tremble and are astonished at his Almighty? will he always call upon
12 11
reproof. He divideth the sea with his God? I will teach you by the hand of
power, and by his understanding he God: that which is with the Almighty
13 12
smiteth through the proud. By his will I not conceal. Behold, all ye
spirit he hath garnished the heavens; yourselves have seen it; why then are
13
his hand hath formed the crooked ye thus altogether vain? This is the
 3
portion of a wicked man with God, and brass is molten out of the stone. He
the heritage of oppressors, which they setteth an end to darkness, and
14
shall receive of the Almighty. If his searcheth out all perfection: the stones
children be multiplied, it is for the of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4
sword: and his offspring shall not be The flood breaketh out from the
15
satisfied with bread. Those that inhabitant; even the waters forgotten
remain of him shall be buried in death: of the foot: they are dried up, they are
16 5
and his widows shall not weep. gone away from men. As for the
Though he heap up silver as the dust, earth, out of it cometh bread: and
17 6
and prepare raiment as the clay; He under it is turned up as it were fire.
may prepare it, but the just shall put it The stones of it are the place of
7
on, and the innocent shall divide the sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
18
silver. He buildeth his house as a There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
moth, and as a booth that the keeper and which the vulture's eye hath not
19 8
maketh. The rich man shall lie down, seen: The lion's whelps have not
but he shall not be gathered: he trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
20 9
openeth his eyes, and he is not. it. He putteth forth his hand upon the
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a rock; he overturneth the mountains by
10
tempest stealeth him away in the the roots. He cutteth out rivers
21
night. The east wind carrieth him among the rocks; and his eye seeth
11
away, and he departeth: and as a every precious thing. He bindeth the
22
storm hurleth him out of his place. floods from overflowing; and the thing
12
For God shall cast upon him, and not that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
spare: he would fain flee out of his But where shall wisdom be found? and
23 13
hand. Men shall clap their hands at where is the place of understanding?
him, and shall hiss him out of his Man knoweth not the price thereof;
place. neither is it found in the land of the
14
living. The depth saith, It is not in
Job 28 me: and the sea saith, It is not with
15
me. It cannot be gotten for gold,
Surely there is a vein for the silver,
neither shall silver be weighed for the
and a place for gold where they fine it. price thereof. 16
It cannot be valued
2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and with the gold of Ophir, with the
 17
precious onyx, or the sapphire. The Job 29
gold and the crystal cannot equal it:
and the exchange of it shall not be for Moreover Job continued his parable,
18
jewels of fine gold. No mention shall and said, 2
Oh that I were as in months
be made of coral, or of pearls: for the past, as in the days when God
19
price of wisdom is above rubies. The preserved me; 3
When his candle
topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, shined upon my head, and when by his
neither shall it be valued with pure light I walked through darkness; 4
As I
20
gold. Whence then cometh wisdom? was in the days of my youth, when the
and where is the place of secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
21
understanding? Seeing it is hid from 5
When the Almighty was yet with me,
the eyes of all living, and kept close when my children were about me; 6

22
from the fowls of the air. Destruction When I washed my steps with butter,
and death say, We have heard the and the rock poured me out rivers of
23
fame thereof with our ears. God oil; 7
When I went out to the gate
understandeth the way thereof, and he through the city, when I prepared my
24
knoweth the place thereof. For he seat in the street! 8
The young men
looketh to the ends of the earth, and saw me, and hid themselves: and the
25
seeth under the whole heaven; To aged arose, and stood up. 9
The
make the weight for the winds; and he princes refrained talking, and laid their
26
weigheth the waters by measure. hand on their mouth. 10
The nobles
When he made a decree for the rain, held their peace, and their tongue
and a way for the lightning of the cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11

27
thunder: Then did he see it, and When the ear heard me, then it blessed
declare it; he prepared it, yea, and me; and when the eye saw me, it gave
28
searched it out. And unto man he witness to me: 12
Because I delivered
said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that the poor that cried, and the fatherless,
is wisdom; and to depart from evil is and him that had none to help him. 13

understanding. The blessing of him that was ready to

perish came upon me: and I caused
14
the widow's heart to sing for joy. I
put on righteousness, and it clothed
me: my judgment was as a robe and a
 15
diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and For want and famine they were
16
feet was I to the lame. I was a father solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in
4
to the poor: and the cause which I former time desolate and waste. Who
17
knew not I searched out. And I brake cut up mallows by the bushes, and
5
the jaws of the wicked, and plucked juniper roots for their meat. They
18
the spoil out of his teeth. Then I were driven forth from among men,
said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall (they cried after them as after a thief;)
19 6
multiply my days as the sand. My To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in
7
root was spread out by the waters, and caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
the dew lay all night upon my branch. Among the bushes they brayed; under
20
My glory was fresh in me, and my the nettles they were gathered
21 8
bow was renewed in my hand. Unto together. They were children of fools,
me men gave ear, and waited, and yea, children of base men: they were
22 9
kept silence at my counsel. After my viler than the earth. And now am I
10
words they spake not again; and my their song, yea, I am their byword.
23
speech dropped upon them. And they They abhor me, they flee far from me,
11
waited for me as for the rain; and they and spare not to spit in my face.
opened their mouth wide as for the Because he hath loosed my cord, and
24
latter rain. If I laughed on them, afflicted me, they have also let loose
12
they believed it not; and the light of the bridle before me. Upon my right
25
my countenance they cast not down. hand rise the youth; they push away
I chose out their way, and sat chief, my feet, and they raise up against me
13
and dwelt as a king in the army, as one the ways of their destruction. They
that comforteth the mourners. mar my path, they set forward my
14
calamity, they have no helper. They
Job 30 came upon me as a wide breaking in of
waters: in the desolation they rolled
But now they that are younger than I
themselves upon me. 15
Terrors are
have me in derision, whose fathers I turned upon me: they pursue my soul
would have disdained to have set with as the wind: and my welfare passeth
2
the dogs of my flock. Yea, whereto away as a cloud. 16
And now my soul is
might the strength of their hands profit poured out upon me; the days of
3
me, in whom old age was perished? affliction have taken hold upon me. 17
My bones are pierced in me in the organ into the voice of them that
night season: and my sinews take no weep.
18
rest. By the great force of my
disease is my garment changed: it Job 31
bindeth me about as the collar of my
coat. 19
He hath cast me into the mire,
I made a covenant with mine eyes;
2
and I am become like dust and ashes. why then should I think upon a maid?
20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not For what portion of God is there from

hear me: I stand up, and thou above? and what inheritance of the
3
regardest me not. 21
Thou art become Almighty from on high? Is not

cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou destruction to the wicked? and a

opposest thyself against me. 22

Thou strange punishment to the workers of
4
liftest me up to the wind; thou causest iniquity? Doth not he see my ways,
5
me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my and count all my steps? If I have

substance. 23
For I know that thou wilt walked with vanity, or if my foot hath
6
bring me to death, and to the house hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed

appointed for all living. 24

Howbeit he in an even balance, that God may know
7
will not stretch out his hand to the mine integrity. If my step hath turned

grave, though they cry in his out of the way, and mine heart walked

destruction. 25
Did not I weep for him after mine eyes, and if any blot hath
8
that was in trouble? was not my soul cleaved to mine hands; Then let me

grieved for the poor? 26

When I looked sow, and let another eat; yea, let my
9
for good, then evil came unto me: and offspring be rooted out. If mine heart

when I waited for light, there came have been deceived by a woman, or if I

darkness. 27
My bowels boiled, and have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10
rested not: the days of affliction Then let my wife grind unto another,
11
prevented me. 28
I went mourning and let others bow down upon her.

without the sun: I stood up, and I cried For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is

in the congregation. 29
I am a brother an iniquity to be punished by the
12
to dragons, and a companion to owls. judges. For it is a fire that
30
My skin is black upon me, and my consumeth to destruction, and would
13
bones are burned with heat. 31
My harp root out all mine increase. If I did

also is turned to mourning, and my despise the cause of my manservant or

 27
of my maidservant, when they brightness; And my heart hath been
14
contended with me; What then shall secretly enticed, or my mouth hath
28
I do when God riseth up? and when he kissed my hand: This also were an
15
visiteth, what shall I answer him? iniquity to be punished by the judge:
Did not he that made me in the womb for I should have denied the God that
29
make him? and did not one fashion us is above. If I rejoiced at the
16
in the womb? If I have withheld the destruction of him that hated me, or
30
poor from their desire, or have caused lifted up myself when evil found him:
17
the eyes of the widow to fail; Or Neither have I suffered my mouth to
31
have eaten my morsel myself alone, sin by wishing a curse to his soul. If
and the fatherless hath not eaten the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh
18
thereof; (For from my youth he was that we had of his flesh! we cannot be
32
brought up with me, as with a father, satisfied. The stranger did not lodge
and I have guided her from my in the street: but I opened my doors to
19 33
mother's womb;) If I have seen any the traveller. If I covered my
perish for want of clothing, or any poor transgressions as Adam, by hiding
20 34
without covering; If his loins have mine iniquity in my bosom: Did I
not blessed me, and if he were not fear a great multitude, or did the
21
warmed with the fleece of my sheep; contempt of families terrify me, that I
If I have lifted up my hand against the kept silence, and went not out of the
35
fatherless, when I saw my help in the door? Oh that one would hear me!
22
gate: Then let mine arm fall from my behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
shoulder blade, and mine arm be would answer me, and that mine
23 36
broken from the bone. For adversary had written a book. Surely
destruction from God was a terror to I would take it upon my shoulder, and
37
me, and by reason of his highness I bind it as a crown to me. I would
24
could not endure. If I have made declare unto him the number of my
gold my hope, or have said to the fine steps; as a prince would I go near unto
25 38
gold, Thou art my confidence; If I him. If my land cry against me, or
rejoiced because my wealth was great, that the furrows likewise thereof
39
and because mine hand had gotten complain; If I have eaten the fruits
26
much; If I beheld the sun when it thereof without money, or have caused
40
shined, or the moon walking in the owners thereof to lose their life:
 11
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and will shew mine opinion. Behold, I
cockle instead of barley. The words of waited for your words; I gave ear to
Job are ended. your reasons, whilst ye searched out
12
what to say. Yea, I attended unto
Job 32 you, and, behold, there was none of
you that convinced Job, or that
So these three men ceased to answer
answered his words: 13
Lest ye should
Job, because he was righteous in his say, We have found out wisdom: God
2
own eyes. Then was kindled the thrusteth him down, not man. 14
Now
wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the he hath not directed his words against
Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against me: neither will I answer him with your
Job was his wrath kindled, because he speeches. 15
They were amazed, they
3
justified himself rather than God. Also answered no more: they left off
against his three friends was his wrath speaking. 16
When I had waited, (for
kindled, because they had found no they spake not, but stood still, and
4
answer, and yet had condemned Job. answered no more;) 17
I said, I will
Now Elihu had waited till Job had answer also my part, I also will shew
spoken, because they were elder than mine opinion. 18
For I am full of matter,
5
he. When Elihu saw that there was no the spirit within me constraineth me. 19

answer in the mouth of these three Behold, my belly is as wine which hath
6
men, then his wrath was kindled. And no vent; it is ready to burst like new
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite bottles. 20
I will speak, that I may be
answered and said, I am young, and ye refreshed: I will open my lips and
are very old; wherefore I was afraid, answer. 21
Let me not, I pray you,
7
and durst not shew you mine opinion. accept any man's person, neither let
I said, Days should speak, and me give flattering titles unto man. 22

multitude of years should teach For I know not to give flattering titles;
8
wisdom. But there is a spirit in man: in so doing my maker would soon take
and the inspiration of the Almighty me away.
9
giveth them understanding. Great
men are not always wise: neither do
10
the aged understand judgment.
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also
Job 33 dream, in a vision of the night, when
deep sleep falleth upon men, in
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my slumberings upon the bed; 16
Then he

speeches, and hearken to all my openeth the ears of men, and sealeth
17
words. 2
Behold, now I have opened their instruction, That he may

my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in withdraw man from his purpose, and
18
my mouth. 3
My words shall be of the hide pride from man. He keepeth

uprightness of my heart: and my lips back his soul from the pit, and his life
19
shall utter knowledge clearly. 4
The from perishing by the sword. He is

Spirit of God hath made me, and the chastened also with pain upon his bed,

breath of the Almighty hath given me and the multitude of his bones with
20
life. 5
If thou canst answer me, set thy strong pain: So that his life

words in order before me, stand up. 6 abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty
21
Behold, I am according to thy wish in meat. His flesh is consumed away,

God's stead: I also am formed out of that it cannot be seen; and his bones
22
the clay. 7
Behold, my terror shall not that were not seen stick out. Yea, his

make thee afraid, neither shall my soul draweth near unto the grave, and
23
hand be heavy upon thee. 8
Surely his life to the destroyers. If there be

thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and a messenger with him, an interpreter,

I have heard the voice of thy words, one among a thousand, to shew unto
24
saying, 9
I am clean without man his uprightness: Then he is

transgression, I am innocent; neither gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver

is there iniquity in me. 10

Behold, he him from going down to the pit: I have
25
findeth occasions against me, he found a ransom. His flesh shall be

counteth me for his enemy, 11

He fresher than a child's: he shall return
26
putteth my feet in the stocks, he to the days of his youth: He shall

marketh all my paths. 12

Behold, in this pray unto God, and he will be

thou art not just: I will answer thee, favourable unto him: and he shall see

that God is greater than man. 13

Why his face with joy: for he will render
27
dost thou strive against him? for he unto man his righteousness. He

giveth not account of any of his looketh upon men, and if any say, I

matters. 14
For God speaketh once, yea have sinned, and perverted that which
28
twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15
In a was right, and it profited me not; He
will deliver his soul from going into the hearken unto me, ye men of
29
pit, and his life shall see the light. understanding: far be it from God, that
Lo, all these things worketh God he should do wickedness; and from the
30
oftentimes with man, To bring back Almighty, that he should commit
11
his soul from the pit, to be enlightened iniquity. For the work of a man shall
31
with the light of the living. Mark well, he render unto him, and cause every
12
O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy man to find according to his ways.
32
peace, and I will speak. If thou hast Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,
any thing to say, answer me: speak, neither will the Almighty pervert
33 13
for I desire to justify thee. If not, judgment. Who hath given him a
hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and charge over the earth? or who hath
14
I shall teach thee wisdom. disposed the whole world? If he set
his heart upon man, if he gather unto
Job 34 himself his spirit and his breath; 15
All
flesh shall perish together, and man
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
shall turn again unto dust. 16
If now
2
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and thou hast understanding, hear this:
give ear unto me, ye that have hearken to the voice of my words. 17

3
knowledge. For the ear trieth words, Shall even he that hateth right govern?
4
as the mouth tasteth meat. Let us and wilt thou condemn him that is
choose to us judgment: let us know most just? 18
Is it fit to say to a king,
5
among ourselves what is good. For Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye
Job hath said, I am righteous: and God are ungodly? 19
How much less to him
6
hath taken away my judgment. that accepteth not the persons of
Should I lie against my right? my princes, nor regardeth the rich more
wound is incurable without than the poor? for they all are the work
7
transgression. What man is like Job, of his hands. 20
In a moment shall they
8
who drinketh up scorning like water? die, and the people shall be troubled at
Which goeth in company with the midnight, and pass away: and the
workers of iniquity, and walketh with mighty shall be taken away without
9
wicked men. For he hath said, It hand. 21
For his eyes are upon the ways
profiteth a man nothing that he should of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22

10
delight himself with God. Therefore There is no darkness, nor shadow of
death, where the workers of iniquity spoken without knowledge, and his
23 36
may hide themselves. For he will not words were without wisdom. My
lay upon man more than right; that he desire is that Job may be tried unto the
24
should enter into judgment with God. end because of his answers for wicked
37
He shall break in pieces mighty men men. For he addeth rebellion unto
without number, and set others in their his sin, he clappeth his hands among
25
stead. Therefore he knoweth their us, and multiplieth his words against
works, and he overturneth them in the God.
26
night, so that they are destroyed. He
striketh them as wicked men in the Job 35
27
open sight of others; Because they
turned back from him, and would not
Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2

consider any of his ways: 28

So that Thinkest thou this to be right, that

they cause the cry of the poor to come thou saidst, My righteousness is more
3
unto him, and he heareth the cry of the than God's? For thou saidst, What

afflicted. 29
When he giveth quietness, advantage will it be unto thee? and,

who then can make trouble? and when What profit shall I have, if I be
4
he hideth his face, who then can cleansed from my sin? I will answer
5
behold him? whether it be done against thee, and thy companions with thee.

a nation, or against a man only: 30

That Look unto the heavens, and see; and

the hypocrite reign not, lest the people behold the clouds which are higher
6
be ensnared. 31
Surely it is meet to be than thou. If thou sinnest, what doest

said unto God, I have borne thou against him? or if thy

chastisement, I will not offend any transgressions be multiplied, what

7
more: 32
That which I see not teach doest thou unto him? If thou be

thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will righteous, what givest thou him? or
8
do no more. 33
Should it be according what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy

to thy mind? he will recompense it, wickedness may hurt a man as thou

whether thou refuse, or whether thou art; and thy righteousness may profit
9
choose; and not I: therefore speak the son of man. By reason of the

what thou knowest. 34

Let men of multitude of oppressions they make

understanding tell me, and let a wise the oppressed to cry: they cry out by
10
man hearken unto me. 35
Job hath reason of the arm of the mighty. But
none saith, Where is God my maker, from the righteous: but with kings are
11
who giveth songs in the night; Who they on the throne; yea, he doth
teacheth us more than the beasts of establish them for ever, and they are
8
the earth, and maketh us wiser than exalted. And if they be bound in
12
the fowls of heaven? There they cry, fetters, and be holden in cords of
9
but none giveth answer, because of the affliction; Then he sheweth them
13
pride of evil men. Surely God will not their work, and their transgressions
10
hear vanity, neither will the Almighty that they have exceeded. He openeth
14
regard it. Although thou sayest thou also their ear to discipline, and
shalt not see him, yet judgment is commandeth that they return from
11
before him; therefore trust thou in iniquity. If they obey and serve him,
15
him. But now, because it is not so, they shall spend their days in
he hath visited in his anger; yet he prosperity, and their years in
16 12
knoweth it not in great extremity: pleasures. But if they obey not, they
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in shall perish by the sword, and they
13
vain; he multiplieth words without shall die without knowledge. But the
knowledge. hypocrites in heart heap up wrath:
14
they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job 36 They die in youth, and their life is
15
among the unclean. He delivereth
Elihu also proceeded, and said, 2
the poor in his affliction, and openeth
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee their ears in oppression. 16
Even so
that I have yet to speak on God's would he have removed thee out of the
3
behalf. I will fetch my knowledge strait into a broad place, where there
from afar, and will ascribe is no straitness; and that which should
4
righteousness to my Maker. For truly be set on thy table should be full of
my words shall not be false: he that is fatness. 17
But thou hast fulfilled the
5
perfect in knowledge is with thee. judgment of the wicked: judgment and
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth justice take hold on thee. 18
Because
not any: he is mighty in strength and there is wrath, beware lest he take
6
wisdom. He preserveth not the life of thee away with his stroke: then a great
the wicked: but giveth right to the ransom cannot deliver thee. 19
Will he
7
poor. He withdraweth not his eyes esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all
 20
the forces of strength. Desire not the Job 37
night, when people are cut off in their
place. 21
Take heed, regard not At this also my heart trembleth, and is
iniquity: for this hast thou chosen moved out of his place. 2
Hear
22
rather than affliction. Behold, God attentively the noise of his voice, and
exalteth by his power: who teacheth the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
23
like him? Who hath enjoined him his 3
He directeth it under the whole
way? or who can say, Thou hast heaven, and his lightning unto the ends
24
wrought iniquity? Remember that of the earth. 4
After it a voice roareth:
thou magnify his work, which men he thundereth with the voice of his
25
behold. Every man may see it; man excellency; and he will not stay them
26
may behold it afar off. Behold, God when his voice is heard. 5
God
is great, and we know him not, neither thundereth marvellously with his voice;
can the number of his years be great things doeth he, which we cannot
27
searched out. For he maketh small comprehend. 6
For he saith to the
the drops of water: they pour down snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to
28
rain according to the vapour thereof: the small rain, and to the great rain of
Which the clouds do drop and distil his strength. 7
He sealeth up the hand
29
upon man abundantly. Also can any of every man; that all men may know
understand the spreadings of the his work. 8
Then the beasts go into
clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? dens, and remain in their places. 9
Out
30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon of the south cometh the whirlwind: and
it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. cold out of the north. 10
By the breath
31
For by them judgeth he the people; of God frost is given: and the breadth
32
he giveth meat in abundance. With of the waters is straitened. 11
Also by
clouds he covereth the light; and watering he wearieth the thick cloud:
commandeth it not to shine by the he scattereth his bright cloud: 12
And it
33
cloud that cometh betwixt. The noise is turned round about by his counsels:
thereof sheweth concerning it, the that they may do whatsoever he
cattle also concerning the vapour. commandeth them upon the face of the
13
world in the earth. He causeth it to
come, whether for correction, or for his
14
land, or for mercy. Hearken unto
 3
this, O Job: stand still, and consider without knowledge? Gird up now thy
15
the wondrous works of God. Dost loins like a man; for I will demand of
4
thou know when God disposed them, thee, and answer thou me. Where
and caused the light of his cloud to wast thou when I laid the foundations
16
shine? Dost thou know the of the earth? declare, if thou hast
5
balancings of the clouds, the wondrous understanding. Who hath laid the
works of him which is perfect in measures thereof, if thou knowest? or
17 6
knowledge? How thy garments are who hath stretched the line upon it?
warm, when he quieteth the earth by Whereupon are the foundations thereof
18
the south wind? Hast thou with him fastened? or who laid the corner stone
7
spread out the sky, which is strong, thereof; When the morning stars sang
19
and as a molten looking glass? Teach together, and all the sons of God
8
us what we shall say unto him; for we shouted for joy? Or who shut up the
cannot order our speech by reason of sea with doors, when it brake forth, as
20 9
darkness. Shall it be told him that I if it had issued out of the womb?
speak? if a man speak, surely he shall When I made the cloud the garment
21
be swallowed up. And now men see thereof, and thick darkness a
10
not the bright light which is in the swaddlingband for it, And brake up
clouds: but the wind passeth, and for it my decreed place, and set bars
22 11
cleanseth them. Fair weather cometh and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt
out of the north: with God is terrible thou come, but no further: and here
23 12
majesty. Touching the Almighty, we shall thy proud waves be stayed?
cannot find him out: he is excellent in Hast thou commanded the morning
power, and in judgment, and in plenty since thy days; and caused the
24 13
of justice: he will not afflict. Men do dayspring to know his place; That it
therefore fear him: he respecteth not might take hold of the ends of the
any that are wise of heart. earth, that the wicked might be shaken
14
out of it? It is turned as clay to the
Job 38 seal; and they stand as a garment. 15

And from the wicked their light is

Then the LORD answered Job out of
withholden, and the high arm shall be
2
the whirlwind, and said, Who is this broken. 16
Hast thou entered into the
that darkeneth counsel by words springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
 17 30
in the search of the depth? Have the The waters are hid as with a stone,
31
gates of death been opened unto thee? and the face of the deep is frozen.
or hast thou seen the doors of the Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
18
shadow of death? Hast thou Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32
perceived the breadth of the earth? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in
19
declare if thou knowest it all. Where his season? or canst thou guide
33
is the way where light dwelleth? and as Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou
for darkness, where is the place the ordinances of heaven? canst thou
20
thereof, That thou shouldest take it set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34
to the bound thereof, and that thou Canst thou lift up thy voice to the
shouldest know the paths to the house clouds, that abundance of waters may
21 35
thereof? Knowest thou it, because cover thee? Canst thou send
thou wast then born? or because the lightnings, that they may go, and say
22 36
number of thy days is great? Hast unto thee, Here we are? Who hath
thou entered into the treasures of the put wisdom in the inward parts? or who
snow? or hast thou seen the treasures hath given understanding to the heart?
23 37
of the hail, Which I have reserved Who can number the clouds in
against the time of trouble, against the wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of
24 38
day of battle and war? By what way heaven, When the dust groweth into
is the light parted, which scattereth the hardness, and the clods cleave fast
25 39
east wind upon the earth? Who hath together? Wilt thou hunt the prey for
divided a watercourse for the the lion? or fill the appetite of the
40
overflowing of waters, or a way for the young lions, When they couch in
26
lightning of thunder; To cause it to their dens, and abide in the covert to
41
rain on the earth, where no man is; on lie in wait? Who provideth for the
the wilderness, wherein there is no raven his food? when his young ones
27
man; To satisfy the desolate and cry unto God, they wander for lack of
waste ground; and to cause the bud of meat.
28
the tender herb to spring forth? Hath
the rain a father? or who hath begotten Job 39
29
the drops of dew? Out of whose
womb came the ice? and the hoary
Knowest thou the time when the wild

frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? goats of the rock bring forth? or canst
 2
thou mark when the hinds do calve? them, or that the wild beast may break
16
Canst thou number the months that them. She is hardened against her
they fulfil? or knowest thou the time young ones, as though they were not
3
when they bring forth? They bow hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17
themselves, they bring forth their Because God hath deprived her of
young ones, they cast out their wisdom, neither hath he imparted to
4 18
sorrows. Their young ones are in her understanding. What time she
good liking, they grow up with corn; lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth
19
they go forth, and return not unto the horse and his rider. Hath thou
5
them. Who hath sent out the wild ass given the horse strength? hast thou
20
free? or who hath loosed the bands of clothed his neck with thunder? Canst
6
the wild ass? Whose house I have thou make him afraid as a
made the wilderness, and the barren grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is
7 21
land his dwellings. He scorneth the terrible. He paweth in the valley, and
multitude of the city, neither regardeth rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on
8 22
he the crying of the driver. The range to meet the armed men. He mocketh
of the mountains is his pasture, and he at fear, and is not affrighted; neither
9 23
searcheth after every green thing. turneth he back from the sword. The
Will the unicorn be willing to serve quiver rattleth against him, the
10 24
thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst glittering spear and the shield. He
thou bind the unicorn with his band in swalloweth the ground with fierceness
the furrow? or will he harrow the and rage: neither believeth he that it is
11 25
valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust the sound of the trumpet. He saith
him, because his strength is great? or among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he
12
wilt thou leave thy labour to him? smelleth the battle afar off, the
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring thunder of the captains, and the
26
home thy seed, and gather it into thy shouting. Doth the hawk fly by thy
13
barn? Gavest thou the goodly wings wisdom, and stretch her wings toward
27
unto the peacocks? or wings and the south? Doth the eagle mount up
14
feathers unto the ostrich? Which at thy command, and make her nest on
28
leaveth her eggs in the earth, and high? She dwelleth and abideth on
15
warmeth them in dust, And the rock, upon the crag of the rock,
29
forgetteth that the foot may crush and the strong place. From thence
she seeketh the prey, and her eyes them in the dust together; and bind
30 14
behold afar off. Her young ones also their faces in secret. Then will I also
suck up blood: and where the slain confess unto thee that thine own right
15
are, there is she. hand can save thee. Behold now
behemoth, which I made with thee; he
Job 40 eateth grass as an ox. 16
Lo now, his
strength is in his loins, and his force is
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and
in the navel of his belly. 17
He moveth
2
said, Shall he that contendeth with his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his
the Almighty instruct him? he that stones are wrapped together. 18
His
3
reproveth God, let him answer it. bones are as strong pieces of brass;
Then Job answered the LORD, and his bones are like bars of iron. 19
He is
4
said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I the chief of the ways of God: he that
answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon made him can make his sword to
5
my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I approach unto him. 20
Surely the
will not answer: yea, twice; but I will mountains bring him forth food, where
6
proceed no further. Then answered all the beasts of the field play. 21
He
the LORD unto Job out of the lieth under the shady trees, in the
7
whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins covert of the reed, and fens. 22
The
now like a man: I will demand of thee, shady trees cover him with their
8
and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou shadow; the willows of the brook
also disannul my judgment? wilt thou compass him about. 23
Behold, he
condemn me, that thou mayest be drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:
9
righteous? Hast thou an arm like he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan
God? or canst thou thunder with a into his mouth. 24
He taketh it with his
10
voice like him? Deck thyself now eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
with majesty and excellency; and array
thyself with glory and beauty. 11
Cast Job 41
abroad the rage of thy wrath: and
behold every one that is proud, and Canst thou draw out leviathan with an
12
abase him. Look on every one that is hook? or his tongue with a cord which
2
proud, and bring him low; and tread thou lettest down? Canst thou put an
13
down the wicked in their place. Hide hook into his nose? or bore his jaw
 3
through with a thorn? Will he make neesings a light doth shine, and his
many supplications unto thee? will he eyes are like the eyelids of the
4 19
speak soft words unto thee? Will he morning. Out of his mouth go
make a covenant with thee? wilt thou burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap
5 20
take him for a servant for ever? Wilt out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,
21
thou play with him as with a bird? or as out of a seething pot or caldron.
6
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? His breath kindleth coals, and a flame
22
Shall the companions make a banquet goeth out of his mouth. In his neck
of him? shall they part him among the remaineth strength, and sorrow is
7 23
merchants? Canst thou fill his skin turned into joy before him. The
with barbed irons? or his head with fish flakes of his flesh are joined together:
8
spears? Lay thine hand upon him, they are firm in themselves; they
9 24
remember the battle, do no more. cannot be moved. His heart is as
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a
25
shall not one be cast down even at the piece of the nether millstone. When
10
sight of him? None is so fierce that he raiseth up himself, the mighty are
dare stir him up: who then is able to afraid: by reason of breakings they
11 26
stand before me? Who hath purify themselves. The sword of him
prevented me, that I should repay that layeth at him cannot hold: the
27
him? whatsoever is under the whole spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
12
heaven is mine. I will not conceal his He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass
28
parts, nor his power, nor his comely as rotten wood. The arrow cannot
13
proportion. Who can discover the make him flee: slingstones are turned
29
face of his garment? or who can come with him into stubble. Darts are
14
to him with his double bridle? Who counted as stubble: he laugheth at the
30
can open the doors of his face? his shaking of a spear. Sharp stones are
15
teeth are terrible round about. His under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed
31
scales are his pride, shut up together things upon the mire. He maketh the
16
as with a close seal. One is so near deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the
32
to another, that no air can come sea like a pot of ointment. He
17
between them. They are joined one maketh a path to shine after him; one
33
to another, they stick together, that would think the deep to be hoary.
18
they cannot be sundered. By his Upon earth there is not his like, who is
 34
made without fear. He beholdeth all your folly, in that ye have not spoken
high things: he is a king over all the of me the thing which is right, like my
9
children of pride. servant Job. So Eliphaz the Temanite
and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Job 42 Naamathite went, and did according as
the LORD commanded them: the LORD
Then Job answered the LORD, and
also accepted Job. 10
And the LORD
2
said, I know that thou canst do every turned the captivity of Job, when he
thing, and that no thought can be prayed for his friends: also the LORD
3
withholden from thee. Who is he that gave Job twice as much as he had
hideth counsel without knowledge? before. 11
Then came there unto him all
therefore have I uttered that I his brethren, and all his sisters, and all
understood not; things too wonderful they that had been of his acquaintance
4
for me, which I knew not. Hear, I before, and did eat bread with him in
beseech thee, and I will speak: I will his house: and they bemoaned him,
demand of thee, and declare thou unto and comforted him over all the evil
5
me. I have heard of thee by the that the LORD had brought upon him:
hearing of the ear: but now mine eye every man also gave him a piece of
6
seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor money, and every one an earring of
7
myself, and repent in dust and ashes. gold. 12
So the LORD blessed the latter
And it was so, that after the LORD had end of Job more than his beginning: for
spoken these words unto Job, the he had fourteen thousand sheep, and
LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My six thousand camels, and a thousand
wrath is kindled against thee, and yoke of oxen, and a thousand she
against thy two friends: for ye have asses. 13
He had also seven sons and
not spoken of me the thing that is three daughters. 14
And he called the
8
right, as my servant Job hath. name of the first, Jemima; and the
Therefore take unto you now seven name of the second, Kezia; and the
bullocks and seven rams, and go to my name of the third, Keren-happuch. 15

servant Job, and offer up for And in all the land were no women
yourselves a burnt offering; and my found so fair as the daughters of Job:
servant Job shall pray for you: for him and their father gave them inheritance
will I accept: lest I deal with you after among their brethren. 16
After this lived
 17
Job an hundred and forty years, and four generations. So Job died, being
saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even old and full of days.
THE BOOK OF

PSALMS

3
Psalms 1 anointed, saying, Let us break their
bands asunder, and cast away their
Blessed is the man that walketh not in cords from us. 4
He that sitteth in the

the counsel of the ungodly, nor heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall
5
standeth in the way of sinners, nor have them in derision. Then shall he

sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2

But speak unto them in his wrath, and vex
6
his delight is in the law of the LORD; them in his sore displeasure. Yet have

and in his law doth he meditate day I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7
and night. 3
And he shall be like a tree I will declare the decree: the LORD

planted by the rivers of water, that hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
8
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of

his leaf also shall not wither; and me, and I shall give thee the heathen

whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 for thine inheritance, and the

The ungodly are not so: but are like uttermost parts of the earth for thy
9
the chaff which the wind driveth away. possession. Thou shalt break them
5
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash
10
in the judgment, nor sinners in the them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

congregation of the righteous. 6

For the Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be
11
LORD knoweth the way of the instructed, ye judges of the earth.

righteous: but the way of the ungodly Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice
12
shall perish. with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he
be angry, and ye perish from the way,
Psalms 2 when his wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they that put their trust
Why do the heathen rage, and the in him.
2
people imagine a vain thing? The
kings of the earth set themselves, and Psalms 3
the rulers take counsel together,
A Psalm of David, when he fled from
against the LORD, and against his
Absalom his son.
 4
LORD, how are they increased that will hear when I call unto him. Stand
in awe, and sin not: commune with
trouble me! many are they that rise up
2 your own heart upon your bed, and be
against me. Many there be which say
5
still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of
of my soul, There is no help for him in
3 righteousness, and put your trust in
God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, art a
6
the LORD. There be many that say,
shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
4 Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
up of mine head. I cried unto the
thou up the light of thy countenance
LORD with my voice, and he heard me
7
5 upon us. Thou hast put gladness in
out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid me
my heart, more than in the time that
down and slept; I awaked; for the
8
6 their corn and their wine increased. I
LORD sustained me. I will not be
will both lay me down in peace, and
afraid of ten thousands of people, that
sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me
have set themselves against me round
7 dwell in safety.
about. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my
God: for thou hast smitten all mine
Psalms 5
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou
8
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: Psalm of David.
thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Give ear to my words, O LORD,
2
consider my meditation. Hearken
Psalms 4
unto the voice of my cry, my King, and
3
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A my God: for unto thee will I pray. My
Psalm of David. voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O

Hear me when I call, O God of my LORD; in the morning will I direct my

4
prayer unto thee, and will look up.
righteousness: thou hast enlarged me
For thou art not a God that hath
when I was in distress; have mercy
2 pleasure in wickedness: neither shall
upon me, and hear my prayer. O ye
5
evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall
sons of men, how long will ye turn my
not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
glory into shame? how long will ye love
6
3 workers of iniquity. Thou shalt
vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
destroy them that speak leasing: the
But know that the LORD hath set apart
LORD will abhor the bloody and
him that is godly for himself: the LORD
 7 4
deceitful man. But as for me, I will how long? Return, O LORD, deliver
come into thy house in the multitude of my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
5
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I sake. For in death there is no
8
worship toward thy holy temple. Lead remembrance of thee: in the grave
6
me, O LORD, in thy righteousness who shall give thee thanks? I am
because of mine enemies; make thy weary with my groaning; all the night
9
way straight before my face. For make I my bed to swim; I water my
7
there is no faithfulness in their mouth; couch with my tears. Mine eye is
their inward part is very wickedness; consumed because of grief; it waxeth
8
their throat is an open sepulchre; they old because of all mine enemies.
10
flatter with their tongue. Destroy Depart from me, all ye workers of
thou them, O God; let them fall by iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the
9
their own counsels; cast them out in voice of my weeping. The LORD hath
the multitude of their transgressions; heard my supplication; the LORD will
11 10
for they have rebelled against thee. receive my prayer. Let all mine
But let all those that put their trust in enemies be ashamed and sore vexed:
thee rejoice: let them ever shout for let them return and be ashamed
joy, because thou defendest them: let suddenly.
them also that love thy name be joyful
in thee. 12
For thou, LORD, wilt bless Psalms 7
the righteous; with favour wilt thou
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto
compass him as with a shield.
the Lord, concerning the words of Cush
the Benjamite.
Psalms 6
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon
trust: save me from all them that
Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 2
persecute me, and deliver me: Lest
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in
3
anger, neither chasten me in thy hot pieces, while there is none to deliver.
2
displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O O LORD my God, if I have done this; if
4
LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal there be iniquity in my hands; If I
3
me; for my bones are vexed. My soul have rewarded evil unto him that was
is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, at peace with me; (yea, I have
delivered him that without cause is return upon his own head, and his
5
mine enemy:) Let the enemy violent dealing shall come down upon
17
persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let his own pate. I will praise the LORD
him tread down my life upon the earth, according to his righteousness: and will
and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. sing praise to the name of the LORD
6
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up most high.
thyself because of the rage of mine
enemies: and awake for me to the Psalms 8
7
judgment that thou hast commanded.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A
So shall the congregation of the people
Psalm of David.
compass thee about: for their sakes
therefore return thou on high. 8
The
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy

LORD shall judge the people: judge name in all the earth! who hast set thy
2
me, O LORD, according to my glory above the heavens. Out of the

righteousness, and according to mine mouth of babes and sucklings hast

integrity that is in me. 9

Oh let the thou ordained strength because of

wickedness of the wicked come to an thine enemies, that thou mightest still
3
end; but establish the just: for the the enemy and the avenger. When I

righteous God trieth the hearts and consider thy heavens, the work of thy

reins. 10
My defence is of God, which fingers, the moon and the stars, which
4
saveth the upright in heart. 11
God thou hast ordained; What is man,

judgeth the righteous, and God is that thou art mindful of him? and the
5
angry with the wicked every day. 12
If son of man, that thou visitest him?

he turn not, he will whet his sword; he For thou hast made him a little lower

hath bent his bow, and made it ready. than the angels, and hast crowned him
6
13
He hath also prepared for him the with glory and honour. Thou madest

instruments of death; he ordaineth his him to have dominion over the works

arrows against the persecutors. 14 of thy hands; thou hast put all things
7
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and under his feet: All sheep and oxen,
8
hath conceived mischief, and brought yea, and the beasts of the field; The

forth falsehood. 15
He made a pit, and fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

digged it, and is fallen into the ditch and whatsoever passeth through the
9
which he made. 16
His mischief shall paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord,
 11
how excellent is thy name in all the Sing praises to the LORD, which
earth! dwelleth in Zion: declare among the
12
people his doings. When he maketh
Psalms 9 inquisition for blood, he remembereth
them: he forgetteth not the cry of the
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben,
13
humble. Have mercy upon me, O
A Psalm of David.
LORD; consider my trouble which I
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my
suffer of them that hate me, thou that
whole heart; I will shew forth all thy liftest me up from the gates of death:
2
marvellous works. I will be glad and 14
That I may shew forth all thy praise
rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I
3
name, O thou most High. When mine will rejoice in thy salvation. 15
The
enemies are turned back, they shall fall heathen are sunk down in the pit that
4
and perish at thy presence. For thou they made: in the net which they hid is
hast maintained my right and my their own foot taken. 16
The LORD is
cause; thou satest in the throne known by the judgment which he
5
judging right. Thou hast rebuked the executeth: the wicked is snared in the
heathen, thou hast destroyed the work of his own hands. Higgaion.
wicked, thou hast put out their name Selah. 17
The wicked shall be turned
6
for ever and ever. O thou enemy, into hell, and all the nations that forget
destructions are come to a perpetual God. 18
For the needy shall not alway
end: and thou hast destroyed cities; be forgotten: the expectation of the
7
their memorial is perished with them. poor shall not perish for ever. 19
Arise,
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he O LORD; let not man prevail: let the
hath prepared his throne for judgment. heathen be judged in thy sight. 20
Put
8
And he shall judge the world in them in fear, O LORD: that the nations
righteousness, he shall minister may know themselves to be but men.
judgment to the people in uprightness. Selah.
9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Psalms 10
10
And they that know thy name will
put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?
hast not forsaken them that seek thee. why hidest thou thyself in times of
 2 14
trouble? The wicked in his pride doth wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it;
persecute the poor: let them be taken for thou beholdest mischief and spite,
in the devices that they have imagined. to requite it with thy hand: the poor
3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's committeth himself unto thee; thou art
15
desire, and blesseth the covetous, the helper of the fatherless. Break
4
whom the LORD abhorreth. The thou the arm of the wicked and the evil
wicked, through the pride of his man: seek out his wickedness till thou
16
countenance, will not seek after God: find none. The LORD is King for ever
5
God is not in all his thoughts. His and ever: the heathen are perished out
17
ways are always grievous; thy of his land. LORD, thou hast heard
judgments are far above out of his the desire of the humble: thou wilt
sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth prepare their heart, thou wilt cause
6 18
at them. He hath said in his heart, I thine ear to hear: To judge the
shall not be moved: for I shall never fatherless and the oppressed, that the
7
be in adversity. His mouth is full of man of the earth may no more
cursing and deceit and fraud: under his oppress.
8
tongue is mischief and vanity. He
sitteth in the lurking places of the Psalms 11
villages: in the secret places doth he
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
murder the innocent: his eyes are
David.
9
privily set against the poor. He lieth
in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he
In the LORD put I my trust: How say

lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your
2
catch the poor, when he draweth him mountain? For, lo, the wicked bend

into his net. 10

He croucheth, and their bow, they make ready their arrow

humbleth himself, that the poor may upon the string, that they may privily
3
fall by his strong ones. 11
He hath said shoot at the upright in heart. If the

in his heart, God hath forgotten: he foundations be destroyed, what can the
4
hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 righteous do? The LORD is in his holy

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine temple, the LORD'S throne is in

hand: forget not the humble. 13 heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids
5
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn try, the children of men. The LORD

God? he hath said in his heart, Thou trieth the righteous: but the wicked
and him that loveth violence his soul walk on every side, when the vilest
6
hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain men are exalted.
snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the Psalms 13
7
portion of their cup. For the righteous
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
LORD loveth righteousness; his
David.
countenance doth behold the upright.
How long wilt thou forget me, O
Psalms 12 LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou
2
hide thy face from me? How long
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith,
shall I take counsel in my soul, having
A Psalm of David.
sorrow in my heart daily? how long
Help, LORD; for the godly man shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3
ceaseth; for the faithful fail from Consider and hear me, O LORD my
2
among the children of men. They God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the
4
speak vanity every one with his sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say,
neighbour: with flattering lips and with I have prevailed against him; and
3
a double heart do they speak. The those that trouble me rejoice when I
5
LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, am moved. But I have trusted in thy
and the tongue that speaketh proud mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
4 6
things: Who have said, With our salvation. I will sing unto the LORD,
tongue will we prevail; our lips are our because he hath dealt bountifully with
5
own: who is lord over us? For the me.
oppression of the poor, for the sighing
of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Psalms 14
LORD; I will set him in safety from him
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
6
that puffeth at him. The words of the
David.
LORD are pure words: as silver tried in
a furnace of earth, purified seven
The fool hath said in his heart, There

times. 7
Thou shalt keep them, O is no God. They are corrupt, they have

LORD, thou shalt preserve them from done abominable works, there is none
2
this generation for ever. 8
The wicked that doeth good. The LORD looked
down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there were any that did usury, nor taketh reward against the
3
understand, and seek God. They are innocent. He that doeth these things
all gone aside, they are all together shall never be moved.
become filthy: there is none that doeth
good, no, not one. 4
Have all the Psalms 16
workers of iniquity no knowledge? who
Michtam of David.
eat up my people as they eat bread,
and call not upon the LORD. 5
There
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I
2
were they in great fear: for God is in put my trust. O my soul, thou hast

the generation of the righteous. 6

Ye said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord:
3
have shamed the counsel of the poor, my goodness extendeth not to thee;

because the LORD is his refuge. 7

Oh But to the saints that are in the earth,

that the salvation of Israel were come and to the excellent, in whom is all my
4
out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth delight. Their sorrows shall be

back the captivity of his people, Jacob multiplied that hasten after another

shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. god: their drink offerings of blood will I
not offer, nor take up their names into
Psalms 15 my lips. 5
The LORD is the portion of
mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
A Psalm of David. 6
maintainest my lot. The lines are
LORD, who shall abide in thy fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea,
7
tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy I have a goodly heritage. I will bless
2
hill? He that walketh uprightly, and the LORD, who hath given me counsel:
worketh righteousness, and speaketh my reins also instruct me in the night
3 8
the truth in his heart. He that seasons. I have set the LORD always
backbiteth not with his tongue, nor before me: because he is at my right
9
doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore
4
up a reproach against his neighbour. my heart is glad, and my glory
In whose eyes a vile person is rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in
10
contemned; but he honoureth them hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine
5 11
to his own hurt, and changeth not. Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt
He that putteth not out his money to shew me the path of life: in thy
 11
presence is fulness of joy; at thy right mouth they speak proudly. They
hand there are pleasures for evermore. have now compassed us in our steps:
they have set their eyes bowing down
Psalms 17 to the earth; 12
Like as a lion that is
greedy of his prey, and as it were a
A Prayer of David.
13
young lion lurking in secret places.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast
my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that him down: deliver my soul from the
2
goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my wicked, which is thy sword: 14
From
sentence come forth from thy men which are thy hand, O LORD, from
presence; let thine eyes behold the men of the world, which have their
3
things that are equal. Thou hast portion in this life, and whose belly
proved mine heart; thou hast visited thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they
me in the night; thou hast tried me, are full of children, and leave the rest
and shalt find nothing; I am purposed of their substance to their babes. 15
As
4
that my mouth shall not transgress. for me, I will behold thy face in
Concerning the words of men, by the righteousness: I shall be satisfied,
word of thy lips I have kept me from when I awake, with thy likeness.
5
the paths of the destroyer. Hold up
my goings in thy paths, that my Psalms 18
6
footsteps slip not. I have called upon
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
David, the servant of the Lord, who
incline thine ear unto me, and hear my
7 spake unto the Lord the words of this
speech. Shew thy marvellous
song in the day that the Lord delivered
lovingkindness, O thou that savest by
him from the hand of all his enemies,
thy right hand them which put their
and from the hand of Saul: and he
trust in thee from those that rise up
8 said,
against them. Keep me as the apple
of the eye, hide me under the shadow I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
9 2
of thy wings, From the wicked that The LORD is my rock, and my
oppress me, from my deadly enemies, fortress, and my deliverer; my God,
10
who compass me about. They are my strength, in whom I will trust; my
inclosed in their own fat: with their buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
 3 15
and my high tower. I will call upon them. Then the channels of waters
the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: were seen, and the foundations of the
so shall I be saved from mine enemies. world were discovered at thy rebuke, O
4
The sorrows of death compassed me, LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy
16
and the floods of ungodly men made nostrils. He sent from above, he took
5 17
me afraid. The sorrows of hell me, he drew me out of many waters.
compassed me about: the snares of He delivered me from my strong
6
death prevented me. In my distress I enemy, and from them which hated
18
called upon the LORD, and cried unto me: for they were too strong for me.
my God: he heard my voice out of his They prevented me in the day of my
19
temple, and my cry came before him, calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
7
even into his ears. Then the earth He brought me forth also into a large
shook and trembled; the foundations place; he delivered me, because he
20
also of the hills moved and were delighted in me. The LORD rewarded
8
shaken, because he was wroth. There me according to my righteousness;
went up a smoke out of his nostrils, according to the cleanness of my hands
21
and fire out of his mouth devoured: hath he recompensed me. For I have
9
coals were kindled by it. He bowed kept the ways of the LORD, and have
22
the heavens also, and came down: and not wickedly departed from my God.
10
darkness was under his feet. And he For all his judgments were before me,
rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, and I did not put away his statutes
23
he did fly upon the wings of the wind. from me. I was also upright before
11
He made darkness his secret place; him, and I kept myself from mine
24
his pavilion round about him were dark iniquity. Therefore hath the LORD
12
waters and thick clouds of the skies. recompensed me according to my
At the brightness that was before him righteousness, according to the
his thick clouds passed, hail stones and cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
13 25
coals of fire. The LORD also With the merciful thou wilt shew
thundered in the heavens, and the thyself merciful; with an upright man
26
Highest gave his voice; hail stones and thou wilt shew thyself upright; With
14
coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
arrows, and scattered them; and he and with the froward thou wilt shew
27
shot out lightnings, and discomfited thyself froward. For thou wilt save
the afflicted people; but wilt bring there was none to save them: even
28
down high looks. For thou wilt light unto the LORD, but he answered them
42
my candle: the LORD my God will not. Then did I beat them small as
29
enlighten my darkness. For by thee I the dust before the wind: I did cast
43
have run through a troop; and by my them out as the dirt in the streets.
30
God have I leaped over a wall. As for Thou hast delivered me from the
God, his way is perfect: the word of strivings of the people; and thou hast
the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all made me the head of the heathen: a
31
those that trust in him. For who is people whom I have not known shall
44
God save the LORD? or who is a rock serve me. As soon as they hear of
32
save our God? It is God that girdeth me, they shall obey me: the strangers
45
me with strength, and maketh my way shall submit themselves unto me.
33
perfect. He maketh my feet like The strangers shall fade away, and be
46
hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my afraid out of their close places. The
34
high places. He teacheth my hands LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;
to war, so that a bow of steel is broken and let the God of my salvation be
35 47
by mine arms. Thou hast also given exalted. It is God that avengeth me,
48
me the shield of thy salvation: and thy and subdueth the people under me.
right hand hath holden me up, and thy He delivereth me from mine enemies:
36
gentleness hath made me great. yea, thou liftest me up above those
Thou hast enlarged my steps under that rise up against me: thou hast
37 49
me, that my feet did not slip. I have delivered me from the violent man.
pursued mine enemies, and overtaken Therefore will I give thanks unto thee,
them: neither did I turn again till they O LORD, among the heathen, and sing
38 50
were consumed. I have wounded praises unto thy name. Great
them that they were not able to rise: deliverance giveth he to his king; and
39
they are fallen under my feet. For sheweth mercy to his anointed, to
thou hast girded me with strength unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
the battle: thou hast subdued under
me those that rose up against me. 40 Psalms 19
Thou hast also given me the necks of
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
mine enemies; that I might destroy
David.
41
them that hate me. They cried, but
The heavens declare the glory of God; Keep back thy servant also from
presumptuous sins; let them not have
and the firmament sheweth his
2 dominion over me: then shall I be
handywork. Day unto day uttereth
upright, and I shall be innocent from
speech, and night unto night sheweth
14
3 the great transgression. Let the
knowledge. There is no speech nor
words of my mouth, and the meditation
language, where their voice is not
4 of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,
heard. Their line is gone out through
O LORD, my strength, and my
all the earth, and their words to the
redeemer.
end of the world. In them hath he set a
5
tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a
Psalms 20
bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
6
race. His going forth is from the end David.
of the heaven, and his circuit unto the
The LORD hear thee in the day of
ends of it: and there is nothing hid
trouble; the name of the God of Jacob
7
from the heat thereof. The law of the 2
defend thee; Send thee help from the
LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of
the testimony of the LORD is sure, 3
Zion; Remember all thy offerings, and
8
making wise the simple. The statutes 4
accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
of the LORD are right, rejoicing the
Grant thee according to thine own
heart: the commandment of the LORD 5
heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We
9
is pure, enlightening the eyes. The
will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the
fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for
name of our God we will set up our
ever: the judgments of the LORD are
banners: the LORD fulfil all thy
10
true and righteous altogether. More 6
petitions. Now know I that the LORD
to be desired are they than gold, yea,
saveth his anointed; he will hear him
than much fine gold: sweeter also than
from his holy heaven with the saving
11
honey and the honeycomb. Moreover 7
strength of his right hand. Some trust
by them is thy servant warned: and in
in chariots, and some in horses: but we
keeping of them there is great reward.
will remember the name of the LORD
12
Who can understand his errors? 8
our God. They are brought down and
13
cleanse thou me from secret faults.
fallen: but we are risen, and stand
 9 11
upright. Save, LORD: let the king from among the children of men. For
hear us when we call. they intended evil against thee: they
imagined a mischievous device, which
Psalms 21 they are not able to perform. 12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
their back, when thou shalt make
David.
ready thine arrows upon thy strings
The king shall joy in thy strength, O
against the face of them. 13
Be thou
LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly exalted, LORD, in thine own strength:
2
shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him so will we sing and praise thy power.
his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. Psalms 22
3
Selah. For thou preventest him with
To the chief Musician upon Aijaleth
the blessings of goodness: thou settest
4 Shahar, A Psalm of David.
a crown of pure gold on his head. He
asked life of thee, and thou gavest it My God, my God, why hast thou
him, even length of days for ever and forsaken me? why art thou so far from
5
ever. His glory is great in thy helping me, and from the words of my
2
salvation: honour and majesty hast roaring? O my God, I cry in the
6
thou laid upon him. For thou hast daytime, but thou hearest not; and in
3
made him most blessed for ever: thou the night season, and am not silent.
hast made him exceeding glad with thy But thou art holy, O thou that
7 4
countenance. For the king trusteth in inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our
the LORD, and through the mercy of fathers trusted in thee: they trusted,
8 5
the most High he shall not be moved. and thou didst deliver them. They
Thine hand shall find out all thine cried unto thee, and were delivered:
enemies: thy right hand shall find out they trusted in thee, and were not
9 6
those that hate thee. Thou shalt confounded. But I am a worm, and no
make them as a fiery oven in the time man; a reproach of men, and despised
7
of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow of the people. All they that see me
them up in his wrath, and the fire shall laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the
10 8
devour them. Their fruit shalt thou lip, they shake the head saying, He
destroy from the earth, and their seed trusted on the LORD that he would
deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing unto my brethren: in the midst of the
9 23
he delighted in him. But thou art he congregation will I praise thee. Ye
that took me out of the womb: thou that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye
didst make me hope when I was upon the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear
10 24
my mother's breasts. I was cast him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he
upon thee from the womb: thou art my hath not despised nor abhorred the
11
God from my mother's belly. Be not affliction of the afflicted; neither hath
far from me; for trouble is near; for he hid his face from him; but when he
12 25
there is none to help. Many bulls cried unto him, he heard. My praise
have compassed me: strong bulls of shall be of thee in the great
13
Bashan have beset me round. They congregation: I will pay my vows
26
gaped upon me with their mouths, as a before them that fear him. The meek
14
ravening and a roaring lion. I am shall eat and be satisfied: they shall
poured out like water, and all my praise the LORD that seek him: your
27
bones are out of joint: my heart is like heart shall live for ever. All the ends
wax; it is melted in the midst of my of the world shall remember and turn
15
bowels. My strength is dried up like a unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to the nations shall worship before thee.
28
my jaws; and thou hast brought me For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and
16
into the dust of death. For dogs have he is the governor among the nations.
29
compassed me: the assembly of the All they that be fat upon earth shall
wicked have inclosed me: they pierced eat and worship: all they that go down
17
my hands and my feet. I may tell all to the dust shall bow before him: and
30
my bones: they look and stare upon none can keep alive his own soul. A
18
me. They part my garments among seed shall serve him; it shall be
19
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: They shall come, and shall declare
O my strength, haste thee to help me. his righteousness unto a people that
20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my shall be born, that he hath done this.
21
darling from the power of the dog.
Save me from the lion's mouth: for Psalms 23
thou hast heard me from the horns of
A Psalm of David.
22
the unicorns. I will declare thy name
 6
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not of his salvation. This is the generation

2 of them that seek him, that seek thy

want. He maketh me to lie down in
7
face, O Jacob. Selah. Lift up your
green pastures: he leadeth me beside
3 heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up,
the still waters. He restoreth my soul:
ye everlasting doors; and the King of
he leadeth me in the paths of
8
4 glory shall come in. Who is this King
righteousness for his name's sake.
of glory? The LORD strong and mighty,
Yea, though I walk through the valley
9
the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up
of the shadow of death, I will fear no
your heads, O ye gates; even lift them
evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and
5 up, ye everlasting doors; and the King
thy staff they comfort me. Thou
10
of glory shall come in. Who is this
preparest a table before me in the
King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is
presence of mine enemies: thou
the King of glory. Selah.
anointest my head with oil; my cup
6
runneth over. Surely goodness and
Psalms 25
mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life: and I will dwell in the house of A Psalm of David.
the LORD for ever.
Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my
2
soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let
Psalms 24
me not be ashamed, let not mine
3
A Psalm of David. enemies triumph over me. Yea, let

The earth is the LORD'S, and the none that wait on thee be ashamed: let
them be ashamed which transgress
fulness thereof; the world, and they
4
2 without cause. Shew me thy ways, O
that dwell therein. For he hath
5
LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me
founded it upon the seas, and
3 in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art
established it upon the floods. Who
the God of my salvation; on thee do I
shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?
6
4 wait all the day. Remember, O LORD,
or who shall stand in his holy place?
thy tender mercies and thy
He that hath clean hands, and a pure
lovingkindnesses; for they have been
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul
7
5 ever of old. Remember not the sins of
unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He
my youth, nor my transgressions:
shall receive the blessing from the
according to thy mercy remember thou
LORD, and righteousness from the God
 8
me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Psalms 26
Good and upright is the LORD:
therefore will he teach sinners in the A Psalm of David.

way. 9
The meek will he guide in Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked
judgment: and the meek will he teach in mine integrity: I have trusted also in
10
his way. All the paths of the LORD the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 2

are mercy and truth unto such as keep Examine me, O LORD, and prove me;
11
his covenant and his testimonies. For try my reins and my heart. 3
For thy
thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine lovingkindness is before mine eyes:
12
iniquity; for it is great. What man is and I have walked in thy truth. 4
I have
he that feareth the LORD? him shall he not sat with vain persons, neither will I
teach in the way that he shall choose. go in with dissemblers. 5
I have hated
13
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his the congregation of evildoers; and will
14
seed shall inherit the earth. The not sit with the wicked. 6
I will wash
secret of the LORD is with them that mine hands in innocency: so will I
fear him; and he will shew them his compass thine altar, O LORD: 7
That I
15
covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward may publish with the voice of
the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet thanksgiving, and tell of all thy
16
out of the net. Turn thee unto me, wondrous works. 8
LORD, I have loved
and have mercy upon me; for I am the habitation of thy house, and the
17
desolate and afflicted. The troubles place where thine honour dwelleth. 9

of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou Gather not my soul with sinners, nor
18
me out of my distresses. Look upon my life with bloody men: 10
In whose
mine affliction and my pain; and hands is mischief, and their right hand
19
forgive all my sins. Consider mine is full of bribes. 11
But as for me, I will
enemies; for they are many; and they walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and
20
hate me with cruel hatred. O keep be merciful unto me. 12
My foot
my soul, and deliver me: let me not be standeth in an even place: in the
21
ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. congregations will I bless the LORD.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve
me; for I wait on thee. 22
Redeem Psalms 27
Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
A Psalm of David.
 10
The LORD is my light and my salvation. When my father and my
mother forsake me, then the LORD will
salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD
11
take me up. Teach me thy way, O
is the strength of my life; of whom
2 LORD, and lead me in a plain path,
shall I be afraid? When the wicked,
12
because of mine enemies. Deliver me
even mine enemies and my foes, came
not over unto the will of mine enemies:
upon me to eat up my flesh, they
3 for false witnesses are risen up against
stumbled and fell. Though an host
13
me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
should encamp against me, my heart
I had fainted, unless I had believed to
shall not fear: though war should rise
4 see the goodness of the LORD in the
against me, in this will I be confident.
14
land of the living. Wait on the LORD:
One thing have I desired of the LORD,
be of good courage, and he shall
that will I seek after; that I may dwell
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on
in the house of the LORD all the days
the LORD.
of my life, to behold the beauty of the
5
LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Psalms 28
For in the time of trouble he shall hide
me in his pavilion: in the secret of his A Psalm of David.
tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall
6
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock;
set me up upon a rock. And now shall
be not silent to me: lest, if thou be
mine head be lifted up above mine
silent to me, I become like them that
enemies round about me: therefore will 2
go down into the pit. Hear the voice
I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of
of my supplications, when I cry unto
joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises
thee, when I lift up my hands toward
7
unto the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I 3
thy holy oracle. Draw me not away
cry with my voice: have mercy also
with the wicked, and with the workers
8
upon me, and answer me. When thou
of iniquity, which speak peace to their
saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
neighbours, but mischief is in their
unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 4
hearts. Give them according to their
9
Hide not thy face far from me; put
deeds, and according to the
not thy servant away in anger: thou
wickedness of their endeavours: give
hast been my help; leave me not,
them after the work of their hands;
neither forsake me, O God of my 5
render to them their desert. Because
 8
they regard not the works of the LORD, divideth the flames of fire. The voice
nor the operation of his hands, he shall of the LORD shaketh the wilderness;
6
destroy them, and not build them up. the LORD shaketh the wilderness of
9
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath Kadesh. The voice of the LORD
7
heard the voice of my supplications. maketh the hinds to calve, and
The LORD is my strength and my discovereth the forests: and in his
shield; my heart trusted in him, and I temple doth every one speak of his
10
am helped: therefore my heart greatly glory. The LORD sitteth upon the
rejoiceth; and with my song will I flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for
8 11
praise him. The LORD is their ever. The LORD will give strength
strength, and he is the saving strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his
9
of his anointed. Save thy people, and people with peace.
bless thine inheritance: feed them also,
and lift them up for ever. Psalms 30

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of

Psalms 29
the House of David.
A Psalm of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give lifted me up, and hast not made my
2 2
unto the LORD glory and strength. foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast
3
his name; worship the LORD in the healed me. O LORD, thou hast
3
beauty of holiness. The voice of the brought up my soul from the grave:
LORD is upon the waters: the God of thou hast kept me alive, that I should
4
glory thundereth: the LORD is upon not go down to the pit. Sing unto the
4
many waters. The voice of the LORD LORD, O ye saints of his, and give
is powerful; the voice of the LORD is thanks at the remembrance of his
5 5
full of majesty. The voice of the LORD holiness. For his anger endureth but a
breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD moment; in his favour is life: weeping
6
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He may endure for a night, but joy cometh
6
maketh them also to skip like a calf; in the morning. And in my prosperity
7
Lebanon and Sirion like a young I said, I shall never be moved. LORD,
7
unicorn. The voice of the LORD by thy favour thou hast made my
 6
mountain to stand strong: thou didst LORD God of truth. I have hated
8
hide thy face, and I was troubled. I them that regard lying vanities: but I
7
cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the trust in the LORD. I will be glad and
9
LORD I made supplication. What rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast
profit is there in my blood, when I go considered my trouble; thou hast
8
down to the pit? Shall the dust praise known my soul in adversities; And
10
thee? shall it declare thy truth? hast not shut me up into the hand of
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a
11 9
me: LORD, be thou my helper. Thou large room. Have mercy upon me, O
hast turned for me my mourning into LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
dancing: thou hast put off my consumed with grief, yea, my soul and
10
sackcloth, and girded me with my belly. For my life is spent with
12
gladness; To the end that my glory grief, and my years with sighing: my
may sing praise to thee, and not be strength faileth because of mine
silent. O LORD my God, I will give iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11
thanks unto thee for ever. I was a reproach among all mine
enemies, but especially among my
Psalms 31 neighbours, and a fear to mine
acquaintance: they that did see me
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
12
without fled from me. I am forgotten
David.
as a dead man out of mind: I am like a
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let broken vessel. 13
For I have heard the
me never be ashamed: deliver me in slander of many: fear was on every
2
thy righteousness. Bow down thine side: while they took counsel together
ear to me; deliver me speedily: be against me, they devised to take away
thou my strong rock, for an house of my life. 14
But I trusted in thee, O
3
defence to save me. For thou art my LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 15
My
rock and my fortress; therefore for thy times are in thy hand: deliver me from
4
name's sake lead me, and guide me. the hand of mine enemies, and from
Pull me out of the net that they have them that persecute me. 16
Make thy
laid privily for me: for thou art my face to shine upon thy servant: save
5
strength. Into thine hand I commit me for thy mercies' sake. 17
Let me not
my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called
upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
18 3
and let them be silent in the grave. whose spirit there is no guile. When I
Let the lying lips be put to silence; kept silence, my bones waxed old
4
which speak grievous things proudly through my roaring all the day long.
and contemptuously against the For day and night thy hand was heavy
19
righteous. Oh how great is thy upon me: my moisture is turned into
5
goodness, which thou hast laid up for the drought of summer. Selah. I
them that fear thee; which thou hast acknowledged my sin unto thee, and
wrought for them that trust in thee mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I
20
before the sons of men! Thou shalt will confess my transgressions unto the
hide them in the secret of thy presence LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity
6
from the pride of man: thou shalt keep of my sin. Selah. For this shall every
them secretly in a pavilion from the one that is godly pray unto thee in a
21
strife of tongues. Blessed be the time when thou mayest be found:
LORD: for he hath shewed me his surely in the floods of great waters
22 7
marvellous kindness in a strong city. they shall not come nigh unto him.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt
from before thine eyes: nevertheless preserve me from trouble; thou shalt
thou heardest the voice of my compass me about with songs of
23 8
supplications when I cried unto thee. deliverance. Selah. I will instruct thee
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for and teach thee in the way which thou
the LORD preserveth the faithful, and shalt go: I will guide thee with mine
24 9
plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the
Be of good courage, and he shall mule, which have no understanding:
strengthen your heart, all ye that hope whose mouth must be held in with bit
in the LORD. and bridle, lest they come near unto
10
thee. Many sorrows shall be to the
Psalms 32 wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
11
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye
Blessed is he whose transgression is
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye
2
forgiven, whose sin is covered. that are upright in heart.
Blessed is the man unto whom the
Psalms 33 his habitation he looketh upon all the
15
inhabitants of the earth. He
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: fashioneth their hearts alike; he
16
for praise is comely for the upright. 2 considereth all their works. There is

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto no king saved by the multitude of an

him with the psaltery and an host: a mighty man is not delivered by
17
instrument of ten strings. 3
Sing unto much strength. An horse is a vain

him a new song; play skilfully with a thing for safety: neither shall he
18
loud noise. 4
For the word of the LORD deliver any by his great strength.

is right; and all his works are done in Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon

truth. 5
He loveth righteousness and them that fear him, upon them that
19
judgment: the earth is full of the hope in his mercy; To deliver their

goodness of the LORD. 6

By the word of soul from death, and to keep them
20
the LORD were the heavens made; and alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for

all the host of them by the breath of the LORD: he is our help and our
21
his mouth. 7
He gathereth the waters shield. For our heart shall rejoice in

of the sea together as an heap: he him, because we have trusted in his

22
layeth up the depth in storehouses. 8 holy name. Let thy mercy, O LORD,

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all be upon us, according as we hope in

the inhabitants of the world stand in thee.

9
awe of him. For he spake, and it was
Psalms 34
done; he commanded, and it stood
10
fast. The LORD bringeth the counsel
A Psalm of David, when he changed his
of the heathen to nought: he maketh
behaviour before Abimelech, who drove
the devices of the people of none
him away, and he departed.
11
effect. The counsel of the LORD
I will bless the LORD at all times: his
standeth for ever, the thoughts of his
12 praise shall continually be in my
heart to all generations. Blessed is
2
mouth. My soul shall make her boast
the nation whose God is the LORD: and
in the LORD: the humble shall hear
the people whom he hath chosen for
3
13 thereof, and be glad. O magnify the
his own inheritance. The LORD
LORD with me, and let us exalt his
looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all
4
14 name together. I sought the LORD,
the sons of men. From the place of
and he heard me, and delivered me Many are the afflictions of the
5
from all my fears. They looked unto righteous: but the LORD delivereth him
20
him, and were lightened: and their out of them all. He keepeth all his
6 21
faces were not ashamed. This poor bones: not one of them is broken.
man cried, and the LORD heard him, Evil shall slay the wicked: and they
7
and saved him out of all his troubles. that hate the righteous shall be
22
The angel of the LORD encampeth desolate. The LORD redeemeth the
round about them that fear him, and soul of his servants: and none of them
8
delivereth them. O taste and see that that trust in him shall be desolate.
the LORD is good: blessed is the man
that trusteth in him. 9
O fear the LORD, Psalms 35
ye his saints: for there is no want to
A Psalm of David.
10
them that fear him. The young lions
do lack, and suffer hunger: but they
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them

that seek the LORD shall not want any that strive with me: fight against them
2
good thing. 11
Come, ye children, that fight against me. Take hold of

hearken unto me: I will teach you the shield and buckler, and stand up for
3
fear of the LORD. 12
What man is he mine help. Draw out also the spear,

that desireth life, and loveth many and stop the way against them that

days, that he may see good? 13

Keep persecute me: say unto my soul, I am
4
thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from thy salvation. Let them be

speaking guile. 14
Depart from evil, and confounded and put to shame that seek

do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 after my soul: let them be turned back

The eyes of the LORD are upon the and brought to confusion that devise
5
righteous, and his ears are open unto my hurt. Let them be as chaff before

their cry. 16
The face of the LORD is the wind: and let the angel of the
6
against them that do evil, to cut off the LORD chase them. Let their way be

remembrance of them from the earth. dark and slippery: and let the angel of
7
17
The righteous cry, and the LORD the LORD persecute them. For

heareth, and delivereth them out of all without cause have they hid for me

their troubles. 18
The LORD is nigh unto their net in a pit, which without cause
8
them that are of a broken heart; and they have digged for my soul. Let

saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 destruction come upon him at

unawares; and let his net that he hath wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let
hid catch himself: into that very them wink with the eye that hate me
9 20
destruction let him fall. And my soul without a cause. For they speak not
shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall peace: but they devise deceitful
10
rejoice in his salvation. All my bones matters against them that are quiet in
21
shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, the land. Yea, they opened their
which deliverest the poor from him that mouth wide against me, and said, Aha,
22
is too strong for him, yea, the poor and aha, our eye hath seen it. This thou
the needy from him that spoileth him? hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O
11 23
False witnesses did rise up; they laid Lord, be not far from me. Stir up
12
to my charge things that I knew not. thyself, and awake to my judgment,
They rewarded me evil for good to the even unto my cause, my God and my
13 24
spoiling of my soul. But as for me, Lord. Judge me, O LORD my God,
when they were sick, my clothing was according to thy righteousness; and let
25
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with them not rejoice over me. Let them
fasting; and my prayer returned into not say in their hearts, Ah, so would
14
mine own bosom. I behaved myself we have it: let them not say, We have
26
as though he had been my friend or swallowed him up. Let them be
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one ashamed and brought to confusion
15
that mourneth for his mother. But in together that rejoice at mine hurt: let
mine adversity they rejoiced, and them be clothed with shame and
gathered themselves together: yea, dishonour that magnify themselves
27
the abjects gathered themselves against me. Let them shout for joy,
together against me, and I knew it not; and be glad, that favour my righteous
16
they did tear me, and ceased not: cause: yea, let them say continually,
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
they gnashed upon me with their teeth. pleasure in the prosperity of his
17 28
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? servant. And my tongue shall speak
rescue my soul from their destructions, of thy righteousness and of thy praise
18
my darling from the lions. I will give all the day long.
thee thanks in the great congregation:
I will praise thee among much people.
19
Let not them that are mine enemies
 12
Psalms 36 hand of the wicked remove me.
There are the workers of iniquity
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David fallen: they are cast down, and shall
the servant of the Lord. not be able to rise.
The transgression of the wicked saith
Psalms 37
within my heart, that there is no fear
2
of God before his eyes. For he
A Psalm of David.
flattereth himself in his own eyes, until
3
Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
his iniquity be found to be hateful.
neither be thou envious against the
The words of his mouth are iniquity
2
workers of iniquity. For they shall
and deceit: he hath left off to be wise,
4 soon be cut down like the grass, and
and to do good. He deviseth mischief
3
wither as the green herb. Trust in the
upon his bed; he setteth himself in a
LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell
way that is not good; he abhorreth not
5 in the land, and verily thou shalt be
evil. Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the
4
fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD;
heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth
6 and he shall give thee the desires of
unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is
5
thine heart. Commit thy way unto the
like the great mountains; thy
LORD; trust also in him; and he shall
judgments are a great deep: O LORD,
6
7 bring it to pass. And he shall bring
thou preservest man and beast. How
forth thy righteousness as the light,
excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
7
and thy judgment as the noonday.
therefore the children of men put their
8 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently
trust under the shadow of thy wings.
for him: fret not thyself because of him
They shall be abundantly satisfied with
who prospereth in his way, because of
the fatness of thy house; and thou
the man who bringeth wicked devices
shalt make them drink of the river of
8
9 to pass. Cease from anger, and
thy pleasures. For with thee is the
forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any
fountain of life: in thy light shall we
9
10 wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be
see light. O continue thy
cut off: but those that wait upon the
lovingkindness unto them that know
10
LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
thee; and thy righteousness to the
11 For yet a little while, and the wicked
upright in heart. Let not the foot of
shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently
pride come against me, and let not the
consider his place, and it shall not be. steps of a good man are ordered by the
11 24
But the meek shall inherit the earth; LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
and shall delight themselves in the Though he fall, he shall not be utterly
12
abundance of peace. The wicked cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him
25
plotteth against the just, and gnasheth with his hand. I have been young,
13
upon him with his teeth. The Lord and now am old; yet have I not seen
shall laugh at him: for he seeth that the righteous forsaken, nor his seed
14 26
his day is coming. The wicked have begging bread. He is ever merciful,
27
drawn out the sword, and have bent and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
their bow, to cast down the poor and Depart from evil, and do good; and
28
needy, and to slay such as be of dwell for evermore. For the LORD
15
upright conversation. Their sword loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his
shall enter into their own heart, and saints; they are preserved for ever:
16
their bows shall be broken. A little but the seed of the wicked shall be cut
29
that a righteous man hath is better off. The righteous shall inherit the
17 30
than the riches of many wicked. For land, and dwell therein for ever. The
the arms of the wicked shall be mouth of the righteous speaketh
broken: but the LORD upholdeth the wisdom, and his tongue talketh of
18 31
righteous. The LORD knoweth the judgment. The law of his God is in
days of the upright: and their his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
19 32
inheritance shall be for ever. They The wicked watcheth the righteous,
33
shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and seeketh to slay him. The LORD
and in the days of famine they shall be will not leave him in his hand, nor
20 34
satisfied. But the wicked shall perish, condemn him when he is judged.
and the enemies of the LORD shall be Wait on the LORD, and keep his way,
as the fat of lambs: they shall and he shall exalt thee to inherit the
consume; into smoke shall they land: when the wicked are cut off, thou
21 35
consume away. The wicked shalt see it. I have seen the wicked
borroweth, and payeth not again: but in great power, and spreading himself
36
the righteous sheweth mercy, and like a green bay tree. Yet he passed
22
giveth. For such as be blessed of him away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I
shall inherit the earth; and they that sought him, but he could not be found.
23 37
be cursed of him shall be cut off. The Mark the perfect man, and behold
 9
the upright: for the end of that man is my heart. Lord, all my desire is
38
peace. But the transgressors shall be before thee; and my groaning is not
10
destroyed together: the end of the hid from thee. My heart panteth, my
39
wicked shall be cut off. But the strength faileth me: as for the light of
11
salvation of the righteous is of the mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
LORD: he is their strength in the time My lovers and my friends stand aloof
40
of trouble. And the LORD shall help from my sore; and my kinsmen stand
12
them and deliver them: he shall deliver afar off. They also that seek after my
them from the wicked, and save them, life lay snares for me: and they that
because they trust in him. seek my hurt speak mischievous
things, and imagine deceits all the day
Psalms 38 long. 13
But I, as a deaf man, heard
not; and I was as a dumb man that
A Psalm of David, to bring to
14
openeth not his mouth. Thus I was
remembrance.
as a man that heareth not, and in
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath:
whose mouth are no reproofs. 15
For in
neither chasten me in thy hot thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt
2
displeasure. For thine arrows stick hear, O Lord my God. 16
For I said,
fast in me, and thy hand presseth me Hear me, lest otherwise they should
3
sore. There is no soundness in my rejoice over me: when my foot
flesh because of thine anger; neither is slippeth, they magnify themselves
there any rest in my bones because of against me. 17
For I am ready to halt,
4
my sin. For mine iniquities are gone and my sorrow is continually before
over mine head: as an heavy burden me. 18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I
5
they are too heavy for me. My will be sorry for my sin. 19
But mine
wounds stink and are corrupt because enemies are lively, and they are
6
of my foolishness. I am troubled; I strong: and they that hate me
am bowed down greatly; I go mourning wrongfully are multiplied. 20
They also
7
all the day long. For my loins are that render evil for good are mine
filled with a loathsome disease: and adversaries; because I follow the thing
8
there is no soundness in my flesh. I that good is. 21
Forsake me not, O
am feeble and sore broken: I have LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
roared by reason of the disquietness of
22 11
Make haste to help me, O Lord my by the blow of thine hand. When
salvation. thou with rebukes dost correct man for
iniquity, thou makest his beauty to
Psalms 39 consume away like a moth: surely
12
every man is vanity. Selah. Hear my
To the chief Musician, even to
prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my
Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
cry; hold not thy peace at my tears:
I said, I will take heed to my ways,
for I am a stranger with thee, and a
that I sin not with my tongue: I will sojourner, as all my fathers were. 13
O
keep my mouth with a bridle, while the spare me, that I may recover strength,
2
wicked is before me. I was dumb with before I go hence, and be no more.
silence, I held my peace, even from
good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3
My Psalms 40
heart was hot within me, while I was
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
musing the fire burned: then spake I
4 David.
with my tongue, LORD, make me to
know mine end, and the measure of I waited patiently for the LORD; and
my days, what it is; that I may know he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
5 2
how frail I am. Behold, thou hast He brought me up also out of an
made my days as an handbreadth; and horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and
mine age is as nothing before thee: set my feet upon a rock, and
3
verily every man at his best state is established my goings. And he hath
6
altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every put a new song in my mouth, even
man walketh in a vain shew: surely praise unto our God: many shall see it,
4
they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
up riches, and knoweth not who shall Blessed is that man that maketh the
7
gather them. And now, Lord, what LORD his trust, and respecteth not the
8 5
wait I for? my hope is in thee. Deliver proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
me from all my transgressions: make Many, O LORD my God, are thy
9
me not the reproach of the foolish. I wonderful works which thou hast done,
was dumb, I opened not my mouth; and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
10
because thou didst it. Remove thy they cannot be reckoned up in order
stroke away from me: I am consumed unto thee: if I would declare and speak
of them, they are more than can be their shame that say unto me, Aha,
6 16
numbered. Sacrifice and offering thou aha. Let all those that seek thee
didst not desire; mine ears hast thou rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as
opened: burnt offering and sin offering love thy salvation say continually, The
7 17
hast thou not required. Then said I, LORD be magnified. But I am poor
Lo, I come: in the volume of the book and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon
8
it is written of me, I delight to do thy me: thou art my help and my
will, O my God: yea, thy law is within deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
9
my heart. I have preached
righteousness in the great Psalms 41
congregation: lo, I have not refrained
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
10
my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I
David.
have not hid thy righteousness within
my heart; I have declared thy
Blessed is he that considereth the

faithfulness and thy salvation: I have poor: the LORD will deliver him in time
2
not concealed thy lovingkindness and of trouble. The LORD will preserve

thy truth from the great congregation. him, and keep him alive; and he shall
11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies be blessed upon the earth: and thou

from me, O LORD: let thy wilt not deliver him unto the will of his
3
lovingkindness and thy truth enemies. The LORD will strengthen

continually preserve me. 12

For him upon the bed of languishing: thou
4
innumerable evils have compassed me wilt make all his bed in his sickness. I

about: mine iniquities have taken hold said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal

upon me, so that I am not able to look my soul; for I have sinned against
5
up; they are more than the hairs of thee. Mine enemies speak evil of me,

mine head: therefore my heart faileth When shall he die, and his name
6
me. 13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver perish? And if he come to see me, he

me: O LORD, make haste to help me. 14 speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth

Let them be ashamed and confounded iniquity to itself; when he goeth

7
together that seek after my soul to abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me

destroy it; let them be driven backward whisper together against me: against
8
and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 me do they devise my hurt. An evil

Let them be desolate for a reward of disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto
him: and now that he lieth he shall rise art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in
9
up no more. Yea, mine own familiar God: for I shall yet praise him for the
6
friend, in whom I trusted, which did help of his countenance. O my God,
eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel my soul is cast down within me:
10
against me. But thou, O LORD, be therefore will I remember thee from
merciful unto me, and raise me up, the land of Jordan, and of the
11 7
that I may requite them. By this I Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Deep
know that thou favourest me, because calleth unto deep at the noise of thy
mine enemy doth not triumph over me. waterspouts: all thy waves and thy
12 8
And as for me, thou upholdest me in billows are gone over me. Yet the
mine integrity, and settest me before LORD will command his lovingkindness
13
thy face for ever. Blessed be the in the daytime, and in the night his
LORD God of Israel from everlasting, song shall be with me, and my prayer
9
and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. unto the God of my life. I will say
unto God my rock, Why hast thou
Psalms 42 forgotten me? why go I mourning
because of the oppression of the
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the
10
enemy? As with a sword in my
sons of Korah.
bones, mine enemies reproach me;
As the hart panteth after the water
while they say daily unto me, Where is
brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, thy God? 11
Why art thou cast down, O
2
O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for my soul? and why art thou disquieted
the living God: when shall I come and within me? hope thou in God: for I
3
appear before God? My tears have shall yet praise him, who is the health
been my meat day and night, while of my countenance, and my God.
they continually say unto me, Where is
thy God? 4
When I remember these Psalms 43
things, I pour out my soul in me: for I
had gone with the multitude, I went Judge me, O God, and plead my cause
with them to the house of God, with against an ungodly nation: O deliver
the voice of joy and praise, with a me from the deceitful and unjust man.
5 2
multitude that kept holyday. Why art For thou art the God of my strength:
thou cast down, O my soul? and why why dost thou cast me off? why go I
mourning because of the oppression of enemies: through thy name will we
3
the enemy? O send out thy light and tread them under that rise up against
6
thy truth: let them lead me; let them us. For I will not trust in my bow,
7
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy neither shall my sword save me. But
4
tabernacles. Then will I go unto the thou hast saved us from our enemies,
altar of God, unto God my exceeding and hast put them to shame that hated
8
joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise us. In God we boast all the day long,
5 9
thee, O God my God. Why art thou and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
cast down, O my soul? and why art But thou hast cast off, and put us to
thou disquieted within me? hope in shame; and goest not forth with our
10
God: for I shall yet praise him, who is armies. Thou makest us to turn back
the health of my countenance, and my from the enemy: and they which hate
11
God. us spoil for themselves. Thou hast
given us like sheep appointed for
Psalms 44 meat; and hast scattered us among the
12
heathen. Thou sellest thy people for
To the chief Musician for the sons of
nought, and dost not increase thy
Korah, Maschil.
13
wealth by their price. Thou makest
We have heard with our ears, O God,
us a reproach to our neighbours, a
our fathers have told us, what work scorn and a derision to them that are
thou didst in their days, in the times of round about us. 14
Thou makest us a
2
old. How thou didst drive out the byword among the heathen, a shaking
heathen with thy hand, and plantedst of the head among the people. 15
My
them; how thou didst afflict the people, confusion is continually before me, and
3
and cast them out. For they got not the shame of my face hath covered
the land in possession by their own me, 16
For the voice of him that
sword, neither did their own arm save reproacheth and blasphemeth; by
them: but thy right hand, and thine reason of the enemy and avenger. 17

arm, and the light of thy countenance, All this is come upon us; yet have we
because thou hadst a favour unto not forgotten thee, neither have we
4
them. Thou art my King, O God: dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18
Our
5
command deliverances for Jacob. heart is not turned back, neither have
Through thee will we push down our our steps declined from thy way; 19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the in thy majesty ride prosperously
place of dragons, and covered us with because of truth and meekness and
20
the shadow of death. If we have righteousness; and thy right hand shall
5
forgotten the name of our God, or teach thee terrible things. Thine
stretched out our hands to a strange arrows are sharp in the heart of the
21
god; Shall not God search this out? king's enemies; whereby the people
6
for he knoweth the secrets of the fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is
22
heart. Yea, for thy sake are we killed for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy
7
all the day long; we are counted as kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou
23
sheep for the slaughter. Awake, why lovest righteousness, and hatest
sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us wickedness: therefore God, thy God,
24
not off for ever. Wherefore hidest hath anointed thee with the oil of
8
thou thy face, and forgettest our gladness above thy fellows. All thy
25
affliction and our oppression? For our garments smell of myrrh, and aloes,
soul is bowed down to the dust: our and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
26 9
belly cleaveth unto the earth. Arise whereby they have made thee glad.
for our help, and redeem us for thy Kings' daughters were among thy
mercies' sake. honourable women: upon thy right
hand did stand the queen in gold of
Psalms 45 Ophir. 10
Hearken, O daughter, and
consider, and incline thine ear; forget
To the chief Musician upon
also thine own people, and thy father's
Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah,
11
house; So shall the king greatly
Maschil, A Song of loves.
desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord;
My heart is inditing a good matter: I
and worship thou him. 12
And the
speak of the things which I have made daughter of Tyre shall be there with a
touching the king: my tongue is the gift; even the rich among the people
2
pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer shall intreat thy favour. 13
The king's
than the children of men: grace is daughter is all glorious within: her
poured into thy lips: therefore God clothing is of wrought gold. 14
She shall
3
hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy be brought unto the king in raiment of
sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, needlework: the virgins her
4
with thy glory and thy majesty. And companions that follow her shall be
 15
brought unto thee. With gladness desolations he hath made in the earth.
9
and rejoicing shall they be brought: He maketh wars to cease unto the
they shall enter into the king's palace. end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy and cutteth the spear in sunder; he
10
children, whom thou mayest make burneth the chariot in the fire. Be
17
princes in all the earth. I will make still, and know that I am God: I will be
thy name to be remembered in all exalted among the heathen, I will be
11
generations: therefore shall the people exalted in the earth. The LORD of
praise thee for ever and ever. hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 46
Psalms 47
To the chief Musician for the sons of
Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the

God is our refuge and strength, a very sons of Korah.

present help in trouble. 2

Therefore will O clap your hands, all ye people;
not we fear, though the earth be shout unto God with the voice of
2
removed, and though the mountains be triumph. For the LORD most high is
3
carried into the midst of the sea; terrible; he is a great King over all the
3
Though the waters thereof roar and be earth. He shall subdue the people
troubled, though the mountains shake under us, and the nations under our
4 4
with the swelling thereof. Selah. feet. He shall choose our inheritance
There is a river, the streams whereof for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
5
shall make glad the city of God, the he loved. Selah. God is gone up with
holy place of the tabernacles of the a shout, the LORD with the sound of a
5 6
most High. God is in the midst of her; trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing
she shall not be moved: God shall help praises: sing praises unto our King,
6 7
her, and that right early. The heathen sing praises. For God is the King of all
raged, the kingdoms were moved: he the earth: sing ye praises with
7 8
uttered his voice, the earth melted. understanding. God reigneth over the
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God heathen: God sitteth upon the throne
8 9
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, of his holiness. The princes of the
behold the works of the LORD, what people are gathered together, even the
people of the God of Abraham: for the Walk about Zion, and go round about
13
shields of the earth belong unto God: her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye
he is greatly exalted. well her bulwarks, consider her
palaces; that ye may tell it to the
Psalms 48 generation following. 14
For this God is
our God for ever and ever: he will be
A Song and Psalm for the sons of
our guide even unto death.
Korah.

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be Psalms 49

praised in the city of our God, in the
2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the
mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for
sons of Korah.
situation, the joy of the whole earth, is
mount Zion, on the sides of the north, Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all
3 2
the city of the great King. God is ye inhabitants of the world: Both low
4 3
known in her palaces for a refuge. and high, rich and poor, together. My
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the
5
passed by together. They saw it, and meditation of my heart shall be of
4
so they marvelled; they were troubled, understanding. I will incline mine ear
6
and hasted away. Fear took hold upon to a parable: I will open my dark
5
them there, and pain, as of a woman in saying upon the harp. Wherefore
7
travail. Thou breakest the ships of should I fear in the days of evil, when
8
Tarshish with an east wind. As we the iniquity of my heels shall compass
6
have heard, so have we seen in the me about? They that trust in their
city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of wealth, and boast themselves in the
7
our God: God will establish it for ever. multitude of their riches; None of
9
Selah. We have thought of thy them can by any means redeem his
lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of brother, nor give to God a ransom for
10 8
thy temple. According to thy name, him: (For the redemption of their soul
9
O God, so is thy praise unto the ends is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
of the earth: thy right hand is full of That he should still live for ever, and
11 10
righteousness. Let mount Zion not see corruption. For he seeth that
rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be wise men die, likewise the fool and the
12
glad, because of thy judgments. brutish person perish, and leave their
 11
wealth to others. Their inward The mighty God, even the LORD, hath
thought is, that their houses shall
spoken, and called the earth from the
continue for ever, and their dwelling
rising of the sun unto the going down
places to all generations; they call 2
thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of
12
their lands after their own names. 3
beauty, God hath shined. Our God
Nevertheless man being in honour
shall come, and shall not keep silence:
abideth not: he is like the beasts that
a fire shall devour before him, and it
13
perish. This their way is their folly:
shall be very tempestuous round about
yet their posterity approve their 4
him. He shall call to the heavens from
14
sayings. Selah. Like sheep they are
above, and to the earth, that he may
laid in the grave; death shall feed on 5
judge his people. Gather my saints
them; and the upright shall have
together unto me; those that have
dominion over them in the morning;
made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
and their beauty shall consume in the 6
And the heavens shall declare his
15
grave from their dwelling. But God
righteousness: for God is judge
will redeem my soul from the power of 7
himself. Selah. Hear, O my people,
the grave: for he shall receive me.
and I will speak; O Israel, and I will
16
Selah. Be not thou afraid when one
testify against thee: I am God, even
is made rich, when the glory of his 8
thy God. I will not reprove thee for
17
house is increased; For when he
thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to
dieth he shall carry nothing away: his 9
have been continually before me. I
18
glory shall not descend after him.
will take no bullock out of thy house,
Though while he lived he blessed his 10
nor he goats out of thy folds. For
soul: and men will praise thee, when
every beast of the forest is mine, and
19
thou doest well to thyself. He shall 11
the cattle upon a thousand hills. I
go to the generation of his fathers;
know all the fowls of the mountains:
20
they shall never see light. Man that
and the wild beasts of the field are
is in honour, and understandeth not, is 12
mine. If I were hungry, I would not
like the beasts that perish.
tell thee: for the world is mine, and the
13
fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of
Psalms 50
14
bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

A Psalm of Asaph. Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay

 15
thy vows unto the most High: And Psalms 51
call upon me in the day of trouble: I
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

me. 16
But unto the wicked God saith, David, when Nathan the prophet came

What hast thou to do to declare my unto him, after he had gone in to

statutes, or that thou shouldest take Bathsheba.

my covenant in thy mouth? 17

Seeing Have mercy upon me, O God,
thou hatest instruction, and castest my according to thy lovingkindness:
18
words behind thee. When thou according unto the multitude of thy
sawest a thief, then thou consentedst tender mercies blot out my
with him, and hast been partaker with transgressions. 2
Wash me throughly
19
adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
20
evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. from my sin. 3
For I acknowledge my
Thou sittest and speakest against thy transgressions: and my sin is ever
brother; thou slanderest thine own before me. 4
Against thee, thee only,
21
mother's son. These things hast thou have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
done, and I kept silence; thou sight: that thou mightest be justified
thoughtest that I was altogether such when thou speakest, and be clear when
an one as thyself: but I will reprove thou judgest. 5
Behold, I was shapen in
thee, and set them in order before iniquity; and in sin did my mother
22
thine eyes. Now consider this, ye conceive me. 6
Behold, thou desirest
that forget God, lest I tear you in truth in the inward parts: and in the
23
pieces, and there be none to deliver. hidden part thou shalt make me to
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: know wisdom. 7
Purge me with hyssop,
and to him that ordereth his and I shall be clean: wash me, and I
conversation aright will I shew the shall be whiter than snow. 8
Make me
salvation of God. to hear joy and gladness; that the
bones which thou hast broken may
9
rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins,
10
and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and
11
renew a right spirit within me. Cast
me not away from thy presence; and
 12
take not thy holy spirit from me. deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor,
3
Restore unto me the joy of thy working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil
salvation; and uphold me with thy free more than good; and lying rather than
13 4
spirit. Then will I teach transgressors to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou
thy ways; and sinners shall be lovest all devouring words, O thou
14 5
converted unto thee. Deliver me deceitful tongue. God shall likewise
from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God destroy thee for ever, he shall take
of my salvation: and my tongue shall thee away, and pluck thee out of thy
15
sing aloud of thy righteousness. O dwelling place, and root thee out of the
6
Lord, open thou my lips; and my land of the living. Selah. The
16
mouth shall shew forth thy praise. righteous also shall see, and fear, and
7
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else shall laugh at him: Lo, this is the man
would I give it: thou delightest not in that made not God his strength; but
17
burnt offering. The sacrifices of God trusted in the abundance of his riches,
are a broken spirit: a broken and a and strengthened himself in his
8
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not wickedness. But I am like a green
18
despise. Do good in thy good olive tree in the house of God: I trust
pleasure unto Zion: build thou the in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
19 9
walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou I will praise thee for ever, because
be pleased with the sacrifices of thou hast done it: and I will wait on
righteousness, with burnt offering and thy name; for it is good before thy
whole burnt offering: then shall they saints.
offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalms 53
Psalms 52
To the chief Musician, upon Mahalath,
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm Maschil, A Psalm of David.
of David, when Doeg the Edomite came The fool hath said in his heart, There
and told Saul, and said unto him, David
is no God. Corrupt are they, and have
is come to the house of Ahimelech.
done abominable iniquity: there is
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, none that doeth good. 2
God looked
O mighty man? the goodness of God down from heaven upon the children of
2
endureth continually. Thy tongue men, to see if there were any that did
 3 6
understand, that did seek God. Every truth. I will freely sacrifice unto thee:
one of them is gone back: they are I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it
7
altogether become filthy; there is none is good. For he hath delivered me out
4
that doeth good, no, not one. Have of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen
the workers of iniquity no knowledge? his desire upon mine enemies.
who eat up my people as they eat
bread: they have not called upon God. Psalms 55
5
There were they in great fear, where
To the chief Musician on Neginoth,
no fear was: for God hath scattered the
Maschil, A Psalm of David.
bones of him that encampeth against
thee: thou hast put them to shame,
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and
2
because God hath despised them. 6
Oh hide not thyself from my supplication.

that the salvation of Israel were come Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn
3
out of Zion! When God bringeth back in my complaint, and make a noise;

the captivity of his people, Jacob shall Because of the voice of the enemy,

rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. because of the oppression of the

wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me,
Psalms 54 and in wrath they hate me. 4
My heart
is sore pained within me: and the
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 5
terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the
Fearfulness and trembling are come
Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth
upon me, and horror hath
not David hide himself with us? 6
overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that
Save me, O God, by thy name, and I had wings like a dove! for then would
2 7
judge me by thy strength. Hear my I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then
prayer, O God; give ear to the words of would I wander far off, and remain in
3 8
my mouth. For strangers are risen up the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten
against me, and oppressors seek after my escape from the windy storm and
9
my soul: they have not set God before tempest. Destroy, O Lord, and divide
4
them. Selah. Behold, God is mine their tongues: for I have seen violence
10
helper: the Lord is with them that and strife in the city. Day and night
5
uphold my soul. He shall reward evil they go about it upon the walls
unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy thereof: mischief also and sorrow are
 11
in the midst of it. Wickedness is in sustain thee: he shall never suffer the
23
the midst thereof: deceit and guile righteous to be moved. But thou, O
12
depart not from her streets. For it God, shalt bring them down into the pit
was not an enemy that reproached me; of destruction: bloody and deceitful
then I could have borne it: neither was men shall not live out half their days;
it he that hated me that did magnify but I will trust in thee.
himself against me; then I would have
hid myself from him: 13
But it was Psalms 56
thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and
To the chief Musician, upon Jonath-
14
mine acquaintance. We took sweet
elem-rechokim, Michtam of David,
counsel together, and walked unto the
when the Philistines took him in Gath.
15
house of God in company. Let death
seize upon them, and let them go down
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man

quick into hell: for wickedness is in would swallow me up; he fighting daily
2
their dwellings, and among them. 16
As oppresseth me. Mine enemies would

for me, I will call upon God; and the daily swallow me up: for they be many

LORD shall save me. 17

Evening, and that fight against me, O thou most
3
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and High. What time I am afraid, I will
4
cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. trust in thee. In God I will praise his
18
He hath delivered my soul in peace word, in God I have put my trust; I will
5
from the battle that was against me: not fear what flesh can do unto me.

for there were many with me. 19

God Every day they wrest my words: all
6
shall hear, and afflict them, even he their thoughts are against me for evil.

that abideth of old. Selah. Because They gather themselves together, they

they have no changes, therefore they hide themselves, they mark my steps,
7
fear not God. 20
He hath put forth his when they wait for my soul. Shall

hands against such as be at peace with they escape by iniquity? in thine anger
8
him: he hath broken his covenant. 21 cast down the people, O God. Thou

The words of his mouth were smoother tellest my wanderings: put thou my

than butter, but war was in his heart: tears into thy bottle: are they not in
9
his words were softer than oil, yet thy book? When I cry unto thee, then

were they drawn swords. 22

Cast thy shall mine enemies turn back: this I
10
burden upon the LORD, and he shall know; for God is for me. In God will
I praise his word: in the LORD will I for my steps; my soul is bowed down:
11
praise his word. In God have I put they have digged a pit before me, into
my trust: I will not be afraid what man the midst whereof they are fallen
12 7
can do unto me. Thy vows are upon themselves. Selah. My heart is fixed,
me, O God: I will render praises unto O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing
13 8
thee. For thou hast delivered my and give praise. Awake up, my glory;
soul from death: wilt not thou deliver awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
9
my feet from falling, that I may walk awake early. I will praise thee, O
before God in the light of the living? Lord, among the people: I will sing
10
unto thee among the nations. For thy
Psalms 57 mercy is great unto the heavens, and
11
thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
exalted, O God, above the heavens: let
Michtam of David, when he fled from
thy glory be above all the earth.
Saul in the cave.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be Psalms 58

merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy
Michtam of David.
wings will I make my refuge, until
these calamities be overpast. 2
I will Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O
cry unto God most high; unto God that congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O
3 2
performeth all things for me. He shall ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye
send from heaven, and save from the work wickedness; ye weigh the
3
reproach of him that would swallow me violence of your hands in the earth.
up. Selah. God shall send forth his The wicked are estranged from the
4
mercy and his truth. My soul is womb: they go astray as soon as they
4
among lions: and I lie even among be born, speaking lies. Their poison is
them that are set on fire, even the like the poison of a serpent: they are
sons of men, whose teeth are spears like the deaf adder that stoppeth her
5
and arrows, and their tongue a sharp ear; Which will not hearken to the
5
sword. Be thou exalted, O God, above voice of charmers, charming never so
6
the heavens; let thy glory be above all wisely. Break their teeth, O God, in
6
the earth. They have prepared a net their mouth: break out the great teeth
 7
of the young lions, O LORD. Let them therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the
melt away as waters which run God of Israel, awake to visit all the
continually: when he bendeth his bow heathen: be not merciful to any wicked
6
to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut transgressors. Selah. They return at
8
in pieces. As a snail which melteth, evening: they make a noise like a dog,
7
let every one of them pass away: like and go round about the city. Behold,
the untimely birth of a woman, that they belch out with their mouth:
9
they may not see the sun. Before swords are in their lips: for who, say
8
your pots can feel the thorns, he shall they, doth hear? But thou, O LORD,
take them away as with a whirlwind, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all
10 9
both living, and in his wrath. The the heathen in derision. Because of
righteous shall rejoice when he seeth his strength will I wait upon thee: for
10
the vengeance: he shall wash his feet God is my defence. The God of my
11
in the blood of the wicked. So that a mercy shall prevent me: God shall let
man shall say, Verily there is a reward me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11
for the righteous: verily he is a God Slay them not, lest my people
that judgeth in the earth. forget: scatter them by thy power; and
12
bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59 For the sin of their mouth and the
words of their lips let them even be
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
taken in their pride: and for cursing
Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and
13
and lying which they speak.
they watched the house to kill him.
Consume them in wrath, consume
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my
them, that they may not be: and let
God: defend me from them that rise up them know that God ruleth in Jacob
2
against me. Deliver me from the unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 14

workers of iniquity, and save me from And at evening let them return; and let
3
bloody men. For, lo, they lie in wait them make a noise like a dog, and go
for my soul: the mighty are gathered round about the city. 15
Let them
against me; not for my transgression, wander up and down for meat, and
4
nor for my sin, O LORD. They run and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16
But I
prepare themselves without my fault: will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing
5
awake to help me, and behold. Thou aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for
thou hast been my defence and refuge Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
17 9
in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, triumph thou because of me. Who will
O my strength, will I sing: for God is bring me into the strong city? who will
10
my defence, and the God of my mercy. lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O
God, which hadst cast us off? and
Psalms 60 thou, O God, which didst not go out
11
with our armies? Give us help from
To the chief Musician upon Shushan-
12
trouble: for vain is the help of man.
eduth, Michtam of David, to teach;
Through God we shall do valiantly: for
when he strove with Aram-naharaim
he it is that shall tread down our
and with Aram-zobah, when Joab
enemies.
returned, and smote of Edom in the
valley of salt twelve thousand.
Psalms 61
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A
hast scattered us, thou hast been
Psalm of David.
displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my
2
thou hast broken it: heal the breaches prayer. From the end of the earth will
3
thereof; for it shaketh. Thou hast I cry unto thee, when my heart is
shewed thy people hard things: thou overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that
3
hast made us to drink the wine of is higher than I. For thou hast been a
4
astonishment. Thou hast given a shelter for me, and a strong tower
4
banner to them that fear thee, that it from the enemy. I will abide in thy
may be displayed because of the truth. tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the
5 5
Selah. That thy beloved may be covert of thy wings. Selah. For thou,
delivered; save with thy right hand, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast
6
and hear me. God hath spoken in his given me the heritage of those that
6
holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the
Shechem, and mete out the valley of king's life: and his years as many
7 7
Succoth. Gilead is mine, and generations. He shall abide before
Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the God for ever: O prepare mercy and
8
strength of mine head; Judah is my truth, which may preserve him. So
8
lawgiver; Moab is my washpot; over will I sing praise unto thy name for
 11
ever, that I may daily perform my set not your heart upon them. God
vows. hath spoken once; twice have I heard
12
this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalms 62 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth
mercy: for thou renderest to every
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthan, A
man according to his work.
Psalm of David.

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Psalms 63

2
him cometh my salvation. He only is
A Psalm of David when he was in the
my rock and my salvation; he is my
wilderness of Judah.
defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3
How long will ye imagine mischief O God, thou art my God; early will I
against a man? ye shall be slain all of seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee,
you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and
4 2
as a tottering fence. They only thirsty land, where no water is; To
consult to cast him down from his see thy power and thy glory, so as I
3
excellency: they delight in lies: they have seen thee in the sanctuary.
bless with their mouth, but they curse Because thy lovingkindness is better
5 4
inwardly. Selah. My soul, wait thou than life, my lips shall praise thee.
only upon God; for my expectation is Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will
6 5
from him. He only is my rock and my lift up my hands in thy name. My soul
salvation: he is my defence; I shall not shall be satisfied as with marrow and
7
be moved. In God is my salvation and fatness; and my mouth shall praise
6
my glory: the rock of my strength, and thee with joyful lips: When I
8
my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at remember thee upon my bed, and
all times; ye people, pour out your meditate on thee in the night watches.
7
heart before him: God is a refuge for Because thou hast been my help,
9
us. Selah. Surely men of low degree therefore in the shadow of thy wings
8
are vanity, and men of high degree are will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard
a lie: to be laid in the balance, they after thee: thy right hand upholdeth
10 9
are altogether lighter than vanity. me. But those that seek my soul, to
Trust not in oppression, and become destroy it, shall go into the lower parts
10
not vain in robbery: if riches increase, of the earth. They shall fall by the
sword: they shall be a portion for work of God; for they shall wisely
11 10
foxes. But the king shall rejoice in consider of his doing. The righteous
God; every one that sweareth by him shall be glad in the LORD, and shall
shall glory: but the mouth of them that trust in him; and all the upright in
speak lies shall be stopped. heart shall glory.

Psalms 64 Psalms 65

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of To the chief Musician, A Psalm and

David. Song of David.

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in

preserve my life from fear of the Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be
2 2
enemy. Hide me from the secret performed. O thou that hearest
3
counsel of the wicked; from the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Iniquities prevail against me: as for
3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, our transgressions, thou shalt purge
4
and bend their bows to shoot their them away. Blessed is the man whom
4
arrows, even bitter words: That they thou choosest, and causest to approach
may shoot in secret at the perfect: unto thee, that he may dwell in thy
suddenly do they shoot at him, and courts: we shall be satisfied with the
5
fear not. They encourage themselves goodness of thy house, even of thy
5
in an evil matter: they commune of holy temple. By terrible things in
laying snares privily; they say, Who righteousness wilt thou answer us, O
6
shall see them? They search out God of our salvation; who art the
iniquities; they accomplish a diligent confidence of all the ends of the earth,
search: both the inward thought of and of them that are afar off upon the
6
every one of them, and the heart, is sea: Which by his strength setteth
7
deep. But God shall shoot at them fast the mountains; being girded with
7
with an arrow; suddenly shall they be power: Which stilleth the noise of the
8
wounded. So they shall make their seas, the noise of their waves, and the
8
own tongue to fall upon themselves: all tumult of the people. They also that
9
that see them shall flee away. And all dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid
men shall fear, and shall declare the at thy tokens: thou makest the
 6
outgoings of the morning and evening the children of men. He turned the
9
to rejoice. Thou visitest the earth, sea into dry land: they went through
and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest the flood on foot: there did we rejoice
7
it with the river of God, which is full of in him. He ruleth by his power for
water: thou preparest them corn, when ever; his eyes behold the nations: let
10
thou hast so provided for it. Thou not the rebellious exalt themselves.
8
waterest the ridges thereof Selah. O bless our God, ye people,
abundantly: thou settlest the furrows and make the voice of his praise to be
9
thereof: thou makest it soft with heard: Which holdeth our soul in life,
showers: thou blessest the springing and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
11 10
thereof. Thou crownest the year with For thou, O God, hast proved us:
11
thy goodness; and thy paths drop thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
12
fatness. They drop upon the pastures Thou broughtest us into the net; thou
12
of the wilderness: and the little hills laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou
13
rejoice on every side. The pastures hast caused men to ride over our
are clothed with flocks; the valleys also heads; we went through fire and
are covered over with corn; they shout through water: but thou broughtest us
13
for joy, they also sing. out into a wealthy place. I will go
into thy house with burnt offerings: I
Psalms 66 will pay thee my vows, 14
Which my lips
have uttered, and my mouth hath
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
15
spoken, when I was in trouble. I will
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye
offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of
2
lands: Sing forth the honour of his fatlings, with the incense of rams; I
3
name: make his praise glorious. Say will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 16

unto God, How terrible art thou in thy Come and hear, all ye that fear God,
works! through the greatness of thy and I will declare what he hath done
power shall thine enemies submit for my soul. 17
I cried unto him with my
4
themselves unto thee. All the earth mouth, and he was extolled with my
shall worship thee, and shall sing unto tongue. 18
If I regard iniquity in my
thee; they shall sing to thy name. heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19
But
5
Selah. Come and see the works of verily God hath heard me; he hath
God: he is terrible in his doing toward attended to the voice of my prayer. 20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned melteth before the fire, so let the
3
away my prayer, nor his mercy from wicked perish at the presence of God.
me. But let the righteous be glad; let them
rejoice before God: yea, let them
Psalms 67 exceedingly rejoice. 4
Sing unto God,
sing praises to his name: extol him
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A
that rideth upon the heavens by his
Psalm or Song.
5
name JAH, and rejoice before him. A
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; father of the fatherless, and a judge of
and cause his face to shine upon us; the widows, is God in his holy
2
Selah. That thy way may be known habitation. 6
God setteth the solitary in
upon earth, thy saving health among families: he bringeth out those which
3
all nations. Let the people praise are bound with chains: but the
thee, O God; let all the people praise rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7
O God,
4
thee. O let the nations be glad and when thou wentest forth before thy
sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people, when thou didst march through
people righteously, and govern the the wilderness; Selah: 8
The earth
5
nations upon earth. Selah. Let the shook, the heavens also dropped at the
people praise thee, O God; let all the presence of God: even Sinai itself was
6
people praise thee. Then shall the moved at the presence of God, the God
earth yield her increase; and God, of Israel. 9
Thou, O God, didst send a
7
even our own God, shall bless us. plentiful rain, whereby thou didst
God shall bless us; and all the ends of confirm thine inheritance, when it was
the earth shall fear him. weary. 10
Thy congregation hath dwelt
therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of
Psalms 68 11
thy goodness for the poor. The Lord

To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song gave the word: great was the company
12
of David. of those that published it. Kings of
armies did flee apace: and she that
Let God arise, let his enemies be 13
tarried at home divided the spoil.
scattered: let them also that hate him
Though ye have lien among the pots,
2
flee before him. As smoke is driven
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove
away, so drive them away: as wax
covered with silver, and her feathers
 14
with yellow gold. When the Almighty the players on instruments followed
scattered kings in it, it was white as after; among them were the damsels
15 26
snow in Salmon. The hill of God is as playing with timbrels. Bless ye God
the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the in the congregations, even the Lord,
16 27
hill of Bashan. Why leap ye, ye high from the fountain of Israel. There is
hills? this is the hill which God desireth little Benjamin with their ruler, the
to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in princes of Judah and their council, the
17
it for ever. The chariots of God are princes of Zebulun, and the princes of
28
twenty thousand, even thousands of Naphtali. Thy God hath commanded
angels: the Lord is among them, as in thy strength: strengthen, O God, that
18 29
Sinai, in the holy place. Thou hast which thou hast wrought for us.
ascended on high, thou hast led Because of thy temple at Jerusalem
30
captivity captive: thou hast received shall kings bring presents unto thee.
gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious Rebuke the company of spearmen, the
also, that the LORD God might dwell multitude of the bulls, with the calves
19
among them. Blessed be the Lord, of the people, till every one submit
who daily loadeth us with benefits, himself with pieces of silver: scatter
20 31
even the God of our salvation. Selah. thou the people that delight in war.
He that is our God is the God of Princes shall come out of Egypt;
salvation; and unto God the Lord Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
21 32
belong the issues from death. But hands unto God. Sing unto God, ye
God shall wound the head of his kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises
33
enemies, and the hairy scalp of such unto the Lord; Selah: To him that
an one as goeth on still in his rideth upon the heavens of heavens,
22
trespasses. The Lord said, I will which were of old; lo, he doth send out
34
bring again from Bashan, I will bring his voice, and that a mighty voice.
my people again from the depths of the Ascribe ye strength unto God: his
23
sea: That thy foot may be dipped in excellency is over Israel, and his
35
the blood of thine enemies, and the strength is in the clouds. O God,
24
tongue of thy dogs in the same. They thou art terrible out of thy holy places:
have seen thy goings, O God; even the the God of Israel is he that giveth
goings of my God, my King, in the strength and power unto his people.
25
sanctuary. The singers went before, Blessed be God.
Psalms 69 They that sit in the gate speak against
me; and I was the song of the
To the chief Musician upon drunkards. 13
But as for me, my prayer
Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
Save me, O God; for the waters are time: O God, in the multitude of thy

come in unto my soul. 2

I sink in deep mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
14
mire, where there is no standing: I am salvation. Deliver me out of the

come into deep waters, where the mire, and let me not sink: let me be

floods overflow me. 3

I am weary of my delivered from them that hate me, and
15
crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes out of the deep waters. Let not the

fail while I wait for my God. 4

They that waterflood overflow me, neither let the

hate me without a cause are more than deep swallow me up, and let not the pit
16
the hairs of mine head: they that shut her mouth upon me. Hear me,

would destroy me, being mine enemies O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is

wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored good: turn unto me according to the
17
that which I took not away. 5
O God, multitude of thy tender mercies. And

thou knowest my foolishness; and my hide not thy face from thy servant; for
18
sins are not hid from thee. 6
Let not I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem

hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not it: deliver me because of mine
19
those that seek thee be confounded for enemies. Thou hast known my

my sake, O God of Israel. 7

Because for reproach, and my shame, and my

thy sake I have borne reproach; shame dishonour: mine adversaries are all
20
hath covered my face. 8
I am become a before thee. Reproach hath broken

stranger unto my brethren, and an my heart; and I am full of heaviness:

alien unto my mother's children. 9

For and I looked for some to take pity, but

the zeal of thine house hath eaten me there was none; and for comforters,
21
up; and the reproaches of them that but I found none. They gave me also

reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 gall for my meat; and in my thirst they
22
When I wept, and chastened my soul gave me vinegar to drink. Let their

with fasting, that was to my reproach. table become a snare before them: and
11
I made sackcloth also my garment; that which should have been for their
23
and I became a proverb to them. 12 welfare, let it become a trap. Let
their eyes be darkened, that they see Psalms 70
not; and make their loins continually to
shake. 24
Pour out thine indignation To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

upon them, and let thy wrathful anger David, to bring to remembrance.

take hold of them. 25

Let their Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
habitation be desolate; and let none make haste to help me, O LORD. 2
Let
26
dwell in their tents. For they them be ashamed and confounded that
persecute him whom thou hast seek after my soul: let them be turned
smitten; and they talk to the grief of backward, and put to confusion, that
27
those whom thou hast wounded. Add desire my hurt. 3
Let them be turned
iniquity unto their iniquity: and let back for a reward of their shame that
them not come into thy righteousness. say, Aha, aha. 4
Let all those that seek
28
Let them be blotted out of the book thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and
of the living, and not be written with let such as love thy salvation say
29
the righteous. But I am poor and continually, Let God be magnified. 5

sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set But I am poor and needy: make haste
30
me up on high. I will praise the unto me, O God: thou art my help and
name of God with a song, and will my deliverer; O LORD, make no
31
magnify him with thanksgiving. This tarrying.
also shall please the LORD better than
an ox or bullock that hath horns and Psalms 71
32
hoofs. The humble shall see this,
and be glad: and your heart shall live In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let
2
that seek God. 33
For the LORD heareth me never be put to confusion. Deliver

the poor, and despiseth not his me in thy righteousness, and cause me

prisoners. 34
Let the heaven and earth to escape: incline thine ear unto me,
3
praise him, the seas, and every thing and save me. Be thou my strong

that moveth therein. 35

For God will habitation, whereunto I may

save Zion, and will build the cities of continually resort: thou hast given

Judah: that they may dwell there, and commandment to save me; for thou
4
have it in possession. 36
The seed also art my rock and my fortress. Deliver

of his servants shall inherit it: and they me, O my God, out of the hand of the

that love his name shall dwell therein. wicked, out of the hand of the
 5
unrighteous and cruel man. For thou also when I am old and greyheaded, O
art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my God, forsake me not; until I have
6
trust from my youth. By thee have I shewed thy strength unto this
been holden up from the womb: thou generation, and thy power to every one
19
art he that took me out of my mother's that is to come. Thy righteousness
bowels: my praise shall be continually also, O God, is very high, who hast
7
of thee. I am as a wonder unto many; done great things: O God, who is like
8 20
but thou art my strong refuge. Let my unto thee! Thou, which hast shewed
mouth be filled with thy praise and me great and sore troubles, shalt
9
with thy honour all the day. Cast me quicken me again, and shalt bring me
not off in the time of old age; forsake up again from the depths of the earth.
10 21
me not when my strength faileth. For Thou shalt increase my greatness,
22
mine enemies speak against me; and and comfort me on every side. I will
they that lay wait for my soul take also praise thee with the psaltery,
11
counsel together, Saying, God hath even thy truth, O my God: unto thee
forsaken him: persecute and take him; will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy
12 23
for there is none to deliver him. O One of Israel. My lips shall greatly
God, be not far from me: O my God, rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my
13 24
make haste for my help. Let them be soul, which thou hast redeemed. My
confounded and consumed that are tongue also shall talk of thy
adversaries to my soul; let them be righteousness all the day long: for they
covered with reproach and dishonour are confounded, for they are brought
14
that seek my hurt. But I will hope unto shame, that seek my hurt.
continually, and will yet praise thee
more and more. 15
My mouth shall Psalms 72
shew forth thy righteousness and thy
A Psalm for Solomon.
salvation all the day; for I know not
the numbers thereof. 16
I will go in the
Give the king thy judgments, O God,

strength of the Lord GOD: I will make and thy righteousness unto the king's
2
mention of thy righteousness, even of son. He shall judge thy people with

thine only. 17
O God, thou hast taught righteousness, and thy poor with
3
me from my youth: and hitherto have I judgment. The mountains shall bring

declared thy wondrous works. 18

Now peace to the people, and the little hills,
 4
by righteousness. He shall judge the mountains; the fruit thereof shall
poor of the people, he shall save the shake like Lebanon: and they of the
children of the needy, and shall break city shall flourish like grass of the
5 17
in pieces the oppressor. They shall earth. His name shall endure for
fear thee as long as the sun and moon ever: his name shall be continued as
6
endure, throughout all generations. long as the sun: and men shall be
He shall come down like rain upon the blessed in him: all nations shall call
18
mown grass: as showers that water the him blessed. Blessed be the LORD
7
earth. In his days shall the righteous God, the God of Israel, who only doeth
19
flourish; and abundance of peace so wondrous things. And blessed be his
8
long as the moon endureth. He shall glorious name for ever: and let the
have dominion also from sea to sea, whole earth be filled with his glory;
20
and from the river unto the ends of the Amen, and Amen. The prayers of
9
earth. They that dwell in the David the son of Jesse are ended.
wilderness shall bow before him; and
his enemies shall lick the dust. 10
The Psalms 73
kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall
A Psalm of Asaph.
bring presents: the kings of Sheba and
Seba shall offer gifts. 11
Yea, all kings
Truly God is good to Israel, even to
2
shall fall down before him: all nations such as are of a clean heart. But as

shall serve him. 12

For he shall deliver for me, my feet were almost gone; my
3
the needy when he crieth; the poor steps had well nigh slipped. For I was

also, and him that hath no helper. 13 envious at the foolish, when I saw the
4
He shall spare the poor and needy, and prosperity of the wicked. For there

shall save the souls of the needy. 14

He are no bands in their death: but their
5
shall redeem their soul from deceit and strength is firm. They are not in

violence: and precious shall their blood trouble as other men; neither are they
6
be in his sight. 15
And he shall live, and plagued like other men. Therefore

to him shall be given of the gold of pride compasseth them about as a

Sheba: prayer also shall be made for chain; violence covereth them as a
7
him continually; and daily shall he be garment. Their eyes stand out with

praised. 16
There shall be an handful of fatness: they have more than heart
8
corn in the earth upon the top of the could wish. They are corrupt, and
 24
speak wickedly concerning oppression: me by my right hand. Thou shalt
9
they speak loftily. They set their guide me with thy counsel, and
25
mouth against the heavens, and their afterward receive me to glory. Whom
10
tongue walketh through the earth. have I in heaven but thee? and there is
Therefore his people return hither: and none upon earth that I desire beside
26
waters of a full cup are wrung out to thee. My flesh and my heart faileth:
11
them. And they say, How doth God but God is the strength of my heart,
27
know? and is there knowledge in the and my portion for ever. For, lo, they
12
most High? Behold, these are the that are far from thee shall perish:
ungodly, who prosper in the world; thou hast destroyed all them that go a
13 28
they increase in riches. Verily I have whoring from thee. But it is good for
cleansed my heart in vain, and washed me to draw near to God: I have put my
14
my hands in innocency. For all the trust in the Lord GOD, that I may
day long have I been plagued, and declare all thy works.
15
chastened every morning. If I say, I
will speak thus; behold, I should offend Psalms 74
against the generation of thy children.
Maschil of Asaph.
16
When I thought to know this, it was
too painful for me; 17
Until I went into
O God, why hast thou cast us off for

the sanctuary of God; then understood ever? why doth thine anger smoke
2
I their end. 18
Surely thou didst set against the sheep of thy pasture?

them in slippery places: thou castedst Remember thy congregation, which

them down into destruction. 19

How are thou hast purchased of old; the rod of

they brought into desolation, as in a thine inheritance, which thou hast

moment! they are utterly consumed redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein
3
with terrors. 20
As a dream when one thou hast dwelt. Lift up thy feet unto

awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou the perpetual desolations; even all that

awakest, thou shalt despise their the enemy hath done wickedly in the
4
image. 21
Thus my heart was grieved, sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the

and I was pricked in my reins. 22

So midst of thy congregations; they set up
5
foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a their ensigns for signs. A man was

beast before thee. 23

Nevertheless I am famous according as he had lifted up
6
continually with thee: thou hast holden axes upon the thick trees. But now
 19
they break down the carved work blasphemed thy name. O deliver not
thereof at once with axes and the soul of thy turtledove unto the
7
hammers. They have cast fire into thy multitude of the wicked: forget not the
20
sanctuary, they have defiled by casting congregation of thy poor for ever.
down the dwelling place of thy name to Have respect unto the covenant: for
8
the ground. They said in their hearts, the dark places of the earth are full of
21
Let us destroy them together: they the habitations of cruelty. O let not
have burned up all the synagogues of the oppressed return ashamed: let the
9 22
God in the land. We see not our poor and needy praise thy name.
signs: there is no more any prophet: Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
neither is there among us any that remember how the foolish man
10 23
knoweth how long. O God, how long reproacheth thee daily. Forget not
shall the adversary reproach? shall the the voice of thine enemies: the tumult
enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? of those that rise up against thee
11
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, increaseth continually.
even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy
bosom. 12
For God is my King of old, Psalms 75
working salvation in the midst of the
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A
13
earth. Thou didst divide the sea by
Psalm or Song of Asaph.
thy strength: thou brakest the heads of
the dragons in the waters. 14
Thou
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks,

brakest the heads of leviathan in unto thee do we give thanks: for that

pieces, and gavest him to be meat to thy name is near thy wondrous works
2
the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 declare. When I shall receive the
3
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the congregation I will judge uprightly.

flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. 16 The earth and all the inhabitants

The day is thine, the night also is thereof are dissolved: I bear up the
4
thine: thou hast prepared the light and pillars of it. Selah. I said unto the

the sun. 17
Thou hast set all the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the
5
borders of the earth: thou hast made wicked, Lift not up the horn: Lift not

summer and winter. 18

Remember this, up your horn on high: speak not with a
6
that the enemy hath reproached, O stiff neck. For promotion cometh

LORD, and that the foolish people have neither from the east, nor from the
 7 8
west, nor from the south. But God is when once thou art angry? Thou didst
the judge: he putteth down one, and cause judgment to be heard from
8
setteth up another. For in the hand of heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
9
the LORD there is a cup, and the wine When God arose to judgment, to save
10
is red; it is full of mixture; and he all the meek of the earth. Selah.
poureth out of the same: but the dregs Surely the wrath of man shall praise
thereof, all the wicked of the earth thee: the remainder of wrath shalt
9 11
shall wring them out, and drink them. thou restrain. Vow, and pay unto the
But I will declare for ever; I will sing LORD your God: let all that be round
10
praises to the God of Jacob. All the about him bring presents unto him that
12
horns of the wicked also will I cut off; ought to be feared. He shall cut off
but the horns of the righteous shall be the spirit of princes: he is terrible to
exalted. the kings of the earth.

Psalms 76 Psalms 77

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A To the chief Musician, to Jeduthan, A

Psalm or Song of Asaph. Psalm of Asaph.

In Judah is God known: his name is I cried unto God with my voice, even
2
great in Israel. In Salem also is his unto God with my voice; and he gave
2
tabernacle, and his dwelling place in ear unto me. In the day of my trouble
3
Zion. There brake he the arrows of I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the
the bow, the shield, and the sword, night, and ceased not: my soul refused
4 3
and the battle. Selah. Thou art more to be comforted. I remembered God,
glorious and excellent than the and was troubled: I complained, and
5 4
mountains of prey. The stouthearted my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
are spoiled, they have slept their Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am
5
sleep: and none of the men of might so troubled that I cannot speak. I
6
have found their hands. At thy have considered the days of old, the
6
rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the years of ancient times. I call to
chariot and horse are cast into a dead remembrance my song in the night: I
7
sleep. Thou, even thou, art to be commune with mine own heart: and
7
feared: and who may stand in thy sight my spirit made diligent search. Will
the Lord cast off for ever? and will he Psalms 78
8
be favourable no more? Is his mercy
clean gone for ever? doth his promise Maschil of Asaph.

fail for evermore? 9

Hath God forgotten Give ear, O my people, to my law:
to be gracious? hath he in anger shut incline your ears to the words of my
10
up his tender mercies? Selah. And I mouth. 2
I will open my mouth in a
said, This is my infirmity: but I will parable: I will utter dark sayings of
remember the years of the right hand old: 3
Which we have heard and known,
11
of the most High. I will remember and our fathers have told us. 4
We will
the works of the LORD: surely I will not hide them from their children,
12
remember thy wonders of old. I will shewing to the generation to come the
meditate also of all thy work, and talk praises of the LORD, and his strength,
13
of thy doings. Thy way, O God, is in and his wonderful works that he hath
the sanctuary: who is so great a God done. 5
For he established a testimony
14
as our God? Thou art the God that in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,
doest wonders: thou hast declared thy which he commanded our fathers, that
15
strength among the people. Thou they should make them known to their
hast with thine arm redeemed thy children: 6
That the generation to come
people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. might know them, even the children
16
Selah. The waters saw thee, O God, which should be born; who should arise
the waters saw thee; they were afraid: and declare them to their children: 7

17
the depths also were troubled. The That they might set their hope in God,
clouds poured out water: the skies sent and not forget the works of God, but
out a sound: thine arrows also went keep his commandments: 8
And might
18
abroad. The voice of thy thunder was not be as their fathers, a stubborn and
in the heaven: the lightnings lightened rebellious generation; a generation
the world: the earth trembled and that set not their heart aright, and
19
shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
path in the great waters, and thy 9
The children of Ephraim, being
20
footsteps are not known. Thou armed, and carrying bows, turned back
leddest thy people like a flock by the in the day of battle. 10
They kept not
hand of Moses and Aaron. the covenant of God, and refused to
11
walk in his law; And forgat his
works, and his wonders that he had eat, and had given them of the corn of
12 25
shewed them. Marvellous things did heaven. Man did eat angels' food: he
26
he in the sight of their fathers, in the sent them meat to the full. He
13
land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. caused an east wind to blow in the
He divided the sea, and caused them to heaven: and by his power he brought
27
pass through; and he made the waters in the south wind. He rained flesh
14
to stand as an heap. In the daytime also upon them as dust, and feathered
28
also he led them with a cloud, and all fowls like as the sand of the sea:
15
the night with a light of fire. He clave And he let it fall in the midst of their
29
the rocks in the wilderness, and gave camp, round about their habitations.
them drink as out of the great depths. So they did eat, and were well filled:
16 30
He brought streams also out of the for he gave them their own desire;
rock, and caused waters to run down They were not estranged from their
17
like rivers. And they sinned yet more lust. But while their meat was yet in
31
against him by provoking the most their mouths, The wrath of God came
18
High in the wilderness. And they upon them, and slew the fattest of
tempted God in their heart by asking them, and smote down the chosen men
19 32
meat for their lust. Yea, they spake of Israel. For all this they sinned
against God; they said, Can God still, and believed not for his wondrous
20 33
furnish a table in the wilderness? works. Therefore their days did he
Behold, he smote the rock, that the consume in vanity, and their years in
34
waters gushed out, and the streams trouble. When he slew them, then
overflowed; can he give bread also? they sought him: and they returned
21 35
can he provide flesh for his people? and enquired early after God. And
Therefore the LORD heard this, and they remembered that God was their
was wroth: so a fire was kindled rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36
against Jacob, and anger also came up Nevertheless they did flatter him
22
against Israel; Because they believed with their mouth, and they lied unto
37
not in God, and trusted not in his him with their tongues. For their
23
salvation: Though he had heart was not right with him, neither
38
commanded the clouds from above, were they stedfast in his covenant.
24
and opened the doors of heaven, And But he, being full of compassion,
had rained down manna upon them to forgave their iniquity, and destroyed
 52
them not: yea, many a time turned he strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
his anger away, and did not stir up all But made his own people to go forth
39
his wrath. For he remembered that like sheep, and guided them in the
53
they were but flesh; a wind that wilderness like a flock. And he led
40
passeth away, and cometh not again. them on safely, so that they feared
How oft did they provoke him in the not: but the sea overwhelmed their
54
wilderness, and grieve him in the enemies. And he brought them to
41
desert! Yea, they turned back and the border of his sanctuary, even to
tempted God, and limited the Holy One this mountain, which his right hand
42 55
of Israel. They remembered not his had purchased. He cast out the
hand, nor the day when he delivered heathen also before them, and divided
43
them from the enemy. How he had them an inheritance by line, and made
wrought his signs in Egypt, and his the tribes of Israel to dwell in their
44 56
wonders in the field of Zoan: And tents. Yet they tempted and
had turned their rivers into blood; and provoked the most high God, and kept
57
their floods, that they could not drink. not his testimonies: But turned back,
45
He sent divers sorts of flies among and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers:
them, which devoured them; and frogs, they were turned aside like a deceitful
46 58
which destroyed them. He gave also bow. For they provoked him to anger
their increase unto the caterpiller, and with their high places, and moved him
47 59
their labour unto the locust. He to jealousy with their graven images.
destroyed their vines with hail, and When God heard this, he was wroth,
48 60
their sycomore trees with frost. He and greatly abhorred Israel: So that
gave up their cattle also to the hail, he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the
49 61
and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. tent which he placed among men;
He cast upon them the fierceness of his And delivered his strength into
anger, wrath, and indignation, and captivity, and his glory into the
62
trouble, by sending evil angels among enemy's hand. He gave his people
50
them. He made a way to his anger; over also unto the sword; and was
63
he spared not their soul from death, wroth with his inheritance. The fire
but gave their life over to the consumed their young men; and their
51 64
pestilence; And smote all the maidens were not given to marriage.
firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their Their priests fell by the sword; and
 65
their widows made no lamentation. water round about Jerusalem; and
4
Then the Lord awaked as one out of there was none to bury them. We are
sleep, and like a mighty man that become a reproach to our neighbours,
66
shouteth by reason of wine. And he a scorn and derision to them that are
5
smote his enemies in the hinder parts: round about us. How long, LORD? wilt
67
he put them to a perpetual reproach. thou be angry for ever? shall thy
6
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of jealousy burn like fire? Pour out thy
Joseph, and chose not the tribe of wrath upon the heathen that have not
68
Ephraim: But chose the tribe of known thee, and upon the kingdoms
7
Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. that have not called upon thy name.
69
And he built his sanctuary like high For they have devoured Jacob, and laid
8
palaces, like the earth which he hath waste his dwelling place. O remember
70
established for ever. He chose David not against us former iniquities: let thy
also his servant, and took him from the tender mercies speedily prevent us: for
71 9
sheepfolds: From following the ewes we are brought very low. Help us, O
great with young he brought him to God of our salvation, for the glory of
feed Jacob his people, and Israel his thy name: and deliver us, and purge
72 10
inheritance. So he fed them away our sins, for thy name's sake.
according to the integrity of his heart; Wherefore should the heathen say,
and guided them by the skilfulness of Where is their God? let him be known
his hands. among the heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy servants
Psalms 79 which is shed. 11
Let the sighing of the
prisoner come before thee; according
A Psalm of Asaph.
to the greatness of thy power preserve
O God, the heathen are come into
thou those that are appointed to die; 12

thine inheritance; thy holy temple have And render unto our neighbours
they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem sevenfold into their bosom their
2
on heaps. The dead bodies of thy reproach, wherewith they have
servants have they given to be meat reproached thee, O Lord. 13
So we thy
unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh people and sheep of thy pasture will
of thy saints unto the beasts of the give thee thanks for ever: we will shew
3
earth. Their blood have they shed like forth thy praise to all generations.
 13
Psalms 80 the way do pluck her? The boar out
of the wood doth waste it, and the wild
To the chief Musician upon Shoshanim- beast of the field doth devour it. 14

eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Return, we beseech thee, O God of

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou hosts: look down from heaven, and
15
that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou behold, and visit this vine; And the

that dwellest between the cherubims, vineyard which thy right hand hath

shine forth. 2
Before Ephraim and planted, and the branch that thou
16
Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy madest strong for thyself. It is

strength, and come and save us. 3

Turn burned with fire, it is cut down: they

us again, O God, and cause thy face to perish at the rebuke of thy
17
shine; and we shall be saved. 4
O LORD countenance. Let thy hand be upon

God of hosts, how long wilt thou be the man of thy right hand, upon the

angry against the prayer of thy people? son of man whom thou madest strong
18
5
Thou feedest them with the bread of for thyself. So will not we go back

tears; and givest them tears to drink in from thee: quicken us, and we will call
19
great measure. 6
Thou makest us a upon thy name. Turn us again, O

strife unto our neighbours: and our LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to

enemies laugh among themselves. 7 shine; and we shall be saved.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and

Psalms 81
cause thy face to shine; and we shall
8
be saved. Thou hast brought a vine
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A
out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
Psalm of Asaph.
9
heathen, and planted it. Thou
Sing aloud unto God our strength:
preparedst room before it, and didst
make a joyful noise unto the God of
cause it to take deep root, and it filled
2
10 Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither
the land. The hills were covered with
the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the
the shadow of it, and the boughs
3
11 psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the
thereof were like the goodly cedars.
new moon, in the time appointed, on
She sent out her boughs unto the sea,
4
12 our solemn feast day. For this was a
and her branches unto the river.
statute for Israel, and a law of the God
Why hast thou then broken down her
5
of Jacob. This he ordained in Joseph
hedges, so that all they which pass by
for a testimony, when he went out Psalms 82
through the land of Egypt: where I
heard a language that I understood A Psalm of Asaph.

not. 6
I removed his shoulder from the God standeth in the congregation of
burden: his hands were delivered from the mighty; he judgeth among the
7
the pots. Thou calledst in trouble, and gods. 2
How long will ye judge unjustly,
I delivered thee; I answered thee in and accept the persons of the wicked?
the secret place of thunder: I proved Selah. 3
Defend the poor and
8
thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. fatherless: do justice to the afflicted
Hear, O my people, and I will testify and needy. 4
Deliver the poor and
unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt needy: rid them out of the hand of the
9
hearken unto me; There shall no wicked. 5
They know not, neither will
strange god be in thee; neither shalt they understand; they walk on in
10
thou worship any strange god. I am darkness: all the foundations of the
the LORD thy God, which brought thee earth are out of course. 6
I have said,
out of the land of Egypt: open thy Ye are gods; and all of you are children
11
mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my of the most High. 7
But ye shall die like
people would not hearken to my voice; men, and fall like one of the princes. 8

12
and Israel would none of me. So I Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou
gave them up unto their own hearts' shalt inherit all nations.
lust: and they walked in their own
counsels. 13
Oh that my people had Psalms 83
hearkened unto me, and Israel had
14
A Song or Psalm of Asaph.
walked in my ways! I should soon
have subdued their enemies, and Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not
2
turned my hand against their thy peace, and be not still, O God.
adversaries. 15
The haters of the LORD For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult:
should have submitted themselves and they that hate thee have lifted up
3
unto him: but their time should have the head. They have taken crafty
endured for ever. 16
He should have fed counsel against thy people, and
4
them also with the finest of the wheat: consulted against thy hidden ones.
and with honey out of the rock should I They have said, Come, and let us cut
have satisfied thee. them off from being a nation; that the
name of Israel may be no more in Psalms 84
5
remembrance. For they have
consulted together with one consent: To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A

they are confederate against thee: 6 Psalm for the sons of Korah.

The tabernacles of Edom, and the How amiable are thy tabernacles, O
Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the LORD of hosts! 2
My soul longeth, yea,
7
Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and even fainteth for the courts of the
Amalek; the Philistines with the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth
8
inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is out for the living God. 3
Yea, the
joined with them: they have holpen the sparrow hath found an house, and the
9
children of Lot. Selah. Do unto them swallow a nest for herself, where she
as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as may lay her young, even thine altars,
10
to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: O LORD of hosts, my King, and my
Which perished at Endor: they became God. 4
Blessed are they that dwell in
11
as dung for the earth. Make their thy house: they will be still praising
nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, thee. Selah. 5
Blessed is the man
all their princes as Zebah, and as whose strength is in thee; in whose
12
Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to heart are the ways of them. 6
Who
ourselves the houses of God in passing through the valley of Baca
13
possession. O my God, make them make it a well; the rain also filleth the
like a wheel; as the stubble before the pools. 7
They go from strength to
14
wind. As the fire burneth a wood, strength, every one of them in Zion
and as the flame setteth the mountains appeareth before God. 8
O LORD God of
15
on fire; So persecute them with thy hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God
tempest, and make them afraid with of Jacob. Selah. 9
Behold, O God our
16
thy storm. Fill their faces with shield, and look upon the face of thine
shame; that they may seek thy name, anointed. 10
For a day in thy courts is
17
O LORD. Let them be confounded better than a thousand. I had rather be
and troubled for ever; yea, let them be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
18
put to shame, and perish: That men than to dwell in the tents of
may know that thou, whose name wickedness. 11
For the LORD God is a
alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high sun and shield: the LORD will give
over all the earth. grace and glory: no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk righteousness shall look down from
12 12
uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed heaven. Yea, the LORD shall give
is the man that trusteth in thee. that which is good; and our land shall
13
yield her increase. Righteousness
Psalms 85 shall go before him; and shall set us in
the way of his steps.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the
sons of Korah.
Psalms 86
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto
A Prayer of David.
thy land: thou hast brought back the
captivity of Jacob. 2
Thou hast forgiven Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear
2
the iniquity of thy people, thou hast me: for I am poor and needy.
3
covered all their sin. Selah. Thou hast Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O
taken away all thy wrath: thou hast thou my God, save thy servant that
3
turned thyself from the fierceness of trusteth in thee. Be merciful unto me,
4 4
thine anger. Turn us, O God of our O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
salvation, and cause thine anger Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for
5
toward us to cease. Wilt thou be unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5
angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to
6
out thine anger to all generations? forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto
6
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy all them that call upon thee. Give ear,
7
people may rejoice in thee? Shew us O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to
7
thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy the voice of my supplications. In the
8
salvation. I will hear what God the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:
8
LORD will speak: for he will speak for thou wilt answer me. Among the
peace unto his people, and to his gods there is none like unto thee, O
saints: but let them not turn again to Lord; neither are there any works like
9 9
folly. Surely his salvation is nigh unto thy works. All nations whom
them that fear him; that glory may thou hast made shall come and worship
10
dwell in our land. Mercy and truth before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify
10
are met together; righteousness and thy name. For thou art great, and
11
peace have kissed each other. Truth doest wondrous things: thou art God
11
shall spring out of the earth; and alone. Teach me thy way, O LORD; I
 5
will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to Ethiopia; this man was born there.
12
fear thy name. I will praise thee, O And of Zion it shall be said, This and
Lord my God, with all my heart: and I that man was born in her: and the
13 6
will glorify thy name for evermore. highest himself shall establish her.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and The LORD shall count, when he writeth
thou hast delivered my soul from the up the people, that this man was born
14 7
lowest hell. O God, the proud are there. Selah. As well the singers as
risen against me, and the assemblies the players on instruments shall be
of violent men have sought after my there: all my springs are in thee.
soul; and have not set thee before
them. 15
But thou, O Lord, art a God Psalms 88
full of compassion, and gracious,
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy
to the chief Musician upon Mahalath
16
and truth. O turn unto me, and have
Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the
mercy upon me; give thy strength unto
Ezrahite.
thy servant, and save the son of thine
handmaid. 17
Shew me a token for
O LORD God of my salvation, I have
2
good; that they which hate me may cried day and night before thee: Let

see it, and be ashamed: because thou, my prayer come before thee: incline
3
LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted thine ear unto my cry; For my soul is

me. full of troubles: and my life draweth

4
nigh unto the grave. I am counted
Psalms 87 with them that go down into the pit: I
5
am as a man that hath no strength:
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.
Free among the dead, like the slain
His foundation is in the holy that lie in the grave, whom thou
2
mountains. The LORD loveth the rememberest no more: and they are
6
gates of Zion more than all the cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid
3
dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in
7
are spoken of thee, O city of God. the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon
4
Selah. I will make mention of Rahab me, and thou hast afflicted me with all
8
and Babylon to them that know me: thy waves. Selah. Thou hast put away
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with mine acquaintance far from me; thou
hast made me an abomination unto known thy faithfulness to all
2
them: I am shut up, and I cannot come generations. For I have said, Mercy
9
forth. Mine eye mourneth by reason shall be built up for ever: thy
of affliction: LORD, I have called daily faithfulness shalt thou establish in the
3
upon thee, I have stretched out my very heavens. I have made a
10
hands unto thee. Wilt thou shew covenant with my chosen, I have sworn
4
wonders to the dead? shall the dead unto David my servant, Thy seed will
11
arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall I establish for ever, and build up thy
5
thy lovingkindness be declared in the throne to all generations. Selah. And
grave? or thy faithfulness in the heavens shall praise thy wonders,
12
destruction? Shall thy wonders be O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the
6
known in the dark? and thy congregation of the saints. For who in
righteousness in the land of the heaven can be compared unto the
13
forgetfulness? But unto thee have I LORD? who among the sons of the
cried, O LORD; and in the morning mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
14 7
shall my prayer prevent thee. LORD, God is greatly to be feared in the
why castest thou off my soul? why assembly of the saints, and to be had
15
hidest thou thy face from me? I am in reverence of all them that are about
8
afflicted and ready to die from my him. O LORD God of hosts, who is a
youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
16 9
am distracted. Thy fierce wrath faithfulness round about thee? Thou
goeth over me; thy terrors have cut rulest the raging of the sea: when the
17
me off. They came round about me waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10
daily like water; they compassed me Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as
18
about together. Lover and friend one that is slain; thou hast scattered
11
hast thou put far from me, and mine thine enemies with thy strong arm.
acquaintance into darkness. The heavens are thine, the earth also
is thine: as for the world and the
Psalms 89 fulness thereof, thou hast founded
12
them. The north and the south thou
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD
shall rejoice in thy name. 13
Thou hast
for ever: with my mouth will I make a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and
 14
high is thy right hand. Justice and make him my firstborn, higher than the
28
judgment are the habitation of thy kings of the earth. My mercy will I
throne: mercy and truth shall go before keep for him for evermore, and my
15 29
thy face. Blessed is the people that covenant shall stand fast with him.
know the joyful sound: they shall walk, His seed also will I make to endure for
O LORD, in the light of thy ever, and his throne as the days of
16 30
countenance. In thy name shall they heaven. If his children forsake my
31
rejoice all the day: and in thy law, and walk not in my judgments;
17
righteousness shall they be exalted. If they break my statutes, and keep
32
For thou art the glory of their strength: not my commandments; Then will I
and in thy favour our horn shall be visit their transgression with the rod,
18 33
exalted. For the LORD is our and their iniquity with stripes.
defence; and the Holy One of Israel is Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I
19
our king. Then thou spakest in vision not utterly take from him, nor suffer
34
to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid my faithfulness to fail. My covenant
help upon one that is mighty; I have will I not break, nor alter the thing that
35
exalted one chosen out of the people. is gone out of my lips. Once have I
20
I have found David my servant; with sworn by my holiness that I will not lie
21 36
my holy oil have I anointed him: unto David. His seed shall endure for
With whom my hand shall be ever, and his throne as the sun before
37
established: mine arm also shall me. It shall be established for ever
22
strengthen him. The enemy shall not as the moon, and as a faithful witness
38
exact upon him; nor the son of in heaven. Selah. But thou hast cast
23
wickedness afflict him. And I will off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth
39
beat down his foes before his face, and with thine anointed. Thou hast made
24
plague them that hate him. But my void the covenant of thy servant: thou
faithfulness and my mercy shall be hast profaned his crown by casting it to
40
with him: and in my name shall his the ground. Thou hast broken down
25
horn be exalted. I will set his hand all his hedges; thou hast brought his
41
also in the sea, and his right hand in strong holds to ruin. All that pass by
26
the rivers. He shall cry unto me, the way spoil him: he is a reproach to
42
Thou art my father, my God, and the his neighbours. Thou hast set up the
27
rock of my salvation. Also I will right hand of his adversaries; thou hast
 43
made all his enemies to rejoice. Thou world, even from everlasting to
3
hast also turned the edge of his sword, everlasting, thou art God. Thou
and hast not made him to stand in the turnest man to destruction; and
44 4
battle. Thou hast made his glory to sayest, Return, ye children of men.
cease, and cast his throne down to the For a thousand years in thy sight are
45
ground. The days of his youth hast but as yesterday when it is past, and
5
thou shortened: thou hast covered him as a watch in the night. Thou carriest
46
with shame. Selah. How long, LORD? them away as with a flood; they are as
wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall a sleep: in the morning they are like
47 6
thy wrath burn like fire? Remember grass which groweth up. In the
how short my time is: wherefore hast morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
48
thou made all men in vain? What in the evening it is cut down, and
7
man is he that liveth, and shall not see withereth. For we are consumed by
death? shall he deliver his soul from thine anger, and by thy wrath are we
49 8
the hand of the grave? Selah. Lord, troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities
where are thy former lovingkindnesses, before thee, our secret sins in the light
9
which thou swarest unto David in thy of thy countenance. For all our days
50
truth? Remember, Lord, the reproach are passed away in thy wrath: we
of thy servants; how I do bear in my spend our years as a tale that is told.
10
bosom the reproach of all the mighty The days of our years are threescore
51
people; Wherewith thine enemies years and ten; and if by reason of
have reproached, O LORD; wherewith strength they be fourscore years, yet
they have reproached the footsteps of is their strength labour and sorrow; for
52 11
thine anointed. Blessed be the LORD it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
for evermore. Amen, and Amen. Who knoweth the power of thine
anger? even according to thy fear, so
Psalms 90 is thy wrath. 12
So teach us to number
our days, that we may apply our hearts
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
13
unto wisdom. Return, O LORD, how
LORD, thou hast been our dwelling
long? and let it repent thee concerning
2
place in all generations. Before the thy servants. 14
O satisfy us early with
mountains were brought forth, or ever thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be
thou hadst formed the earth and the glad all our days. 15
Make us glad
according to the days wherein thou LORD, which is my refuge, even the
10
hast afflicted us, and the years most High, thy habitation; There
16
wherein we have seen evil. Let thy shall no evil befall thee, neither shall
11
work appear unto thy servants, and thy any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
17
glory unto their children. And let the For he shall give his angels charge over
12
beauty of the LORD our God be upon thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
us: and establish thou the work of our They shall bear thee up in their hands,
hands upon us; yea, the work of our lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13
hands establish thou it. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and
adder: the young lion and the dragon
Psalms 91 shalt thou trample under feet. 14

Because he hath set his love upon me,

He that dwelleth in the secret place of
therefore will I deliver him: I will set
the most High shall abide under the him on high, because he hath known
2
shadow of the Almighty. I will say of my name. 15
He shall call upon me, and
the LORD, He is my refuge and my I will answer him: I will be with him in
3
fortress: my God; in him will I trust. trouble; I will deliver him, and honour
Surely he shall deliver thee from the him. 16
With long life will I satisfy him,
snare of the fowler, and from the and shew him my salvation.
4
noisome pestilence. He shall cover
thee with his feathers, and under his Psalms 92
wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall
5 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.
be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt
not be afraid for the terror by night; It is a good thing to give thanks unto
6
nor for the arrow that flieth by day; the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy
2
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in name, O most High: To shew forth
darkness; nor for the destruction that thy lovingkindness in the morning, and
7 3
wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall thy faithfulness every night, Upon an
fall at thy side, and ten thousand at instrument of ten strings, and upon the
thy right hand; but it shall not come psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn
8 4
nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt sound. For thou, LORD, hast made
thou behold and see the reward of the me glad through thy work: I will
9 5
wicked. Because thou hast made the triumph in the works of thy hands. O
LORD, how great are thy works! and himself: the world also is stablished,
6 2
thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish that it cannot be moved. Thy throne
man knoweth not; neither doth a fool is established of old: thou art from
7 3
understand this. When the wicked everlasting. The floods have lifted up,
spring as the grass, and when all the O LORD, the floods have lifted up their
4
workers of iniquity do flourish; it is voice; the floods lift up their waves.
8
that they shall be destroyed for ever: The LORD on high is mightier than the
But thou, LORD, art most high for noise of many waters, yea, than the
9 5
evermore. For, lo, thine enemies, O mighty waves of the sea. Thy
LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall testimonies are very sure: holiness
perish; all the workers of iniquity shall becometh thine house, O LORD, for
10
be scattered. But my horn shalt thou ever.
exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I
shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11
Mine Psalms 94
eye also shall see my desire on mine
enemies, and mine ears shall hear my
O LORD God, to whom vengeance

desire of the wicked that rise up belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance

2
against me. 12
The righteous shall belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up

flourish like the palm tree: he shall thyself, thou judge of the earth: render
3
grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13
Those a reward to the proud. LORD, how

that be planted in the house of the long shall the wicked, how long shall
4
LORD shall flourish in the courts of our the wicked triumph? How long shall

God. 14
They shall still bring forth fruit they utter and speak hard things? and

in old age; they shall be fat and all the workers of iniquity boast
5
flourishing; 15
To shew that the LORD themselves? They break in pieces thy

is upright: he is my rock, and there is people, O LORD, and afflict thine

6
no unrighteousness in him. heritage. They slay the widow and the
7
stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Psalms 93 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see,
neither shall the God of Jacob regard
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with it. 8
Understand, ye brutish among the
majesty; the LORD is clothed with people: and ye fools, when will ye be
9
strength, wherewith he hath girded wise? He that planted the ear, shall
he not hear? he that formed the eye, bring upon them their own iniquity,
10
shall he not see? He that chastiseth and shall cut them off in their own
the heathen, shall not he correct? he wickedness; yea, the LORD our God
that teacheth man knowledge, shall shall cut them off.
11
not he know? The LORD knoweth the
thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Psalms 95
12
Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let
out of thy law; 13
That thou mayest us make a joyful noise to the rock of
2
give him rest from the days of our salvation. Let us come before his

adversity, until the pit be digged for presence with thanksgiving, and make
3
the wicked. 14
For the LORD will not a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

cast off his people, neither will he For the LORD is a great God, and a
4
forsake his inheritance. 15
But great King above all gods. In his hand

judgment shall return unto are the deep places of the earth: the
5
righteousness: and all the upright in strength of the hills is his also. The

heart shall follow it. 16

Who will rise up sea is his, and he made it: and his
6
for me against the evildoers? or who hands formed the dry land. O come,

will stand up for me against the let us worship and bow down: let us
7
workers of iniquity? 17
Unless the LORD kneel before the LORD our maker. For

had been my help, my soul had almost he is our God; and we are the people

dwelt in silence. 18
When I said, My of his pasture, and the sheep of his
8
foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

me up. 19
In the multitude of my Harden not your heart, as in the

thoughts within me thy comforts provocation, and as in the day of

9
delight my soul. 20
Shall the throne of temptation in the wilderness: When

iniquity have fellowship with thee, your fathers tempted me, proved me,
10
which frameth mischief by a law? 21 and saw my work. Forty years long

They gather themselves together was I grieved with this generation, and

against the soul of the righteous, and said, It is a people that do err in their

condemn the innocent blood. 22

But the heart, and they have not known my
11
LORD is my defence; and my God is ways: Unto whom I sware in my
23
the rock of my refuge. And he shall
 13
wrath that they should not enter into shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
my rest. Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he
cometh to judge the earth: he shall
Psalms 96 judge the world with righteousness,
and the people with his truth.
O sing unto the LORD a new song:
sing unto the LORD, all the earth. 2
Psalms 97
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name;
shew forth his salvation from day to The LORD reigneth; let the earth
3
day. Declare his glory among the rejoice; let the multitude of isles be
2
heathen, his wonders among all glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are
4
people. For the LORD is great, and round about him: righteousness and
greatly to be praised: he is to be judgment are the habitation of his
5 3
feared above all gods. For all the throne. A fire goeth before him, and
4
gods of the nations are idols: but the burneth up his enemies round about.
6
LORD made the heavens. Honour and His lightnings enlightened the world:
5
majesty are before him: strength and the earth saw, and trembled. The hills
7
beauty are in his sanctuary. Give melted like wax at the presence of the
unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of
6
people, give unto the LORD glory and the whole earth. The heavens declare
8
strength. Give unto the LORD the his righteousness, and all the people
7
glory due unto his name: bring an see his glory. Confounded be all they
9
offering, and come into his courts. O that serve graven images, that boast
worship the LORD in the beauty of themselves of idols: worship him, all
8
holiness: fear before him, all the earth. ye gods. Zion heard, and was glad;
10
Say among the heathen that the and the daughters of Judah rejoiced
9
LORD reigneth: the world also shall be because of thy judgments, O LORD.
established that it shall not be moved: For thou, LORD, art high above all the
he shall judge the people righteously. earth: thou art exalted far above all
11 10
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the gods. Ye that love the LORD, hate
earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the evil: he preserveth the souls of his
12
fulness thereof. Let the field be saints; he delivereth them out of the
11
joyful, and all that is therein: then hand of the wicked. Light is sown for
the righteous, and gladness for the Psalms 99
12
upright in heart. Rejoice in the
LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at The LORD reigneth; let the people
the remembrance of his holiness. tremble: he sitteth between the
2
cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Psalms 98
The LORD is great in Zion; and he is
3
high above all the people. Let them
A Psalm.
praise thy great and terrible name; for
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for 4
it is holy. The king's strength also
he hath done marvellous things: his
loveth judgment; thou dost establish
right hand, and his holy arm, hath
equity, thou executest judgment and
2
gotten him the victory. The LORD 5
righteousness in Jacob. Exalt ye the
hath made known his salvation: his
LORD our God, and worship at his
righteousness hath he openly shewed 6
footstool; for he is holy. Moses and
3
in the sight of the heathen. He hath
Aaron among his priests, and Samuel
remembered his mercy and his truth
among them that call upon his name;
toward the house of Israel: all the ends
they called upon the LORD, and he
of the earth have seen the salvation of 7
answered them. He spake unto them
4
our God. Make a joyful noise unto the
in the cloudy pillar: they kept his
LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise,
testimonies, and the ordinance that he
5
and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing 8
gave them. Thou answeredst them, O
unto the LORD with the harp; with the
LORD our God: thou wast a God that
6
harp, and the voice of a psalm. With
forgavest them, though thou tookest
trumpets and sound of cornet make a 9
vengeance of their inventions. Exalt
joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
the LORD our God, and worship at his
7
Let the sea roar, and the fulness
holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
thereof; the world, and they that dwell
8
therein. Let the floods clap their Psalms 100
9
hands: let the hills be joyful together
Before the LORD; for he cometh to A Psalm of praise.

judge the earth: with righteousness Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all
shall he judge the world, and the ye lands. 2
Serve the LORD with
people with equity. gladness: come before his presence
 3
with singing. Know ye that the LORD that telleth lies shall not tarry in my
8
he is God: it is he that hath made us, sight. I will early destroy all the
and not we ourselves; we are his wicked of the land; that I may cut off
4
people, and the sheep of his pasture. all wicked doers from the city of the
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, LORD.
and into his courts with praise: be
thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psalms 102
5
For the LORD is good; his mercy is
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is
everlasting; and his truth endureth to
overwhelmed, and poureth out his
all generations.
complaint before the Lord.

Psalms 101 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my

2
cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face
A Psalm of David.
from me in the day when I am in
I will sing of mercy and judgment: trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in
2
unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. I will the day when I call answer me
3
behave myself wisely in a perfect way. speedily. For my days are consumed
O when wilt thou come unto me? I will like smoke, and my bones are burned
4
walk within my house with a perfect as an hearth. My heart is smitten,
3
heart. I will set no wicked thing and withered like grass; so that I
5
before mine eyes: I hate the work of forget to eat my bread. By reason of
them that turn aside; it shall not the voice of my groaning my bones
4 6
cleave to me. A froward heart shall cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican
depart from me: I will not know a of the wilderness: I am like an owl of
5 7
wicked person. Whoso privily the desert. I watch, and am as a
8
slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut sparrow alone upon the house top.
off: him that hath an high look and a Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
6
proud heart will not I suffer. Mine and they that are mad against me are
9
eyes shall be upon the faithful of the sworn against me. For I have eaten
land, that they may dwell with me: he ashes like bread, and mingled my drink
10
that walketh in a perfect way, he shall with weeping, Because of thine
7
serve me. He that worketh deceit indignation and thy wrath: for thou
11
shall not dwell within my house: he hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days are like a shadow that hast thou laid the foundation of the
declineth; and I am withered like earth: and the heavens are the work of
12 26
grass. But thou, O LORD, shalt thy hands. They shall perish, but
endure for ever; and thy remembrance thou shalt endure: yea, all of them
13
unto all generations. Thou shalt shall wax old like a garment; as a
arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for vesture shalt thou change them, and
27
the time to favour her, yea, the set they shall be changed: But thou art
14
time, is come. For thy servants take the same, and thy years shall have no
28
pleasure in her stones, and favour the end. The children of thy servants
15
dust thereof. So the heathen shall shall continue, and their seed shall be
fear the name of the LORD, and all the established before thee.
16
kings of the earth thy glory. When
the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall Psalms 103
17
appear in his glory. He will regard
A Psalm of David.
the prayer of the destitute, and not
despise their prayer. 18
This shall be
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all

written for the generation to come: that is within me, bless his holy name.
2
and the people which shall be created Bless the LORD, O my soul, and
3
shall praise the LORD. 19
For he hath forget not all his benefits: Who

looked down from the height of his forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
4
sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD healeth all thy diseases; Who

behold the earth; 20

To hear the redeemeth thy life from destruction;

groaning of the prisoner; to loose who crowneth thee with lovingkindness

5
those that are appointed to death; 21 and tender mercies; Who satisfieth

To declare the name of the LORD in thy mouth with good things; so that
6
Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 22 thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

When the people are gathered The LORD executeth righteousness and
7
together, and the kingdoms, to serve judgment for all that are oppressed.

the LORD. 23
He weakened my strength He made known his ways unto Moses,
8
in the way; he shortened my days. 24
I his acts unto the children of Israel.

said, O my God, take me not away in The LORD is merciful and gracious,

the midst of my days: thy years are slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9
throughout all generations. 25
Of old He will not always chide: neither will
 10
he keep his anger for ever. He hath Psalms 104
not dealt with us after our sins; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities. Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD
11
For as the heaven is high above the my God, thou art very great; thou art
earth, so great is his mercy toward clothed with honour and majesty. 2

12
them that fear him. As far as the Who coverest thyself with light as with
east is from the west, so far hath he a garment: who stretchest out the
13
removed our transgressions from us. heavens like a curtain: 3
Who layeth
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the beams of his chambers in the
14
the LORD pitieth them that fear him. waters: who maketh the clouds his
For he knoweth our frame; he chariot: who walketh upon the wings of
15
remembereth that we are dust. As the wind: 4
Who maketh his angels
for man, his days are as grass: as a spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5

16
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Who laid the foundations of the earth,
For the wind passeth over it, and it is that it should not be removed for ever.
gone; and the place thereof shall know 6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as
17
it no more. But the mercy of the with a garment: the waters stood
LORD is from everlasting to everlasting above the mountains. 7
At thy rebuke
upon them that fear him, and his they fled; at the voice of thy thunder
righteousness unto children's children; they hasted away. 8
They go up by the
18
To such as keep his covenant, and to mountains; they go down by the
those that remember his valleys unto the place which thou hast
19
commandments to do them. The founded for them. 9
Thou hast set a
LORD hath prepared his throne in the bound that they may not pass over;
heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over that they turn not again to cover the
20
all. Bless the LORD, ye his angels, earth. 10
He sendeth the springs into
that excel in strength, that do his the valleys, which run among the hills.
commandments, hearkening unto the 11
They give drink to every beast of the
21
voice of his word. Bless ye the LORD, field: the wild asses quench their
all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, thirst. 12
By them shall the fowls of the
22
that do his pleasure. Bless the LORD, heaven have their habitation, which
all his works in all places of his sing among the branches. 13
He
dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. watereth the hills from his chambers:
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of upon thee; that thou mayest give them
14 28
thy works. He causeth the grass to their meat in due season. That thou
grow for the cattle, and herb for the givest them they gather: thou openest
29
service of man: that he may bring forth thine hand, they are filled with good.
15
food out of the earth; And wine that Thou hidest thy face, they are
maketh glad the heart of man, and oil troubled: thou takest away their
to make his face to shine, and bread breath, they die, and return to their
16 30
which strengtheneth man's heart. dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; they are created: and thou renewest
31
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath the face of the earth. The glory of
17
planted; Where the birds make their the LORD shall endure for ever: the
32
nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are LORD shall rejoice in his works. He
18
her house. The high hills are a looketh on the earth, and it trembleth:
refuge for the wild goats; and the he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
19 33
rocks for the conies. He appointed I will sing unto the LORD as long as I
the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth live: I will sing praise to my God while
20 34
his going down. Thou makest I have my being. My meditation of
darkness, and it is night: wherein all him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the
35
the beasts of the forest do creep forth. LORD. Let the sinners be consumed
21
The young lions roar after their prey, out of the earth, and let the wicked be
22
and seek their meat from God. The no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my
sun ariseth, they gather themselves soul. Praise ye the LORD.
together, and lay them down in their
dens. 23
Man goeth forth unto his work Psalms 105
24
and to his labour until the evening. O
LORD, how manifold are thy works! in
O give thanks unto the LORD; call

wisdom hast thou made them all: the upon his name: make known his deeds
2
earth is full of thy riches. 25
So is this among the people. Sing unto him,

great and wide sea, wherein are things sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his
3
creeping innumerable, both small and wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy

great beasts. 26
There go the ships: name: let the heart of them rejoice
4
there is that leviathan, whom thou hast that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD,

made to play therein. 27

These wait all and his strength: seek his face
 5 21
evermore. Remember his marvellous people, and let him go free. He made
works that he hath done; his wonders, him lord of his house, and ruler of all
6 22
and the judgments of his mouth; O ye his substance: To bind his princes at
seed of Abraham his servant, ye his pleasure; and teach his senators
7 23
children of Jacob his chosen. He is wisdom. Israel also came into Egypt;
the LORD our God: his judgments are and Jacob sojourned in the land of
8 24
in all the earth. He hath remembered Ham. And he increased his people
his covenant for ever, the word which greatly; and made them stronger than
25
he commanded to a thousand their enemies. He turned their heart
9
generations. Which covenant he made to hate his people, to deal subtilly with
26
with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; his servants. He sent Moses his
10
And confirmed the same unto Jacob servant; and Aaron whom he had
27
for a law, and to Israel for an chosen. They shewed his signs
11
everlasting covenant: Saying, Unto among them, and wonders in the land
28
thee will I give the land of Canaan, the of Ham. He sent darkness, and made
12
lot of your inheritance: When they it dark; and they rebelled not against
29
were but a few men in number; yea, his word. He turned their waters into
13 30
very few, and strangers in it. When blood, and slew their fish. Their land
they went from one nation to another, brought forth frogs in abundance, in
14 31
from one kingdom to another people; the chambers of their kings. He
He suffered no man to do them wrong: spake, and there came divers sorts of
32
yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; flies, and lice in all their coasts. He
15
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, gave them hail for rain, and flaming
16 33
and do my prophets no harm. fire in their land. He smote their
Moreover he called for a famine upon vines also and their fig trees; and
34
the land: he brake the whole staff of brake the trees of their coasts. He
17
bread. He sent a man before them, spake, and the locusts came, and
even Joseph, who was sold for a caterpillers, and that without number,
18 35
servant: Whose feet they hurt with And did eat up all the herbs in their
19
fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the land, and devoured the fruit of their
36
time that his word came: the word of ground. He smote also all the
20
the LORD tried him. The king sent firstborn in their land, the chief of all
37
and loosed him; even the ruler of the their strength. He brought them
forth also with silver and gold: and That I may see the good of thy chosen,
there was not one feeble person among that I may rejoice in the gladness of
38
their tribes. Egypt was glad when thy nation, that I may glory with thine
6
they departed: for the fear of them fell inheritance. We have sinned with our
39
upon them. He spread a cloud for a fathers, we have committed iniquity,
7
covering; and fire to give light in the we have done wickedly. Our fathers
40
night. The people asked, and he understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
brought quails, and satisfied them with they remembered not the multitude of
41
the bread of heaven. He opened the thy mercies; but provoked him at the
8
rock, and the waters gushed out; they sea, even at the Red sea.
42
ran in the dry places like a river. For Nevertheless he saved them for his
he remembered his holy promise, and name's sake, that he might make his
43 9
Abraham his servant. And he brought mighty power to be known. He
forth his people with joy, and his rebuked the Red sea also, and it was
44
chosen with gladness: And gave dried up: so he led them through the
10
them the lands of the heathen: and depths, as through the wilderness.
they inherited the labour of the people; And he saved them from the hand of
45
That they might observe his him that hated them, and redeemed
11
statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye them from the hand of the enemy.
the LORD. And the waters covered their enemies:
12
there was not one of them left. Then
Psalms 106 believed they his words; they sang his
13
praise. They soon forgat his works;
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks
they waited not for his counsel: 14
But
unto the LORD; for he is good: for his lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
2
mercy endureth for ever. Who can and tempted God in the desert. 15
And
utter the mighty acts of the LORD? he gave them their request; but sent
3
who can shew forth all his praise? leanness into their soul. 16
They envied
Blessed are they that keep judgment, Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the
and he that doeth righteousness at all saint of the LORD. 17
The earth opened
4
times. Remember me, O LORD, with and swallowed up Dathan, and covered
the favour that thou bearest unto thy the company of Abiram. 18
And a fire
5
people: O visit me with thy salvation; was kindled in their company; the
 19 33
flame burned up the wicked. They with Moses for their sakes: Because
made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped they provoked his spirit, so that he
20 34
the molten image. Thus they spake unadvisedly with his lips. They
changed their glory into the similitude did not destroy the nations, concerning
21 35
of an ox that eateth grass. They whom the LORD commanded them:
forgat God their saviour, which had But were mingled among the heathen,
22 36
done great things in Egypt; and learned their works. And they
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, served their idols: which were a snare
23 37
and terrible things by the Red sea. unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their
38
Therefore he said that he would sons and their daughters unto devils,
destroy them, had not Moses his And shed innocent blood, even the
chosen stood before him in the breach, blood of their sons and of their
to turn away his wrath, lest he should daughters, whom they sacrificed unto
24
destroy them. Yea, they despised the the idols of Canaan: and the land was
39
pleasant land, they believed not his polluted with blood. Thus were they
25
word: But murmured in their tents, defiled with their own works, and went
40
and hearkened not unto the voice of a whoring with their own inventions.
26
the LORD. Therefore he lifted up his Therefore was the wrath of the LORD
hand against them, to overthrow them kindled against his people, insomuch
27
in the wilderness: To overthrow their that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41
seed also among the nations, and to And he gave them into the hand of
28
scatter them in the lands. They the heathen; and they that hated them
42
joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, ruled over them. Their enemies also
29
and ate the sacrifices of the dead. oppressed them, and they were
Thus they provoked him to anger with brought into subjection under their
43
their inventions: and the plague brake hand. Many times did he deliver
30
in upon them. Then stood up them; but they provoked him with their
Phinehas, and executed judgment: and counsel, and were brought low for their
31 44
so the plague was stayed. And that iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded
was counted unto him for their affliction, when he heard their
45
righteousness unto all generations for cry: And he remembered for them
32
evermore. They angered him also at his covenant, and repented according
46
the waters of strife, so that it went ill to the multitude of his mercies. He
made them also to be pitied of all as sit in darkness and in the shadow of
47
those that carried them captives. death, being bound in affliction and
11
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather iron; Because they rebelled against
us from among the heathen, to give the words of God, and contemned the
12
thanks unto thy holy name, and to counsel of the most High: Therefore
48
triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the he brought down their heart with
Lord God of Israel from everlasting to labour; they fell down, and there was
13
everlasting: and let all the people say, none to help. Then they cried unto
Amen. Praise ye the LORD. the LORD in their trouble, and he
14
saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107 He brought them out of darkness and
the shadow of death, and brake their
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is
bands in sunder. 15
Oh that men would
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. praise the LORD for his goodness, and
2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, for his wonderful works to the children
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of men! 16
For he hath broken the
3
of the enemy; And gathered them out gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron
of the lands, from the east, and from in sunder. 17
Fools because of their
the west, from the north, and from the transgression, and because of their
4
south. They wandered in the iniquities, are afflicted. 18
Their soul
wilderness in a solitary way; they abhorreth all manner of meat; and
5
found no city to dwell in. Hungry and they draw near unto the gates of
6
thirsty, their soul fainted in them. death. 19
Then they cry unto the LORD
Then they cried unto the LORD in their in their trouble, and he saveth them
trouble, and he delivered them out of out of their distresses. 20
He sent his
7
their distresses. And he led them word, and healed them, and delivered
forth by the right way, that they might them from their destructions. 21
Oh
8
go to a city of habitation. Oh that that men would praise the LORD for his
men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22
And let them
9
to the children of men! For he sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth and declare his works with rejoicing. 23

10
the hungry soul with goodness. Such They that go down to the sea in ships,
 24 38
that do business in great waters; which may yield fruits of increase.
These see the works of the LORD, and He blesseth them also, so that they are
25
his wonders in the deep. For he multiplied greatly; and suffereth not
39
commandeth, and raiseth the stormy their cattle to decrease. Again, they
wind, which lifteth up the waves are minished and brought low through
26 40
thereof. They mount up to the oppression, affliction, and sorrow. He
heaven, they go down again to the poureth contempt upon princes, and
depths: their soul is melted because of causeth them to wander in the
27 41
trouble. They reel to and fro, and wilderness, where there is no way.
stagger like a drunken man, and are at Yet setteth he the poor on high from
28
their wit's end. Then they cry unto affliction, and maketh him families like
42
the LORD in their trouble, and he a flock. The righteous shall see it,
29
bringeth them out of their distresses. and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop
43
He maketh the storm a calm, so that her mouth. Whoso is wise, and will
30
the waves thereof are still. Then are observe these things, even they shall
they glad because they be quiet; so he understand the lovingkindness of the
bringeth them unto their desired LORD.
31
haven. Oh that men would praise the
LORD for his goodness, and for his Psalms 108
wonderful works to the children of
A Song or Psalm of David.
32
men! Let them exalt him also in the
congregation of the people, and praise
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing
2
him in the assembly of the elders. 33
He and give praise, even with my glory.

turneth rivers into a wilderness, and Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
3
the watersprings into dry ground; 34
A awake early. I will praise thee, O

fruitful land into barrenness, for the LORD, among the people: and I will

wickedness of them that dwell therein. sing praises unto thee among the
4
35
He turneth the wilderness into a nations. For thy mercy is great above

standing water, and dry ground into the heavens: and thy truth reacheth
5
watersprings. 36
And there he maketh unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O

the hungry to dwell, that they may God, above the heavens: and thy glory
6
prepare a city for habitation; 37
And above all the earth; That thy beloved

sow the fields, and plant vineyards, may be delivered: save with thy right
 7
hand, and answer me. God hath Set thou a wicked man over him: and
7
spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I let Satan stand at his right hand.
will divide Shechem, and mete out the When he shall be judged, let him be
8
valley of Succoth. Gilead is mine; condemned: and let his prayer become
8
Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the sin. Let his days be few; and let
9
strength of mine head; Judah is my another take his office. Let his
9
lawgiver; Moab is my washpot; over children be fatherless, and his wife a
10
Edom will I cast out my shoe; over widow. Let his children be continually
10
Philistia will I triumph. Who will bring vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
me into the strong city? who will lead their bread also out of their desolate
11 11
me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, places. Let the extortioner catch all
who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, that he hath; and let the strangers
12 12
O God, go forth with our hosts? Give spoil his labour. Let there be none to
us help from trouble: for vain is the extend mercy unto him: neither let
13
help of man. Through God we shall there be any to favour his fatherless
13
do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread children. Let his posterity be cut off;
down our enemies. and in the generation following let their
14
name be blotted out. Let the iniquity
Psalms 109 of his fathers be remembered with the
LORD; and let not the sin of his mother
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
15
be blotted out. Let them be before
David.
the LORD continually, that he may cut
Hold not thy peace, O God of my
off the memory of them from the
2
praise; For the mouth of the wicked earth. 16
Because that he remembered
and the mouth of the deceitful are not to shew mercy, but persecuted the
opened against me: they have spoken poor and needy man, that he might
3
against me with a lying tongue. They even slay the broken in heart. 17
As he
compassed me about also with words loved cursing, so let it come unto him:
of hatred; and fought against me as he delighted not in blessing, so let it
4
without a cause. For my love they are be far from him. 18
As he clothed
my adversaries: but I give myself unto himself with cursing like as with his
5
prayer. And they have rewarded me garment, so let it come into his bowels
6
evil for good, and hatred for my love. like water, and like oil into his bones.
19
Let it be unto him as the garment Psalms 110
which covereth him, and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded continually. 20 A Psalm of David.

Let this be the reward of mine The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou
adversaries from the LORD, and of at my right hand, until I make thine
them that speak evil against my soul. enemies thy footstool. 2
The LORD shall
21
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, send the rod of thy strength out of
for thy name's sake: because thy Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine
22
mercy is good, deliver thou me. For I enemies. 3
Thy people shall be willing
am poor and needy, and my heart is in the day of thy power, in the beauties
23
wounded within me. I am gone like of holiness from the womb of the
the shadow when it declineth: I am morning: thou hast the dew of thy
24
tossed up and down as the locust. youth. 4
The LORD hath sworn, and will
My knees are weak through fasting; not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
25
and my flesh faileth of fatness. I after the order of Melchizedek. 5
The
became also a reproach unto them: Lord at thy right hand shall strike
when they looked upon me they through kings in the day of his wrath. 6

26
shaked their heads. Help me, O He shall judge among the heathen, he
LORD my God: O save me according to shall fill the places with the dead
27
thy mercy: That they may know that bodies; he shall wound the heads over
this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast many countries. 7
He shall drink of the
28
done it. Let them curse, but bless brook in the way: therefore shall he lift
thou: when they arise, let them be up the head.
29
ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with Psalms 111
shame, and let them cover themselves
with their own confusion, as with a Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the

mantle. 30
I will greatly praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the
LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise assembly of the upright, and in the
2
him among the multitude. 31
For he congregation. The works of the LORD
shall stand at the right hand of the are great, sought out of all them that
3
poor, to save him from those that have pleasure therein. His work is
condemn his soul. honourable and glorious: and his
 4 5
righteousness endureth for ever. He of compassion, and righteous. A good
hath made his wonderful works to be man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he
6
remembered: the LORD is gracious and will guide his affairs with discretion.
5
full of compassion. He hath given Surely he shall not be moved for ever:
meat unto them that fear him: he will the righteous shall be in everlasting
6 7
ever be mindful of his covenant. He remembrance. He shall not be afraid
hath shewed his people the power of of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,
8
his works, that he may give them the trusting in the LORD. His heart is
7
heritage of the heathen. The works of established, he shall not be afraid,
his hands are verity and judgment; all until he see his desire upon his
8 9
his commandments are sure. They enemies. He hath dispersed, he hath
stand fast for ever and ever, and are given to the poor; his righteousness
9
done in truth and uprightness. He endureth for ever; his horn shall be
10
sent redemption unto his people: he exalted with honour. The wicked
hath commanded his covenant for shall see it, and be grieved; he shall
10
ever: holy and reverend is his name. gnash with his teeth, and melt away:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning the desire of the wicked shall perish.
of wisdom: a good understanding have
all they that do his commandments: Psalms 113
his praise endureth for ever.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye
Psalms 112 servants of the LORD, praise the name
2
of the LORD. Blessed be the name of
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the the LORD from this time forth and for
3
man that feareth the LORD, that evermore. From the rising of the sun
delighteth greatly in his unto the going down of the same the
2 4
commandments. His seed shall be LORD'S name is to be praised. The
mighty upon earth: the generation of LORD is high above all nations, and his
3 5
the upright shall be blessed. Wealth glory above the heavens. Who is like
and riches shall be in his house: and unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth
4 6
his righteousness endureth for ever. on high, Who humbleth himself to
Unto the upright there ariseth light in behold the things that are in heaven,
7
the darkness: he is gracious, and full and in the earth! He raiseth up the
 3
poor out of the dust, and lifteth the Where is now their God? But our God
8
needy out of the dunghill; That he is in the heavens: he hath done
4
may set him with princes, even with whatsoever he hath pleased. Their
9
the princes of his people. He maketh idols are silver and gold, the work of
5
the barren woman to keep house, and men's hands. They have mouths, but
to be a joyful mother of children. they speak not: eyes have they, but
6
Praise ye the LORD. they see not: They have ears, but
they hear not: noses have they, but
Psalms 114 they smell not: 7
They have hands, but
they handle not: feet have they, but
When Israel went out of Egypt, the
they walk not: neither speak they
house of Jacob from a people of through their throat. 8
They that make
2
strange language; Judah was his them are like unto them; so is every
3
sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. one that trusteth in them. 9
O Israel,
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was trust thou in the LORD: he is their help
4
driven back. The mountains skipped and their shield. 10
O house of Aaron,
like rams, and the little hills like lambs. trust in the LORD: he is their help and
5
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that their shield. 11
Ye that fear the LORD,
thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou trust in the LORD: he is their help and
6
wast driven back? Ye mountains, that their shield. 12
The LORD hath been
ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, mindful of us: he will bless us; he will
7
like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at bless the house of Israel; he will bless
the presence of the Lord, at the the house of Aaron. 13
He will bless
8
presence of the God of Jacob; Which them that fear the LORD, both small
turned the rock into a standing water, and great. 14
The LORD shall increase
the flint into a fountain of waters. you more and more, you and your
15
children. Ye are blessed of the LORD
Psalms 115 16
which made heaven and earth. The
heaven, even the heavens, are the
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but
LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to
unto thy name give glory, for thy 17
the children of men. The dead praise
2
mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
not the LORD, neither any that go
Wherefore should the heathen say, 18
down into silence. But we will bless
the LORD from this time forth and for Precious in the sight of the LORD is the
16
evermore. Praise the LORD. death of his saints. O LORD, truly I
am thy servant; I am thy servant, and
Psalms 116 the son of thine handmaid: thou hast
17
loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee
I love the LORD, because he hath
the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will
2
heard my voice and my supplications. call upon the name of the LORD. 18
I
Because he hath inclined his ear unto will pay my vows unto the LORD now in
me, therefore will I call upon him as the presence of all his people, 19
In the
3
long as I live. The sorrows of death courts of the LORD'S house, in the
compassed me, and the pains of hell midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye
gat hold upon me: I found trouble and the LORD.
4
sorrow. Then called I upon the name
of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, Psalms 117
5
deliver my soul. Gracious is the
LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is O praise the LORD, all ye nations:
6 2
merciful. The LORD preserveth the praise him, all ye people. For his
simple: I was brought low, and he merciful kindness is great toward us:
7
helped me. Return unto thy rest, O and the truth of the LORD endureth for
my soul; for the LORD hath dealt ever. Praise ye the LORD.
8
bountifully with thee. For thou hast
delivered my soul from death, mine Psalms 118
eyes from tears, and my feet from
falling. 9
I will walk before the LORD in
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he

the land of the living. 10

I believed, is good: because his mercy endureth
2
therefore have I spoken: I was greatly for ever. Let Israel now say, that his
3
afflicted: 11
I said in my haste, All men mercy endureth for ever. Let the

are liars. 12
What shall I render unto house of Aaron now say, that his mercy
4
the LORD for all his benefits toward endureth for ever. Let them now that

me? 13
I will take the cup of salvation, fear the LORD say, that his mercy
5
and call upon the name of the LORD. 14 endureth for ever. I called upon the

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now LORD in distress: the LORD answered
6
in the presence of all his people. 15 me, and set me in a large place. The
LORD is on my side; I will not fear: the LORD, into which the righteous
7 21
what can man do unto me? The LORD shall enter. I will praise thee: for
taketh my part with them that help thou hast heard me, and art become
22
me: therefore shall I see my desire my salvation. The stone which the
8
upon them that hate me. It is better builders refused is become the head
23
to trust in the LORD than to put stone of the corner. This is the
9
confidence in man. It is better to LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our
24
trust in the LORD than to put eyes. This is the day which the LORD
10
confidence in princes. All nations hath made; we will rejoice and be glad
25
compassed me about: but in the name in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O
11
of the LORD will I destroy them. LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send
26
They compassed me about; yea, they now prosperity. Blessed be he that
compassed me about: but in the name cometh in the name of the LORD: we
12
of the LORD I will destroy them. have blessed you out of the house of
27
They compassed me about like bees; the LORD. God is the LORD, which
they are quenched as the fire of hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
thorns: for in the name of the LORD I with cords, even unto the horns of the
13 28
will destroy them. Thou hast thrust altar. Thou art my God, and I will
sore at me that I might fall: but the praise thee: thou art my God, I will
14 29
LORD helped me. The LORD is my exalt thee. O give thanks unto the
strength and song, and is become my LORD; for he is good: for his mercy
15
salvation. The voice of rejoicing and endureth for ever.
salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD Psalms 119
16
doeth valiantly. The right hand of the
ALEPH
LORD is exalted: the right hand of the
LORD doeth valiantly. 17
I shall not die, Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
2
but live, and declare the works of the who walk in the law of the LORD.
LORD. 18
The LORD hath chastened me Blessed are they that keep his
sore: but he hath not given me over testimonies, and that seek him with
3
unto death. 19
Open to me the gates of the whole heart. They also do no
4
righteousness: I will go into them, and iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou
I will praise the LORD: 20
This gate of hast commanded us to keep thy
 5
precepts diligently. O that my ways behold wondrous things out of thy law.
6 19
were directed to keep thy statutes! I am a stranger in the earth: hide
20
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I not thy commandments from me. My
have respect unto all thy soul breaketh for the longing that it
7 21
commandments. I will praise thee hath unto thy judgments at all times.
with uprightness of heart, when I shall Thou hast rebuked the proud that are
have learned thy righteous judgments. cursed, which do err from thy
8 22
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me commandments. Remove from me
not utterly. reproach and contempt; for I have kept
23
thy testimonies. Princes also did sit
BETH and speak against me: but thy servant
9 24
Wherewithal shall a young man did meditate in thy statutes. Thy
cleanse his way? by taking heed testimonies also are my delight and my
10
thereto according to thy word. With counsellors.
my whole heart have I sought thee: O
let me not wander from thy DALETH
11 25
commandments. Thy word have I hid My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
in mine heart, that I might not sin quicken thou me according to thy
12 26
against thee. Blessed art thou, O word. I have declared my ways, and
13
LORD: teach me thy statutes. With thou heardest me: teach me thy
27
my lips have I declared all the statutes. Make me to understand the
14
judgments of thy mouth. I have way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of
28
rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, thy wondrous works. My soul melteth
15
as much as in all riches. I will for heaviness: strengthen thou me
29
meditate in thy precepts, and have according unto thy word. Remove
16
respect unto thy ways. I will delight from me the way of lying: and grant
30
myself in thy statutes: I will not forget me thy law graciously. I have chosen
thy word. the way of truth: thy judgments have I
31
laid before me. I have stuck unto thy
GIMEL testimonies: O LORD, put me not to
17 32
Deal bountifully with thy servant, shame. I will run the way of thy
18
that I may live, and keep thy word. commandments, when thou shalt
Open thou mine eyes, that I may enlarge my heart.
 47
not be ashamed. And I will delight
HE myself in thy commandments, which I
33 48
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy have loved. My hands also will I lift
statutes; and I shall keep it unto the up unto thy commandments, which I
34
end. Give me understanding, and I have loved; and I will meditate in thy
shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe statutes.
35
it with my whole heart. Make me to
go in the path of thy commandments; ZAIN
36 49
for therein do I delight. Incline my Remember the word unto thy
heart unto thy testimonies, and not to servant, upon which thou hast caused
37 50
covetousness. Turn away mine eyes me to hope. This is my comfort in
from beholding vanity; and quicken my affliction: for thy word hath
38 51
thou me in thy way. Stablish thy quickened me. The proud have had
word unto thy servant, who is devoted me greatly in derision: yet have I not
39 52
to thy fear. Turn away my reproach declined from thy law. I remembered
which I fear: for thy judgments are thy judgments of old, O LORD; and
40 53
good. Behold, I have longed after thy have comforted myself. Horror hath
precepts: quicken me in thy taken hold upon me because of the
54
righteousness. wicked that forsake thy law. Thy
statutes have been my songs in the
55
VAU house of my pilgrimage. I have
41
Let thy mercies come also unto me, remembered thy name, O LORD, in the
56
O LORD, even thy salvation, according night, and have kept thy law. This I
42
to thy word. So shall I have had, because I kept thy precepts.
wherewith to answer him that
reproacheth me: for I trust in thy CHETH
43 57
word. And take not the word of truth Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have
58
utterly out of my mouth; for I have said that I would keep thy words. I
44
hoped in thy judgments. So shall I intreated thy favour with my whole
keep thy law continually for ever and heart: be merciful unto me according
45 59
ever. And I will walk at liberty: for I to thy word. I thought on my ways,
46
seek thy precepts. I will speak of thy and turned my feet unto thy
60
testimonies also before kings, and will testimonies. I made haste, and
 74
delayed not to keep thy that I may learn thy commandments.
61
commandments. The bands of the They that fear thee will be glad when
wicked have robbed me: but I have not they see me; because I have hoped in
62 75
forgotten thy law. At midnight I will thy word. I know, O LORD, that thy
rise to give thanks unto thee because judgments are right, and that thou in
63 76
of thy righteous judgments. I am a faithfulness hast afflicted me. Let, I
companion of all them that fear thee, pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for
64
and of them that keep thy precepts. my comfort, according to thy word
77
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy unto thy servant. Let thy tender
mercy: teach me thy statutes. mercies come unto me, that I may live:
78
for thy law is my delight. Let the
TETH proud be ashamed; for they dealt
65
Thou hast dealt well with thy perversely with me without a cause:
79
servant, O LORD, according unto thy but I will meditate in thy precepts.
66
word. Teach me good judgment and Let those that fear thee turn unto me,
knowledge: for I have believed thy and those that have known thy
67 80
commandments. Before I was testimonies. Let my heart be sound
afflicted I went astray: but now have I in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
68
kept thy word. Thou art good, and
69
doest good; teach me thy statutes. CAPH
81
The proud have forged a lie against My soul fainteth for thy salvation:
82
me: but I will keep thy precepts with but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail
70
my whole heart. Their heart is as fat for thy word, saying, When wilt thou
71 83
as grease; but I delight in thy law. It comfort me? For I am become like a
is good for me that I have been bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget
84
afflicted; that I might learn thy thy statutes. How many are the days
72
statutes. The law of thy mouth is of thy servant? when wilt thou execute
better unto me than thousands of gold judgment on them that persecute me?
85
and silver. The proud have digged pits for me,
86
which are not after thy law. All thy
JOD commandments are faithful: they
73
Thy hands have made me and persecute me wrongfully; help thou
87
fashioned me: give me understanding, me. They had almost consumed me
upon earth; but I forsook not thy ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
88 101
precepts. Quicken me after thy I have refrained my feet from every
lovingkindness; so shall I keep the evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102
testimony of thy mouth. I have not departed from thy
103
judgments: for thou hast taught me.
LAMED How sweet are thy words unto my
89
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my
90 104
in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto mouth! Through thy precepts I get
all generations: thou hast established understanding: therefore I hate every
91
the earth, and it abideth. They false way.
continue this day according to thine
92
ordinances: for all are thy servants. NUN
105
Unless thy law had been my delights, I Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
106
should then have perished in mine and a light unto my path. I have
93
affliction. I will never forget thy sworn, and I will perform it, that I will
107
precepts: for with them thou hast keep thy righteous judgments. I am
94
quickened me. I am thine, save me; afflicted very much: quicken me, O
95 108
for I have sought thy precepts. The LORD, according unto thy word.
wicked have waited for me to destroy Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill
me: but I will consider thy testimonies. offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and
96 109
I have seen an end of all perfection: teach me thy judgments. My soul is
but thy commandment is exceeding continually in my hand: yet do I not
110
broad. forget thy law. The wicked have laid
a snare for me: yet I erred not from
111
MEM thy precepts. Thy testimonies have I
97
O how love I thy law! it is my taken as an heritage for ever: for they
98 112
meditation all the day. Thou through are the rejoicing of my heart. I have
thy commandments hast made me inclined mine heart to perform thy
wiser than mine enemies: for they are statutes alway, even unto the end.
99
ever with me. I have more
understanding than all my teachers: SAMECH
113
for thy testimonies are my meditation. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do
100 114
I understand more than the I love. Thou art my hiding place and
 115
my shield: I hope in thy word. all thy precepts concerning all things
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will to be right; and I hate every false way.
keep the commandments of my God.
116
Uphold me according unto thy word, PE
129
that I may live: and let me not be Thy testimonies are wonderful:
117 130
ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me therefore doth my soul keep them.
up, and I shall be safe: and I will have The entrance of thy words giveth light;
respect unto thy statutes continually. it giveth understanding unto the
118 131
Thou hast trodden down all them simple. I opened my mouth, and
that err from thy statutes: for their panted: for I longed for thy
119 132
deceit is falsehood. Thou puttest commandments. Look thou upon
away all the wicked of the earth like me, and be merciful unto me, as thou
dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. usest to do unto those that love thy
120 133
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; name. Order my steps in thy word:
and I am afraid of thy judgments. and let not any iniquity have dominion
134
over me. Deliver me from the
oppression of man: so will I keep thy
135
precepts. Make thy face to shine
AIN upon thy servant; and teach me thy
121 136
I have done judgment and justice: statutes. Rivers of waters run down
122
leave me not to mine oppressors. Be mine eyes, because they keep not thy
surety for thy servant for good: let not law.
123
the proud oppress me. Mine eyes
fail for thy salvation, and for the word TZADDI
124 137
of thy righteousness. Deal with thy Righteous art thou, O LORD, and
138
servant according unto thy mercy, and upright are thy judgments. Thy
125
teach me thy statutes. I am thy testimonies that thou hast commanded
139
servant; give me understanding, that I are righteous and very faithful. My
126
may know thy testimonies. It is time zeal hath consumed me, because mine
140
for thee, LORD, to work: for they have enemies have forgotten thy words.
127
made void thy law. Therefore I love Thy word is very pure: therefore thy
141
thy commandments above gold; yea, servant loveth it. I am small and
128
above fine gold. Therefore I esteem despised: yet do not I forget thy
 142 155
precepts. Thy righteousness is an quicken me according to thy word.
everlasting righteousness, and thy law Salvation is far from the wicked: for
143 156
is the truth. Trouble and anguish they seek not thy statutes. Great
have taken hold on me: yet thy are thy tender mercies, O LORD:
144
commandments are my delights. quicken me according to thy
157
The righteousness of thy testimonies is judgments. Many are my
everlasting: give me understanding, persecutors and mine enemies; yet do
158
and I shall live. I not decline from thy testimonies. I
beheld the transgressors, and was
KOPH grieved; because they kept not thy
145 159
I cried with my whole heart; hear word. Consider how I love thy
me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. precepts: quicken me, O LORD,
146 160
I cried unto thee; save me, and I according to thy lovingkindness. Thy
147
shall keep thy testimonies. I word is true from the beginning: and
prevented the dawning of the morning, every one of thy righteous judgments
148
and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine endureth for ever.
eyes prevent the night watches, that I
149
might meditate in thy word. Hear SCHIN
161
my voice according unto thy Princes have persecuted me without
lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me a cause: but my heart standeth in awe
150 162
according to thy judgment. They of thy word. I rejoice at thy word,
163
draw nigh that follow after mischief: as one that findeth great spoil. I
151
they are far from thy law. Thou art hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I
164
near, O LORD; and all thy love. Seven times a day do I praise
152
commandments are truth. thee because of thy righteous
165
Concerning thy testimonies, I have judgments. Great peace have they
known of old that thou hast founded which love thy law: and nothing shall
166
them for ever. offend them. LORD, I have hoped
for thy salvation, and done thy
167
RESH commandments. My soul hath kept
153
Consider mine affliction, and deliver thy testimonies; and I love them
154 168
me: for I do not forget thy law. exceedingly. I have kept thy
Plead my cause, and deliver me:
 5
precepts and thy testimonies: for all juniper. Woe is me, that I sojourn in
my ways are before thee. Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of
6
Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with
7
TAU him that hateth peace. I am for
169
Let my cry come near before thee, peace: but when I speak, they are for
O LORD: give me understanding war.
170
according to thy word. Let my
supplication come before thee: deliver Psalms 121
171
me according to thy word. My lips
A Song of degrees.
shall utter praise, when thou hast
taught me thy statutes. 172
My tongue
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
2
shall speak of thy word: for all thy from whence cometh my help. My

commandments are righteousness. 173 help cometh from the LORD, which
3
Let thine hand help me; for I have made heaven and earth. He will not

chosen thy precepts. 174

I have longed suffer thy foot to be moved: he that
4
for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law keepeth thee will not slumber.

is my delight. 175
Let my soul live, and Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
5
it shall praise thee; and let thy neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD

judgments help me. 176

I have gone is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade
6
astray like a lost sheep; seek thy upon thy right hand. The sun shall

servant; for I do not forget thy not smite thee by day, nor the moon
7
commandments. by night. The LORD shall preserve
thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
Psalms 120 soul. 8
The LORD shall preserve thy
going out and thy coming in from this
A Song of degrees.
time forth, and even for evermore.
In my distress I cried unto the LORD,
and he heard me. 2
Deliver my soul, O Psalms 122
LORD, from lying lips, and from a
A Song of degrees of David.
3
deceitful tongue. What shall be given
unto thee? or what shall be done unto
I was glad when they said unto me,
2
thee, thou false tongue? 4
Sharp Let us go into the house of the LORD.

arrows of the mighty, with coals of Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O
 3
Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a Psalms 124
4
city that is compact together: Whither
the tribes go up, the tribes of the A Song of degrees of David.

LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to If it had not been the LORD who was
give thanks unto the name of the on our side, now may Israel say; 2
If it
5
LORD. For there are set thrones of had not been the LORD who was on our
judgment, the thrones of the house of side, when men rose up against us: 3

6
David. Pray for the peace of Then they had swallowed us up quick,
Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love when their wrath was kindled against
7
thee. Peace be within thy walls, and us: 4
Then the waters had
8
prosperity within thy palaces. For my overwhelmed us, the stream had gone
brethren and companions' sakes, I will over our soul: 5
Then the proud waters
9
now say, Peace be within thee. had gone over our soul. 6
Blessed be
Because of the house of the LORD our the LORD, who hath not given us as a
God I will seek thy good. prey to their teeth. 7
Our soul is
escaped as a bird out of the snare of
Psalms 123
the fowlers: the snare is broken, and
8
we are escaped. Our help is in the
A Song of degrees.
name of the LORD, who made heaven
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou
and earth.
2
that dwellest in the heavens. Behold,
as the eyes of servants look unto the Psalms 125
hand of their masters, and as the eyes
of a maiden unto the hand of her A Song of degrees.

mistress; so our eyes wait upon the They that trust in the LORD shall be as
LORD our God, until that he have mount Zion, which cannot be removed,
3
mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, but abideth for ever. 2
As the
O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we mountains are round about Jerusalem,
4
are exceedingly filled with contempt. so the LORD is round about his people
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the from henceforth even for ever. 3
For
scorning of those that are at ease, and the rod of the wicked shall not rest
with the contempt of the proud. upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto
 4 2
iniquity. Do good, O LORD, unto waketh but in vain. It is vain for you
those that be good, and to them that to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat
5
are upright in their hearts. As for the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth
3
such as turn aside unto their crooked his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an
ways, the LORD shall lead them forth heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
4
with the workers of iniquity: but peace the womb is his reward. As arrows
shall be upon Israel. are in the hand of a mighty man; so
5
are children of the youth. Happy is
Psalms 126 the man that hath his quiver full of
them: they shall not be ashamed, but
A Song of degrees.
they shall speak with the enemies in
When the LORD turned again the
the gate.
captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream. 2
Then was our mouth Psalms 128
filled with laughter, and our tongue
A Song of degrees.
with singing: then said they among the
heathen, The LORD hath done great Blessed is every one that feareth the
3 2
things for them. The LORD hath done LORD; that walketh in his ways. For
great things for us; whereof we are thou shalt eat the labour of thine
4
glad. Turn again our captivity, O hands: happy shalt thou be, and it
5 3
LORD, as the streams in the south. shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall
They that sow in tears shall reap in be as a fruitful vine by the sides of
6
joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, thine house: thy children like olive
4
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless plants round about thy table. Behold,
come again with rejoicing, bringing his that thus shall the man be blessed that
5
sheaves with him. feareth the LORD. The LORD shall
bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt
Psalms 127 see the good of Jerusalem all the days
6
of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy
A Song of degrees for Solomon.
children's children, and peace upon
Except the LORD build the house, they
Israel.
labour in vain that build it: except the
LORD keep the city, the watchman
 6
Psalms 129 wait, and in his word do I hope. My
soul waiteth for the Lord more than
A Song of degrees. they that watch for the morning: I say,
Many a time have they afflicted me more than they that watch for the
7
from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 morning. Let Israel hope in the LORD:

Many a time have they afflicted me for with the LORD there is mercy, and
8
from my youth: yet they have not with him is plenteous redemption.

prevailed against me. 3

The plowers And he shall redeem Israel from all his

plowed upon my back: they made long iniquities.

4
their furrows. The LORD is righteous:
Psalms 131
he hath cut asunder the cords of the
5
wicked. Let them all be confounded
A Song of degrees of David.
6
and turned back that hate Zion. Let
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor
them be as the grass upon the
mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise
housetops, which withereth afore it
7 myself in great matters, or in things
groweth up: Wherewith the mower
2
too high for me. Surely I have
filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth
8 behaved and quieted myself, as a child
sheaves his bosom. Neither do they
that is weaned of his mother: my soul
which go by say, The blessing of the
3
is even as a weaned child. Let Israel
LORD be upon you: we bless you in the
hope in the LORD from henceforth and
name of the LORD.
for ever.
Psalms 130
Psalms 132
A Song of degrees.
A Song of degrees.
Out of the depths have I cried unto
2
LORD, remember David, and all his
thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice:
2
afflictions: How he sware unto the
let thine ears be attentive to the voice
3 LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God
of my supplications. If thou, LORD,
3
of Jacob; Surely I will not come into
shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who
4 the tabernacle of my house, nor go up
shall stand? But there is forgiveness
4
into my bed; I will not give sleep to
with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth
5
Until I find out a place for the LORD, Psalms 133
an habitation for the mighty God of
Jacob. 6
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: A Song of degrees of David.

we found it in the fields of the wood. 7

Behold, how good and how pleasant it
We will go into his tabernacles: we will is for brethren to dwell together in
8
worship at his footstool. Arise, O unity! 2
It is like the precious ointment
LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark upon the head, that ran down upon the
9
of thy strength. Let thy priests be beard, even Aaron's beard: that went
clothed with righteousness; and let thy down to the skirts of his garments; 3

10
saints shout for joy. For thy servant As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew
David's sake turn not away the face of that descended upon the mountains of
11
thine anointed. The LORD hath sworn Zion: for there the LORD commanded
in truth unto David; he will not turn the blessing, even life for evermore.
from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I
set upon thy throne. 12
If thy children Psalms 134
will keep my covenant and my
A Song of degrees.
testimony that I shall teach them, their
children shall also sit upon thy throne Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye

for evermore. 13
For the LORD hath servants of the LORD, which by night
2
chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his stand in the house of the LORD. Lift
habitation. 14
This is my rest for ever: up your hands in the sanctuary, and
3
here will I dwell; for I have desired it. bless the LORD. The LORD that made
15
I will abundantly bless her provision: heaven and earth bless thee out of
I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16
I Zion.
will also clothe her priests with
Psalms 135
salvation: and her saints shall shout
17
aloud for joy. There will I make the
horn of David to bud: I have ordained
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the

18 name of the LORD; praise him, O ye

a lamp for mine anointed. His
2
servants of the LORD. Ye that stand
enemies will I clothe with shame: but
in the house of the LORD, in the courts
upon himself shall his crown flourish.
3
of the house of our God, Praise the
LORD; for the LORD is good: sing
praises unto his name; for it is They that make them are like unto
4
pleasant. For the LORD hath chosen them: so is every one that trusteth in
19
Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his them. Bless the LORD, O house of
5
peculiar treasure. For I know that the Israel: bless the LORD, O house of
20
LORD is great, and that our Lord is Aaron: Bless the LORD, O house of
6
above all gods. Whatsoever the LORD Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the
21
pleased, that did he in heaven, and in LORD. Blessed be the LORD out of
earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
7
He causeth the vapours to ascend Praise ye the LORD.
from the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the Psalms 136
8
wind out of his treasuries. Who smote
the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he

beast. 9
Who sent tokens and wonders is good: for his mercy endureth for
2
into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon ever. O give thanks unto the God of

Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 10 gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3
Who smote great nations, and slew O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for
4
mighty kings; 11
Sihon king of the his mercy endureth for ever. To him

Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and who alone doeth great wonders: for his
5
all the kingdoms of Canaan: 12
And mercy endureth for ever. To him that

gave their land for an heritage, an by wisdom made the heavens: for his
6
heritage unto Israel his people. 13
Thy mercy endureth for ever. To him that

name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and stretched out the earth above the

thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all waters: for his mercy endureth for
7
generations. 14
For the LORD will judge ever. To him that made great lights:
8
his people, and he will repent himself for his mercy endureth for ever: The

concerning his servants. 15

The idols of sun to rule by day: for his mercy
9
the heathen are silver and gold, the endureth for ever: The moon and

work of men's hands. 16

They have stars to rule by night: for his mercy
10
mouths, but they speak not; eyes have endureth for ever. To him that smote

they, but they see not; 17

They have Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy
11
ears, but they hear not; neither is endureth for ever: And brought out

there any breath in their mouths. 18 Israel from among them: for his mercy
 12
endureth for ever: With a strong Psalms 137
hand, and with a stretched out arm:
for his mercy endureth for ever. 13
To By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat
him which divided the Red sea into down, yea, we wept, when we
parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: remembered Zion. 2
We hanged our
14
And made Israel to pass through the harps upon the willows in the midst
midst of it: for his mercy endureth for thereof. 3
For there they that carried us
15
ever: But overthrew Pharaoh and his away captive required of us a song;
host in the Red sea: for his mercy and they that wasted us required of us
16
endureth for ever. To him which led mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs
his people through the wilderness: for of Zion. 4
How shall we sing the LORD'S
17
his mercy endureth for ever. To him song in a strange land? 5
If I forget
which smote great kings: for his mercy thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand
18
endureth for ever: And slew famous forget her cunning. 6
If I do not
kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: remember thee, let my tongue cleave
19
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not
20
mercy endureth for ever: And Og the Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7

king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth Remember, O LORD, the children of
21
for ever: And gave their land for an Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who
heritage: for his mercy endureth for said, Rase it, rase it, even to the
22
ever: Even an heritage unto Israel foundation thereof. 8
O daughter of
his servant: for his mercy endureth for Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
23
ever. Who remembered us in our low happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
estate: for his mercy endureth for as thou hast served us. 9
Happy shall
24
ever: And hath redeemed us from he be, that taketh and dasheth thy
our enemies: for his mercy endureth little ones against the stones.
25
for ever. Who giveth food to all
flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalms 138
26
O give thanks unto the God of
A Psalm of David.
heaven: for his mercy endureth for
ever. I will praise thee with my whole heart:
before the gods will I sing praise unto
2
thee. I will worship toward thy holy
 4
temple, and praise thy name for thy ways. For there is not a word in my
lovingkindness and for thy truth: for tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
5
thou hast magnified thy word above all it altogether. Thou hast beset me
3
thy name. In the day when I cried behind and before, and laid thine hand
6
thou answeredst me, and upon me. Such knowledge is too
strengthenedst me with strength in my wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot
4 7
soul. All the kings of the earth shall attain unto it. Whither shall I go from
praise thee, O LORD, when they hear thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from
5 8
the words of thy mouth. Yea, they thy presence? If I ascend up into
shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for heaven, thou art there: if I make my
6 9
great is the glory of the LORD. bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he I take the wings of the morning, and
respect unto the lowly: but the proud dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
7 10
he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in Even there shall thy hand lead me,
11
the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive and thy right hand shall hold me. If I
me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand say, Surely the darkness shall cover
against the wrath of mine enemies, me; even the night shall be light about
8 12
and thy right hand shall save me. The me. Yea, the darkness hideth not
LORD will perfect that which from thee; but the night shineth as the
concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, day: the darkness and the light are
13
endureth for ever: forsake not the both alike to thee. For thou hast
works of thine own hands. possessed my reins: thou hast covered
14
me in my mother's womb. I will
Psalms 139 praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvellous are thy
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
works; and that my soul knoweth right
David.
15
well. My substance was not hid from
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and
thee, when I was made in secret, and
2
known me. Thou knowest my curiously wrought in the lowest parts of
downsitting and mine uprising, thou the earth. 16
Thine eyes did see my
3
understandest my thought afar off. substance, yet being unperfect; and in
Thou compassest my path and my lying thy book all my members were written,
down, and art acquainted with all my which in continuance were fashioned,
 17
when as yet there was none of them. hands of the wicked; preserve me from
How precious also are thy thoughts the violent man; who have purposed to
5
unto me, O God! how great is the sum overthrow my goings. The proud have
18
of them! If I should count them, they hid a snare for me, and cords; they
are more in number than the sand: have spread a net by the wayside; they
19 6
when I awake, I am still with thee. have set gins for me. Selah. I said
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear
God: depart from me therefore, ye the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
20 7
bloody men. For they speak against O GOD the Lord, the strength of my
thee wickedly, and thine enemies take salvation, thou hast covered my head
21 8
thy name in vain. Do not I hate in the day of battle. Grant not, O
them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am LORD, the desires of the wicked:
not I grieved with those that rise up further not his wicked device; lest they
22 9
against thee? I hate them with exalt themselves. Selah. As for the
perfect hatred: I count them mine head of those that compass me about,
23
enemies. Search me, O God, and let the mischief of their own lips cover
10
know my heart: try me, and know my them. Let burning coals fall upon
24
thoughts: And see if there be any them: let them be cast into the fire;
wicked way in me, and lead me in the into deep pits, that they rise not up
11
way everlasting. again. Let not an evil speaker be
established in the earth: evil shall hunt
Psalms 140 the violent man to overthrow him. 12
I
know that the LORD will maintain the
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
cause of the afflicted, and the right of
David.
13
the poor. Surely the righteous shall
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil
give thanks unto thy name: the upright
man: preserve me from the violent shall dwell in thy presence.
2
man; Which imagine mischiefs in
their heart; continually are they Psalms 141
3
gathered together for war. They have
A Psalm of David.
sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
adders' poison is under their lips. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste
4
Selah. Keep me, O LORD, from the unto me; give ear unto my voice, when
 2 2
I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set make my supplication. I poured out
forth before thee as incense; and the my complaint before him; I shewed
3
lifting up of my hands as the evening before him my trouble. When my
3
sacrifice. Set a watch, O LORD, spirit was overwhelmed within me,
before my mouth; keep the door of my then thou knewest my path. In the way
4
lips. Incline not my heart to any evil wherein I walked have they privily laid
4
thing, to practise wicked works with a snare for me. I looked on my right
men that work iniquity: and let me not hand, and beheld, but there was no
5
eat of their dainties. Let the righteous man that would know me: refuge failed
5
smite me; it shall be a kindness: and me; no man cared for my soul. I cried
let him reprove me; it shall be an unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
excellent oil, which shall not break my refuge and my portion in the land of
6
head: for yet my prayer also shall be in the living. Attend unto my cry; for I
6
their calamities. When their judges am brought very low: deliver me from
are overthrown in stony places, they my persecutors; for they are stronger
7
shall hear my words; for they are than I. Bring my soul out of prison,
7
sweet. Our bones are scattered at the that I may praise thy name: the
grave's mouth, as when one cutteth righteous shall compass me about; for
8
and cleaveth wood upon the earth. thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD
the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not Psalms 143
9
my soul destitute. Keep me from the
A Psalm of David.
snares which they have laid for me,
and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to
10
Let the wicked fall into their own my supplications: in thy faithfulness
2
nets, whilst that I withal escape. answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy
Psalms 142 servant: for in thy sight shall no man
3
living be justified. For the enemy
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he
hath persecuted my soul; he hath
was in the cave.
smitten my life down to the ground; he
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; hath made me to dwell in darkness, as
4
with my voice unto the LORD did I those that have been long dead.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed my fortress; my high tower, and my
within me; my heart within me is deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I
5
desolate. I remember the days of old; trust; who subdueth my people under
3
I meditate on all thy works; I muse on me. LORD, what is man, that thou
6
the work of thy hands. I stretch forth takest knowledge of him! or the son of
my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth man, that thou makest account of him!
7 4
after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Man is like to vanity: his days are as
5
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit a shadow that passeth away. Bow thy
faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest heavens, O LORD, and come down:
I be like unto them that go down into touch the mountains, and they shall
8 6
the pit. Cause me to hear thy smoke. Cast forth lightning, and
lovingkindness in the morning; for in scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,
7
thee do I trust: cause me to know the and destroy them. Send thine hand
way wherein I should walk; for I lift up from above; rid me, and deliver me out
9
my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O of great waters, from the hand of
8
LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto strange children; Whose mouth
10
thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy speaketh vanity, and their right hand
9
will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is is a right hand of falsehood. I will
good; lead me into the land of sing a new song unto thee, O God:
11
uprightness. Quicken me, O LORD, upon a psaltery and an instrument of
for thy name's sake: for thy ten strings will I sing praises unto
10
righteousness' sake bring my soul out thee. It is he that giveth salvation
12
of trouble. And of thy mercy cut off unto kings: who delivereth David his
11
mine enemies, and destroy all them servant from the hurtful sword. Rid
that afflict my soul: for I am thy me, and deliver me from the hand of
servant. strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanity, and their right hand
Psalms 144 is a right hand of falsehood: 12
That our
sons may be as plants grown up in
A Psalm of David.
their youth; that our daughters may be
Blessed be the LORD my strength,
as corner stones, polished after the
which teacheth my hands to war, and similitude of a palace: 13
That our
2
my fingers to fight: My goodness, and garners may be full, affording all
 10
manner of store: that our sheep may works. All thy works shall praise
bring forth thousands and ten thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall
14 11
thousands in our streets: That our bless thee. They shall speak of the
oxen may be strong to labour; that glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
12
there be no breaking in, nor going out; power; To make known to the sons
that there be no complaining in our of men his mighty acts, and the
15 13
streets. Happy is that people, that is glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy
in such a case: yea, happy is that kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
people, whose God is the LORD. and thy dominion endureth throughout
14
all generations. The LORD upholdeth
Psalms 145 all that fall, and raiseth up all those
15
that be bowed down. The eyes of all
David's Psalm of praise.
wait upon thee; and thou givest them
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and
their meat in due season. 16
Thou
I will bless thy name for ever and ever. openest thine hand, and satisfiest the
2
Every day will I bless thee; and I will desire of every living thing. 17
The
3
praise thy name for ever and ever. LORD is righteous in all his ways, and
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be holy in all his works. 18
The LORD is
praised; and his greatness is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
4
unsearchable. One generation shall to all that call upon him in truth. 19
He
praise thy works to another, and shall will fulfil the desire of them that fear
5
declare thy mighty acts. I will speak him: he also will hear their cry, and
of the glorious honour of thy majesty, will save them. 20
The LORD preserveth
6
and of thy wondrous works. And men all them that love him: but all the
shall speak of the might of thy terrible wicked will he destroy. 21
My mouth
7
acts: and I will declare thy greatness. shall speak the praise of the LORD:
They shall abundantly utter the and let all flesh bless his holy name for
memory of thy great goodness, and ever and ever.
8
shall sing of thy righteousness. The
LORD is gracious, and full of Psalms 146
compassion; slow to anger, and of
great mercy. 9
The LORD is good to all: Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD,
2
and his tender mercies are over all his O my soul. While I live will I praise
 4
the LORD: I will sing praises unto my heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
3
God while I have any being. Put not He telleth the number of the stars; he
5
your trust in princes, nor in the son of calleth them all by their names. Great
4
man, in whom there is no help. His is our Lord, and of great power: his
6
breath goeth forth, he returneth to his understanding is infinite. The LORD
earth; in that very day his thoughts lifteth up the meek: he casteth the
5 7
perish. Happy is he that hath the God wicked down to the ground. Sing unto
of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD with thanksgiving; sing
6 8
the LORD his God: Which made praise upon the harp unto our God:
heaven, and earth, the sea, and all Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
that therein is: which keepeth truth for who prepareth rain for the earth, who
7
ever: Which executeth judgment for maketh grass to grow upon the
9
the oppressed: which giveth food to mountains. He giveth to the beast his
the hungry. The LORD looseth the food, and to the young ravens which
8 10
prisoners: The LORD openeth the cry. He delighteth not in the strength
eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in
11
them that are bowed down: the LORD the legs of a man. The LORD taketh
9
loveth the righteous: The LORD pleasure in them that fear him, in
12
preserveth the strangers; he relieveth those that hope in his mercy. Praise
the fatherless and widow: but the way the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy
13
of the wicked he turneth upside down. God, O Zion. For he hath
10
The LORD shall reign for ever, even strengthened the bars of thy gates; he
thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. hath blessed thy children within thee.
14
Praise ye the LORD. He maketh peace in thy borders, and
filleth thee with the finest of the
Psalms 147 wheat. 15
He sendeth forth his
commandment upon earth: his word
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to
runneth very swiftly. 16
He giveth snow
sing praises unto our God; for it is like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost
2
pleasant; and praise is comely. The like ashes. 17
He casteth forth his ice
LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he like morsels: who can stand before his
gathereth together the outcasts of cold? 18
He sendeth out his word, and
3
Israel. He healeth the broken in melteth them: he causeth his wind to
 19
blow, and the waters flow. He alone is excellent; his glory is above
14
sheweth his word unto Jacob, his the earth and heaven. He also
statutes and his judgments unto Israel. exalteth the horn of his people, the
20
He hath not dealt so with any nation: praise of all his saints; even of the
and as for his judgments, they have children of Israel, a people near unto
not known them. Praise ye the LORD. him. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 148 Psalms 149

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the
LORD from the heavens: praise him in LORD a new song, and his praise in the
2 2
the heights. Praise ye him, all his congregation of saints. Let Israel
3
angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. rejoice in him that made him: let the
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise children of Zion be joyful in their King.
4 3
him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, Let them praise his name in the
ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters dance: let them sing praises unto him
5 4
that be above the heavens. Let them with the timbrel and harp. For the
praise the name of the LORD: for he LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he
6 5
commanded, and they were created. will beautify the meek with salvation.
He hath also stablished them for ever Let the saints be joyful in glory: let
6
and ever: he hath made a decree which them sing aloud upon their beds. Let
7
shall not pass. Praise the LORD from the high praises of God be in their
8
the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: mouth, and a twoedged sword in their
7
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; hand; To execute vengeance upon the
9
stormy wind fulfilling his word: heathen, and punishments upon the
8
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, people; To bind their kings with
10
and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; chains, and their nobles with fetters of
11 9
creeping things, and flying fowl: iron; To execute upon them the
Kings of the earth, and all people; judgment written: this honour have all
12
princes, and all judges of the earth: his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Both young men, and maidens; old
13
men, and children: Let them praise
the name of the LORD: for his name
 4
Psalms 150 him with the psaltery and harp. Praise
him with the timbrel and dance: praise
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his him with stringed instruments and
5
sanctuary: praise him in the firmament organs. Praise him upon the loud

of his power. 2
Praise him for his cymbals: praise him upon the high
6
mighty acts: praise him according to sounding cymbals. Let every thing

his excellent greatness. 3

Praise him that hath breath praise the LORD.

with the sound of the trumpet: praise Praise ye the LORD.

THE

PROVERBS

13
Proverbs 1 down into the pit: We shall find all
precious substance, we shall fill our
The proverbs of Solomon the son of houses with spoil: 14
Cast in thy lot
15
David, king of Israel; 2
To know among us; let us all have one purse:

wisdom and instruction; to perceive My son, walk not thou in the way with

the words of understanding; 3

To them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16
receive the instruction of wisdom, For their feet run to evil, and make
17
justice, and judgment, and equity; 4
To haste to shed blood. Surely in vain

give subtilty to the simple, to the the net is spread in the sight of any
18
young man knowledge and discretion. 5 bird. And they lay wait for their own

A wise man will hear, and will increase blood; they lurk privily for their own
19
learning; and a man of understanding lives. So are the ways of every one

shall attain unto wise counsels: 6

To that is greedy of gain; which taketh
20
understand a proverb, and the away the life of the owners thereof.

interpretation; the words of the wise, Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth
21
and their dark sayings. 7
The fear of her voice in the streets: She crieth in

the LORD is the beginning of the chief place of concourse, in the

knowledge: but fools despise wisdom openings of the gates: in the city she
22
and instruction. 8
My son, hear the uttereth her words, saying, How

instruction of thy father, and forsake long, ye simple ones, will ye love

not the law of thy mother: 9

For they simplicity? and the scorners delight in

shall be an ornament of grace unto thy their scorning, and fools hate
23
head, and chains about thy neck. 10
My knowledge? Turn you at my reproof:

son, if sinners entice thee, consent behold, I will pour out my spirit unto

thou not. 11
If they say, Come with us, you, I will make known my words unto
24
let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk you. Because I have called, and ye

privily for the innocent without cause: refused; I have stretched out my hand,
25
12
Let us swallow them up alive as the and no man regarded; But ye have

grave; and whole, as those that go set at nought all my counsel, and
 26
would none of my reproof: I also will thou understand the fear of the LORD,
6
laugh at your calamity; I will mock and find the knowledge of God. For
27
when your fear cometh; When your the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his
fear cometh as desolation, and your mouth cometh knowledge and
7
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; understanding. He layeth up sound
when distress and anguish cometh wisdom for the righteous: he is a
28 8
upon you. Then shall they call upon buckler to them that walk uprightly.
me, but I will not answer; they shall He keepeth the paths of judgment, and
9
seek me early, but they shall not find preserveth the way of his saints.
29
me: For that they hated knowledge, Then shalt thou understand
and did not choose the fear of the righteousness, and judgment, and
30 10
LORD: They would none of my equity; yea, every good path. When
counsel: they despised all my reproof. wisdom entereth into thine heart, and
31 11
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
of their own way, and be filled with Discretion shall preserve thee,
32 12
their own devices. For the turning understanding shall keep thee: To
away of the simple shall slay them, and deliver thee from the way of the evil
the prosperity of fools shall destroy man, from the man that speaketh
33 13
them. But whoso hearkeneth unto froward things; Who leave the paths
me shall dwell safely, and shall be of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
14
quiet from fear of evil. darkness; Who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the frowardness of the
Proverbs 2 wicked; 15
Whose ways are crooked,
16
and they froward in their paths: To
My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
deliver thee from the strange woman,
and hide my commandments with thee; even from the stranger which flattereth
2
So that thou incline thine ear unto with her words; 17
Which forsaketh the
wisdom, and apply thine heart to guide of her youth, and forgetteth the
3
understanding; Yea, if thou criest covenant of her God. 18
For her house
after knowledge, and liftest up thy inclineth unto death, and her paths
4
voice for understanding; If thou unto the dead. 19
None that go unto her
seekest her as silver, and searchest for return again, neither take they hold of
5
her as for hid treasures; Then shalt the paths of life. 20
That thou mayest
walk in the way of good men, and keep For whom the LORD loveth he
21
the paths of the righteous. For the correcteth; even as a father the son in
13
upright shall dwell in the land, and the whom he delighteth. Happy is the
22
perfect shall remain in it. But the man that findeth wisdom, and the man
14
wicked shall be cut off from the earth, that getteth understanding. For the
and the transgressors shall be rooted merchandise of it is better than the
out of it. merchandise of silver, and the gain
15
thereof than fine gold. She is more
Proverbs 3 precious than rubies: and all the things
thou canst desire are not to be
My son, forget not my law; but let
compared unto her. 16
Length of days
2
thine heart keep my commandments: is in her right hand; and in her left
For length of days, and long life, and hand riches and honour. 17
Her ways
3
peace, shall they add to thee. Let not are ways of pleasantness, and all her
mercy and truth forsake thee: bind paths are peace. 18
She is a tree of life
them about thy neck; write them upon to them that lay hold upon her: and
4
the table of thine heart: So shalt thou happy is every one that retaineth her.
find favour and good understanding in 19
The LORD by wisdom hath founded
5
the sight of God and man. Trust in the earth; by understanding hath he
the LORD with all thine heart; and lean established the heavens. 20
By his
6
not unto thine own understanding. In knowledge the depths are broken up,
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he and the clouds drop down the dew. 21

7
shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in My son, let not them depart from thine
thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and eyes: keep sound wisdom and
8
depart from evil. It shall be health to discretion: 22
So shall they be life unto
9
thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23
Then
Honour the LORD with thy substance, shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and
and with the firstfruits of all thine thy foot shall not stumble. 24
When
10
increase: So shall thy barns be filled thou liest down, thou shalt not be
with plenty, and thy presses shall burst afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and
11
out with new wine. My son, despise thy sleep shall be sweet. 25
Be not
not the chastening of the LORD; afraid of sudden fear, neither of the
12
neither be weary of his correction: desolation of the wicked, when it
 26
cometh. For the LORD shall be thy thine heart retain my words: keep my
5
confidence, and shall keep thy foot commandments, and live. Get
27
from being taken. Withhold not good wisdom, get understanding: forget it
from them to whom it is due, when it is not; neither decline from the words of
28 6
in the power of thine hand to do it. my mouth. Forsake her not, and she
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and shall preserve thee: love her, and she
7
come again, and to morrow I will give; shall keep thee. Wisdom is the
29
when thou hast it by thee. Devise principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
not evil against thy neighbour, seeing and with all thy getting get
30 8
he dwelleth securely by thee. Strive understanding. Exalt her, and she
not with a man without cause, if he shall promote thee: she shall bring
31
have done thee no harm. Envy thou thee to honour, when thou dost
9
not the oppressor, and choose none of embrace her. She shall give to thine
32
his ways. For the froward is head an ornament of grace: a crown of
10
abomination to the LORD: but his glory shall she deliver to thee. Hear,
33
secret is with the righteous. The O my son, and receive my sayings; and
11
curse of the LORD is in the house of the years of thy life shall be many. I
the wicked: but he blesseth the have taught thee in the way of
34
habitation of the just. Surely he wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12
scorneth the scorners: but he giveth When thou goest, thy steps shall not
35
grace unto the lowly. The wise shall be straitened; and when thou runnest,
13
inherit glory: but shame shall be the thou shalt not stumble. Take fast
promotion of fools. hold of instruction; let her not go: keep
14
her; for she is thy life. Enter not into
Proverbs 4 the path of the wicked, and go not in
15
the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a
not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
father, and attend to know 16
For they sleep not, except they have
2
understanding. For I give you good done mischief; and their sleep is taken
3
doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I away, unless they cause some to fall. 17

was my father's son, tender and only For they eat the bread of wickedness,
4
beloved in the sight of my mother. He and drink the wine of violence. 18
But
taught me also, and said unto me, Let the path of the just is as the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of
19
the perfect day. The way of the life, her ways are moveable, that thou
7
wicked is as darkness: they know not canst not know them. Hear me now
20
at what they stumble. My son, attend therefore, O ye children, and depart
8
to my words; incline thine ear unto my not from the words of my mouth.
21
sayings. Let them not depart from Remove thy way far from her, and
9
thine eyes; keep them in the midst of come not nigh the door of her house:
22
thine heart. For they are life unto Lest thou give thine honour unto
10
those that find them, and health to all others, and thy years unto the cruel:
23
their flesh. Keep thy heart with all Lest strangers be filled with thy
diligence; for out of it are the issues of wealth; and thy labours be in the
24 11
life. Put away from thee a froward house of a stranger; And thou mourn
mouth, and perverse lips put far from at the last, when thy flesh and thy
25 12
thee. Let thine eyes look right on, body are consumed, And say, How
and let thine eyelids look straight have I hated instruction, and my heart
26 13
before thee. Ponder the path of thy despised reproof; And have not
feet, and let all thy ways be obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
27
established. Turn not to the right inclined mine ear to them that
14
hand nor to the left: remove thy foot instructed me! I was almost in all
from evil. evil in the midst of the congregation
15
and assembly. Drink waters out of
Proverbs 5 thine own cistern, and running waters
16
out of thine own well. Let thy
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and
fountains be dispersed abroad, and
2
bow thine ear to my understanding: rivers of waters in the streets. 17
Let
That thou mayest regard discretion, them be only thine own, and not
and that thy lips may keep knowledge. strangers' with thee. 18
Let thy fountain
3
For the lips of a strange woman drop be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of
as an honeycomb, and her mouth is thy youth. 19
Let her be as the loving
4
smoother than oil: But her end is hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts
bitter as wormwood, sharp as a satisfy thee at all times; and be thou
5
twoedged sword. Her feet go down to ravished always with her love. 20
And
6
death; her steps take hold on hell. why wilt thou, my son, be ravished
with a strange woman, and embrace sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of
21 11
the bosom of a stranger? For the the hands to sleep: So shall thy
ways of man are before the eyes of the poverty come as one that travelleth,
12
LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. and thy want as an armed man. A
22
His own iniquities shall take the naughty person, a wicked man,
13
wicked himself, and he shall be holden walketh with a froward mouth. He
23
with the cords of his sins. He shall winketh with his eyes, he speaketh
die without instruction; and in the with his feet, he teacheth with his
14
greatness of his folly he shall go fingers; Frowardness is in his heart,
astray. he deviseth mischief continually; he
15
soweth discord. Therefore shall his
Proverbs 6 calamity come suddenly; suddenly
16
shall he be broken without remedy.
My son, if thou be surety for thy
These six things doth the LORD hate:
friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand yea, seven are an abomination unto
2
with a stranger, Thou art snared with him: 17
A proud look, a lying tongue,
the words of thy mouth, thou art taken and hands that shed innocent blood, 18

3
with the words of thy mouth. Do this An heart that deviseth wicked
now, my son, deliver thyself, when imaginations, feet that be swift in
thou art come into the hand of thy running to mischief, 19
A false witness
friend; go, humble thyself, and make that speaketh lies, and he that soweth
4
sure thy friend. Give not sleep to discord among brethren. 20
My son,
thine eyes, nor slumber to thine keep thy father's commandment, and
5
eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from forsake not the law of thy mother: 21

the hand of the hunter, and as a bird Bind them continually upon thine
6
from the hand of the fowler. Go to heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22

the ant, thou sluggard; consider her When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
7
ways, and be wise: Which having no when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
8
guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth and when thou awakest, it shall talk
her meat in the summer, and gathereth with thee. 23
For the commandment is a
9
her food in the harvest. How long wilt lamp; and the law is light; and
thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou reproofs of instruction are the way of
10
arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little life: 24
To keep thee from the evil
woman, from the flattery of the tongue my commandments, and live; and my
25 3
of a strange woman. Lust not after law as the apple of thine eye. Bind
her beauty in thine heart; neither let them upon thy fingers, write them
26 4
her take thee with her eyelids. For upon the table of thine heart. Say
by means of a whorish woman a man unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and
5
is brought to a piece of bread: and the call understanding thy kinswoman:
adulteress will hunt for the precious That they may keep thee from the
27
life. Can a man take fire in his strange woman, from the stranger
6
bosom, and his clothes not be burned? which flattereth with her words. For
28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his at the window of my house I looked
29 7
feet not be burned? So he that goeth through my casement, And beheld
in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever among the simple ones, I discerned
30
toucheth her shall not be innocent. among the youths, a young man void
8
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal of understanding, Passing through the
31
to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; street near her corner; and he went
9
But if he be found, he shall restore the way to her house, In the twilight,
sevenfold; he shall give all the in the evening, in the black and dark
32 10
substance of his house. But whoso night: And, behold, there met him a
committeth adultery with a woman woman with the attire of an harlot, and
11
lacketh understanding: he that doeth it subtil of heart. (She is loud and
33
destroyeth his own soul. A wound stubborn; her feet abide not in her
12
and dishonour shall he get; and his house: Now is she without, now in
34
reproach shall not be wiped away. the streets, and lieth in wait at every
13
For jealousy is the rage of a man: corner.) So she caught him, and
therefore he will not spare in the day kissed him, and with an impudent face
35 14
of vengeance. He will not regard any said unto him, I have peace offerings
ransom; neither will he rest content, with me; this day have I payed my
15
though thou givest many gifts. vows. Therefore came I forth to meet
thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I
Proverbs 7 have found thee. 16
I have decked my
bed with coverings of tapestry, with
My son, keep my words, and lay up
carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
2
my commandments with thee. Keep 17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
 18 4
aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice
5
take our fill of love until the morning: is to the sons of man. O ye simple,
19
let us solace ourselves with loves. understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be
6
For the goodman is not at home, he is ye of an understanding heart. Hear;
20
gone a long journey: He hath taken for I will speak of excellent things; and
a bag of money with him, and will the opening of my lips shall be right
21 7
come home at the day appointed. things. For my mouth shall speak
With her much fair speech she caused truth; and wickedness is an
8
him to yield, with the flattering of her abomination to my lips. All the words
22
lips she forced him. He goeth after of my mouth are in righteousness;
her straightway, as an ox goeth to the there is nothing froward or perverse in
9
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction them. They are all plain to him that
23
of the stocks; Till a dart strike understandeth, and right to them that
10
through his liver; as a bird hasteth to find knowledge. Receive my
the snare, and knoweth not that it is instruction, and not silver; and
24 11
for his life. Hearken unto me now knowledge rather than choice gold.
therefore, O ye children, and attend to For wisdom is better than rubies; and
25
the words of my mouth. Let not thine all the things that may be desired are
12
heart decline to her ways, go not not to be compared to it. I wisdom
26
astray in her paths. For she hath dwell with prudence, and find out
13
cast down many wounded: yea, many knowledge of witty inventions. The
27
strong men have been slain by her. fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride,
Her house is the way to hell, going and arrogancy, and the evil way, and
14
down to the chambers of death. the froward mouth, do I hate.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I
Proverbs 8 am understanding; I have strength. 15

By me kings reign, and princes decree

Doth not wisdom cry? and
justice. 16
By me princes rule, and
2
understanding put forth her voice? nobles, even all the judges of the
She standeth in the top of high places, earth. 17
I love them that love me; and
3
by the way in the places of the paths. those that seek me early shall find me.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of 18
Riches and honour are with me; yea,
the city, at the coming in at the doors. durable riches and righteousness. 19
My
 32
fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine sons of men. Now therefore hearken
gold; and my revenue than choice unto me, O ye children: for blessed are
20 33
silver. I lead in the way of they that keep my ways. Hear
righteousness, in the midst of the instruction, and be wise, and refuse it
21 34
paths of judgment: That I may cause not. Blessed is the man that heareth
those that love me to inherit me, watching daily at my gates,
35
substance; and I will fill their waiting at the posts of my doors. For
22
treasures. The LORD possessed me whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall
36
in the beginning of his way, before his obtain favour of the LORD. But he
23
works of old. I was set up from that sinneth against me wrongeth his
everlasting, from the beginning, or own soul: all they that hate me love
24
ever the earth was. When there were death.
no depths, I was brought forth; when
there were no fountains abounding Proverbs 9
25
with water. Before the mountains
were settled, before the hills was I
Wisdom hath builded her house, she
2
brought forth: 26
While as yet he had hath hewn out her seven pillars: She

not made the earth, nor the fields, nor hath killed her beasts; she hath

the highest part of the dust of the mingled her wine; she hath also
3
world. 27
When he prepared the furnished her table. She hath sent

heavens, I was there: when he set a forth her maidens: she crieth upon the
4
compass upon the face of the depth: 28 highest places of the city, Whoso is

When he established the clouds above: simple, let him turn in hither: as for

when he strengthened the fountains of him that wanteth understanding, she

5
the deep: 29
When he gave to the sea saith to him, Come, eat of my bread,

his decree, that the waters should not and drink of the wine which I have
6
pass his commandment: when he mingled. Forsake the foolish, and

appointed the foundations of the earth: live; and go in the way of

7
30
Then I was by him, as one brought understanding. He that reproveth a

up with him: and I was daily his scorner getteth to himself shame: and

delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth
8
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner,

earth; and my delights were with the lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man,
 9
and he will love thee. Give instruction soul of the righteous to famish: but he
to a wise man, and he will be yet casteth away the substance of the
4
wiser: teach a just man, and he will wicked. He becometh poor that
10
increase in learning. The fear of the dealeth with a slack hand: but the
5
LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and hand of the diligent maketh rich. He
the knowledge of the holy is that gathereth in summer is a wise
11
understanding. For by me thy days son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is
6
shall be multiplied, and the years of a son that causeth shame. Blessings
12
thy life shall be increased. If thou be are upon the head of the just: but
wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: violence covereth the mouth of the
7
but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt wicked. The memory of the just is
13
bear it. A foolish woman is blessed: but the name of the wicked
8
clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth shall rot. The wise in heart will
14
nothing. For she sitteth at the door receive commandments: but a prating
9
of her house, on a seat in the high fool shall fall. He that walketh
15
places of the city, To call passengers uprightly walketh surely: but he that
16 10
who go right on their ways: Whoso is perverteth his ways shall be known.
simple, let him turn in hither: and as He that winketh with the eye causeth
11
for him that wanteth understanding, sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
17
she saith to him, Stolen waters are The mouth of a righteous man is a well
sweet, and bread eaten in secret is of life: but violence covereth the mouth
18 12
pleasant. But he knoweth not that of the wicked. Hatred stirreth up
13
the dead are there; and that her strifes: but love covereth all sins. In
guests are in the depths of hell. the lips of him that hath understanding
wisdom is found: but a rod is for the
Proverbs 10 back of him that is void of
14
understanding. Wise men lay up
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son
knowledge: but the mouth of the
maketh a glad father: but a foolish son foolish is near destruction. 15
The rich
2
is the heaviness of his mother. man's wealth is his strong city: the
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: destruction of the poor is their poverty.
but righteousness delivereth from 16
The labour of the righteous tendeth
3
death. The LORD will not suffer the to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. 17
 31
He is in the way of life that keepeth earth. The mouth of the just bringeth
instruction: but he that refuseth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue
18 32
reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred shall be cut out. The lips of the
with lying lips, and he that uttereth a righteous know what is acceptable: but
19
slander, is a fool. In the multitude of the mouth of the wicked speaketh
words there wanteth not sin: but he frowardness.
20
that refraineth his lips is wise. The
tongue of the just is as choice silver: Proverbs 11
the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21
The lips of the righteous feed many:
A false balance is abomination to the
2
but fools die for want of wisdom. 22
The LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, When pride cometh, then cometh
3
and he addeth no sorrow with it. 23
It is shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a The integrity of the upright shall guide

man of understanding hath wisdom. 24 them: but the perverseness of

4
The fear of the wicked, it shall come transgressors shall destroy them.

upon him: but the desire of the Riches profit not in the day of wrath:

righteous shall be granted. 25

As the but righteousness delivereth from
5
whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no death. The righteousness of the

more: but the righteous is an perfect shall direct his way: but the

everlasting foundation. 26
As vinegar to wicked shall fall by his own
6
the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, wickedness. The righteousness of the

so is the sluggard to them that send upright shall deliver them: but

him. 27
The fear of the LORD transgressors shall be taken in their
7
prolongeth days: but the years of the own naughtiness. When a wicked man

wicked shall be shortened. 28

The hope dieth, his expectation shall perish: and
8
of the righteous shall be gladness: but the hope of unjust men perisheth.

the expectation of the wicked shall The righteous is delivered out of

perish. 29
The way of the LORD is trouble, and the wicked cometh in his
9
strength to the upright: but destruction stead. An hypocrite with his mouth

shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 destroyeth his neighbour: but through

The righteous shall never be removed: knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10
but the wicked shall not inhabit the When it goeth well with the
 23
righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when The desire of the righteous is only
11
the wicked perish, there is shouting. good: but the expectation of the
24
By the blessing of the upright the city wicked is wrath. There is that
is exalted: but it is overthrown by the scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
12
mouth of the wicked. He that is void there is that withholdeth more than is
25
of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The
a man of understanding holdeth his liberal soul shall be made fat: and he
13
peace. A talebearer revealeth that watereth shall be watered also
26
secrets: but he that is of a faithful himself. He that withholdeth corn,
14
spirit concealeth the matter. Where the people shall curse him: but
no counsel is, the people fall: but in blessing shall be upon the head of him
27
the multitude of counsellors there is that selleth it. He that diligently
15
safety. He that is surety for a seeketh good procureth favour: but he
stranger shall smart for it: and he that that seeketh mischief, it shall come
16 28
hateth suretiship is sure. A gracious unto him. He that trusteth in his
woman retaineth honour: and strong riches shall fall: but the righteous shall
17 29
men retain riches. The merciful man flourish as a branch. He that
doeth good to his own soul: but he troubleth his own house shall inherit
18
that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. the wind: and the fool shall be servant
30
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: to the wise of heart. The fruit of the
but to him that soweth righteousness righteous is a tree of life; and he that
19 31
shall be a sure reward. As winneth souls is wise. Behold, the
righteousness tendeth to life: so he righteous shall be recompensed in the
that pursueth evil pursueth it to his earth: much more the wicked and the
20
own death. They that are of a sinner.
froward heart are abomination to the
LORD: but such as are upright in their Proverbs 12
21
way are his delight. Though hand
join in hand, the wicked shall not be
Whoso loveth instruction loveth

unpunished: but the seed of the knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
2
righteous shall be delivered. 22
As a is brutish. A good man obtaineth

jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a favour of the LORD: but a man of

3
fair woman which is without discretion. wicked devices will he condemn. A
 15
man shall not be established by him. The way of a fool is right in his
wickedness: but the root of the own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
4 16
righteous shall not be moved. A counsel is wise. A fool's wrath is
virtuous woman is a crown to her presently known: but a prudent man
17
husband: but she that maketh covereth shame. He that speaketh
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. truth sheweth forth righteousness: but
5 18
The thoughts of the righteous are a false witness deceit. There is that
right: but the counsels of the wicked speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
6 19
are deceit. The words of the wicked but the tongue of the wise is health.
are to lie in wait for blood: but the The lip of truth shall be established for
mouth of the upright shall deliver ever: but a lying tongue is but for a
7 20
them. The wicked are overthrown, moment. Deceit is in the heart of
and are not: but the house of the them that imagine evil: but to the
8 21
righteous shall stand. A man shall be counsellors of peace is joy. There
commended according to his wisdom: shall no evil happen to the just: but
but he that is of a perverse heart shall the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
9 22
be despised. He that is despised, and Lying lips are abomination to the
hath a servant, is better than he that LORD: but they that deal truly are his
23
honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. delight. A prudent man concealeth
10
A righteous man regardeth the life of knowledge: but the heart of fools
24
his beast: but the tender mercies of proclaimeth foolishness. The hand of
11
the wicked are cruel. He that tilleth the diligent shall bear rule: but the
25
his land shall be satisfied with bread: slothful shall be under tribute.
but he that followeth vain persons is Heaviness in the heart of man maketh
12
void of understanding. The wicked it stoop: but a good word maketh it
26
desireth the net of evil men: but the glad. The righteous is more excellent
13
root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. than his neighbour: but the way of the
27
The wicked is snared by the wicked seduceth them. The slothful
transgression of his lips: but the just man roasteth not that which he took in
14
shall come out of trouble. A man hunting: but the substance of a diligent
28
shall be satisfied with good by the fruit man is precious. In the way of
of his mouth: and the recompense of a righteousness is life; and in the
man's hands shall be rendered unto pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 13 but he that feareth the commandment
14
shall be rewarded. The law of the
A wise son heareth his father's wise is a fountain of life, to depart
15
instruction: but a scorner heareth not from the snares of death. Good

rebuke. 2
A man shall eat good by the understanding giveth favour: but the
16
fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the way of transgressors is hard. Every

transgressors shall eat violence. 3

He prudent man dealeth with knowledge:
17
that keepeth his mouth keepeth his but a fool layeth open his folly. A

life: but he that openeth wide his lips wicked messenger falleth into mischief:
18
shall have destruction. 4
The soul of but a faithful ambassador is health.

the sluggard desireth, and hath Poverty and shame shall be to him that

nothing: but the soul of the diligent refuseth instruction: but he that
19
shall be made fat. 5
A righteous man regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

hateth lying: but a wicked man is The desire accomplished is sweet to

loathsome, and cometh to shame. 6 the soul: but it is abomination to fools

20
Righteousness keepeth him that is to depart from evil. He that walketh

upright in the way: but wickedness with wise men shall be wise: but a

overthroweth the sinner. 7

There is that companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21
maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the
22
there is that maketh himself poor, yet righteous good shall be repaid. A

hath great riches. 8

The ransom of a good man leaveth an inheritance to his

man's life are his riches: but the poor children's children: and the wealth of
23
heareth not rebuke. 9
The light of the the sinner is laid up for the just.

righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the Much food is in the tillage of the poor:

wicked shall be put out. 10

Only by but there is that is destroyed for want
24
pride cometh contention: but with the of judgment. He that spareth his rod

well advised is wisdom. 11

Wealth hateth his son: but he that loveth him
25
gotten by vanity shall be diminished: chasteneth him betimes. The

but he that gathereth by labour shall righteous eateth to the satisfying of his

increase. 12
Hope deferred maketh the soul: but the belly of the wicked shall

heart sick: but when the desire want.

13
cometh, it is a tree of life. Whoso
despiseth the word shall be destroyed:
Proverbs 14 shall be filled with his own ways: and a
good man shall be satisfied from
Every wise woman buildeth her house: himself. 15
The simple believeth every

but the foolish plucketh it down with word: but the prudent man looketh
16
her hands. 2
He that walketh in his well to his going. A wise man

uprightness feareth the LORD: but he feareth, and departeth from evil: but
17
that is perverse in his ways despiseth the fool rageth, and is confident. He

him. 3
In the mouth of the foolish is a that is soon angry dealeth foolishly:

rod of pride: but the lips of the wise and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18
shall preserve them. 4
Where no oxen The simple inherit folly: but the

are, the crib is clean: but much prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19
increase is by the strength of the ox. 5 The evil bow before the good; and

A faithful witness will not lie: but a the wicked at the gates of the
20
false witness will utter lies. 6
A scorner righteous. The poor is hated even of

seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but his own neighbour: but the rich hath
21
knowledge is easy unto him that many friends. He that despiseth his

understandeth. 7
Go from the presence neighbour sinneth: but he that hath
22
of a foolish man, when thou perceivest mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do

not in him the lips of knowledge. 8

The they not err that devise evil? but

wisdom of the prudent is to understand mercy and truth shall be to them that
23
his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. devise good. In all labour there is
9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth
24
the righteous there is favour. 10
The only to penury. The crown of the

heart knoweth his own bitterness; and wise is their riches: but the foolishness
25
a stranger doth not intermeddle with of fools is folly. A true witness

his joy. 11
The house of the wicked delivereth souls: but a deceitful
26
shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle witness speaketh lies. In the fear of

of the upright shall flourish. 12

There is the LORD is strong confidence: and his
27
a way which seemeth right unto a man, children shall have a place of refuge.

but the end thereof are the ways of The fear of the LORD is a fountain of

death. 13
Even in laughter the heart is life, to depart from the snares of
28
sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is death. In the multitude of people is

heaviness. 14
The backslider in heart the king's honour: but in the want of
people is the destruction of the prince. In the house of the righteous is much
29
He that is slow to wrath is of great treasure: but in the revenues of the
7
understanding: but he that is hasty of wicked is trouble. The lips of the wise
30
spirit exalteth folly. A sound heart is disperse knowledge: but the heart of
8
the life of the flesh: but envy the the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice
31
rottenness of the bones. He that of the wicked is an abomination to the
oppresseth the poor reproacheth his LORD: but the prayer of the upright is
9
Maker: but he that honoureth him hath his delight. The way of the wicked is
32
mercy on the poor. The wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he
driven away in his wickedness: but the loveth him that followeth after
33 10
righteous hath hope in his death. righteousness. Correction is grievous
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him unto him that forsaketh the way: and
11
that hath understanding: but that he that hateth reproof shall die. Hell
which is in the midst of fools is made and destruction are before the LORD:
34
known. Righteousness exalteth a how much more then the hearts of the
12
nation: but sin is a reproach to any children of men? A scorner loveth
35
people. The king's favour is toward a not one that reproveth him: neither
13
wise servant: but his wrath is against will he go unto the wise. A merry
him that causeth shame. heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is
Proverbs 15 broken. 14
The heart of him that hath
understanding seeketh knowledge: but
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but
the mouth of fools feedeth on
2
grievous words stir up anger. The foolishness. 15
All the days of the
tongue of the wise useth knowledge afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
aright: but the mouth of fools poureth merry heart hath a continual feast. 16

3
out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD Better is little with the fear of the
are in every place, beholding the evil LORD than great treasure and trouble
4
and the good. A wholesome tongue is therewith. 17
Better is a dinner of herbs
a tree of life: but perverseness therein where love is, than a stalled ox and
5
is a breach in the spirit. A fool hatred therewith. 18
A wrathful man
despiseth his father's instruction: but stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to
6
he that regardeth reproof is prudent. anger appeaseth strife. 19
The way of
the slothful man is as an hedge of he that heareth reproof getteth
33
thorns: but the way of the righteous is understanding. The fear of the LORD
20
made plain. A wise son maketh a is the instruction of wisdom; and
glad father: but a foolish man before honour is humility.
21
despiseth his mother. Folly is joy to
him that is destitute of wisdom: but a Proverbs 16
man of understanding walketh
uprightly. 22
Without counsel purposes
The preparations of the heart in man,

are disappointed: but in the multitude and the answer of the tongue, is from
2
of counsellors they are established. 23
A the LORD. All the ways of a man are

man hath joy by the answer of his clean in his own eyes; but the LORD
3
mouth: and a word spoken in due weigheth the spirits. Commit thy

season, how good is it! 24

The way of works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts
4
life is above to the wise, that he may shall be established. The LORD hath

depart from hell beneath. 25

The LORD made all things for himself: yea, even
5
will destroy the house of the proud: the wicked for the day of evil. Every

but he will establish the border of the one that is proud in heart is an

widow. 26
The thoughts of the wicked abomination to the LORD: though hand

are an abomination to the LORD: but join in hand, he shall not be

6
the words of the pure are pleasant unpunished. By mercy and truth

words. 27
He that is greedy of gain iniquity is purged: and by the fear of
7
troubleth his own house; but he that the LORD men depart from evil. When

hateth gifts shall live. 28

The heart of a man's ways please the LORD, he

the righteous studieth to answer: but maketh even his enemies to be at

8
the mouth of the wicked poureth out peace with him. Better is a little with

evil things. 29
The LORD is far from the righteousness than great revenues
9
wicked: but he heareth the prayer of without right. A man's heart deviseth

the righteous. 30
The light of the eyes his way: but the LORD directeth his
10
rejoiceth the heart: and a good report steps. A divine sentence is in the lips

maketh the bones fat. 31

The ear that of the king: his mouth transgresseth
11
heareth the reproof of life abideth not in judgment. A just weight and

among the wise. 32

He that refuseth balance are the LORD'S: all the
12
instruction despiseth his own soul: but weights of the bag are his work. It is
 26
an abomination to kings to commit ways of death. He that laboureth
wickedness: for the throne is laboureth for himself; for his mouth
13 27
established by righteousness. craveth it of him. An ungodly man
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is
28
and they love him that speaketh right. as a burning fire. A froward man
14
The wrath of a king is as messengers soweth strife: and a whisperer
29
of death: but a wise man will pacify it. separateth chief friends. A violent
15
In the light of the king's countenance man enticeth his neighbour, and
is life; and his favour is as a cloud of leadeth him into the way that is not
16 30
the latter rain. How much better is it good. He shutteth his eyes to devise
to get wisdom than gold! and to get froward things: moving his lips he
31
understanding rather to be chosen than bringeth evil to pass. The hoary head
17
silver! The highway of the upright is is a crown of glory, if it be found in the
32
to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way of righteousness. He that is slow
18
way preserveth his soul. Pride goeth to anger is better than the mighty; and
before destruction, and an haughty he that ruleth his spirit than he that
19 33
spirit before a fall. Better it is to be taketh a city. The lot is cast into the
of an humble spirit with the lowly, than lap; but the whole disposing thereof is
20
to divide the spoil with the proud. He of the LORD.
that handleth a matter wisely shall find
good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, Proverbs 17
21
happy is he. The wise in heart shall
be called prudent: and the sweetness
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness

of the lips increaseth learning. 22 therewith, than an house full of

2
Understanding is a wellspring of life sacrifices with strife. A wise servant

unto him that hath it: but the shall have rule over a son that causeth

instruction of fools is folly. 23

The heart shame, and shall have part of the
3
of the wise teacheth his mouth, and inheritance among the brethren. The

addeth learning to his lips. 24

Pleasant fining pot is for silver, and the furnace

words are as an honeycomb, sweet to for gold: but the LORD trieth the
4
the soul, and health to the bones. 25 hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to

There is a way that seemeth right unto false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
5
a man, but the end thereof are the naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the
poor reproacheth his Maker: and he becometh surety in the presence of his
19
that is glad at calamities shall not be friend. He loveth transgression that
6
unpunished. Children's children are loveth strife: and he that exalteth his
20
the crown of old men; and the glory of gate seeketh destruction. He that
7
children are their fathers. Excellent hath a froward heart findeth no good:
speech becometh not a fool: much less and he that hath a perverse tongue
8 21
do lying lips a prince. A gift is as a falleth into mischief. He that
precious stone in the eyes of him that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
22
hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it and the father of a fool hath no joy.
9
prospereth. He that covereth a A merry heart doeth good like a
transgression seeketh love; but he that medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the
23
repeateth a matter separateth very bones. A wicked man taketh a gift
10
friends. A reproof entereth more into out of the bosom to pervert the ways
24
a wise man than an hundred stripes of judgment. Wisdom is before him
11
into a fool. An evil man seeketh only that hath understanding; but the eyes
25
rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
12
shall be sent against him. Let a bear A foolish son is a grief to his father,
26
robbed of her whelps meet a man, and bitterness to her that bare him.
13
rather than a fool in his folly. Whoso Also to punish the just is not good, nor
27
rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not to strike princes for equity. He that
14
depart from his house. The beginning hath knowledge spareth his words: and
of strife is as when one letteth out a man of understanding is of an
28
water: therefore leave off contention, excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he
15
before it be meddled with. He that holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and
justifieth the wicked, and he that he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a
condemneth the just, even they both man of understanding.
16
are abomination to the LORD.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand Proverbs 18
of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath
no heart to it? 17
A friend loveth at all
Through desire a man, having

times, and a brother is born for separated himself, seeketh and

2
adversity. 18
A man void of intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool

understanding striketh hands, and hath no delight in understanding, but

 3
that his heart may discover itself. his own cause seemeth just; but his
When the wicked cometh, then cometh neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
18
also contempt, and with ignominy The lot causeth contentions to cease,
4 19
reproach. The words of a man's and parteth between the mighty. A
mouth are as deep waters, and the brother offended is harder to be won
wellspring of wisdom as a flowing than a strong city: and their
5
brook. It is not good to accept the contentions are like the bars of a
20
person of the wicked, to overthrow the castle. A man's belly shall be
6
righteous in judgment. A fool's lips satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
enter into contention, and his mouth and with the increase of his lips shall
7 21
calleth for strokes. A fool's mouth is he be filled. Death and life are in the
his destruction, and his lips are the power of the tongue: and they that
8 22
snare of his soul. The words of a love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
talebearer are as wounds, and they go Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good
down into the innermost parts of the thing, and obtaineth favour of the
9 23
belly. He also that is slothful in his LORD. The poor useth intreaties; but
24
work is brother to him that is a great the rich answereth roughly. A man
10
waster. The name of the LORD is a that hath friends must shew himself
strong tower: the righteous runneth friendly: and there is a friend that
11
into it, and is safe. The rich man's sticketh closer than a brother.
wealth is his strong city, and as an
high wall in his own conceit. 12
Before Proverbs 19
destruction the heart of man is
haughty, and before honour is humility.
Better is the poor that walketh in his
13
He that answereth a matter before integrity, than he that is perverse in
2
he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the

him. 14
The spirit of a man will sustain soul be without knowledge, it is not

his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who good; and he that hasteth with his feet
3
can bear? 15
The heart of the prudent sinneth. The foolishness of man

getteth knowledge; and the ear of the perverteth his way: and his heart
4
wise seeketh knowledge. 16
A man's gift fretteth against the LORD. Wealth

maketh room for him, and bringeth him maketh many friends; but the poor is
5
before great men. 17
He that is first in separated from his neighbour. A false
witness shall not be unpunished, and Chasten thy son while there is hope,
he that speaketh lies shall not escape. and let not thy soul spare for his
6 19
Many will intreat the favour of the crying. A man of great wrath shall
prince: and every man is a friend to suffer punishment: for if thou deliver
7 20
him that giveth gifts. All the brethren him, yet thou must do it again. Hear
of the poor do hate him: how much counsel, and receive instruction, that
more do his friends go far from him? thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21
he pursueth them with words, yet they There are many devices in a man's
8
are wanting to him. He that getteth heart; nevertheless the counsel of the
22
wisdom loveth his own soul: he that LORD, that shall stand. The desire of
keepeth understanding shall find good. a man is his kindness: and a poor man
9 23
A false witness shall not be is better than a liar. The fear of the
unpunished, and he that speaketh lies LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath
10
shall perish. Delight is not seemly for it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be
24
a fool; much less for a servant to have visited with evil. A slothful man
11
rule over princes. The discretion of a hideth his hand in his bosom, and will
man deferreth his anger; and it is his not so much as bring it to his mouth
12 25
glory to pass over a transgression. again. Smite a scorner, and the
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a simple will beware: and reprove one
lion; but his favour is as dew upon the that hath understanding, and he will
13 26
grass. A foolish son is the calamity of understand knowledge. He that
his father: and the contentions of a wasteth his father, and chaseth away
14
wife are a continual dropping. House his mother, is a son that causeth
27
and riches are the inheritance of shame, and bringeth reproach.
fathers and a prudent wife is from the Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
15
LORD. Slothfulness casteth into a that causeth to err from the words of
28
deep sleep; and an idle soul shall knowledge. An ungodly witness
16
suffer hunger. He that keepeth the scorneth judgment: and the mouth of
29
commandment keepeth his own soul; the wicked devoureth iniquity.
but he that despiseth his ways shall Judgments are prepared for scorners,
17
die. He that hath pity upon the poor and stripes for the back of fools.
lendeth unto the LORD; and that which
18
he hath given will he pay him again.
 14
Proverbs 20 It is naught, it is naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way,
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is then he boasteth. 15
There is gold, and

raging: and whosoever is deceived a multitude of rubies: but the lips of

16
thereby is not wise. 2
The fear of a king knowledge are a precious jewel. Take

is as the roaring of a lion: whoso his garment that is surety for a

provoketh him to anger sinneth against stranger: and take a pledge of him for
17
his own soul. 3
It is an honour for a a strange woman. Bread of deceit is

man to cease from strife: but every sweet to a man; but afterwards his
18
fool will be meddling. 4
The sluggard mouth shall be filled with gravel.

will not plow by reason of the cold; Every purpose is established by

therefore shall he beg in harvest, and counsel: and with good advice make
19
have nothing. 5
Counsel in the heart of war. He that goeth about as a

man is like deep water; but a man of talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore

understanding will draw it out. 6

Most meddle not with him that flattereth
20
men will proclaim every one his own with his lips. Whoso curseth his

goodness: but a faithful man who can father or his mother, his lamp shall be
21
find? 7
The just man walketh in his put out in obscure darkness. An

integrity: his children are blessed after inheritance may be gotten hastily at

him. 8
A king that sitteth in the throne the beginning; but the end thereof
22
of judgment scattereth away all evil shall not be blessed. Say not thou, I

with his eyes. 9

Who can say, I have will recompense evil; but wait on the
23
made my heart clean, I am pure from LORD, and he shall save thee. Divers

my sin? 10
Divers weights, and divers weights are an abomination unto the

measures, both of them are alike LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24
abomination to the LORD. 11
Even a Man's goings are of the LORD; how

child is known by his doings, whether can a man then understand his own
25
his work be pure, and whether it be way? It is a snare to the man who

right. 12
The hearing ear, and the devoureth that which is holy, and after
26
seeing eye, the LORD hath made even vows to make enquiry. A wise king

both of them. 13
Love not sleep, lest scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the
27
thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, wheel over them. The spirit of man

and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. is the candle of the LORD, searching all
 28
the inward parts of the belly. Mercy wicked desireth evil: his neighbour
11
and truth preserve the king: and his findeth no favour in his eyes. When
29
throne is upholden by mercy. The the scorner is punished, the simple is
glory of young men is their strength: made wise: and when the wise is
12
and the beauty of old men is the grey instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
30
head. The blueness of a wound The righteous man wisely considereth
cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the the house of the wicked: but God
inward parts of the belly. overthroweth the wicked for their
13
wickedness. Whoso stoppeth his ears
Proverbs 21 at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry
14
himself, but shall not be heard. A gift
The king's heart is in the hand of the
in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward
LORD, as the rivers of water: he in the bosom strong wrath. 15
It is joy
2
turneth it whithersoever he will. to the just to do judgment: but
Every way of a man is right in his own destruction shall be to the workers of
eyes: but the LORD pondereth the iniquity. 16
The man that wandereth out
3
hearts. To do justice and judgment is of the way of understanding shall
more acceptable to the LORD than remain in the congregation of the
4
sacrifice. An high look, and a proud dead. 17
He that loveth pleasure shall
heart, and the plowing of the wicked, be a poor man: he that loveth wine
5
is sin. The thoughts of the diligent and oil shall not be rich. 18
The wicked
tend only to plenteousness; but of shall be a ransom for the righteous,
6
every one that is hasty only to want. and the transgressor for the upright. 19

The getting of treasures by a lying It is better to dwell in the wilderness,

tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of than with a contentious and an angry
7
them that seek death. The robbery of woman. 20
There is treasure to be
the wicked shall destroy them; because desired and oil in the dwelling of the
8
they refuse to do judgment. The way wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
of man is froward and strange: but as 21
He that followeth after righteousness
9
for the pure, his work is right. It is and mercy findeth life, righteousness,
better to dwell in a corner of the and honour. 22
A wise man scaleth the
housetop, than with a brawling woman city of the mighty, and casteth down
10
in a wide house. The soul of the the strength of the confidence thereof.
23 6
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his soul shall be far from them. Train up
tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. a child in the way he should go: and
24
Proud and haughty scorner is his when he is old, he will not depart from
25 7
name, who dealeth in proud wrath. it. The rich ruleth over the poor, and
8
The desire of the slothful killeth him; the borrower is servant to the lender.
26
for his hands refuse to labour. He He that soweth iniquity shall reap
coveteth greedily all the day long: but vanity: and the rod of his anger shall
27 9
the righteous giveth and spareth not. fail. He that hath a bountiful eye shall
The sacrifice of the wicked is be blessed; for he giveth of his bread
10
abomination: how much more, when he to the poor. Cast out the scorner,
28
bringeth it with a wicked mind? A and contention shall go out; yea, strife
11
false witness shall perish: but the man and reproach shall cease. He that
29
that heareth speaketh constantly. A loveth pureness of heart, for the grace
wicked man hardeneth his face: but as of his lips the king shall be his friend.
30 12
for the upright, he directeth his way. The eyes of the LORD preserve
There is no wisdom nor understanding knowledge, and he overthroweth the
31 13
nor counsel against the LORD. The words of the transgressor. The
horse is prepared against the day of slothful man saith, There is a lion
battle: but safety is of the LORD. without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14
The mouth of strange women is a
Proverbs 22 deep pit: he that is abhorred of the
15
LORD shall fall therein. Foolishness
A good name is rather to be chosen
is bound in the heart of a child; but the
than great riches, and loving favour rod of correction shall drive it far from
2
rather than silver and gold. The rich him. 16
He that oppresseth the poor to
and poor meet together: the LORD is increase his riches, and he that giveth
3
the maker of them all. A prudent man to the rich, shall surely come to want.
foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: 17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the
but the simple pass on, and are words of the wise, and apply thine
4
punished. By humility and the fear of heart unto my knowledge. 18
For it is a
the LORD are riches, and honour, and pleasant thing if thou keep them within
5
life. Thorns and snares are in the way thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy
of the froward: he that doth keep his lips. 19
That thy trust may be in the
 4
LORD, I have made known to thee this deceitful meat. Labour not to be rich:
20 5
day, even to thee. Have not I written cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt
to thee excellent things in counsels and thou set thine eyes upon that which is
21
knowledge, That I might make thee not? for riches certainly make
know the certainty of the words of themselves wings; they fly away as an
6
truth; that thou mightest answer the eagle toward heaven. Eat thou not
words of truth to them that send unto the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
22 7
thee? Rob not the poor, because he neither desire thou his dainty meats:
is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in For as he thinketh in his heart, so is
23
the gate: For the LORD will plead he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but
8
their cause, and spoil the soul of those his heart is not with thee. The morsel
24
that spoiled them. Make no which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit
9
friendship with an angry man; and with up, and lose thy sweet words. Speak
25
a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest not in the ears of a fool: for he will
10
thou learn his ways, and get a snare to despise the wisdom of thy words.
26
thy soul. Be not thou one of them Remove not the old landmark; and
that strike hands, or of them that are enter not into the fields of the
27 11
sureties for debts. If thou hast fatherless: For their redeemer is
nothing to pay, why should he take mighty; he shall plead their cause with
28 12
away thy bed from under thee? thee. Apply thine heart unto
Remove not the ancient landmark, instruction, and thine ears to the words
29 13
which thy fathers have set. Seest of knowledge. Withhold not
thou a man diligent in his business? he correction from the child: for if thou
shall stand before kings; he shall not beatest him with the rod, he shall not
14
stand before mean men. die. Thou shalt beat him with the
rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
Proverbs 23 hell. 15
My son, if thine heart be wise,
16
my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy
consider diligently what is before thee: lips speak right things. 17
Let not thine
2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou heart envy sinners: but be thou in the
3
be a man given to appetite. Be not fear of the LORD all the day long. 18
For
desirous of his dainties: for they are surely there is an end; and thine
 19
expectation shall not be cut off. Hear Thine eyes shall behold strange
thou, my son, and be wise, and guide women, and thine heart shall utter
20 34
thine heart in the way. Be not among perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be
winebibbers; among riotous eaters of as he that lieth down in the midst of
21
flesh: For the drunkard and the the sea, or as he that lieth upon the
35
glutton shall come to poverty: and top of a mast. They have stricken
drowsiness shall clothe a man with me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick;
22
rags. Hearken unto thy father that they have beaten me, and I felt it not:
begat thee, and despise not thy mother when shall I awake? I will seek it yet
23
when she is old. Buy the truth, and again.
sell it not; also wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding. 24
The Proverbs 24
father of the righteous shall greatly
rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise
Be not thou envious against evil men,
2
child shall have joy of him. 25
Thy neither desire to be with them. For

father and thy mother shall be glad, their heart studieth destruction, and
3
and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 26 their lips talk of mischief. Through

My son, give me thine heart, and let wisdom is an house builded; and by
4
thine eyes observe my ways. 27
For a understanding it is established: And

whore is a deep ditch; and a strange by knowledge shall the chambers be

woman is a narrow pit. 28

She also lieth filled with all precious and pleasant
5
in wait as for a prey, and increaseth riches. A wise man is strong; yea, a

the transgressors among men. 29

Who man of knowledge increaseth strength.
6
hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath For by wise counsel thou shalt make

contentions? who hath babbling? who thy war: and in multitude of

7
hath wounds without cause? who hath counsellors there is safety. Wisdom is

redness of eyes? 30
They that tarry long too high for a fool: he openeth not his
8
at the wine; they that go to seek mixed mouth in the gate. He that deviseth

wine. 31
Look not thou upon the wine to do evil shall be called a mischievous
9
when it is red, when it giveth his colour person. The thought of foolishness is

in the cup, when it moveth itself sin: and the scorner is an abomination
10
aright. 32
At the last it biteth like a to men. If thou faint in the day of
11
serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 adversity, thy strength is small. If
 23
thou forbear to deliver them that are knoweth the ruin of them both?
drawn unto death, and those that are These things also belong to the wise. It
12
ready to be slain; If thou sayest, is not good to have respect of persons
24
Behold, we knew it not; doth not he in judgment. He that saith unto the
that pondereth the heart consider it? wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall
and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not the people curse, nations shall abhor
25
he know it? and shall not he render to him: But to them that rebuke him
13
every man according to his works? shall be delight, and a good blessing
26
My son, eat thou honey, because it is shall come upon them. Every man
good; and the honeycomb, which is shall kiss his lips that giveth a right
14 27
sweet to thy taste: So shall the answer. Prepare thy work without,
knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: and make it fit for thyself in the field;
28
when thou hast found it, then there and afterwards build thine house. Be
shall be a reward, and thy expectation not a witness against thy neighbour
15
shall not be cut off. Lay not wait, O without cause; and deceive not with
29
wicked man, against the dwelling of thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him
the righteous; spoil not his resting as he hath done to me: I will render to
16 30
place: For a just man falleth seven the man according to his work. I
times, and riseth up again: but the went by the field of the slothful, and by
17
wicked shall fall into mischief. the vineyard of the man void of
31
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, understanding; And, lo, it was all
and let not thine heart be glad when he grown over with thorns, and nettles
18
stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and had covered the face thereof, and the
32
it displease him, and he turn away his stone wall thereof was broken down.
19
wrath from him. Fret not thyself Then I saw, and considered it well: I
because of evil men, neither be thou looked upon it, and received
20 33
envious at the wicked; For there instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little
shall be no reward to the evil man; the slumber, a little folding of the hands to
21 34
candle of the wicked shall be put out. sleep: So shall thy poverty come as
My son, fear thou the LORD and the one that travelleth; and thy want as an
king: and meddle not with them that armed man.
22
are given to change: For their
calamity shall rise suddenly; and who
Proverbs 25 the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to them that
These are also proverbs of Solomon, send him: for he refresheth the soul of
14
which the men of Hezekiah king of his masters. Whoso boasteth himself

Judah copied out. 2

It is the glory of of a false gift is like clouds and wind
15
God to conceal a thing: but the honour without rain. By long forbearing is a

of kings is to search out a matter. 3 prince persuaded, and a soft tongue

16
The heaven for height, and the earth breaketh the bone. Hast thou found

for depth, and the heart of kings is honey? eat so much as is sufficient for

unsearchable. 4
Take away the dross thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and
17
from the silver, and there shall come vomit it. Withdraw thy foot from thy

forth a vessel for the finer. 5

Take away neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
18
the wicked from before the king, and thee, and so hate thee. A man that

his throne shall be established in beareth false witness against his

righteousness. 6
Put not forth thyself in neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and
19
the presence of the king, and stand not a sharp arrow. Confidence in an

in the place of great men: 7

For better unfaithful man in time of trouble is like

it is that it be said unto thee, Come up a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20
hither; than that thou shouldest be put As he that taketh away a garment in

lower in the presence of the prince cold weather, and as vinegar upon

whom thine eyes have seen. 8

Go not nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an
21
forth hastily to strive, lest thou know heavy heart. If thine enemy be

not what to do in the end thereof, hungry, give him bread to eat; and if

when thy neighbour hath put thee to he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22
shame. 9
Debate thy cause with thy For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon

neighbour himself; and discover not a his head, and the LORD shall reward
23
secret to another: 10
Lest he that thee. The north wind driveth away

heareth it put thee to shame, and thine rain: so doth an angry countenance a
24
infamy turn not away. 11
A word fitly backbiting tongue. It is better to

spoken is like apples of gold in pictures dwell in the corner of the housetop,

of silver. 12
As an earring of gold, and than with a brawling woman and in a
25
an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise wide house. As cold waters to a

reprover upon an obedient ear. 13

As thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
 26
country. A righteous man falling returneth to his vomit, so a fool
12
down before the wicked is as a returneth to his folly. Seest thou a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. man wise in his own conceit? there is
27 13
It is not good to eat much honey: so more hope of a fool than of him. The
for men to search their own glory is slothful man saith, There is a lion in
28 14
not glory. He that hath no rule over the way; a lion is in the streets. As
his own spirit is like a city that is the door turneth upon his hinges, so
15
broken down, and without walls. doth the slothful upon his bed. The
slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
Proverbs 26 it grieveth him to bring it again to his
16
mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his
As snow in summer, and as rain in
own conceit than seven men that can
harvest, so honour is not seemly for a render a reason. 17
He that passeth by,
2
fool. As the bird by wandering, as the and meddleth with strife belonging not
swallow by flying, so the curse to him, is like one that taketh a dog by
3
causeless shall not come. A whip for the ears. 18
As a mad man who casteth
the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a firebrands, arrows, and death, 19
So is
4
rod for the fool's back. Answer not a the man that deceiveth his neighbour,
fool according to his folly, lest thou and saith, Am not I in sport? 20
Where
5
also be like unto him. Answer a fool no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so
according to his folly, lest he be wise in where there is no talebearer, the strife
6
his own conceit. He that sendeth a ceaseth. 21
As coals are to burning
message by the hand of a fool cutteth coals, and wood to fire; so is a
7
off the feet, and drinketh damage. contentious man to kindle strife. 22
The
The legs of the lame are not equal: so words of a talebearer are as wounds,
8
is a parable in the mouth of fools. As and they go down into the innermost
he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is parts of the belly. 23
Burning lips and a
9
he that giveth honour to a fool. As a wicked heart are like a potsherd
thorn goeth up into the hand of a covered with silver dross. 24
He that
drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth hateth dissembleth with his lips, and
10
of fools. The great God that formed layeth up deceit within him; 25
When he
all things both rewardeth the fool, and speaketh fair, believe him not: for
11
rewardeth transgressors. As a dog there are seven abominations in his
 26
heart. Whose hatred is covered by into thy brother's house in the day of
deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed thy calamity: for better is a neighbour
27 11
before the whole congregation. that is near than a brother far off.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: My son, be wise, and make my heart
and he that rolleth a stone, it will glad, that I may answer him that
28 12
return upon him. A lying tongue reproacheth me. A prudent man
hateth those that are afflicted by it; foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. but the simple pass on, and are
13
punished. Take his garment that is
Proverbs 27 surety for a stranger, and take a
14
pledge of him for a strange woman.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for
He that blesseth his friend with a loud
thou knowest not what a day may voice, rising early in the morning, it
2
bring forth. Let another man praise shall be counted a curse to him. 15
A
thee, and not thine own mouth; a continual dropping in a very rainy day
3
stranger, and not thine own lips. A and a contentious woman are alike. 16

stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
but a fool's wrath is heavier than them and the ointment of his right hand,
4
both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is which bewrayeth itself. 17
Iron
outrageous; but who is able to stand sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth
5
before envy? Open rebuke is better the countenance of his friend. 18
Whoso
6
than secret love. Faithful are the keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit
wounds of a friend; but the kisses of thereof: so he that waiteth on his
7
an enemy are deceitful. The full soul master shall be honoured. 19
As in
loatheth an honeycomb; but to the water face answereth to face, so the
hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. heart of man to man. 20
Hell and
8
As a bird that wandereth from her destruction are never full; so the eyes
nest, so is a man that wandereth from of man are never satisfied. 21
As the
9
his place. Ointment and perfume fining pot for silver, and the furnace for
rejoice the heart: so doth the gold; so is a man to his praise. 22

sweetness of a man's friend by hearty Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a

10
counsel. Thine own friend, and thy mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet
father's friend, forsake not; neither go will not his foolishness depart from
 23
him. Be thou diligent to know the wise son: but he that is a companion of
8
state of thy flocks, and look well to thy riotous men shameth his father. He
24
herds. For riches are not for ever: that by usury and unjust gain
and doth the crown endure to every increaseth his substance, he shall
25
generation? The hay appeareth, and gather it for him that will pity the poor.
9
the tender grass sheweth itself, and He that turneth away his ear from
26
herbs of the mountains are gathered. hearing the law, even his prayer shall
10
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the be abomination. Whoso causeth the
27
goats are the price of the field. And righteous to go astray in an evil way,
thou shalt have goats' milk enough for he shall fall himself into his own pit:
thy food, for the food of thy household, but the upright shall have good things
11
and for the maintenance for thy in possession. The rich man is wise
maidens. in his own conceit; but the poor that
hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 28 12
When righteous men do rejoice,
there is great glory: but when the
The wicked flee when no man
wicked rise, a man is hidden. 13
He that
pursueth: but the righteous are bold as covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
2
a lion. For the transgression of a land whoso confesseth and forsaketh them
many are the princes thereof: but by a shall have mercy. 14
Happy is the man
man of understanding and knowledge that feareth alway: but he that
3
the state thereof shall be prolonged. hardeneth his heart shall fall into
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is mischief. 15
As a roaring lion, and a
like a sweeping rain which leaveth no ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over
4
food. They that forsake the law praise the poor people. 16
The prince that
the wicked: but such as keep the law wanteth understanding is also a great
5
contend with them. Evil men oppressor: but he that hateth
understand not judgment: but they covetousness shall prolong his days. 17

that seek the LORD understand all A man that doeth violence to the blood
6
things. Better is the poor that of any person shall flee to the pit; let
walketh in his uprightness, than he no man stay him. 18
Whoso walketh
that is perverse in his ways, though he uprightly shall be saved: but he that is
7
be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
19 2
He that tilleth his land shall have destroyed, and that without remedy.
plenty of bread: but he that followeth When the righteous are in authority,
after vain persons shall have poverty the people rejoice: but when the
20
enough. A faithful man shall abound wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
3
with blessings: but he that maketh Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his
haste to be rich shall not be innocent. father: but he that keepeth company
21 4
To have respect of persons is not with harlots spendeth his substance.
good: for for a piece of bread that man The king by judgment establisheth the
22
will transgress. He that hasteth to be land: but he that receiveth gifts
5
rich hath an evil eye, and considereth overthroweth it. A man that flattereth
not that poverty shall come upon him. his neighbour spreadeth a net for his
23 6
He that rebuketh a man afterwards feet. In the transgression of an evil
shall find more favour than he that man there is a snare: but the righteous
24 7
flattereth with the tongue. Whoso doth sing and rejoice. The righteous
robbeth his father or his mother, and considereth the cause of the poor: but
8
saith, It is no transgression; the same the wicked regardeth not to know it.
25
is the companion of a destroyer. He Scornful men bring a city into a snare:
9
that is of a proud heart stirreth up but wise men turn away wrath. If a
strife: but he that putteth his trust in wise man contendeth with a foolish
26
the LORD shall be made fat. He that man, whether he rage or laugh, there
10
trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but is no rest. The bloodthirsty hate the
11
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be upright: but the just seek his soul. A
27
delivered. He that giveth unto the fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise
12
poor shall not lack: but he that hideth man keepeth it in till afterwards. If a
28
his eyes shall have many a curse. ruler hearken to lies, all his servants
13
When the wicked rise, men hide are wicked. The poor and the
themselves: but when they perish, the deceitful man meet together: the LORD
14
righteous increase. lighteneth both their eyes. The king
that faithfully judgeth the poor, his
Proverbs 29 throne shall be established for ever. 15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a

He, that being often reproved
child left to himself bringeth his mother
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be to shame. 16
When the wicked are
multiplied, transgression increaseth: Proverbs 30
17
but the righteous shall see their fall.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy even the prophecy: the man spake
18
soul. Where there is no vision, the unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2

people perish: but he that keepeth the Surely I am more brutish than any
19
law, happy is he. A servant will not man, and have not the understanding
be corrected by words: for though he of a man. 3
I neither learned wisdom,
20
understand he will not answer. Seest nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4

thou a man that is hasty in his words? Who hath ascended up into heaven, or
there is more hope of a fool than of descended? who hath gathered the
21
him. He that delicately bringeth up wind in his fists? who hath bound the
his servant from a child shall have him waters in a garment? who hath
22
become his son at the length. An established all the ends of the earth?
angry man stirreth up strife, and a what is his name, and what is his son's
furious man aboundeth in name, if thou canst tell? 5
Every word
23
transgression. A man's pride shall of God is pure: he is a shield unto
bring him low: but honour shall uphold them that put their trust in him. 6
Add
24
the humble in spirit. Whoso is thou not unto his words, lest he
partner with a thief hateth his own reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
soul: he heareth cursing, and 7
Two things have I required of thee;
25
bewrayeth it not. The fear of man deny me them not before I die: 8

bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth Remove far from me vanity and lies:
26
his trust in the LORD shall be safe. give me neither poverty nor riches;
Many seek the ruler's favour; but feed me with food convenient for me: 9

every man's judgment cometh from the Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say,
27
LORD. An unjust man is an Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor,
abomination to the just: and he that is and steal, and take the name of my
upright in the way is abomination to God in vain. 10
Accuse not a servant
the wicked. unto his master, lest he curse thee,
11
and thou be found guilty. There is a
generation that curseth their father,
12
and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that are pure in odious woman when she is married;
their own eyes, and yet is not washed and an handmaid that is heir to her
13 24
from their filthiness. There is a mistress. There be four things which
generation, O how lofty are their eyes! are little upon the earth, but they are
14 25
and their eyelids are lifted up. There exceeding wise: The ants are a
is a generation, whose teeth are as people not strong, yet they prepare
26
swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, their meat in the summer; The
to devour the poor from off the earth, conies are but a feeble folk, yet make
15 27
and the needy from among men. The they their houses in the rocks; The
horseleach hath two daughters, crying, locusts have no king, yet go they forth
28
Give, give. There are three things that all of them by bands; The spider
are never satisfied, yea, four things taketh hold with her hands, and is in
16 29
say not, It is enough: The grave; kings' palaces. There be three things
and the barren womb; the earth that is which go well, yea, four are comely in
30
not filled with water; and the fire that going: A lion which is strongest
17
saith not, It is enough. The eye that among beasts, and turneth not away
31
mocketh at his father, and despiseth to for any; A greyhound; an he goat
obey his mother, the ravens of the also; and a king, against whom there
32
valley shall pick it out, and the young is no rising up. If thou hast done
18
eagles shall eat it. There be three foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou
things which are too wonderful for me, hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon
19 33
yea, four which I know not: The way thy mouth. Surely the churning of
of an eagle in the air; the way of a milk bringeth forth butter, and the
serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship wringing of the nose bringeth forth
in the midst of the sea; and the way of blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth
20
a man with a maid. Such is the way forth strife.
of an adulterous woman; she eateth,
and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I Proverbs 31
21
have done no wickedness. For three
things the earth is disquieted, and for
The words of king Lemuel, the
2
four which it cannot bear: 22
For a prophecy that his mother taught him.

servant when he reigneth; and a fool What, my son? and what, the son of

when he is filled with meat; 23

For an my womb? and what, the son of my
 3 18
vows? Give not thy strength unto strengtheneth her arms. She
women, nor thy ways to that which perceiveth that her merchandise is
4
destroyeth kings. It is not for kings, good: her candle goeth not out by
19
O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink night. She layeth her hands to the
5
wine; nor for princes strong drink: spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20
Lest they drink, and forget the law, She stretcheth out her hand to the
and pervert the judgment of any of the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
6 21
afflicted. Give strong drink unto him hands to the needy. She is not afraid
that is ready to perish, and wine unto of the snow for her household: for all
7
those that be of heavy hearts. Let her household are clothed with scarlet.
22
him drink, and forget his poverty, and She maketh herself coverings of
8
remember his misery no more. Open tapestry; her clothing is silk and
23
thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of purple. Her husband is known in the
all such as are appointed to gates, when he sitteth among the
9 24
destruction. Open thy mouth, judge elders of the land. She maketh fine
righteously, and plead the cause of the linen, and selleth it; and delivereth
10 25
poor and needy. Who can find a girdles unto the merchant. Strength
virtuous woman? for her price is far and honour are her clothing; and she
11 26
above rubies. The heart of her shall rejoice in time to come. She
husband doth safely trust in her, so openeth her mouth with wisdom; and
12 27
that he shall have no need of spoil. in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She will do him good and not evil all She looketh well to the ways of her
13
the days of her life. She seeketh household, and eateth not the bread of
28
wool, and flax, and worketh willingly idleness. Her children arise up, and
14
with her hands. She is like the call her blessed; her husband also, and
29
merchants' ships; she bringeth her he praiseth her. Many daughters
15
food from afar. She riseth also while have done virtuously, but thou
30
it is yet night, and giveth meat to her excellest them all. Favour is
household, and a portion to her deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a
16
maidens. She considereth a field, woman that feareth the LORD, she
31
and buyeth it: with the fruit of her shall be praised. Give her of the fruit
17
hands she planteth a vineyard. She of her hands; and let her own works
girdeth her loins with strength, and praise her in the gates.
 ECCLESIASTES

OR THE PREACHER

10
Ecclesiastes 1 the sun. Is there any thing whereof
it may be said, See, this is new? it
The words of the Preacher, the son of hath been already of old time, which
11
David, king in Jerusalem. 2
Vanity of was before us. There is no

vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of remembrance of former things; neither

vanities; all is vanity. 3

What profit shall there be any remembrance of

hath a man of all his labour which he things that are to come with those that
12
taketh under the sun? 4
One generation shall come after. I the Preacher was
13
passeth away, and another generation king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I

cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. gave my heart to seek and search out
5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun by wisdom concerning all things that

goeth down, and hasteth to his place are done under heaven: this sore

where he arose. 6
The wind goeth travail hath God given to the sons of
14
toward the south, and turneth about man to be exercised therewith. I

unto the north; it whirleth about have seen all the works that are done

continually, and the wind returneth under the sun; and, behold, all is
15
again according to his circuits. 7
All the vanity and vexation of spirit. That

rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is which is crooked cannot be made

not full; unto the place from whence straight: and that which is wanting
16
the rivers come, thither they return cannot be numbered. I communed

again. 8
All things are full of labour; with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am

man cannot utter it: the eye is not come to great estate, and have gotten

satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled more wisdom than all they that have

with hearing. 9
The thing that hath been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my

been, it is that which shall be; and that heart had great experience of wisdom
17
which is done is that which shall be and knowledge. And I gave my heart

done: and there is no new thing under to know wisdom, and to know madness
and folly: I perceived that this also is and women singers, and the delights of
18
vexation of spirit. For in much the sons of men, as musical
9
wisdom is much grief: and he that instruments, and that of all sorts. So
increaseth knowledge increaseth I was great, and increased more than
sorrow. all that were before me in Jerusalem:
10
also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes 2 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I
kept not from them, I withheld not my
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will
heart from any joy; for my heart
prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy rejoiced in all my labour: and this was
pleasure: and, behold, this also is my portion of all my labour. 11
Then I
2
vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: looked on all the works that my hands
3
and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought had wrought, and on the labour that I
in mine heart to give myself unto wine, had laboured to do: and, behold, all
yet acquainting mine heart with was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I there was no profit under the sun. 12

might see what was that good for the And I turned myself to behold wisdom,
sons of men, which they should do and madness, and folly: for what can
under the heaven all the days of their the man do that cometh after the king?
4
life. I made me great works; I builded even that which hath been already
5
me houses; I planted me vineyards: I done. 13
Then I saw that wisdom
made me gardens and orchards, and I excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
planted trees in them of all kind of darkness. 14
The wise man's eyes are in
6
fruits: I made me pools of water, to his head; but the fool walketh in
water therewith the wood that bringeth darkness: and I myself perceived also
7
forth trees: I got me servants and that one event happeneth to them all.
maidens, and had servants born in my 15
Then said I in my heart, As it
house; also I had great possessions of happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth
great and small cattle above all that even to me; and why was I then more
8
were in Jerusalem before me: I wise? Then I said in my heart, that this
gathered me also silver and gold, and also is vanity. 16
For there is no
the peculiar treasure of kings and of remembrance of the wise more than of
the provinces: I gat me men singers the fool for ever; seeing that which
 25
now is in the days to come shall all be from the hand of God. For who can
forgotten. And how dieth the wise eat, or who else can hasten hereunto,
17 26
man? as the fool. Therefore I hated more than I? For God giveth to a
life; because the work that is wrought man that is good in his sight wisdom,
under the sun is grievous unto me: for and knowledge, and joy: but to the
18
all is vanity and vexation of spirit. sinner he giveth travail, to gather and
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had to heap up, that he may give to him
taken under the sun: because I should that is good before God. This also is
leave it unto the man that shall be vanity and vexation of spirit.
19
after me. And who knoweth whether
he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet Ecclesiastes 3
shall he have rule over all my labour
wherein I have laboured, and wherein I
To every thing there is a season, and

have shewed myself wise under the a time to every purpose under the
2
sun. This is also vanity. 20
Therefore I heaven: A time to be born, and a

went about to cause my heart to time to die; a time to plant, and a time
3
despair of all the labour which I took to pluck up that which is planted; A

under the sun. 21

For there is a man time to kill, and a time to heal; a time

whose labour is in wisdom, and in to break down, and a time to build up;
4
knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

that hath not laboured therein shall he a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5
leave it for his portion. This also is A time to cast away stones, and a

vanity and a great evil. 22

For what time to gather stones together; a time

hath man of all his labour, and of the to embrace, and a time to refrain from
6
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath embracing; A time to get, and a time

laboured under the sun? 23

For all his to lose; a time to keep, and a time to
7
days are sorrows, and his travail grief; cast away; A time to rend, and a time

yea, his heart taketh not rest in the to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
8
night. This is also vanity. 24
There is time to speak; A time to love, and a

nothing better for a man, than that he time to hate; a time of war, and a time
9
should eat and drink, and that he of peace. What profit hath he that

should make his soul enjoy good in his worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10
labour. This also I saw, that it was I have seen the travail, which God
hath given to the sons of men to be so dieth the other; yea, they have all
11
exercised in it. He hath made every one breath; so that a man hath no
thing beautiful in his time: also he hath preeminence above a beast: for all is
20
set the world in their heart, so that no vanity. All go unto one place; all are
man can find out the work that God of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21
maketh from the beginning to the end. Who knoweth the spirit of man that
12
I know that there is no good in them, goeth upward, and the spirit of the
but for a man to rejoice, and to do beast that goeth downward to the
13 22
good in his life. And also that every earth? Wherefore I perceive that
man should eat and drink, and enjoy there is nothing better, than that a
the good of all his labour, it is the gift man should rejoice in his own works;
14
of God. I know that, whatsoever God for that is his portion: for who shall
doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can bring him to see what shall be after
be put to it, nor any thing taken from him?
it: and God doeth it, that men should
fear before him. 15
That which hath Ecclesiastes 4
been is now; and that which is to be
hath already been; and God requireth
So I returned, and considered all the

that which is past. 16

And moreover I oppressions that are done under the

saw under the sun the place of sun: and behold the tears of such as

judgment, that wickedness was there; were oppressed, and they had no

and the place of righteousness, that comforter; and on the side of their

iniquity was there. 17

I said in mine oppressors there was power; but they
2
heart, God shall judge the righteous had no comforter. Wherefore I

and the wicked: for there is a time praised the dead which are already

there for every purpose and for every dead more than the living which are
3
work. 18
I said in mine heart concerning yet alive. Yea, better is he than both

the estate of the sons of men, that God they, which hath not yet been, who

might manifest them, and that they hath not seen the evil work that is
4
might see that they themselves are done under the sun. Again, I

beasts. 19
For that which befalleth the considered all travail, and every right

sons of men befalleth beasts; even one work, that for this a man is envied of

thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, his neighbour. This is also vanity and
 5
vexation of spirit. The fool foldeth his people, even of all that have been
hands together, and eateth his own before them: they also that come after
6
flesh. Better is an handful with shall not rejoice in him. Surely this
quietness, than both the hands full also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
7
with travail and vexation of spirit.
Then I returned, and I saw vanity Ecclesiastes 5
8
under the sun. There is one alone,
and there is not a second; yea, he hath
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the

neither child nor brother: yet is there house of God, and be more ready to

no end of all his labour; neither is his hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools:

eye satisfied with riches; neither saith for they consider not that they do evil.
2
he, For whom do I labour, and bereave Be not rash with thy mouth, and let

my soul of good? This is also vanity, not thine heart be hasty to utter any

yea, it is a sore travail. 9

Two are thing before God: for God is in heaven,

better than one; because they have a and thou upon earth: therefore let thy
3
good reward for their labour. 10
For if words be few. For a dream cometh

they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: through the multitude of business; and

but woe to him that is alone when he a fool's voice is known by multitude of
4
falleth; for he hath not another to help words. When thou vowest a vow unto

him up. 11
Again, if two lie together, God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no

then they have heat: but how can one pleasure in fools: pay that which thou
5
be warm alone? 12
And if one prevail hast vowed. Better is it that thou

against him, two shall withstand him; shouldest not vow, than that thou
6
and a threefold cord is not quickly shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not

broken. 13
Better is a poor and a wise thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;

child than an old and foolish king, who neither say thou before the angel, that

will no more be admonished. 14

For out it was an error: wherefore should God

of prison he cometh to reign; whereas be angry at thy voice, and destroy the
7
also he that is born in his kingdom work of thine hands? For in the

becometh poor. 15
I considered all the multitude of dreams and many words

living which walk under the sun, with there are also divers vanities: but fear
8
the second child that shall stand up in thou God. If thou seest the

his stead. 16
There is no end of all the oppression of the poor, and violent
perverting of judgment and justice in a that which I have seen: it is good and
province, marvel not at the matter: for comely for one to eat and to drink, and
he that is higher than the highest to enjoy the good of all his labour that
regardeth; and there be higher than he taketh under the sun all the days of
9
they. Moreover the profit of the earth his life, which God giveth him: for it is
19
is for all: the king himself is served by his portion. Every man also to whom
10
the field. He that loveth silver shall God hath given riches and wealth, and
not be satisfied with silver; nor he that hath given him power to eat thereof,
loveth abundance with increase: this is and to take his portion, and to rejoice
11 20
also vanity. When goods increase, in his labour; this is the gift of God.
they are increased that eat them: and For he shall not much remember the
what good is there to the owners days of his life; because God
thereof, saving the beholding of them answereth him in the joy of his heart.
12
with their eyes? The sleep of a
labouring man is sweet, whether he eat Ecclesiastes 6
little or much: but the abundance of
the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 There is an evil which I have seen

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common
2
under the sun, namely, riches kept for among men: A man to whom God

the owners thereof to their hurt. 14

But hath given riches, wealth, and honour,

those riches perish by evil travail: and so that he wanteth nothing for his soul

he begetteth a son, and there is of all that he desireth, yet God giveth

nothing in his hand. 15

As he came him not power to eat thereof, but a

forth of his mother's womb, naked stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it
3
shall he return to go as he came, and is an evil disease. If a man beget an

shall take nothing of his labour, which hundred children, and live many years,

he may carry away in his hand. 16

And so that the days of his years be many,

this also is a sore evil, that in all points and his soul be not filled with good,

as he came, so shall he go: and what and also that he have no burial; I say,

profit hath he that hath laboured for that an untimely birth is better than
4
the wind? 17
All his days also he eateth he. For he cometh in with vanity, and

in darkness, and he hath much sorrow departeth in darkness, and his name
5
and wrath with his sickness. 18
Behold shall be covered with darkness.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor than laughter: for by the sadness of
known any thing: this hath more rest the countenance the heart is made
6 4
than the other. Yea, though he live a better. The heart of the wise is in the
thousand years twice told, yet hath he house of mourning; but the heart of
5
seen no good: do not all go to one fools is in the house of mirth. It is
7
place? All the labour of man is for his better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
mouth, and yet the appetite is not than for a man to hear the song of
8 6
filled. For what hath the wise more fools. For as the crackling of thorns
than the fool? what hath the poor, that under a pot, so is the laughter of the
9 7
knoweth to walk before the living? fool: this also is vanity. Surely
Better is the sight of the eyes than the oppression maketh a wise man mad;
8
wandering of the desire: this is also and a gift destroyeth the heart.
10
vanity and vexation of spirit. That Better is the end of a thing than the
which hath been is named already, and beginning thereof: and the patient in
it is known that it is man: neither may spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9
he contend with him that is mightier Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry:
11
than he. Seeing there be many for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10
things that increase vanity, what is Say not thou, What is the cause that
12
man the better? For who knoweth the former days were better than
what is good for man in this life, all the these? for thou dost not enquire wisely
11
days of his vain life which he spendeth concerning this. Wisdom is good with
as a shadow? for who can tell a man an inheritance: and by it there is profit
12
what shall be after him under the sun? to them that see the sun. For
wisdom is a defence, and money is a
Ecclesiastes 7 defence: but the excellency of
knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life
A good name is better than precious
to them that have it. 13
Consider the
ointment; and the day of death than work of God: for who can make that
2
the day of one's birth. It is better to straight, which he hath made crooked?
go to the house of mourning, than to 14
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
go to the house of feasting: for that is but in the day of adversity consider:
the end of all men; and the living will God also hath set the one over against
3
lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better the other, to the end that man should
 15
find nothing after him. All things woman, whose heart is snares and
have I seen in the days of my vanity: nets, and her hands as bands: whoso
there is a just man that perisheth in pleaseth God shall escape from her;
27
his righteousness, and there is a but the sinner shall be taken by her.
wicked man that prolongeth his life in Behold, this have I found, saith the
16
his wickedness. Be not righteous preacher, counting one by one, to find
28
over much; neither make thyself over out the account: Which yet my soul
wise: why shouldest thou destroy seeketh, but I find not: one man
17
thyself? Be not over much wicked, among a thousand have I found; but a
neither be thou foolish: why shouldest woman among all those have I not
18 29
thou die before thy time? It is good found. Lo, this only have I found,
that thou shouldest take hold of this; that God hath made man upright; but
yea, also from this withdraw not thine they have sought out many inventions.
hand: for he that feareth God shall
come forth of them all. 19
Wisdom Ecclesiastes 8
strengtheneth the wise more than ten
mighty men which are in the city. 20 Who is as the wise man? and who

For there is not a just man upon earth, knoweth the interpretation of a thing?

that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 a man's wisdom maketh his face to

Also take no heed unto all words that shine, and the boldness of his face
2
are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant shall be changed. I counsel thee to

curse thee: 22
For oftentimes also thine keep the king's commandment, and
3
own heart knoweth that thou thyself that in regard of the oath of God. Be

likewise hast cursed others. 23

All this not hasty to go out of his sight: stand

have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will not in an evil thing; for he doeth
4
be wise; but it was far from me. 24
That whatsoever pleaseth him. Where the

which is far off, and exceeding deep, word of a king is, there is power: and

who can find it out? 25

I applied mine who may say unto him, What doest
5
heart to know, and to search, and to thou? Whoso keepeth the

seek out wisdom, and the reason of commandment shall feel no evil thing:

things, and to know the wickedness of and a wise man's heart discerneth both
6
folly, even of foolishness and madness: time and judgment. Because to every
26
And I find more bitter than death the purpose there is time and judgment,
therefore the misery of man is great again, there be wicked men, to whom
7
upon him. For he knoweth not that it happeneth according to the work of
which shall be: for who can tell him the righteous: I said that this also is
8 15
when it shall be? There is no man vanity. Then I commended mirth,
that hath power over the spirit to because a man hath no better thing
retain the spirit; neither hath he power under the sun, than to eat, and to
in the day of death: and there is no drink, and to be merry: for that shall
discharge in that war; neither shall abide with him of his labour the days of
wickedness deliver those that are given his life, which God giveth him under
9 16
to it. All this have I seen, and applied the sun. When I applied mine heart
my heart unto every work that is done to know wisdom, and to see the
under the sun: there is a time wherein business that is done upon the earth:
one man ruleth over another to his own (for also there is that neither day nor
10 17
hurt. And so I saw the wicked night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
buried, who had come and gone from Then I beheld all the work of God, that
the place of the holy, and they were a man cannot find out the work that is
forgotten in the city where they had so done under the sun: because though a
11
done: this is also vanity. Because man labour to seek it out, yet he shall
sentence against an evil work is not not find it; yea further; though a wise
executed speedily, therefore the heart man think to know it, yet shall he not
of the sons of men is fully set in them be able to find it.
12
to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an
hundred times, and his days be Ecclesiastes 9
prolonged, yet surely I know that it
shall be well with them that fear God,
For all this I considered in my heart

which fear before him: 13

But it shall even to declare all this, that the

not be well with the wicked, neither righteous, and the wise, and their

shall he prolong his days, which are as works, are in the hand of God: no man

a shadow; because he feareth not knoweth either love or hatred by all

2
before God. 14
There is a vanity which that is before them. All things come

is done upon the earth; that there be alike to all: there is one event to the

just men, unto whom it happeneth righteous, and to the wicked; to the

according to the work of the wicked; good and to the clean, and to the
unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to it with thy might; for there is no work,
him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, wisdom, in the grave, whither thou
3 11
as he that feareth an oath. This is an goest. I returned, and saw under the
evil among all things that are done sun, that the race is not to the swift,
under the sun, that there is one event nor the battle to the strong, neither yet
unto all: yea, also the heart of the bread to the wise, nor yet riches to
sons of men is full of evil, and madness men of understanding, nor yet favour
is in their heart while they live, and to men of skill; but time and chance
4 12
after that they go to the dead. For to happeneth to them all. For man also
him that is joined to all the living there knoweth not his time: as the fishes
is hope: for a living dog is better than that are taken in an evil net, and as
5
a dead lion. For the living know that the birds that are caught in the snare;
they shall die: but the dead know not so are the sons of men snared in an
any thing, neither have they any more evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon
13
a reward; for the memory of them is them. This wisdom have I seen also
6
forgotten. Also their love, and their under the sun, and it seemed great
14
hatred, and their envy, is now unto me: There was a little city, and
perished; neither have they any more few men within it; and there came a
a portion for ever in any thing that is great king against it, and besieged it,
7 15
done under the sun. Go thy way, eat and built great bulwarks against it:
thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine Now there was found in it a poor wise
with a merry heart; for God now man, and he by his wisdom delivered
8
accepteth thy works. Let thy the city; yet no man remembered that
16
garments be always white; and let thy same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom
9
head lack no ointment. Live joyfully is better than strength: nevertheless
with the wife whom thou lovest all the the poor man's wisdom is despised,
17
days of the life of thy vanity, which he and his words are not heard. The
hath given thee under the sun, all the words of wise men are heard in quiet
days of thy vanity: for that is thy more than the cry of him that ruleth
18
portion in this life, and in thy labour among fools. Wisdom is better than
10
which thou takest under the sun. weapons of war: but one sinner
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do destroyeth much good.
 13
Ecclesiastes 10 fool will swallow up himself. The
beginning of the words of his mouth is
Dead flies cause the ointment of the foolishness: and the end of his talk is
14
apothecary to send forth a stinking mischievous madness. A fool also is

savour: so doth a little folly him that is full of words: a man cannot tell what

in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 shall be; and what shall be after him,
15
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; who can tell him? The labour of the

but a fool's heart at his left. 3

Yea also, foolish wearieth every one of them,

when he that is a fool walketh by the because he knoweth not how to go to

16
way, his wisdom faileth him, and he the city. Woe to thee, O land, when

saith to every one that he is a fool. 4

If thy king is a child, and thy princes eat
17
the spirit of the ruler rise up against in the morning! Blessed art thou, O

thee, leave not thy place; for yielding land, when thy king is the son of

pacifieth great offences. 5

There is an nobles, and thy princes eat in due

evil which I have seen under the sun, season, for strength, and not for
18
as an error which proceedeth from the drunkenness! By much slothfulness

ruler: 6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the building decayeth; and through

the rich sit in low place. 7

I have seen idleness of the hands the house
19
servants upon horses, and princes droppeth through. A feast is made

walking as servants upon the earth. 8 for laughter, and wine maketh merry:
20
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; but money answereth all things.

and whoso breaketh an hedge, a Curse not the king, no not in thy

serpent shall bite him. 9

Whoso thought; and curse not the rich in thy

removeth stones shall be hurt bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall

therewith; and he that cleaveth wood carry the voice, and that which hath

shall be endangered thereby. 10

If the wings shall tell the matter.

iron be blunt, and he do not whet the

Ecclesiastes 11
edge, then must he put to more
strength: but wisdom is profitable to
11
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for
direct. Surely the serpent will bite
2
thou shalt find it after many days.
without enchantment; and a babbler is
12 Give a portion to seven, and also to
no better. The words of a wise man's
eight; for thou knowest not what evil
mouth are gracious; but the lips of a
 3
shall be upon the earth. If the clouds thy flesh: for childhood and youth are
be full of rain, they empty themselves vanity.
upon the earth: and if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north, Ecclesiastes 12
in the place where the tree falleth,
there it shall be. 4
He that observeth
Remember now thy Creator in the

the wind shall not sow; and he that days of thy youth, while the evil days

regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 come not, nor the years draw nigh,

As thou knowest not what is the way of when thou shalt say, I have no
2
the spirit, nor how the bones do grow pleasure in them; While the sun, or

in the womb of her that is with child: the light, or the moon, or the stars, be

even so thou knowest not the works of not darkened, nor the clouds return
3
God who maketh all. 6
In the morning after the rain: In the day when the

sow thy seed, and in the evening keepers of the house shall tremble, and

withhold not thine hand: for thou the strong men shall bow themselves,

knowest not whether shall prosper, and the grinders cease because they

either this or that, or whether they are few, and those that look out of the
4
both shall be alike good. 7
Truly the windows be darkened, And the doors

light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is shall be shut in the streets, when the

for the eyes to behold the sun: 8

But if sound of the grinding is low, and he

a man live many years, and rejoice in shall rise up at the voice of the bird,

them all; yet let him remember the and all the daughters of musick shall
5
days of darkness; for they shall be be brought low; Also when they shall

many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 be afraid of that which is high, and

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; fears shall be in the way, and the

and let thy heart cheer thee in the almond tree shall flourish, and the

days of thy youth, and walk in the grasshopper shall be a burden, and

ways of thine heart, and in the sight of desire shall fail: because man goeth to

thine eyes: but know thou, that for all his long home, and the mourners go
6
these things God will bring thee into about the streets: Or ever the silver

judgment. 10
Therefore remove sorrow cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be

from thy heart, and put away evil from broken, or the pitcher be broken at the
fountain, or the wheel broken at the
 7
cistern. Then shall the dust return to the masters of assemblies, which are
12
the earth as it was: and the spirit shall given from one shepherd. And
8
return unto God who gave it. Vanity further, by these, my son, be
of vanities, saith the preacher; all is admonished: of making many books
9
vanity. And moreover, because the there is no end; and much study is a
13
preacher was wise, he still taught the weariness of the flesh. Let us hear
people knowledge; yea, he gave good the conclusion of the whole matter:
heed, and sought out, and set in order Fear God, and keep his
10
many proverbs. The preacher sought commandments: for this is the whole
14
to find out acceptable words: and that duty of man. For God shall bring
which was written was upright, even every work into judgment, with every
11
words of truth. The words of the wise secret thing, whether it be good, or
are as goads, and as nails fastened by whether it be evil.
THE

SONG OF SOLOMON

Song of Solomon 1 footsteps of the flock, and feed thy

9
kids beside the shepherds' tents. I
The song of songs, which is have compared thee, O my love, to a

Solomon's. 2
Let him kiss me with the company of horses in Pharaoh's
10
kisses of his mouth: for thy love is chariots. Thy cheeks are comely with

better than wine. 3

Because of the rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of
11
savour of thy good ointments thy name gold. We will make thee borders of
12
is as ointment poured forth, therefore gold with studs of silver. While the

do the virgins love thee. 4

Draw me, we king sitteth at his table, my spikenard
13
will run after thee: the king hath sendeth forth the smell thereof. A

brought me into his chambers: we will bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto

be glad and rejoice in thee, we will me; he shall lie all night betwixt my
14
remember thy love more than wine: breasts. My beloved is unto me as a

the upright love thee. 5

I am black, but cluster of camphire in the vineyards of
15
comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, En-gedi. Behold, thou art fair, my

as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast
16
of Solomon. 6
Look not upon me, doves' eyes. Behold, thou art fair,

because I am black, because the sun my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our
17
hath looked upon me: my mother's bed is green. The beams of our

children were angry with me; they house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

made me the keeper of the vineyards;

Song of Solomon 2
but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of
where thou feedest, where thou
2
the valleys. As the lily among thorns,
makest thy flock to rest at noon: for
3
so is my love among the daughters.
why should I be as one that turneth
As the apple tree among the trees of
aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8 the wood, so is my beloved among the
If thou know not, O thou fairest
sons. I sat down under his shadow with
among women, go thy way forth by the
 15
great delight, and his fruit was sweet countenance is comely. Take us the
4
to my taste. He brought me to the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the
banqueting house, and his banner over vines: for our vines have tender
5 16
me was love. Stay me with flagons, grapes. My beloved is mine, and I
17
comfort me with apples: for I am sick am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
6
of love. His left hand is under my Until the day break, and the shadows
head, and his right hand doth embrace flee away, turn, my beloved, and be
7
me. I charge you, O ye daughters of thou like a roe or a young hart upon
Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the the mountains of Bether.
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, till he please. 8
The Song of Solomon 3
voice of my beloved! behold, he
cometh leaping upon the mountains,
By night on my bed I sought him

skipping upon the hills. 9

My beloved is whom my soul loveth: I sought him,
2
like a roe or a young hart: behold, he but I found him not. I will rise now,

standeth behind our wall, he looketh and go about the city in the streets,

forth at the windows, shewing himself and in the broad ways I will seek him

through the lattice. 10

My beloved whom my soul loveth: I sought him,
3
spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my but I found him not. The watchmen

love, my fair one, and come away. 11 that go about the city found me: to

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is whom I said, Saw ye him whom my
4
over and gone; 12
The flowers appear soul loveth? It was but a little that I

on the earth; the time of the singing of passed from them, but I found him

birds is come, and the voice of the whom my soul loveth: I held him, and

turtle is heard in our land; 13

The fig would not let him go, until I had

tree putteth forth her green figs, and brought him into my mother's house,

the vines with the tender grape give a and into the chamber of her that
5
good smell. Arise, my love, my fair conceived me. I charge you, O ye

one, and come away. 14

O my dove, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes,

that art in the clefts of the rock, in the and by the hinds of the field, that ye

secret places of the stairs, let me see stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
6
thy countenance, let me hear thy please. Who is this that cometh out of

voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, comely: thy temples are like a piece of
7 4
with all powders of the merchant? a pomegranate within thy locks. Thy
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; neck is like the tower of David builded
threescore valiant men are about it, of for an armoury, whereon there hang a
8
the valiant of Israel. They all hold thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty
5
swords, being expert in war: every men. Thy two breasts are like two
man hath his sword upon his thigh young roes that are twins, which feed
9 6
because of fear in the night. King among the lilies. Until the day break,
Solomon made himself a chariot of the and the shadows flee away, I will get
10
wood of Lebanon. He made the me to the mountain of myrrh, and to
7
pillars thereof of silver, the bottom the hill of frankincense. Thou art all
thereof of gold, the covering of it of fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
8
purple, the midst thereof being paved Come with me from Lebanon, my
with love, for the daughters of spouse, with me from Lebanon: look
11
Jerusalem. Go forth, O ye daughters from the top of Amana, from the top of
of Zion, and behold king Solomon with Shenir and Hermon, from the lions'
the crown wherewith his mother dens, from the mountains of the
9
crowned him in the day of his leopards. Thou hast ravished my
espousals, and in the day of the heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
gladness of his heart. ravished my heart with one of thine
10
eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Song of Solomon 4 How fair is thy love, my sister, my
spouse! how much better is thy love
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold,
than wine! and the smell of thine
thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes ointments than all spices! 11
Thy lips, O
within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock my spouse, drop as the honeycomb:
of goats, that appear from mount honey and milk are under thy tongue;
2
Gilead. Thy teeth are like a flock of and the smell of thy garments is like
sheep that are even shorn, which came the smell of Lebanon. 12
A garden
up from the washing; whereof every inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a
one bear twins, and none is barren spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 13

3
among them. Thy lips are like a Thy plants are an orchard of
thread of scarlet, and thy speech is pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;
 14
camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard myrrh, and my fingers with sweet
and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, smelling myrrh, upon the handles of
6
with all trees of frankincense; myrrh the lock. I opened to my beloved; but
15
and aloes, with all the chief spices: A my beloved had withdrawn himself,
fountain of gardens, a well of living and was gone: my soul failed when he
16
waters, and streams from Lebanon. spake: I sought him, but I could not
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou find him; I called him, but he gave me
7
south; blow upon my garden, that the no answer. The watchmen that went
spices thereof may flow out. Let my about the city found me, they smote
beloved come into his garden, and eat me, they wounded me; the keepers of
8
his pleasant fruits. the walls took away my veil from me.
I charge you, O daughters of
Song of Solomon 5 Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that
9
ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
I am come into my garden, my sister,
What is thy beloved more than another
my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh beloved, O thou fairest among women?
with my spice; I have eaten my what is thy beloved more than another
honeycomb with my honey; I have beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O 10
My beloved is white and ruddy, the
friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, chiefest among ten thousand. 11
His
2
O beloved. I sleep, but my heart head is as the most fine gold, his locks
waketh: it is the voice of my beloved are bushy, and black as a raven. 12
His
that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my eyes are as the eyes of doves by the
sister, my love, my dove, my rivers of waters, washed with milk, and
undefiled: for my head is filled with fitly set. 13
His cheeks are as a bed of
dew, and my locks with the drops of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like
3
the night. I have put off my coat; lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
how shall I put it on? I have washed 14
His hands are as gold rings set with
4
my feet; how shall I defile them? My the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory
beloved put in his hand by the hole of overlaid with sapphires. 15
His legs are
the door, and my bowels were moved as pillars of marble, set upon sockets
5
for him. I rose up to open to my of fine gold: his countenance is as
beloved; and my hands dropped with Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16
His
mouth is most sweet: yea, he is daughters saw her, and blessed her;
altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, the queens and the concubines,
10
and this is my friend, O daughters of and they praised her. Who is she
Jerusalem. that looketh forth as the morning, fair
as the moon, clear as the sun, and
Song of Solomon 6 terrible as an army with banners? 11
I
went down into the garden of nuts to
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou
see the fruits of the valley, and to see
fairest among women? whither is thy whether the vine flourished, and the
beloved turned aside? that we may pomegranates budded. 12
Or ever I was
2
seek him with thee. My beloved is aware, my soul made me like the
gone down into his garden, to the beds chariots of Amminadib. 13
Return,
of spices, to feed in the gardens, and return, O Shulamite; return, return,
3
to gather lilies. I am my beloved's, that we may look upon thee. What will
and my beloved is mine: he feedeth ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the
4
among the lilies. Thou art beautiful, O company of two armies.
my love, as Tirzah, comely as
Jerusalem, terrible as an army with Song of Solomon 7
5
banners. Turn away thine eyes from
me, for they have overcome me: thy How beautiful are thy feet with shoes,
hair is as a flock of goats that appear O prince's daughter! the joints of thy
6
from Gilead. Thy teeth are as a flock thighs are like jewels, the work of the
2
of sheep which go up from the hands of a cunning workman. Thy
washing, whereof every one beareth navel is like a round goblet, which
twins, and there is not one barren wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an
7 3
among them. As a piece of a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
pomegranate are thy temples within Thy two breasts are like two young
8 4
thy locks. There are threescore roes that are twins. Thy neck is as a
queens, and fourscore concubines, and tower of ivory; thine eyes like the
9
virgins without number. My dove, my fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of
undefiled is but one; she is the only Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower
one of her mother, she is the choice of Lebanon which looketh toward
5
one of her that bare her. The Damascus. Thine head upon thee is
 2
like Carmel, and the hair of thine head despised. I would lead thee, and
like purple; the king is held in the bring thee into my mother's house,
6
galleries. How fair and how pleasant who would instruct me: I would cause
7
art thou, O love, for delights! This thy thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice
3
stature is like to a palm tree, and thy of my pomegranate. His left hand
8
breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I should be under my head, and his right
4
will go up to the palm tree, I will take hand should embrace me. I charge
hold of the boughs thereof: now also you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye
thy breasts shall be as clusters of the stir not up, nor awake my love, until he
5
vine, and the smell of thy nose like please. Who is this that cometh up
9
apples; And the roof of thy mouth like from the wilderness, leaning upon her
the best wine for my beloved, that beloved? I raised thee up under the
goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of apple tree: there thy mother brought
10
those that are asleep to speak. I am thee forth: there she brought thee
6
my beloved's, and his desire is toward forth that bare thee. Set me as a seal
11
me. Come, my beloved, let us go upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine
forth into the field; let us lodge in the arm: for love is strong as death;
12
villages. Let us get up early to the jealousy is cruel as the grave: the
vineyards; let us see if the vine coals thereof are coals of fire, which
7
flourish, whether the tender grape hath a most vehement flame. Many
appear, and the pomegranates bud waters cannot quench love, neither can
forth: there will I give thee my loves. the floods drown it: if a man would
13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at give all the substance of his house for
8
our gates are all manner of pleasant love, it would utterly be contemned.
fruits, new and old, which I have laid We have a little sister, and she hath no
up for thee, O my beloved. breasts: what shall we do for our sister
in the day when she shall be spoken
Song of Solomon 8 for? 9
If she be a wall, we will build
upon her a palace of silver: and if she
O that thou wert as my brother, that
be a door, we will inclose her with
sucked the breasts of my mother! boards of cedar. 10
I am a wall, and my
when I should find thee without, I breasts like towers: then was I in his
would kiss thee; yea, I should not be eyes as one that found favour. 11
 13
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal- the fruit thereof two hundred. Thou
hamon; he let out the vineyard unto that dwellest in the gardens, the
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof companions hearken to thy voice:
14
was to bring a thousand pieces of cause me to hear it. Make haste, my
12
silver. My vineyard, which is mine, is beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to
before me: thou, O Solomon, must a young hart upon the mountains of
have a thousand, and those that keep spices.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET

ISAIAH

Isaiah 1 are burned with fire: your land,

strangers devour it in your presence,
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, and it is desolate, as overthrown by
8
which he saw concerning Judah and strangers. And the daughter of Zion is

Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a

Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a

9
Judah. 2
Hear, O heavens, and give besieged city. Except the LORD of

ear, O earth: for the LORD hath hosts had left unto us a very small

spoken, I have nourished and brought remnant, we should have been as

up children, and they have rebelled Sodom, and we should have been like
10
against me. 3
The ox knoweth his unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the

owner, and the ass his master's crib: LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear

but Israel doth not know, my people unto the law of our God, ye people of
11
doth not consider. 4
Ah sinful nation, a Gomorrah. To what purpose is the

people laden with iniquity, a seed of multitude of your sacrifices unto me?

evildoers, children that are corrupters: saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt

they have forsaken the LORD, they offerings of rams, and the fat of fed

have provoked the Holy One of Israel beasts; and I delight not in the blood

unto anger, they are gone away of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

12
backward. 5
Why should ye be stricken When ye come to appear before me,

any more? ye will revolt more and who hath required this at your hand, to
13
more: the whole head is sick, and the tread my courts? Bring no more vain

whole heart faint. 6

From the sole of oblations; incense is an abomination

the foot even unto the head there is no unto me; the new moons and

soundness in it; but wounds, and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I

bruises, and putrifying sores: they cannot away with; it is iniquity, even
14
have not been closed, neither bound the solemn meeting. Your new

up, neither mollified with ointment. 7 moons and your appointed feasts my

Your country is desolate, your cities soul hateth: they are a trouble unto
 15 25
me; I am weary to bear them. And mine enemies: And I will turn my
when ye spread forth your hands, I will hand upon thee, and purely purge
hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye away thy dross, and take away all thy
26
make many prayers, I will not hear: tin: And I will restore thy judges as
16
your hands are full of blood. Wash at the first, and thy counsellors as at
you, make you clean; put away the evil the beginning: afterward thou shalt be
of your doings from before mine eyes; called, The city of righteousness, the
17 27
cease to do evil; Learn to do well; faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed
seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, with judgment, and her converts with
28
judge the fatherless, plead for the righteousness. And the destruction of
18
widow. Come now, and let us reason the transgressors and of the sinners
together, saith the LORD: though your shall be together, and they that
29
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
white as snow; though they be red like For they shall be ashamed of the oaks
19
crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye which ye have desired, and ye shall be
be willing and obedient, ye shall eat confounded for the gardens that ye
20 30
the good of the land: But if ye refuse have chosen. For ye shall be as an
and rebel, ye shall be devoured with oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden
31
the sword: for the mouth of the LORD that hath no water. And the strong
21
hath spoken it. How is the faithful shall be as tow, and the maker of it as
city become an harlot! it was full of a spark, and they shall both burn
judgment; righteousness lodged in it; together, and none shall quench them.
22
but now murderers. Thy silver is
become dross, thy wine mixed with Isaiah 2
23
water: Thy princes are rebellious,
and companions of thieves: every one
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz
2
loveth gifts, and followeth after saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

rewards: they judge not the fatherless, And it shall come to pass in the last

neither doth the cause of the widow days, that the mountain of the LORD'S

come unto them. 24

Therefore saith the house shall be established in the top of

Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty the mountains, and shall be exalted

One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of above the hills; and all nations shall
3
mine adversaries, and avenge me of flow unto it. And many people shall
 11
go and say, Come ye, and let us go up glory of his majesty. The lofty looks
to the mountain of the LORD, to the of man shall be humbled, and the
house of the God of Jacob; and he will haughtiness of men shall be bowed
teach us of his ways, and we will walk down, and the LORD alone shall be
12
in his paths: for out of Zion shall go exalted in that day. For the day of
forth the law, and the word of the the LORD of hosts shall be upon every
4
LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall one that is proud and lofty, and upon
judge among the nations, and shall every one that is lifted up; and he shall
13
rebuke many people: and they shall be brought low: And upon all the
beat their swords into plowshares, and cedars of Lebanon, that are high and
their spears into pruninghooks: nation lifted up, and upon all the oaks of
14
shall not lift up sword against nation, Bashan, And upon all the high
neither shall they learn war any more. mountains, and upon all the hills that
5 15
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us are lifted up, And upon every high
6 16
walk in the light of the LORD. tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and
17
people the house of Jacob, because upon all pleasant pictures. And the
they be replenished from the east, and loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
are soothsayers like the Philistines, and the haughtiness of men shall be
and they please themselves in the made low: and the LORD alone shall be
7 18
children of strangers. Their land also exalted in that day. And the idols he
19
is full of silver and gold, neither is shall utterly abolish. And they shall
there any end of their treasures; their go into the holes of the rocks, and into
land is also full of horses, neither is the caves of the earth, for fear of the
8
there any end of their chariots: Their LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
land also is full of idols; they worship when he ariseth to shake terribly the
20
the work of their own hands, that earth. In that day a man shall cast
9
which their own fingers have made: his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
And the mean man boweth down, and which they made each one for himself
the great man humbleth himself: to worship, to the moles and to the
10 21
therefore forgive them not. Enter bats; To go into the clefts of the
into the rock, and hide thee in the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged
dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the
 8
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth make me not a ruler of the people.
22
to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is
from man, whose breath is in his fallen: because their tongue and their
nostrils: for wherein is he to be doings are against the LORD, to
9
accounted of? provoke the eyes of his glory. The
shew of their countenance doth witness
Isaiah 3 against them; and they declare their
sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of
unto their soul! for they have rewarded
hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem evil unto themselves. 10
Say ye to the
and from Judah the stay and the staff, righteous, that it shall be well with
the whole stay of bread, and the whole him: for they shall eat the fruit of their
2
stay of water, The mighty man, and doings. 11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall
the man of war, the judge, and the be ill with him: for the reward of his
prophet, and the prudent, and the hands shall be given him. 12
As for my
3
ancient, The captain of fifty, and the people, children are their oppressors,
honourable man, and the counsellor, and women rule over them. O my
and the cunning artificer, and the people, they which lead thee cause
4
eloquent orator. And I will give thee to err, and destroy the way of thy
children to be their princes, and babes paths. 13
The LORD standeth up to
5
shall rule over them. And the people plead, and standeth to judge the
shall be oppressed, every one by people. 14
The LORD will enter into
another, and every one by his judgment with the ancients of his
neighbour: the child shall behave people, and the princes thereof: for ye
himself proudly against the ancient, have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil
6
and the base against the honourable. of the poor is in your houses. 15
What
When a man shall take hold of his mean ye that ye beat my people to
brother of the house of his father, pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?
saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our saith the LORD GOD of hosts. 16

ruler, and let this ruin be under thy Moreover the LORD saith, Because the
7
hand: In that day shall he swear, daughters of Zion are haughty, and
saying, I will not be an healer; for in walk with stretched forth necks and
my house is neither bread nor clothing: wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, and making a tinkling with Isaiah 4
17
their feet: Therefore the LORD will
smite with a scab the crown of the And in that day seven women shall
head of the daughters of Zion, and the take hold of one man, saying, We will
18
LORD will discover their secret parts. eat our own bread, and wear our own
In that day the Lord will take away the apparel: only let us be called by thy
bravery of their tinkling ornaments name, to take away our reproach. 2
In
about their feet, and their cauls, and that day shall the branch of the LORD
19
their round tires like the moon, The be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit
chains, and the bracelets, and the of the earth shall be excellent and
20
mufflers, The bonnets, and the comely for them that are escaped of
ornaments of the legs, and the Israel. 3
And it shall come to pass, that
headbands, and the tablets, and the he that is left in Zion, and he that
21
earrings, The rings, and nose jewels, remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called
22
The changeable suits of apparel, and holy, even every one that is written
the mantles, and the wimples, and the among the living in Jerusalem: 4
When
23
crisping pins, The glasses, and the the Lord shall have washed away the
fine linen, and the hoods, and the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall
24
vails. And it shall come to pass, that have purged the blood of Jerusalem
instead of sweet smell there shall be from the midst thereof by the spirit of
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
and instead of well set hair baldness; 5
And the LORD will create upon every
and instead of a stomacher a girding of dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon
sackcloth; and burning instead of her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by
25
beauty. Thy men shall fall by the day, and the shining of a flaming fire
26
sword, and thy mighty in the war. by night: for upon all the glory shall be
And her gates shall lament and mourn; a defence. 6
And there shall be a
and she being desolate shall sit upon tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime
the ground. from the heat, and for a place of
refuge, and for a covert from storm
and from rain.
Isaiah 5 oppression; for righteousness, but
8
behold a cry. Woe unto them that join
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a house to house, that lay field to field,

song of my beloved touching his till there be no place, that they may be

vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a placed alone in the midst of the earth!

9
vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2
And he In mine ears said the LORD of hosts,

fenced it, and gathered out the stones Of a truth many houses shall be

thereof, and planted it with the desolate, even great and fair, without
10
choicest vine, and built a tower in the inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of

midst of it, and also made a winepress vineyard shall yield one bath, and the

therein: and he looked that it should seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11
bring forth grapes, and it brought forth Woe unto them that rise up early in

wild grapes. 3
And now, O inhabitants the morning, that they may follow

of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, strong drink; that continue until night,
12
I pray you, betwixt me and my till wine inflame them! And the harp,

vineyard. 4
What could have been done and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and

more to my vineyard, that I have not wine, are in their feasts: but they

done in it? wherefore, when I looked regard not the work of the LORD,

that it should bring forth grapes, neither consider the operation of his
13
brought it forth wild grapes? 5
And now hands. Therefore my people are gone

go to; I will tell you what I will do to into captivity, because they have no

my vineyard: I will take away the knowledge: and their honourable men

hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten are famished, and their multitude dried
14
up; and break down the wall thereof, up with thirst. Therefore hell hath

and it shall be trodden down: 6

And I enlarged herself, and opened her

will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, mouth without measure: and their

nor digged; but there shall come up glory, and their multitude, and their

briers and thorns: I will also command pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall
15
the clouds that they rain no rain upon descend into it. And the mean man

it. 7
For the vineyard of the LORD of shall be brought down, and the mighty

hosts is the house of Israel, and the man shall be humbled, and the eyes of
16
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and the lofty shall be humbled: But the

he looked for judgment, but behold LORD of hosts shall be exalted in

judgment, and God that is holy shall be against them, and hath smitten them:
17
sanctified in righteousness. Then and the hills did tremble, and their
shall the lambs feed after their carcases were torn in the midst of the
manner, and the waste places of the streets. For all this his anger is not
18
fat ones shall strangers eat. Woe turned away, but his hand is stretched
26
unto them that draw iniquity with cords out still. And he will lift up an ensign
of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart to the nations from far, and will hiss
19
rope: That say, Let him make speed, unto them from the end of the earth:
and hasten his work, that we may see and, behold, they shall come with
27
it: and let the counsel of the Holy One speed swiftly: None shall be weary
of Israel draw nigh and come, that we nor stumble among them; none shall
20
may know it! Woe unto them that slumber nor sleep; neither shall the
call evil good, and good evil; that put girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the
28
darkness for light, and light for latchet of their shoes be broken:
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and Whose arrows are sharp, and all their
21
sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be
are wise in their own eyes, and counted like flint, and their wheels like
22 29
prudent in their own sight! Woe unto a whirlwind: Their roaring shall be
them that are mighty to drink wine, like a lion, they shall roar like young
and men of strength to mingle strong lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold
23
drink: Which justify the wicked for of the prey, and shall carry it away
30
reward, and take away the safe, and none shall deliver it. And in
righteousness of the righteous from that day they shall roar against them
24
him! Therefore as the fire devoureth like the roaring of the sea: and if one
the stubble, and the flame consumeth look unto the land, behold darkness
the chaff, so their root shall be as and sorrow, and the light is darkened
rottenness, and their blossom shall go in the heavens thereof.
up as dust: because they have cast
away the law of the LORD of hosts, and Isaiah 6
despised the word of the Holy One of
Israel. 25
Therefore is the anger of the
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw

LORD kindled against his people, and also the Lord sitting upon a throne,

he hath stretched forth his hand high and lifted up, and his train filled
 2 11
the temple. Above it stood the healed. Then said I, Lord, how long?
seraphims: each one had six wings; And he answered, Until the cities be
with twain he covered his face, and wasted without inhabitant, and the
with twain he covered his feet, and houses without man, and the land be
3 12
with twain he did fly. And one cried utterly desolate, And the LORD have
unto another, and said, Holy, holy, removed men far away, and there be a
holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole great forsaking in the midst of the
4 13
earth is full of his glory. And the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth,
posts of the door moved at the voice of and it shall return, and shall be eaten:
him that cried, and the house was filled as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose
5
with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! substance is in them, when they cast
for I am undone; because I am a man their leaves: so the holy seed shall be
of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst the substance thereof.
of a people of unclean lips: for mine
eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Isaiah 7
6
hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims
unto me, having a live coal in his hand,
And it came to pass in the days of

which he had taken with the tongs Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of

from off the altar: 7

And he laid it upon Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the

my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath king of Syria, and Pekah the son of

touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is Remaliah, king of Israel, went up

taken away, and thy sin purged. 8

Also toward Jerusalem to war against it, but
2
I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, could not prevail against it. And it

Whom shall I send, and who will go for was told the house of David, saying,

us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9 Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And

And he said, Go, and tell this people, his heart was moved, and the heart of

Hear ye indeed, but understand not; his people, as the trees of the wood
3
and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 are moved with the wind. Then said

Make the heart of this people fat, and the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to

make their ears heavy, and shut their meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy

eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and son, at the end of the conduit of the

hear with their ears, and understand upper pool in the highway of the
4
with their heart, and convert, and be fuller's field; And say unto him, Take
 15
heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he
be fainthearted for the two tails of eat, that he may know to refuse the
16
these smoking firebrands, for the fierce evil, and choose the good. For before
anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the the child shall know to refuse the evil,
5
son of Remaliah. Because Syria, and choose the good, the land that
Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of
17
have taken evil counsel against thee, both her kings. The LORD shall bring
6
saying, Let us go up against Judah, upon thee, and upon thy people, and
and vex it, and let us make a breach upon thy father's house, days that
therein for us, and set a king in the have not come, from the day that
7
midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Ephraim departed from Judah; even
18
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not the king of Assyria. And it shall come
8
stand, neither shall it come to pass. to pass in that day, that the LORD shall
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost
the head of Damascus is Rezin; and part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the
19
within threescore and five years shall bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Ephraim be broken, that it be not a And they shall come, and shall rest all
9
people. And the head of Ephraim is of them in the desolate valleys, and in
Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the holes of the rocks, and upon all
20
Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, thorns, and upon all bushes. In the
10
surely ye shall not be established. same day shall the Lord shave with a
Moreover the LORD spake again unto razor that is hired, namely, by them
11
Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the beyond the river, by the king of
LORD thy God; ask it either in the Assyria, the head, and the hair of the
12
depth, or in the height above. But feet: and it shall also consume the
21
Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I beard. And it shall come to pass in
13
tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear that day, that a man shall nourish a
22
ye now, O house of David; Is it a small young cow, and two sheep; And it
thing for you to weary men, but will ye shall come to pass, for the abundance
14
weary my God also? Therefore the of milk that they shall give he shall eat
Lord himself shall give you a sign; butter: for butter and honey shall
23
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and every one eat that is left in the land.
bear a son, and shall call his name And it shall come to pass in that day,
that every place shall be, where there softly, and rejoice in Rezin and
7
were a thousand vines at a thousand Remaliah's son; Now therefore,
silverlings, it shall even be for briers behold, the Lord bringeth up upon
24
and thorns. With arrows and with them the waters of the river, strong
bows shall men come thither; because and many, even the king of Assyria,
all the land shall become briers and and all his glory: and he shall come up
25
thorns. And on all hills that shall be over all his channels, and go over all
8
digged with the mattock, there shall his banks: And he shall pass through
not come thither the fear of briers and Judah; he shall overflow and go over,
thorns: but it shall be for the sending he shall reach even to the neck; and
forth of oxen, and for the treading of the stretching out of his wings shall fill
9
lesser cattle. the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and
Isaiah 8 ye shall be broken in pieces; and give
ear, all ye of far countries: gird
Moreover the LORD said unto me,
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
Take thee a great roll, and write in it pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be
with a man's pen concerning Maher- broken in pieces. 10
Take counsel
2
shalal-hash-baz. And I took unto me together, and it shall come to nought;
faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the speak the word, and it shall not stand:
priest, and Zechariah the son of for God is with us. 11
For the LORD
3
Jeberechiah. And I went unto the spake thus to me with a strong hand,
prophetess; and she conceived, and and instructed me that I should not
bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, walk in the way of this people, saying,
4
Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all
For before the child shall have them to whom this people shall say, A
knowledge to cry, My father, and my confederacy; neither fear ye their fear,
mother, the riches of Damascus and nor be afraid. 13
Sanctify the LORD of
the spoil of Samaria shall be taken hosts himself; and let him be your
5
away before the king of Assyria. The fear, and let him be your dread. 14
And
LORD spake also unto me again, he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a
6
saying, Forasmuch as this people stone of stumbling and for a rock of
refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go offence to both the houses of Israel,
for a gin and for a snare to the Isaiah 9
15
inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many
among them shall stumble, and fall, Nevertheless the dimness shall not be
and be broken, and be snared, and be such as was in her vexation, when at
16
taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the first he lightly afflicted the land of
17
the law among my disciples. And I Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and
will wait upon the LORD, that hideth afterward did more grievously afflict
his face from the house of Jacob, and I her by the way of the sea, beyond
18
will look for him. Behold, I and the Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2
The
children whom the LORD hath given me people that walked in darkness have
are for signs and for wonders in Israel seen a great light: they that dwell in
from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth the land of the shadow of death, upon
19
in mount Zion. And when they shall them hath the light shined. 3
Thou hast
say unto you, Seek unto them that multiplied the nation, and not
have familiar spirits, and unto wizards increased the joy: they joy before thee
that peep, and that mutter: should not according to the joy in harvest, and as
a people seek unto their God? for the men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
20
living to the dead? To the law and to 4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his
the testimony: if they speak not burden, and the staff of his shoulder,
according to this word, it is because the rod of his oppressor, as in the day
21
there is no light in them. And they of Midian. 5
For every battle of the
shall pass through it, hardly bestead warrior is with confused noise, and
and hungry: and it shall come to pass, garments rolled in blood; but this shall
that when they shall be hungry, they be with burning and fuel of fire. 6
For
shall fret themselves, and curse their unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
22
king and their God, and look upward. given: and the government shall be
And they shall look unto the earth; and upon his shoulder: and his name shall
behold trouble and darkness, dimness be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
of anguish; and they shall be driven to mighty God, The everlasting Father,
darkness. The Prince of Peace. 7
Of the increase
of his government and peace there
shall be no end, upon the throne of
David, and upon his kingdom, to order
it, and to establish it with judgment for every one is an hypocrite and an
and with justice from henceforth even evildoer, and every mouth speaketh
for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts folly. For all this his anger is not turned
8
will perform this. The Lord sent a away, but his hand is stretched out
18
word into Jacob, and it hath lighted still. For wickedness burneth as the
9
upon Israel. And all the people shall fire: it shall devour the briers and
know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets
of Samaria, that say in the pride and of the forest, and they shall mount up
10 19
stoutness of heart, The bricks are like the lifting up of smoke. Through
fallen down, but we will build with the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the
hewn stones: the sycomores are cut land darkened, and the people shall be
down, but we will change them into as the fuel of the fire: no man shall
11 20
cedars. Therefore the LORD shall set spare his brother. And he shall
up the adversaries of Rezin against snatch on the right hand, and be
12
him, and join his enemies together; hungry; and he shall eat on the left
The Syrians before, and the Philistines hand, and they shall not be satisfied:
behind; and they shall devour Israel they shall eat every man the flesh of
21
with open mouth. For all this his anger his own arm: Manasseh, Ephraim;
is not turned away, but his hand is and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they
13
stretched out still. For the people together shall be against Judah. For all
turneth not unto him that smiteth this his anger is not turned away, but
them, neither do they seek the LORD his hand is stretched out still.
14
of hosts. Therefore the LORD will cut
off from Israel head and tail, branch Isaiah 10
15
and rush, in one day. The ancient
and honourable, he is the head; and
Woe unto them that decree

the prophet that teacheth lies, he is unrighteous decrees, and that write

the tail. 16
For the leaders of this grievousness which they have
2
people cause them to err; and they prescribed; To turn aside the needy

that are led of them are destroyed. 17 from judgment, and to take away the

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in right from the poor of my people, that

their young men, neither shall have widows may be their prey, and that
3
mercy on their fatherless and widows: they may rob the fatherless! And
what will ye do in the day of visitation, of the king of Assyria, and the glory of
13
and in the desolation which shall come his high looks. For he saith, By the
from far? to whom will ye flee for help? strength of my hand I have done it,
4
and where will ye leave your glory? and by my wisdom; for I am prudent:
Without me they shall bow down under and I have removed the bounds of the
the prisoners, and they shall fall under people, and have robbed their
the slain. For all this his anger is not treasures, and I have put down the
14
turned away, but his hand is stretched inhabitants like a valiant man: And
5
out still. O Assyrian, the rod of mine my hand hath found as a nest the
anger, and the staff in their hand is riches of the people: and as one
6
mine indignation. I will send him gathereth eggs that are left, have I
against an hypocritical nation, and gathered all the earth; and there was
against the people of my wrath will I none that moved the wing, or opened
15
give him a charge, to take the spoil, the mouth, or peeped. Shall the axe
and to take the prey, and to tread boast itself against him that heweth
them down like the mire of the streets. therewith? or shall the saw magnify
7
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither itself against him that shaketh it? as if
doth his heart think so; but it is in his the rod should shake itself against
heart to destroy and cut off nations not them that lift it up, or as if the staff
8
a few. For he saith, Are not my should lift up itself, as if it were no
9 16
princes altogether kings? Is not Calno wood. Therefore shall the Lord, the
as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
10
Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? leanness; and under his glory he shall
As my hand hath found the kingdoms kindle a burning like the burning of a
17
of the idols, and whose graven images fire. And the light of Israel shall be
did excel them of Jerusalem and of for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame:
11
Samaria; Shall I not, as I have done and it shall burn and devour his thorns
18
unto Samaria and her idols, so do to and his briers in one day; And shall
12
Jerusalem and her idols? Wherefore consume the glory of his forest, and of
it shall come to pass, that when the his fruitful field, both soul and body:
Lord hath performed his whole work and they shall be as when a
19
upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I standardbearer fainteth. And the rest
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the trees of his forest shall be few,
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that a child may write them. And it neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed
28
shall come to pass in that day, that the because of the anointing. He is come
remnant of Israel, and such as are to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at
escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no Michmash he hath laid up his
29
more again stay upon him that smote carriages: They are gone over the
them; but shall stay upon the LORD, passage: they have taken up their
21
the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid;
30
remnant shall return, even the Gibeah of Saul is fled. Lift up thy
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to
22
God. For though thy people Israel be be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31
as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant Madmenah is removed; the
of them shall return: the consumption inhabitants of Gebim gather
32
decreed shall overflow with themselves to flee. As yet shall he
23
righteousness. For the Lord GOD of remain at Nob that day: he shall shake
hosts shall make a consumption, even his hand against the mount of the
determined, in the midst of all the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
24 33
land. Therefore thus saith the Lord Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
GOD of hosts, O my people that shall lop the bough with terror: and the
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the high ones of stature shall be hewn
Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a down, and the haughty shall be
34
rod, and shall lift up his staff against humbled. And he shall cut down the
25
thee, after the manner of Egypt. For thickets of the forest with iron, and
yet a very little while, and the Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
indignation shall cease, and mine
anger in their destruction. 26
And the Isaiah 11
LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge
for him according to the slaughter of
And there shall come forth a rod out of
Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall
2
rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it grow out of his roots: And the spirit

up after the manner of Egypt. 27

And it of the LORD shall rest upon him, the

shall come to pass in that day, that his spirit of wisdom and understanding,

burden shall be taken away from off the spirit of counsel and might, the

thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy spirit of knowledge and of the fear of
 3
the LORD; And shall make him of Lord shall set his hand again the
quick understanding in the fear of the second time to recover the remnant of
LORD: and he shall not judge after the his people, which shall be left, from
sight of his eyes, neither reprove after Assyria, and from Egypt, and from
4
the hearing of his ears: But with Pathros, and from Cush, and from
righteousness shall he judge the poor, Elam, and from Shinar, and from
and reprove with equity for the meek Hamath, and from the islands of the
12
of the earth: and he shall smite the sea. And he shall set up an ensign
earth with the rod of his mouth, and for the nations, and shall assemble the
with the breath of his lips shall he slay outcasts of Israel, and gather together
5
the wicked. And righteousness shall the dispersed of Judah from the four
13
be the girdle of his loins, and corners of the earth. The envy also
6
faithfulness the girdle of his reins. of Ephraim shall depart, and the
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, adversaries of Judah shall be cut off:
and the leopard shall lie down with the Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and
14
kid; and the calf and the young lion Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But
and the fatling together; and a little they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
7
child shall lead them. And the cow Philistines toward the west; they shall
and the bear shall feed; their young spoil them of the east together: they
ones shall lie down together: and the shall lay their hand upon Edom and
8
lion shall eat straw like the ox. And Moab; and the children of Ammon shall
15
the sucking child shall play on the hole obey them. And the LORD shall
of the asp, and the weaned child shall utterly destroy the tongue of the
9
put his hand on the cockatrice' den. Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all shall he shake his hand over the river,
my holy mountain: for the earth shall and shall smite it in the seven streams,
16
be full of the knowledge of the LORD, and make men go over dryshod. And
10
as the waters cover the sea. And in there shall be an highway for the
that day there shall be a root of Jesse, remnant of his people, which shall be
which shall stand for an ensign of the left, from Assyria; like as it was to
people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: Israel in the day that he came up out
11
and his rest shall be glorious. And it of the land of Egypt.
shall come to pass in that day, that the
Isaiah 12 of a multitude in the mountains, like as
of a great people; a tumultuous noise
And in that day thou shalt say, O of the kingdoms of nations gathered

LORD, I will praise thee: though thou together: the LORD of hosts mustereth
5
wast angry with me, thine anger is the host of the battle. They come

turned away, and thou comfortedst from a far country, from the end of

me. 2
Behold, God is my salvation; I heaven, even the LORD, and the

will trust, and not be afraid: for the weapons of his indignation, to destroy
6
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my the whole land. Howl ye; for the day

song; he also is become my salvation. 3 of the LORD is at hand; it shall come

7
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water as a destruction from the Almighty.

out of the wells of salvation. 4

And in Therefore shall all hands be faint, and
8
that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, every man's heart shall melt: And

call upon his name, declare his doings they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows

among the people, make mention that shall take hold of them; they shall be

his name is exalted. 5

Sing unto the in pain as a woman that travaileth:

LORD; for he hath done excellent they shall be amazed one at another;
9
things: this is known in all the earth. 6 their faces shall be as flames. Behold,

Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of the day of the LORD cometh, cruel

Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel both with wrath and fierce anger, to

in the midst of thee. lay the land desolate: and he shall

10
destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah 13 For the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah their light: the sun shall be darkened in
2
the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a his going forth, and the moon shall not
banner upon the high mountain, exalt cause her light to shine. 11
And I will
the voice unto them, shake the hand, punish the world for their evil, and the
that they may go into the gates of the wicked for their iniquity; and I will
3
nobles. I have commanded my cause the arrogancy of the proud to
sanctified ones, I have also called my cease, and will lay low the haughtiness
mighty ones for mine anger, even them of the terrible. 12
I will make a man
4
that rejoice in my highness. The noise more precious than fine gold; even a
 13
man than the golden wedge of Ophir. doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell
22
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and there, and satyrs shall dance there.
the earth shall remove out of her And the wild beasts of the islands shall
place, in the wrath of the LORD of cry in their desolate houses, and
hosts, and in the day of his fierce dragons in their pleasant palaces: and
14
anger. And it shall be as the chased her time is near to come, and her days
roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh shall not be prolonged.
up: they shall every man turn to his
own people, and flee every one into his Isaiah 14
15
own land. Every one that is found
shall be thrust through; and every one
For the LORD will have mercy on

that is joined unto them shall fall by Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and

the sword. 16
Their children also shall set them in their own land: and the

be dashed to pieces before their eyes; strangers shall be joined with them,

their houses shall be spoiled, and their and they shall cleave to the house of
2
wives ravished. 17
Behold, I will stir up Jacob. And the people shall take

the Medes against them, which shall them, and bring them to their place:

not regard silver; and as for gold, they and the house of Israel shall possess

shall not delight in it. 18

Their bows them in the land of the LORD for

also shall dash the young men to servants and handmaids: and they

pieces; and they shall have no pity on shall take them captives, whose

the fruit of the womb; their eye shall captives they were; and they shall rule
3
not spare children. 19
And Babylon, the over their oppressors. And it shall

glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the come to pass in the day that the LORD

Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when shall give thee rest from thy sorrow,

God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. and from thy fear, and from the hard
20
It shall never be inhabited, neither bondage wherein thou wast made to
4
shall it be dwelt in from generation to serve, That thou shalt take up this

generation: neither shall the Arabian proverb against the king of Babylon,

pitch tent there; neither shall the and say, How hath the oppressor
5
shepherds make their fold there. 21
But ceased! the golden city ceased! The

wild beasts of the desert shall lie LORD hath broken the staff of the
6
there; and their houses shall be full of wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
He who smote the people in wrath with They that see thee shall narrowly look
a continual stroke, he that ruled the upon thee, and consider thee, saying,
nations in anger, is persecuted, and Is this the man that made the earth to
7 17
none hindereth. The whole earth is at tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
rest, and is quiet: they break forth into That made the world as a wilderness,
8
singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at and destroyed the cities thereof; that
thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, opened not the house of his prisoners?
18
saying, Since thou art laid down, no All the kings of the nations, even all
9
feller is come up against us. Hell from of them, lie in glory, every one in his
19
beneath is moved for thee to meet own house. But thou art cast out of
thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the thy grave like an abominable branch,
dead for thee, even all the chief ones and as the raiment of those that are
of the earth; it hath raised up from slain, thrust through with a sword, that
their thrones all the kings of the go down to the stones of the pit; as a
10 20
nations. All they shall speak and say carcase trodden under feet. Thou
unto thee, Art thou also become weak shalt not be joined with them in burial,
11
as we? art thou become like unto us? because thou hast destroyed thy land,
Thy pomp is brought down to the and slain thy people: the seed of
21
grave, and the noise of thy viols: the evildoers shall never be renowned.
worm is spread under thee, and the Prepare slaughter for his children for
12
worms cover thee. How art thou the iniquity of their fathers; that they
fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of do not rise, nor possess the land, nor
22
the morning! how art thou cut down to fill the face of the world with cities.
the ground, which didst weaken the For I will rise up against them, saith
13
nations! For thou hast said in thine the LORD of hosts, and cut off from
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will Babylon the name, and remnant, and
23
exalt my throne above the stars of son, and nephew, saith the LORD. I
God: I will sit also upon the mount of will also make it a possession for the
the congregation, in the sides of the bittern, and pools of water: and I will
14
north: I will ascend above the sweep it with the besom of destruction,
24
heights of the clouds; I will be like the saith the LORD of hosts. The LORD of
15
most High. Yet thou shalt be brought hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I
16
down to hell, to the sides of the pit. have thought, so shall it come to pass;
and as I have purposed, so shall it Isaiah 15
25
stand: That I will break the Assyrian
in my land, and upon my mountains The burden of Moab. Because in the
tread him under foot: then shall his night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and
yoke depart from off them, and his brought to silence; because in the
burden depart from off their shoulders. night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and
26
This is the purpose that is purposed brought to silence; 2
He is gone up to
upon the whole earth: and this is the Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places,
hand that is stretched out upon all the to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo,
27
nations. For the LORD of hosts hath and over Medeba: on all their heads
purposed, and who shall disannul it? shall be baldness, and every beard cut
and his hand is stretched out, and who off. 3
In their streets they shall gird
28
shall turn it back? In the year that themselves with sackcloth: on the tops
29
king Ahaz died was this burden. of their houses, and in their streets,
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, every one shall howl, weeping
because the rod of him that smote thee abundantly. 4
And Heshbon shall cry,
is broken: for out of the serpent's root and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard
shall come forth a cockatrice, and his even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed
30
fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, shall be grievous unto him. 5
My heart
and the needy shall lie down in safety: shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives
and I will kill thy root with famine, and shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three
31
he shall slay thy remnant. Howl, O years old: for by the mounting up of
gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;
Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall for in the way of Horonaim they shall
come from the north a smoke, and raise up a cry of destruction. 6
For the
none shall be alone in his appointed waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for
32
times. What shall one then answer the hay is withered away, the grass
the messengers of the nation? That the faileth, there is no green thing. 7

LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor Therefore the abundance they have
of his people shall trust in it. gotten, and that which they have laid
up, shall they carry away to the brook
8
of the willows. For the cry is gone
round about the borders of Moab; the pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall
7
howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the not be so. Therefore shall Moab howl
9
howling thereof unto Beer-elim. For for Moab, every one shall howl: for the
the waters of Dimon shall be full of foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye
8
blood: for I will bring more upon mourn; surely they are stricken. For
Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of the fields of Heshbon languish, and the
Moab, and upon the remnant of the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the
land. heathen have broken down the
principal plants thereof, they are come
Isaiah 16 even unto Jazer, they wandered
through the wilderness: her branches
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the
are stretched out, they are gone over
land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the sea. 9
Therefore I will bewail with
2
the mount of the daughter of Zion. the weeping of Jazer the vine of
For it shall be, that, as a wandering Sibmah: I will water thee with my
bird cast out of the nest, so the tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the
daughters of Moab shall be at the fords shouting for thy summer fruits and for
3
of Arnon. Take counsel, execute thy harvest is fallen. 10
And gladness is
judgment; make thy shadow as the taken away, and joy out of the plentiful
night in the midst of the noonday; hide field; and in the vineyards there shall
the outcasts; bewray not him that be no singing, neither shall there be
4
wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell shouting: the treaders shall tread out
with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to no wine in their presses; I have made
them from the face of the spoiler: for their vintage shouting to cease. 11

the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler Wherefore my bowels shall sound like
ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed an harp for Moab, and mine inward
5
out of the land. And in mercy shall parts for Kir-haresh. 12
And it shall
the throne be established: and he shall come to pass, when it is seen that
sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of Moab is weary on the high place, that
David, judging, and seeking judgment, he shall come to his sanctuary to pray;
6
and hasting righteousness. We have but he shall not prevail. 13
This is the
heard of the pride of Moab; he is very word that the LORD hath spoken
proud: even of his haughtiness, and his concerning Moab since that time. 14
But
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now the LORD hath spoken, saying, saith the LORD God of Israel. At that
Within three years, as the years of an day shall a man look to his Maker, and
hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be his eyes shall have respect to the Holy
8
contemned, with all that great One of Israel. And he shall not look to
multitude; and the remnant shall be the altars, the work of his hands,
very small and feeble. neither shall respect that which his
fingers have made, either the groves,
Isaiah 17 or the images. 9
In that day shall his
strong cities be as a forsaken bough,
The burden of Damascus. Behold,
and an uppermost branch, which they
Damascus is taken away from being a left because of the children of Israel:
2
city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. and there shall be desolation. 10

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they Because thou hast forgotten the God of
shall be for flocks, which shall lie thy salvation, and hast not been
down, and none shall make them mindful of the rock of thy strength,
3
afraid. The fortress also shall cease therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
from Ephraim, and the kingdom from plants, and shalt set it with strange
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: slips: 11
In the day shalt thou make thy
they shall be as the glory of the plant to grow, and in the morning shalt
children of Israel, saith the LORD of thou make thy seed to flourish: but the
4
hosts. And in that day it shall come to harvest shall be a heap in the day of
pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be grief and of desperate sorrow. 12
Woe
made thin, and the fatness of his flesh to the multitude of many people, which
5
shall wax lean. And it shall be as make a noise like the noise of the
when the harvestman gathereth the seas; and to the rushing of nations,
corn, and reapeth the ears with his that make a rushing like the rushing of
arm; and it shall be as he that mighty waters! 13
The nations shall
gathereth ears in the valley of rush like the rushing of many waters:
6
Rephaim. Yet gleaning grapes shall be but God shall rebuke them, and they
left in it, as the shaking of an olive shall flee far off, and shall be chased
tree, two or three berries in the top of as the chaff of the mountains before
the uppermost bough, four or five in the wind, and like a rolling thing before
the outmost fruitful branches thereof, the whirlwind. 14
And behold at
eveningtide trouble; and before the earth: and the fowls shall summer
morning he is not. This is the portion upon them, and all the beasts of the
7
of them that spoil us, and the lot of earth shall winter upon them. In that
them that rob us. time shall the present be brought unto
the LORD of hosts of a people
Isaiah 18 scattered and peeled, and from a
people terrible from their beginning
Woe to the land shadowing with
hitherto; a nation meted out and
wings, which is beyond the rivers of trodden under foot, whose land the
2
Ethiopia: That sendeth ambassadors rivers have spoiled, to the place of the
by the sea, even in vessels of name of the LORD of hosts, the mount
bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, Zion.
ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people Isaiah 19
terrible from their beginning hitherto;
a nation meted out and trodden down, The burden of Egypt. Behold, the
3
whose land the rivers have spoiled! LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and
All ye inhabitants of the world, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of
dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he Egypt shall be moved at his presence,
lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the
2
and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear midst of it. And I will set the
4
ye. For so the LORD said unto me, I Egyptians against the Egyptians: and
will take my rest, and I will consider in they shall fight every one against his
my dwelling place like a clear heat brother, and every one against his
upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in neighbour; city against city, and
5 3
the heat of harvest. For afore the kingdom against kingdom. And the
harvest, when the bud is perfect, and spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst
the sour grape is ripening in the thereof; and I will destroy the counsel
flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs thereof: and they shall seek to the
with pruninghooks, and take away and idols, and to the charmers, and to
6
cut down the branches. They shall be them that have familiar spirits, and to
4
left together unto the fowls of the the wizards. And the Egyptians will I
mountains, and to the beasts of the give over into the hand of a cruel lord;
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and a fierce king shall rule over them, the tribes thereof. The LORD hath
5
saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. mingled a perverse spirit in the midst
And the waters shall fail from the sea, thereof: and they have caused Egypt to
and the river shall be wasted and dried err in every work thereof, as a drunken
6 15
up. And they shall turn the rivers far man staggereth in his vomit. Neither
away; and the brooks of defence shall shall there be any work for Egypt,
be emptied and dried up: the reeds which the head or tail, branch or rush,
7 16
and flags shall wither. The paper may do. In that day shall Egypt be
reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of like unto women: and it shall be afraid
the brooks, and every thing sown by and fear because of the shaking of the
the brooks, shall wither, be driven hand of the LORD of hosts, which he
8 17
away, and be no more. The fishers shaketh over it. And the land of
also shall mourn, and all they that cast Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt,
angle into the brooks shall lament, and every one that maketh mention thereof
they that spread nets upon the waters shall be afraid in himself, because of
9
shall languish. Moreover they that the counsel of the LORD of hosts,
18
work in fine flax, and they that weave which he hath determined against it.
10
networks, shall be confounded. And In that day shall five cities in the land
they shall be broken in the purposes of Egypt speak the language of
thereof, all that make sluices and Canaan, and swear to the LORD of
11
ponds for fish. Surely the princes of hosts; one shall be called, The city of
19
Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise destruction. In that day shall there
counsellors of Pharaoh is become be an altar to the LORD in the midst of
brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the
20
am the son of the wise, the son of border thereof to the LORD. And it
12
ancient kings? Where are they? shall be for a sign and for a witness
where are thy wise men? and let them unto the LORD of hosts in the land of
tell thee now, and let them know what Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD
the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon because of the oppressors, and he shall
13
Egypt. The princes of Zoan are send them a saviour, and a great one,
21
become fools, the princes of Noph are and he shall deliver them. And the
deceived; they have also seduced LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the
Egypt, even they that are the stay of Egyptians shall know the LORD in that
day, and shall do sacrifice and years for a sign and wonder upon
4
oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow Egypt and upon Ethiopia; So shall the
22
unto the LORD, and perform it. And king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians
the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives,
smite and heal it: and they shall return young and old, naked and barefoot,
even to the LORD, and he shall be even with their buttocks uncovered, to
5
intreated of them, and shall heal them. the shame of Egypt. And they shall be
23
In that day shall there be a highway afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their
6
out of Egypt to Assyria, and the expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the And the inhabitant of this isle shall say
Egyptian into Assyria, and the in that day, Behold, such is our
Egyptians shall serve with the expectation, whither we flee for help to
24
Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be be delivered from the king of Assyria:
the third with Egypt and with Assyria, and how shall we escape?
even a blessing in the midst of the
land: 25
Whom the LORD of hosts shall Isaiah 21
bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my
people, and Assyria the work of my
The burden of the desert of the sea.

hands, and Israel mine inheritance. As whirlwinds in the south pass

through; so it cometh from the desert,
Isaiah 20 from a terrible land. 2
A grievous vision
is declared unto me; the treacherous
In the year that Tartan came unto dealer dealeth treacherously, and the
Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:
Assyria sent him,) and fought against besiege, O Media; all the sighing
2 3
Ashdod, and took it; At the same thereof have I made to cease.
time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son Therefore are my loins filled with pain:
of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the pangs have taken hold upon me, as the
sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off pangs of a woman that travaileth: I
thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, was bowed down at the hearing of it; I
3 4
walking naked and barefoot. And the was dismayed at the seeing of it. My
LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah heart panted, fearfulness affrighted
hath walked naked and barefoot three me: the night of my pleasure hath he
 5
turned into fear unto me. Prepare the they prevented with their bread him
15
table, watch in the watchtower, eat, that fled. For they fled from the
drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the swords, from the drawn sword, and
6
shield. For thus hath the Lord said from the bent bow, and from the
16
unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him grievousness of war. For thus hath
7
declare what he seeth. And he saw a the Lord said unto me, Within a year,
chariot with a couple of horsemen, a according to the years of an hireling,
17
chariot of asses, and a chariot of and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
camels; and he hearkened diligently And the residue of the number of
8
with much heed: And he cried, A lion: archers, the mighty men of the
My lord, I stand continually upon the children of Kedar, shall be diminished:
watchtower in the daytime, and I am for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken
9
set in my ward whole nights: And, it.
behold, here cometh a chariot of men,
with a couple of horsemen. And he Isaiah 22
answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is
fallen; and all the graven images of her
The burden of the valley of vision.

gods he hath broken unto the ground. What aileth thee now, that thou art
2
10
O my threshing, and the corn of my wholly gone up to the housetops?

floor: that which I have heard of the Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous

LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have city, a joyous city: thy slain men are

I declared unto you. 11

The burden of not slain with the sword, nor dead in
3
Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, battle. All thy rulers are fled together,

Watchman, what of the night? they are bound by the archers: all that

Watchman, what of the night? 12

The are found in thee are bound together,
4
watchman said, The morning cometh, which have fled from far. Therefore

and also the night: if ye will enquire, said I, Look away from me; I will weep

enquire ye: return, come. 13

The bitterly, labour not to comfort me,

burden upon Arabia. In the forest in because of the spoiling of the daughter
5
Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling of my people. For it is a day of

companies of Dedanim. 14
The trouble, and of treading down, and of

inhabitants of the land of Tema perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in

brought water to him that was thirsty, the valley of vision, breaking down the
 6 15
walls, and of crying to the mountains. Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even
of men and horsemen, and Kir unto Shebna, which is over the house,
7 16
uncovered the shield. And it shall and say, What hast thou here? and
come to pass, that thy choicest valleys whom hast thou here, that thou hast
shall be full of chariots, and the hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he
horsemen shall set themselves in array that heweth him out a sepulchre on
8
at the gate. And he discovered the high, and that graveth an habitation
17
covering of Judah, and thou didst look for himself in a rock? Behold, the
in that day to the armour of the house LORD will carry thee away with a
9
of the forest. Ye have seen also the mighty captivity, and will surely cover
18
breaches of the city of David, that they thee. He will surely violently turn
are many: and ye gathered together and toss thee like a ball into a large
10
the waters of the lower pool. And ye country: there shalt thou die, and
have numbered the houses of there the chariots of thy glory shall be
19
Jerusalem, and the houses have ye the shame of thy lord's house. And I
11
broken down to fortify the wall. Ye will drive thee from thy station, and
made also a ditch between the two from thy state shall he pull thee down.
20
walls for the water of the old pool: but And it shall come to pass in that day,
ye have not looked unto the maker that I will call my servant Eliakim the
21
thereof, neither had respect unto him son of Hilkiah: And I will clothe him
12
that fashioned it long ago. And in with thy robe, and strengthen him with
that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call thy girdle, and I will commit thy
to weeping, and to mourning, and to government into his hand: and he shall
baldness, and to girding with be a father to the inhabitants of
13
sackcloth: And behold joy and Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22
gladness, slaying oxen, and killing And the key of the house of David
sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall
let us eat and drink; for to morrow we open, and none shall shut; and he shall
14 23
shall die. And it was revealed in mine shut, and none shall open. And I will
ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this fasten him as a nail in a sure place;
iniquity shall not be purged from you and he shall be for a glorious throne to
24
till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. his father's house. And they shall
 7
hang upon him all the glory of his isle. Is this your joyous city, whose
father's house, the offspring and the antiquity is of ancient days? her own
issue, all vessels of small quantity, feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8
from the vessels of cups, even to all Who hath taken this counsel against
25
the vessels of flagons. In that day, Tyre, the crowning city, whose
saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail merchants are princes, whose
that is fastened in the sure place be traffickers are the honourable of the
9
removed, and be cut down, and fall; earth? The LORD of hosts hath
and the burden that was upon it shall purposed it, to stain the pride of all
be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken glory, and to bring into contempt all
10
it. the honourable of the earth. Pass
through thy land as a river, O daughter
Isaiah 23 of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11
He stretched out his hand over the
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of
sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD
Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that hath given a commandment against the
there is no house, no entering in: from merchant city, to destroy the strong
the land of Chittim it is revealed to holds thereof. 12
And he said, Thou
2
them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the shalt no more rejoice, O thou
isle; thou whom the merchants of oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon:
Zidon, that pass over the sea, have arise, pass over to Chittim; there also
3
replenished. And by great waters the shalt thou have no rest. 13
Behold the
seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, land of the Chaldeans; this people was
is her revenue; and she is a mart of not, til the Assyrian founded it for
4
nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: them that dwell in the wilderness: they
for the sea hath spoken, even the set up the towers thereof, they raised
strength of the sea, saying, I travail up the palaces thereof; and he brought
not, nor bring forth children, neither do it to ruin. 14
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish:
I nourish up young men, nor bring up for your strength is laid waste. 15
And it
5
virgins. As at the report concerning shall come to pass in that day, that
Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years,
6
the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to according to the days of one king: after
Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the the end of seventy years shall Tyre
 16
sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go earth mourneth and fadeth away, the
about the city, thou harlot that hast world languisheth and fadeth away, the
been forgotten; make sweet melody, haughty people of the earth do
5
sing many songs, that thou mayest be languish. The earth also is defiled
17
remembered. And it shall come to under the inhabitants thereof; because
pass after the end of seventy years, they have transgressed the laws,
that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she changed the ordinance, broken the
6
shall turn to her hire, and shall commit everlasting covenant. Therefore hath
fornication with all the kingdoms of the the curse devoured the earth, and they
18
world upon the face of the earth. that dwell therein are desolate:
And her merchandise and her hire shall therefore the inhabitants of the earth
7
be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be are burned, and few men left. The
treasured nor laid up; for her new wine mourneth, the vine
merchandise shall be for them that languisheth, all the merryhearted do
8
dwell before the LORD, to eat sigh. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
sufficiently, and for durable clothing. the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
9
the joy of the harp ceaseth. They
Isaiah 24 shall not drink wine with a song;
strong drink shall be bitter to them
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth
that drink it. 10
The city of confusion is
empty, and maketh it waste, and broken down: every house is shut up,
turneth it upside down, and scattereth that no man may come in. 11
There is a
2
abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it crying for wine in the streets; all joy is
shall be, as with the people, so with darkened, the mirth of the land is
the priest; as with the servant, so with gone. 12
In the city is left desolation,
his master; as with the maid, so with and the gate is smitten with
her mistress; as with the buyer, so destruction. 13
When thus it shall be in
with the seller; as with the lender, so the midst of the land among the
with the borrower; as with the taker of people, there shall be as the shaking of
usury, so with the giver of usury to an olive tree, and as the gleaning
3
him. The land shall be utterly grapes when the vintage is done. 14

emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the They shall lift up their voice, they shall
4
LORD hath spoken this word. The sing for the majesty of the LORD, they
 15
shall cry aloud from the sea. the pit, and shall be shut up in the
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the prison, and after many days shall they
23
fires, even the name of the LORD God be visited. Then the moon shall be
16
of Israel in the isles of the sea. From confounded, and the sun ashamed,
the uttermost part of the earth have when the LORD of hosts shall reign in
we heard songs, even glory to the mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and
righteous. But I said, My leanness, my before his ancients gloriously.
leanness, woe unto me! the
treacherous dealers have dealt Isaiah 25
treacherously; yea, the treacherous
dealers have dealt very treacherously.
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt
17
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are thee, I will praise thy name; for thou

upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 hast done wonderful things; thy

And it shall come to pass, that he who counsels of old are faithfulness and
2
fleeth from the noise of the fear shall truth. For thou hast made of a city an

fall into the pit; and he that cometh up heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a

out of the midst of the pit shall be palace of strangers to be no city; it

3
taken in the snare: for the windows shall never be built. Therefore shall

from on high are open, and the the strong people glorify thee, the city
4
foundations of the earth do shake. 19 of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

The earth is utterly broken down, the For thou hast been a strength to the

earth is clean dissolved, the earth is poor, a strength to the needy in his

moved exceedingly. 20
The earth shall distress, a refuge from the storm, a

reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shadow from the heat, when the blast

shall be removed like a cottage; and of the terrible ones is as a storm

5
the transgression thereof shall be against the wall. Thou shalt bring

heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not down the noise of strangers, as the

rise again. 21
And it shall come to pass heat in a dry place; even the heat with

in that day, that the LORD shall punish the shadow of a cloud: the branch of
6
the host of the high ones that are on the terrible ones shall be brought low.

high, and the kings of the earth upon And in this mountain shall the LORD of

the earth. 22
And they shall be gathered hosts make unto all people a feast of

together, as prisoners are gathered in fat things, a feast of wines on the lees,
of fat things full of marrow, of wines on city; salvation will God appoint for
7 2
the lees well refined. And he will walls and bulwarks. Open ye the
destroy in this mountain the face of the gates, that the righteous nation which
3
covering cast over all people, and the keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou
8
vail that is spread over all nations. He wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose
will swallow up death in victory; and mind is stayed on thee: because he
4
the Lord GOD will wipe away tears trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD
from off all faces; and the rebuke of for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
5
his people shall he take away from off everlasting strength: For he bringeth
all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken down them that dwell on high; the
9
it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it
this is our God; we have waited for low, even to the ground; he bringeth it
6
him, and he will save us: this is the even to the dust. The foot shall tread
LORD; we have waited for him, we will it down, even the feet of the poor, and
10 7
be glad and rejoice in his salvation. the steps of the needy. The way of
For in this mountain shall the hand of the just is uprightness: thou, most
the LORD rest, and Moab shall be upright, dost weigh the path of the
8
trodden down under him, even as just. Yea, in the way of thy
straw is trodden down for the dunghill. judgments, O LORD, have we waited
11
And he shall spread forth his hands for thee; the desire of our soul is to
in the midst of them, as he that thy name, and to the remembrance of
9
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to thee. With my soul have I desired
swim: and he shall bring down their thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
pride together with the spoils of their within me will I seek thee early: for
12
hands. And the fortress of the high when thy judgments are in the earth,
fort of thy walls shall he bring down, the inhabitants of the world will learn
10
lay low, and bring to the ground, even righteousness. Let favour be shewed
to the dust. to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of
Isaiah 26 uprightness will he deal unjustly, and
will not behold the majesty of the
In that day shall this song be sung in
LORD. 11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted
the land of Judah; We have a strong up, they will not see: but they shall
 20
see, and be ashamed for their envy at shall cast out the dead. Come, my
the people; yea, the fire of thine people, enter thou into thy chambers,
12
enemies shall devour them. LORD, and shut thy doors about thee: hide
thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou thyself as it were for a little moment,
21
also hast wrought all our works in us. until the indignation be overpast.
13
O LORD our God, other lords besides For, behold, the LORD cometh out of
thee have had dominion over us: but his place to punish the inhabitants of
by thee only will we make mention of the earth for their iniquity: the earth
14
thy name. They are dead, they shall also shall disclose her blood, and shall
not live; they are deceased, they shall no more cover her slain.
not rise: therefore hast thou visited
and destroyed them, and made all their Isaiah 27
15
memory to perish. Thou hast
increased the nation, O LORD, thou
In that day the LORD with his sore and
hast increased the nation: thou art great and strong sword shall punish

glorified: thou hadst removed it far leviathan the piercing serpent, even

unto all the ends of the earth. 16

LORD, leviathan that crooked serpent; and he

in trouble have they visited thee, they shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2
poured out a prayer when thy In that day sing ye unto her, A
3
chastening was upon them. 17
Like as a vineyard of red wine. I the LORD do

woman with child, that draweth near keep it; I will water it every moment:

the time of her delivery, is in pain, and lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and
4
crieth out in her pangs; so have we day. Fury is not in me: who would set

been in thy sight, O LORD. 18

We have the briers and thorns against me in

been with child, we have been in pain, battle? I would go through them, I
5
we have as it were brought forth wind; would burn them together. Or let him

we have not wrought any deliverance take hold of my strength, that he may

in the earth; neither have the make peace with me; and he shall
6
inhabitants of the world fallen. 19
Thy make peace with me. He shall cause

dead men shall live, together with my them that come of Jacob to take root:

dead body shall they arise. Awake and Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill
7
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew the face of the world with fruit. Hath

is as the dew of herbs, and the earth he smitten him, as he smote those that
smote him? or is he slain according to Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in
the slaughter of them that are slain by the holy mount at Jerusalem.
8
him? In measure, when it shooteth
forth, thou wilt debate with it: he Isaiah 28
stayeth his rough wind in the day of
the east wind. 9
By this therefore shall
Woe to the crown of pride, to the

the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious

this is all the fruit to take away his sin; beauty is a fading flower, which are on

when he maketh all the stones of the the head of the fat valleys of them that
2
altar as chalkstones that are beaten in are overcome with wine! Behold, the

sunder, the groves and images shall Lord hath a mighty and strong one,

not stand up. 10

Yet the defenced city which as a tempest of hail and a

shall be desolate, and the habitation destroying storm, as a flood of mighty

forsaken, and left like a wilderness: waters overflowing, shall cast down to
3
there shall the calf feed, and there the earth with the hand. The crown of

shall he lie down, and consume the pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall
4
branches thereof. 11
When the boughs be trodden under feet: And the

thereof are withered, they shall be glorious beauty, which is on the head

broken off: the women come, and set of the fat valley, shall be a fading

them on fire: for it is a people of no flower, and as the hasty fruit before

understanding: therefore he that made the summer; which when he that

them will not have mercy on them, and looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in
5
he that formed them will shew them no his hand he eateth it up. In that day

favour. 12
And it shall come to pass in shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown

that day, that the LORD shall beat off of glory, and for a diadem of beauty,
6
from the channel of the river unto the unto the residue of his people, And

stream of Egypt, and ye shall be for a spirit of judgment to him that

gathered one by one, O ye children of sitteth in judgment, and for strength to

7
Israel. 13
And it shall come to pass in them that turn the battle to the gate.

that day, that the great trumpet shall But they also have erred through wine,

be blown, and they shall come which and through strong drink are out of the

were ready to perish in the land of way; the priest and the prophet have

Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of erred through strong drink, they are
swallowed up of wine, they are out of under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16
the way through strong drink; they err Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
8
in vision, they stumble in judgment. Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a
For all tables are full of vomit and stone, a tried stone, a precious corner
filthiness, so that there is no place stone, a sure foundation: he that
9 17
clean. Whom shall he teach believeth shall not make haste.
knowledge? and whom shall he make Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
to understand doctrine? them that are righteousness to the plummet: and the
weaned from the milk, and drawn from hail shall sweep away the refuge of
10
the breasts. For precept must be lies, and the waters shall overflow the
18
upon precept, precept upon precept; hiding place. And your covenant with
line upon line, line upon line; here a death shall be disannulled, and your
11
little, and there a little: For with agreement with hell shall not stand;
stammering lips and another tongue when the overflowing scourge shall
12
will he speak to this people. To pass through, then ye shall be trodden
19
whom he said, This is the rest down by it. From the time that it
wherewith ye may cause the weary to goeth forth it shall take you: for
rest; and this is the refreshing: yet morning by morning shall it pass over,
13
they would not hear. But the word of by day and by night: and it shall be a
the LORD was unto them precept upon vexation only to understand the report.
20
precept, precept upon precept; line For the bed is shorter than that a
upon line, line upon line; here a little, man can stretch himself on it: and the
and there a little; that they might go, covering narrower than that he can
21
and fall backward, and be broken, and wrap himself in it. For the LORD shall
14
snared, and taken. Wherefore hear rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall
the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon,
that rule this people which is in that he may do his work, his strange
15
Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We work; and bring to pass his act, his
22
have made a covenant with death, and strange act. Now therefore be ye not
with hell are we at agreement; when mockers, lest your bands be made
the overflowing scourge shall pass strong: for I have heard from the Lord
through, it shall not come unto us: for GOD of hosts a consumption, even
23
we have made lies our refuge, and determined upon the whole earth.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; round about, and will lay siege against
24
hearken, and hear my speech. Doth thee with a mount, and I will raise
4
the plowman plow all day to sow? doth forts against thee. And thou shalt be
he open and break the clods of his brought down, and shalt speak out of
25
ground? When he hath made plain the ground, and thy speech shall be
the face thereof, doth he not cast low out of the dust, and thy voice shall
abroad the fitches, and scatter the be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit,
cummin, and cast in the principal out of the ground, and thy speech shall
5
wheat and the appointed barley and rie whisper out of the dust. Moreover the
26
in their place? For his God doth multitude of thy strangers shall be like
instruct him to discretion, and doth small dust, and the multitude of the
27
teach him. For the fitches are not terrible ones shall be as chaff that
threshed with a threshing instrument, passeth away: yea, it shall be at an
6
neither is a cart wheel turned about instant suddenly. Thou shalt be
upon the cummin; but the fitches are visited of the LORD of hosts with
beaten out with a staff, and the thunder, and with earthquake, and
28
cummin with a rod. Bread corn is great noise, with storm and tempest,
7
bruised; because he will not ever be and the flame of devouring fire. And
threshing it, nor break it with the the multitude of all the nations that
wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his fight against Ariel, even all that fight
29
horsemen. This also cometh forth against her and her munition, and that
from the LORD of hosts, which is distress her, shall be as a dream of a
8
wonderful in counsel, and excellent in night vision. It shall even be as when
working. an hungry man dreameth, and, behold,
he eateth; but he awaketh, and his
Isaiah 29 soul is empty: or as when a thirsty
man dreameth, and, behold, he
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where
drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold,
David dwelt! add ye year to year; let he is faint, and his soul hath appetite:
2
them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress so shall the multitude of all the nations
Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and be, that fight against mount Zion. 9

sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye

3
Ariel. And I will camp against thee out, and cry: they are drunken, but not
with wine; they stagger, but not with made it, He made me not? or shall the
10
strong drink. For the LORD hath thing framed say of him that framed it,
17
poured out upon you the spirit of deep He had no understanding? Is it not
sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the yet a very little while, and Lebanon
prophets and your rulers, the seers shall be turned into a fruitful field, and
11
hath he covered. And the vision of all the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a
18
is become unto you as the words of a forest? And in that day shall the deaf
book that is sealed, which men deliver hear the words of the book, and the
to one that is learned, saying, Read eyes of the blind shall see out of
19
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I obscurity, and out of darkness. The
12
cannot; for it is sealed: And the book meek also shall increase their joy in
is delivered to him that is not learned, the LORD, and the poor among men
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
13 20
saith, I am not learned. Wherefore For the terrible one is brought to
the Lord said, Forasmuch as this nought, and the scorner is consumed,
people draw near me with their mouth, and all that watch for iniquity are cut
21
and with their lips do honour me, but off: That make a man an offender for
have removed their heart far from me, a word, and lay a snare for him that
and their fear toward me is taught by reproveth in the gate, and turn aside
14 22
the precept of men: Therefore, the just for a thing of nought.
behold, I will proceed to do a Therefore thus saith the LORD, who
marvellous work among this people, redeemed Abraham, concerning the
even a marvellous work and a wonder: house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be
for the wisdom of their wise men shall ashamed, neither shall his face now
23
perish, and the understanding of their wax pale. But when he seeth his
15
prudent men shall be hid. Woe unto children, the work of mine hands, in
them that seek deep to hide their the midst of him, they shall sanctify
counsel from the LORD, and their my name, and sanctify the Holy One of
works are in the dark, and they say, Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
16 24
Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? They also that erred in spirit shall
Surely your turning of things upside come to understanding, and they that
down shall be esteemed as the potter's murmured shall learn doctrine.
clay: for shall the work say of him that
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Isaiah 30 ever and ever: That this is a
rebellious people, lying children,
Woe to the rebellious children, saith children that will not hear the law of
10
the LORD, that take counsel, but not of the LORD: Which say to the seers,

me; and that cover with a covering, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy

but not of my spirit, that they may add not unto us right things, speak unto us
11
sin to sin: 2
That walk to go down into smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get

Egypt, and have not asked at my you out of the way, turn aside out of

mouth; to strengthen themselves in the path, cause the Holy One of Israel
12
the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in to cease from before us. Wherefore

the shadow of Egypt! 3

Therefore shall thus saith the Holy One of Israel,

the strength of Pharaoh be your Because ye despise this word, and

shame, and the trust in the shadow of trust in oppression and perverseness,
13
Egypt your confusion. 4
For his princes and stay thereon: Therefore this

were at Zoan, and his ambassadors iniquity shall be to you as a breach

came to Hanes. 5
They were all ready to fall, swelling out in a high

ashamed of a people that could not wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly
14
profit them, nor be an help nor profit, at an instant. And he shall break it

but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 as the breaking of the potters' vessel

The burden of the beasts of the south: that is broken in pieces; he shall not

into the land of trouble and anguish, spare: so that there shall not be found

from whence come the young and old in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire

lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, from the hearth, or to take water
15
they will carry their riches upon the withal out of the pit. For thus saith

shoulders of young asses, and their the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel;

treasures upon the bunches of camels, In returning and rest shall ye be

to a people that shall not profit them. 7 saved; in quietness and in confidence

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, shall be your strength: and ye would
16
and to no purpose: therefore have I not. But ye said, No; for we will flee

cried concerning this, Their strength is upon horses; therefore shall ye flee:

to sit still. 8
Now go, write it before and, We will ride upon the swift;

them in a table, and note it in a book, therefore shall they that pursue you be
17
that it may be for the time to come for swift. One thousand shall flee at the
rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24
shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon The oxen likewise and the young
upon the top of a mountain, and as an asses that ear the ground shall eat
18
ensign on an hill. And therefore will clean provender, which hath been
the LORD wait, that he may be winnowed with the shovel and with the
25
gracious unto you, and therefore will fan. And there shall be upon every
he be exalted, that he may have mercy high mountain, and upon every high
upon you: for the LORD is a God of hill, rivers and streams of waters in the
judgment: blessed are all they that day of the great slaughter, when the
19 26
wait for him. For the people shall towers fall. Moreover the light of the
dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt moon shall be as the light of the sun,
weep no more: he will be very gracious and the light of the sun shall be
unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when sevenfold, as the light of seven days,
20
he shall hear it, he will answer thee. in the day that the LORD bindeth up
And though the Lord give you the the breach of his people, and healeth
27
bread of adversity, and the water of the stroke of their wound. Behold,
affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be the name of the LORD cometh from far,
removed into a corner any more, but burning with his anger, and the burden
21
thine eyes shall see thy teachers: thereof is heavy: his lips are full of
And thine ears shall hear a word indignation, and his tongue as a
28
behind thee, saying, This is the way, devouring fire: And his breath, as an
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right overflowing stream, shall reach to the
22
hand, and when ye turn to the left. midst of the neck, to sift the nations
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy with the sieve of vanity: and there
graven images of silver, and the shall be a bridle in the jaws of the
29
ornament of thy molten images of people, causing them to err. Ye shall
gold: thou shalt cast them away as a have a song, as in the night when a
menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of
23
it, Get thee hence. Then shall he heart, as when one goeth with a pipe
give the rain of thy seed, that thou to come into the mountain of the
30
shalt sow the ground withal; and bread LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
of the increase of the earth, and it And the LORD shall cause his glorious
shall be fat and plenteous: in that day voice to be heard, and shall shew the
lighting down of his arm, with the the LORD shall stretch out his hand,
indignation of his anger, and with the both he that helpeth shall fall, and he
flame of a devouring fire, with that is holpen shall fall down, and they
4
scattering, and tempest, and all shall fail together. For thus hath
31
hailstones. For through the voice of the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the
the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten lion and the young lion roaring on his
32
down, which smote with a rod. And prey, when a multitude of shepherds is
in every place where the grounded called forth against him, he will not be
staff shall pass, which the LORD shall afraid of their voice, nor abase himself
lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets for the noise of them: so shall the
and harps: and in battles of shaking LORD of hosts come down to fight for
33 5
will he fight with it. For Tophet is mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
ordained of old; yea, for the king it is As birds flying, so will the LORD of
prepared; he hath made it deep and hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also
large: the pile thereof is fire and much he will deliver it; and passing over he
6
wood; the breath of the LORD, like a will preserve it. Turn ye unto him
stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. from whom the children of Israel have
7
deeply revolted. For in that day every
Isaiah 31 man shall cast away his idols of silver,
and his idols of gold, which your own
Woe to them that go down to Egypt
hands have made unto you for a sin. 8

for help; and stay on horses, and trust Then shall the Assyrian fall with the
in chariots, because they are many; sword, not of a mighty man; and the
and in horsemen, because they are sword, not of a mean man, shall
very strong; but they look not unto the devour him: but he shall flee from the
Holy One of Israel, neither seek the sword, and his young men shall be
2
LORD! Yet he also is wise, and will discomfited. 9
And he shall pass over to
bring evil, and will not call back his his strong hold for fear, and his princes
words: but will arise against the house shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the
of the evildoers, and against the help LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his
3
of them that work iniquity. Now the furnace in Jerusalem.
Egyptians are men, and not God; and
their horses flesh, and not spirit. When
Isaiah 32 women: for the vintage shall fail, the
11
gathering shall not come. Tremble,
Behold, a king shall reign in ye women that are at ease; be

righteousness, and princes shall rule in troubled, ye careless ones: strip you,

judgment. 2
And a man shall be as an and make you bare, and gird sackcloth
12
hiding place from the wind, and a upon your loins. They shall lament

covert from the tempest; as rivers of for the teats, for the pleasant fields,
13
water in a dry place, as the shadow of for the fruitful vine. Upon the land of

a great rock in a weary land. 3

And the my people shall come up thorns and

eyes of them that see shall not be dim, briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy
14
and the ears of them that hear shall in the joyous city: Because the

hearken. 4
The heart also of the rash palaces shall be forsaken; the

shall understand knowledge, and the multitude of the city shall be left; the

tongue of the stammerers shall be forts and towers shall be for dens for

ready to speak plainly. 5

The vile ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of
15
person shall be no more called liberal, flocks; Until the spirit be poured

nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6

For upon us from on high, and the

the vile person will speak villany, and wilderness be a fruitful field, and the
16
his heart will work iniquity, to practise fruitful field be counted for a forest.

hypocrisy, and to utter error against Then judgment shall dwell in the

the LORD, to make empty the soul of wilderness, and righteousness remain
17
the hungry, and he will cause the drink in the fruitful field. And the work of

of the thirsty to fail. 7

The instruments righteousness shall be peace; and the

also of the churl are evil: he deviseth effect of righteousness quietness and
18
wicked devices to destroy the poor with assurance for ever. And my people

lying words, even when the needy shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

speaketh right. 8
But the liberal and in sure dwellings, and in quiet
19
deviseth liberal things; and by liberal resting places; When it shall hail,

things shall he stand. 9

Rise up, ye coming down on the forest; and the
20
women that are at ease; hear my city shall be low in a low place.

voice, ye careless daughters; give ear Blessed are ye that sow beside all

unto my speech. 10
Many days and waters, that send forth thither the feet

years shall ye be troubled, ye careless of the ox and the ass.

Isaiah 33 languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and
hewn down: Sharon is like a
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel
10
wast not spoiled; and dealest shake off their fruits. Now will I rise,

treacherously, and they dealt not saith the LORD; now will I be exalted;
11
treacherously with thee! when thou now will I lift up myself. Ye shall

shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth

spoiled; and when thou shalt make an stubble: your breath, as fire, shall
12
end to deal treacherously, they shall devour you. And the people shall be

deal treacherously with thee. 2

O as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut
13
LORD, be gracious unto us; we have up shall they be burned in the fire.

waited for thee: be thou their arm Hear, ye that are far off, what I have

every morning, our salvation also in done; and, ye that are near,
14
the time of trouble. 3
At the noise of acknowledge my might. The sinners

the tumult the people fled; at the in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath

lifting up of thyself the nations were surprised the hypocrites. Who among

scattered. 4
And your spoil shall be us shall dwell with the devouring fire?

gathered like the gathering of the who among us shall dwell with
15
caterpiller: as the running to and fro of everlasting burnings? He that

locusts shall he run upon them. 5

The walketh righteously, and speaketh

LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of

high: he hath filled Zion with judgment oppressions, that shaketh his hands

and righteousness. 6
And wisdom and from holding of bribes, that stoppeth

knowledge shall be the stability of thy his ears from hearing of blood, and
16
times, and strength of salvation: the shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

fear of the LORD is his treasure. 7 He shall dwell on high: his place of

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry defence shall be the munitions of

without: the ambassadors of peace rocks: bread shall be given him; his
17
shall weep bitterly. 8
The highways lie waters shall be sure. Thine eyes

waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he shall see the king in his beauty: they

hath broken the covenant, he hath shall behold the land that is very far
18
despised the cities, he regardeth no off. Thine heart shall meditate terror.

man. 9
The earth mourneth and Where is the scribe? where is the
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receiver? where is he that counted the all things that come forth of it. For
19
towers? Thou shalt not see a fierce the indignation of the LORD is upon all
people, a people of a deeper speech nations, and his fury upon all their
than thou canst perceive; of a armies: he hath utterly destroyed
stammering tongue, that thou canst them, he hath delivered them to the
20 3
not understand. Look upon Zion, the slaughter. Their slain also shall be
city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall cast out, and their stink shall come up
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a out of their carcases, and the
tabernacle that shall not be taken mountains shall be melted with their
4
down; not one of the stakes thereof blood. And all the host of heaven
shall ever be removed, neither shall shall be dissolved, and the heavens
21
any of the cords thereof be broken. shall be rolled together as a scroll: and
But there the glorious LORD will be all their host shall fall down, as the leaf
unto us a place of broad rivers and falleth off from the vine, and as a
5
streams; wherein shall go no galley falling fig from the fig tree. For my
with oars, neither shall gallant ship sword shall be bathed in heaven:
22
pass thereby. For the LORD is our behold, it shall come down upon
judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the Idumea, and upon the people of my
23 6
LORD is our king; he will save us. curse, to judgment. The sword of the
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat
not well strengthen their mast, they with fatness, and with the blood of
could not spread the sail: then is the lambs and goats, with the fat of the
prey of a great spoil divided; the lame kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a
24
take the prey. And the inhabitant sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great
7
shall not say, I am sick: the people slaughter in the land of Idumea. And
that dwell therein shall be forgiven the unicorns shall come down with
their iniquity. them, and the bullocks with the bulls;
and their land shall be soaked with
Isaiah 34 blood, and their dust made fat with
8
fatness. For it is the day of the
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and
LORD'S vengeance, and the year of
hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, recompences for the controversy of
and all that is therein; the world, and Zion. 9
And the streams thereof shall
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be turned into pitch, and the dust gathered them. And he hath cast the
thereof into brimstone, and the land lot for them, and his hand hath divided
10
thereof shall become burning pitch. it unto them by line: they shall possess
It shall not be quenched night nor day; it for ever, from generation to
the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: generation shall they dwell therein.
from generation to generation it shall
lie waste; none shall pass through it Isaiah 35
11
for ever and ever. But the cormorant
and the bittern shall possess it; the owl
The wilderness and the solitary place

also and the raven shall dwell in it: and shall be glad for them; and the desert

he shall stretch out upon it the line of shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2
confusion, and the stones of It shall blossom abundantly, and

emptiness. 12
They shall call the nobles rejoice even with joy and singing: the

thereof to the kingdom, but none shall glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it,

be there, and all her princes shall be the excellency of Carmel and Sharon,

nothing. 13
And thorns shall come up in they shall see the glory of the LORD,
3
her palaces, nettles and brambles in and the excellency of our God.

the fortresses thereof: and it shall be Strengthen ye the weak hands, and
4
an habitation of dragons, and a court confirm the feeble knees. Say to

for owls. 14
The wild beasts of the them that are of a fearful heart, Be

desert shall also meet with the wild strong, fear not: behold, your God will

beasts of the island, and the satyr shall come with vengeance, even God with a

cry to his fellow; the screech owl also recompence; he will come and save
5
shall rest there, and find for herself a you. Then the eyes of the blind shall

place of rest. 15
There shall the great be opened, and the ears of the deaf
6
owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, shall be unstopped. Then shall the

and gather under her shadow: there lame man leap as an hart, and the

shall the vultures also be gathered, tongue of the dumb sing: for in the

every one with her mate. 16

Seek ye wilderness shall waters break out, and
7
out of the book of the LORD, and read: streams in the desert. And the

no one of these shall fail, none shall parched ground shall become a pool,

want her mate: for my mouth it hath and the thirsty land springs of water:

commanded, and his spirit it hath in the habitation of dragons, where

each lay, shall be grass with reeds and said unto them, Say ye now to
8
rushes. And an highway shall be Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king,
there, and a way, and it shall be called the king of Assyria, What confidence is
5
The way of holiness; the unclean shall this wherein thou trustest? I say,
not pass over it; but it shall be for sayest thou, (but they are but vain
those: the wayfaring men, though words) I have counsel and strength for
9
fools, shall not err therein. No lion war: now on whom dost thou trust,
6
shall be there, nor any ravenous beast that thou rebellest against me? Lo,
shall go up thereon, it shall not be thou trustest in the staff of this broken
found there; but the redeemed shall reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean,
10
walk there: And the ransomed of the it will go into his hand, and pierce it:
LORD shall return, and come to Zion so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that
7
with songs and everlasting joy upon trust in him. But if thou say to me,
their heads: they shall obtain joy and We trust in the LORD our God: is it not
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall he, whose high places and whose altars
flee away. Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to
Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall
Isaiah 36 worship before this altar? 8
Now
therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth
my master the king of Assyria, and I
year of king Hezekiah, that will give thee two thousand horses, if
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up thou be able on thy part to set riders
against all the defenced cities of Judah, upon them. 9
How then wilt thou turn
2
and took them. And the king of away the face of one captain of the
Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish least of my master's servants, and put
to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
great army. And he stood by the horsemen? 10
And am I now come up
conduit of the upper pool in the without the LORD against this land to
3
highway of the fuller's field. Then destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go
came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's up against this land, and destroy it. 11

son, which was over the house, and Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee,
4
son, the recorder. And Rabshakeh unto thy servants in the Syrian
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language; for we understand it: and hand of the king of Assyria? Where
speak not to us in the Jews' language, are the gods of Hamath and Arphad?
in the ears of the people that are on where are the gods of Sepharvaim?
12
the wall. But Rabshakeh said, Hath and have they delivered Samaria out of
20
my master sent me to thy master and my hand? Who are they among all
to thee to speak these words? hath he the gods of these lands, that have
not sent me to the men that sit upon delivered their land out of my hand,
the wall, that they may eat their own that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem
21
dung, and drink their own piss with out of my hand? But they held their
13
you? Then Rabshakeh stood, and peace, and answered him not a word:
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' for the king's commandment was,
22
language, and said, Hear ye the words saying, Answer him not. Then came
of the great king, the king of Assyria. Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was
14
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah over the household, and Shebna the
deceive you: for he shall not be able to scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the
15
deliver you. Neither let Hezekiah recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes
make you trust in the LORD, saying, rent, and told him the words of
The LORD will surely deliver us: this Rabshakeh.
city shall not be delivered into the
hand of the king of Assyria. 16
Hearken Isaiah 37
not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king
of Assyria, Make an agreement with me
And it came to pass, when king

by a present, and come out to me: and Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

eat ye every one of his vine, and every clothes, and covered himself with

one of his fig tree, and drink ye every sackcloth, and went into the house of
2
one the waters of his own cistern; 17 the LORD. And he sent Eliakim, who

Until I come and take you away to a was over the household, and Shebna

land like your own land, a land of corn the scribe, and the elders of the priests

and wine, a land of bread and covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
3
vineyards. 18
Beware lest Hezekiah prophet the son of Amoz. And they

persuade you, saying, The LORD will said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah,

deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the This day is a day of trouble, and of

nations delivered his land out of the rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the
children are come to the birth, and Behold, thou hast heard what the kings
4
there is not strength to bring forth. It of Assyria have done to all lands by
may be the LORD thy God will hear the destroying them utterly; and shalt thou
12
words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of be delivered? Have the gods of the
Assyria his master hath sent to nations delivered them which my
reproach the living God, and will fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and
reprove the words which the LORD thy Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of
13
God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy Eden which were in Telassar? Where
5
prayer for the remnant that is left. So is the king of Hamath, and the king of
the servants of king Hezekiah came to Arphad, and the king of the city of
6 14
Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? And
Thus shall ye say unto your master, Hezekiah received the letter from the
Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of hand of the messengers, and read it:
the words that thou hast heard, and Hezekiah went up unto the house
wherewith the servants of the king of of the LORD, and spread it before the
7 15
Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, LORD. And Hezekiah prayed unto the
16
I will send a blast upon him, and he LORD, saying, O LORD of hosts, God
shall hear a rumour, and return to his of Israel, that dwellest between the
own land; and I will cause him to fall cherubims, thou art the God, even thou
8
by the sword in his own land. So alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth:
17
Rabshakeh returned, and found the thou hast made heaven and earth.
king of Assyria warring against Libnah: Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear;
for he had heard that he was departed open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and
9
from Lachish. And he heard say hear all the words of Sennacherib,
concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, which hath sent to reproach the living
18
He is come forth to make war with God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of
thee. And when he heard it, he sent Assyria have laid waste all the nations,
10 19
messengers to Hezekiah, saying, and their countries, And have cast
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of their gods into the fire: for they were
Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in no gods, but the work of men's hands,
whom thou trustest, deceive thee, wood and stone: therefore they have
20
saying, Jerusalem shall not be given destroyed them. Now therefore, O
11
into the hand of the king of Assyria. LORD our God, save us from his hand,
 27
that all the kingdoms of the earth may defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
know that thou art the LORD, even Therefore their inhabitants were of
21
thou only. Then Isaiah the son of small power, they were dismayed and
Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus confounded: they were as the grass of
saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas the field, and as the green herb, as the
thou hast prayed to me against grass on the housetops, and as corn
22 28
Sennacherib king of Assyria: This is blasted before it be grown up. But I
the word which the LORD hath spoken know thy abode, and thy going out,
concerning him; The virgin, the and thy coming in, and thy rage
29
daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, against me. Because thy rage
and laughed thee to scorn; the against me, and thy tumult, is come up
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her into mine ears, therefore will I put my
23
head at thee. Whom hast thou hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy
reproached and blasphemed? and lips, and I will turn thee back by the
30
against whom hast thou exalted thy way by which thou camest. And this
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat
24
even against the Holy One of Israel. this year such as groweth of itself; and
By thy servants hast thou reproached the second year that which springeth of
the Lord, and hast said, By the the same: and in the third year sow ye,
multitude of my chariots am I come up and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
31
to the height of the mountains, to the the fruit thereof. And the remnant
sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down that is escaped of the house of Judah
the tall cedars thereof, and the choice shall again take root downward, and
32
fir trees thereof: and I will enter into bear fruit upward: For out of
the height of his border, and the forest Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant,
25
of his Carmel. I have digged, and and they that escape out of mount
drunk water; and with the sole of my Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts
33
feet have I dried up all the rivers of the shall do this. Therefore thus saith
26
besieged places. Hast thou not heard the LORD concerning the king of
long ago, how I have done it; and of Assyria, He shall not come into this
ancient times, that I have formed it? city, nor shoot an arrow there nor
now have I brought it to pass, that come before it with shields, nor cast a
34
thou shouldest be to lay waste bank against it. By the way that he
came, by the same shall he return, and perfect heart, and have done that
shall not come into this city, saith the which is good in thy sight. And
35 4
LORD. For I will defend this city to Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the
5
save it for mine own sake, and for my word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
36
servant David's sake. Then the angel Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith
of the LORD went forth, and smote in the LORD, the God of David thy father,
the camp of the Assyrians a hundred I have heard thy prayer, I have seen
and fourscore and five thousand: and thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy
6
when they arose early in the morning, days fifteen years. And I will deliver
37
behold, they were all dead corpses. thee and this city out of the hand of
So Sennacherib king of Assyria the king of Assyria: and I will defend
7
departed, and went and returned, and this city. And this shall be a sign unto
38
dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to thee from the LORD, that the LORD will
8
pass, as he was worshipping in the do this thing that he hath spoken;
house of Nisroch his god, that Behold, I will bring again the shadow of
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons the degrees, which is gone down in the
smote him with the sword; and they sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees
escaped into the land of Armenia: and backward. So the sun returned ten
Esar-haddon his son reigned in his degrees, by which degrees it was gone
9
stead. down. The writing of Hezekiah king of
Judah, when he had been sick, and was
Isaiah 38 recovered of his sickness: 10
I said in
the cutting off of my days, I shall go to
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto
the gates of the grave: I am deprived
death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of the residue of my years. 11
I said, I
of Amoz came unto him, and said unto shall not see the LORD, even the
him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine LORD, in the land of the living: I shall
house in order: for thou shalt die, and behold man no more with the
2
not live. Then Hezekiah turned his inhabitants of the world. 12
Mine age is
face toward the wall, and prayed unto departed, and is removed from me as a
3
the LORD, And said, Remember now, shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a
O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have weaver my life: he will cut me off with
walked before thee in truth and with a pining sickness: from day even to night
 13
wilt thou make an end of me. I Hezekiah also had said, What is the
reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, sign that I shall go up to the house of
so will he break all my bones: from day the LORD?
even to night wilt thou make an end of
me. 14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did Isaiah 39
I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine
eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD,
At that time Merodach-baladan, the

I am oppressed; undertake for me. 15 son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent

What shall I say? he hath both spoken letters and a present to Hezekiah: for

unto me, and himself hath done it: I he had heard that he had been sick,
2
shall go softly all my years in the and was recovered. And Hezekiah was

bitterness of my soul. 16
O Lord, by glad of them, and shewed them the

these things men live, and in all these house of his precious things, the silver,

things is the life of my spirit: so wilt and the gold, and the spices, and the

thou recover me, and make me to live. precious ointment, and all the house of
17
Behold, for peace I had great his armour, and all that was found in

bitterness: but thou hast in love to my his treasures: there was nothing in his

soul delivered it from the pit of house, nor in all his dominion, that
3
corruption: for thou hast cast all my Hezekiah shewed them not. Then

sins behind thy back. 18

For the grave came Isaiah the prophet unto king

cannot praise thee, death can not Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said

celebrate thee: they that go down into these men? and from whence came

the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,

The living, the living, he shall praise They are come from a far country unto
4
thee, as I do this day: the father to the me, even from Babylon. Then said he,

children shall make known thy truth. 20 What have they seen in thine house?

The LORD was ready to save me: And Hezekiah answered, All that is in

therefore we will sing my songs to the mine house have they seen: there is

stringed instruments all the days of our nothing among my treasures that I
5
life in the house of the LORD. 21
For have not shewed them. Then said

Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of
6
of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the LORD of hosts: Behold, the days

the boil, and he shall recover. 22 come, that all that is in thine house,
and that which thy fathers have laid up And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
in store until this day, shall be carried is grass, and all the goodliness thereof
7
to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith is as the flower of the field: The grass
7
the LORD. And of thy sons that shall withereth, the flower fadeth: because
issue from thee, which thou shalt the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it:
8
beget, shall they take away; and they surely the people is grass. The grass
shall be eunuchs in the palace of the withereth, the flower fadeth: but the
8 9
king of Babylon. Then said Hezekiah word of our God shall stand for ever.
to Isaiah, Good is the word of the O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get
LORD which thou hast spoken. He said thee up into the high mountain; O
moreover, For there shall be peace and Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings,
truth in my days. lift up thy voice with strength; lift it
up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of
Isaiah 40 Judah, Behold your God! 10
Behold, the
Lord GOD will come with strong hand,
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,
and his arm shall rule for him: behold,
2
saith your God. Speak ye comfortably his reward is with him, and his work
to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that before him. 11
He shall feed his flock
her warfare is accomplished, that her like a shepherd: he shall gather the
iniquity is pardoned: for she hath lambs with his arm, and carry them in
received of the LORD'S hand double for his bosom, and shall gently lead those
3
all her sins. The voice of him that that are with young. 12
Who hath
crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the measured the waters in the hollow of
way of the LORD, make straight in the his hand, and meted out heaven with
4
desert a highway for our God. Every the span, and comprehended the dust
valley shall be exalted, and every of the earth in a measure, and weighed
mountain and hill shall be made low: the mountains in scales, and the hills
and the crooked shall be made in a balance? 13
Who hath directed the
5
straight, and the rough places plain: Spirit of the LORD, or being his
And the glory of the LORD shall be counsellor hath taught him? 14
With
revealed, and all flesh shall see it whom took he counsel, and who
together: for the mouth of the LORD instructed him, and taught him in the
6
hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. path of judgment, and taught him
knowledge, and shewed to him the way be planted; yea, they shall not be
15
of understanding? Behold, the sown: yea, their stock shall not take
nations are as a drop of a bucket, and root in the earth: and he shall also
are counted as the small dust of the blow upon them, and they shall wither,
balance: behold, he taketh up the isles and the whirlwind shall take them away
16 25
as a very little thing. And Lebanon is as stubble. To whom then will ye
not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the
26
thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high,
17
All nations before him are as and behold who hath created these
nothing; and they are counted to him things, that bringeth out their host by
18
less than nothing, and vanity. To number: he calleth them all by names
whom then will ye liken God? or what by the greatness of his might, for that
19
likeness will ye compare unto him? he is strong in power; not one faileth.
27
The workman melteth a graven image, Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and
and the goldsmith spreadeth it over speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
20
with gold, and casteth silver chains. the LORD, and my judgment is passed
28
He that is so impoverished that he hath over from my God? Hast thou not
no oblation chooseth a tree that will known? hast thou not heard, that the
not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator
workman to prepare a graven image, of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
21
that shall not be moved. Have ye not neither is weary? there is no searching
29
known? have ye not heard? hath it not of his understanding. He giveth
been told you from the beginning? power to the faint; and to them that
have ye not understood from the have no might he increaseth strength.
22 30
foundations of the earth? It is he Even the youths shall faint and be
that sitteth upon the circle of the weary, and the young men shall utterly
31
earth, and the inhabitants thereof are fall: But they that wait upon the
as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out LORD shall renew their strength; they
the heavens as a curtain, and shall mount up with wings as eagles;
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell they shall run, and not be weary; and
23
in: That bringeth the princes to they shall walk, and not faint.
nothing; he maketh the judges of the
24
earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not
Isaiah 41 unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have
10
chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Keep silence before me, O islands; and Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be

let the people renew their strength: let not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will

them come near; then let them speak: strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;

let us come near together to judgment. yea, I will uphold thee with the right
11
2
Who raised up the righteous man hand of my righteousness. Behold,

from the east, called him to his foot, all they that were incensed against

gave the nations before him, and made thee shall be ashamed and

him rule over kings? he gave them as confounded: they shall be as nothing;

the dust to his sword, and as driven and they that strive with thee shall
12
stubble to his bow. 3
He pursued them, perish. Thou shalt seek them, and

and passed safely; even by the way shalt not find them, even them that

that he had not gone with his feet. 4 contended with thee: they that war

Who hath wrought and done it, calling against thee shall be as nothing, and
13
the generations from the beginning? I as a thing of nought. For I the LORD

the LORD, the first, and with the last; I thy God will hold thy right hand, saying
14
am he. 5
The isles saw it, and feared; unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

the ends of the earth were afraid, drew Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye

near, and came. 6

They helped every men of Israel; I will help thee, saith

one his neighbour; and every one said the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy
15
to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 One of Israel. Behold, I will make

So the carpenter encouraged the thee a new sharp threshing instrument

goldsmith, and he that smootheth with having teeth: thou shalt thresh the

the hammer him that smote the anvil, mountains, and beat them small, and
16
saying, It is ready for the sodering: shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou

and he fastened it with nails, that it shalt fan them, and the wind shall

should not be moved. 8

But thou, carry them away, and the whirlwind

Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I shall scatter them: and thou shalt

have chosen, the seed of Abraham my rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in
17
friend. 9
Thou whom I have taken from the Holy One of Israel. When the

the ends of the earth, and called thee poor and needy seek water, and there

from the chief men thereof, and said is none, and their tongue faileth for
thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the and he shall come upon princes as
18
God of Israel will not forsake them. I upon morter, and as the potter
26
will open rivers in high places, and treadeth clay. Who hath declared
fountains in the midst of the valleys: I from the beginning, that we may
will make the wilderness a pool of know? and beforetime, that we may
water, and the dry land springs of say, He is righteous? yea, there is none
19
water. I will plant in the wilderness that sheweth, yea, there is none that
the cedar, the shittah tree, and the declareth, yea, there is none that
27
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in heareth your words. The first shall
the desert the fir tree, and the pine, say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and
20
and the box tree together: That they I will give to Jerusalem one that
28
may see, and know, and consider, and bringeth good tidings. For I beheld,
understand together, that the hand of and there was no man; even among
the LORD hath done this, and the Holy them, and there was no counsellor,
21
One of Israel hath created it. that, when I asked of them, could
29
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; answer a word. Behold, they are all
bring forth your strong reasons, saith vanity; their works are nothing: their
22
the King of Jacob. Let them bring molten images are wind and confusion.
them forth, and shew us what shall
happen: let them shew the former Isaiah 42
things, what they be, that we may
consider them, and know the latter end
Behold my servant, whom I uphold;

of them; or declare us things for to mine elect, in whom my soul

come. 23
Shew the things that are to delighteth; I have put my spirit upon

come hereafter, that we may know that him: he shall bring forth judgment to
2
ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift

that we may be dismayed, and behold up, nor cause his voice to be heard in
3
it together. 24
Behold, ye are of the street. A bruised reed shall he not

nothing, and your work of nought: an break, and the smoking flax shall he

abomination is he that chooseth you. 25 not quench: he shall bring forth

4
I have raised up one from the north, judgment unto truth. He shall not fail

and he shall come: from the rising of nor be discouraged, till he have set

the sun shall he call upon my name: judgment in the earth: and the isles
 5
shall wait for his law. Thus saith God up jealousy like a man of war: he shall
the LORD, he that created the heavens, cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against
14
and stretched them out; he that spread his enemies. I have long time holden
forth the earth, and that which cometh my peace; I have been still, and
out of it; he that giveth breath unto refrained myself: now will I cry like a
the people upon it, and spirit to them travailing woman; I will destroy and
6 15
that walk therein: I the LORD have devour at once. I will make waste
called thee in righteousness, and will mountains and hills, and dry up all
hold thine hand, and will keep thee, their herbs; and I will make the rivers
16
and give thee for a covenant of the islands, and I will dry up the pools.
7
people, for a light of the Gentiles; To And I will bring the blind by a way that
open the blind eyes, to bring out the they knew not; I will lead them in
prisoners from the prison, and them paths that they have not known: I will
that sit in darkness out of the prison make darkness light before them, and
8
house. I am the LORD: that is my crooked things straight. These things
name: and my glory will I not give to will I do unto them, and not forsake
17
another, neither my praise to graven them. They shall be turned back,
9
images. Behold, the former things are they shall be greatly ashamed, that
come to pass, and new things do I trust in graven images, that say to the
18
declare: before they spring forth I tell molten images, Ye are our gods.
10
you of them. Sing unto the LORD a Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that
19
new song, and his praise from the end ye may see. Who is blind, but my
of the earth, ye that go down to the servant? or deaf, as my messenger
sea, and all that is therein; the isles, that I sent? who is blind as he that is
11
and the inhabitants thereof. Let the perfect, and blind as the LORD'S
20
wilderness and the cities thereof lift up servant? Seeing many things, but
their voice, the villages that Kedar thou observest not; opening the ears,
21
doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the but he heareth not. The LORD is well
rock sing, let them shout from the top pleased for his righteousness' sake; he
12
of the mountains. Let them give will magnify the law, and make it
22
glory unto the LORD, and declare his honourable. But this is a people
13
praise in the islands. The LORD shall robbed and spoiled; they are all of
go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir them snared in holes, and they are hid
in prison houses: they are for a prey, sight, thou hast been honourable, and
and none delivereth; for a spoil, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give
23 5
none saith, Restore. Who among you men for thee, and people for thy life.
will give ear to this? who will hearken Fear not: for I am with thee: I will
24
and hear for the time to come? Who bring thy seed from the east, and
6
gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to gather thee from the west; I will say
the robbers? did not the LORD, he to the north, Give up; and to the
against whom we have sinned? for they south, Keep not back: bring my sons
would not walk in his ways, neither from far, and my daughters from the
25 7
were they obedient unto his law. ends of the earth; Even every one
Therefore he hath poured upon him the that is called by my name: for I have
fury of his anger, and the strength of created him for my glory, I have
8
battle: and it hath set him on fire formed him; yea, I have made him.
round about, yet he knew not; and it Bring forth the blind people that have
9
burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Let
all the nations be gathered together,
Isaiah 43 and let the people be assembled: who
among them can declare this, and
But now thus saith the LORD that
shew us former things? let them bring
created thee, O Jacob, and he that forth their witnesses, that they may be
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I justified: or let them hear, and say, It
have redeemed thee, I have called is truth. 10
Ye are my witnesses, saith
2
thee by thy name; thou art mine. the LORD, and my servant whom I
When thou passest through the waters, have chosen: that ye may know and
I will be with thee; and through the believe me, and understand that I am
rivers, they shall not overflow thee: he: before me there was no God
when thou walkest through the fire, formed, neither shall there be after
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall me. 11
I, even I, am the LORD; and
3
the flame kindle upon thee. For I am beside me there is no saviour. 12
I have
the LORD thy God, the Holy One of declared, and have saved, and I have
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for shewed, when there was no strange
thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for god among you: therefore ye are my
4
thee. Since thou wast precious in my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am
 13
God. Yea, before the day was I am thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou
he; and there is none that can deliver honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have
out of my hand: I will work, and who not caused thee to serve with an
14
shall let it? Thus saith the LORD, offering, nor wearied thee with
24
your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; incense. Thou hast bought me no
For your sake I have sent to Babylon, sweet cane with money, neither hast
and have brought down all their thou filled me with the fat of thy
nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry sacrifices: but thou hast made me to
15
is in the ships. I am the LORD, your serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied
25
Holy One, the creator of Israel, your me with thine iniquities. I, even I,
16
King. Thus saith the LORD, which am he that blotteth out thy
maketh a way in the sea, and a path in transgressions for mine own sake, and
17 26
the mighty waters; Which bringeth will not remember thy sins. Put me
forth the chariot and horse, the army in remembrance: let us plead together:
and the power; they shall lie down declare thou, that thou mayest be
27
together, they shall not rise: they are justified. Thy first father hath
18
extinct, they are quenched as tow. sinned, and thy teachers have
28
Remember ye not the former things, transgressed against me. Therefore I
19
neither consider the things of old. have profaned the princes of the
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the
shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? curse, and Israel to reproaches.
I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 Isaiah 44
The beast of the field shall honour me,
the dragons and the owls: because I
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant;
2
give waters in the wilderness, and and Israel, whom I have chosen:

rivers in the desert, to give drink to my Thus saith the LORD that made thee,

people, my chosen. 21
This people have and formed thee from the womb, which

I formed for myself; they shall shew will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my

forth my praise. 22
But thou hast not servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I
3
called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast have chosen. For I will pour water

been weary of me, O Israel. 23

Thou upon him that is thirsty, and floods

hast not brought me the small cattle of upon the dry ground: I will pour my
spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing together, let them stand up; yet they
4
upon thine offspring: And they shall shall fear, and they shall be ashamed
12
spring up as among the grass, as together. The smith with the tongs
5
willows by the water courses. One both worketh in the coals, and
shall say, I am the LORD'S; and fashioneth it with hammers, and
another shall call himself by the name worketh it with the strength of his
of Jacob; and another shall subscribe arms: yea, he is hungry, and his
with his hand unto the LORD, and strength faileth: he drinketh no water,
13
surname himself by the name of Israel. and is faint. The carpenter stretcheth
6
Thus saith the LORD the King of out his rule; he marketh it out with a
Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of line; he fitteth it with planes, and he
hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; marketh it out with the compass, and
7
and beside me there is no God. And maketh it after the figure of a man,
who, as I, shall call, and shall declare according to the beauty of a man; that
14
it, and set it in order for me, since I it may remain in the house. He
appointed the ancient people? and the heweth him down cedars, and taketh
things that are coming, and shall the cypress and the oak, which he
8
come, let them shew unto them. Fear strengtheneth for himself among the
ye not, neither be afraid: have not I trees of the forest: he planteth an ash,
15
told thee from that time, and have and the rain doth nourish it. Then
declared it? ye are even my witnesses. shall it be for a man to burn: for he will
Is there a God beside me? yea, there take thereof, and warm himself; yea,
9
is no God; I know not any. They that he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea,
make a graven image are all of them he maketh a god, and worshippeth it;
vanity; and their delectable things shall he maketh it a graven image, and
16
not profit; and they are their own falleth down thereto. He burneth part
witnesses; they see not, nor know; thereof in the fire; with part thereof he
10
that they may be ashamed. Who eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is
hath formed a god, or molten a graven satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and
11
image that is profitable for nothing? saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the
17
Behold, all his fellows shall be fire: And the residue thereof he
ashamed: and the workmen, they are maketh a god, even his graven image:
of men: let them all be gathered he falleth down unto it, and
worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, formed thee from the womb, I am the
and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my LORD that maketh all things; that
18
god. They have not known nor stretcheth forth the heavens alone;
understood: for he hath shut their that spreadeth abroad the earth by
25
eyes, that they cannot see; and their myself; That frustrateth the tokens
19
hearts, that they cannot understand. of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;
And none considereth in his heart, that turneth wise men backward, and
26
neither is there knowledge nor maketh their knowledge foolish; That
understanding to say, I have burned confirmeth the word of his servant, and
part of it in the fire; yea, also I have performeth the counsel of his
baked bread upon the coals thereof; I messengers; that saith to Jerusalem,
have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the
shall I make the residue thereof an cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I
abomination? shall I fall down to the will raise up the decayed places
20 27
stock of a tree? He feedeth on thereof: That saith to the deep, Be
28
ashes: a deceived heart hath turned dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: That
him aside, that he cannot deliver his saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and
soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my shall perform all my pleasure: even
21
right hand? Remember these, O saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be
Jacob and Israel; for thou art my built; and to the temple, Thy
servant: I have formed thee; thou art foundation shall be laid.
my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
forgotten of me. 22
I have blotted out, Isaiah 45
as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed,

me; for I have redeemed thee. 23

Sing, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have

O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done holden, to subdue nations before him;

it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: and I will loose the loins of kings, to

break forth into singing, ye mountains, open before him the two leaved gates;
2
O forest, and every tree therein: for and the gates shall not be shut; I will

the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and go before thee, and make the crooked

glorified himself in Israel. 24

Thus saith places straight: I will break in pieces

the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that the gates of brass, and cut in sunder
 3
the bars of iron: And I will give thee One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of
the treasures of darkness, and hidden things to come concerning my sons,
riches of secret places, that thou and concerning the work of my hands
12
mayest know that I, the LORD, which command ye me. I have made the
call thee by thy name, am the God of earth, and created man upon it: I,
4
Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, even my hands, have stretched out the
and Israel mine elect, I have even heavens, and all their host have I
13
called thee by thy name: I have commanded. I have raised him up in
surnamed thee, though thou hast not righteousness, and I will direct all his
5
known me. I am the LORD, and there ways: he shall build my city, and he
is none else, there is no God beside shall let go my captives, not for price
14
me: I girded thee, though thou hast nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
6
not known me: That they may know Thus saith the LORD, The labour of
from the rising of the sun, and from Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia
the west, that there is none beside me. and of the Sabeans, men of stature,
I am the LORD, and there is none else. shall come over unto thee, and they
7
I form the light, and create darkness: shall be thine: they shall come after
I make peace, and create evil: I the thee; in chains they shall come over,
8
LORD do all these things. Drop down, and they shall fall down unto thee,
ye heavens, from above, and let the they shall make supplication unto thee,
skies pour down righteousness: let the saying, Surely God is in thee; and
15
earth open, and let them bring forth there is none else, there is no God.
salvation, and let righteousness spring Verily thou art a God that hidest
16
up together; I the LORD have created thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
9
it. Woe unto him that striveth with his They shall be ashamed, and also
Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the confounded, all of them: they shall go
potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay to confusion together that are makers
17
say to him that fashioneth it, What of idols. But Israel shall be saved in
makest thou? or thy work, He hath no the LORD with an everlasting salvation:
10
hands? Woe unto him that saith unto ye shall not be ashamed nor
18
his father, What begettest thou? or to confounded world without end. For
the woman, What hast thou brought thus saith the LORD that created the
11
forth? Thus saith the LORD, the Holy heavens; God himself that formed the
earth and made it; he hath established seed of Israel be justified, and shall
it, he created it not in vain, he formed glory.
it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and
there is none else. 19
I have not spoken Isaiah 46
in secret, in a dark place of the earth:
I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their
ye me in vain: I the LORD speak idols were upon the beasts, and upon

righteousness, I declare things that are the cattle: your carriages were heavy

right. 20
Assemble yourselves and loaden; they are a burden to the weary
2
come; draw near together, ye that are beast. They stoop, they bow down

escaped of the nations: they have no together; they could not deliver the

knowledge that set up the wood of burden, but themselves are gone into
3
their graven image, and pray unto a captivity. Hearken unto me, O house

god that cannot save. 21

Tell ye, and of Jacob, and all the remnant of the

bring them near; yea, let them take house of Israel, which are borne by me

counsel together: who hath declared from the belly, which are carried from
4
this from ancient time? who hath told it the womb: And even to your old age I

from that time? have not I the LORD? am he; and even to hoar hairs will I

and there is no God else beside me; a carry you: I have made, and I will

just God and a Saviour; there is none bear; even I will carry, and will deliver
5
beside me. 22
Look unto me, and be ye you. To whom will ye liken me, and

saved, all the ends of the earth: for I make me equal, and compare me, that
6
am God, and there is none else. 23
I we may be like? They lavish gold out

have sworn by myself, the word is of the bag, and weigh silver in the

gone out of my mouth in balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he

righteousness, and shall not return, maketh it a god: they fall down, yea,
7
That unto me every knee shall bow, they worship. They bear him upon the

every tongue shall swear. 24

Surely, shoulder, they carry him, and set him

shall one say, in the LORD have I in his place, and he standeth; from his

righteousness and strength: even to place shall he not remove: yea, one

him shall men come; and all that are shall cry unto him, yet can he not

incensed against him shall be answer, nor save him out of his
8
ashamed. 25
In the LORD shall all the trouble. Remember this, and shew
yourselves men: bring it again to mind, take vengeance, and I will not meet
9 4
O ye transgressors. Remember the thee as a man. As for our redeemer,
former things of old: for I am God, and the LORD of hosts is his name, the
5
there is none else; I am God, and Holy One of Israel. Sit thou silent,
10
there is none like me, Declaring the and get thee into darkness, O daughter
end from the beginning, and from of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no
6
ancient times the things that are not more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
yet done, saying, My counsel shall I was wroth with my people, I have
11
stand, and I will do all my pleasure: polluted mine inheritance, and given
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, them into thine hand: thou didst shew
the man that executeth my counsel them no mercy; upon the ancient hast
7
from a far country: yea, I have spoken thou very heavily laid thy yoke. And
it, I will also bring it to pass; I have thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever:
12
purposed it, I will also do it. Hearken so that thou didst not lay these things
unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far to thy heart, neither didst remember
13 8
from righteousness: I bring near my the latter end of it. Therefore hear
righteousness; it shall not be far off, now this, thou that art given to
and my salvation shall not tarry: and I pleasures, that dwellest carelessly,
will place salvation in Zion for Israel that sayest in thine heart, I am, and
my glory. none else beside me; I shall not sit as
a widow, neither shall I know the loss
Isaiah 47 of children: 9
But these two things shall
come to thee in a moment in one day,
Come down, and sit in the dust, O
the loss of children, and widowhood:
virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the they shall come upon thee in their
ground: there is no throne, O daughter perfection for the multitude of thy
of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no sorceries, and for the great abundance
2
more be called tender and delicate. of thine enchantments. 10
For thou hast
Take the millstones, and grind meal: trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast
uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and
uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee;
3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, and thou hast said in thine heart, I
yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will am, and none else beside me. 11
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; LORD, and make mention of the God of
thou shalt not know from whence it Israel, but not in truth, nor in
2
riseth: and mischief shall fall upon righteousness. For they call
thee; thou shalt not be able to put if themselves of the holy city, and stay
off: and desolation shall come upon themselves upon the God of Israel; The
3
thee suddenly, which thou shalt not LORD of hosts is his name. I have
12
know. Stand now with thine declared the former things from the
enchantments, and with the multitude beginning; and they went forth out of
of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast my mouth, and I shewed them; I did
laboured from thy youth; if so be thou them suddenly, and they came to pass.
4
shalt be able to profit, if so be thou Because I knew that thou art
13
mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in obstinate, and thy neck is an iron
5
the multitude of thy counsels. Let now sinew, and thy brow brass; I have
the astrologers, the stargazers, the even from the beginning declared it to
monthly prognosticators, stand up, and thee; before it came to pass I shewed
save thee from these things that shall it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine
14
come upon thee. Behold, they shall idol hath done them, and my graven
be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; image, and my molten image, hath
6
they shall not deliver themselves from commanded them. Thou hast heard,
the power of the flame: there shall not see all this; and will not ye declare it? I
be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit have shewed thee new things from this
15
before it. Thus shall they be unto time, even hidden things, and thou
7
thee with whom thou hast laboured, didst not know them. They are
even thy merchants, from thy youth: created now, and not from the
they shall wander every one to his beginning; even before the day when
quarter; none shall save thee. thou heardest them not; lest thou
8
shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Isaiah 48 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou
knewest not; yea, from that time that
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which
thine ear was not opened: for I knew
are called by the name of Israel, and that thou wouldest deal very
are come forth out of the waters of treacherously, and wast called a
Judah, which swear by the name of the transgressor from the womb. 9
For my
name's sake will I defer mine anger, that thou hadst hearkened to my
and for my praise will I refrain for commandments! then had thy peace
10
thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, been as a river, and thy righteousness
19
I have refined thee, but not with silver; as the waves of the sea: Thy seed
I have chosen thee in the furnace of also had been as the sand, and the
11
affliction. For mine own sake, even offspring of thy bowels like the gravel
for mine own sake, will I do it: for how thereof; his name should not have
should my name be polluted? and I will been cut off nor destroyed from before
12 20
not give my glory unto another. me. Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
my called; I am he; I am the first, I singing declare ye, tell this, utter it
13
also am the last. Mine hand also hath even to the end of the earth; say ye,
laid the foundation of the earth, and The LORD hath redeemed his servant
21
my right hand hath spanned the Jacob. And they thirsted not when he
heavens: when I call unto them, they led them through the deserts: he
14
stand up together. All ye, assemble caused the waters to flow out of the
yourselves, and hear; which among rock for them: he clave the rock also,
22
them hath declared these things? The and the waters gushed out. There is
LORD hath loved him: he will do his no peace, saith the LORD, unto the
pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall wicked.
15
be on the Chaldeans. I, even I, have
spoken; yea, I have called him: I have Isaiah 49
brought him, and he shall make his
way prosperous. 16
Come ye near unto
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken,

me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in ye people, from far; The LORD hath

secret from the beginning; from the called me from the womb; from the

time that it was, there am I: and now bowels of my mother hath he made
2
the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent mention of my name. And he hath

me. 17
Thus saith the LORD, thy made my mouth like a sharp sword; in

Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I the shadow of his hand hath he hid me,

am the LORD thy God which teacheth and made me a polished shaft; in his
3
thee to profit, which leadeth thee by quiver hath he hid me; And said unto

the way that thou shouldest go. 18

O me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in
 4
whom I will be glorified. Then I said, prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
I have laboured in vain, I have spent darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall
my strength for nought, and in vain: feed in the ways, and their pastures
10
yet surely my judgment is with the shall be in all high places. They shall
5
LORD, and my work with my God. not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the
And now, saith the LORD that formed heat nor sun smite them: for he that
me from the womb to be his servant, hath mercy on them shall lead them,
to bring Jacob again to him, Though even by the springs of water shall he
11
Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be guide them. And I will make all my
glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and mountains a way, and my highways
6 12
my God shall be my strength. And he shall be exalted. Behold, these shall
said, It is a light thing that thou come from far: and, lo, these from the
shouldest be my servant to raise up north and from the west; and these
13
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the from the land of Sinim. Sing, O
preserved of Israel: I will also give heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and
thee for a light to the Gentiles, that break forth into singing, O mountains:
thou mayest be my salvation unto the for the LORD hath comforted his
7
end of the earth. Thus saith the people, and will have mercy upon his
14
LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his afflicted. But Zion said, The LORD
Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath
15
to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a forgotten me. Can a woman forget
servant of rulers, Kings shall see and her sucking child, that she should not
arise, princes also shall worship, have compassion on the son of her
because of the LORD that is faithful, womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I
16
and the Holy One of Israel, and he not forget thee. Behold, I have
8
shall choose thee. Thus saith the graven thee upon the palms of my
LORD, In an acceptable time have I hands; thy walls are continually before
17
heard thee, and in a day of salvation me. Thy children shall make haste;
have I helped thee: and I will preserve thy destroyers and they that made
18
thee, and give thee for a covenant of thee waste shall go forth of thee. Lift
the people, to establish the earth, to up thine eyes round about, and behold:
cause to inherit the desolate heritages; all these gather themselves together,
9
That thou mayest say to the and come to thee. As I live, saith the
 25
LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee the lawful captive delivered? But
with them all, as with an ornament, thus saith the LORD, Even the captives
and bind them on thee, as a bride of the mighty shall be taken away, and
19
doeth. For thy waste and thy the prey of the terrible shall be
desolate places, and the land of thy delivered: for I will contend with him
destruction, shall even now be too that contendeth with thee, and I will
26
narrow by reason of the inhabitants, save thy children. And I will feed
and they that swallowed thee up shall them that oppress thee with their own
20
be far away. The children which thou flesh; and they shall be drunken with
shalt have, after thou hast lost the their own blood, as with sweet wine:
other, shall say again in thine ears, and all flesh shall know that I the
The place is too strait for me: give LORD am thy Saviour and thy
21
place to me that I may dwell. Then Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath
begotten me these, seeing I have lost Isaiah 50
my children, and am desolate, a
captive, and removing to and fro? and
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill

who hath brought up these? Behold, I of your mother's divorcement, whom I

was left alone; these, where had they have put away? or which of my

been? 22
Thus saith the Lord GOD, creditors is it to whom I have sold you?

Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold

Gentiles, and set up my standard to yourselves, and for your transgressions

2
the people: and they shall bring thy is your mother put away. Wherefore,

sons in their arms, and thy daughters when I came, was there no man? when

shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23 I called, was there none to answer? Is

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, my hand shortened at all, that it

and their queens thy nursing mothers: cannot redeem? or have I no power to

they shall bow down to thee with their deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up

face toward the earth, and lick up the the sea, I make the rivers a

dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know wilderness: their fish stinketh, because
3
that I am the LORD: for they shall not there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

be ashamed that wait for me. 24

Shall I clothe the heavens with blackness,
4
the prey be taken from the mighty, or and I make sackcloth their covering.
The Lord GOD hath given me the have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in
tongue of the learned, that I should sorrow.
know how to speak a word in season to
him that is weary: he wakeneth Isaiah 51
morning by morning, he wakeneth
mine ear to hear as the learned. 5
The
Hearken to me, ye that follow after

Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I righteousness, ye that seek the LORD:

was not rebellious, neither turned away look unto the rock whence ye are

back. 6
I gave my back to the smiters, hewn, and to the hole of the pit
2
and my cheeks to them that plucked whence ye are digged. Look unto

off the hair: I hid not my face from Abraham your father, and unto Sarah

shame and spitting. 7

For the Lord GOD that bare you: for I called him alone,
3
will help me; therefore shall I not be and blessed him, and increased him.

confounded: therefore have I set my For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he

face like a flint, and I know that I shall will comfort all her waste places; and

not be ashamed. 8
He is near that he will make her wilderness like Eden,

justifieth me; who will contend with and her desert like the garden of the

me? let us stand together: who is mine LORD; joy and gladness shall be found

adversary? let him come near to me. 9 therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of
4
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; melody. Hearken unto me, my

who is he that shall condemn me? lo, people; and give ear unto me, O my

they all shall wax old as a garment; nation: for a law shall proceed from

the moth shall eat them up. 10

Who is me, and I will make my judgment to
5
among you that feareth the LORD, that rest for a light of the people. My

obeyeth the voice of his servant, that righteousness is near; my salvation is

walketh in darkness, and hath no light? gone forth, and mine arms shall judge

let him trust in the name of the LORD, the people; the isles shall wait upon
6
and stay upon his God. 11
Behold, all ye me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

that kindle a fire, that compass Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and

yourselves about with sparks: walk in look upon the earth beneath: for the

the light of your fire, and in the sparks heavens shall vanish away like smoke,

that ye have kindled. This shall ye and the earth shall wax old like a
garment, and they that dwell therein
shall die in like manner: but my heavens, and laid the foundations of
salvation shall be for ever, and my the earth; and hast feared continually
7
righteousness shall not be abolished. every day because of the fury of the
Hearken unto me, ye that know oppressor, as if he were ready to
righteousness, the people in whose destroy? and where is the fury of the
14
heart is my law; fear ye not the oppressor? The captive exile
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid hasteneth that he may be loosed, and
8
of their revilings. For the moth shall that he should not die in the pit, nor
15
eat them up like a garment, and the that his bread should fail. But I am
worm shall eat them like wool: but my the LORD thy God, that divided the
righteousness shall be for ever, and my sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of
16
salvation from generation to hosts is his name. And I have put my
9
generation. Awake, awake, put on words in thy mouth, and I have
strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, covered thee in the shadow of mine
as in the ancient days, in the hand, that I may plant the heavens,
generations of old. Art thou not it that and lay the foundations of the earth,
hath cut Rahab, and wounded the and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
10 17
dragon? Art thou not it which hath Awake, awake, stand up, O
dried the sea, the waters of the great Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the
deep; that hath made the depths of the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury;
sea a way for the ransomed to pass thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup
11 18
over? Therefore the redeemed of the of trembling, and wrung them out.
LORD shall return, and come with There is none to guide her among all
singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy the sons whom she hath brought forth;
shall be upon their head: they shall neither is there any that taketh her by
obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow the hand of all the sons that she hath
12 19
and mourning shall flee away. I, brought up. These two things are
even I, am he that comforteth you: come unto thee; who shall be sorry for
who art thou, that thou shouldest be thee? desolation, and destruction, and
afraid of a man that shall die, and of the famine, and the sword: by whom
20
the son of man which shall be made as shall I comfort thee? Thy sons have
13
grass; And forgettest the LORD thy fainted, they lie at the head of all the
maker, that hath stretched forth the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are
 5
full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke without cause. Now therefore, what
21
of thy God. Therefore hear now this, have I here, saith the LORD, that my
thou afflicted, and drunken, but not people is taken away for nought? they
22
with wine: Thus saith thy Lord the that rule over them make them to
LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the howl, saith the LORD; and my name
6
cause of his people, Behold, I have continually every day is blasphemed.
taken out of thine hand the cup of Therefore my people shall know my
trembling, even the dregs of the cup of name: therefore they shall know in
my fury; thou shalt no more drink it that day that I am he that doth speak:
23 7
again: But I will put it into the hand behold, it is I. How beautiful upon the
of them that afflict thee; which have mountains are the feet of him that
said to thy soul, Bow down, that we bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
may go over: and thou hast laid thy peace; that bringeth good tidings of
body as the ground, and as the street, good, that publisheth salvation; that
8
to them that went over. saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
Isaiah 52 with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eye, when the
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O
LORD shall bring again Zion. 9
Break
Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O forth into joy, sing together, ye waste
Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath
there shall no more come into thee the comforted his people, he hath
2
uncircumcised and the unclean. redeemed Jerusalem. 10
The LORD hath
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and made bare his holy arm in the eyes of
sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself all the nations; and all the ends of the
from the bands of thy neck, O captive earth shall see the salvation of our
3
daughter of Zion. For thus saith the God. 11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out
LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for from thence, touch no unclean thing;
nought; and ye shall be redeemed go ye out of the midst of her; be ye
4
without money. For thus saith the clean, that bear the vessels of the
Lord GOD, My people went down LORD. 12
For ye shall not go out with
aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD
and the Assyrian oppressed them will go before you; and the God of
 13
Israel will be your rereward. Behold, peace was upon him; and with his
6
my servant shall deal prudently, he stripes we are healed. All we like
shall be exalted and extolled, and be sheep have gone astray; we have
14
very high. As many were astonied at turned every one to his own way; and
thee; his visage was so marred more the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity
7
than any man, and his form more than of us all. He was oppressed, and he
15
the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle was afflicted, yet he opened not his
many nations; the kings shall shut mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
their mouths at him: for that which had slaughter, and as a sheep before her
not been told them shall they see; and shearers is dumb, so he openeth not
8
that which they had not heard shall his mouth. He was taken from prison
they consider. and from judgment: and who shall
declare his generation? for he was cut
Isaiah 53 off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people was he
Who hath believed our report? and to
stricken. 9
And he made his grave with
whom is the arm of the LORD the wicked, and with the rich in his
2
revealed? For he shall grow up before death; because he had done no
him as a tender plant, and as a root violence, neither was any deceit in his
out of a dry ground: he hath no form mouth. 10
Yet it pleased the LORD to
nor comeliness; and when we shall see bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
him, there is no beauty that we should when thou shalt make his soul an
3
desire him. He is despised and offering for sin, he shall see his seed,
rejected of men; a man of sorrows, he shall prolong his days, and the
and acquainted with grief: and we hid pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in
as it were our faces from him; he was his hand. 11
He shall see of the travail
4
despised, and we esteemed him not. of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and his knowledge shall my righteous
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem servant justify many; for he shall bear
him stricken, smitten of God, and their iniquities. 12
Therefore will I
5
afflicted. But he was wounded for our divide him a portion with the great,
transgressions, he was bruised for our and he shall divide the spoil with the
iniquities: the chastisement of our strong; because he hath poured out his
soul unto death: and he was numbered
with the transgressors; and he bare
the sin of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors.
Isaiah 54
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not
bear; break forth into singing, and cry
aloud, thou that didst not travail with
child: for more are the children of the
desolate than the children of
2
married wife, saith the LORD. Enlarge
the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of
habitations: spare not, lengthen thy
cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
thou shalt break forth on the right
hand and on the left; and thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the
4
desolate cities to be inhabited.
not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:
neither be thou confounded; for thou
shalt not be put to shame: for thou
shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and shalt not remember the reproach
5
of thy widowhood any more. For thy
Maker is thine husband; the LORD of
hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer
the Holy One of Israel; The God of the
whole earth shall he be called.
the LORD hath called thee as a woman
forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a
wife of youth, when thou wast refused,
7
saith thy God. For a small moment
have I forsaken thee; but with great
8
mercies will I gather thee. In a little
wrath I hid my face from thee for a
moment; but with everlasting kindness
will I have mercy on thee, saith the
LORD thy Redeemer. 9
For this is as
the waters of Noah unto me: for as I
have sworn that the waters of Noah
should no more go over the earth; so
the have I sworn that I would not be wroth
with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10
For the
mountains shall depart, and the hills be
thine removed; but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the
3
For covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the LORD that hath mercy on
thee. 11
O thou afflicted, tossed with
tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
Fear will lay thy stones with fair colors, and
lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12
And I will make thy windows of agates,
and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy
borders of pleasant stones. 13
And all
thy children shall be taught of the
LORD; and great shall be the peace of
thy children. 14
In righteousness shalt
thou be established: thou shalt be far
from oppression; for thou shalt not
6
For fear: and from terror; for it shall not
come near thee. 15
Behold, they shall
surely gather together, but not by me:
 5
whosoever shall gather together Behold, thou shalt call a nation that
16
against thee shall fall for thy sake. thou knowest not, and nations that
Behold, I have created the smith that knew not thee shall run unto thee
bloweth the coals in the fire, and that because of the LORD thy God, and for
bringeth forth an instrument for his the Holy One of Israel; for he hath
6
work; and I have created the waster to glorified thee. Seek ye the LORD
17
destroy. No weapon that is formed while he may be found, call ye upon
7
against thee shall prosper; and every him while he is near: Let the wicked
tongue that shall rise against thee in forsake his way, and the unrighteous
judgment thou shalt condemn. This is man his thoughts: and let him return
the heritage of the servants of the unto the LORD, and he will have mercy
LORD, and their righteousness is of upon him; and to our God, for he will
8
me, saith the LORD. abundantly pardon. For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, neither are your
Isaiah 55 ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9
For
as the heavens are higher than the
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye
earth, so are my ways higher than your
to the waters, and he that hath no ways, and my thoughts than your
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, thoughts. 10
For as the rain cometh
come, buy wine and milk without down, and the snow from heaven, and
2
money and without price. Wherefore returneth not thither, but watereth the
do ye spend money for that which is earth, and maketh it bring forth and
not bread? and your labour for that bud, that it may give seed to the
which satisfieth not? hearken diligently sower, and bread to the eater: 11
So
unto me, and eat ye that which is shall my word be that goeth forth out
good, and let your soul delight itself in of my mouth: it shall not return unto
3
fatness. Incline your ear, and come me void, but it shall accomplish that
unto me: hear, and your soul shall which I please, and it shall prosper in
live; and I will make an everlasting the thing whereto I sent it. 12
For ye
covenant with you, even the sure shall go out with joy, and be led forth
4
mercies of David. Behold, I have with peace: the mountains and the hills
given him for a witness to the people, shall break forth before you into
a leader and commander to the people. singing, and all the trees of the field
 13
shall clap their hands. Instead of the serve him, and to love the name of the
thorn shall come up the fir tree, and LORD, to be his servants, every one
instead of the brier shall come up the that keepeth the sabbath from
myrtle tree: and it shall be to the polluting it, and taketh hold of my
7
LORD for a name, for an everlasting covenant; Even them will I bring to
sign that shall not be cut off. my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their
Isaiah 56 burnt offerings and their sacrifices
shall be accepted upon mine altar; for
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye
mine house shall be called an house of
judgment, and do justice: for my prayer for all people. 8
The Lord GOD
salvation is near to come, and my which gathereth the outcasts of Israel
2
righteousness to be revealed. Blessed saith, Yet will I gather others to him,
is the man that doeth this, and the son beside those that are gathered unto
of man that layeth hold on it; that him. 9
All ye beasts of the field, come
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the
and keepeth his hand from doing any forest. 10
His watchmen are blind: they
3
evil. Neither let the son of the are all ignorant, they are all dumb
stranger, that hath joined himself to dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying
the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD down, loving to slumber. 11
Yea, they
hath utterly separated me from his are greedy dogs which can never have
people: neither let the eunuch say, enough, and they are shepherds that
4
Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus cannot understand: they all look to
saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that their own way, every one for his gain,
keep my sabbaths, and choose the from his quarter. 12
Come ye, say they,
things that please me, and take hold of I will fetch wine, and we will fill
5
my covenant; Even unto them will I ourselves with strong drink; and to
give in mine house and within my walls morrow shall be as this day, and much
a place and a name better than of sons more abundant.
and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut
6
off. Also the sons of the stranger,
that join themselves to the LORD, to
Isaiah 57 thou lovedst their bed where thou
9
sawest it. And thou wentest to the
The righteous perisheth, and no man king with ointment, and didst increase

layeth it to heart: and merciful men thy perfumes, and didst send thy

are taken away, none considering that messengers far off, and didst debase
10
the righteous is taken away from the thyself even unto hell. Thou art

evil to come. 2
He shall enter into wearied in the greatness of thy way;

peace: they shall rest in their beds, yet saidst thou not, There is no hope:

each one walking in his uprightness. 3 thou hast found the life of thine hand;
11
But draw near hither, ye sons of the therefore thou wast not grieved. And

sorceress, the seed of the adulterer of whom hast thou been afraid or

and the whore. 4

Against whom do ye feared, that thou hast lied, and hast

sport yourselves? against whom make not remembered me, nor laid it to thy

ye a wide mouth, and draw out the heart? have not I held my peace even
12
tongue? are ye not children of of old, and thou fearest me not? I

transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 will declare thy righteousness, and thy

13
Enflaming yourselves with idols under works; for they shall not profit thee.

every green tree, slaying the children When thou criest, let thy companies

in the valleys under the clifts of the deliver thee; but the wind shall carry

rocks? 6
Among the smooth stones of them all away; vanity shall take them:

the stream is thy portion; they, they but he that putteth his trust in me shall

are thy lot: even to them hast thou possess the land, and shall inherit my
14
poured a drink offering, thou hast holy mountain; And shall say, Cast

offered a meat offering. Should I ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way,

receive comfort in these? 7

Upon a lofty take up the stumblingblock out of the
15
and high mountain hast thou set thy way of my people. For thus saith the

bed: even thither wentest thou up to high and lofty One that inhabiteth

offer sacrifice. 8
Behind the doors also eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell

and the posts hast thou set up thy in the high and holy place, with him

remembrance: for thou hast discovered also that is of a contrite and humble

thyself to another than me, and art spirit, to revive the spirit of the

gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, humble, and to revive the heart of the
16
and made thee a covenant with them; contrite ones. For I will not contend
for ever, neither will I be always soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
wroth: for the spirit should fail before Behold, in the day of your fast ye find
4
me, and the souls which I have made. pleasure, and exact all your labours.
17
For the iniquity of his covetousness Behold, ye fast for strife and debate,
was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and to smite with the fist of
and was wroth, and he went on wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do
18
frowardly in the way of his heart. I this day, to make your voice to be
5
have seen his ways, and will heal him: heard on high. Is it such a fast that I
I will lead him also, and restore have chosen? a day for a man to afflict
comforts unto him and to his his soul? is it to bow down his head as
19
mourners. I create the fruit of the a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and
lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, ashes under him? wilt thou call this a
and to him that is near, saith the fast, and an acceptable day to the
20 6
LORD; and I will heal him. But the LORD? Is not this the fast that I have
wicked are like the troubled sea, when chosen? to loose the bands of
it cannot rest, whose waters cast up wickedness, to undo the heavy
21
mire and dirt. There is no peace, burdens, and to let the oppressed go
7
saith my God, to the wicked. free, and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the
Isaiah 58 hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice
thou seest the naked, that thou cover
like a trumpet, and shew my people him; and that thou hide not thyself
their transgression, and the house of from thine own flesh? 8
Then shall thy
2
Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me light break forth as the morning, and
daily, and delight to know my ways, as thine health shall spring forth speedily:
a nation that did righteousness, and and thy righteousness shall go before
forsook not the ordinance of their God: thee; the glory of the LORD shall be
they ask of me the ordinances of thy rereward. 9
Then shalt thou call,
justice; they take delight in and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt
3
approaching to God. Wherefore have cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If
we fasted, say they, and thou seest thou take away from the midst of thee
not? wherefore have we afflicted our the yoke, the putting forth of the
 10
finger, and speaking vanity; And if Isaiah 59
thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall Behold, the LORD'S hand is not
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy shortened, that it cannot save; neither
11
darkness be as the noonday: And the his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2

LORD shall guide thee continually, and But your iniquities have separated
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make between you and your God, and your
fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a sins have hid his face from you, that
watered garden, and like a spring of he will not hear. 3
For your hands are
12
water, whose waters fail not. And defiled with blood, and your fingers
they that shall be of thee shall build with iniquity; your lips have spoken
the old waste places: thou shalt raise lies, your tongue hath muttered
up the foundations of many perverseness. 4
None calleth for
generations; and thou shalt be called, justice, nor any pleadeth for truth:
The repairer of the breach, The they trust in vanity, and speak lies;
13
restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou they conceive mischief, and bring forth
turn away thy foot from the sabbath, iniquity. 5
They hatch cockatrice' eggs,
from doing thy pleasure on my holy and weave the spider's web: he that
day; and call the sabbath a delight, the eateth of their eggs dieth, and that
holy of the LORD, honourable; and which is crushed breaketh out into a
shalt honour him, not doing thine own viper. 6
Their webs shall not become
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, garments, neither shall they cover
14
nor speaking thine own words: Then themselves with their works: their
shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; works are works of iniquity, and the
and I will cause thee to ride upon the act of violence is in their hands. 7
Their
high places of the earth, and feed thee feet run to evil, and they make haste
with the heritage of Jacob thy father: to shed innocent blood: their thoughts
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and
it. destruction are in their paths. 8
The
way of peace they know not; and there
is no judgment in their goings: they
have made them crooked paths:
whosoever goeth therein shall not
 9 17
know peace. Therefore is judgment righteousness, it sustained him. For
far from us, neither doth justice he put on righteousness as a
overtake us: we wait for light, but breastplate, and an helmet of salvation
behold obscurity; for brightness, but upon his head; and he put on the
10
we walk in darkness. We grope for garments of vengeance for clothing,
18
the wall like the blind, and we grope as and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
if we had no eyes: we stumble at According to their deeds, accordingly
noonday as in the night; we are in he will repay, fury to his adversaries,
11
desolate places as dead men. We recompence to his enemies; to the
19
roar all like bears, and mourn sore like islands he will repay recompence. So
doves: we look for judgment, but there shall they fear the name of the LORD
is none; for salvation, but it is far off from the west, and his glory from the
12
from us. For our transgressions are rising of the sun. When the enemy
multiplied before thee, and our sins shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of
testify against us: for our the LORD shall lift up a standard
20
transgressions are with us; and as for against him. And the Redeemer shall
13
our iniquities, we know them; In come to Zion, and unto them that turn
transgressing and lying against the from transgression in Jacob, saith the
21
LORD, and departing away from our LORD. As for me, this is my covenant
God, speaking oppression and revolt, with them, saith the LORD; My spirit
conceiving and uttering from the heart that is upon thee, and my words which
14
words of falsehood. And judgment is I have put in thy mouth, shall not
turned away backward, and justice depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the
standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in mouth of thy seed, nor out of the
15
the street, and equity cannot enter. mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the
Yea, truth faileth; and he that LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
departeth from evil maketh himself a
prey: and the LORD saw it, and it Isaiah 60
displeased him that there was no
judgment. 16
And he saw that there
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and

was no man, and wondered that there the glory of the LORD is risen upon
2
was no intercessor: therefore his arm thee. For, behold, the darkness shall

brought salvation unto him; and his cover the earth, and gross darkness
 10
the people: but the LORD shall arise glorified thee. And the sons of
upon thee, and his glory shall be seen strangers shall build up thy walls, and
3
upon thee. And the Gentiles shall their kings shall minister unto thee: for
come to thy light, and kings to the in my wrath I smote thee, but in my
4 11
brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine favour have I had mercy on thee.
eyes round about, and see: all they Therefore thy gates shall be open
gather themselves together, they come continually; they shall not be shut day
to thee: thy sons shall come from far, nor night; that men may bring unto
and thy daughters shall be nursed at thee the forces of the Gentiles, and
5 12
thy side. Then thou shalt see, and that their kings may be brought. For
flow together, and thine heart shall the nation and kingdom that will not
fear, and be enlarged; because the serve thee shall perish; yea, those
13
abundance of the sea shall be nations shall be utterly wasted. The
converted unto thee, the forces of the glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee,
6
Gentiles shall come unto thee. The the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box
multitude of camels shall cover thee, together, to beautify the place of my
the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; sanctuary; and I will make the place of
14
all they from Sheba shall come: they my feet glorious. The sons also of
shall bring gold and incense; and they them that afflicted thee shall come
shall shew forth the praises of the bending unto thee; and all they that
7
LORD. All the flocks of Kedar shall be despised thee shall bow themselves
gathered together unto thee, the rams down at the soles of thy feet; and they
of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: shall call thee, The city of the LORD,
15
they shall come up with acceptance on The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
mine altar, and I will glorify the house Whereas thou hast been forsaken and
8
of my glory. Who are these that fly as hated, so that no man went through
a cloud, and as the doves to their thee, I will make thee an eternal
9
windows? Surely the isles shall wait excellency, a joy of many generations.
16
for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, Thou shalt also suck the milk of the
to bring thy sons from far, their silver Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of
and their gold with them, unto the kings: and thou shalt know that I the
name of the LORD thy God, and to the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
17
Holy One of Israel, because he hath Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron the captives, and the opening of the
2
I will bring silver, and for wood brass, prison to them that are bound; To
and for stones iron: I will also make proclaim the acceptable year of the
thy officers peace, and thine exactors LORD, and the day of vengeance of our
18 3
righteousness. Violence shall no God; to comfort all that mourn; To
more be heard in thy land, wasting nor appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
destruction within thy borders; but to give unto them beauty for ashes,
thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and the oil of joy for mourning, the
19
thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no garment of praise for the spirit of
more thy light by day; neither for heaviness; that they might be called
brightness shall the moon give light trees of righteousness, the planting of
4
unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto the LORD, that he might be glorified.
thee an everlasting light, and thy God And they shall build the old wastes,
20
thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go they shall raise up the former
down; neither shall thy moon withdraw desolations, and they shall repair the
itself: for the LORD shall be thine waste cities, the desolations of many
5
everlasting light, and the days of thy generations. And strangers shall
21
mourning shall be ended. Thy people stand and feed your flocks, and the
also shall be all righteous: they shall sons of the alien shall be your plowmen
6
inherit the land for ever, the branch of and your vinedressers. But ye shall
my planting, the work of my hands, be named the Priests of the LORD:
22
that I may be glorified. A little one men shall call you the Ministers of our
shall become a thousand, and a small God: ye shall eat the riches of the
one a strong nation: I the LORD will Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye
7
hasten it in his time. boast yourselves. For your shame ye
shall have double; and for confusion
Isaiah 61 they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
possess the double: everlasting joy
me; because the LORD hath anointed shall be unto them. 8
For I the LORD
me to preach good tidings unto the love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the offering; and I will direct their work in
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to truth, and I will make an everlasting
 9
covenant with them. And their seed LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand
4
shall be known among the Gentiles, of thy God. Thou shalt no more be
and their offspring among the people: termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land
all that see them shall acknowledge any more be termed Desolate: but thou
them, that they are the seed which the shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy
10
LORD hath blessed. I will greatly land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in
5
rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be thee, and thy land shall be married.
joyful in my God; for he hath clothed For as a young man marrieth a virgin,
me with the garments of salvation, he so shall thy sons marry thee: and as
hath covered me with the robe of the bridegroom rejoiceth over the
righteousness, as a bridegroom bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
6
decketh himself with ornaments, and thee. I have set watchmen upon thy
as a bride adorneth herself with her walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never
11
jewels. For as the earth bringeth hold their peace day nor night: ye that
forth her bud, and as the garden make mention of the LORD, keep not
7
causeth the things that are sown in it silence, And give him no rest, till he
to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will establish, and till he make Jerusalem a
8
cause righteousness and praise to praise in the earth. The LORD hath
spring forth before all the nations. sworn by his right hand, and by the
arm of his strength, Surely I will no
Isaiah 62 more give thy corn to be meat for thine
enemies; and the sons of the stranger
For Zion's sake will I not hold my
shall not drink thy wine, for the which
peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will thou hast laboured: 9
But they that
not rest, until the righteousness have gathered it shall eat it, and praise
thereof go forth as brightness, and the the LORD; and they that have brought
salvation thereof as a lamp that it together shall drink it in the courts of
2
burneth. And the Gentiles shall see my holiness. 10
Go through, go through
thy righteousness, and all kings thy the gates; prepare ye the way of the
glory: and thou shalt be called by a people; cast up, cast up the highways;
new name, which the mouth of the gather out the stones; lift up a
3
LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be standard for the people. 11
Behold, the
a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of
the world, Say ye to the daughter of down the people in mine anger, and
Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; make them drunk in my fury, and I will
behold, his reward is with him, and his bring down their strength to the earth.
12 7
work before him. And they shall call I will mention the lovingkindnesses of
them, The holy people, The redeemed the LORD, and the praises of the LORD,
of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, according to all that the LORD hath
Sought out, A city not forsaken. bestowed on us, and the great
goodness toward the house of Israel,
Isaiah 63 which he hath bestowed on them
according to his mercies, and according
Who is this that cometh from Edom,
to the multitude of his
with dyed garments from Bozrah? this lovingkindnesses. 8
For he said, Surely
that is glorious in his apparel, they are my people, children that will
travelling in the greatness of his not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9
In all
strength? I that speak in their affliction he was afflicted, and the
2
righteousness, mighty to save. angel of his presence saved them: in
Wherefore art thou red in thine his love and in his pity he redeemed
apparel, and thy garments like him them; and he bare them, and carried
3
that treadeth in the winefat? I have them all the days of old. 10
But they
trodden the winepress alone; and of rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
the people there was none with me: for therefore he was turned to be their
I will tread them in mine anger, and enemy, and he fought against them. 11

trample them in my fury; and their Then he remembered the days of old,
blood shall be sprinkled upon my Moses, and his people, saying, Where
garments, and I will stain all my is he that brought them up out of the
4
raiment. For the day of vengeance is sea with the shepherd of his flock?
in mine heart, and the year of my where is he that put his holy Spirit
5
redeemed is come. And I looked, and within him? 12
That led them by the
there was none to help; and I right hand of Moses with his glorious
wondered that there was none to arm, dividing the water before them, to
uphold: therefore mine own arm make himself an everlasting name? 13

brought salvation unto me; and my That led them through the deep, as an
6
fury, it upheld me. And I will tread horse in the wilderness, that they
 14
should not stumble? As a beast melting fire burneth, the fire causeth
goeth down into the valley, the Spirit the waters to boil, to make thy name
of the LORD caused him to rest: so known to thine adversaries, that the
3
didst thou lead thy people, to make nations may tremble at thy presence!
15
thyself a glorious name. Look down When thou didst terrible things which
from heaven, and behold from the we looked not for, thou camest down,
habitation of thy holiness and of thy the mountains flowed down at thy
4
glory: where is thy zeal and thy presence. For since the beginning of
strength, the sounding of thy bowels the world men have not heard, nor
and of thy mercies toward me? are perceived by the ear, neither hath the
16
they restrained? Doubtless thou art eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he
our father, though Abraham be hath prepared for him that waiteth for
5
ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, and worketh righteousness, those that
our redeemer; thy name is from remember thee in thy ways: behold,
17
everlasting. O LORD, why hast thou thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in
made us to err from thy ways, and those is continuance, and we shall be
6
hardened our heart from thy fear? saved. But we are all as an unclean
Return for thy servants' sake, the thing, and all our righteousnesses are
18
tribes of thine inheritance. The as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a
people of thy holiness have possessed leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind,
7
it but a little while: our adversaries have taken us away. And there is
19
have trodden down thy sanctuary. none that calleth upon thy name, that
We are thine: thou never barest rule stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:
over them; they were not called by thy for thou hast hid thy face from us, and
name. hast consumed us, because of our
8
iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art
Isaiah 64 our father; we are the clay, and thou
our potter; and we all are the work of
Oh that thou wouldest rend the
thy hand. 9
Be not wroth very sore, O
heavens, that thou wouldest come LORD, neither remember iniquity for
down, that the mountains might flow ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we
2
down at thy presence, As when the are all thy people. 10
Thy holy cities are
 7
a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, their bosom, Your iniquities, and the
11
Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and iniquities of your fathers together,
our beautiful house, where our fathers saith the LORD, which have burned
praised thee, is burned up with fire: incense upon the mountains, and
and all our pleasant things are laid blasphemed me upon the hills:
12
waste. Wilt thou refrain thyself for therefore will I measure their former
8
these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold work into their bosom. Thus saith the
thy peace, and afflict us very sore? LORD, As the new wine is found in the
cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not;
Isaiah 65 for a blessing is in it: so will I do for
my servants' sakes, that I may not
I am sought of them that asked not for destroy them all. 9
And I will bring
me; I am found of them that sought forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of
me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, Judah an inheritor of my mountains:
unto a nation that was not called by and mine elect shall inherit it, and my
2
my name. I have spread out my servants shall dwell there. 10
And
hands all the day unto a rebellious Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and
people, which walketh in a way that the valley of Achor a place for the
was not good, after their own herds to lie down in, for my people that
3
thoughts; A people that provoketh me have sought me. 11
But ye are they
to anger continually to my face; that that forsake the LORD, that forget my
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth holy mountain, that prepare a table for
4
incense upon altars of brick; Which that troop, and that furnish the drink
remain among the graves, and lodge in offering unto that number. 12
Therefore
the monuments, which eat swine's will I number you to the sword, and ye
flesh, and broth of abominable things shall all bow down to the slaughter:
5
is in their vessels; Which say, Stand because when I called, ye did not
by thyself, come not near to me; for I answer; when I spake, ye did not hear;
am holier than thou. These are a but did evil before mine eyes, and did
smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth choose that wherein I delighted not. 13

6
all the day. Behold, it is written Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
before me: I will not keep silence, but Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye
will recompense, even recompense into shall be hungry: behold, my servants
shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty:
behold, my servants shall rejoice, but
14
ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my
servants shall sing for joy of heart, but
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and
15
shall howl for vexation of spirit.
ye shall leave your name for a curse
unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD
shall slay thee, and call his servants by
16
another name: That he who blesseth
himself in the earth shall bless himself
in the God of truth; and he
sweareth in the earth shall swear by
the God of truth; because the former
troubles are forgotten, and because
17
they are hid from mine eyes.
behold, I create new heavens and a
new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in
that which I create: for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her
people a joy. 19
And I will rejoice in
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit
22
of them. They shall not build, and
another inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of a
tree are the days of my people, and
And mine elect shall long enjoy the work of
23
their hands. They shall not labour in
vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for
they are the seed of the blessed of the
24
LORD, and their offspring with them.
And it shall come to pass, that before
that they call, I will answer; and while they
25
are yet speaking, I will hear. The
wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
and the lion shall eat straw like the
For, bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's
meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy
in all my holy mountain, saith the
18
LORD.
Isaiah 66
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is

Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and my throne, and the earth is my

the voice of weeping shall be no more footstool: where is the house that ye

heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 build unto me? and where is the place
2
There shall be no more thence an of my rest? For all those things hath

infant of days, nor an old man that mine hand made, and all those things

hath not filled his days: for the child have been, saith the LORD: but to this

shall die an hundred years old; but the man will I look, even to him that is

sinner being an hundred years old shall poor and of a contrite spirit, and
3
be accursed. 21
And they shall build trembleth at my word. He that killeth

houses, and inhabit them; and they an ox is as if he slew a man; he that

sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and
10
dog's neck; he that offereth an shut the womb? saith thy God.
oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad
he that burneth incense, as if he with her, all ye that love her: rejoice
blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen for joy with her, all ye that mourn for
11
their own ways, and their soul her: That ye may suck, and be
4
delighteth in their abominations. I satisfied with the breasts of her
also will choose their delusions, and consolations; that ye may milk out,
will bring their fears upon them; and be delighted with the abundance of
12
because when I called, none did her glory. For thus saith the LORD,
answer; when I spake, they did not Behold, I will extend peace to her like
hear: but they did evil before mine a river, and the glory of the Gentiles
eyes, and chose that in which I like a flowing stream: then shall ye
5
delighted not. Hear the word of the suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides,
13
LORD, ye that tremble at his word; and be dandled upon her knees. As
your brethren that hated you, that cast one whom his mother comforteth, so
you out for my name's sake, said, Let will I comfort you; and ye shall be
14
the LORD be glorified: but he shall comforted in Jerusalem. And when
appear to your joy, and they shall be ye see this, your heart shall rejoice,
6
ashamed. A voice of noise from the and your bones shall flourish like an
city, a voice from the temple, a voice herb: and the hand of the LORD shall
of the LORD that rendereth be known toward his servants, and his
7 15
recompence to his enemies. Before indignation toward his enemies. For,
she travailed, she brought forth; behold, the LORD will come with fire,
before her pain came, she was and with his chariots like a whirlwind,
8
delivered of a man child. Who hath to render his anger with fury, and his
16
heard such a thing? who hath seen rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire
such things? Shall the earth be made and by his sword will the LORD plead
to bring forth in one day? or shall a with all flesh: and the slain of the
17
nation be born at once? for as soon as LORD shall be many. They that
Zion travailed, she brought forth her sanctify themselves, and purify
9
children. Shall I bring to the birth, themselves in the gardens behind one
and not cause to bring forth? saith the tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh,
and the abomination, and the mouse, Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the
shall be consumed together, saith the children of Israel bring an offering in a
18
LORD. For I know their works and clean vessel into the house of the
21
their thoughts: it shall come, that I will LORD. And I will also take of them
gather all nations and tongues; and for priests and for Levites, saith the
19 22
they shall come, and see my glory. LORD. For as the new heavens and
And I will set a sign among them, and I the new earth, which I will make, shall
will send those that escape of them remain before me, saith the LORD, so
unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and shall your seed and your name remain.
23
Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and And it shall come to pass, that from
Javan, to the isles afar off, that have one new moon to another, and from
not heard my fame, neither have seen one sabbath to another, shall all flesh
my glory; and they shall declare my come to worship before me, saith the
20 24
glory among the Gentiles. And they LORD. And they shall go forth, and
shall bring all your brethren for an look upon the carcases of the men that
offering unto the LORD out of all have transgressed against me: for
nations upon horses, and in chariots, their worm shall not die, neither shall
and in litters, and upon mules, and their fire be quenched; and they shall
upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain be an abhorring unto all flesh.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET

JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 1 touched my mouth. And the LORD said

unto me, Behold, I have put my words
The words of Jeremiah the son of in thy mouth. 10
See, I have this day

Hilkiah, of the priests that were in set thee over the nations and over the

Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2

To kingdoms, to root out, and to pull

whom the word of the LORD came in down, and to destroy, and to throw
11
the days of Josiah the son of Amon down, to build, and to plant.

king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of Moreover the word of the LORD came

his reign. 3
It came also in the days of unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest

Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of thou? And I said, I see a rod of an
12
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh almond tree. Then said the LORD

year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will
13
of Judah, unto the carrying away of hasten my word to perform it. And

Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4 the word of the LORD came unto me

Then the word of the LORD came unto the second time, saying, What seest

me, saying, 5
Before I formed thee in thou? And I said, I see a seething pot;

the belly I knew thee; and before thou and the face thereof is toward the
14
camest forth out of the womb I north. Then the LORD said unto me,

sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a Out of the north an evil shall break

prophet unto the nations. 6

Then said I, forth upon all the inhabitants of the
15
Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: land. For, lo, I will call all the

for I am a child. 7
But the LORD said families of the kingdoms of the north,

unto me, Say not, I am a child: for saith the LORD; and they shall come,

thou shalt go to all that I shall send and they shall set every one his throne

thee, and whatsoever I command thee at the entering of the gates of

thou shalt speak. 8

Be not afraid of Jerusalem, and against all the walls

their faces: for I am with thee to thereof round about, and against all
16
deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9
Then the cities of Judah. And I will utter

the LORD put forth his hand, and my judgments against them touching
all their wickedness, who have the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all
5
forsaken me, and have burned incense the families of the house of Israel:
unto other gods, and worshipped the Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity
17
works of their own hands. Thou have your fathers found in me, that
therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, they are gone far from me, and have
and speak unto them all that I walked after vanity, and are become
6
command thee: be not dismayed at vain? Neither said they, Where is the
their faces, lest I confound thee before LORD that brought us up out of the
18
them. For, behold, I have made thee land of Egypt, that led us through the
this day a defenced city, and an iron wilderness, through a land of deserts
pillar, and brasen walls against the and of pits, through a land of drought,
whole land, against the kings of Judah, and of the shadow of death, through a
against the princes thereof, against the land that no man passed through, and
7
priests thereof, and against the people where no man dwelt? And I brought
19
of the land. And they shall fight you into a plentiful country, to eat the
against thee; but they shall not prevail fruit thereof and the goodness thereof;
against thee; for I am with thee, saith but when ye entered, ye defiled my
the LORD, to deliver thee. land, and made mine heritage an
8
abomination. The priests said not,
Jeremiah 2 Where is the LORD? and they that
handle the law knew me not: the
Moreover the word of the LORD came
pastors also transgressed against me,
2
to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears and the prophets prophesied by Baal,
of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the and walked after things that do not
LORD; I remember thee, the kindness profit. 9
Wherefore I will yet plead with
of thy youth, the love of thine you, saith the LORD, and with your
espousals, when thou wentest after me children's children will I plead. 10
For
in the wilderness, in a land that was pass over the isles of Chittim, and see;
3
not sown. Israel was holiness unto and send unto Kedar, and consider
the LORD, and the firstfruits of his diligently, and see if there be such a
increase: all that devour him shall thing. 11
Hath a nation changed their
offend; evil shall come upon them, gods, which are yet no gods? but my
4
saith the LORD. Hear ye the word of people have changed their glory for
 12
that which doth not profit. Be every green tree thou wanderest,
21
astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and playing the harlot. Yet I had planted
be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed:
13
saith the LORD. For my people have how then art thou turned into the
committed two evils; they have degenerate plant of a strange vine unto
22
forsaken me the fountain of living me? For though thou wash thee with
waters, and hewed them out cisterns, nitre, and take thee much sope, yet
broken cisterns, that can hold no thine iniquity is marked before me,
14 23
water. Is Israel a servant? is he a saith the Lord GOD. How canst thou
15
homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? say, I am not polluted, I have not gone
The young lions roared upon him, and after Baalim? see thy way in the valley,
yelled, and they made his land waste: know what thou hast done: thou art a
his cities are burned without swift dromedary traversing her ways;
16 24
inhabitant. Also the children of Noph A wild ass used to the wilderness,
and Tahapanes have broken the crown that snuffeth up the wind at her
17
of thy head. Hast thou not procured pleasure; in her occasion who can turn
this unto thyself, in that thou hast her away? all they that seek her will
forsaken the LORD thy God, when he not weary themselves; in her month
18 25
led thee by the way? And now what they shall find her. Withhold thy foot
hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to from being unshod, and thy throat
drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast from thirst: but thou saidst, There is
thou to do in the way of Assyria, to no hope: no; for I have loved
19 26
drink the waters of the river? Thine strangers, and after them will I go.
own wickedness shall correct thee, and As the thief is ashamed when he is
thy backslidings shall reprove thee: found, so is the house of Israel
know therefore and see that it is an ashamed; they, their kings, their
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast princes, and their priests, and their
27
forsaken the LORD thy God, and that prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art
my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord my father; and to a stone, Thou hast
20
GOD of hosts. For of old time I have brought me forth: for they have turned
broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; their back unto me, and not their face:
and thou saidst, I will not transgress; but in the time of their trouble they will
28
when upon every high hill and under say, Arise, and save us. But where
are thy gods that thou hast made thee? shalt go forth from him, and thine
let them arise, if they can save thee in hands upon thine head: for the LORD
the time of thy trouble: for according hath rejected thy confidences, and
to the number of thy cities are thy thou shalt not prosper in them.
29
gods, O Judah. Wherefore will ye
plead with me? ye all have Jeremiah 3
transgressed against me, saith the
LORD. 30
In vain have I smitten your
They say, If a man put away his wife,

children; they received no correction: and she go from him, and become

your own sword hath devoured your another man's, shall he return unto her

prophets, like a destroying lion. 31

O again? shall not that land be greatly

generation, see ye the word of the polluted? but thou hast played the

LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto harlot with many lovers; yet return
2
Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore again to me, saith the LORD. Lift up

say my people, We are lords; we will thine eyes unto the high places, and

come no more unto thee? 32

Can a see where thou hast not been lien with.

maid forget her ornaments, or a bride In the ways hast thou sat for them, as

her attire? yet my people have the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou

forgotten me days without number. 33 hast polluted the land with thy
3
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

love? therefore hast thou also taught Therefore the showers have been

the wicked ones thy ways. 34

Also in withholden, and there hath been no

thy skirts is found the blood of the latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's

souls of the poor innocents: I have not forehead, thou refusedst to be

4
found it by secret search, but upon all ashamed. Wilt thou not from this time

these. 35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am cry unto me, My father, thou art the
5
innocent, surely his anger shall turn guide of my youth? Will he reserve

from me. Behold, I will plead with his anger for ever? will he keep it to

thee, because thou sayest, I have not the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and
6
sinned. 36
Why gaddest thou about so done evil things as thou couldest. The

much to change thy way? thou also LORD said also unto me in the days of

shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that

wast ashamed of Assyria. 37

Yea, thou which backsliding Israel hath done?
she is gone up upon every high and ye have not obeyed my voice,
14
mountain and under every green tree, saith the LORD. Turn, O backsliding
7
and there hath played the harlot. And children, saith the LORD; for I am
I said after she had done all these married unto you: and I will take you
things, Turn thou unto me. But she one of a city, and two of a family, and
15
returned not. And her treacherous I will bring you to Zion: And I will
8
sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when give you pastors according to mine
for all the causes whereby backsliding heart, which shall feed you with
16
Israel committed adultery I had put her knowledge and understanding. And it
away, and given her a bill of divorce; shall come to pass, when ye be
yet her treacherous sister Judah feared multiplied and increased in the land, in
not, but went and played the harlot those days, saith the LORD, they shall
9
also. And it came to pass through the say no more, The ark of the covenant
lightness of her whoredom, that she of the LORD: neither shall it come to
defiled the land, and committed mind: neither shall they remember it;
10
adultery with stones and with stocks. neither shall they visit it; neither shall
17
And yet for all this her treacherous that be done any more. At that time
sister Judah hath not turned unto me they shall call Jerusalem the throne of
with her whole heart, but feignedly, the LORD; and all the nations shall be
11
saith the LORD. And the LORD said gathered unto it, to the name of the
unto me, The backsliding Israel hath LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they
justified herself more than treacherous walk any more after the imagination of
12 18
Judah. Go and proclaim these words their evil heart. In those days the
toward the north, and say, Return, house of Judah shall walk with the
thou backsliding Israel, saith the house of Israel, and they shall come
LORD; and I will not cause mine anger together out of the land of the north to
to fall upon you: for I am merciful, the land that I have given for an
19
saith the LORD, and I will not keep inheritance unto your fathers. But I
13
anger for ever. Only acknowledge said, How shall I put thee among the
thine iniquity, that thou hast children, and give thee a pleasant land,
transgressed against the LORD thy a goodly heritage of the hosts of
God, and hast scattered thy ways to nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me,
the strangers under every green tree, My father; and shalt not turn away
 20
from me. Surely as a wife And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth,
treacherously departeth from her in truth, in judgment, and in
husband, so have ye dealt righteousness; and the nations shall
treacherously with me, O house of bless themselves in him, and in him
21 3
Israel, saith the LORD. A voice was shall they glory. For thus saith the
heard upon the high places, weeping LORD to the men of Judah and
and supplications of the children of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow
4
Israel: for they have perverted their ground, and sow not among thorns.
way, and they have forgotten the LORD Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
22
their God. Return, ye backsliding and take away the foreskins of your
children, and I will heal your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants
backslidings. Behold, we come unto of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth
23
thee; for thou art the LORD our God. like fire, and burn that none can
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for quench it, because of the evil of your
5
from the hills, and from the multitude doings. Declare ye in Judah, and
of mountains: truly in the LORD our publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye
24
God is the salvation of Israel. For the trumpet in the land: cry, gather
shame hath devoured the labour of our together, and say, Assemble
fathers from our youth; their flocks yourselves, and let us go into the
6
and their herds, their sons and their defenced cities. Set up the standard
25
daughters. We lie down in our toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will
shame, and our confusion covereth us: bring evil from the north, and a great
7
for we have sinned against the LORD destruction. The lion is come up from
our God, we and our fathers, from our his thicket, and the destroyer of the
youth even unto this day, and have not Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth
obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. from his place to make thy land
desolate; and thy cities shall be laid
Jeremiah 4 waste, without an inhabitant. 8
For this
gird you with sackcloth, lament and
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the
howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD
LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt is not turned back from us. 9
And it
put away thine abominations out of my shall come to pass at that day, saith
2
sight, then shalt thou not remove. the LORD, that the heart of the king
 18
shall perish, and the heart of the Thy way and thy doings have
princes; and the priests shall be procured these things unto thee; this
astonished, and the prophets shall is thy wickedness, because it is bitter,
10 19
wonder. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! because it reacheth unto thine heart.
surely thou hast greatly deceived this My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall my very heart; my heart maketh a
have peace; whereas the sword noise in me; I cannot hold my peace,
11
reacheth unto the soul. At that time because thou hast heard, O my soul,
shall it be said to this people and to the sound of the trump, the alarm of
20
Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high war. Destruction upon destruction is
places in the wilderness toward the cried; for the whole land is spoiled:
daughter of my people, not to fan, nor suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my
12 21
to cleanse, Even a full wind from curtains in a moment. How long shall
those places shall come unto me: now I see the standard, and hear the sound
22
also will I give sentence against them. of the trumpet? For my people is
13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, foolish, they have not known me; they
and his chariots shall be as a are sottish children, and they have
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than none understanding: they are wise to
eagles. Woe unto us! for we are do evil, but to do good they have no
14 23
spoiled. O Jerusalem, wash thine knowledge. I beheld the earth, and,
heart from wickedness, that thou lo, it was without form, and void; and
24
mayest be saved. How long shall thy the heavens, and they had no light. I
15
vain thoughts lodge within thee? For beheld the mountains, and, lo, they
a voice declareth from Dan, and trembled, and all the hills moved
25
publisheth affliction from mount lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was
16
Ephraim. Make ye mention to the no man, and all the birds of the
26
nations; behold, publish against heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo,
Jerusalem, that watchers come from a the fruitful place was a wilderness, and
far country, and give out their voice all the cities thereof were broken down
17
against the cities of Judah. As at the presence of the LORD, and by
27
keepers of a field, are they against her his fierce anger. For thus hath the
round about; because she hath been LORD said, The whole land shall be
rebellious against me, saith the LORD. desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28
For this shall the earth mourn, and though they say, The LORD liveth;
3
the heavens above be black: because I surely they swear falsely. O LORD,
have spoken it, I have purposed it, and are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou
will not repent, neither will I turn back hast stricken them, but they have not
29
from it. The whole city shall flee for grieved; thou hast consumed them,
the noise of the horsemen and but they have refused to receive
bowmen; they shall go into thickets, correction: they have made their faces
and climb up upon the rocks: every harder than a rock; they have refused
4
city shall be forsaken, and not a man to return. Therefore I said, Surely
30
dwell therein. And when thou art these are poor; they are foolish: for
spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though they know not the way of the LORD,
5
thou clothest thyself with crimson, nor the judgment of their God. I will
though thou deckest thee with get me unto the great men, and will
ornaments of gold, though thou rentest speak unto them; for they have known
thy face with painting, in vain shalt the way of the LORD, and the
thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will judgment of their God: but these have
31
despise thee, they will seek thy life. altogether broken the yoke, and burst
6
For I have heard a voice as of a woman the bonds. Wherefore a lion out of the
in travail, and the anguish as of her forest shall slay them, and a wolf of
that bringeth forth her first child, the the evenings shall spoil them, a
voice of the daughter of Zion, that leopard shall watch over their cities:
bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her every one that goeth out thence shall
hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my be torn in pieces: because their
soul is wearied because of murderers. transgressions are many, and their
7
backslidings are increased. How shall
Jeremiah 5 I pardon thee for this? thy children
have forsaken me, and sworn by them
Run ye to and fro through the streets
that are no gods: when I had fed them
of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, to the full, they then committed
and seek in the broad places thereof, if adultery, and assembled themselves by
ye can find a man, if there be any that troops in the harlots' houses. 8
They
executeth judgment, that seeketh the were as fed horses in the morning:
2
truth; and I will pardon it. And every one neighed after his neighbour's
 9
wife. Shall I not visit for these impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein
18
things? saith the LORD: and shall not thou trustedst, with the sword.
my soul be avenged on such a nation Nevertheless in those days, saith the
10
as this? Go ye up upon her walls, LORD, I will not make a full end with
19
and destroy; but make not a full end: you. And it shall come to pass, when
take away her battlements; for they ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the
11
are not the LORD'S. For the house of LORD our God all these things unto us?
Israel and the house of Judah have then shalt thou answer them, Like as
dealt very treacherously against me, ye have forsaken me, and served
12
saith the LORD. They have belied the strange gods in your land, so shall ye
LORD, and said, It is not he; neither serve strangers in a land that is not
20
shall evil come upon us; neither shall yours. Declare this in the house of
13
we see sword nor famine: And the Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21
prophets shall become wind, and the Hear now this, O foolish people, and
word is not in them: thus shall it be without understanding; which have
14
done unto them. Wherefore thus eyes, and see not; which have ears,
22
saith the LORD God of hosts, Because and hear not: Fear ye not me? saith
ye speak this word, behold, I will make the LORD: will ye not tremble at my
my words in thy mouth fire, and this presence, which have placed the sand
people wood, and it shall devour them. for the bound of the sea by a perpetual
15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you decree, that it cannot pass it: and
from far, O house of Israel, saith the though the waves thereof toss
LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an themselves, yet can they not prevail;
ancient nation, a nation whose though they roar, yet can they not
23
language thou knowest not, neither pass over it? But this people hath a
16
understandest what they say. Their revolting and a rebellious heart; they
24
quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are revolted and gone. Neither say
17
are all mighty men. And they shall they in their heart, Let us now fear the
eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, LORD our God, that giveth rain, both
which thy sons and thy daughters the former and the latter, in his
should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks season: he reserveth unto us the
25
and thine herds: they shall eat up thy appointed weeks of the harvest. Your
vines and thy fig trees: they shall iniquities have turned away these
things, and your sins have withholden shepherds with their flocks shall come
26
good things from you. For among my unto her; they shall pitch their tents
people are found wicked men: they lay against her round about; they shall
4
wait, as he that setteth snares; they feed every one in his place. Prepare
27
set a trap, they catch men. As a ye war against her; arise, and let us go
cage is full of birds, so are their houses up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day
full of deceit: therefore they are goeth away, for the shadows of the
28 5
become great, and waxen rich. They evening are stretched out. Arise, and
are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they let us go by night, and let us destroy
6
overpass the deeds of the wicked: they her palaces. For thus hath the LORD
judge not the cause, the cause of the of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and
fatherless, yet they prosper; and the cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is
29
right of the needy do they not judge. the city to be visited; she is wholly
7
Shall I not visit for these things? saith oppression in the midst of her. As a
the LORD: shall not my soul be fountain casteth out her waters, so she
30
avenged on such a nation as this? A casteth out her wickedness: violence
wonderful and horrible thing is and spoil is heard in her; before me
31 8
committed in the land; The prophets continually is grief and wounds. Be
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my
rule by their means; and my people soul depart from thee; lest I make thee
9
love to have it so: and what will ye do desolate, a land not inhabited. Thus
in the end thereof? saith the LORD of hosts, They shall
throughly glean the remnant of Israel
Jeremiah 6 as a vine: turn back thine hand as a
10
grapegatherer into the baskets. To
O ye children of Benjamin, gather
whom shall I speak, and give warning,
yourselves to flee out of the midst of that they may hear? behold, their ear
Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in is uncircumcised, and they cannot
Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in hearken: behold, the word of the LORD
Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out is unto them a reproach; they have no
2
of the north, and great destruction. I delight in it. 11
Therefore I am full of
have likened the daughter of Zion to a the fury of the LORD; I am weary with
3
comely and delicate woman. The holding in: I will pour it out upon the
 19
children abroad, and upon the congregation, what is among them.
assembly of young men together: for Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil
even the husband with the wife shall upon this people, even the fruit of their
be taken, the aged with him that is full thoughts, because they have not
12
of days. And their houses shall be hearkened unto my words, nor to my
20
turned unto others, with their fields law, but rejected it. To what purpose
and wives together: for I will stretch cometh there to me incense from
out my hand upon the inhabitants of Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far
13
the land, saith the LORD. For from country? your burnt offerings are not
the least of them even unto the acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet
21
greatest of them every one is given to unto me. Therefore thus saith the
covetousness; and from the prophet LORD, Behold, I will lay
even unto the priest every one dealeth stumblingblocks before this people,
14
falsely. They have healed also the and the fathers and the sons together
hurt of the daughter of my people shall fall upon them; the neighbour and
22
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when his friend shall perish. Thus saith the
15
there is no peace. Were they LORD, Behold, a people cometh from
ashamed when they had committed the north country, and a great nation
abomination? nay, they were not at all shall be raised from the sides of the
23
ashamed, neither could they blush: earth. They shall lay hold on bow
therefore they shall fall among them and spear; they are cruel, and have no
that fall: at the time that I visit them mercy; their voice roareth like the sea;
they shall be cast down, saith the and they ride upon horses, set in array
16
LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Stand as men for war against thee, O
24
ye in the ways, and see, and ask for daughter of Zion. We have heard the
the old paths, where is the good way, fame thereof: our hands wax feeble:
and walk therein, and ye shall find rest anguish hath taken hold of us, and
25
for your souls. But they said, We will pain, as of a woman in travail. Go
17
not walk therein. Also I set not forth into the field, nor walk by the
watchmen over you, saying, Hearken way; for the sword of the enemy and
26
to the sound of the trumpet. But they fear is on every side. O daughter of
18
said, We will not hearken. Therefore my people, gird thee with sackcloth,
hear, ye nations, and know, O and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee
 6
mourning, as for an only son, most neighbour; If ye oppress not the
bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall stranger, the fatherless, and the
27
suddenly come upon us. I have set widow, and shed not innocent blood in
thee for a tower and a fortress among this place, neither walk after other
7
my people, that thou mayest know and gods to your hurt: Then will I cause
28
try their way. They are all grievous you to dwell in this place, in the land
revolters, walking with slanders: they that I gave to your fathers, for ever
8
are brass and iron; they are all and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying
29 9
corrupters. The bellows are burned, words, that cannot profit. Will ye
the lead is consumed of the fire; the steal, murder, and commit adultery,
founder melteth in vain: for the wicked and swear falsely, and burn incense
30
are not plucked away. Reprobate unto Baal, and walk after other gods
10
silver shall men call them, because the whom ye know not; And come and
LORD hath rejected them. stand before me in this house, which is
called by my name, and say, We are
Jeremiah 7 delivered to do all these abominations?
11
Is this house, which is called by my
The word that came to Jeremiah from
name, become a den of robbers in your
2
the LORD, saying, Stand in the gate eyes? Behold, even I have seen it,
of the LORD'S house, and proclaim saith the LORD. 12
But go ye now unto
there this word, and say, Hear the my place which was in Shiloh, where I
word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that set my name at the first, and see what
enter in at these gates to worship the I did to it for the wickedness of my
3
LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, people Israel. 13
And now, because ye
the God of Israel, Amend your ways have done all these works, saith the
and your doings, and I will cause you LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up
4
to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in early and speaking, but ye heard not;
lying words, saying, The temple of the and I called you, but ye answered not;
LORD, The temple of the LORD, The 14
Therefore will I do unto this house,
5
temple of the LORD, are these. For if which is called by my name, wherein
ye throughly amend your ways and ye trust, and unto the place which I
your doings; if ye throughly execute gave to you and to your fathers, as I
judgment between a man and his have done to Shiloh. 15
And I will cast
you out of my sight, as I have cast out will be your God, and ye shall be my
all your brethren, even the whole seed people: and walk ye in all the ways
16
of Ephraim. Therefore pray not thou that I have commanded you, that it
24
for this people, neither lift up cry nor may be well unto you. But they
prayer for them, neither make hearkened not, nor inclined their ear,
intercession to me: for I will not hear but walked in the counsels and in the
17
thee. Seest thou not what they do in imagination of their evil heart, and
25
the cities of Judah and in the streets of went backward, and not forward.
18
Jerusalem? The children gather Since the day that your fathers came
wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, forth out of the land of Egypt unto this
and the women knead their dough, to day I have even sent unto you all my
make cakes to the queen of heaven, servants the prophets, daily rising up
26
and to pour out drink offerings unto early and sending them: Yet they
other gods, that they may provoke me hearkened not unto me, nor inclined
19
to anger. Do they provoke me to their ear, but hardened their neck:
27
anger? saith the LORD: do they not they did worse than their fathers.
provoke themselves to the confusion of Therefore thou shalt speak all these
20
their own faces? Therefore thus saith words unto them; but they will not
the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and hearken to thee: thou shalt also call
my fury shall be poured out upon this unto them; but they will not answer
28
place, upon man, and upon beast, and thee. But thou shalt say unto them,
upon the trees of the field, and upon This is a nation that obeyeth not the
the fruit of the ground; and it shall voice of the LORD their God, nor
21
burn, and shall not be quenched. receiveth correction: truth is perished,
29
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God and is cut off from their mouth. Cut
of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it
22
your sacrifices, and eat flesh. For I away, and take up a lamentation on
spake not unto your fathers, nor high places; for the LORD hath
commanded them in the day that I rejected and forsaken the generation of
30
brought them out of the land of Egypt, his wrath. For the children of Judah
concerning burnt offerings or have done evil in my sight, saith the
23
sacrifices: But this thing commanded LORD: they have set their
I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I abominations in the house which is
 31
called by my name, to pollute it. And and all the host of heaven, whom they
they have built the high places of have loved, and whom they have
Tophet, which is in the valley of the served, and after whom they have
son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and walked, and whom they have sought,
their daughters in the fire; which I and whom they have worshipped: they
commanded them not, neither came it shall not be gathered, nor be buried;
32
into my heart. Therefore, behold, the they shall be for dung upon the face of
3
days come, saith the LORD, that it the earth. And death shall be chosen
shall no more be called Tophet, nor the rather than life by all the residue of
valley of the son of Hinnom, but the them that remain of this evil family,
valley of slaughter: for they shall bury which remain in all the places whither I
33
in Tophet, till there be no place. And have driven them, saith the LORD of
4
the carcases of this people shall be hosts. Moreover thou shalt say unto
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they
for the beasts of the earth; and none fall, and not arise? shall he turn away,
34 5
shall fray them away. Then will I and not return? Why then is this
cause to cease from the cities of Judah, people of Jerusalem slidden back by a
and from the streets of Jerusalem, the perpetual backsliding? they hold fast
6
voice of mirth, and the voice of deceit, they refuse to return. I
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, hearkened and heard, but they spake
and the voice of the bride: for the land not aright: no man repented him of his
shall be desolate. wickedness, saying, What have I done?
every one turned to his course, as the
Jeremiah 8 horse rusheth into the battle. 7
Yea,
the stork in the heaven knoweth her
At that time, saith the LORD, they
appointed times; and the turtle and the
shall bring out the bones of the kings crane and the swallow observe the
of Judah, and the bones of his princes, time of their coming; but my people
and the bones of the priests, and the know not the judgment of the LORD. 8

bones of the prophets, and the bones How do ye say, We are wise, and the
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of law of the LORD is with us? Lo,
2
their graves: And they shall spread certainly in vain made he it; the pen of
them before the sun, and the moon, the scribes is in vain. 9
The wise men
 16
are ashamed, they are dismayed and trouble! The snorting of his horses
taken: lo, they have rejected the word was heard from Dan: the whole land
of the LORD; and what wisdom is in trembled at the sound of the neighing
10
them? Therefore will I give their of his strong ones; for they are come,
wives unto others, and their fields to and have devoured the land, and all
them that shall inherit them: for every that is in it; the city, and those that
17
one from the least even unto the dwell therein. For, behold, I will send
greatest is given to covetousness, from serpents, cockatrices, among you,
the prophet even unto the priest every which will not be charmed, and they
11 18
one dealeth falsely. For they have shall bite you, saith the LORD. When
healed the hurt of the daughter of my I would comfort myself against sorrow,
19
people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; my heart is faint in me. Behold the
12
when there is no peace. Were they voice of the cry of the daughter of my
ashamed when they had committed people because of them that dwell in a
abomination? nay, they were not at all far country: Is not the LORD in Zion?
ashamed, neither could they blush: is not her king in her? Why have they
therefore shall they fall among them provoked me to anger with their
that fall: in the time of their visitation graven images, and with strange
20
they shall be cast down, saith the vanities? The harvest is past, the
13
LORD. I will surely consume them, summer is ended, and we are not
21
saith the LORD: there shall be no saved. For the hurt of the daughter
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig of my people am I hurt; I am black;
22
tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the astonishment hath taken hold on me.
things that I have given them shall Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no
14
pass away from them. Why do we sit physician there? why then is not the
still? assemble yourselves, and let us health of the daughter of my people
enter into the defenced cities, and let recovered?
us be silent there: for the LORD our
God hath put us to silence, and given Jeremiah 9
us water of gall to drink, because we
have sinned against the LORD. 15
We
Oh that my head were waters, and

looked for peace, but no good came; mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I

and for a time of health, and behold might weep day and night for the slain
 2
of the daughter of my people! Oh that up a weeping and wailing, and for the
I had in the wilderness a lodging place habitations of the wilderness a
of wayfaring men; that I might leave lamentation, because they are burned
my people, and go from them! for they up, so that none can pass through
be all adulterers, an assembly of them; neither can men hear the voice
3
treacherous men. And they bend their of the cattle; both the fowl of the
tongues like their bow for lies: but they heavens and the beast are fled; they
11
are not valiant for the truth upon the are gone. And I will make Jerusalem
earth; for they proceed from evil to heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will
evil, and they know not me, saith the make the cities of Judah desolate,
4 12
LORD. Take ye heed every one of his without an inhabitant. Who is the
neighbour, and trust ye not in any wise man, that may understand this?
brother: for every brother will utterly and who is he to whom the mouth of
supplant, and every neighbour will the LORD hath spoken, that he may
5
walk with slanders. And they will declare it, for what the land perisheth
deceive every one his neighbour, and and is burned up like a wilderness, that
13
will not speak the truth: they have none passeth through? And the LORD
taught their tongue to speak lies, and saith, Because they have forsaken my
6
weary themselves to commit iniquity. law which I set before them, and have
Thine habitation is in the midst of not obeyed my voice, neither walked
14
deceit; through deceit they refuse to therein; But have walked after the
7
know me, saith the LORD. Therefore imagination of their own heart, and
thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I after Baalim, which their fathers taught
15
will melt them, and try them; for how them: Therefore thus saith the LORD
shall I do for the daughter of my of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
8
people? Their tongue is as an arrow will feed them, even this people, with
shot out; it speaketh deceit: one wormwood, and give them water of gall
16
speaketh peaceably to his neighbour to drink. I will scatter them also
with his mouth, but in heart he layeth among the heathen, whom neither they
9
his wait. Shall I not visit them for nor their fathers have known: and I
these things? saith the LORD: shall not will send a sword after them, till I have
17
my soul be avenged on such a nation consumed them. Thus saith the
10
as this? For the mountains will I take LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call
for the mourning women, that they these things I delight, saith the LORD.
25
may come; and send for cunning Behold, the days come, saith the
18
women, that they may come: And let LORD, that I will punish all them which
them make haste, and take up a are circumcised with the
26
wailing for us, that our eyes may run uncircumcised; Egypt, and Judah,
down with tears, and our eyelids gush and Edom, and the children of Ammon,
19
out with waters. For a voice of and Moab, and all that are in the
wailing is heard out of Zion, How are utmost corners, that dwell in the
we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, wilderness: for all these nations are
because we have forsaken the land, uncircumcised, and all the house of
because our dwellings have cast us Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
20
out. Yet hear the word of the LORD,
O ye women, and let your ear receive Jeremiah 10
the word of his mouth, and teach your
daughters wailing, and every one her
Hear ye the word which the LORD
2
neighbour lamentation. 21
For death is speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

come up into our windows, and is Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the

entered into our palaces, to cut off the way of the heathen, and be not

children from without, and the young dismayed at the signs of heaven; for
3
men from the streets. 22
Speak, Thus the heathen are dismayed at them.

saith the LORD, Even the carcases of For the customs of the people are vain:

men shall fall as dung upon the open for one cutteth a tree out of the forest,

field, and as the handful after the the work of the hands of the workman,
4
harvestman, and none shall gather with the axe. They deck it with silver

them. 23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not and with gold; they fasten it with nails
5
the wise man glory in his wisdom, and with hammers, that it move not.

neither let the mighty man glory in his They are upright as the palm tree, but

might, let not the rich man glory in his speak not: they must needs be borne,

riches: 24
But let him that glorieth glory because they cannot go. Be not afraid

in this, that he understandeth and of them; for they cannot do evil,

6
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which neither also is it in them to do good.

exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and Forasmuch as there is none like unto

righteousness, in the earth: for in thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy
 7
name is great in might. Who would his knowledge: every founder is
not fear thee, O King of nations? for to confounded by the graven image: for
thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as his molten image is falsehood, and
15
among all the wise men of the nations, there is no breath in them. They are
and in all their kingdoms, there is none vanity, and the work of errors: in the
8
like unto thee. But they are time of their visitation they shall
16
altogether brutish and foolish: the perish. The portion of Jacob is not
9
stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver like them: for he is the former of all
spread into plates is brought from things; and Israel is the rod of his
Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his
17
work of the workman, and of the hands name. Gather up thy wares out of
of the founder: blue and purple is their the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18
clothing: they are all the work of For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
10
cunning men. But the LORD is the will sling out the inhabitants of the
true God, he is the living God, and an land at this once, and will distress
19
everlasting king: at his wrath the earth them, that they may find it so. Woe
shall tremble, and the nations shall not is me for my hurt! my wound is
11
be able to abide his indignation. grievous: but I said, Truly this is a
20
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods grief, and I must bear it. My
that have not made the heavens and tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords
the earth, even they shall perish from are broken: my children are gone forth
the earth, and from under these of me, and they are not: there is none
12
heavens. He hath made the earth by to stretch forth my tent any more, and
21
his power, he hath established the to set up my curtains. For the
world by his wisdom, and hath pastors are become brutish, and have
stretched out the heavens by his not sought the LORD: therefore they
13
discretion. When he uttereth his shall not prosper, and all their flocks
22
voice, there is a multitude of waters in shall be scattered. Behold, the noise
the heavens, and he causeth the of the bruit is come, and a great
vapors to ascend from the ends of the commotion out of the north country, to
earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, make the cities of Judah desolate, and
23
and bringeth forth the wind out of his a den of dragons. O LORD, I know
14
treasures. Every man is brutish in that the way of man is not in himself:
it is not in man that walketh to direct Proclaim all these words in the cities of
24
his steps. O LORD, correct me, but Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
with judgment; not in thine anger, lest saying, Hear ye the words of this
25 7
thou bring me to nothing. Pour out covenant, and do them. For I
thy fury upon the heathen that know earnestly protested unto your fathers
thee not, and upon the families that in the day that I brought them up out
call not on thy name: for they have of the land of Egypt, even unto this
eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and day, rising early and protesting,
8
consumed him, and have made his saying, Obey my voice. Yet they
habitation desolate. obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but
walked every one in the imagination of
Jeremiah 11 their evil heart: therefore I will bring
upon them all the words of this
The word that came to Jeremiah from
covenant, which I commanded them to
2
the LORD, saying, Hear ye the words do; but they did them not. 9
And the
of this covenant, and speak unto the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is
men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of found among the men of Judah, and
3
Jerusalem; And say thou unto them, among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;
Cursed be the man that obeyeth not
4
the words of this covenant,
commanded your fathers in the day
that I brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,
saying, Obey my voice, and do them,
according to all which I command you:
so shall ye be my people, and I will be
5
your God: That I may perform the
oath which I have sworn unto your
They are turned back to the iniquities
of their forefathers, which refused to
Which I hear my words; and they went after
other gods to serve them: the house of
Israel and the house of Judah have
broken my covenant which I made with
their fathers. 11
Therefore thus saith
the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon
them, which they shall not be able to
escape; and though they shall cry unto
me, I will not hearken unto them. 12

fathers, to give them a land flowing
with milk and honey, as it is this day.
Then answered I, and said, So be it, O
6
LORD. Then the LORD said unto me,
Then shall the cities of Judah and
inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry
unto the gods unto whom they offer
incense: but they shall not save them
 13
at all in the time of their trouble. For tree with the fruit thereof, and let us
according to the number of thy cities cut him off from the land of the living,
were thy gods, O Judah; and according that his name may be no more
20
to the number of the streets of remembered. But, O LORD of hosts,
Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that that judgest righteously, that triest the
shameful thing, even altars to burn reins and the heart, let me see thy
14
incense unto Baal. Therefore pray vengeance on them: for unto thee have
21
not thou for this people, neither lift up I revealed my cause. Therefore thus
a cry or prayer for them: for I will not saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth,
hear them in the time that they cry that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not
15
unto me for their trouble. What hath in the name of the LORD, that thou die
22
my beloved to do in mine house, not by our hand: Therefore thus
seeing she hath wrought lewdness with saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will
many, and the holy flesh is passed punish them: the young men shall die
from thee? when thou doest evil, then by the sword; their sons and their
16 23
thou rejoicest. The LORD called thy daughters shall die by famine: And
name, A green olive tree, fair, and of there shall be no remnant of them: for
goodly fruit: with the noise of a great I will bring evil upon the men of
tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and Anathoth, even the year of their
17
the branches of it are broken. For visitation.
the LORD of hosts, that planted thee,
hath pronounced evil against thee, for Jeremiah 12
the evil of the house of Israel and of
the house of Judah, which they have
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I

done against themselves to provoke plead with thee: yet let me talk with

me to anger in offering incense unto thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth

Baal. 18
And the LORD hath given me the way of the wicked prosper?

knowledge of it, and I know it: then wherefore are all they happy that deal
2
thou shewedst me their doings. 19
But I very treacherously? Thou hast

was like a lamb or an ox that is planted them, yea, they have taken

brought to the slaughter; and I knew root: they grow, yea, they bring forth

not that they had devised devices fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and
3
against me, saying, Let us destroy the far from their reins. But thou, O
LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen trodden my portion under foot, they
me, and tried mine heart toward thee: have made my pleasant portion a
11
pull them out like sheep for the desolate wilderness. They have made
slaughter, and prepare them for the it desolate, and being desolate it
4
day of slaughter. How long shall the mourneth unto me; the whole land is
land mourn, and the herbs of every made desolate, because no man layeth
12
field wither, for the wickedness of them it to heart. The spoilers are come
that dwell therein? the beasts are upon all high places through the
consumed, and the birds; because they wilderness: for the sword of the LORD
5
said, He shall not see our last end. If shall devour from the one end of the
thou hast run with the footmen, and land even to the other end of the land:
13
they have wearied thee, then how no flesh shall have peace. They have
canst thou contend with horses? and if sown wheat, but shall reap thorns:
in the land of peace, wherein thou they have put themselves to pain, but
trustedst, they wearied thee, then how shall not profit: and they shall be
6
wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? ashamed of your revenues because of
14
For even thy brethren, and the house the fierce anger of the LORD. Thus
of thy father, even they have dealt saith the LORD against all mine evil
treacherously with thee; yea, they neighbours, that touch the inheritance
have called a multitude after thee: which I have caused my people Israel
believe them not, though they speak to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out
7
fair words unto thee. I have forsaken of their land, and pluck out the house
15
mine house, I have left mine heritage; of Judah from among them. And it
I have given the dearly beloved of my shall come to pass, after that I have
8
soul into the hand of her enemies. plucked them out I will return, and
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in have compassion on them, and will
the forest; it crieth out against me: bring them again, every man to his
9 16
therefore have I hated it. Mine heritage, and every man to his land.
heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, And it shall come to pass, if they will
the birds round about are against her; diligently learn the ways of my people,
come ye, assemble all the beasts of the to swear by my name, The LORD
10
field, come to devour. Many pastors liveth; as they taught my people to
have destroyed my vineyard, they have swear by Baal; then shall they be built
 17
in the midst of my people. But if
they will not obey, I will utterly pluck
up and destroy that nation, saith the
LORD.
Jeremiah 13
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and
get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon
2
thy loins, and put it not in water.
got a girdle according to the word of
3
the LORD, and put it on my loins.
which walk in the imagination of their
heart, and walk after other gods, to
serve them, and to worship them, shall
even be as this girdle, which is good
11
for nothing. For as the girdle
cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have
I caused to cleave unto me the whole
house of Israel and the whole house of
Judah, saith the LORD; that they might
So I be unto me for a people, and for a
name, and for a praise, and for a
And glory: but they would not hear. 12

the word of the LORD came unto me Therefore thou shalt speak unto them
4
the second time, saying, Take the this word; Thus saith the LORD God of
girdle that thou hast got, which is upon Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with
thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do
5
and hide it there in a hole of the rock. we not certainly know that every bottle
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as shall be filled with wine? 13
Then shalt
6
the LORD commanded me. And it thou say unto them, Thus saith the
came to pass after many days, that the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the
LORD said unto me, Arise, go to inhabitants of this land, even the kings
Euphrates, and take the girdle from that sit upon David's throne, and the
thence, which I commanded thee to priests, and the prophets, and all the
7
hide there. Then I went to Euphrates, inhabitants of Jerusalem, with
and digged, and took the girdle from drunkenness. 14
And I will dash them
the place where I had hid it: and, one against another, even the fathers
behold, the girdle was marred, it was and the sons together, saith the LORD:
8
profitable for nothing. Then the word I will not pity, nor spare, nor have
9
of the LORD came unto me, saying, mercy, but destroy them. 15
Hear ye,
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner and give ear; be not proud: for the
will I mar the pride of Judah, and the LORD hath spoken. 16
Give glory to the
10
great pride of Jerusalem. This evil LORD your God, before he cause
people, which refuse to hear my words, darkness, and before your feet stumble
 25
upon the dark mountains, and, while of the wilderness. This is thy lot, the
ye look for light, he turn it into the portion of thy measures from me, saith
shadow of death, and make it gross the LORD; because thou hast forgotten
17 26
darkness. But if ye will not hear it, me, and trusted in falsehood.
my soul shall weep in secret places for Therefore will I discover thy skirts
your pride; and mine eye shall weep upon thy face, that thy shame may
27
sore, and run down with tears, because appear. I have seen thine adulteries,
the LORD'S flock is carried away and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy
18
captive. Say unto the king and to the whoredom, and thine abominations on
queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O
for your principalities shall come down, Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made
19
even the crown of your glory. The clean? when shall it once be?
cities of the south shall be shut up, and
none shall open them: Judah shall be Jeremiah 14
carried away captive all of it, it shall be
wholly carried away captive. 20
Lift up
The word of the LORD that came to
2
your eyes, and behold them that come Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

from the north: where is the flock that Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof

was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 languish; they are black unto the

What wilt thou say when he shall ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is
3
punish thee? for thou hast taught them gone up. And their nobles have sent

to be captains, and as chief over thee: their little ones to the waters: they

shall not sorrows take thee, as a came to the pits, and found no water;

woman in travail? 22
And if thou say in they returned with their vessels empty;

thine heart, Wherefore come these they were ashamed and confounded,
4
things upon me? For the greatness of and covered their heads. Because the

thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, ground is chapt, for there was no rain

and thy heels made bare. 23

Can the in the earth, the plowmen were
5
Ethiopian change his skin, or the ashamed, they covered their heads.

leopard his spots? then may ye also do Yea, the hind also calved in the field,

good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24 and forsook it, because there was no
6
Therefore will I scatter them as the grass. And the wild asses did stand in

stubble that passeth away by the wind the high places, they snuffed up the
wind like dragons; their eyes did fail,
because there was no grass.
though our iniquities testify against us,
do thou it for thy name's sake: for our
backslidings are many; we have sinned
8 15
against thee. O the hope of Israel,
the saviour thereof in time of trouble,
why shouldest thou be as a stranger in
the land, and as a wayfaring man that
turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Why shouldest thou be
astonied, as a mighty man that cannot
save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the
midst of us, and we are called by thy
10
name; leave us not. Thus saith the
LORD unto this people, Thus have they
loved to wander, they
refrained their feet, therefore the LORD
doth not accept them; he will now
remember their iniquity, and visit their
11
sins. Then said the LORD unto me,
Pray not for this people for their good.
12
When they fast, I will not hear their
cry; and when they offer burnt offering
and an oblation, I will not accept them:
but I will consume them by the sword,
and by the famine, and
13
pestilence. Then said I, Ah, Lord
GOD! behold, the prophets say unto
them, Ye shall not see the sword,
neither shall ye have famine; but I will
give you assured peace in this place.
Then the LORD said unto me, The
prophets prophesy lies in my name: I
7
O LORD, sent them not, neither have I
commanded them, neither spake unto
them: they prophesy unto you a false
vision and divination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Therefore thus saith the LORD
concerning the prophets that prophesy
in my name, and I sent them not, yet
9
they say, Sword and famine shall not
as a man be in this land; By sword and famine
16
shall those prophets be consumed.
And the people to whom they prophesy
shall be cast out in the streets of
Jerusalem because of the famine and
the sword; and they shall have none to
have not bury them, them, their wives, nor their
sons, nor their daughters: for I will
17
pour their wickedness upon them.
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto
them; Let mine eyes run down with
tears night and day, and let them not
cease: for the virgin daughter of my
people is broken with a great breach,
18
with a very grievous blow. If I go
forth into the field, then behold the
by the slain with the sword! and if I enter into
the city, then behold them that are sick
with famine! yea, both the prophet and
the priest go about into a land that
19
they know not. Hast thou utterly
14
rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed
Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and
there is no healing for us? we looked LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs
for peace, and there is no good; and to tear, and the fowls of the heaven,
for the time of healing, and behold and the beasts of the earth, to devour
20 4
trouble! We acknowledge, O LORD, and destroy. And I will cause them to
our wickedness, and the iniquity of our be removed into all kingdoms of the
fathers: for we have sinned against earth, because of Manasseh the son of
21
thee. Do not abhor us, for thy Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which
5
name's sake, do not disgrace the he did in Jerusalem. For who shall
throne of thy glory: remember, break have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or
22
not thy covenant with us. Are there who shall bemoan thee? or who shall
6
any among the vanities of the Gentiles go aside to ask how thou doest? Thou
that can cause rain? or can the hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou
heavens give showers? art not thou he, art gone backward: therefore will I
O LORD our God? therefore we will wait stretch out my hand against thee, and
upon thee: for thou hast made all destroy thee; I am weary with
7
these things. repenting. And I will fan them with a
fan in the gates of the land; I will
Jeremiah 15 bereave them of children, I will destroy
my people, since they return not from
Then said the LORD unto me, Though
their ways. 8
Their widows are
Moses and Samuel stood before me, increased to me above the sand of the
yet my mind could not be toward this seas: I have brought upon them
people: cast them out of my sight, and against the mother of the young men a
2
let them go forth. And it shall come spoiler at noonday: I have caused him
to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors
shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell upon the city. 9
She that hath borne
them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as seven languisheth: she hath given up
are for death, to death; and such as the ghost; her sun is gone down while
are for the sword, to the sword; and it was yet day: she hath been ashamed
such as are for the famine, to the and confounded: and the residue of
famine; and such as are for the them will I deliver to the sword before
3
captivity, to the captivity. And I will their enemies, saith the LORD. 10
Woe
appoint over them four kinds, saith the is me, my mother, that thou hast borne
 19
me a man of strife and a man of waters that fail? Therefore thus saith
contention to the whole earth! I have the LORD, If thou return, then will I
neither lent on usury, nor men have bring thee again, and thou shalt stand
lent to me on usury; yet every one of before me: and if thou take forth the
11
them doth curse me. The LORD said, precious from the vile, thou shalt be as
Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; my mouth: let them return unto thee;
20
verily I will cause the enemy to entreat but return not thou unto them. And I
thee well in the time of evil and in the will make thee unto this people a
12
time of affliction. Shall iron break fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight
13
the northern iron and the steel? Thy against thee, but they shall not prevail
substance and thy treasures will I give against thee: for I am with thee to
to the spoil without price, and that for save thee and to deliver thee, saith the
14 21
all thy sins, even in all thy borders. LORD. And I will deliver thee out of
And I will make thee to pass with thine the hand of the wicked, and I will
enemies into a land which thou redeem thee out of the hand of the
knowest not: for a fire is kindled in terrible.
mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
15
O LORD, thou knowest: remember Jeremiah 16
me, and visit me, and revenge me of
my persecutors; take me not away in
The word of the LORD came also unto
2
thy longsuffering: know that for thy me, saying, Thou shalt not take thee

sake I have suffered rebuke. 16

Thy a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or
3
words were found, and I did eat them; daughters in this place. For thus saith

and thy word was unto me the joy and the LORD concerning the sons and

rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called concerning the daughters that are born

by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. 17

I in this place, and concerning their

sat not in the assembly of the mockers, mothers that bare them, and

nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy concerning their fathers that begat
4
hand: for thou hast filled me with them in this land; They shall die of

indignation. 18
Why is my pain grievous deaths; they shall not be

perpetual, and my wound incurable, lamented; neither shall they be buried;

which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou but they shall be as dung upon the face

be altogether unto me as a liar, and as of the earth: and they shall be

consumed by the sword, and by our sin that we have committed against
11
famine; and their carcases shall be the LORD our God? Then shalt thou
meat for the fowls of heaven, and for say unto them, Because your fathers
5
the beasts of the earth. For thus saith have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and
the LORD, Enter not into the house of have walked after other gods, and
mourning, neither go to lament nor have served them, and have
bemoan them: for I have taken away worshipped them, and have forsaken
12
my peace from this people, saith the me, and have not kept my law; And
LORD, even lovingkindness and ye have done worse than your fathers;
6
mercies. Both the great and the small for, behold, ye walk every one after
shall die in this land: they shall not be the imagination of his evil heart, that
13
buried, neither shall men lament for they may not hearken unto me:
them, nor cut themselves, nor make Therefore will I cast you out of this
7
themselves bald for them: Neither land into a land that ye know not,
shall men tear themselves for them in neither ye nor your fathers; and there
mourning, to comfort them for the shall ye serve other gods day and
dead; neither shall men give them the night; where I will not shew you
14
cup of consolation to drink for their favour. Therefore, behold, the days
8
father or for their mother. Thou shalt come, saith the LORD, that it shall no
not also go into the house of feasting, more be said, The LORD liveth, that
9
to sit with them to eat and to drink. brought up the children of Israel out of
15
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the the land of Egypt; But, The LORD
God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to liveth, that brought up the children of
cease out of this place in your eyes, Israel from the land of the north, and
and in your days, the voice of mirth, from all the lands whither he had
and the voice of gladness, the voice of driven them: and I will bring them
the bridegroom, and the voice of the again into their land that I gave unto
10 16
bride. And it shall come to pass, their fathers. Behold, I will send for
when thou shalt shew this people all many fishers, saith the LORD, and they
these words, and they shall say unto shall fish them; and after will I send
thee, Wherefore hath the LORD for many hunters, and they shall hunt
pronounced all this great evil against them from every mountain, and from
us? or what is our iniquity? or what is every hill, and out of the holes of the
 17
rocks. For mine eyes are upon all spoil, and thy high places for sin,
4
their ways: they are not hid from my throughout all thy borders. And thou,
face, neither is their iniquity hid from even thyself, shalt discontinue from
18
mine eyes. And first I will thine heritage that I gave thee; and I
recompense their iniquity and their sin will cause thee to serve thine enemies
double; because they have defiled my in the land which thou knowest not: for
land, they have filled mine inheritance ye have kindled a fire in mine anger,
5
with the carcases of their detestable which shall burn for ever. Thus saith
19
and abominable things. O LORD, my the LORD; Cursed be the man that
strength, and my fortress, and my trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his
refuge in the day of affliction, the arm, and whose heart departeth from
6
Gentiles shall come unto thee from the the LORD. For he shall be like the
ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely heath in the desert, and shall not see
our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, when good cometh; but shall inhabit
20
and things wherein there is no profit. the parched places in the wilderness,
7
Shall a man make gods unto himself, in a salt land and not inhabited.
21
and they are no gods? Therefore, Blessed is the man that trusteth in the
8
behold, I will this once cause them to LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
know, I will cause them to know mine For he shall be as a tree planted by the
hand and my might; and they shall waters, and that spreadeth out her
know that my name is The LORD. roots by the river, and shall not see
when heat cometh, but her leaf shall
Jeremiah 17 be green; and shall not be careful in
the year of drought, neither shall cease
The sin of Judah is written with a pen
from yielding fruit. 9
The heart is
of iron, and with the point of a deceitful above all things, and
diamond: it is graven upon the table of desperately wicked: who can know it?
their heart, and upon the horns of your 10
I the LORD search the heart, I try
2
altars; Whilst their children remember the reins, even to give every man
their altars and their groves by the according to his ways, and according to
3
green trees upon the high hills. O my the fruit of his doings. 11
As the
mountain in the field, I will give thy partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth
substance and all thy treasures to the them not; so he that getteth riches,
and not by right, shall leave them in of Judah, and all Judah, and all the
the midst of his days, and at his end inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in
12 21
shall be a fool. A glorious high by these gates: Thus saith the
throne from the beginning is the place LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and
13
of our sanctuary. O LORD, the hope bear no burden on the sabbath day,
of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be nor bring it in by the gates of
22
ashamed, and they that depart from Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a
me shall be written in the earth, burden out of your houses on the
because they have forsaken the LORD, sabbath day, neither do ye any work,
14
the fountain of living waters. Heal but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I
23
me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; commanded your fathers. But they
save me, and I shall be saved: for thou obeyed not, neither inclined their ear,
15
art my praise. Behold, they say unto but made their neck stiff, that they
me, Where is the word of the LORD? might not hear, nor receive instruction.
16 24
let it come now. As for me, I have And it shall come to pass, if ye
not hastened from being a pastor to diligently hearken unto me, saith the
follow thee: neither have I desired the LORD, to bring in no burden through
woeful day; thou knowest: that which the gates of this city on the sabbath
came out of my lips was right before day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do
17 25
thee. Be not a terror unto me: thou no work therein; Then shall there
18
art my hope in the day of evil. Let enter into the gates of this city kings
them be confounded that persecute and princes sitting upon the throne of
me, but let not me be confounded: let David, riding in chariots and on horses,
them be dismayed, but let not me be they, and their princes, the men of
dismayed: bring upon them the day of Judah, and the inhabitants of
evil, and destroy them with double Jerusalem: and this city shall remain
19 26
destruction. Thus said the LORD unto for ever. And they shall come from
me; Go and stand in the gate of the the cities of Judah, and from the places
children of the people, whereby the about Jerusalem, and from the land of
kings of Judah come in, and by the Benjamin, and from the plain, and from
which they go out, and in all the gates the mountains, and from the south,
20
of Jerusalem; And say unto them, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices,
Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings and meat offerings, and incense, and
bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the pronounced, turn from their evil, I will
27
house of the LORD. But if ye will not repent of the evil that I thought to do
9
hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath unto them. And at what instant I shall
day, and not to bear a burden, even speak concerning a nation, and
entering in at the gates of Jerusalem concerning a kingdom, to build and to
10
on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall it obey not my voice, then I will repent
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it of the good, wherewith I said I would
11
shall not be quenched. benefit them. Now therefore go to,
speak to the men of Judah, and to the
Jeremiah 18 inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil
The word which came to Jeremiah
against you, and devise a device
2
from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go against you: return ye now every one
down to the potter's house, and there I from his evil way, and make your ways
3
will cause thee to hear my words. and your doings good. 12
And they said,
Then I went down to the potter's There is no hope: but we will walk after
house, and, behold, he wrought a work our own devices, and we will every one
4
on the wheels. And the vessel that he do the imagination of his evil heart. 13

made of clay was marred in the hand Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye
of the potter: so he made it again now among the heathen, who hath
another vessel, as seemed good to the heard such things: the virgin of Israel
5
potter to make it. Then the word of hath done a very horrible thing. 14
Will
6
the LORD came to me, saying, O a man leave the snow of Lebanon
house of Israel, cannot I do with you which cometh from the rock of the
as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, field? or shall the cold flowing waters
as the clay is in the potter's hand, so that come from another place be
are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. forsaken? 15
Because my people hath
7
At what instant I shall speak forgotten me, they have burned
concerning a nation, and concerning a incense to vanity, and they have
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull caused them to stumble in their ways
8
down, and to destroy it; If that from the ancient paths, to walk in
nation, against whom I have paths, in a way not cast up; 16
To make
their land desolate, and a perpetual
hissing; every one that
thereby shall be astonished, and wag
17
his head. I will scatter them as with
an east wind before the enemy; I will
shew them the back, and not the face,
in the day of their calamity.
said they, Come, and let us devise
devices against Jeremiah; for the law
counsel against me to slay me: forgive
passeth not their iniquity, neither blot out their
sin from thy sight, but let them be
overthrown before thee; deal thus with
them in the time of thine anger.
18
Then Jeremiah 19
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a

shall not perish from the priest, nor potter's earthen bottle, and take of the

counsel from the wise, nor the word ancients of the people, and of the
2
from the prophet. Come, and let us ancients of the priests; And go forth

smite him with the tongue, and let us unto the valley of the son of Hinnom,

not give heed to any of his words. 19 which is by the entry of the east gate,

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken and proclaim there the words that I
3
to the voice of them that contend with shall tell thee, And say, Hear ye the

me. 20
Shall evil be recompensed for word of the LORD, O kings of Judah,

good? for they have digged a pit for and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus

my soul. Remember that I stood before saith the LORD of hosts, the God of

thee to speak good for them, and to Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon

turn away thy wrath from them. 21 this place, the which whosoever
4
Therefore deliver up their children to heareth, his ears shall tingle. Because

the famine, and pour out their blood by they have forsaken me, and have

the force of the sword; and let their estranged this place, and have burned

wives be bereaved of their children, incense in it unto other gods, whom

and be widows; and let their men be neither they nor their fathers have

put to death; let their young men be known, nor the kings of Judah, and

slain by the sword in battle. 22

Let a cry have filled this place with the blood of
5
be heard from their houses, when thou innocents; They have built also the

shalt bring a troop suddenly upon high places of Baal, to burn their sons

them: for they have digged a pit to with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal,

take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23 which I commanded not, nor spake it,
6
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their neither came it into my mind:
Therefore, behold, the days come, thereof, and even make this city as
13
saith the LORD, that this place shall no Tophet: And the houses of
more be called Tophet, nor The valley Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings
of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of of Judah, shall be defiled as the place
7
slaughter. And I will make void the of Tophet, because of all the houses
counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this upon whose roofs they have burned
place; and I will cause them to fall by incense unto all the host of heaven,
the sword before their enemies, and by and have poured out drink offerings
14
the hands of them that seek their unto other gods. Then came
lives: and their carcases will I give to Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the
be meat for the fowls of the heaven, LORD had sent him to prophesy; and
8
and for the beasts of the earth. And I he stood in the court of the LORD'S
15
will make this city desolate, and an house; and said to all the people,
hissing; every one that passeth Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
thereby shall be astonished and hiss of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this
9
because of all the plagues thereof. city and upon all her towns all the evil
And I will cause them to eat the flesh that I have pronounced against it,
of their sons and the flesh of their because they have hardened their
daughters, and they shall eat every necks, that they might not hear my
one the flesh of his friend in the siege words.
and straitness, wherewith their
enemies, and they that seek their lives, Jeremiah 20
10
shall straiten them. Then shalt thou
break the bottle in the sight of the men
Now Pashur the son of Immer the

that go with thee, 11

And shalt say unto priest, who was also chief governor in

them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; the house of the LORD, heard that
2
Even so will I break this people and Jeremiah prophesied these things.

this city, as one breaketh a potter's Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the

vessel, that cannot be made whole prophet, and put him in the stocks that

again: and they shall bury them in
Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
12
Thus will I do unto this place, saith
were in the high gate of Benjamin,
3
which was by the house of the LORD.
And it came to pass on the morrow,

the LORD, and to the inhabitants that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out
of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto make mention of him, nor speak any
him, The LORD hath not called thy more in his name. But his word was in
4
name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. mine heart as a burning fire shut up in
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will my bones, and I was weary with
10
make thee a terror to thyself, and to forbearing, and I could not stay. For
all thy friends: and they shall fall by I heard the defaming of many, fear on
the sword of their enemies, and thine every side. Report, say they, and we
eyes shall behold it: and I will give all will report it. All my familiars watched
Judah into the hand of the king of for my halting, saying, Peradventure
Babylon, and he shall carry them he will be enticed, and we shall prevail
captive into Babylon, and shall slay against him, and we shall take our
5 11
them with the sword. Moreover I will revenge on him. But the LORD is
deliver all the strength of this city, and with me as a mighty terrible one:
all the labours thereof, and all the therefore my persecutors shall
precious things thereof, and all the stumble, and they shall not prevail:
treasures of the kings of Judah will I they shall be greatly ashamed; for they
give into the hand of their enemies, shall not prosper: their everlasting
12
which shall spoil them, and take them, confusion shall never be forgotten.
6
and carry them to Babylon. And thou, But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the
Pashur, and all that dwell in thine righteous, and seest the reins and the
house shall go into captivity: and thou heart, let me see thy vengeance on
shalt come to Babylon, and there thou them: for unto thee have I opened my
13
shalt die, and shalt be buried there, cause. Sing unto the LORD, praise ye
thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou the LORD: for he hath delivered the
7
hast prophesied lies. O LORD, thou soul of the poor from the hand of
14
hast deceived me, and I was deceived: evildoers. Cursed be the day wherein
thou art stronger than I, and hast I was born: let not the day wherein my
15
prevailed: I am in derision daily, every mother bare me be blessed. Cursed
8
one mocketh me. For since I spake, I be the man who brought tidings to my
cried out, I cried violence and spoil; father, saying, A man child is born unto
16
because the word of the LORD was thee; making him very glad. And let
made a reproach unto me, and a that man be as the cities which the
9
derision, daily. Then I said, I will not LORD overthrew, and repented not:
and let him hear the cry in the and with a strong arm, even in anger,
6
morning, and the shouting at noontide; and in fury, and in great wrath. And I
17
Because he slew me not from the will smite the inhabitants of this city,
womb; or that my mother might have both man and beast: they shall die of a
7
been my grave, and her womb to be great pestilence. And afterward, saith
18
always great with me. Wherefore the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king
came I forth out of the womb to see of Judah, and his servants, and the
labour and sorrow, that my days people, and such as are left in this city
should be consumed with shame? from the pestilence, from the sword,
and from the famine, into the hand of
Jeremiah 21 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of their enemies, and
The word which came unto Jeremiah
into the hand of those that seek their
from the LORD, when king Zedekiah life: and he shall smite them with the
sent unto him Pashur the son of edge of the sword; he shall not spare
Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of them, neither have pity, nor have
2
Maaseiah the priest, saying, Enquire, mercy. 8
And unto this people thou
I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for shalt say, Thus saith the LORD;
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon Behold, I set before you the way of
maketh war against us; if so be that life, and the way of death. 9
He that
the LORD will deal with us according to abideth in this city shall die by the
all his wondrous works, that he may go sword, and by the famine, and by the
3
up from us. Then said Jeremiah unto pestilence: but he that goeth out, and
4
them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; you, he shall live, and his life shall be
Behold, I will turn back the weapons of unto him for a prey. 10
For I have set
war that are in your hands, wherewith my face against this city for evil, and
ye fight against the king of Babylon, not for good, saith the LORD: it shall
and against the Chaldeans, which be given into the hand of the king of
besiege you without the walls, and I Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
will assemble them into the midst of 11
And touching the house of the king
5
this city. And I myself will fight of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the
against you with an outstretched hand LORD; 12
O house of David, thus saith
the LORD; Execute judgment in the thing indeed, then shall there enter in
morning, and deliver him that is by the gates of this house kings sitting
spoiled out of the hand of the upon the throne of David, riding in
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, chariots and on horses, he, and his
5
and burn that none can quench it, servants, and his people. But if ye
13
because of the evil of your doings. will not hear these words, I swear by
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant myself, saith the LORD, that this house
6
of the valley, and rock of the plain, shall become a desolation. For thus
saith the LORD; which say, Who shall saith the LORD unto the king's house
come down against us? or who shall of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and
14
enter into our habitations? But I will the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will
punish you according to the fruit of make thee a wilderness, and cities
7
your doings, saith the LORD: and I will which are not inhabited. And I will
kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and prepare destroyers against thee, every
it shall devour all things round about one with his weapons: and they shall
it. cut down thy choice cedars, and cast
8
them into the fire. And many nations
Jeremiah 22 shall pass by this city, and they shall
say every man to his neighbour,
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the
Wherefore hath the LORD done thus
house of the king of Judah, and speak unto this great city? 9
Then they shall
2
there this word, And say, Hear the answer, Because they have forsaken
word of the LORD, O king of Judah, the covenant of the LORD their God,
that sittest upon the throne of David, and worshipped other gods, and served
thou, and thy servants, and thy people them. 10
Weep ye not for the dead,
3
that enter in by these gates: Thus neither bemoan him: but weep sore for
saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment him that goeth away: for he shall
and righteousness, and deliver the return no more, nor see his native
spoiled out of the hand of the country. 11
For thus saith the LORD
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no touching Shallum the son of Josiah
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, king of Judah, which reigned instead of
nor the widow, neither shed innocent Josiah his father, which went forth out
4
blood in this place. For if ye do this of this place; He shall not return
 12
thither any more: But he shall die in in Bashan, and cry from the passages:
21
the place whither they have led him for all thy lovers are destroyed. I
captive, and shall see this land no spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but
13
more. Woe unto him that buildeth his thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath
house by unrighteousness, and his been thy manner from thy youth, that
22
chambers by wrong; that useth his thou obeyedst not my voice. The
neighbour's service without wages, and wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and
14
giveth him not for his work; That thy lovers shall go into captivity:
saith, I will build me a wide house and surely then shalt thou be ashamed and
23
large chambers, and cutteth him out confounded for all thy wickedness. O
windows; and it is cieled with cedar, inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy
15
and painted with vermilion. Shalt nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt
thou reign, because thou closest thou be when pangs come upon thee,
24
thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat the pain as of a woman in travail! As
and drink, and do judgment and I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah
justice, and then it was well with him? the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah
16
He judged the cause of the poor and were the signet upon my right hand,
25
needy; then it was well with him: was yet would I pluck thee thence; And I
17
not this to know me? saith the LORD. will give thee into the hand of them
But thine eyes and thine heart are not that seek thy life, and into the hand of
but for thy covetousness, and for to them whose face thou fearest, even
shed innocent blood, and for into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king
oppression, and for violence, to do it. of Babylon, and into the hand of the
18 26
Therefore thus saith the LORD Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out,
concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah and thy mother that bare thee, into
king of Judah; They shall not lament another country, where ye were not
27
for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah born; and there shall ye die. But to
sister! they shall not lament for him, the land whereunto they desire to
19 28
saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! He return, thither shall they not return.
shall be buried with the burial of an Is this man Coniah a despised broken
ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the idol? is he a vessel wherein is no
20
gates of Jerusalem. Go up to pleasure? wherefore are they cast out,
Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice he and his seed, and are cast into a
 29 6
land which they know not? O earth, the earth. In his days Judah shall be
earth, earth, hear the word of the saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
30
LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Write ye and this is his name whereby he shall
this man childless, a man that shall not be called, THE LORD OUR
7
prosper in his days: for no man of his RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold,
seed shall prosper, sitting upon the the days come, saith the LORD, that
throne of David, and ruling any more in they shall no more say, The LORD
Judah. liveth, which brought up the children of
8
Israel out of the land of Egypt; But,
Jeremiah 23 The LORD liveth, which brought up and
which led the seed of the house of
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy
Israel out of the north country, and
and scatter the sheep of my pasture! from all countries whither I had driven
2
saith the LORD. Therefore thus saith them; and they shall dwell in their own
the LORD God of Israel against the land. 9
Mine heart within me is broken
pastors that feed my people; Ye have because of the prophets; all my bones
scattered my flock, and driven them shake; I am like a drunken man, and
away, and have not visited them: like a man whom wine hath overcome,
behold, I will visit upon you the evil of because of the LORD, and because of
3
your doings, saith the LORD. And I the words of his holiness. 10
For the
will gather the remnant of my flock out land is full of adulterers; for because of
of all countries whither I have driven swearing the land mourneth; the
them, and will bring them again to pleasant places of the wilderness are
their folds; and they shall be fruitful dried up, and their course is evil, and
4
and increase. And I will set up their force is not right. 11
For both
shepherds over them which shall feed prophet and priest are profane; yea, in
them: and they shall fear no more, nor my house have I found their
be dismayed, neither shall they be wickedness, saith the LORD. 12

5
lacking, saith the LORD.
days come, saith the LORD, that I will
raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King shall reign and prosper, and
shall execute judgment and justice in
Behold, the Wherefore their way shall be unto them
as slippery ways in the darkness: they
shall be driven on, and fall therein: for
I will bring evil upon them, even the
year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
13
And I have seen folly in the prophets whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon
20
of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, the head of the wicked. The anger of
14
and caused my people Israel to err. I the LORD shall not return, until he
have seen also in the prophets of have executed, and till he have
Jerusalem an horrible thing: they performed the thoughts of his heart: in
commit adultery, and walk in lies: they the latter days ye shall consider it
21
strengthen also the hands of evildoers, perfectly. I have not sent these
that none doth return from his prophets, yet they ran: I have not
wickedness: they are all of them unto spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22
me as Sodom, and the inhabitants But if they had stood in my counsel,
15
thereof as Gomorrah. Therefore thus and had caused my people to hear my
saith the LORD of hosts concerning the words, then they should have turned
prophets; Behold, I will feed them with them from their evil way, and from the
23
wormwood, and make them drink the evil of their doings. Am I a God at
water of gall: for from the prophets of hand, saith the LORD, and not a God
24
Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth afar off? Can any hide himself in
16
into all the land. Thus saith the secret places that I shall not see him?
LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven
25
words of the prophets that prophesy and earth? saith the LORD. I have
unto you: they make you vain: they heard what the prophets said, that
speak a vision of their own heart, and prophesy lies in my name, saying, I
17 26
not out of the mouth of the LORD. have dreamed, I have dreamed. How
They say still unto them that despise long shall this be in the heart of the
me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they
peace; and they say unto every one are prophets of the deceit of their own
27
that walketh after the imagination of heart; Which think to cause my
his own heart, No evil shall come upon people to forget my name by their
18
you. For who hath stood in the dreams which they tell every man to
counsel of the LORD, and hath his neighbour, as their fathers have
28
perceived and heard his word? who forgotten my name for Baal. The
19
hath marked his word, and heard it? prophet that hath a dream, let him tell
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is a dream; and he that hath my word,
gone forth in fury, even a grievous let him speak my word faithfully. What
is the chaff to the wheat? saith the for ye have perverted the words of the
29
LORD. Is not my word like as a fire? living God, of the LORD of hosts our
37
saith the LORD; and like a hammer God. Thus shalt thou say to the
30
that breaketh the rock in pieces? prophet, What hath the LORD
Therefore, behold, I am against the answered thee? and, What hath the
38
prophets, saith the LORD, that steal LORD spoken? But since ye say, The
my words every one from his burden of the LORD; therefore thus
31
neighbour. Behold, I am against the saith the LORD; Because ye say this
prophets, saith the LORD, that use word, The burden of the LORD, and I
32
their tongues, and say, He saith. have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall
39
Behold, I am against them that not say, The burden of the LORD;
prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, Therefore, behold, I, even I, will
and do tell them, and cause my people utterly forget you, and I will forsake
to err by their lies, and by their you, and the city that I gave you and
lightness; yet I sent them not, nor your fathers, and cast you out of my
40
commanded them: therefore they shall presence: And I will bring an
not profit this people at all, saith the everlasting reproach upon you, and a
33
LORD. And when this people, or the perpetual shame, which shall not be
prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, forgotten.
saying, What is the burden of the
LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, Jeremiah 24
What burden? I will even forsake you,
saith the LORD. 34
And as for the
The LORD shewed me, and, behold,

prophet, and the priest, and the two baskets of figs were set before the

people, that shall say, The burden of temple of the LORD, after that

the LORD, I will even punish that man Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had

and his house. 35

Thus shall ye say carried away captive Jeconiah the son

every one to his neighbour, and every of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the

one to his brother, What hath the princes of Judah, with the carpenters

LORD answered? and, What hath the and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had
2
LORD spoken? 36
And the burden of the brought them to Babylon. One basket

LORD shall ye mention no more: for had very good figs, even like the figs

every man's word shall be his burden; that are first ripe: and the other basket
 10
had very naughty figs, which could not all places whither I shall drive them.
3
be eaten, they were so bad. Then And I will send the sword, the famine,
said the LORD unto me, What seest and the pestilence, among them, till
thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the they be consumed from off the land
good figs, very good; and the evil, very that I gave unto them and to their
evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so fathers.
4
evil. Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying, 5
Thus saith the Jeremiah 25
LORD, the God of Israel; Like these
good figs, so will I acknowledge them
The word that came to Jeremiah

that are carried away captive of Judah, concerning all the people of Judah in

whom I have sent out of this place into the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of

the land of the Chaldeans for their Josiah king of Judah, that was the first

good. 6
For I will set mine eyes upon year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
2
them for good, and I will bring them Babylon; The which Jeremiah the

again to this land: and I will build prophet spake unto all the people of

them, and not pull them down; and I Judah, and to all the inhabitants of
3
will plant them, and not pluck them up. Jerusalem, saying, From the
7
And I will give them an heart to know thirteenth year of Josiah the son of

me, that I am the LORD: and they shall Amon king of Judah, even unto this

be my people, and I will be their God: day, that is the three and twentieth

for they shall return unto me with their year, the word of the LORD hath come

whole heart. 8
And as the evil figs, unto me, and I have spoken unto you,

which cannot be eaten, they are so rising early and speaking; but ye have
4
evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So not hearkened. And the LORD hath

will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, sent unto you all his servants the

and his princes, and the residue of prophets, rising early and sending

Jerusalem, that remain in this land, them; but ye have not hearkened, nor
5
and them that dwell in the land of inclined your ear to hear. They said,

Egypt: 9
And I will deliver them to be Turn ye again now every one from his

removed into all the kingdoms of the evil way, and from the evil of your

earth for their hurt, to be a reproach doings, and dwell in the land that the

and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in LORD hath given unto you and to your
 6
fathers for ever and ever: And go not their iniquity, and the land of the
after other gods to serve them, and to Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
13
worship them, and provoke me not to desolations. And I will bring upon
anger with the works of your hands; that land all my words which I have
7
and I will do you no hurt. Yet ye have pronounced against it, even all that is
not hearkened unto me, saith the written in this book, which Jeremiah
LORD; that ye might provoke me to hath prophesied against all the nations.
14
anger with the works of your hands to For many nations and great kings
8
your own hurt. Therefore thus saith shall serve themselves of them also:
the LORD of hosts; Because ye have and I will recompense them according
9
not heard my words, Behold, I will to their deeds, and according to the
15
send and take all the families of the works of their own hands. For thus
north, saith the LORD, and saith the LORD God of Israel unto me;
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, Take the wine cup of this fury at my
my servant, and will bring them hand, and cause all the nations, to
16
against this land, and against the whom I send thee, to drink it. And
inhabitants thereof, and against all they shall drink, and be moved, and be
these nations round about, and will mad, because of the sword that I will
17
utterly destroy them, and make them send among them. Then took I the
an astonishment, and an hissing, and cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all
10
perpetual desolations. Moreover I the nations to drink, unto whom the
18
will take from them the voice of mirth, LORD had sent me: To wit,
and the voice of gladness, the voice of Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and
the bridegroom, and the voice of the the kings thereof, and the princes
bride, the sound of the millstones, and thereof, to make them a desolation, an
11
the light of the candle. And this astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;
19
whole land shall be a desolation, and as it is this day; Pharaoh king of
an astonishment; and these nations Egypt, and his servants, and his
20
shall serve the king of Babylon seventy princes, and all his people; And all
12
years. And it shall come to pass, the mingled people, and all the kings of
when seventy years are accomplished, the land of Uz, and all the kings of the
that I will punish the king of Babylon, land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon,
and that nation, saith the LORD, for and Azzah, and Ekron, and the
 21
remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and them all these words, and say unto
22
Moab, and the children of Ammon, them, The LORD shall roar from on
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the high, and utter his voice from his holy
kings of Zidon, and the kings of the habitation; he shall mightily roar upon
23
isles which are beyond the sea, his habitation; he shall give a shout, as
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all they that tread the grapes, against all
24 31
that are in the utmost corners, And the inhabitants of the earth. A noise
all the kings of Arabia, and all the shall come even to the ends of the
kings of the mingled people that dwell earth; for the LORD hath a controversy
25
in the desert, And all the kings of with the nations, he will plead with all
Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all flesh; he will give them that are wicked
26 32
the kings of the Medes, And all the to the sword, saith the LORD. Thus
kings of the north, far and near, one saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil
with another, and all the kingdoms of shall go forth from nation to nation,
the world, which are upon the face of and a great whirlwind shall be raised
33
the earth: and the king of Sheshach up from the coasts of the earth. And
27
shall drink after them. Therefore the slain of the LORD shall be at that
thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith day from one end of the earth even
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; unto the other end of the earth: they
Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, shall not be lamented, neither
and fall, and rise no more, because of gathered, nor buried; they shall be
34
the sword which I will send among you. dung upon the ground. Howl, ye
28
And it shall be, if they refuse to take shepherds, and cry; and wallow
the cup at thine hand to drink, then yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of
shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the flock: for the days of your
the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly slaughter and of your dispersions are
29
drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on accomplished; and ye shall fall like a
35
the city which is called by my name, pleasant vessel. And the shepherds
and should ye be utterly unpunished? shall have no way to flee, nor the
36
Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will principal of the flock to escape. A
call for a sword upon all the inhabitants voice of the cry of the shepherds, and
of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. an howling of the principal of the flock,
30
Therefore prophesy thou against shall be heard: for the LORD hath
 37
spoiled their pasture. And the house like Shiloh, and will make this
peaceable habitations are cut down city a curse to all the nations of the
7
because of the fierce anger of the earth. So the priests and the
38
LORD. He hath forsaken his covert, prophets and all the people heard
as the lion: for their land is desolate Jeremiah speaking these words in the
8
because of the fierceness of the house of the LORD. Now it came to
oppressor, and because of his fierce pass, when Jeremiah had made an end
anger. of speaking all that the LORD had
commanded him to speak unto all the
Jeremiah 26 people, that the priests and the
prophets and all the people took him,
In the beginning of the reign of
saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9
Why
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of hast thou prophesied in the name of
Judah came this word from the LORD, the LORD, saying, This house shall be
2
saying, Thus saith the LORD; Stand in like Shiloh, and this city shall be
the court of the LORD'S house, and desolate without an inhabitant? And all
speak unto all the cities of Judah, the people were gathered against
which come to worship in the LORD'S Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 10

house, all the words that I command
thee to speak unto them; diminish not
3
a word: If so be they will hearken,
and turn every man from his evil way,
that I may repent me of the evil, which
I purpose to do unto them because of
4
the evil of their doings.
shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to
walk in my law, which I have set
5
before you, To hearken to the words
of my servants the prophets, whom I
sent unto you, both rising up early,
and sending them, but ye have not
6
hearkened; Then will I make this
When the princes of Judah heard these
things, then they came up from the
king's house unto the house of the
LORD, and sat down in the entry of the
new gate of the LORD'S house. 11
Then
spake the priests and the prophets
And thou unto the princes and to all the people,
saying, This man is worthy to die; for
he hath prophesied against this city, as
ye have heard with your ears. 12
Then
spake Jeremiah unto all the princes
and to all the people, saying, The LORD
sent me to prophesy against this house
and against this city all the words that
ye have heard. 13
Therefore now amend
your ways and your doings, and obey
the voice of the LORD your God; and
the LORD will repent him of the evil
that he hath pronounced against you.
14
As for me, behold, I am in your
hand: do with me as seemeth good and
15
meet unto you. But know ye for
certain, that if ye put me to death, ye
shall surely bring innocent blood upon
yourselves, and upon this city, and
upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a
truth the LORD hath sent me unto you
to speak all these words in your ears.
16
Then said the princes and all the
people unto the priests and to the
prophets; This man is not worthy to
die: for he hath spoken to us in the
17
name of the LORD our God.
rose up certain of the elders of the
land, and spake to all the assembly of
18
the people, saying, Micah
Morasthite prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to
all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be
plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall
become heaps, and the mountain of
the house as the high places of a
19
forest. Did Hezekiah king of Judah
and all Judah put him at all to death?
did he not fear the LORD,
besought the LORD, and the LORD
repented him of the evil which he had
pronounced against them? Thus might
we procure great evil against our souls.
20
And there was also a man that
prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-
jearim, who prophesied against this
city and against this land according to
21
all the words of Jeremiah: And when
Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty
men, and all the princes, heard his
words, the king sought to put him to
death: but when Urijah heard it, he
was afraid, and fled, and went into
22
Egypt; And Jehoiakim the king sent
men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the
son of Achbor, and certain men with
23
him into Egypt. And they fetched
Then forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought
him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew
him with the sword, and cast his dead
the body into the graves of the common
24
people. Nevertheless the hand of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with
Jeremiah, that they should not give
him into the hand of the people to put
him to death.
Jeremiah 27
In the beginning of the reign of
and Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah
2
from the LORD, saying, Thus saith
the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and and with the pestilence, until I have
3 9
yokes, and put them upon thy neck, consumed them by his hand.
And send them to the king of Edom, Therefore hearken not ye to your
and to the king of Moab, and to the prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to
king of the Ammonites, and to the king your dreamers, nor to your enchanters,
of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by nor to your sorcerers, which speak
the hand of the messengers which unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve
10
come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king the king of Babylon: For they
4
of Judah; And command them to say prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you
unto their masters, Thus saith the far from your land; and that I should
11
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus drive you out, and ye should perish.
5
shall ye say unto your masters; I But the nations that bring their neck
have made the earth, the man and the under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
beast that are upon the ground, by my and serve him, those will I let remain
great power and by my outstretched still in their own land, saith the LORD;
arm, and have given it unto whom it and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
6 12
seemed meet unto me. And now have I spake also to Zedekiah king of
I given all these lands into the hand of Judah according to all these words,
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, saying, Bring your necks under the
my servant; and the beasts of the field yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve
7 13
have I given him also to serve him. him and his people, and live. Why
And all nations shall serve him, and his will ye die, thou and thy people, by the
son, and his son's son, until the very sword, by the famine, and by the
time of his land come: and then many pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken
nations and great kings shall serve against the nation that will not serve
8 14
themselves of him. And it shall come the king of Babylon? Therefore
to pass, that the nation and kingdom hearken not unto the words of the
which will not serve the same prophets that speak unto you, saying,
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
15
and that will not put their neck under for they prophesy a lie unto you. For
the yoke of the king of Babylon, that I have not sent them, saith the LORD,
nation will I punish, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name;
with the sword, and with the famine, that I might drive you out, and that ye
might perish, ye, and the prophets that be carried to Babylon, and there shall
16
prophesy unto you. Also I spake to they be until the day that I visit them,
the priests and to all this people, saith the LORD; then will I bring them
saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken up, and restore them to this place.
not to the words of your prophets that
prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the Jeremiah 28
vessels of the LORD'S house shall now
shortly be brought again from Babylon:
And it came to pass the same year, in

for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah

Hearken not unto them; serve the king king of Judah, in the fourth year, and

of Babylon, and live: wherefore should in the fifth month, that Hananiah the

this city be laid waste? 18

But if they be son of Azur the prophet, which was of

prophets, and if the word of the LORD Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of

be with them, let them now make the LORD, in the presence of the
2
intercession to the LORD of hosts, that priests and of all the people, saying,

the vessels which are left in the house Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the

of the LORD, and in the house of the God of Israel, saying, I have broken
3
king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not the yoke of the king of Babylon.

to Babylon. 19
For thus saith the LORD Within two full years will I bring again

of hosts concerning the pillars, and into this place all the vessels of the

concerning the sea, and concerning the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar

bases, and concerning the residue of king of Babylon took away from this
4
the vessels that remain in this city, 20 place, and carried them to Babylon:

Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon And I will bring again to this place

took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of

Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah,

Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and that went into Babylon, saith the

all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; LORD: for I will break the yoke of the
5
21
Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, king of Babylon. Then the prophet

the God of Israel, concerning the Jeremiah said unto the prophet

vessels that remain in the house of the Hananiah in the presence of the

LORD, and in the house of the king of priests, and in the presence of all the

Judah and of Jerusalem; 22

They shall people that stood in the house of the
 6
LORD, Even the prophet Jeremiah Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken
said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD the yokes of wood; but thou shalt
14
perform thy words which thou hast make for them yokes of iron. For
prophesied, to bring again the vessels thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of the LORD'S house, and all that is of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron
carried away captive, from Babylon upon the neck of all these nations, that
7
into this place. Nevertheless hear they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king
thou now this word that I speak in of Babylon; and they shall serve him:
thine ears, and in the ears of all the and I have given him the beasts of the
8 15
people; The prophets that have been field also. Then said the prophet
before me and before thee of old Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet,
prophesied both against many Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath
countries, and against great kingdoms, not sent thee; but thou makest this
9 16
of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. people to trust in a lie. Therefore
The prophet which prophesieth of thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast
peace, when the word of the prophet thee from off the face of the earth: this
shall come to pass, then shall the year thou shalt die, because thou hast
17
prophet be known, that the LORD hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
10
truly sent him. Then Hananiah the So Hananiah the prophet died the same
prophet took the yoke from off the year in the seventh month.
prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
11
And Hananiah spake in the presence Jeremiah 29
of all the people, saying, Thus saith the
LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of
Now these are the words of the letter

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from that Jeremiah the prophet sent from

the neck of all nations within the space Jerusalem unto the residue of the

of two full years. And the prophet elders which were carried away

Jeremiah went his way. 12

Then the captives, and to the priests, and to the

word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah prophets, and to all the people whom

the prophet, after that Hananiah the Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
2
prophet had broken the yoke from off captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, (After that Jeconiah the king, and the

saying, 13
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of
Judah and Jerusalem, and the seventy years be accomplished at
carpenters, and the smiths, were Babylon I will visit you, and perform
3
departed from Jerusalem;) By the my good word toward you, in causing
11
hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, you to return to this place. For I
and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, know the thoughts that I think toward
(whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent you, saith the LORD, thoughts of
unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king peace, and not of evil, to give you an
4 12
of Babylon) saying, Thus saith the expected end. Then shall ye call
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto upon me, and ye shall go and pray
all that are carried away captives, unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13
whom I have caused to be carried And ye shall seek me, and find me,
5
away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; when ye shall search for me with all
14
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; your heart. And I will be found of
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn
6
them; Take ye wives, and beget sons away your captivity, and I will gather
and daughters; and take wives for your you from all the nations, and from all
sons, and give your daughters to the places whither I have driven you,
husbands, that they may bear sons and saith the LORD; and I will bring you
daughters; that ye may be increased again into the place whence I caused
7 15
there, and not diminished. And seek you to be carried away captive.
the peace of the city whither I have Because ye have said, The LORD hath
16
caused you to be carried away raised us up prophets in Babylon;
captives, and pray unto the LORD for Know that thus saith the LORD of the
it: for in the peace thereof shall ye king that sitteth upon the throne of
8
have peace. For thus saith the LORD David, and of all the people that
of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not dwelleth in this city, and of your
your prophets and your diviners, that brethren that are not gone forth with
17
be in the midst of you, deceive you, you into captivity; Thus saith the
neither hearken to your dreams which LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send
9
ye cause to be dreamed. For they upon them the sword, the famine, and
prophesy falsely unto you in my name: the pestilence, and will make them like
I have not sent them, saith the LORD. vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they
10 18
For thus saith the LORD, That after are so evil. And I will persecute them
 24
with the sword, with the famine, and and am a witness, saith the LORD.
with the pestilence, and will deliver Thus shalt thou also speak to
25
them to be removed to all the Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the
and an astonishment, and an hissing, God of Israel, saying, Because thou
and a reproach, among all the nations hast sent letters in thy name unto all
19
whither I have driven them: Because the people that are at Jerusalem, and
they have not hearkened to my words, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
26
saith the LORD, which I sent unto them priest, and to all the priests, saying,
by my servants the prophets, rising up The LORD hath made thee priest in the
early and sending them; but ye would stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye
20
not hear, saith the LORD. Hear ye should be officers in the house of the
therefore the word of the LORD, all ye LORD, for every man that is mad, and
of the captivity, whom I have sent maketh himself a prophet, that thou
21
from Jerusalem to Babylon: Thus shouldest put him in prison, and in the
27
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of stocks. Now therefore why hast thou
Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,
of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which which maketh himself a prophet to
28
prophesy a lie unto you in my name; you? For therefore he sent unto us in
Behold, I will deliver them into the Babylon, saying, This captivity is long:
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of build ye houses, and dwell in them;
Babylon; and he shall slay them before and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of
22 29
your eyes; And of them shall be them. And Zephaniah the priest read
taken up a curse by all the captivity of this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
30
Judah which are in Babylon, saying, prophet. Then came the word of the
31
The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, Send to
like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon all them of the captivity, saying, Thus
23
roasted in the fire; Because they saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah
have committed villany in Israel, and the Nehelamite; Because that
have committed adultery with their Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you,
neighbours' wives, and have spoken and I sent him not, and he caused you
32
lying words in my name, which I have to trust in a lie: Therefore thus saith
not commanded them; even I know, the LORD; Behold, I will punish
 8
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his For it shall come to pass in that day,
seed: he shall not have a man to dwell saith the LORD of hosts, that I will
among this people; neither shall he break his yoke from off thy neck, and
behold the good that I will do for my will burst thy bonds, and strangers
people, saith the LORD; because he shall no more serve themselves of him:
9
hath taught rebellion against the But they shall serve the LORD their
LORD. God, and David their king, whom I will
10
raise up unto them. Therefore fear
Jeremiah 30 thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith
the LORD; neither be dismayed, O
The word that came to Jeremiah from
Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from
2
the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the afar, and thy seed from the land of
LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee their captivity; and Jacob shall return,
all the words that I have spoken unto and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and
3
thee in a book. For, lo, the days none shall make him afraid. 11
For I am
come, saith the LORD, that I will bring with thee, saith the LORD, to save
again the captivity of my people Israel thee: though I make a full end of all
and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will nations whither I have scattered thee,
cause them to return to the land that I yet will I not make a full end of thee:
gave to their fathers, and they shall but I will correct thee in measure, and
4
possess it. And these are the words will not leave thee altogether
that the LORD spake concerning Israel unpunished. 12
For thus saith the LORD,
5
and concerning Judah. For thus saith Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound
the LORD; We have heard a voice of is grievous. 13
There is none to plead
6
trembling, of fear, and not of peace. thy cause, that thou mayest be bound
Ask ye now, and see whether a man up: thou hast no healing medicines. 14

doth travail with child? wherefore do I All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they
see every man with his hands on his seek thee not; for I have wounded thee
loins, as a woman in travail, and all with the wound of an enemy, with the
7
faces are turned into paleness? Alas! chastisement of a cruel one, for the
for that day is great, so that none is multitude of thine iniquity; because thy
like it: it is even the time of Jacob's sins were increased. 15
Why criest thou
trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. for thine affliction? thy sorrow is
incurable for the multitude of thine this that engaged his heart to approach
22
iniquity: because thy sins were unto me? saith the LORD. And ye
increased, I have done these things shall be my people, and I will be your
16 23
unto thee. Therefore all they that God. Behold, the whirlwind of the
devour thee shall be devoured; and all LORD goeth forth with fury, a
thine adversaries, every one of them, continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with
24
shall go into captivity; and they that pain upon the head of the wicked.
spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that The fierce anger of the LORD shall not
17
prey upon thee will I give for a prey. return, until he have done it, and until
For I will restore health unto thee, and he have performed the intents of his
I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith heart: in the latter days ye shall
the LORD; because they called thee an consider it.
Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no
man seeketh after. 18
Thus saith the Jeremiah 31
LORD; Behold, I will bring again the
captivity of Jacob's tents, and have
At the same time, saith the LORD, will

mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the I be the God of all the families of
2
city shall be builded upon her own Israel, and they shall be my people.

heap, and the palace shall remain after Thus saith the LORD, The people which

the manner thereof. 19

And out of them were left of the sword found grace in

shall proceed thanksgiving and the the wilderness; even Israel, when I
3
voice of them that make merry: and I went to cause him to rest. The LORD

will multiply them, and they shall not hath appeared of old unto me, saying,

be few; I will also glorify them, and Yea, I have loved thee with an

they shall not be small. 20

Their everlasting love: therefore with
4
children also shall be as aforetime, and lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

their congregation shall be established Again I will build thee, and thou shalt

before me, and I will punish all that be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt

oppress them. 21
And their nobles shall again be adorned with thy tabrets, and

be of themselves, and their governor shalt go forth in the dances of them

5
shall proceed from the midst of them; that make merry. Thou shalt yet plant

and I will cause him to draw near, and vines upon the mountains of Samaria:

he shall approach unto me: for who is the planters shall plant, and shall eat
 6
them as common things. For there for wine, and for oil, and for the young
shall be a day, that the watchmen of the flock and of the herd: and their
upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, soul shall be as a watered garden; and
Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto they shall not sorrow any more at all.
7 13
the LORD our God. For thus saith the Then shall the virgin rejoice in the
LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, dance, both young men and old
and shout among the chief of the together: for I will turn their mourning
nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, into joy, and will comfort them, and
14
O LORD, save thy people, the remnant make them rejoice from their sorrow.
8
of Israel. Behold, I will bring them And I will satiate the soul of the priests
from the north country, and gather with fatness, and my people shall be
them from the coasts of the earth, and satisfied with my goodness, saith the
15
with them the blind and the lame, the LORD. Thus saith the LORD; A voice
woman with child and her that was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and
travaileth with child together: a great bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her
9
company shall return thither. They children refused to be comforted for
16
shall come with weeping, and with her children, because they were not.
supplications will I lead them: I will Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice
cause them to walk by the rivers of from weeping, and thine eyes from
waters in a straight way, wherein they tears: for thy work shall be rewarded,
shall not stumble: for I am a father to saith the LORD; and they shall come
10 17
Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. again from the land of the enemy.
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye And there is hope in thine end, saith
nations, and declare it in the isles afar the LORD, that thy children shall come
18
off, and say, He that scattered Israel again to their own border. I have
will gather him, and keep him, as a surely heard Ephraim bemoaning
11
shepherd doth his flock. For the himself thus; Thou hast chastised me,
LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and and I was chastised, as a bullock
ransomed him from the hand of him unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou
12
that was stronger than he. Therefore me, and I shall be turned; for thou art
19
they shall come and sing in the height the LORD my God. Surely after that I
of Zion, and shall flow together to the was turned, I repented; and after that
goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and I was instructed, I smote upon my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even Israel and the house of Judah with the
confounded, because I did bear the seed of man, and with the seed of
20 28
reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my beast. And it shall come to pass,
dear son? is he a pleasant child? for that like as I have watched over them,
since I spake against him, I do to pluck up, and to break down, and to
earnestly remember him still: therefore throw down, and to destroy, and to
my bowels are troubled for him; I will afflict; so will I watch over them, to
29
surely have mercy upon him, saith the build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
21
LORD. Set thee up waymarks, make In those days they shall say no more,
thee high heaps: set thine heart The fathers have eaten a sour grape,
toward the highway, even the way and the children's teeth are set on
30
which thou wentest: turn again, O edge. But every one shall die for his
virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy own iniquity: every man that eateth
22
cities. How long wilt thou go about, the sour grape, his teeth shall be set
31
O thou backsliding daughter? for the on edge. Behold, the days come,
LORD hath created a new thing in the saith the LORD, that I will make a new
earth, A woman shall compass a man. covenant with the house of Israel, and
23 32
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the with the house of Judah: Not
God of Israel; As yet they shall use this according to the covenant that I made
speech in the land of Judah and in the with their fathers in the day that I took
cities thereof, when I shall bring again them by the hand to bring them out of
their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O the land of Egypt; which my covenant
habitation of justice, and mountain of they brake, although I was an husband
24 33
holiness. And there shall dwell in unto them, saith the LORD: But this
Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof shall be the covenant that I will make
together, husbandmen, and they that with the house of Israel; After those
25
go forth with flocks. For I have days, saith the LORD, I will put my law
satiated the weary soul, and I have in their inward parts, and write it in
26
replenished every sorrowful soul. their hearts; and will be their God, and
34
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and they shall be my people. And they
27
my sleep was sweet unto me. shall teach no more every man his
Behold, the days come, saith the neighbour, and every man his brother,
LORD, that I will sow the house of saying, Know the LORD: for they shall
all know me, from the least of them Jeremiah 32
unto the greatest of them, saith the
LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, The word that came to Jeremiah from
and I will remember their sin no more. the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah
35
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth king of Judah, which was the
the sun for a light by day, and the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2

ordinances of the moon and of the For then the king of Babylon's army
stars for a light by night, which besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the
divideth the sea when the waves prophet was shut up in the court of the
thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his prison, which was in the king of
36
name: If those ordinances depart Judah's house. 3
For Zedekiah king of
from before me, saith the LORD, then Judah had shut him up, saying,
the seed of Israel also shall cease from Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and
37
being a nation before me for ever. say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above will give this city into the hand of the
can be measured, and the foundations king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4

of the earth searched out beneath, I And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not
will also cast off all the seed of Israel escape out of the hand of the
for all that they have done, saith the Chaldeans, but shall surely be
38
LORD. Behold, the days come, saith delivered into the hand of the king of
the LORD, that the city shall be built to Babylon, and shall speak with him
the LORD from the tower of Hananeel mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall
39
unto the gate of the corner. And the behold his eyes; 5
And he shall lead
measuring line shall yet go forth over Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall
against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD:
40
compass about to Goath. And the though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye
whole valley of the dead bodies, and of shall not prosper? 6
And Jeremiah said,
the ashes, and all the fields unto the The word of the LORD came unto me,
brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the saying, 7
Behold, Hanameel the son of
horse gate toward the east, shall be Shallum thine uncle shall come unto
holy unto the LORD; it shall not be thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is
plucked up, nor thrown down any more in Anathoth: for the right of
for ever. redemption is thine to buy it. 8
So
Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me vessel, that they may continue many
15
in the court of the prison according to days. For thus saith the LORD of
the word of the LORD, and said unto hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and
me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is fields and vineyards shall be possessed
16
in Anathoth, which is in the country of again in this land. Now when I had
Benjamin: for the right of inheritance delivered the evidence of the purchase
is thine, and the redemption is thine; unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I
17
buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this prayed unto the LORD, saying, Ah
9
was the word of the LORD. And I Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the
bought the field of Hanameel my heaven and the earth by thy great
uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and power and stretched out arm, and
18
weighed him the money, even there is nothing too hard for thee:
10
seventeen shekels of silver. And I Thou shewest lovingkindness unto
subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, thousands, and recompensest the
and took witnesses, and weighed him iniquity of the fathers into the bosom
11
the money in the balances. So I took of their children after them: the Great,
the evidence of the purchase, both that the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is
19
which was sealed according to the law his name, Great in counsel, and
and custom, and that which was open: mighty in work: for thine eyes are
12
And I gave the evidence of the open upon all the ways of the sons of
purchase unto Baruch the son of men: to give every one according to
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the his ways, and according to the fruit of
20
sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, his doings: Which hast set signs and
and in the presence of the witnesses wonders in the land of Egypt, even
that subscribed the book of the unto this day, and in Israel, and among
purchase, before all the Jews that sat other men; and hast made thee a
13 21
in the court of the prison. And I name, as at this day; And hast
14
charged Baruch before them, saying, brought forth thy people Israel out of
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God the land of Egypt with signs, and with
of Israel; Take these evidences, this wonders, and with a strong hand, and
evidence of the purchase, both which is with a stretched out arm, and with
22
sealed, and this evidence which is great terror; And hast given them
open; and put them in an earthen this land, which thou didst swear to
their fathers to give them, a land offerings unto other gods, to provoke
23 30
flowing with milk and honey; And me to anger. For the children of
they came in, and possessed it; but Israel and the children of Judah have
they obeyed not thy voice, neither only done evil before me from their
walked in thy law; they have done youth: for the children of Israel have
nothing of all that thou commandedst only provoked me to anger with the
31
them to do: therefore thou hast caused work of their hands, saith the LORD.
24
all this evil to come upon them: For this city hath been to me as a
Behold the mounts, they are come unto provocation of mine anger and of my
the city to take it; and the city is given fury from the day that they built it
into the hand of the Chaldeans, that even unto this day; that I should
32
fight against it, because of the sword, remove it from before my face,
and of the famine, and of the Because of all the evil of the children
pestilence: and what thou hast spoken of Israel and of the children of Judah,
is come to pass; and, behold, thou which they have done to provoke me to
25
seest it. And thou hast said unto me, anger, they, their kings, their princes,
O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for their priests, and their prophets, and
money, and take witnesses; for the city the men of Judah, and the inhabitants
33
is given into the hand of the of Jerusalem. And they have turned
26
Chaldeans. Then came the word of unto me the back, and not the face:
27
the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, though I taught them, rising up early
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all and teaching them, yet they have not
34
flesh: is there any thing too hard for hearkened to receive instruction. But
28
me? Therefore thus saith the LORD; they set their abominations in the
Behold, I will give this city into the house, which is called by my name, to
35
hand of the Chaldeans, and into the defile it. And they built the high
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of places of Baal, which are in the valley
29
Babylon, and he shall take it: And of the son of Hinnom, to cause their
the Chaldeans, that fight against this sons and their daughters to pass
city, shall come and set fire on this through the fire unto Molech; which I
city, and burn it with the houses, upon commanded them not, neither came it
whose roofs they have offered incense into my mind, that they should do this
36
unto Baal, and poured out drink abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
And now therefore thus saith the fields for money, and subscribe
LORD, the God of Israel, concerning evidences, and seal them, and take
this city, whereof ye say, It shall be witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and
delivered into the hand of the king of in the places about Jerusalem, and in
Babylon by the sword, and by the the cities of Judah, and in the cities of
37
famine, and by the pestilence; the mountains, and in the cities of the
Behold, I will gather them out of all valley, and in the cities of the south:
countries, whither I have driven them for I will cause their captivity to return,
in mine anger, and in my fury, and in saith the LORD.
great wrath; and I will bring them
again unto this place, and I will cause Jeremiah 33
38
them to dwell safely: And they shall
be my people, and I will be their God:
Moreover the word of the LORD came
39
And I will give them one heart, and unto Jeremiah the second time, while

one way, that they may fear me for he was yet shut up in the court of the
2
ever, for the good of them, and of their prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD

children after them: 40

And I will make the maker thereof, the LORD that

an everlasting covenant with them, formed it, to establish it; the LORD is
3
that I will not turn away from them, to his name; Call unto me, and I will

do them good; but I will put my fear in answer thee, and shew thee great and

their hearts, that they shall not depart mighty things, which thou knowest not.
4
from me. 41
Yea, I will rejoice over For thus saith the LORD, the God of

them to do them good, and I will plant Israel, concerning the houses of this

them in this land assuredly with my city, and concerning the houses of the

whole heart and with my whole soul. 42 kings of Judah, which are thrown down
5
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have by the mounts, and by the sword;

brought all this great evil upon this They come to fight with the Chaldeans,

people, so will I bring upon them all but it is fill them with the dead bodies

the good that I have promised them. 43 of men, whom I have slain in mine

And fields shall be bought in this land, anger and in my fury, and for all whose

whereof ye say, It is desolate without wickedness I have hid my face from

6
man or beast; it is given into the hand this city. Behold, I will bring it health

of the Chaldeans. 44
Men shall buy and cure, and I will cure them, and will
 12
reveal unto them the abundance of saith the LORD. Thus saith the LORD
7
peace and truth. And I will cause the of hosts; Again in this place, which is
captivity of Judah and the captivity of desolate without man and without
Israel to return, and will build them, as beast, and in all the cities thereof,
8
at the first. And I will cleanse them shall be an habitation of shepherds
13
from all their iniquity, whereby they causing their flocks to lie down. In
have sinned against me; and I will the cities of the mountains, in the
pardon all their iniquities, whereby cities of the vale, and in the cities of
they have sinned, and whereby they the south, and in the land of Benjamin,
9
have transgressed against me. And it and in the places about Jerusalem, and
shall be to me a name of joy, a praise in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks
and an honour before all the nations of pass again under the hands of him that
14
the earth, which shall hear all the good telleth them, saith the LORD. Behold,
that I do unto them: and they shall the days come, saith the LORD, that I
fear and tremble for all the goodness will perform that good thing which I
and for all the prosperity that I procure have promised unto the house of Israel
10 15
unto it. Thus saith the LORD; Again and to the house of Judah. In those
there shall be heard in this place, days, and at that time, will I cause the
which ye say shall be desolate without Branch of righteousness to grow up
man and without beast, even in the unto David; and he shall execute
cities of Judah, and in the streets of judgment and righteousness in the
16
Jerusalem, that are desolate, without land. In those days shall Judah be
man, and without inhabitant, and saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
11
without beast, The voice of joy, and safely: and this is the name wherewith
the voice of gladness, the voice of the she shall be called, The LORD our
17
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, righteousness. For thus saith the
the voice of them that shall say, Praise LORD; David shall never want a man to
the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is sit upon the throne of the house of
18
good; for his mercy endureth for ever: Israel; Neither shall the priests the
and of them that shall bring the Levites want a man before me to offer
sacrifice of praise into the house of the burnt offerings, and to kindle meat
LORD. For I will cause to return the offerings, and to do sacrifice
19
captivity of the land, as at the first, continually. And the word of the

LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break
my covenant of the day,
covenant of the night, and that there
should not be day and night in their
21
season; Then may also my covenant
be broken with David my servant, that
he should not have a son to reign upon
his throne; and with the Levites the
22
priests, my ministers. As the host of
heaven cannot be numbered, neither
the sand of the sea measured: so will I
multiply the seed of David my servant,
and the Levites that minister unto me.
23
Moreover the word of the LORD came
24
to Jeremiah, saying,
thou not what this people have spoken,
saying, The two families which the
LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast
them off? thus they have despised my
people, that they should be no more a
25
nation before them. Thus saith the
LORD; If my covenant be not with day
and night, and if I have not appointed
the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Then will I cast away the seed of
Jacob, and David my servant, so that I
will not take any of his seed to be
rulers over the seed of
Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their
captivity to return, and have mercy on
them.
20
Jeremiah 34
and my The word which came unto Jeremiah
from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and all his army, and
all the kingdoms of the earth of his
dominion, and all the people, fought
against Jerusalem, and against all the
cities thereof, saying, 2
Thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak
to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell
him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I
will give this city into the hand of the
king of Babylon, and he shall burn it
with fire: 3
And thou shalt not escape
Considerest out of his hand, but shalt surely be
taken, and delivered into his hand; and
thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the
king of Babylon, and he shall speak
with thee mouth to mouth, and thou
shalt go to Babylon. 4
Yet hear the
word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of
Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee,
Thou shalt not die by the sword: 5
But
26
thou shalt die in peace: and with the
burnings of thy fathers, the former
kings which were before thee, so shall
they burn odours for thee; and they
Abraham, will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I
have pronounced the word, saith the
LORD. 6
Then Jeremiah the prophet
spake all these words unto Zedekiah
7
king of Judah in Jerusalem, When the
king of Babylon's army fought against of the land of Egypt, out of the house
14
Jerusalem, and against all the cities of of bondmen, saying, At the end of
Judah that were left, against Lachish, seven years let ye go every man his
and against Azekah: for these defenced brother an Hebrew, which hath been
8
cities remained of the cities of Judah. sold unto thee; and when he hath
This is the word that came unto served thee six years, thou shalt let
Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the him go free from thee: but your fathers
king Zedekiah had made a covenant hearkened not unto me, neither
15
with all the people which were at inclined their ear. And ye were now
Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto turned, and had done right in my sight,
9
them; That every man should let his in proclaiming liberty every man to his
manservant, and every man his neighbour; and ye had made a
maidservant, being an Hebrew or an covenant before me in the house which
16
Hebrewess, go free; that none should is called by my name: But ye turned
serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew and polluted my name, and caused
10
his brother. Now when all the every man his servant, and every man
princes, and all the people, which had his handmaid, whom ye had set at
entered into the covenant, heard that liberty at their pleasure, to return, and
every one should let his manservant, brought them into subjection, to be
and every one his maidservant, go unto you for servants and for
17
free, that none should serve handmaids. Therefore thus saith the
themselves of them any more, then LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me,
11
they obeyed, and let them go. But in proclaiming liberty, every one to his
afterward they turned, and caused the brother, and every man to his
servants and the handmaids, whom neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty
they had let go free, to return, and for you, saith the LORD, to the sword,
brought them into subjection for to the pestilence, and to the famine;
12
servants and for handmaids. and I will make you to be removed into
18
Therefore the word of the LORD came all the kingdoms of the earth. And I
13
to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, will give the men that have
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; transgressed my covenant, which have
I made a covenant with your fathers in not performed the words of the
the day that I brought them forth out covenant which they had made before
me, when they cut the calf in twain, LORD, into one of the chambers, and
3
and passed between the parts thereof, give them wine to drink. Then I took
19
The princes of Judah, and the princes Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all
priests, and all the people of the land, his sons, and the whole house of the
4
which passed between the parts of the Rechabites; And I brought them into
20
calf; I will even give them into the the house of the LORD, into the
hand of their enemies, and into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son
hand of them that seek their life: and of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was
their dead bodies shall be for meat by the chamber of the princes, which
unto the fowls of the heaven, and to was above the chamber of Maaseiah
21
the beasts of the earth. And the son of Shallum, the keeper of the
5
Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes door: And I set before the sons of the
will I give into the hand of their house of the Rechabites pots full of
enemies, and into the hand of them wine, and cups, and I said unto them,
6
that seek their life, and into the hand Drink ye wine. But they said, We will
of the king of Babylon's army, which drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of
22
are gone up from you. Behold, I will Rechab our father commanded us,
command, saith the LORD, and cause saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither
7
them to return to this city; and they ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither
shall fight against it, and take it, and shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor
burn it with fire: and I will make the plant vineyard, nor have any: but all
cities of Judah a desolation without an your days ye shall dwell in tents; that
inhabitant. ye may live many days in the land
8
where ye be strangers. Thus have we
Jeremiah 35 obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of
Rechab our father in all that he hath
The word which came unto Jeremiah
charged us, to drink no wine all our
from the LORD in the days of days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of daughters; 9
Nor to build houses for us
2
Judah, saying, Go unto the house of to dwell in: neither have we vineyard,
the Rechabites, and speak unto them, nor field, nor seed: 10
But we have
and bring them into the house of the dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and
done according to all that Jonadab our performed the commandment of their
11
father commanded us. But it came to father, which he commanded them; but
pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of this people hath not hearkened unto
17
Babylon came up into the land, that we me: Therefore thus saith the LORD
said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem God of hosts, the God of Israel;
for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, Behold, I will bring upon Judah and
and for fear of the army of the Syrians: upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
12
so we dwell at Jerusalem. Then came all the evil that I have pronounced
the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, against them: because I have spoken
13
saying, Thus saith the LORD of unto them, but they have not heard;
hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell and I have called unto them, but they
18
the men of Judah and the inhabitants have not answered. And Jeremiah
of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive said unto the house of the Rechabites,
instruction to hearken to my words? Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
14
saith the LORD. The words of of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the
Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commandment of Jonadab your father,
commanded his sons not to drink wine, and kept all his precepts, and done
are performed; for unto this day they according unto all that he hath
19
drink none, but obey their father's commanded you: Therefore thus
commandment: notwithstanding I have saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
spoken unto you, rising early and Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall
speaking; but ye hearkened not unto not want a man to stand before me for
15
me. I have sent also unto you all my ever.
servants the prophets, rising up early
and sending them, saying, Return ye Jeremiah 36
now every man from his evil way, and
amend your doings, and go not after
And it came to pass in the fourth year

other gods to serve them, and ye shall of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of

dwell in the land which I have given to Judah, that this word came unto
2
you and to your fathers: but ye have Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

not inclined your ear, nor hearkened Take thee a roll of a book, and write

unto me. 16
Because the sons of therein all the words that I have

Jonadab the son of Rechab have spoken unto thee against Israel, and
against Judah, and against all the the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of
nations, from the day I spake unto Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth
thee, from the days of Josiah, even month, that they proclaimed a fast
3
into this day. It may be that the before the LORD to all the people in
house of Judah will hear all the evil Jerusalem, and to all the people that
which I purpose to do unto them; that came from the cities of Judah unto
10
they may return every man from his Jerusalem. Then read Baruch in the
evil way; that I may forgive their book the words of Jeremiah in the
4
iniquity and their sin. Then Jeremiah house of the LORD, in the chamber of
called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Gemariah the son of Shaphan the
Baruch wrote from the mouth of scribe, in the higher court, at the entry
Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, of the new gate of the LORD'S house,
11
which he had spoken unto him, upon a in the ears of all the people. When
5
roll of a book. And Jeremiah Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son
commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut of Shaphan, had heard out of the book
12
up; I cannot go into the house of the all the words of the LORD, Then he
6
LORD: Therefore go thou, and read in went down into the king's house, into
the roll, which thou hast written from the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the
my mouth, the words of the LORD in princes sat there, even Elishama the
the ears of the people in the LORD'S scribe, and Delaiah the son of
house upon the fasting day: and also Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of
thou shalt read them in the ears of all Achbor, and Gemariah the son of
7
Judah that come out of their cities. It Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of
13
may be they will present their Hananiah, and all the princes. Then
supplication before the LORD, and will Michaiah declared unto them all the
return every one from his evil way: for words that he had heard, when Baruch
great is the anger and the fury that the read the book in the ears of the
14
LORD hath pronounced against this people. Therefore all the princes sent
8
people. And Baruch the son of Neriah Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
did according to all that Jeremiah the Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto
prophet commanded him, reading in Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the
the book the words of the LORD in the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears
9
LORD'S house. And it came to pass in of the people, and come. So Baruch the
son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, that was on the hearth, until all the roll
15
and came unto them. And they said was consumed in the fire that was on
24
unto him, Sit down now, and read it in the hearth. Yet they were not afraid,
our ears. So Baruch read it in their nor rent their garments, neither the
16
ears. Now it came to pass, when king, nor any of his servants that
25
they had heard all the words, they heard all these words. Nevertheless
were afraid both one and other, and Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah
said unto Baruch, We will surely tell had made intercession to the king that
17
the king of all these words. And they he would not burn the roll: but he
26
asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How would not hear them. But the king
didst thou write all these words at his commanded Jerahmeel the son of
18
mouth? Then Baruch answered them, Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of
He pronounced all these words unto me Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of
with his mouth, and I wrote them with Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and
19
ink in the book. Then said the Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD
27
princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, hid them. Then the word of the LORD
thou and Jeremiah; and let no man came to Jeremiah, after that the king
20
know where ye be. And they went in had burned the roll, and the words
to the king into the court, but they laid which Baruch wrote at the mouth of
28
up the roll in the chamber of Elishama Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again
the scribe, and told all the words in the another roll, and write in it all the
21
ears of the king. So the king sent former words that were in the first roll,
Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath
29
out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. burned. And thou shalt say to
And Jehudi read it in the ears of the Jehoiakim the king of Judah, Thus saith
king, and in the ears of all the princes the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll,
22
which stood beside the king. Now the saying, Why hast thou written therein,
king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth saying, The king of Babylon shall
month: and there was a fire on the certainly come and destroy this land,
23
hearth burning before him. And it and shall cause to cease from thence
30
came to pass, that when Jehudi had man and beast? Therefore thus saith
read three or four leaves, he cut it with the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah;
the penknife, and cast it into the fire He shall have none to sit upon the
 4
throne of David: and his dead body us. Now Jeremiah came in and went
shall be cast out in the day to the heat, out among the people: for they had not
31 5
and in the night to the frost. And I put him into prison. Then Pharaoh's
will punish him and his seed and his army was come forth out of Egypt: and
servants for their iniquity; and I will when the Chaldeans that besieged
bring upon them, and upon the Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they
6
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the departed from Jerusalem. Then came
men of Judah, all the evil that I have the word of the LORD unto the prophet
7
pronounced against them; but they Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the
32
hearkened not. Then took Jeremiah LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye
another roll, and gave it to Baruch the say to the king of Judah, that sent you
scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote unto me to enquire of me; Behold,
therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to
the words of the book which Jehoiakim help you, shall return to Egypt into
8
king of Judah had burned in the fire: their own land. And the Chaldeans
and there were added besides unto shall come again, and fight against this
9
them many like words. city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not
Jeremiah 37 yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
shall surely depart from us: for they
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah
shall not depart. 10
For though ye had
reigned instead of Coniah the son of smitten the whole army of the
Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king Chaldeans that fight against you, and
of Babylon made king in the land of there remained but wounded men
2
Judah. But neither he, nor his among them, yet should they rise up
servants, nor the people of the land, every man in his tent, and burn this
did hearken unto the words of the city with fire. 11
And it came to pass,
LORD, which he spake by the prophet that when the army of the Chaldeans
3
Jeremiah. And Zedekiah the king sent was broken up from Jerusalem for fear
Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and of Pharaoh's army, 12
Then Jeremiah
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the went forth out of Jerusalem to go into
priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, the land of Benjamin, to separate
Pray now unto the LORD our God for himself thence in the midst of the
 13
people. And when he was in the gate thee, O my lord the king: let my
of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was supplication, I pray thee, be accepted
there, whose name was Irijah, the son before thee; that thou cause me not to
of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; return to the house of Jonathan the
21
and he took Jeremiah the prophet, scribe, lest I die there. Then
saying, Thou fallest away to the Zedekiah the king commanded that
14
Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, It is they should commit Jeremiah into the
false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. court of the prison, and that they
But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah should give him daily a piece of bread
took Jeremiah, and brought him to the out of the bakers street, until all the
15
princes. Wherefore the princes were bread in the city were spent. Thus
wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, Jeremiah remained in the court of the
and put him in prison in the house of prison.
Jonathan the scribe: for they had made
that the prison. 16
When Jeremiah was Jeremiah 38
entered into the dungeon, and into the
cabins, and Jeremiah had remained
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan,

there many days; 17

Then Zedekiah the and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and

king sent, and took him out: and the Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur

king asked him secretly in his house, the son of Malchiah, heard the words

and said, Is there any word from the that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the
2
LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: people, saying, Thus saith the LORD,

for, said he, thou shalt be delivered He that remaineth in this city shall die

into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 by the sword, by the famine, and by

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king the pestilence: but he that goeth forth

Zedekiah, What have I offended to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall
3
against thee, or against thy servants, have his life for a prey, and shall live.

or against this people, that ye have put Thus saith the LORD, This city shall

me in prison? 19
Where are now your surely be given into the hand of the

prophets which prophesied unto you, king of Babylon's army, which shall
4
saying, The king of Babylon shall not take it. Therefore the princes said

come against you, nor against this unto the king, We beseech thee, let

land? 20
Therefore hear now, I pray this man be put to death: for thus he
 11
weakeneth the hands of the men of the dungeon, before he die. So
war that remain in this city, and the Ebed- melech took the men with him,
hands of all the people, in speaking and went into the house of the king
such words unto them: for this man under the treasury, and took thence
seeketh not the welfare of this people, old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and
5
but the hurt. Then Zedekiah the king let them down by cords into the
12
said, Behold, he is in your hand: for dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebed-
the king is not he that can do any thing melech the Ethiopian said unto
6
against you. Then took they Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts
Jeremiah, and cast him into the and rotten rags under thine armholes
dungeon of Malchiah the son of under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13
Hammelech, that was in the court of So they drew up Jeremiah with
the prison: and they let down Jeremiah cords, and took him up out of the
with cords. And in the dungeon there dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in
14
was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah the court of the prison. Then
7
sunk in the mire. Now when Ebed- Zedekiah the king sent, and took
melech the Ethiopian, one of the Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the
eunuchs which was in the king's house, third entry that is in the house of the
heard that they had put Jeremiah in LORD: and the king said unto
the dungeon; the king then sitting in Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide
8 15
the gate of Benjamin; Ebed-melech nothing from me. Then Jeremiah said
went forth out of the king's house, and unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto
9
spake to the king, saying, My lord the thee, wilt thou not surely put me to
king, these men have done evil in all death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt
16
that they have done to Jeremiah the thou not hearken unto me? So
prophet, whom they have cast into the Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto
dungeon; and he is like to die for Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth,
hunger in the place where he is: for that made us this soul, I will not put
10
there is no more bread in the city. thee to death, neither will I give thee
Then the king commanded Ebed- into the hand of these men that seek
17
melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take thy life. Then said Jeremiah unto
from hence thirty men with thee, and Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the
take up Jeremiah the prophet out of God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou
 24
wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of to be burned with fire. Then said
Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man
live, and this city shall not be burned know of these words, and thou shalt
25
with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine not die. But if the princes hear that I
18
house: But if thou wilt not go forth have talked with thee, and they come
to the king of Babylon's princes, then unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare
shall this city be given into the hand of unto us now what thou hast said unto
the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it the king, hide it not from us, and we
with fire, and thou shalt not escape out will not put thee to death; also what
19 26
of their hand. And Zedekiah the king the king said unto thee: Then thou
said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the shalt say unto them, I presented my
Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, supplication before the king, that he
lest they deliver me into their hand, would not cause me to return to
20 27
and they mock me. But Jeremiah Jonathan's house, to die there. Then
said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, came all the princes unto Jeremiah,
I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, and asked him: and he told them
which I speak unto thee: so it shall be according to all these words that the
well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. king had commanded. So they left off
21
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is speaking with him; for the matter was
28
the word that the LORD hath shewed not perceived. So Jeremiah abode in
22
me: And, behold, all the women that the court of the prison until the day
are left in the king of Judah's house that Jerusalem was taken: and he was
shall be brought forth to the king of there when Jerusalem was taken.
Babylon's princes, and those women
shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, Jeremiah 39
and have prevailed against thee: thy
feet are sunk in the mire, and they are
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of

turned away back. 23

So they shall Judah, in the tenth month, came

bring out all thy wives and thy children Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all

to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not his army against Jerusalem, and they
2
escape out of their hand, but shalt be besieged it. And in the eleventh year

taken by the hand of the king of of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the

Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city ninth day of the month, the city was
 3
broken up. And all the princes of the and those that fell away, that fell to
king of Babylon came in, and sat in the him, with the rest of the people that
10
middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, remained. But Nebuzar-adan the
Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab- saris, captain of the guard left of the poor of
Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, with all the the people, which had nothing, in the
residue of the princes of the king of land of Judah, and gave them
4
Babylon. And it came to pass, that vineyards and fields at the same time.
11
when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
them, and all the men of war, then gave charge concerning Jeremiah to
they fled, and went forth out of the city Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard,
12
by night, by the way of the king's saying, Take him, and look well to
garden, by the gate betwixt the two him, and do him no harm; but do unto
13
walls: and he went out the way of the him even as he shall say unto thee.
5
plain. But the Chaldeans' army So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
pursued after them, and overtook guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag,
14
when they had taken him, they brought and all the king of Babylon's princes;
him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out
Babylon to Riblah in the land of of the court of the prison, and
Hamath, where he gave judgment upon committed him unto Gedaliah the son
6
him. Then the king of Babylon slew of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he
the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before should carry him home: so he dwelt
15
his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew among the people. Now the word of
7
all the nobles of Judah. Moreover he the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while
put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound he was shut up in the court of the
16
him with chains, to carry him to prison, saying, Go and speak to
8
Babylon. And the Chaldeans burned Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying,
the king's house, and the houses of the Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
people, with fire, and brake down the of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words
9
walls of Jerusalem. Then Nebuzar- upon this city for evil, and not for
adan the captain of the guard carried good; and they shall be accomplished
17
away captive into Babylon the remnant in that day before thee. But I will
of the people that remained in the city, deliver thee in that day, saith the
LORD: and thou shalt not be given into
the hand of the men of whom thou art
18
afraid. For I will surely deliver thee,
and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto
thee: because thou hast put thy trust
in me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 40
The word that came to Jeremiah from
the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the
captain of the guard had let him go
from Ramah, when he had taken him
being bound in chains among all that
were carried away captive of Jerusalem
and Judah, which were carried away
2
captive unto Babylon. And the captain
of the guard took Jeremiah, and said
unto him, The LORD thy God hath
3
pronounced this evil upon this place.
Now the LORD hath brought it, and
done according as he hath said:
because ye have sinned against the
LORD, and have not obeyed his voice,
therefore this thing is come upon you.
4
And now, behold, I loose thee this
day from the chains which were upon
thine hand. If it seem good unto thee
to come with me into Babylon, come;
and I will look well unto thee: but if it
seem ill unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the
land is before thee: whither it seemeth
good and convenient for thee to go,
5
thither go. Now while he was not yet
gone back, he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon
hath made governor over the cities of
Judah, and dwell with him among the
people: or go wheresoever it seemeth
convenient unto thee to go. So the
captain of the guard gave him victuals
and a reward, and let him go. 6
Then
went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with
him among the people that were left in
the land. 7
Now when all the captains
of the forces which were in the fields,
even they and their men, heard that
the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the
land, and had committed unto him
men, and women, and children, and of
the poor of the land, of them that were
not carried away captive to Babylon; 8
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of
Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the
Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of
a Maachathite, they and their men. 9
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan sware unto them and
to their men, saying, Fear not to serve Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no
the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and man shall know it: wherefore should he
serve the king of Babylon, and it shall slay thee, that all the Jews which are
10
be well with you. As for me, behold, gathered unto thee should be
I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the scattered, and the remnant in Judah
16
Chaldeans, which will come unto us: perish? But Gedaliah the son of
but ye, gather ye wine, and summer Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
fruits, and oil, and put them in your Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing:
vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
11
have taken. Likewise when all the
Jews that were in Moab, and among Jeremiah 41
the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that
were in all the countries, heard that
Now it came to pass in the seventh

the king of Babylon had left a remnant month, that Ishmael the son of

of Judah, and that he had set over Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the

them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the seed royal, and the princes of the king,

son of Shaphan; 12
Even all the Jews even ten men with him, came unto

returned out of all places whither they Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;

were driven, and came to the land of and there they did eat bread together
2
Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and in Mizpah. Then arose Ishmael the

gathered wine and summer fruits very son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that

much. 13
Moreover Johanan the son of were with him, and smote Gedaliah the

Kareah, and all the captains of the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with

forces that were in the fields, came to the sword, and slew him, whom the

Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14
And said unto king of Babylon had made governor
3
him, Dost thou certainly know that over the land. Ishmael also slew all

Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath the Jews that were with him, even with

sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans

slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of that were found there, and the men of
4
Ahikam believed them not. 15
Then war. And it came to pass the second

Johanan the son of Kareah spake to day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
5
Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let man knew it, That there came certain

me go, I pray thee, and I will slay from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from
Samaria, even fourscore men, having committed to Gedaliah the son of
their beards shaven, and their clothes Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of
rent, and having cut themselves, with Nethaniah carried them away captive,
offerings and incense in their hand, to and departed to go over to the
6 11
bring them to the house of the LORD. Ammonites. But when Johanan the
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went son of Kareah, and all the captains of
forth from Mizpah to meet them, the forces that were with him, heard of
weeping all along as he went: and it all the evil that Ishmael the son of
12
came to pass, as he met them, he said Nethaniah had done, Then they took
unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son all the men, and went to fight with
7
of Ahikam. And it was so, when they Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and
came into the midst of the city, that found him by the great waters that are
13
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew in Gibeon. Now it came to pass, that
them, and cast them into the midst of when all the people which were with
the pit, he, and the men that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of
8
him. But ten men were found among Kareah, and all the captains of the
them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us forces that were with him, then they
14
not: for we have treasures in the field, were glad. So all the people that
of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and Ishmael had carried away captive from
of honey. So he forbare, and slew them Mizpah cast about and returned, and
9
not among their brethren. Now the pit went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
15
wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
bodies of the men, whom he had slain escaped from Johanan with eight men,
16
because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa and went to the Ammonites. Then
the king had made for fear of Baasha took Johanan the son of Kareah, and
king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of all the captains of the forces that were
Nethaniah filled it with them that were with him, all the remnant of the people
10
slain. Then Ishmael carried away whom he had recovered from Ishmael
captive all the residue of the people the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,
that were in Mizpah, even the king's after that he had slain Gedaliah the son
daughters, and all the people that of Ahikam, even mighty men of war,
remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar- and the women, and the children, and
adan the captain of the guard had the eunuchs, whom he had brought
 17
again from Gibeon: And they Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD
departed, and dwelt in the habitation be a true and faithful witness between
of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to us, if we do not even according to all
18
go to enter into Egypt, Because of things for the which the LORD thy God
6
the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of shall send thee to us. Whether it be
them, because Ishmael the son of good, or whether it be evil, we will
Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son obey the voice of the LORD our God, to
of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon whom we send thee; that it may be
made governor in the land. well with us, when we obey the voice
7
of the LORD our God. And it came to
Jeremiah 42 pass after ten days, that the word of
8
the LORD came unto Jeremiah. Then
Then all the captains of the forces,
called he Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Johanan the son of Kareah, and and all the captains of the forces which
Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all were with him, and all the people from
the people from the least even unto the least even to the greatest, 9
And
2
the greatest, came near, And said said unto them, Thus saith the LORD,
unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent
beseech thee, our supplication be me to present your supplication before
accepted before thee, and pray for us him; 10
If ye will still abide in this land,
unto the LORD thy God, even for all then will I build you, and not pull you
this remnant; (for we are left but a few down, and I will plant you, and not
3
of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) pluck you up: for I repent me of the
That the LORD thy God may shew us evil that I have done unto you. 11
Be
the way wherein we may walk, and the not afraid of the king of Babylon, of
4
thing that we may do. Then Jeremiah whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of
the prophet said unto them, I have him, saith the LORD: for I am with you
heard you; behold, I will pray unto the to save you, and to deliver you from
LORD your God according to your his hand. 12
And I will shew mercies
words; and it shall come to pass, that unto you, that he may have mercy
whatsoever thing the LORD shall upon you, and cause you to return to
answer you, I will declare it unto you; I your own land. 13
But if ye say, We will
5
will keep nothing back from you. not dwell in this land, neither obey the
 14
voice of the LORD your God, Saying, Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know
No; but we will go into the land of certainly that I have admonished you
20
Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor this day. For ye dissembled in your
hear the sound of the trumpet, nor hearts, when ye sent me unto the
have hunger of bread; and there will LORD your God, saying, Pray for us
15
we dwell: And now therefore hear unto the LORD our God; and according
the word of the LORD, ye remnant of unto all that the LORD our God shall
Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, say, so declare unto us, and we will do
21
the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your it. And now I have this day declared
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
16
sojourn there; Then it shall come to voice of the LORD your God, nor any
pass, that the sword, which ye feared, thing for the which he hath sent me
22
shall overtake you there in the land of unto you. Now therefore know
Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye certainly that ye shall die by the
were afraid, shall follow close after you sword, by the famine, and by the
there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. pestilence, in the place whither ye
17
So shall it be with all the men that desire to go and to sojourn.
set their faces to go into Egypt to
sojourn there; they shall die by the Jeremiah 43
sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall
And it came to pass, that when

remain or escape from the evil that I Jeremiah had made an end of speaking

will bring upon them. 18

For thus saith unto all the people all the words of the

the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; LORD their God, for which the LORD

As mine anger and my fury hath been their God had sent him to them, even
2
poured forth upon the inhabitants of all these words, Then spake Azariah

Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the

forth upon you, when ye shall enter son of Kareah, and all the proud men,

into Egypt: and ye shall be an saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest

execration, and an astonishment, and a falsely: the LORD our God hath not

curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to
3
this place no more. 19
The LORD hath sojourn there: But Baruch the son of

said concerning you, O ye remnant of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for
to deliver us into the hand of the throne upon these stones that I have
Chaldeans, that they might put us to hid; and he shall spread his royal
11
death, and carry us away captives into pavilion over them. And when he
4
Babylon. So Johanan the son of cometh, he shall smite the land of
Kareah, and all the captains of the Egypt, and deliver such as are for
forces, and all the people, obeyed not death to death; and such as are for
the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the captivity to captivity; and such as are
5 12
land of Judah. But Johanan the son of for the sword to the sword. And I will
Kareah, and all the captains of the kindle a fire in the houses of the gods
forces, took all the remnant of Judah, of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and
that were returned from all nations, carry them away captives: and he shall
whither they had been driven, to dwell array himself with the land of Egypt, as
6
in the land of Judah; Even men, and a shepherd putteth on his garment;
women, and children, and the king's and he shall go forth from thence in
13
daughters, and every person that peace. He shall break also the
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the
had left with Gedaliah the son of land of Egypt; and the houses of the
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and gods of the Egyptians shall he burn
Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the with fire.
7
son of Neriah. So they came into the
land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the Jeremiah 44
voice of the LORD: thus came they
even to Tahpanhes. 8
Then came the
The word that came to Jeremiah

word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in concerning all the Jews which dwell in

Tahpanhes, saying, 9
Take great stones the land of Egypt, which dwell at

in thine hand, and hide them in the Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at

clay in the brickkiln, which is at the Noph, and in the country of Pathros,
2
entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts,

in the sight of the men of Judah; 10

And the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the

say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of evil that I have brought upon

hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of

send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king Judah; and, behold, this day they are a

of Babylon, my servant, and will set his desolation, and no man dwelleth
 3
therein, Because of their wickedness the wickedness of their wives, and your
which they have committed to provoke own wickedness, and the wickedness of
me to anger, in that they went to burn your wives, which they have committed
incense, and to serve other gods, in the land of Judah, and in the streets
10
whom they knew not, neither they, ye, of Jerusalem? They are not humbled
4
nor your fathers. Howbeit I sent unto even unto this day, neither have they
you all my servants the prophets, feared, nor walked in my law, nor in
rising early and sending them, saying, my statutes, that I set before you and
11
Oh, do not this abominable thing that I before your fathers. Therefore thus
5
hate. But they hearkened not, nor saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
inclined their ear to turn from their Israel; Behold, I will set my face
wickedness, to burn no incense unto against you for evil, and to cut off all
6 12
other gods. Wherefore my fury and Judah. And I will take the remnant of
mine anger was poured forth, and was Judah, that have set their faces to go
kindled in the cities of Judah and in the into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
streets of Jerusalem; and they are and they shall all be consumed, and
7
wasted and desolate, as at this day. fall in the land of Egypt; they shall
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the even be consumed by the sword and by
God of hosts, the God of Israel; the famine: they shall die, from the
Wherefore commit ye this great evil least even unto the greatest, by the
against your souls, to cut off from you sword and by the famine: and they
man and woman, child and suckling, shall be an execration, and an
out of Judah, to leave you none to astonishment, and a curse, and a
8 13
remain; In that ye provoke me unto reproach. For I will punish them that
wrath with the works of your hands, dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
burning incense unto other gods in the punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by
14
land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to the famine, and by the pestilence:
dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, So that none of the remnant of Judah,
and that ye might be a curse and a which are gone into the land of Egypt
reproach among all the nations of the to sojourn there, shall escape or
9
earth? Have ye forgotten the remain, that they should return into
wickedness of your fathers, and the the land of Judah, to the which they
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and have a desire to return to dwell there:
 21
for none shall return but such as shall answer, saying, The incense that ye
15
escape. Then all the men which knew burned in the cities of Judah, and in
that their wives had burned incense the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your
unto other gods, and all the women fathers, your kings, and your princes,
that stood by, a great multitude, even and the people of the land, did not the
all the people that dwelt in the land of LORD remember them, and came it not
22
Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, into his mind? So that the LORD
16
saying, As for the word that thou could no longer bear, because of the
hast spoken unto us in the name of the evil of your doings, and because of the
17
LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. abominations which ye have
But we will certainly do whatsoever committed; therefore is your land a
thing goeth forth out of our own desolation, and an astonishment, and a
mouth, to burn incense unto the queen curse, without an inhabitant, as at this
23
of heaven, and to pour out drink day. Because ye have burned
offerings unto her, as we have done, incense, and because ye have sinned
we, and our fathers, our kings, and our against the LORD, and have not obeyed
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the voice of the LORD, nor walked in
the streets of Jerusalem: for then had his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his
we plenty of victuals, and were well, testimonies; therefore this evil is
18 24
and saw no evil. But since we left off happened unto you, as at this day.
to burn incense to the queen of Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the
heaven, and to pour out drink offerings people, and to all the women, Hear the
unto her, we have wanted all things, word of the LORD, all Judah that are in
25
and have been consumed by the sword the land of Egypt: Thus saith the
19
and by the famine. And when we LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
burned incense to the queen of saying; Ye and your wives have both
heaven, and poured out drink offerings spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled
unto her, did we make her cakes to with your hand, saying, We will surely
worship her, and pour out drink perform our vows that we have vowed,
20
offerings unto her, without our men? to burn incense to the queen of
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
to the men, and to the women, and to unto her: ye will surely accomplish
all the people which had given him that your vows, and surely perform your
 26
vows. Therefore hear ye the word of
the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by
my great name, saith the LORD, that
my name shall no more be named in
the mouth of any man of Judah in all
the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord
27
GOD liveth. Behold, I will watch over
them for evil, and not for good: and all
the men of Judah that are in the land
of Egypt shall be consumed by the
sword and by the famine, until there be
28
an end of them. Yet a small number
that escape the sword shall return out
of the land of Egypt into the land of
Judah, and all the remnant of Judah,
that are gone into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, shall know whose words
29
shall stand, mine, or theirs. And this
shall be a sign unto you, saith the
LORD, that I will punish you in this
place, that ye may know that my words
shall surely stand against you for evil:
30
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will
give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into
the hand of his enemies, and into the
hand of them that seek his life; as I
Jeremiah 45
The word that Jeremiah the prophet
spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he had written these words in a
book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2
Thus
saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto
thee, O Baruch; 3
Thou didst say, Woe
is me now! for the LORD hath added
grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my
sighing, and I find no rest. 4
Thus shalt
thou say unto him, The LORD saith
thus; Behold, that which I have built
will I break down, and that which I
have planted I will pluck up, even this
whole land. 5
And seekest thou great
things for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh,
saith the LORD: but thy life will I give
unto thee for a prey in all places
whither thou goest.
Jeremiah 46
The word of the LORD which came to

gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the Jeremiah the prophet against the
2
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Gentiles; Against Egypt, against the
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt,
his life. which was by the river Euphrates in
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon smote in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah a sacrifice in the north country by the
3 11
king of Judah. Order ye the buckler river Euphrates. Go up into Gilead,
4
and shield, and draw near to battle. and take balm, O virgin, the daughter
Harness the horses; and get up, ye of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many
horsemen, and stand forth with your medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
12
helmets; furbish the spears, and put on The nations have heard of thy
5
the brigandines. Wherefore have I shame, and thy cry hath filled the
seen them dismayed and turned away land: for the mighty man hath
back? and their mighty ones are stumbled against the mighty, and they
13
beaten down, and are fled apace, and are fallen both together. The word
look not back: for fear was round that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the
6
about, saith the LORD. Let not the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of
swift flee away, nor the mighty man Babylon should come and smite the
14
escape; they shall stumble, and fall land of Egypt. Declare ye in Egypt,
toward the north by the river and publish in Migdol, and publish in
7
Euphrates. Who is this that cometh Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand
up as a flood, whose waters are moved fast, and prepare thee; for the sword
8 15
as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a shall devour round about thee. Why
flood, and his waters are moved like are thy valiant men swept away? they
the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, stood not, because the LORD did drive
16
and will cover the earth; I will destroy them. He made many to fall, yea,
9
the city and the inhabitants thereof. one fell upon another: and they said,
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye Arise, and let us go again to our own
chariots; and let the mighty men come people, and to the land of our nativity,
17
forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, from the oppressing sword. They did
that handle the shield; and the cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but
Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. a noise; he hath passed the time
10 18
For this is the day of the Lord GOD appointed. As I live, saith the King,
of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he whose name is the LORD of hosts,
may avenge him of his adversaries: Surely as Tabor is among the
and the sword shall devour, and it shall mountains, and as Carmel by the sea,
19
be satiate and made drunk with their so shall he come. O thou daughter
blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go
into captivity: for Noph shall be waste
and desolate without an inhabitant.
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but
destruction cometh; it cometh out of
21
the north. Also her hired men are in
the midst of her like fatted bullocks;
for they also are turned back, and are
fled away together: they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was
come upon them, and the time of their
22
visitation. The voice thereof shall go
like a serpent; for they shall march
with an army, and come against her
23
with axes, as hewers of wood.
shall cut down her forest, saith the
LORD, though it cannot be searched;
because they are more than
servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O
20
Israel: for, behold, I will save thee
from afar off, and thy seed from the
land of their captivity; and Jacob shall
return, and be in rest and at ease, and
28
none shall make him afraid. Fear
thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith
the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will
make a full end of all the nations
whither I have driven thee: but I will
not make a full end of thee, but correct
thee in measure; yet will I not leave
thee wholly unpunished.
They
Jeremiah 47
the
The word of the LORD that came to

grasshoppers, and are innumerable. 24 Jeremiah the prophet against the

The daughter of Egypt shall be Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote

2
confounded; she shall be delivered into Gaza. Thus saith the LORD; Behold,

the hand of the people of the north. 25 waters rise up out of the north, and

The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, shall be an overflowing flood, and shall

saith; Behold, I will punish the overflow the land, and all that is

multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and therein; the city, and them that dwell

Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; therein: then the men shall cry, and all
3
even Pharaoh, and all them that trust the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

in him: 26
And I will deliver them into At the noise of the stamping of the

the hand of those that seek their lives, hoofs of his strong horses, at the

and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar rushing of his chariots, and at the

king of Babylon, and into the hand of rumbling of his wheels, the fathers

his servants: and afterward it shall be shall not look back to their children for
4
inhabited, as in the days of old, saith feebleness of hands; Because of the

the LORD. 27
But fear not thou, O my day that cometh to spoil all the
Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus the going down of Horonaim the
and Zidon every helper that remaineth: enemies have heard a cry of
6
for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, destruction. Flee, save your lives, and
7
the remnant of the country of Caphtor. be like the heath in the wilderness.
5
Baldness is come upon Gaza; For because thou hast trusted in thy
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of works and in thy treasures, thou shalt
their valley: how long wilt thou cut also be taken: and Chemosh shall go
6
thyself? O thou sword of the LORD, forth into captivity with his priests and
8
how long will it be ere thou be quiet? his princes together. And the spoiler
put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, shall come upon every city, and no city
7
and be still. How can it be quiet, shall escape: the valley also shall
seeing the LORD hath given it a charge perish, and the plain shall be
9
against Ashkelon, and against the sea destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
shore? there hath he appointed it. Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee
and get away: for the cities thereof
Jeremiah 48 shall be desolate, without any to dwell
10
therein. Cursed be he that doeth the
Against Moab thus saith the LORD of
work of the LORD deceitfully, and
hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto cursed be he that keepeth back his
Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is sword from blood. 11
Moab hath been at
confounded and taken: Misgab is ease from his youth, and he hath
2
confounded and dismayed. There settled on his lees, and hath not been
shall be no more praise of Moab: in emptied from vessel to vessel, neither
Heshbon they have devised evil against hath he gone into captivity: therefore
it; come, and let us cut it off from his taste remained in him, and his
being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut scent is not changed. 12
Therefore,
down, O Madmen; the sword shall behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
3
pursue thee. A voice of crying shall that I will send unto him wanderers,
be from Horonaim, spoiling and great that shall cause him to wander, and
4
destruction. Moab is destroyed; her shall empty his vessels, and break
little ones have caused a cry to be their bottles. 13
And Moab shall be
5
heard. For in the going up of Luhith ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of
continual weeping shall go up; for in Israel was ashamed of Bethel their
 14
confidence. How say ye, We are ye him drunken: for he magnified
15
mighty and strong men for the war? himself against the LORD: Moab also
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her shall wallow in his vomit, and he also
27
cities, and his chosen young men are shall be in derision. For was not
gone down to the slaughter, saith the Israel a derision unto thee? was he
King, whose name is the LORD of found among thieves? for since thou
16
hosts. The calamity of Moab is near spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
28
to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the
17
All ye that are about him, bemoan cities, and dwell in the rock, and be
him; and all ye that know his name, like the dove that maketh her nest in
29
say, How is the strong staff broken, the sides of the hole's mouth. We
18
and the beautiful rod! Thou daughter have heard the pride of Moab, (he is
that dost inhabit Dibon, come down exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his
from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the arrogancy, and his pride, and the
30
spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, haughtiness of his heart. I know his
and he shall destroy thy strong holds. wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not
19 31
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I
and her that escapeth, and say, What will cry out for all Moab; mine heart
20
is done? Moab is confounded; for it is shall mourn for the men of Kir- heres.
32
broken down: howl and cry; and tell ye O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for
21
it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, And thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy
judgment is come upon the plain plants are gone over the sea, they
country; upon Holon, and upon reach even to the sea of Jazer: the
22
Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, And spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits
33
upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon and upon thy vintage. And joy and
23
Beth-diblathaim, And upon gladness is taken from the plentiful
Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and field, and from the land of Moab; and I
24
upon Beth-meon, And upon Kerioth, have caused wine to fail from the
and upon Bozrah, and upon all the winepresses: none shall tread with
cities of the land of Moab, far or near. shouting; their shouting shall be no
25 34
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his shouting. From the cry of Heshbon
26
arm is broken, saith the LORD. Make even unto Elealeh, and even unto
Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, people, because he hath magnified
43
from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an himself against the LORD. Fear, and
heifer of three years old: for the the pit, and the snare, shall be upon
waters also of Nimrim shall be thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the
35 44
desolate. Moreover I will cause to LORD. He that fleeth from the fear
cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him shall fall into the pit; and he that
that offereth in the high places, and getteth up out of the pit shall be taken
36
him that burneth incense to his gods. in the snare: for I will bring upon it,
Therefore mine heart shall sound for even upon Moab, the year of their
45
Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall visitation, saith the LORD. They that
sound like pipes for the men of Kir- fled stood under the shadow of
heres: because the riches that he hath Heshbon because of the force: but a
37
gotten are perished. For every head fire shall come forth out of Heshbon,
shall be bald, and every beard clipped: and a flame from the midst of Sihon,
upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and shall devour the corner of Moab,
38
and upon the loins sackcloth. There and the crown of the head of the
46
shall be lamentation generally upon all tumultuous ones. Woe be unto thee,
the housetops of Moab, and in the O Moab! the people of Chemosh
streets thereof: for I have broken Moab perisheth: for thy sons are taken
47
like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, captives, and thy daughters captives.
39
saith the LORD. They shall howl, Yet will I bring again the captivity of
saying, How is it broken down! how Moab in the latter days, saith the
hath Moab turned the back with LORD. Thus far is the judgment of
shame! so shall Moab be a derision and Moab.
40
a dismaying to all them about him.
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he Jeremiah 49
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread
his wings over Moab. 41
Kerioth is
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith

taken, and the strong holds are the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath

surprised, and the mighty men's hearts he no heir? why then doth their king

in Moab at that day shall be as the inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his
2
heart of a woman in her pangs. 42
And cities? Therefore, behold, the days

Moab shall be destroyed from being a come, saith the LORD, that I will cause
an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah if thieves by night, they will destroy till
10
of the Ammonites; and it shall be a they have enough. But I have made
desolate heap, and her daughters shall Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret
be burned with fire: then shall Israel places, and he shall not be able to hide
be heir unto them that were his heirs, himself: his seed is spoiled, and his
3
saith the LORD. Howl, O Heshbon, for brethren, and his neighbours, and he is
11
Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of not. Leave thy fatherless children, I
Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; will preserve them alive; and let thy
12
lament, and run to and fro by the widows trust in me. For thus saith
hedges; for their king shall go into the LORD; Behold, they whose
captivity, and his priests and his judgment was not to drink of the cup
4
princes together. Wherefore gloriest have assuredly drunken; and art thou
thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, he that shall altogether go unpunished?
O backsliding daughter? that trusted in thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou
13
her treasures, saying, Who shall come shalt surely drink of it. For I have
5
unto me? Behold, I will bring a fear sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that
upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of Bozrah shall become a desolation, a
hosts, from all those that be about reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all
thee; and ye shall be driven out every the cities thereof shall be perpetual
14
man right forth; and none shall gather wastes. I have heard a rumour from
6
up him that wandereth. And the LORD, and an ambassador is sent
afterward I will bring again the unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye
captivity of the children of Ammon, together, and come against her, and
7 15
saith the LORD. Concerning Edom, rise up to the battle. For, lo, I will
thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is make thee small among the heathen,
16
wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel and despised among men. Thy
perished from the prudent? is their terribleness hath deceived thee, and
8
wisdom vanished? Flee ye, turn back, the pride of thine heart, O thou that
dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that
I will bring the calamity of Esau upon holdest the height of the hill: though
9
him, the time that I will visit him. If thou shouldest make thy nest as high
grapegatherers come to thee, would as the eagle, I will bring thee down
17
they not leave some gleaning grapes? from thence, saith the LORD. Also
Edom shall be a desolation: every one they have heard evil tidings: they are
that goeth by it shall be astonished, fainthearted; there is sorrow on the
24
and shall hiss at all the plagues sea; it cannot be quiet. Damascus is
18
thereof. As in the overthrow of waxed feeble, and turneth herself to
Sodom and Gomorrah and the flee, and fear hath seized on her:
neighbour cities thereof, saith the anguish and sorrows have taken her,
25
LORD, no man shall abide there, as a woman in travail. How is the
19
neither shall a son of man dwell in it. city of praise not left, the city of my
26
Behold, he shall come up like a lion joy! Therefore her young men shall
from the swelling of Jordan against the fall in her streets, and all the men of
habitation of the strong: but I will war shall be cut off in that day, saith
27
suddenly make him run away from her: the LORD of hosts. And I will kindle a
and who is a chosen man, that I may fire in the wall of Damascus, and it
appoint over her? for who is like me? shall consume the palaces of Ben-
28
and who will appoint me the time? and hadad. Concerning Kedar, and
who is that shepherd that will stand concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,
20
before me? Therefore hear the which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
counsel of the LORD, that he hath shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise
taken against Edom; and his purposes, ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men
29
that he hath purposed against the of the east. Their tents and their
inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least flocks shall they take away: they shall
of the flock shall draw them out: surely take to themselves their curtains, and
he shall make their habitations all their vessels, and their camels; and
21
desolate with them. The earth is they shall cry unto them, Fear is on
30
moved at the noise of their fall, at the every side. Flee, get you far off,
cry the noise thereof was heard in the dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
22
Red sea. Behold, he shall come up saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar
and fly as the eagle, and spread his king of Babylon hath taken counsel
wings over Bozrah: and at that day against you, and hath conceived a
31
shall the heart of the mighty men of purpose against you. Arise, get you
Edom be as the heart of a woman in up unto the wealthy nation, that
23
her pangs. Concerning Damascus. dwelleth without care, saith the LORD,
Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for which have neither gates nor bars,
 32
which dwell alone. And their camels again the captivity of Elam, saith the
shall be a booty, and the multitude of LORD.
their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter
into all winds them that are in the Jeremiah 50
utmost corners; and I will bring their
calamity from all sides thereof, saith
The word that the LORD spake against

the LORD. 33
And Hazor shall be a Babylon and against the land of the
2
dwelling for dragons, and a desolation Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

for ever: there shall no man abide Declare ye among the nations, and

there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 34 publish, and set up a standard;

The word of the LORD that came to publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon

Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach

the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah is broken in pieces; her idols are

king of Judah, saying, 35

Thus saith the confounded, her images are broken in
3
LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the pieces. For out of the north there

bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 36 cometh up a nation against her, which

And upon Elam will I bring the four shall make her land desolate, and none

winds from the four quarters of shall dwell therein: they shall remove,

heaven, and will scatter them toward they shall depart, both man and beast.
4
all those winds; and there shall be no In those days, and in that time, saith

nation whither the outcasts of Elam the LORD, the children of Israel shall

shall not come. 37

For I will cause Elam come, they and the children of Judah

to be dismayed before their enemies, together, going and weeping: they

and before them that seek their life: shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
5
and I will bring evil upon them even They shall ask the way to Zion with

my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I their faces thitherward, saying, Come,

will send the sword after them, till I and let us join ourselves to the LORD

have consumed them: 38

And I will set in a perpetual covenant that shall not
6
my throne in Elam, and will destroy be forgotten. My people hath been

from thence the king and the princes, lost sheep: their shepherds have

saith the LORD. 39

But it shall come to caused them to go astray, they have

pass in the latter days, that I will bring turned them away on the mountains:
they have gone from mountain to hill,
they have forgotten their restingplace.
7
All that found them have devoured
them: and their adversaries said, We
offend not, because they have sinned
against the LORD, the habitation of
justice, even the LORD, the hope of
8
their fathers. Remove out of the
midst of Babylon, and go forth out of
the land of the Chaldeans, and be as
the he goats before the flocks.
lo, I will raise and cause to come up
against Babylon an assembly of great
nations from the north country: and
they shall set themselves in
against her; from thence she shall be
taken: their arrows shall be as of a
mighty expert man; none shall return
10
in vain. And Chaldea shall be a spoil:
all that spoil her shall be satisfied,
11
saith the LORD. Because ye were
glad, because ye rejoiced,
destroyers of mine heritage, because
ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass,
12
and bellow as bulls; Your mother
shall be sore confounded; she that
bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the
hindermost of the nations shall be a
wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Because of the wrath of the LORD it
shall not be inhabited, but it shall be
wholly desolate: every one that goeth
by Babylon shall be astonished, and
14
hiss at all her plagues.
yourselves in array against Babylon
round about: all ye that bend the bow,
shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she
15
hath sinned against the LORD. Shout
against her round about: she hath
given her hand: her foundations are
fallen, her walls are thrown down: for
it is the vengeance of the LORD: take
vengeance upon her; as she hath done,
9 16
For, do unto her. Cut off the sower from
Babylon, and him that handleth the
sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of
the oppressing sword they shall turn
array every one to his people, and they shall
17
flee every one to his own land. Israel
is a scattered sheep; the lions have
driven him away: first the king of
Assyria hath devoured him; and last
this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
18
hath broken his bones. Therefore
O ye thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king
of Babylon and his land, as I have
19
punished the king of Assyria. And I
will bring Israel again to his habitation,
and he shall feed on Carmel and
Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied
13 20
upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. In
those days, and in that time, saith the
LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be
sought for, and there shall be none;
and the sins of Judah, and they shall
Put not be found: for I will pardon them
 21
whom I reserve. Go up against the all ye that bend the bow, camp against
land of Merathaim, even against it, and it round about; let none thereof
against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste escape: recompense her according to
and utterly destroy after them, saith her work; according to all that she
the LORD, and do according to all that hath done, do unto her: for she hath
22
I have commanded thee. A sound of been proud against the LORD, against
30
battle is in the land, and of great the Holy One of Israel. Therefore
23
destruction. How is the hammer of shall her young men fall in the streets,
the whole earth cut asunder and and all her men of war shall be cut off
31
broken! how is Babylon become a in that day, saith the LORD. Behold,
24
desolation among the nations! I have I am against thee, O thou most proud,
laid a snare for thee, and thou art also saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy
taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not day is come, the time that I will visit
32
aware: thou art found, and also thee. And the most proud shall
caught, because thou hast striven stumble and fall, and none shall raise
25
against the LORD. The LORD hath him up: and I will kindle a fire in his
opened his armoury, and hath brought cities, and it shall devour all round
33
forth the weapons of his indignation: about him. Thus saith the LORD of
for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts; The children of Israel and the
26
hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. children of Judah were oppressed
Come against her from the utmost together: and all that took them
border, open her storehouses: cast her captives held them fast; they refused
34
up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: to let them go. Their Redeemer is
27
let nothing of her be left. Slay all her strong; the LORD of hosts is his name:
bullocks; let them go down to the he shall throughly plead their cause,
slaughter: woe unto them! for their that he may give rest to the land, and
35
day is come, the time of their disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
28
visitation. The voice of them that A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith
flee and escape out of the land of the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of
Babylon, to declare in Zion the Babylon, and upon her princes, and
36
vengeance of the LORD our God, the upon her wise men. A sword is upon
29
vengeance of his temple. Call the liars; and they shall dote: a sword
together the archers against Babylon: is upon her mighty men; and they shall
 37 44
be dismayed. A sword is upon their travail. Behold, he shall come up like
horses, and upon their chariots, and a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto
upon all the mingled people that are in the habitation of the strong: but I will
the midst of